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SCP-3253 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3253
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
16
One-time setup (facility conversions, secure testing suite, R&D, and reserves) is roughly $4.43M; annual recurring costs (staffing, ICU-level operations, supplies, monitoring, and contingency top-ups) are about $3.12M, driven primarily by medical staffing, security wages, and continuous life-support operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Insurance Reserve $2.0M
[#26] One-time insurance / long-term liability reserve (chosen $2,000,000 within $1M–$10M range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#5, #11, #22, #24] Dedicated testing suite / remote manipulators and isolation build-out (#5, $750k chosen), robotic/replica R&D (#11, $150k), data analysis/archive initial setup (#22, $60k), prosthetic/replica procedure development one-time R&D (#24, $100k).
Facilities $550K
[#2, #3] Includes secure humanoid cell construction/upgrade (#2, $200k chosen) and life-support/ICU room conversion/upgrade (#3, $350k chosen) as capital structural work.
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#15] One-time containment incident response reserve chosen mid-range ($500k).
Equipment $265K
[#4, #12, #17, #20, #21] Physical safe and electronic logging (#4, $30k), contraband/tool-control hardware (#12, $25k), database/hardening/IT one-time improvements (#17, $60k), secure transport vehicle purchase (#20, $100k), CCTV/recording equipment (#21, $50k).
Disposal And Neutralization $50K
[#28] Controlled-destruction/neutralization protocol one-time equipment/procedure cost (chosen $50k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Security staffing (multi-shift guards & supervisors, #6 ~ $500k), medical staffing including ICU-level care (#7 ~ $700k), clinical psychologist (#8 ~ $110k), dedicated research/technician salaries (#9 ~ $350k).
Facilities Maintenance $610K/yr
[#1, #3, #21] Site overhead / prorated Site operational costs and utilities (#1 $300k), life-support operational maintenance and consumables (#3 $300k allocated to facilities ops), CCTV/storage maintenance (#21 $10k).
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#17, #18, #19, #25] Digital security/maintenance and memetic event costs (#17 $30k), legal/diplomatic/cultural liaison baseline (#18 $100k), public cover-up baseline/disinformation program (#19 $100k), Ethics board administration allocation (#25 $20k) — combined into cover/legal baseline.
Supplies And Consumables $136K/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #13, #14, #12] Psychological testing materials (#8 $5k), research consumables and equipment consumables (#9 $100k), per-test robotic/cadaver materials (#11 $24k annualized), nail/skin maintenance (#13 $1500), PPE and biosafety consumables (#14 $8k), chain-of-custody physical seal supplies (#12 $2k).
Research And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#22, #23, #24, #29] Data analysis and archival maintenance (#22 $30k), forensic/object cataloging and test-object procurement program (#23 $50k), ongoing prosthetic/replica procedure maintenance/training (#24 $10k), long-term asset/inventory audits (#29 $30k).
Medical Treatment For Returns $100K/yr
[#16] Baseline budget for treatment/rehab/infection-control for returned objects/persons (analyst suggested $100k/yr baseline).
Incident Response Topup $50K/yr
[#15] Annual top-up to incident response reserve / readiness fund (small recurring replenishment).
Staff Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#27] Regular drills and specialized training for vanish/return events, overtime pay and exercises (chosen $50k/yr).
Administrative Overhead $50K/yr
[#30] HR, scheduling, payroll, access approvals and program-specific admin overhead (chosen $50k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $45K/yr
[#4, #20] Secure storage audits/logistics small recurring (#4 $2k included in inventory controls elsewhere), secure transport per-transfer annual estimate (#20, assumed 4 transfers/year at ~$10k each -> $40k).
Testing Session Operational Costs $36K/yr
[#10] Per-session operational costs ($3k average chosen) × assumed 12 supervised sessions/year = $36k.
Inventory And Contraband Controls $10K/yr
[#12] Recurring operation/audit cost for contraband, tool control, and inventory systems (chosen $10k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, quarterly profiling, scheduled testing and no major incidents.
no breaches scheduled testing only routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Single containment/vanishing event requiring emergency response, temporary surge staffing, and treatment for returned subject(s).
single object vanishes emergency containment deployment one returned subject requires treatment
🚨 Major Breach $4.6M/yr
1.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Multiple containment losses or a serious incident causing medical casualties, significant loss of assets, legal exposure and prolonged recovery operations.
multiple simultaneous vanishings serious injuries or deaths extended multi-site response
🚨 Political Exposure $3.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Sensitive leak or discovery requiring diplomatic/legal intervention and large-scale public cover-up.
public leak foreign government involvement major reputational risk
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 Multi-shift guards and supervisors to enforce two-person rules and rapid response; cost basis included in staff_wages [#6].
Medical Officer 4 Critical-care nurses, respiratory technician, on-call physician for continuous life-support and incident response; costs included in staff_wages [#7].
Research Scientist / Technician 3 Dedicated anomalous-research personnel and technicians (2–4 recommended); salaries and consumables included in staff_wages and supplies [#9].
Clinical Psychologist 1 0.5–1.0 FTE clinical psychologist for profiling and therapy; costs included in staff_wages and supplies [#8].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many explicit cost ranges and drivers (medical ICU care, security, testing suite), so estimates are grounded; uncertainty remains due to unknown test frequency, site-overhead allocation, and low-probability high-cost events, so confidence is medium.
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