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SCP-5265 Euclid ✓ high confidence
SCP-5265
Expected annual
$334K
One-time setup
$239K
Annual recurring
$331K
Personnel
1.6
One-time setup costs (~$239k) are driven by cell construction, specialized equipment, initial diagnostics and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs (~$331k/yr) are dominated by staff wages, site overhead, security and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $239K
Facilities $75K
[#1] Reinforced humanoid containment cell construction and retrofit.
Contingency Reserve $75K
[#20] One-time contingency/reserve fund (~6 months operating costs) for unexpected events, amortizable.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $43K
[#9, #13, #14] Initial imaging/genomic/proteomics diagnostics, tactile device/prototype purchase for communication trials, initial textile conservation of uniform.
Equipment $33K
[#2, #4, #10, #11, #21] Environmental control package, surveillance hardware, -80°C freezer purchase, initial PPE kit, initial archival/secure IT setup.
Emergency Kit $6K
[#16] Portable immobilization/containment crate and emergency rapid-response kit.
Final Disposal Fund $5K
[#22] Budget for eventual disposal/decommission (invoked only if needed).
Biosafety Training And Kit $2K
[#15] One-time biosafety training and spill/decontamination kit purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $331K/yr
Staff Wages $145K/yr
[#6, #8] Full-time containment technician (fully-burdened $85,000/yr) and combined part-time specialist staff (linguist/historian/psychologist, combined ~$60,000/yr).
Overhead Allocation $76K/yr
[#23] Site administrative overhead allocated at 30% of recurring subtotal (30% of $254,500 = $76,350).
Research And Monitoring $40K/yr
[#19] Ongoing research budget for experiments into locomotion, language, sapience and prototype development.
Security Costs $40K/yr
[#7] Pro-rated site security presence, access control, and small dedicated guard presence during transfers.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#18] Legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, classified recordkeeping and FOIA support.
Ethical And Cultural Consultation $6K/yr
[#17] Periodic cultural liaison, diplomatic consultation and internal ethics board reviews.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #14, #15] PPE consumables replacement, enrichment materials, tactile device consumables/maintenance, annual textile inspection/maintenance, biosafety disposal consumables.
Training And Drills $4K/yr
[#16] Quarterly rapid-response drills and refresher training for containment staff.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#3, #10] Continuous power/energy consumption for cell, HVAC and freezer maintenance/power.
Surveillance Maintenance And Storage $2K/yr
[#5] Camera maintenance, encrypted off-site backups and data retention costs.
Archival It Maintenance $2K/yr
[#21] IT maintenance, secure backups, transcription and digitization ongoing costs.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $331K/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, research and no major incidents.
standard_operations scheduled_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $351K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Small containment incident or equipment failure requiring repairs, overtime, short-term escalation of monitoring and limited forensic tests.
localized_equipment_failure minor_containment_breach extra_security_overtime
🚨 Major Breach $481K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or degradation leading to emergency response, extended forensic analysis, legal exposure and potential decommission/disposal costs.
significant_containment_failure public_exposure emergency_disposal
👥 Personnel 1.6 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Custodian 1 [#6] One full-time assigned containment technician responsible for daily checks and interactions; cost included in staff_wages.
Specialist Research Staff (linguist/historian/psychologist) 0.6 [#8] Combined part-time specialists (approx. 0.5–0.6 FTE) for analysis and controlled communication experiments; cost included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Detailed line-item estimates were provided for nearly all categories by the analyst; remaining uncertainty is mainly site-specific (energy rates, exact overhead allocation) and unpredictable incident frequency.
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