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SCP-4171 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-4171
Expected annual
$28.6M
One-time setup
$197.6M
Annual recurring
$27.7M
Personnel
8
High up-front capital (dominated by procurement of six Scranton Reality Anchors and spares) with large recurring maintenance and vendor-support costs; baseline annual operations are moderate but SRA maintenance can drive multi‑million recurring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $197.6M
Equipment $183.3M
[#2, #8, #9, #10, #24] Capital procurement and installation of six SRAs (#2 ~180000000), surveillance hardware (#8 ~150000), high-speed motion-capture rigs (#9 ~125000), remote manipulators and retrieval tools (#10 ~30000), and one-time spares procurement/critical redundant modules (#24 ~3000000).
Emergency Reserve Fund $5.0M
[#19] Contingency / rapid response reserve fund allocated as an immediately available one-time reserve (~5000000).
Casualty Liabilities Reserve $5.0M
[#21] Contingency buffer for casualty management and potential settlements (conditional; budgeted here as a one-time reserve ~5000000).
Facilities $2.9M
[#1, #5, #26] Sealed, steel-reinforced cell construction and civil works (#1 ~600000), redundant backup power installation/setup (#5 one-time ~300000), and projected decommissioning/remediation budgeting (#26 ~2000000).
Legal Initial Response $1.0M
[#20] Initial legal/cover-up/PR handling and setup costs for past discovery response (~1000000 one-time).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $432K
[#11, #14, #15, #16, #23] Initial experiment budget and lab setup (#11 initial ~175000), coin-policy rollout/training (#14 one-time ~12500), evidence handling/archival setup (#15 one-time ~60000), IT/security hardening one-time work (#16 one-time ~60000), decontamination/forensics equipment one-time (~#23 125000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $27.7M/yr
Sra Maintenance And Service Contract $24.0M/yr
[#4] Annual maintenance/service/spare-parts contract for SRAs (industry practice ~5–15% of capital; mid-range annualized estimate ~24000000/yr).
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #17] Two on-site guards (#6 ~125000 total), HMCL supervisor/operator (#7 ~160000), dedicated research team salaries/operating (#11 recurring ~275000), and specialized SRA technicians/vendor contract staffing (~#17 ~1100000).
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal, cover-story maintenance, public-denial PR and classified record maintenance (~550000/yr).
Spares Replenishment $500K/yr
[#24] Recurring replenishment of spare modules and redundant sensor sets (~500000/yr ongoing).
Facilities Maintenance $358K/yr
[#25, #5, #23] Site overhead and pro-rated utilities/insurance (#25 ~300000/yr), recurring backup power fuel/testing/maintenance (#5 recurring ~30000/yr), and recurring decon/forensic maintenance (~#23 27500/yr).
Sra Power And Cooling $300K/yr
[#3] Continuous power draw, cooling and increased metered electrical capacity for six SRAs (~300000/yr assumed mid-range).
Research And Monitoring $195K/yr
[#12, #13, #18] Medical/memetic surveillance and baseline testing (~#12 15000/yr), psychological counseling/EAP (~#13 30000/yr), and MTF readiness / breach response drills (~#18 150000/yr).
Archival And It $58K/yr
[#15, #16] Recurring evidence storage, archival IT costs (#15 recurring ~22500/yr) and IT security / logging maintenance (#16 recurring ~35000/yr).
Coin Policy Audits $20K/yr
[#14] Recurring audits/admin for coin inventory and secure-coins policy (~20000/yr).
Surveillance Software Licenses $15K/yr
[#8] Recurring licensing/maintenance for ML-based orientation/alert system and camera software (~15000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#22] Routine consumables and housekeeping for the cell (linens, PPE, cleaning supplies, waste handling) (~5500/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $27.7M/yr
74.0% probability / year
Normal year of operations with routine maintenance, scheduled drills, and no major SRA failures or containment incidents.
routine_maintenance scheduled_drills vendor_support_engagements
🚨 Minor Incident $27.8M/yr
18.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Small containment/operational incident requiring overtime, minor repairs, investigation and short-term vendor work.
sensor_false_positive_or_tamper minor_SRA_fault_requiring_fast_repair
🚨 Major Sra Failure $32.7M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
One or more SRAs experience significant failure requiring emergency vendor replacement, on-site engineering, and degraded containment mitigations.
SRA_hardware_failure prolonged_power_event
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $57.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Containment breach or large-scale SRA cascade failure resulting in legal liabilities, large-scale PR/cover operations, major equipment replacement, and casualty management.
full_containment_breach multiple_SRA_failures public_exposure_with_liabilities
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#6] Two on-site guards specified for containment monitoring.
HMCL Supervisor / Monitoring Operator 1 [#7] HMCL supervisor monitoring position with on-call premium.
Research Scientist 1 [#11] Senior researcher to run experiments and analysis (part of research FTEs).
Research Technician 1 [#11] Research technician support (part of the 1–3 FTE research team).
SRA Technician / Specialized Engineer 3 [#17] Specialized technicians / vendor-contracted staff required for SRA maintenance and emergency response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Large uncertainty driven by unknown SRA technology, wide capital and maintenance ranges, and contingent liability exposure. Estimates use mid-range assumptions for SRAs and reserves; true costs could be orders of magnitude different.
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