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SCP-3522 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3522
Expected annual
$3.1M
One-time setup
$5.0M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
14.1
Initial retrofit and research setup are substantial (several hundred thousand to a few million USD up-front); recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, research, security, and contingency provisioning (~$3.0M/yr). Main drivers are research/reserve commitments, security staffing, and contingency/reserve provisioning for escalation.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.0M
Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#21] Up-front internal contingency/reserve fund to cover catastrophic property damage, relocation planning buy-in, and high-cost mitigation (moderate-sized reserve chosen within provided range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.9M
[#14, #15, #19, #24] Research equipment and lab buildout (research team equipment budget), experimental apparatus and off-site shielded test chambers, contingency/relocation planning, and initial specialty materials research program startup.
Facilities $486K
[#1, #2] Containment room modification (structural reinforcement, sacrificial flooring, airlock, door hardware) and UV-blocking window remediation; midpoint estimate of provided ranges.
Equipment $375K
[#3, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #22] Non-electronic/EM-safe ventilation installation, mechanical locking hardware, remote monitoring sensors (one-time), optical camera systems (one-time), manual alarm hardware, initial medical/burn supplies, and non-magnetic tools/PPE procurement.
Emergency Equipment $85K
[#20] One-time emergency response equipment and drill development (non-electrical actuation systems, manual extraction tools, containment seals).
Training Development $68K
[#6] Initial curriculum development and contractor instructors for specialized low-vision/hand-to-hand training; includes initial cohort delivery costs.
Emi Program Setup $15K
[#23] Initial EMI audit and program establishment to prevent inadvertent EM sources near containment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#4, #5, #13, #14] Salaries: security staff (~8 FTE incl. overtime), prorated anesthesiology support (contract), clinical psychologist (0.5–1 FTE), and research team salaries (3–6 researchers/techs).
Special Materials Research $500K/yr
[#24] Ongoing multi-year R&D program costs searching for EM-immune boundary materials or advanced containment fields.
Cover Story And Legal $285K/yr
[#17, #18] Amnestic administration budgets, legal counsel, cover stories, settlements and PR operations to maintain secrecy.
Reserve Provisioning $200K/yr
[#21] Annual provisioning to replenish/augment contingency reserve for catastrophic risk and modeling.
Research And Monitoring $155K/yr
[#9, #10, #15] Ongoing monitoring instrumentation maintenance/calibration, camera/optical system maintenance, and HPC/compute resources and experimental consumables.
Administrative Overhead $150K/yr
[#25] Pro-rated site overhead (utilities, site admin, security command center share attributable to SCP-3522 containment).
D Class Management $80K/yr
[#7] Recurring costs for D-class rotation: pay, housing, medical, supervision and behavioral monitoring.
Supplies And Consumables $72K/yr
[#3, #12, #16, #22] Recurring anesthetic agents, medical resupply and burn treatment consumables, PPE replacements, and consumable sedatives/medical disposables.
Red Team Testing $60K/yr
[#27] Annual adversarial testing and penetration audits of containment & response procedures.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#19] Annual contingency readiness for potential relocation logistics, non-electronic hoist maintenance and transport planning preparedness.
Emergency Drills $30K/yr
[#20] Recurring drills, staff time and coordination with neighboring teams.
Facilities Maintenance $23K/yr
[#1, #8, #11] Ongoing structural/door/sacrificial flooring maintenance, mechanical lock servicing, and manual alarm upkeep.
Incident Response $20K/yr
[#26] Annual provisioning for incident investigations, equipment replacement, medical and remediation for occasional incidents (expected provisioning).
Emi Compliance $18K/yr
[#23] Recurring compliance inspections, lockers/signage and enforcement to prevent EM sources near containment.
Training Refresher $10K/yr
[#6] Recurrent refresher courses for low-vision/hand-to-hand combat training.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr
83.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents beyond routine training, monitoring, and research activity.
routine_operations scheduled_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Small containment incident requiring medical care, limited equipment replacement, localized legal/cover actions and after-action investigation.
brief_breach_or_assault medical_treatment_and_equipment_replacement
🚨 Major Breach $5.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant breach or escalation: large medical event, facility damage, broad amnestic deployment and major legal/coverup expenses.
extended_breach widespread_property_damage large-scale_amnestic_use
🚨 Final Stage Escalation $13.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Object progresses toward hypothesised final stage requiring large-scale relocation or accelerated high-cost R&D/rescue operations.
rapid_increase_in_absorption_intensity necessity_of_relocation_or_large_R&D
👥 Personnel 14.1 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#5] Eight full-time-equivalent guards to cover two 12-hr shifts (two-person entry teams), matching recurring security wage estimates.
Research Scientist / Technician 5 [#14, #15] Multi-disciplinary research team (physicist, materials scientist, medical researcher, containment engineer and tech support); salaries included in research staffing estimate.
Anesthesiologist / Medical Specialist (FTE) 0.3 [#4, #3] On-call anesthesiologist support (0.2–0.5 FTE prorated contract) for sedative administration and monitoring; reflected in staff wages.
Clinical Psychologist 0.8 [#13] 0.5–1 FTE psychologist for ongoing therapy, rehabilitation and behavior management; costed in recurring staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items have wide published ranges and the object presents long-term uncertain progression risk; containment staffing and equipment needs are well-described but escalation/relocation costs are highly variable, so medium confidence reflects good detail for operations but uncertainty for catastrophic scenarios.
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