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SCP-2917 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2917
Expected annual
$7.8M
One-time setup
$20.3M
Annual recurring
$7.7M
Personnel
49
Estimated one-time capital of $20,300,000 for site, containment, BSL lab and specialized equipment; recurring annual costs ≈ $7,700,000 driven primarily by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, and maintenance/operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $20.3M
Facilities $7.5M
[#1, #2] Site acquisition, land prep, access/perimeter and containment-chamber structural construction (2m-sphere room, seismic anchoring, platform and hardened finishes).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.0M
[#7] On-site BSL-3/BSL-4 capable laboratory build-out and sealed decontamination/quarantine complex (negative-pressure suites, biosafety cabinets, autoclaves, sample hatches).
Equipment $3.7M
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #10, #13, #17, #22] Optical blackout/EM/RF shielding, redundant power hardware (UPS/generators), initial specialized suits (fleet), robotic manipulators and remote tools, initial decon hardware, security/access-control hardware, initial monitoring instrumentation, initial vehicle fleet, and initial IT/hardened comms equipment.
Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#19] One-time contingency/incident response reserve for large incidents, recovery, emergency construction and legal settlements (set-aside).
Consumables Initial Stock $100K
[#16] Initial stockpile of welded sample containers, cryo dewars, seals and spare parts (one-time stock).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.7M/yr
Staff Wages $4.0M/yr
[#10, #11, #12] Annual wages for security staff, research/scientific/containment personnel, and medical support (includes salaries for MTF/security, research scientists, engineers/technicians and medical staff).
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#13, #14, #25] Ongoing sensor calibration and R&D, experiment/sample-analysis budget, and multi-year research program into relocation physics and safe communication (R&D contractors, lab time, analysis).
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#17, #9] Vehicle/helicopter/UAV operations, fuel, drivers/operators, and Class-D secure housing/turnover, escorts and associated logistics.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#20, #24] Legal, cover-story/public affairs budget and insurance/audits/compliance costs.
Supplies And Consumables $400K/yr
[#8, #15, #16, #5] Decontamination consumables and maintenance, hazardous waste disposal/incineration contracts, recurring consumable sample containers and spare parts, and suit maintenance/replacement.
Facilities Maintenance $350K/yr
[#23] Annual long-term maintenance, building depreciation, HVAC/roof/structural upkeep and periodic capital replacement (2–5% of capital program).
Energy And Utilities $250K/yr
[#18] Electricity, heating, water, sewage and fuel for backup generators (ongoing facility utilities and generator fuel/maintenance).
Training And Procedural Development $125K/yr
[#21] SOP development, drills, simulations, instructor costs, scheduling software and lockout/tagout systems.
It Operations $100K/yr
[#22] Secure IT operations, hardened communications maintenance, secure logging and indirect comms protocols operations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.7M/yr
86.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled operations, research and maintenance only.
scheduled operations routine research no containment incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $8.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Small containment incident or equipment failure requiring repairs, suit/robot replacement, limited medical response and small-scale decontamination.
equipment failure limited contamination minor personnel transport/loss
🚨 Major Breach $9.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Major containment breach or event causing substantial damage, loss of equipment and extended downtime requiring rebuilding and large-scale decontamination.
relocation to high-radiation/thermal environment large fauna passage triggering transport significant structural damage
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $17.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Catastrophic site loss or destruction (site-wide incineration/meltdown) requiring full reconstruction, major replacement of capital and emergency response.
anomaly relocates to extreme-star-proximate destination mass incineration/structural melt loss of all on-site infrastructure
👥 Personnel 49 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 Provides 24/7 site security, rapid-response and escort duties; maps to security wages and access-control (see [#10]).
Research Scientist 20 Planetary science, astrobiology, systems engineering, robotics and containment researchers; maps to research salaries and R&D budget (see [#11, #13, #25]).
Engineer / Maintenance 4 Facility, robotics and HVAC/BSL systems maintenance and repairs; maps to maintenance and facilities staff costs (see [#6, #4, #23]).
Medical Officer 5 On-call physicians, paramedics and psychological services for staff and Class-D personnel; maps to medical support budget (see [#12]).
Administrative Staff 3 Site admin, records, cover-story coordination and compliance liaison; maps to cover/legal and admin overhead (see [#20, #24]).
Class-D Personnel 5 On-site Class-D required for exploration; covered by Class-D housing/turnover budget (see [#9]).
📋 Confidence Notes
Core cost categories are well-identified by containment requirements, but large ranges remain for lab biosafety level, required R&D specialization and chosen contingency reserve size; historical breach increases risk uncertainty.
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