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SCP-3900 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3900
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$5.6M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
19
Initial setup is dominated by secure shielding, specialized equipment, and a contingency reserve, totaling roughly $5.6M one-time; ongoing operations are driven by salaries, network monitoring, legal/insurance and readiness, totaling about $2.38M per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.6M
Contingency Fund Allocation $5.0M
[#26] One-time contingency/reserve allocation for worst-case containment failure or large urban activation (recommended large reserve).
Facilities $320K
[#2, #7, #12, #21] Certified Faraday/shielded room buildout, on-site destruction/incinerator setup, permanent corrals, and containment perimeter upgrades (one-time construction/structural work).
Equipment $252K
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #13, #19, #24] Secure containment locker, redundant Faraday enclosures, RF diagnostics gear, mobile Faraday kits, Faraday-lined transport cases, evidence/logging hardware, initial PPE/rabies pre-exposure kit costs, initial network/cyber tools deployment, and CCTV/bio-sensor hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $40K
[#25] Secure data storage, encrypted servers, backups and initial research IT buildout for RF/video/chain-of-custody data.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #14, #29] Salaries and benefits for security staff (24/7 coverage), research scientists and technicians, emergency response team salaries, animal handlers, and base hazard/retention components of pay.
Legal And Litigation Reserve $200K/yr
[#17] Retained counsel costs and an annual litigation reserve for liability responses and permit negotiation.
Contingency Reserve Contribution $200K/yr
[#26] Annual contribution to long-term contingency/reserve to fund potential large incidents (supplements one-time allocation).
Network Monitoring Ops $150K/yr
[#19] Staffing, licensing and maintenance for proactive wireless scanning, device fingerprinting, automated quarantine tools and SOC support.
Insurance And Risk Transfer $150K/yr
[#18] Annual premiums for property, liability and special-risk coverage related to containment and public incidents.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#16] Communications, media management and cover-story operations (annual PR/response budget).
Community Compensation Reserve $100K/yr
[#27] Annual reserve for small-to-medium community compensation and hush/mitigation payments per incidents.
Animal Support And Veterinary $60K/yr
[#11] Veterinary retainer, on-call emergency care budgets and animal handler operational support costs.
Personnel Insurance And Hazard Pay $60K/yr
[#29] Hazard pay, life-insurance riders and retention bonuses for staff working with the anomaly.
Mobile Kit Deployments And Response $50K/yr
[#5, #10] Readiness, vehicle fuel/maintenance and per-incident deployment expenses for mobile Faraday/response kits separate from salaries.
Public Works Coordination $50K/yr
[#20] Agreements, coordination fees and minor compensations to utilities/ISPs and municipalities to support takedowns or disablement actions.
Training And Drills $40K/yr
[#22] Regular drills for emergency response, shield deployment, animal handling and destruction protocols.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#4, #8, #24, #25] Ongoing RF diagnostics calibration, evidence/recordkeeping maintenance, sensor/CCTV upkeep and data operations costs (ops for research instrumentation and monitoring).
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#21, #15] Annual maintenance and utilities for Faraday rooms and perimeter upgrades, plus additional power/filtered supplies and climate control costs.
Secure Transport And Courier $25K/yr
[#6] Ongoing costs for secure courier operations and Faraday-lined transport case usage per year (transport personnel/escort fees).
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#12] Temporary fencing and deployment vehicle logistics per-deployment overhead (excludes courier costs and per-incident kits which are separate).
Environmental Assessments $20K/yr
[#23] Annual budget for environmental impact studies and permits as-needed for activations affecting public wildlife/environment.
Device Destruction Services $20K/yr
[#7] Recurring per-device destruction contracts or consumables if not using on-site incinerator (contract destruction costs averaged annually).
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#13, #30] Annual PPE consumables, medical boosters/occupational health costs, batteries, cables, seals and other small consumables.
Decontamination And Repair $10K/yr
[#28] Cleaning, filter replacement, sealant and repair costs after tests and activations.
Miscellaneous Operational $10K/yr
[#30] Small tools, spare hardware purchases, evidence bags and miscellaneous operational expenses.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine research, maintenance, and readiness expenses only.
no uncontrolled activations routine testing only
🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Single small uncontrolled activation or field response requiring localized deployment, temporary fencing, device destruction and community compensation.
rural/uncontrolled activation single-incident public exposure
🚨 Major Urban Activation $10.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Large uncontrolled activation in a dense urban area requiring large-scale emergency response, litigation, mass compensation and long-term remediation.
activation in dense urban area mass public exposure and litigation
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 24/7 coverage across three shifts; mapped to security staffing estimates [#9].
Security Supervisor 1 Oversees guard rota and incident coordination [#9].
Research Scientist 3 Lead researchers studying infection mechanics and mitigation [#14].
Lab Technician 2 Support testing, equipment operation and data collection [#14, #4].
Emergency Response Technician / Field Agent 4 Rapid field response team for deployments and device isolation; salaries included in staff_wages [#10].
Animal Handler 2 Required for testing activations and animal welfare during events [#11].
Administrative Staff 1 Admin, records and liaison work for permits and coordination [#8, #16].
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are well enumerated, allowing a medium-confidence budget for setup and typical operations; uncertainty remains high around activation scale (urban mass-activation) and the required size of contingent reserves, which widens the plausible cost range.
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