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SCP-3659 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3659
Expected annual
$2.4M
One-time setup
$2.6M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
13
One-time facility and contingency setup costs are projected at several million USD driven by habitat/enclosure construction, lab upgrades and contingency reserves; recurring annual operations are ~2.3M/yr dominated by staff wages, MTF readiness, legal/cover operations and ongoing animal care.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.6M
Facilities $665K
[#2, #3, #10, #17] Specialized habitat and reinforced enclosures, quarantine buildouts, HVAC and generator installs (aggregate estimate).
Emergency Contingency Reserve $500K
[#16] One-time recommended reserve for escapes, rapid expansion and emergency procurement.
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#28] One-time reserve for property damage, litigation, major overtime and repairs.
Population Control Program Start $500K
[#27] Initial capital for long-term population control / sterilization research program startup.
Equipment $211K
[#1, #7, #13, #14, #22, #25] Secure evidence locker, transport truck/crates, surveillance hardware, incubators and destruction/storage equipment, IT deployment and replacement puppet stock.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $175K
[#11] Biosafety lab upgrades, microscopes and pathology capability (BSL-2+ upgrade estimate).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#6, #9, #12] Salaries: dedicated large-animal veterinarian (~100k), on-site security staff (~8 guards), and research staff (3–5 FTEs aggregated).
Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr
[#18, #19, #23, #26] Legal/PR and cover-story costs, amnestic/legal mitigation budgeting, insurance and tipline/public monitoring operations.
Mtf Phi2 Readiness $300K/yr
[#8] Annual standing readiness for MTF Phi-2: training, equipment upkeep, vehicles, fuel and rapid-response preparedness.
Research And Monitoring $277K/yr
[#11, #13, #27, #22] Lab running costs and consumables, surveillance storage/maintenance, multi-year population-control research spend, and recordkeeping/IT operations.
Supplies And Consumables $197K/yr
[#1, #4, #5, #6, #10, #14, #15, #21, #24, #25] Evidence locker monitoring, live-animal feed (pigs), herbivore forage, veterinary consumables/emergency allocation, PPE and training consumables, egg handling ops, waste disposal, PPE laundering, enrichment and replenishment stock.
Facilities Maintenance $88K/yr
[#2, #3, #17] Grounds/vegetation upkeep, fence power & repairs, enclosure maintenance, HVAC/generator energy & maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#7, #29] Transport/crate supplies and third-party transport/heavy-lift contract retainers.
Personnel Training $30K/yr
[#20] Annual training and specialized handling certification for handlers, security, housekeeping and MTF.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#30] Employee assistance, counseling and stress-management services for staff working with sentient/empathetic puppets/animals.
Contingency Topup $0/yr
[#16] Annual top-ups to emergency contingency reserve (set to 0 unless policy mandates).
Incident Response Topup $0/yr
[#28] Annual top-ups to incident/ liability reserve (set to 0 in baseline).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, no major incidents or escapes.
no_major_escape routine_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Single escape, localized property damage or one-off costly containment response.
single_escape minor_property_damage local_media_report
🚨 Major Breach $3.3M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Multiple escapes or an incident causing civilian injury/property loss requiring large-scale response.
multiple_escapes civilian_injury large_scale_deployment
🚨 Uncontrolled Reproduction $7.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Eggs or puppets evade containment and lead to sustained, population-level proliferation requiring mass remediation.
eggs_escape_public widespread_hatching ecological_remediation
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#12] Full-time research staff to study mechanism, reproduction and containment (included in staff wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#9] On-site security to cover 24/7 shifts with animal-handling training (included in staff wages).
Veterinarian / Medical Officer 1 [#6] Dedicated large-animal veterinarian (salary included in staff wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derived from analyst ranges and a small-number baseline (assumed 1 A and 2 B instances); many costs are range-based and depend on reproduction rate and containment stability, producing moderate confidence.
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