SCP-4980
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-4980
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$3.4M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
13
Initial first-year one-time setup is approximately $3.43M driven mainly by pen construction/structural reinforcement, an initial contingency reserve, and research/lab setup; ongoing annual operations are approximately $1.82M/yr driven primarily by staff wages, research/monitoring, MTF readiness and legal/cover tools.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.4M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.8M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.8M/yr
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled research activity, and no major containment incidents.
no escapes
no major deployments
routine research and maintenance
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Minor Incident
$2.0M/yr
Localized incident requiring MTF deployment, moderate repairs, targeted legal/cover expenditures and temporary staffing increases.
safety-call failure
small escape or localized damage
single MTF deployment
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Major Breach
$3.3M/yr
Significant containment breach or activation causing heavy facility damage, multiple deployments, animal losses and large public mitigation/legal costs.
multi-instance escape
facility structural damage
extended MTF operations & public exposure
Personnel
13 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 0 | Research staff costs are captured under research_and_monitoring; no research salaries included in staff_wages headcount per guidance. |
| Veterinarian / Exotic Animal Vet | 1 | [#6] One full-time exotic/anomalous veterinarian (salary included in staff_wages). |
| Veterinary Technician | 2 | [#6] Two vet techs supporting daily care and surgery (salaries included in staff_wages). |
| Attuned Handler | 3 | [#8] Three full-time attuned handlers (rotational to enforce attunement rules; salaries + overtime included in staff_wages). |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 6 | [#10] Six Level-2 guards staffing three shifts (salaries included in staff_wages). |
| Security Supervisor | 1 | [#10] One supervisor overseeing guard contingent (salary included in staff_wages). |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes include detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned estimate, but many items have wide ranges (construction, reserves, research scale, incident frequency) and some costs are scenario-dependent, so precision is limited.