SCP-4020
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-4020
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$828K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
8
First-year costs (one-time construction/equipment plus startup) are estimated at $827,500 with ongoing annual operations around $1,158,500; main drivers are staff wages (security, therapist, medical, researchers), monitoring/data retention, and routine facility maintenance. Analyst summary/range referenced in notes. [#30]
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $828K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.2M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.2M/yr
Normal, uneventful year with regular monitoring, research, maintenance and staffing; no containment incidents.
no incidents
routine research activity
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Minor Incident
$1.2M/yr
Localized containment incident requiring emergency response, short-term repairs, additional medical care and overtime pay.
minor containment breach
equipment failure
staff injury requiring treatment
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Major Breach
$1.9M/yr
Sustained or severe containment breach or exposure requiring major repairs, extensive amnestic/legal work, potential transfer or reconstruction and high-level reviews.
major containment failure
significant structural damage
external exposure requiring amnestics
Personnel
8 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 3 | 24/7 remote monitoring rotation and on-site presence during visits; cost basis: included in staff_wages. [#11] |
| Research Scientist | 2 | Senior investigators and supporting scientists allocated to SCP-4020 studies; cost basis: included in staff_wages. [#14] |
| Therapist | 1 | Assigned trauma/speech therapist attending three hours daily (part-time assignment but single dedicated staff). [#12] |
| Medical Officer / EMT (on-call) | 1 | On-call medical personnel/retainer for acute injury and oversight during tests; cost basis: included in staff_wages. [#13] |
| Video/Audio Analyst | 1 | Analyst or automated-equivalent oversight for continuous feed review and language detection; cost basis: included in staff_wages. [#24] |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned mid-range estimate, but many items have broad ranges (construction, staffing and reserve amounts) and some operational behaviors are uncertain, so confidence is medium.