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SCP-5222 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-5222
Expected annual
$21.4M
One-time setup
$205.1M
Annual recurring
$19.3M
Personnel
57
Initial capital expenditure is dominated by specialized variable-entropy facility construction, blast-hardened containment modules, dimensional anchoring hardware and contingency reserves (total one-time capex ~USD 205.1M). Recurring annual operations (staff, energy, consumables, research, cover/legal and contingency retainers) run roughly USD 19.3M/yr with material upside in years with incidents.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $205.1M
Facilities $124.0M
[#1, #2, #11, #14, #15, #18] Variable-entropy site build-out, 30 pressure-wave/blast-resistant modules, 26 human low-entropy containment suites, integrated fire suppression/blast mitigation installations, hazmat/decon facility installation, and redundant power installation (installation/civil work portion).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $22.2M
[#4, #16, #17] Dimensional anchoring/BOUNCE interface R&D and fabrication of interface nodes, red-team initial experimental equipment and test setup, and high-speed/multispectral instrumentation and recording systems for initial lab setup and experiments.
Initial Capture Campaign $20.0M
[#5] Bulk initial capture & containment campaign (field teams, staging, per-transfer logistics) treated as a major one-time operations cost to retrieve 26 α persons and 1,326 β items (100–300 transfers planning).
Contingency Reserve $20.0M
[#22] Establishment of an insurance-like contingency and catastrophe reserve to cover potential public exposure, legal settlements, site rebuilds and large remediation events.
Equipment $12.7M
[#3, #7, #8, #13, #25] Entropy-control plant and vacuum infrastructure, remote-handling/robotics initial purchase, specialized PPE initial purchase, secure storage containers and initial database hardware/software, and initial data-security/hardened-systems hardware.
Initial Cleanup Reserve $5.0M
[#28] Initial remediation/cleanup contingency established as a one-time fund to cover first-order incident cleanup costs (per-incident costs will be modeled in scenarios).
Initial Bulk Transfers $1.0M
[#20] One-time bulk secure transport/airlift costs for initial campaign and large transfers.
Security Processing Setup $200K
[#24] Initial background-checks/clearance processing system setup and initial vetting infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.3M/yr
Staff Wages $6.2M/yr
[#9, #10] Security personnel payroll (20–40 guards; budgeted here as ~32 personnel) and scientific/engineering staff payroll (~25 specialists). Fully loaded annual personnel costs.
Detainee Medical Psych Care $3.2M/yr
[#12] Medical monitoring, psychiatric care and specialized long-term care for up to 26 SCP-5222-α persons (estimated per-detainee annual cost).
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#16, #17, #29, #30] Ongoing red-team testing budget, instrumentation data storage/upkeep, long-term archival research & neutralization program funding, and catalog maintenance/continuous discovery operations.
Logistics And Transport $2.7M/yr
[#6, #20] Recurring BOUNCE/interdiction per-transfer operational costs (budgeted for ~20 transfers/yr at mid-range per-transfer cost) plus ongoing secure transport transits and logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $1.5M/yr
[#14, #15, #17, #18, #13, #7] Annual maintenance, testing and upkeep for fire suppression and active containment systems, hazardous-waste disposal, instrumentation upkeep/data storage, redundant power fuel & maintenance, database/secure-archive maintenance, and robotic system maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#23, #24] Legal/cover-story/public-affairs budget for routine operations and communications plus ongoing background vetting/personnel security processing costs.
Emergency Response Retainer $1.0M/yr
[#21] Annual retainer/reserve for contracted heavy-response teams, demolition/capture contractors and catastrophic-event contractors.
Supplies And Consumables $350K/yr
[#8, #26] PPE replacement and consumables (cryogens, filters, sacrificial panels, PPE consumables).
Training And Drills $200K/yr
[#27] Regular breach simulations, pressure-wave drills and memetic-safety exercises.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled tests, no major containment incidents.
no_major_incident planned_transfers_and_tests
🚨 Minor Incident $20.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized breach or small containment incident requiring remediation, temporary public mitigation and limited replacement of equipment.
localized_breach small_public_exposure single-suite_or_module_failure
🚨 Major Breach $44.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach affecting multiple modules or a pocket-dimension transfer gone wrong, requiring large cleanup, litigation and partial site rebuild.
multi-module_breach widespread_public_exposure major_equipment_loss
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $119.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Severe catastrophic event with major public exposure, large-scale environmental remediation, full site rebuild and massive legal/compensation costs.
site_wide_loss_of_containment mass_public_exposure long_term_environmental_remediation
👥 Personnel 57 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 32 20–40 security personnel budgeted in payroll (#9); modeled here as ~32 officers to match security payroll estimate.
Research Scientist / Engineer / Technician 25 Scientific & engineering staff (#10) budgeted as ~25 specialists to match scientific payroll estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to wide ranges in source line items, significant technical uncertainty around dimensional/entropy containment engineering and per-incident severity, and assumptions about transfer frequency and staffing levels.
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