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SCP-3623 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3623
Expected annual
$9.6M
One-time setup
$10.1M
Annual recurring
$9.5M
Personnel
65
Initial capital to support the current 13-instance containment program is roughly $10.1M one-time, driven primarily by contingency reserve, mobile unit purchases, lab fit-out and per-instance cell fit-outs. Annual recurring operations are approximately $9.49M/yr, driven chiefly by security wages, research/monitoring staff, and administrative/legal overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.1M
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#15, #19] Initial rapid-escalation / emergency reserve (recommended $5,000,000 initial buffer).
Facilities $1.9M
[#1, #19] Containment cell modular fit-out for 13 instances at ~$150,000 each (13×$150k = $1,950,000).
Fleet Purchase $1.5M
[#9] Purchase of 2 mobile containment units (2×$750k = $1,500,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#7, #19] Initial secure lab fit-out and core instrumentation estimated at $1,000,000.
Equipment $555K
[#4, #8, #11] CCTV/surveillance installation (~$25k/site ×13 = $325k), secure IT hardware (~$200k), and purchase of containment crates (~$30k).
Decontamination Per Compromised Site $50K
[#16] Per-compromised-site decontamination/demolition/remediation mid-estimate $50,000 per event.
Training Program Development $50K
[#12] Development and initial rollout of Protocol Artwork-VII and related training estimated at $50,000 one-time.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.5M/yr
Staff Wages $5.3M/yr
[#3, #7, #14] Aggregate salaries: site security (52 FTE guards ≈ $3,640,000), plus research and monitoring personnel (~$1,700,000) consolidated here.
Administrative Overhead $1.6M/yr
[#17] Program administrative overhead (20% of recurring operating budget).
Facilities Maintenance $822K/yr
[#2, #4, #5, #9] Site leases (~$36k/site ×13 = $468k), surveillance maintenance (~$5k/site ×13 = $65k), utilities/HVAC (~$3k/site ×13 = $39k), and fleet maintenance (~$250k).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#13] Annual program legal/cover budget baseline ~$500k/yr.
Contingency Replenish $500K/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment / reserve maintenance budget for surge events (~$500k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $225K/yr
[#8, #9] Capture & transport per-event reserve (~$100k/yr) plus fleet staffing (~$125k/yr).
It And Secure Comms $200K/yr
[#11] Ongoing secure IT operations, software, and IT security staff (~$200k/yr).
Medical And Psychological Care $130K/yr
[#6] Medical and psychological care for 13 hosts (~$10k/yr per host ×13 = $130k).
Replacement Infected Staff $100K/yr
[#18] Replacement/productivity costs for affected Foundation employees (baseline provision ~$100k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $65K/yr
[#10] Consumables, PPE, medical consumables, replacements (~$5k/site ×13 = $65k).
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#12] Annual refresher courses and drills (~$30k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
[#7, #14] [] Recurring non-salary research expenditures assumed minimal or folded into staff wages for baseline; salary elements moved to staff_wages.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.5M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations for 13 contained instances.
no breaches steady monitoring routine captures only
🚨 Minor Incident $9.6M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized capture or small containment incident requiring additional transport, overtime, and modest legal/cover expenditures.
local capture small breach or exposure single-site decontamination
🚨 Major Breach $13.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Compromised site or public exposure requiring large-scale decontamination, surge staffing, emergency transport, and significant cover/legal action.
site compromise public exposure mass containment operation
👥 Personnel 65 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 52 [#3] 4 guards per site × 13 sites; staffing level inferred from security wage budget used in estimates.
Research Scientist 6 [#7] Core research leads/postdocs contributing to behavioral/transfer research; headcount derived from research salary pool.
Lab Technician / Research Assistant 3 [#7] Lab bench techs and secure-lab support staff included in research salary pool.
Monitoring Analyst / Data Analyst 4 [#14] Monitoring and intelligence cell analysts for global detection and data analysis; staff funded from monitoring/research budget.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many itemized estimates and program-scale figures; however some line items (event frequencies, staffing mixes, and contingency sizing) require judgmental assumptions and regional cost variability, so confidence is medium.
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