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SCP-4814 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4814
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$974K
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
13
One-time setup is approximately $0.97M driven by land, site conversion and equipment; annual operating costs are roughly $1.82M/yr driven primarily by loaded staff wages, ongoing research and feeding/consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $974K
Facilities $468K
[#1, #2, #3, #10] Land acquisition, farmhouse conversion/hardening, electrified fence installation and rural fire-mitigation infrastructure.
Equipment $286K
[#4, #5, #6, #8, #9, #11, #16, #17] CCTV/security hardware, backup generator, medical imaging units, decon/biocontainment gear, insulating wraps, site vehicle(s), initial medical/non-lethal gear purchase, and IT/NVR hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#7] Small pathology/sample-processing bench, microscopes, centrifuge, autoclave and BSL-2 preparatory lab equipment.
Initial Reserve $100K
[#26] One-time contingency/capital reserve for overruns or early incidents.
Legal Setup $10K
[#23] Initial legal/cover establishment costs (contracts, counsel, setup).
Misc Capital $10K
[#27] Small capital items: signage, office furniture, PPE spares, minor fencing improvements.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#12, #13, #14] Loaded payroll for on-site staff: 4security FTEs, 6 medical/health FTEs, and 3 admin/maintenance/arborist FTEs (salaries + ~30% benefits/overtime).
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#22] Ongoing research program costs: sequencing, histology, imaging studies, external pathology consults and controlled experiments.
Supplies And Consumables $98K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9, #16] Medical equipment service/calibration, pathology consumables & routine lab supplies, biosecurity consumables (disposable suits/autoclave consumables), insulating wrap laundering/repairs, and medical/non-lethal consumables.
Anomalous Feeding $66K/yr
[#15] Food and nutritional provisioning for 9 instances at the chosen $20/instance/day estimate.
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#23] Annual costs for cover story maintenance, legal counsel, municipal liaisons, NDAs and media management.
Contingency Fund $50K/yr
[#25] Annual contingency fund for unplanned repairs, vandalism or specialist insertions.
Facilities Maintenance $31K/yr
[#5, #10, #18, #19, #20, #21] Generator fuel & maintenance, fire system inspections, fence/equipment repairs & testing, utilities (electric/water/septic/heating), property taxes and contracted waste/biohazard disposal.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#11] Vehicle fuel, routine maintenance and local transport/resupply costs for site vehicle(s).
Training And Drills $10K/yr
[#24] Regular non-lethal response, medical drills, fire drills and refresher training.
Surveillance And It $7K/yr
[#4, #17] Annual hosting, NVR/cloud backup, software updates and secure comms for CCTV and monitoring infrastructure.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
routine operations no breaches scheduled maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$40K vs baseline
Localized damage or minor security failure (animal intrusion, vandalism, equipment fault) requiring repairs and limited external support.
vandalism animal breach equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or structural failure leading to emergency medical response, repairs, legal exposure and potential replacement of equipment or instances.
fence destruction significant tree damage large-scale equipment failure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $2.3M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Discovery or reproductive events that require expanded research, additional containment upgrades and temporary staffing increases.
pregnancy/birth events new invasive research programs need for containment upgrades
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#12] Four FTE patrol team for 24/7 coverage (rotating shifts).
Medical & Personal Health Staff 6 [#13] One MD + RNs, psychologist/behavioral specialist, lab tech and medical assistant as listed; weekly wellness evaluations and sample collection duties.
Administrative Staff 2 [#14] Site manager/administrator and facilities procurement/administration.
Arborist / Groundskeeper 1 [#14] On-site arborist experienced with trees and biomechanical anomalies.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items include explicit estimates and loaded salary figures so totals are reasonably constrained; uncertainty remains around land prices, local labor markets, research intensity and rare major incidents which could materially change recurring costs.
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