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SCP-2969 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2969
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$7.1M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
12.5
Initial one-time setup is dominated by a large contingency reserve and construction/retrofit costs (totaling several million USD); annual operations are driven by staffing, long-term research, security, and opportunity costs (~$1.78M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.1M
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#23] Dedicated one-time contingency/reserve to cover catastrophic containment failure and remediation (recommended $5,000,000).
Facilities $750K
[#1, #11, #15] Containment chamber construction/upgrade (#1: $400k), exclusion-zone/site modifications (#11: $200k), and power infrastructure/redundancy install (#15: $150k).
Equipment $695K
[#2, #3, #9, #10, #12, #13, #14, #20, #21] Lightless surveillance system (#2: $80k), encrypted radio hardware (#3: $35k), robotics/manipulators (#9: $200k), drone fleet (#10: $150k), security training/equipment (#12: $50k), MTF equipment/training (#13: $100k), emergency broadcast system integration (#14: $30k), cybersecurity hardening hardware (#20: $40k), archival setup (#21: $10k).
Prearranged Evacuations Contracts $300K
[#26] One-time costs for pre-arranged logistics contracts for mass-evacuation/decontamination staging (#26: $300k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $220K
[#5, #6, #7] Automated TTS development (#5: $40k), secure text database dev & hardware (#6: $120k), computational linguistics tool development (#7: $60k).
Legal And Cover Setup $150K
[#22] One-time legal/cover-story setup and immediate legal contingency costs (#22: $150k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $612K/yr
[#4, #8, #12] Daily reader personnel (1.5 FTE) and backups (#4: $112k), linguistics research staff (2–3 FTE) (#8: $180k), security personnel (6–8 guards) (#12: $320k).
Research And Monitoring $329K/yr
[#6, #7, #18, #21, #24] Secure DB hosting/backups/sysadmin (#6: $12k/yr), linguistics tool licensing/tuning (#7: $15k/yr), medical/neurocognitive monitoring (#18: $50k/yr), archival offsite storage (#21: $2k/yr), long-term research program funding (#24: $250k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#13, #26] MTF readiness/operational readiness costs (#13: $200k/yr) and containment-failure logistics readiness contracts (#26: $100k/yr).
Opportunity Cost $200K/yr
[#25] Estimated lost revenue / opportunity cost for reserved site space and 800 m exclusion buffer (#25: $200k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#22] Annual legal retainer and cover-story / public-relations contingency (#22: $100k/yr).
Insurance And Premium $50K/yr
[#23] Annual insurance premium / liability coverage reserve (#23: $50k/yr).
Equipment Maintenance $46K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #9, #10] Maintenance for surveillance (#2: $1k/yr), radio/comm costs (#3: $500/yr), TTS/license maintenance (#5: $5k/yr), robotics maintenance (#9: $20k/yr), drone maintenance/training (#10: $20k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $39K/yr
[#11, #15, #16] Site/upkeep and minor renovations (#11: $5k/yr), power system fuel/maintenance (#15: $10k/yr), utilities/electricity allocation included here (#16: $24k/yr).
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#17] Counseling, mandatory rotation, screening and training for readers and exposed staff (#17: $20k/yr counseling + $10k/yr training).
Emergency Drills $25K/yr
[#14] Regular drills/exercises and emergency broadcast testing (#14: $25k/yr).
Misc Contingency $25K/yr
[#27] Miscellaneous contingency for unexpected small repairs, compliance and minor equipment (#27: $25k/yr).
Cybersecurity Monitoring $12K/yr
[#20] Ongoing cybersecurity monitoring, licensing and intrusion detection for the text database (#20: $12k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#19] Consumables & spare parts (blindfold fabric, filters, robot consumables, small parts) (#19: $10k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no significant incidents.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Sensor failures, small containment anomalies, or brief localized operational disruptions requiring MTF/repair and limited overtime.
sensor/hardware failure brief localized breach response limited overtime & repairs
🚨 Major Breach $3.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or escalation requiring full MTF deployment, extended site lockdown, repairs, legal response and public-relations expenses.
containment breach large-scale MTF operation site disruption & legal exposure
🚨 Memorization Event Major Expansion $11.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
SCP-2969 memorizes passages or containment protocols fail in a way that produces permanent/expanded radius, necessitating mass evacuation, major remediation, and long-term relocation.
SCP memorizes passages permanent radius expansion mass evacuation / prolonged remediation
👥 Personnel 12.5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Site Guards 8 [#12] 6–8 guards estimated to cover shifts and redundancy (payroll included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 3 [#8] Linguistics and behavioral research team (2–3 FTE; budgeted at ~$180k/yr).
Daily Reader / Operator 1.5 [#4] Primary reader(s) 1.0 FTE with backup/rotation (budgeted at ~$112k/yr; 1.5 FTE recommended).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates are detailed in analyst notes, but significant uncertainty remains due to site-specific construction costs, policy choices (size of contingency reserve), MTF cost-sharing assumptions, and unpredictable anomalous escalation risk; contingency/reserve sizing is particularly discretionary.
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