SCP-2977 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2977
Expected annual
$4.8M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$4.8M
Personnel
24
Initial capital costs are approximately $4.03M driven by site construction, containment engineering, and equipment purchases; recurring annual costs are about $4.75M driven mainly by dedicated MTF/research/security wages and excavation/operational activity.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Facilities $2.5M
[#3, #4, #14, #30] Purchase of provisional-site land and easements, site HQ build-out (visitor façade, offices, fencing, utilities), BSL retrofit (BSL-2 baseline assumed), and high-risk containment engineering/design (reinforced containment, fail-safes).
Equipment $955K
[#6, #7, #8, #10, #12, #13, #21, #27] Capital purchases including surveillance/sensor hardware, one high-end GPR unit, GC-MS and portable analyzers, optional heavy excavation purchase (mid-range), one off-road vehicle, vivaria/climate enclosures, secure data/comms hardware, and cryo freezers.
Emergency Response Contingency Fund $250K
[#18] Initial reserve for rapid-response vehicles, isolation equipment and surge staffing (seed fund to be held in contingency).
Legal And Diplomatic Cover Initial $200K
[#19] Initial costs to register conservation cover/NGO shells, international filings, PR and initial legal work to establish diplomatic/cover presence.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#9] Initial pheromone synthesis R&D, assay development and startup materials for pheromone work and detection program.
Restoration And Remediation Initial $20K
[#25] Initial supplies and contracts to enable backfill, replanting and site remediation capability after early excavations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.8M/yr
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#1, #2, #5] Salaries/benefits for a full-time MTF deployment (~12 operatives), specialist researchers and lab staff, and 24/7 site security guards (site guardianship).
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#19, #20, #24, #26] Ongoing legal/diplomatic cover maintenance, public-facing outreach/PR, community relations/landowner compensation, insurance and indemnity premiums/reserves.
Excavation Operations $580K/yr
[#10, #11, #25] Planned excavation activity (rental of heavy machinery for operations, specialized excavation/archaeological teams, and post-excavation restoration) aggregated annually (assumes multiple small-to-moderate operations per year).
Logistics And Transport $230K/yr
[#10, #12, #23] Recurring transport costs: helicopter/charter usage, vehicle operating costs/fuel, and shipping/customs/handling for international operations.
Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr
[#3, #4] Ongoing lease/easement costs (if leasing rather than purchase), site HQ utilities, grounds and infrastructure upkeep (including upkeep of visitor façade and perimeter).
Research And Monitoring $125K/yr
[#9, #17, #27] Ongoing pheromone assay refinements and detection-dog upkeep, long-term ecological telemetry/tagging program costs, and specimen curation/archival maintenance.
Training And Professional Development $100K/yr
[#28] Recurring training programs for MTF and researchers (pheromone tracking, GPR ops, excavation under preservation law).
Supplies And Consumables $95K/yr
[#8, #15, #16] Field PPE and consumables, GC-MS/chemical consumables and general laboratory consumables/reagents for routine testing.
Equipment Maintenance $95K/yr
[#7, #8, #21, #22] Annual calibration and service contracts for GPR, GC-MS, data/comms hardware and other capital equipment (~10% of capital equipment per year estimate).
Contingency Fund Replenishment $50K/yr
[#18] Annual replenishment contribution to maintain contingency/reserve after use.
Audits And Oversight $50K/yr
[#29] Ethical/compliance audits and internal oversight review costs.
Gpr Rental And Operator $30K/yr
[#7] Recurring option for rental and operator time when purchase is not used (short-term site searches / surveys).
Data And Secure Comms $30K/yr
[#21] Bandwidth, satellite uplink fees, secure storage and encrypted communications service contracts.
Surveillance Maintenance $15K/yr
[#6] Annual comms, maintenance and replacement parts for camera traps, acoustic and motion sensor networks.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.8M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, occasional field operations, no major incidents.
routine monitoring small field operations no incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $5.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or small unexpected excavation requiring emergency response, small PR/legal costs.
localized breach/escape injury during excavation emergency response deployment
🚨 Major Excavation And Breach $7.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Major discovery requiring extended heavy excavation, international operations and high-risk containment engineering and remediation.
discovery of deep SCP-2977-2 needing sustained excavation containment breach requiring engineered containment
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
MTF Agent / Field Operative 12 [#1] Full-time Upsilon-7 deployment (investigators, trackers, logistics).
Research Scientist (Lead) 1 [#2] Lead researcher overseeing Project Longfellow and SCP-2977 program.
Research Scientist (Field Biologist) 2 [#2] Field biologists conducting ecology and fieldwork.
Research Scientist (Chemist) 1 [#2] Chemist focused on pheromone analysis and synthesis.
Lab Technician 2 [#2] Lab techs supporting assays, GC-MS and sample prep.
Security Guard 6 [#5] 24/7 perimeter/site guardianship presented as preserve staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but costs are highly site- and country-dependent and contingent on whether purchases or rentals are used and on excavation tempo — therefore medium confidence.
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