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SCP-5599 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5599
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$5.9M
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
8
Large up-front capital and contingency reserves (automated remote handling, imaging, and legal/escrow reserves) drive one-time costs; ongoing yearly operations (staff wages, MTF sweeps, research/medical monitoring, and cover-up/legal support) total roughly $1.9M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.9M
Escalation Reserve $2.5M
[#25] Contingency reserve for large-scale remediation, mass retrievals or national responses (scalable reserve).
Legal Cover Reserve $1.5M
[#15] One-time legal/cover-up contingency reserve for settlements, reparations, PR and attorney costs (conservative mid-reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $625K
[#9, #11, #12] Remote robotic test chamber and mechanical inserter ($400k), initial imaging/CT capability and optics ($150k), dedicated air-gapped compute cluster initial ($75k).
Mobile Task Force Initial Campaign $500K
[#5] Initial MTF retrieval campaign across Appalachian region: team deployment, vehicles, lodging, covert purchases and purchase pool.
Initial Investigation Public Health $300K
[#14] Initial epidemiology/public-health investigation and regional testing outreach.
Equipment $152K
[#4, #8, #10, #21, #22] CCTV/alarm initial hardware ($12k), hardened transport containers ($25k), initial hardened/sacrificial consoles ($25k), communications kit initial ($50k), secure database/catalog initial ($40k).
Facilities $150K
[#1] Secure vault retrofit (Site-77 medium-capacity vault) reinforcement and environmental/hardening work.
Public Health Reporting Initial $150K
[#28] One-time public-health reporting / liaison startup funds (grants, initial clinic support, PR as needed).
Purchase Pool Initial $30K
[#7] Initial purchase/compensation pool for owners/cover payments (~$20 per cartridge for known stock).
Training Materials Initial $15K
[#20] Initial training module/material development for field agents and thrift-store liaisons.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $740K/yr
[#3, #19] Two full-time armed/cleared security officers and core scientific/technical team salaries (1 PI, 2 systems engineers, 2 containment techs, 1 project manager).
Research And Monitoring $665K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #16, #17, #23, #24, #10] Recurring research costs: imaging outsourcing/consumables (~$25k/yr), compute cluster maintenance ($25k/yr), neuro/medical care for D-5599 (~$150k/yr per subject), forensics/autopsy reserve (~$150k/yr), animal-model program (~$250k/yr), replacement/repair of analysis hardware (~$35k/yr), mental-health/social reintegration services (~$30k/yr), plus consumable parts for sacrificial consoles (~$10k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $215K/yr
[#6, #8] Ongoing MTF monitoring & sweep operations (~$200k/yr) and courier/secure-transport operations (~$15k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#14, #26, #28] Annual public-health monitoring/PR/legal follow-up (~$50k/yr), insurance/audits/regulatory compliance (~$25k/yr), ongoing public-health reporting liaison (~$50k/yr).
Biohazard Disposal $75K/yr
[#18] Secure e-waste / hazardous-electronics destruction and documented disposal (~$75k/yr budget for ~1,000 items or scalable).
Training And Liaison $40K/yr
[#20] Ongoing liaison stipends and refresher training to thrift-store partners (~$40k/yr).
Communications Security $15K/yr
[#21] Recurring refresh & operations for secure comms and tradecraft equipment (~$15k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2, #4] Archival climate control & conservation (~$10k/yr) and CCTV/alarm maintenance & UPS/retention (~$2k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#27] Consumables & PPE for field and lab teams (gloves, anti-static mats, labels, batteries, small tools).
Database Storage $5K/yr
[#22] Secure cataloging metadata storage & maintenance (~$5k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal year of containment and scheduled operations with no major incidents.
routine_retrievals scheduled_research regular_medical_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized cluster or a small retrieval that requires extra field ops and targeted community remediation.
localized_spike_in_exposures expanded_retrieval_campaign
🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure requiring large settlements, expanded medical response and major retrieval efforts.
public_exposure multiple_victims legal_settlements
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $11.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Widespread discovery or proof of harm leading to national public-health response, major litigation and emergency remediation.
mass_discovery national_media_exposure mass_litigation
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI 1 [#19] Principal investigator overseeing research and subject care.
Systems Engineer 2 [#19] Engineers for robotics, imaging, and hardened analysis rigs.
Containment Technician 2 [#19] Containment techs for vault handling, transport and lab ops.
Project Manager 1 [#19] Project management and liaison responsibilities.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Two full-time armed/cleared security officers for vault and operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes supply many explicit line-item estimates but include wide ranges for several major line items (imaging/robotics, legal/escalation reserves) and per-case variability (forensics, settlements), producing moderate confidence.
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