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SCP-3195 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3195
Expected annual
$15.4M
One-time setup
$25.4M
Annual recurring
$14.8M
Personnel
43
Initial one-time capital and retrieval costs are approximately $25.35M, driven by construction of Provisional Site-44, salvage/retrieval operations, and site outfitting. Annual recurring operations are approximately $14.789M/yr, dominated by global disinformation/PR, staff wages, maritime enforcement, and legal/communications costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.4M
Facilities $15.0M
[#1] Reinforced concrete hangar/dome, foundation, pier/berthing, access roads, helipad/barge capability and environmental shielding.
Equipment $3.5M
[#2] Heavy-lift retrieval and installation: crane barge charter, salvage ship, rigging, towing, divers, insurance.
Decommissioning Budget $2.5M
[#24] Budget for removal, transport, disposal/destruction, environmental remediation and legal closure if decommissioning required.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#5, #11, #12] Initial medical/forensics lab setup, imaging/spectrometry/telescope suite purchase, initial servers/storage for imagery and event logs.
Contingency Engineering Reserve $1.0M
[#21] One-time contingency/engineering reserve for unforeseen structural fixes or design changes.
Structural Scaffolding $700K
[#3] Permanent structural stabilization, custom marine-grade scaffolding, support frames and fixtures around the subject.
Power Systems $300K
[#13] Initial power generation and backup equipment (diesel generators, UPS, grid-tie hardware).
Hvac Systems $250K
[#14] Initial HVAC, dehumidification and environmental control buildout.
Emergency Retainer $250K
[#17] One-off retainers/contract clauses for crane/barge availability, emergency heavy-lift access.
Initial Secure Communications $200K
[#10] Initial encrypted comms systems and secure monitoring/takedown tool purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.8M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $5.8M/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Global disinformation/media management campaign, legal team costs, takedowns, FOIA handling, and secure monitoring/counter-messaging operations.
Staff Wages $3.4M/yr
[#4, #5, #6] Continuous on-site scientific staff, full-time medical team and 24/7 security personnel (researchers, lab techs, physicians, med-techs, security staff).
Contingency And Escalation Fund $1.9M/yr
[#25] 15% contingency/escalation reserve of annualized recurring costs to cover leak responses, settlements, bribery/cooperation payments and major event responses.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#11, #12, #22] Ongoing imaging suite maintenance, data storage/analysis costs, cloud/on-site compute, and long-term research grants/external collaboration.
Maritime Enforcement $800K/yr
[#7] Costs for establishing and enforcing a maritime exclusion zone: patrols, NOTAMs, buoy fields, cooperation fees or contracted private enforcement.
Facilities Maintenance $650K/yr
[#3, #13, #14, #19] Annual maintenance of scaffolding, corrosion control, power system fuel/maintenance, HVAC operations and general facility repairs/janitorial.
Logistics And Transport $550K/yr
[#17, #20] Emergency response readiness and ongoing personnel/supply rotations (boat/heli charters, supply runs, transport logistics).
Public Safety And Evacuations $300K/yr
[#23] Local community mitigation, evacuation planning, compensation for restricted fisheries/maritime commerce and outreach.
Supplies And Consumables $210K/yr
[#15, #16] Biohazard waste disposal contracts and consumables/PPE (gloves, suits, disposables, sterilization supplies).
Psychological Services $75K/yr
[#18] Ongoing psychological screening, counselling, debriefing and security vetting for staff.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.8M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment, routine monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine monitoring scheduled maintenance regular Celestia Events
🚨 Minor Incident $15.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized containment incident or public leak requiring elevated emergency response and PR surge.
localized structural damage unplanned Celestia Event drawing attention small-scale leak or intrusion
🚨 Major Breach $39.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Public exposure, large-scale breach, or forced decommissioning requiring major legal, remediation and PR spending.
public exposure / widespread observation mass intrusion or attempted removal high-profile legal action or forced remediation
👥 Personnel 43 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#6] 24/7 armed security, boat patrols, quick reaction force, supervisors; 3 shifts.
Research Scientist 8 [#4] Full-time containment scientists (astrophysicists, biologists, materials scientists) — 6–10 FTEs assumed; midpoint used.
Lab Technician 3 [#4, #5] Lab techs supporting medical/forensics sampling and instrumentation operations.
Medical Officer 4 [#5] Full-time on-site medical team and trauma/forensics support for sampling and wound management.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#13, #14, #19] Power/HVAC technicians, scaffold/corrosion control and general facility maintenance staff.
Data Scientist 2 [#11, #12] Data analysis, image processing and storage/backup management for Celestia Event records.
Administrative Staff 2 [#9, #10, #8] Administrative and compliance support for legal/PR coordination, records and logistics.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#4] Senior on-site leadership and decision-making for operations and external coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates follow analyst-provided ranges and reasonable midpoints; one-time construction and retrieval costs are relatively well-bounded. Major uncertainty remains in the scale and duration of the global disinformation campaign, government cooperation variability, and low-probability catastrophic/legal exposure costs, so overall confidence is medium.
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