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SCP-3491 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3491
Expected annual
$1.3M
One-time setup
$2.2M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
8
Initial one-time capital and retrofit costs are roughly $2.19M driven by a dedicated vault, specialized robotics and monitoring equipment, and a contingency reserve; annual recurring costs are about $1.31M driven by 24/7 personnel, research, maintenance, and secrecy/contingency spending.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.2M
Insurance Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] Multi-year reserve / insurance-style contingency to cover catastrophic breach response, long-term preservation, or multi-year research scale-up.
Equipment $685K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #10, #13, #14, #15, #20] Spare stainless-steel cages and mounts, remote observation cameras, electric/ion sensors, remote-handling robotics, initial medical/quarantine hardware, security/access systems, UPS/generator tie-in, data recording servers, and transport crates.
Facilities $450K
[#1, #7, #8, #9] Dedicated containment vault retrofit and structural/site-level installs: non-conductive interior, isolated HVAC, grounding/insulation, HVAC filtration and a decontamination suite (combined estimate).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K
[#16] Initial materials-research bench and lab instruments specific to studying ionization/electrostatic effects (mu-metal tests, charge-dissipation test rigs, initial specialized instrumentation).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $620K/yr
[#11] Payroll for assigned staff: 4FTE security (shift coverage) plus 4 FTE combined remote-ops technician, research lead, containment engineer, and medic (annual payroll aggregate).
Research And Monitoring $225K/yr
[#16, #23] Ongoing contracted materials research and epidemiological/environmental monitoring liaison costs.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#19] Legal, cover-story, liaison, and containment bureaucracy/cover payments to maintain secrecy and external interfaces.
Medical Monitoring And Consumables $75K/yr
[#10] Ongoing medical surveillance, specialized diagnostics, consumables and testing for exposures (separate from medic salary included in staff wages).
Facilities Maintenance $52K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #13, #14, #22] Annual maintenance and calibration for grounding infrastructure, HVAC filter replacement/testing, decontamination suite upkeep, security system maintenance, generator/UPS maintenance, and periodic structural/hardware inspection.
Robotics Maintenance $50K/yr
[#5] Repairs, spare parts, and servicing for remote handling robotic systems and end-effectors.
Incident Response Fund $50K/yr
[#18] Rapid-replacement/emergency response fund for destroyed sensors, robotic parts, and urgent contractor work.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#20, #24] Annual budget for occasional specialized transport moves, Faraday transfer carts, and secure travel for consultants.
Training And Drills $25K/yr
[#12] Regular staff training, drills, and SOP updates for remote operations and decontamination.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#6, #17] Sacrificial test probes and routine PPE / biohazard waste handling consumables.
It Storage Support $10K/yr
[#15] Storage, backups, and IT support for high-resolution sensor and camera data retention and analysis.
Electric Monitoring Calibration $5K/yr
[#4] Calibration and replacement for E-field meters, ion counters, and spectrum monitors.
Remote Observation Maintenance $3K/yr
[#3] Maintenance and storage costs for multi-channel remote camera/recorder systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, research, and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized equipment destruction (sacrificial probe/robot end-effector/sensor) requiring emergency replacements and downtime.
probe_destruction robotic_failure sensor_damage
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or public exposure event requiring large-scale replacement, medical response, legal/cover operations, and potential site-level contingency spending.
failed_containment_during_maintenance large_scale_equipment_destruction public_exposure
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#11] Four FTE to provide 24/7 Level-2 guard coverage (shift rotation).
Remote-ops Technician 1 [#11] Operator for remote observation and robotics systems.
Research Scientist 1 [#11, #16] Site research lead (physicist) responsible for materials and electrostatic research.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#11] Containment/maintenance engineer for grounding, HVAC, power, and robotic maintenance coordination.
Medical Officer 1 [#11, #10] On-call medic for quarantine/monitoring and exposure response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for nearly every category, but many estimates are broad ranges and the contingency/reserve choice is judgement-based; unusual anomalous failure modes and the object's destructive proximity introduce uncertainty.
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