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SCP-2920 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2920
Expected annual
$12.5M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$11.9M
Personnel
31
Estimated one-time setup costs are roughly $3.0M (perimeter fencing, booths, vehicles, lab buildout and comms). Annual operating costs are high (~$11.9M/yr) driven primarily by dedicated MTF readiness, Site-59 facility operations, staffing (border booths and administrative), and a sustained research/monitoring program.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Facilities $1.2M
[#1, #5] Perimeter electric fence installation and toll-booth/border-check physical construction; includes grounding, gates, booths, HVAC and basic site work (estimated combined mid-range).
Equipment $990K
[#3, #7, #25] Security cameras, NVR/servers and encryption hardware (#3), perimeter/internal patrol vehicle purchases (#7), and communications equipment installation (#25) — one-time hardware and installation costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#16] Laboratory buildout and specialized instrumentation (wet/dry lab, secure storage, BSL capability and high-speed acquisition) — one-time.
Ppe And Decon Setup $35K
[#21] Initial PPE and decontamination setup (showers, initial stocks) one-time setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.9M/yr
Mtf Delta6 Operations $2.5M/yr
[#9] Mobile Task Force Delta-6 dedicated readiness and operations (standby salaries, specialized equipment amortization, training, deployment readiness).
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#15, #4, #22] Ongoing anomaly research program (#15), video storage/monitoring support and long-retention storage (#4), and forensic/veterinary pathology capacity (#22).
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#6, #13, #14] Toll-booth/border staffing (24 staff, 3-shift coverage), administrative clerks for approvals/records, and biweekly survey/community-liaison professionals (salaries + benefits).
Site59 Facility Operations $1.5M/yr
[#24] Site-59 facility operations, utilities, mess/food services, housing for rotating staff, waste handling and site security staffing costs.
Cover Story And Legal $900K/yr
[#18, #19] Public relations/goodwill programs and legal/liaison/covert expenditure for cover-ups, permits and local government relations.
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#8, #10] Fleet operations (fuel, maintenance, insurance) and contracted helicopter/airlift readiness/availability fees.
Contingency Reserve $600K/yr
[#30] Contingency/emergency reserve (recommended 10–20% of baseline operating budget) held for unforeseen escalations.
Supplies And Consumables $360K/yr
[#12] Monthly supply-drop program (procurement, vetting, transport) recurring costs.
Replacement Amortization $300K/yr
[#27] Amortized reserve for hardware and vehicle replacement/refresh on multi-year cycles.
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#2, #23] Perimeter fence maintenance/power/veg control and road maintenance/seasonal repair program.
Containment Breach Fund $250K/yr
[#20] Rapid-response reserve for external containment, cordons, temporary quarantines and emergency public-safety measures (annual plan/reserve).
Lockdown Annualized Cost $200K/yr
[#11] Lockdown operational costs (per-event $200k–$1M) expressed here as an expected/annualized cost for contingency planning.
It Security $150K/yr
[#26] IT security, incident response and data-forensics for camera feeds, logs and insider-threat monitoring.
Medical And Mortuary $100K/yr
[#17] Medical care, autopsies and mortuary/cremation costs associated with anomalous injuries and personnel casualties.
Training And Drills $100K/yr
[#28] Regular training, public-safety drills, MTF and community exercises.
Environmental Management $90K/yr
[#29] Environmental mitigation and forest management to reduce risk (trail closure, signage, vector mitigation).
Communications Leased Lines $60K/yr
[#25] Recurring leased lines, maintenance and connectivity costs for encrypted backbone linking Site-59, booths, cameras and mobile units.
Ppe Consumables $15K/yr
[#21] Ongoing PPE and decontamination consumables replacement.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.9M/yr
69.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing operations, routine maintenance, and scheduled research but no major containment incidents.
no breach events regular research operations standard supply and maintenance cycles
🚨 Minor Incident $13.1M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized containment breach or short-range escape requiring MTF deployment, a two-week lockdown and targeted PR/legal actions.
short-term perimeter breach single-family or small-group escape localized lockdown and MTF response
🚨 Major Breach $14.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant breach with wider external exposure requiring extended operations, larger-scale MTF deployments, emergency research surge and increased legal/PR costs.
multi-person organized escape extended external exposure major MTF deployment and legal/PR surge
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $21.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
High-profile, large-scale breach with public exposure, major litigation, mass evacuations and long-term research/containment escalation.
public exposure / media attention mass external contamination/exposure major legal and reconstruction costs
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Toll-booth / Border Staff 24 [#6] 24 staff for 8 booths (3 shifts) as modeled in analyst notes; payroll included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 4 [#13] Clerks to vet requests, manage manifests and records (3–6 FTEs estimated; midpoint used).
Community Liaison / Psychologist 3 [#14] Biweekly emotional-state surveys and liaison staff (2–4 professionals + admin; midpoint professionals counted here).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude midpoints based on wide ranges in the analyst notes (many items give multix ranges dependent on town size, road count and policy choices). Euclid containment and historic incidents provide moderate data but significant uncertainty remains in event frequency and escalation costs.
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