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SCP-3985 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3985
Expected annual
$11.1M
One-time setup
$70.9M
Annual recurring
$11.0M
Personnel
101
Initial capital costs are dominated by remote site acquisition, hardened construction, specialized chamber buildout and contingency reserves (total ~ $71M one-time). Recurring annual costs (~ $11M/yr) are driven primarily by continuous high-alert security staffing, medical staff, operations staff, consumables, and maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $70.9M
Facilities $47.8M
[#1, #2, #3] Land acquisition/lease, site preparation, and construction of hardened multi-building Site-262 including a custom sensory deprivation containment chamber and associated structural work.
Equipment $10.6M
[#4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #17, #18, #23, #24] Initial purchase/installation of immobilization harness, ICU-grade medical & life-support devices, waste handling equipment, generators/UPS, specialized HVAC, audio/video/monitoring systems, secure communications hardware, vehicles/helicopter purchase, environmental monitoring kit, and initial air-gapped archival hardware.
Emergency Contingency Fund $5.5M
[#20] One-time reserved emergency response fund kept available for rapid-deployment containment, evacuation, or extreme measures.
Decommissioning Reserve $5.5M
[#27] Reserved decommissioning/transfer budget for future safe transfer, cleanup, demolition, or environmental remediation if containment ends.
Local Liaison Payments $1.1M
[#19] One-time payments, permits, negotiation costs, or covert influence required to remove or block public access routes and secure local cooperation during initial site establishment.
Initial Legal Reserve $550K
[#26] Initial legal/insurance/reserve funding for unexpected liability, legal defense, or upfront compliance/cover-company setup costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.0M/yr
Staff Wages $7.7M/yr
[#13, #14, #15, #16] Ongoing salaries, benefits, overtime and allowances for continuous Alert Level 9 security force (~64 personnel), medical staff (physicians, nurses, medtechs), research/analysis staff, and site operations & maintenance personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $772K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #25] Continuous replacement parts for the immobilization harness, medical device maintenance/calibration, TPN/pharmaceuticals and other medical consumables, and base provisioning (food, PPE, cleaning supplies).
Facilities Maintenance $688K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #23, #24] Annual service contracts and operational costs for waste disposal, generator fuel & maintenance, HVAC filter/reliability maintenance, environmental monitoring operations, and archival/media integrity checks.
Logistics And Transport $650K/yr
[#17] Annual maintenance, fuel, hangar/airworthiness and operational costs for ground vehicles and dedicated rotary aircraft used for med-evac and secure transport.
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[#12, #18, #26] Ongoing OPSEC, secure communications airtime/operations, legal/insurance premiums and continued costs for front companies, NDAs, and forensic audits to maintain compartmentalization and cover.
Research And Monitoring $312K/yr
[#10, #11, #15] Ongoing storage, analysis software licenses, transcription/analysis pipelines, specialist consulting, and maintenance for audio/video/physiological monitoring required to detect COMMANDMENT NOON thresholds and appearance logging.
Psychological Support $175K/yr
[#22] Counseling, mandatory rotation costs, retention incentives, and related personnel support expenses to mitigate long-term duty stresses.
Training And Drills $162K/yr
[#21] Regular simulation, emergency drills, paid training time, and expendables to maintain Alert Level 9 readiness.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.0M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with continuous containment operations and no major incidents.
no_incident stable_containment routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $11.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or brief threshold exceedance requiring limited emergency response and repairs.
localized_vocal_threshold_exceedance partial_harness_or_hvac_failure limited_medical_evacuations
🚨 Major Breach $17.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or security breach that triggers COMMANDMENT NOON failure, major emergency response, and partial use of contingency reserves.
COMMANDMENT_NOON_failure security_breach_with_exposure infrastructure_damage
👥 Personnel 101 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 64 [#13] Continuous armed security posture including guards, supervisors and MRT members (example staffing cited: ~64).
Research Scientist 6 [#15] Linguists, cognitive scientists and analysts responsible for vocalization and appearance logging; headcount estimated from recurring research staff budget.
Medical Officer 3 [#14] Dedicated physicians on roster for continuous coverage.
Nurse 8 [#14] Critical care nurses to staff continuous immobilized-subject care (roster noted 6–8).
Medical Technician 3 [#14] Medtechs to assist with IV/TPN, monitoring, and procedures.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#16] Facilities/HVAC/electrical technicians required for 24/7 remote site upkeep.
IT Administrator 2 [#11, #18, #24] IT staff to manage secure networks, air-gapped backups and monitoring systems.
Janitorial / Catering 4 [#16, #25] Support staff for provisioning, cleaning and onsite sustenance.
Administrative Staff 4 [#15, #16] Administrative and record-keeping personnel for protocol documentation and logistics.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#2, #13] Single on-site director/command staff to oversee operations and liaison with Overseer Council.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and midpoints; many costs are location-dependent (island vs inland), and contingency/reserve usage is scenario-dependent, so totals are approximate but rooted in line-item ranges.
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