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SCP-2896 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2896
Expected annual
$1.1M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$1.1M
Personnel
10
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1,991,500, driven primarily by a conservation endowment, vault/retrofit work, armored transport and contingency reserves. Recurring annual costs are estimated at $1,116,500/year, driven mainly by security and research/containment staff wages and ongoing archival/vault maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Conservation Endowment $1.0M
[#19] Recommended minimum endowment to yield ~$25k/year (used here as $1,000,000 one-time).
Contingency Reserve $350K
[#20] Lump-sum incident/contingency reserve for unexpected events, restoration, emergency relocation, legal/cover costs.
Facilities $300K
[#1, #2] Containment chamber retrofit and construction of a secure archival locker/vault including structural work, conservation-grade finishes, climate control installation and hardened construction.
Equipment $259K
[#11, #12, #14, #15, #17] Clinical EEG and monitoring hardware, initial CCTV/surveillance installation, restraint kit, armored/secure transport vehicle, and tamper-evident/time-lock hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $75K
[#4, #6] Digitization and multi-format archival duplication (outsourced scanning, microfilm/facsimiles) plus archival conservation/historical translation engagement for initial corpus.
Medical Baseline Evaluation $8K
[#13] Initial full medical and psychiatric evaluation for SCP-2896.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.1M/yr
Staff Wages $819K/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Security guards (6 @ $50k + benefits), security supervisor, research lead, part-time psychiatrist (0.5 FTE), EEG technician; includes salaries, benefits, training and hazardous-duty premiums.
Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr
[#3, #5, #12, #16, #17, #24] Vault climate control maintenance and checks, digital/offsite storage rotation costs (media migration), surveillance storage/backups and UPS battery replacement, power/HVAC/utilities for chamber and monitoring, tamper-lock testing/recertification, and pro-rated site administrative/facility share.
Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr
[#21] Legal/cover operations, front-company costs, public records management and limited PR/legal work to maintain secrecy.
Research And Monitoring $55K/yr
[#7, #11, #18, #25, #23] Ongoing historical/linguistic services, EEG/sleep-monitoring maintenance/calibration, documentation continuity program and training, periodic audits/third-party verification. (See optional_research_program for expanded research, not included in baseline.)
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#13, #14, #22] Ongoing healthcare and medical consumables, sedative pharmaceuticals and restraint replacement consumables, and psychological support/EAP services for staff.
Logistics And Transport $22K/yr
[#15] Emergency rapid-response team training, drills, PPE and readiness costs (vehicle maintenance and on-call training).
Optional Research Program $0/yr
[#23] Optional long-term research into temporal properties; not included in baseline recurring costs (would be $250,000–$1,000,000/yr if pursued).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.1M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, and archival activities proceed as planned.
routine_operations no_breach scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring emergency response, limited restoration of archival documents, overtime staffing, and short-term legal/cover expenses.
document_damage temporary_containment_escalation localized_equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $1.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or loss/damage of archival materials requiring major restoration, potential relocation, extended legal/PR response, and accelerated research.
containment_breach widespread_document_loss public_exposure
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 Two guards per shift, three shifts; salaries and benefits included in staff_wages [#8].
Security Supervisor 1 Senior security supervisor responsible for SOPs and liaison duties; salary included in staff_wages [#9].
Research Scientist 1 Full-time SCP researcher/lead to maintain containment documentation and coordinate archival continuity; included in staff_wages [#10].
Psychiatrist 1 Part-time (0.5 FTE) psychiatrist for behavior management; budgeted as 0.5 FTE within staff_wages [#10].
EEG Technician 1 Full-time/part-time EEG/monitoring technician for sleep monitoring and equipment maintenance; included in staff_wages [#10].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and typical Foundation costing assumptions; many line items were provided as ranges requiring midpoint choices. The containment concept is clear but long-term temporal risks and optional research choices introduce uncertainty.
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