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SCP-3923 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3923
Expected annual
$5.2M
One-time setup
$8.5M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
20
Initial capital outlay is large due to containment room retrofits, HVAC/life‑support isolation, research buildout, and an insurance reserve (~$8.5M one‑time). Recurring costs are dominated by personnel, legal/PR/cover-up, R&D/monitoring, and contingency funds (~$5.13M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.5M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M
[#13, #14, #20] Initial research program and lab buildout (GC-MS/NMR/assay equipment), countermeasure R&D/prototyping, and clinical-trial / human-subject infrastructure buildout.
Insurance And Liability Reserve $2.8M
[#22] Seeded internal insurance/liability reserve fund for accidental public exposures, legal fallout, or major containment incidents (one-time capitalization).
Facilities $1.7M
[#1, #2, #30] Containment-room retrofits (sealed botanical chambers, airlocks, glazing), HVAC isolation installation, and building/maintaining a redundant secondary containment suite (one-time construction/installation costs).
Equipment $665K
[#3, #4, #7, #12, #16, #25] Initial purchase of gas sensors/datablogging hardware, personal oxygen kits and cylinders, secure transport crates and a modified transport van, CCTV/security hardware, initial web-crawler dev hardware/software, and initial IT security hardware.
Initial Recovery Campaign $600K
[#8] Budgeted initial global recoveries campaign to retrieve specimens from corporate locations (covert entry, travel, on-site containment).
Sop Development $60K
[#19] One-time development of SOPs, training materials, and initial instructor-led training packages for corporate incident response.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #12, #17] Salaries, benefits, and overtime for botanical/containment technicians, containment researchers/botanists, medical staff / occupational health, security guards, analysts, and legal review personnel.
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#18, #21, #28] Annual contingency for NDAs, corporate compensation, PR/legal interventions, communications liaison retainers, and market-stabilization monitoring/intervention.
Contingency Standby Pool $550K/yr
[#26] Standby funds for large-scale incidents (additional staff, emergency transport, temporary facilities, emergency PR/legal response).
Logistics And Transport $390K/yr
[#6, #7, #27] Annual biohazard plant-waste disposal contracts, per-recovery transport/crew costs (average operations per year), and funds for complex international recoveries.
Research And Monitoring $331K/yr
[#3, #13, #20] Ongoing gas-sensor calibration/replacement, continuing chemistry/neurobiology research programs, and clinical-trial operational costs.
Insurance And Liability Reserve Contribution $200K/yr
[#22] Annual contribution/top-up to the insurance/reserve pool to sustain coverage and payouts over time.
Web Crawler Ops $132K/yr
[#16] Ongoing cloud compute, maintenance, and ops for Foundation web-crawlers monitoring corporate communications.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#2, #23, #30] HVAC and life-support maintenance, continuous energy costs for climate control and life-support, and upkeep of redundant containment suites.
Countermeasure Production $110K/yr
[#14] Production/installation/upkeep of site-level countermeasure hardware (filters, scrubbing tech) and replacement parts.
Long Term Care $100K/yr
[#15] Ongoing case management and care funding for permanently affected individuals (conservative per-site expected average).
Training And Sops $30K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training and updates to SOPs for rapid-response teams.
It Security And Data Retention $28K/yr
[#25] Secure storage, encrypted archives, and IT security operations for sensor logs, flagged emails, and CCTV retention.
Personnel Medical Surveillance $28K/yr
[#29] Regular neurocognitive testing, sick-leave/fatigue compensation administration, and routine occupational-health surveillance.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#4, #5, #24] Oxygen cylinder refills and replacements, sterilants, single-use horticulture disposables, soil mixes and periodic re-potting materials.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard containment, scheduled recoveries, routine research, and no major exposures or public incidents.
routine_maintenance scheduled_recoveries standard_research_and_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $5.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized exposure or single high-profile executive affected requiring emergency recovery, extra medical follow-up, targeted PR/legal payouts, and additional transport costs.
single_boardroom_exposure small_recovery_and_PR limited_medical_followup
🚨 Major Breach $7.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Multiple executives affected, partial public exposure, large legal settlements, activation of contingency pools, and possible satellite containment activation.
multiple_executives_affected public_exposure large_legal_settlements site_compromise
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Botanical Technician 4 Primary day-to-day care, pruning, and monitoring staff; maps to recurring staffing requirements [#9].
Research Scientist 2 Containment researchers and botanists for physiological study and countermeasure R&D [#10, #13, #14].
Medical Officer 2 Part-time physician and medical technicians for pre/post exposure monitoring and long-term surveillance [#11, #29, #15].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 24/7 security presence, transport escorts, and response force for recoveries [#12].
Administrative / Analyst Staff 4 Crawl analysts, incident triage, coordination with cover teams; maps to recurring analyst costs [#16, #17].
Attorney / Legal Counsel 2 Legal review, NDA drafting, and corporate negotiation for cover-ups and settlements [#17, #18, #21].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for containment, staffing, and research, enabling a middle-confidence estimate; significant uncertainty remains in incident frequency, long-term care prevalence, and R&D outcomes which widen the possible cost band.
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