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SCP-4172 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4172
Expected annual
$527K
One-time setup
$444K
Annual recurring
$521K
Personnel
9
One-time setup and mitigation measures are modest (~$444,500) while recurring annual costs are significant (~$521,000/yr), driven primarily by specialized security staffing (high-IPR requirement), research/medical monitoring, and water-control/plumbing maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $444K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $175K
[#14, #15] Dedicated research instruments and initial neuroimaging/investigation program (mass spec/GC/elemental analyzers, initial imaging sessions/setup).
Facilities $78K
[#1, #2, #23] Containment cell construction/refit, plumbing one-time modifications, and initial UPS/generator/hardware capital.
Mtf Acquisition And Audit $50K
[#19] Acquisition/MTF deployment and internal audit follow-up budget for retrieval/replacement costs (sunk/future event provisioning).
Gyb Development $45K
[#11] Development of "Got Your Back" anti-psionic protocols, instructor materials and SOP creation (one-time development).
Contingency Fund $40K
[#18] Incident response & decontamination contingency set-aside for plumbing/cell remediation.
Legal And Coverup $25K
[#20] One-time legal/cover-story/PR contingency for litigation or settlements (low-to-moderate exposure scenario).
Preservation Setup $12K
[#16] Initial preservation/embalming/secure storage setup for remains per deceased-anomalous-human protocols.
Personnel Testing Development $10K
[#6] Development/admin setup costs for IPR testing/licensing infrastructure (one-time).
Ethics Review Setup $10K
[#21] One-time ethics/IRB-style review establishment and external consultant fees.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $521K/yr
Staff Wages $360K/yr
[#5, #7, #8, #22] Security staffing (4 FTE guards + supervisor), part-time nurse/medical monitoring allocation, and dedicated research staff salaries (includes premium/hazard pay implicit in staffing estimate).
Research And Monitoring $82K/yr
[#14, #15, #17, #11, #21, #24] Instrument maintenance/consumables, annual neuroimaging follow-ups, secure documentation/data storage, GYB refresher training, ongoing ethics reviews, and periodic training/drills.
Accompaniment Costs $30K/yr
[#9] Additional guard-hours and admin overhead for accompaniment of at-risk researchers during testing/experimentation.
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#3, #12, #22, #25] Alternative hygiene supplies/bottled water, PPE and disposable coverings, research consumables (paper/substrates/reagents), and small miscellaneous administrative consumables.
Psych Screening $13K/yr
[#10] Monthly psychological screening costs for researchers who score below threshold (clinical psychologist sessions and follow-ups).
Personnel Testing $6K/yr
[#6] Annual IPR testing/licensing fees for candidates (e.g., ~6 guards tested annually).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#2, #16, #23] Ongoing plumbing/water-control maintenance, preservation storage monitoring, and UPS/generator maintenance/fuel.
Pharmacy And Medication $2K/yr
[#4] Nightly quetiapine drug cost and basic pharmacy handling (drug + inventory handling overhead accounted as recurring).
Waste Handling $2K/yr
[#13] Controlled anomalous waste handling and contractor disposal fees for ink-contaminated materials.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $521K/yr
91.5% probability / year
Routine year with no major contamination incidents or breaches; normal operations, scheduled research, and standard maintenance.
no incidents routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $581K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Localized plumbing or cell contamination by ink requiring targeted decontamination, limited plumbing replacement, overtime, and modest legal/admin overhead.
plumbing contamination ink infiltration localized decontamination
🚨 Major Breach $721K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Significant contamination or exposure requiring MTF deployment, major plumbing/system replacement, equipment loss/replacement, extended legal/PR response and possible site remediation.
major plumbing failure public exposure MTF engagement
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#8] Four FTE guards to provide continuous coverage (2 per shift minimum, rotation coverage).
Site Security Supervisor 1 [#8] Supervisor overlap and management duties for assigned security detail.
Research Scientist 1 [#22] One dedicated researcher (partial to full FTE) responsible for anomaly study and experiment oversight.
Laboratory Technician 1 [#22] Lab tech support (part-time allocation for sample prep, instruments, consumables handling).
Medical Officer / Nurse 1 [#4, #5] Part-time nurse/medical technician to administer nightly sedative and monitor side effects (0.1–0.25 FTE allocation represented as one part-time staff).
Administrative Staff / Pharmacy Admin 1 [#4, #6] Administrative support for pharmacy management, personnel testing records, documentation and logistics.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide reasonably detailed line items and ranges allowing a mid-confidence aggregation, but many estimates are ranges and psionic/operational risks (breach probabilities, premium staffing needs) are uncertain, so confidence is medium.
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