SCP-3486 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3486
Expected annual
$3.7M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$3.6M
Personnel
30
Initial one-time setup is dominated by property acquisition, facility remediation and equipment installation (~$4.0M). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel (security, research, medical) and recurring support services (~$3.63M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Facilities $1.7M
[#1, #2, #3] Property acquisition/lease, structural conversion and perimeter construction (title/legal premiums, building stabilization, fencing/gates and access-control installations).
Equipment $1.4M
[#5, #6, #9, #11, #13, #14, #17, #19, #7] Surveillance hardware, environmental venting/monitoring hardware, delivery/conversion vehicles, clinic setup equipment, capture/containment hardware, transfer vehicle purchase, one-time data storage infrastructure, generator/utility hardware, initial PPE procurement (one-time components). Recurring components for several of these items are budgeted under recurring_costs.
Emergency Reserve $625K
[#24] One-time contingency fund / reserve set-aside for catastrophic response and large-scale remediation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#16] Initial genomic sequencing (WGS for 43 instances) and up-front imaging/analysis instrumentation and setup costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#4, #10, #11, #9] Security staff salaries (guards + supervisors), on-site research team salaries and overhead, medical staffing salaries, and driver wages (annual salaries, employer costs and benefits).
Supplies And Consumables $521K/yr
[#7, #12, #8, #18, #21] Recurring PPE replacement and occupational health, medical supplies/antibiotics/vaccines, daily rations/water deliveries, biohazard disposal and sanitary services, and behavioral management/enrichment consumables.
Research And Monitoring $460K/yr
[#5, #6, #16, #17] Ongoing surveillance storage/analysis, environmental monitoring & sampling, recurring research studies and lab analyses, and secure data storage/communications subscriptions and analyst time.
Logistics And Transport $168K/yr
[#9, #14, #19] Vehicle maintenance, fuel and insurance for delivery fleet and dedicated transfer vehicle; recurring generator fuel and related utility fuel costs.
Facilities Maintenance $153K/yr
[#20] Routine site/building/fence/vehicle maintenance and occasional heavy-equipment rentals for structural stabilization (amortized).
Cover Story And Legal $85K/yr
[#23] Annual cover story maintenance, local liaison expenses, covert payments, PR materials and legal/records maintenance to conceal Foundation involvement.
Training And Vetting $63K/yr
[#22] Background checks, specialized training for staff (de-escalation, hazardous-site procedures), and refresher courses.
Annual Audit $63K/yr
[#25] Annual internal audits, ethics oversight, red-team testing and simulated breach exercises.
Site25 Contingency Readiness $50K/yr
[#15] Amortized readiness costs for maintaining at least one contingency cell at Site 25 and minimal per-incident readiness preparations (annualized).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr
85.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; steady-state operations and scheduled maintenance only.
steady_state_operations no_breaches routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized incident such as a single-instance injury or a brief, limited egress requiring local extraction and medical treatment.
single_instance_injury local_extraction short_term_overtime
🚨 Major Breach $4.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Multiple-instance breach or coordinated escape requiring MTF deployment, multiple transfers to Site 25, and extended medical/recontainment operations.
coordinated_breach multiple_transports extended_recontainment_operations
🚨 Methane Explosion $5.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Major environmental incident (methane ignition/leachate catastrophe or storm damage) causing large-scale remediation, rebuilding and emergency relocations.
methane_event structural_collapse major_environmental_remediation
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#4] On-site 24/7 perimeter guards (3 shifts of 4 guards).
Security Supervisor 2 [#4] Shift supervisors and management oversight.
Research Scientist 4 [#10] Lead researcher plus research associates and behavioral analysts.
Administrative Staff 1 [#10] Site admin / coordination support.
Medical Officer 1 [#11] On-call physician (pediatric/trauma-experienced).
Medical Technician / EMT 2 [#11, #12] Med techs/EMTs to staff clinic and support emergency care; medical supplies consumables budgeted separately.
Driver / Logistics 3 [#9] Drivers for anonymous delivery fleet and transfer vehicle operators.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#20, #19] Site engineers/maintenance staff for buildings, generators, vehicles and heavy-equipment coordination.
Data / IT Analyst 2 [#5, #17] Surveillance and secure data storage/analysis personnel responsible for monitoring, redaction and secure communications.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing mid-range estimates, but large ranges on property acquisition, environmental remediation and medical/research scale create material uncertainty.
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