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SCP-3415 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3415
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$2.8M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
15
First-year capital and setup costs are substantial (~$2.8M) driven by containment retrofit, secure transport/locker infrastructure, and a large emergency reserve. Recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages (security, researchers, medical/psych staff) and operational support, totaling ~ $2.03M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.8M
Emergency Contingency Reserve $1.2M
[#18] Contingency reserve for large-scale emergency response or major containment operations (midpoint of recommended reserve range).
Facilities $458K
[#4, #10, #16, #17, #22] Containment-suite retrofit, incinerator purchase/installation, fencing/signage, generator purchase and vault upgrade for off-site archiving.
Equipment $388K
[#5, #7, #8, #19] Monitoring-post sensor package, cognitohazard-rated lockers/secure storage units, secure transport vehicle purchase/configuration, secure server/hardware.
Public Relief One Time Spike $250K
[#24] Potential one-time large public-relations/amnestic campaign spike in the event of significant exposure.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $190K
[#6, #14] Forensic workstation and custom software/procedures plus lab analysis/imaging hardware for hard drive and materials analysis.
Legal One Time Reserve $175K
[#15] One-off legal/cover-story incident budget (mid-range estimate for litigation/bribes/large legal actions).
Initial Amnestic Stock $50K
[#11] Initial purchase/stockpile of amnestic agents and medical supplies for on-site use.
Training Setup $25K
[#3] Initial curriculum/setup for security, cognitohazard awareness and plainclothes/refresher program development.
Initial Relocation Operations $20K
[#8] Initial operating cost for relocation of existing 59 items (vehicle/crew/fuel/admin) as a one-time relocation expense.
Initial Ppe Stock $5K
[#9] Initial stock of gloves, suits, no-skin-contact tools and single-use supplies.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#1, #2, #6, #11, #12, #13] Security guards (8 premium plainclothes guards including benefits), supervisory staff for Maintenance Team-3415, forensic analyst FTE, medical staffing/amnestic administration staffing, clinical psychologist FTE, and research scientist salaries (3 high-pay researchers).
Cover Story And Legal $202K/yr
[#15, #23, #24] Ongoing legal and cover-story budget, annual insurance/premiums/reserve, and baseline public-relations/information-suppression budget.
Emergency Response Retainer $200K/yr
[#18] Annual retainer/standing rapid-response capability for containment anomalies or public exposures (alternative to drawing down the large reserve).
R And D Contingency $162K/yr
[#25] Standing R&D contingency for developing new countermeasures, hardware and procedures against unpredictable anomalous side-effects.
Research And Monitoring $135K/yr
[#5, #13, #14, #22] Monitoring equipment maintenance/calibration, research consumables and overhead, lab consumables/contracted analyses, and archiving staff/overhead for off-site redundancy.
Facilities Maintenance $82K/yr
[#7, #10, #16, #17] Annual maintenance/climate control for cognitohazard lockers, incinerator operating & hazardous-waste compliance, property taxes/appearance/maintenance and generator fuel/maintenance + utilities baseline.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#2, #8] Ongoing costs to rotate/class-C logistics (recruitment, transport, lodging, hazard pay) and per-transfer operating costs for secure transport operations.
Training Programs $30K/yr
[#3] Annual refresher courses, instructor salaries and simulation time for guards and Class-C maintenance personnel.
Data Storage And Audit $22K/yr
[#19] Ongoing admin, secure storage, auditing labor and secure logging maintenance for air-gapped/tamper-evident records.
Supplies And Consumables $16K/yr
[#9, #20, #21] Recurring PPE replacement and handling supplies, disposable analog note systems/single-use devices, and regulated PPE waste disposal/compliance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine staffing, monitoring, training and archival activity.
routine_operations no_breach standard_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized exposure or detection leading to a targeted amnestic/PR response, short-term increased security and legal expenses.
localized_exposure small_public_record_leak single_breach_or_escape
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring major emergency operations, large amnestic campaigns, legal action and equipment replacement.
large_scale_exposure multiple_instance_spread extensive_publicity_or_litigation
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#1] Eight plainclothes guards to maintain constant presence (3-shift coverage + overlap).
Research Scientist 3 [#13] Three high-pay researchers (cognitohazard specialists, linguists, forensic analysts) on-staff for ongoing study.
Medical Officer 1 [#11] On-call physician/medic for amnestic administration and medical response.
Clinical Psychologist 1 [#12] 0.5–1 FTE clinical psychologist for staff monitoring and testing (counted as 1 FTE here).
Forensic Analyst / Technician 1 [#6] Forensic analyst time for safe non-corrupt data capture and analysis (0.5–1 FTE accounted as 1 headcount).
Site Supervisor / Senior Researcher 1 [#2] Supervisory staff time for Maintenance Team-3415 management and oversight.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and ranges for nearly every cost driver, allowing mid-point selections; however anomalous behaviors and contingent incident costs are inherently uncertain, so confidence is medium.
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