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SCP-438 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-438
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$6.4M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
10
Estimated one-time setup and reserves are approximately $6.36M, driven by R&D/reserve funds and contingency; annual recurring costs are ~$2.33M/yr, driven primarily by personnel (recon team, medic, security), medical support, and legal/operational overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.4M
Life Insurance Reserve $2.0M
[#13] One-time reserve for death payouts and long-term care fund to cover expected casualty/liability exposure.
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#24] Replacement/contingency fund for catastrophic outcomes (retrieval, legal fallout, replacement).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#17, #18] Materials analysis and contracted conservation science; replication R&D / prototype program (multi-year one-time program budget).
Facilities $425K
[#1] Hardened small vault with lockable artifact crating, rated doors, intrusion detection and basic CBRN isolation; artifact-grade secure storage construction.
Equipment $375K
[#2, #3, #4, #8, #9, #11, #21] Climate control/conservation setup; custom padded transport case and tamper-proof restraints; armored/secure vehicle purchase; CCTV/alarms installation; mobile ICU kit (equipment portion); training/simulation development (initial); IT/encrypted comms initial setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Fully loaded salaries and benefits for Recon team (6 operators), dedicated medical specialist(s), and storage-site security staff.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#15] Retainer and annual contingency for legal counsel, covert cleanup/cover story, PR mitigation and witness management.
Recruitment And Training Pipeline $200K/yr
[#25] Recruitment, initial training and replacement pipeline costs to maintain operator cadre given high attrition risk.
Logistics And Transport $165K/yr
[#4, #19] Vehicle fuel/maintenance for armored transport; in-theatre operational costs (per-diem, staging, travel) for occasional deployments.
Psychological Care $150K/yr
[#12] Psychological screening, baseline testing, post-use therapy and ongoing mental-health care for operators and frequent users.
Incident Response Readiness $100K/yr
[#14] Readiness, travel and rapid-response team maintenance for body recovery, forensic handling, and retrieval operations.
Documentation And Compliance $60K/yr
[#16] Administrative costs for chain-of-custody, access logs, audits, encrypted record-keeping and compliance processes.
Supplies And Consumables $48K/yr
[#3, #9, #10, #20] Spare tamper seals and maintenance for transport case; medical consumables and replacement batteries; per-deployment consumables and imaging contract costs; artifact-safe cleaning/repair consumables.
Background Vetting $40K/yr
[#22] Ongoing loyalty vetting, continuous monitoring, polygraphs and background reinvestigations for holders/operators.
Ethical Oversight $40K/yr
[#23] Institutional review board processes, periodic legal/ethical review and documentation for human-subject risk.
Research And Monitoring $34K/yr
[#2, #11, #17] Ongoing conservation lab work and limited materials monitoring; annual training/simulation renewals per operator.
It Security Upkeep $30K/yr
[#21] Annual upkeep for encrypted communications, radios, secure tablets, backups and IT maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $24K/yr
[#2, #8] Climate control and conservation equipment servicing and monitoring service contract (environmental alarms/CCTV remote monitoring).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine maintenance, occasional deployments, no major incidents or large-scale R&D decisions.
routine_deployments standard_maintenance no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
A deployment complication requiring emergency evacuation, expanded medical care, small legal/cover-up actions and recovery costs.
deployment_complication emergency_medical_evacuations minor_coverup_actions
🚨 Major Breach $5.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Fatality or catastrophic containment event leading to major retrieval, legal claims, large insurance payouts and heavy PR/legal operations.
subject_fatality public_exposure large_legal_liability
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $3.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Agency elects to pursue replication/training-copy program and expands R&D and prototype manufacturing.
decision_to_pursue_replication expanded_R&D prototype_development
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Recon Team / Operators 6 [#5] Six operatives (fully loaded salaries included in staff_wages) trained to deploy and handle SCP-438.
Medical Officer 1 [#6] One full-time medic/critical-care tech assigned to monitor comatose bodies during OBE use (fully loaded cost included).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#7] Two to four guards for the storage site; modeled as three security staff (fully loaded costs included).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs (salaries, equipment, contingencies) enabling reasonable point estimates, but uncertainty remains in R&D scope, casualty frequency/severity, and institutional policy (how often deployed) so precision is limited.
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