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SCP-5497 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5497
Expected annual
$605K
One-time setup
$602K
Annual recurring
$596K
Personnel
5
One-time capital setup (room replica, secure printer/safe, IT designs) is moderate (~$600k if contingency reserves are included); ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel (security, dedicated research, mnesticist) and contingency reserves, totaling roughly $596k/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $602K
Contingency Reserve One Time $300K
[#20] Recommended one-time funded contingency/reserve for catastrophic knowledge-loss remediation (initial capitalization; re-evaluate annually).
Re Derivation Event One Time $225K
[#11] One-off cost estimate for a significant overwrite event requiring 3 senior researchers × ~6 months + lab overhead (per-event re-derivation).
Equipment $44K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #15] Electronics/glyph wiring portion of replica, UPS/power/HVAC units, rated safe, secure air-gapped printer, keycard/mechanical re-key hardware, CCTV install, secure shredder.
It Design One Time $14K
[#12] One-time IT consulting/design for unconventional backups, metadata-only records and air-gapped hashes.
Facilities $12K
[#1] Containment room construction/rebuild (plywood chamber carpentry and structural work).
Training Development One Time $8K
[#16] Initial training development for Level-4-5497 procedures and one-subject rules.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $596K/yr
Staff Wages $390K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Dedicated security (2 guards) and research staffing (1.0 FTE senior researcher + 0.5 FTE lab tech) and allocated mnesticist/medical salary.
Re Derivation Reserve $75K/yr
[#11] Recommended annual set-aside to probabilistically fund future re-derivation events (annual planning reserve).
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#17] Legal retainer/public-affairs/fake documentation and liability management to handle external leakage or memory-alteration consequences.
Research And Monitoring $23K/yr
[#10, #13, #16] Per-test operational costs (assumed annualized test volume), baseline and annual psychological/medical monitoring of staff, and annual training refreshers.
Counseling And Aftercare $18K/yr
[#14] Counseling, aftercare, and occupational health support for inadvertently affected personnel.
Incident Investigation $15K/yr
[#18] Annual budget for incident investigations, forensic IT, CCTV review and interviews (averaged/annualized).
External Audit $12K/yr
[#22] Periodic external audit and peer review (annualized cost assuming review every 1–2 years).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#4, #9, #15, #21] Printer consumables (paper/ink/white-out), pharmacy & mnestic consumables, secure shredding operations, signage/PPE/logbooks/chain-of-custody forms.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#23] D-class / test-subject management, housing, medical screening and handling (annualized estimate based on expected test frequency).
It Design Maintenance $8K/yr
[#12] Ongoing maintenance/audits of unconventional backup systems and metadata-only record procedures.
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #19] UPS/HVAC minor maintenance and electricity, safe inspections, key log administration, CCTV storage/review, routine non-invasive electrician inspections and parts.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $596K/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, maintenance, training and the annual contingency reserve set-aside; no significant overwrite events.
routine testing no significant overwrites regular maintenance and training
🚨 Minor Incident $621K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment/document overwrite or limited unauthorized duplication requiring forensic analysis, counseling and minor re-testing.
limited overwrite affecting a small number of records minor forensic investigation additional counseling/medical follow-up
🚨 Major Overwrite $821K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$225K vs baseline
Significant overwrite event that removes most documentation and requires full re-derivation/re-documentation effort.
full documentation overwrite multiple weeks/months of reconstruction testing deployment of emergency re-derivation team
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#7] Two dedicated guards to enforce single-subject entry rules and maintain lock status for Lab 127.
Research Scientist 1 [#8, #11] One senior researcher assigned full-time to SCP-5497; senior staff will also be part of re-derivation teams after wipes.
Lab Technician 1 [#8, #10] One part-time (0.5 FTE) lab technician for test setup, equipment handling and per-test operations (counted as one individual on staff).
Medical Officer / Mnesticist 1 [#9, #10] One allocated mnesticist/medical officer (part-time allocation) for on-call amnestic administration and medical monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed with line-item estimates and recommended reserves, enabling a medium-confidence aggregate estimate; uncertainty remains about test frequency, exact salary allocations, and the true annual probability of major overwrite events, so estimates are not high-confidence.
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