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SCP-5835 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5835
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$3.1M
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
10
Upfront capital and contingency funding of roughly $3.14M is recommended for cell retrofits, equipment, R&D startup and a reserve fund; ongoing annual operations (~$2.05M/year) are driven primarily by security, medical staffing, research/monitoring and legal/cover costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.1M
Reserve Fund $2.0M
[#19] Containment-failure reserve/insurance fund recommended ($1–10M); conservative lower-end multi-million set-aside used here for planning.
Experimental R And D Initial $500K
[#10] Initial experimental neutralization/containment R&D budget (memetic chambers, capture rigs, bespoke testing) estimated in the $200k–2M range; midpoint used for planning.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#9] Research program startup and equipment for neuroimaging/psychophysics/ophthalmology if purchased on-site (~$200–500k).
Facilities $102K
[#1, #8] Purpose-built single-occupancy containment cell modifications (~$25k–150k) plus tactile/non-yellow retrofit per room/route (~$5k–25k). Estimate uses midpoints and assumes some site retrofitting.
Rrt Initial Training And Equipment $100K
[#11] Rapid Response Team initial training and specialized equipment (~$50–150k).
Equipment $85K
[#5, #4, #18] High-fidelity/spectral-capable cameras, NVR/secure servers and tamper-proof camera hardware (~$15–40k), observation hardware (~$10–25k), and secure-archive hardware components (~$20–60k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $710K/yr
[#2, #3, #4] Security staffing (6 guards × wages/benefits ≈ $350–400k total), full-time psychiatrist/psych nurse staffing (~$180–240k), plus observation staffing add-on (~$100–150k).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#12] Legal, cover-up and clandestine operations retainer/contingency estimated in the $200k–2M/yr range; conservative operational retainer used.
Research And Monitoring $255K/yr
[#9, #16] Annual running costs for research operations (scans, staff, consumables ~$100–400k/yr) plus memetic/harassment session analysis (~$30–80k/yr).
Experimental R And D Annual $200K/yr
[#10] Ongoing annual costs for neutralization/containment R&D (~$100–500k/yr depending on scope).
Ethics Oversight And Compliance $100K/yr
[#13] Internal review boards, ethics oversight and compliance administration (~$50–150k/yr).
Replacement And Attrition Budget $100K/yr
[#20] Ongoing replacement/attrition administrative overhead and sourcing (~$50–200k/yr); midpoint used.
Rrt Annual Readiness $75K/yr
[#11] Annual RRT readiness, training and refresh (~$50–100k/yr).
Housing And Care $55K/yr
[#6] Long-term housing/care costs for SCP-5835-A (food, utilities, laundering, increased medical monitoring) estimated ~$30–80k/yr per subject.
Personnel Training $20K/yr
[#15] Ongoing personnel training in interaction protocols and simulation exercises (~$10–30k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#17] Pharmaceuticals, behavioral-control supplies and medical consumables (~$5–30k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#8, #18] Ongoing maintenance for physical retrofits and secure-archive/hardened server maintenance (~$1–5k/yr and ~$2–10k/yr respectively).
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#7] D-class selection/processing and secure transport per replacement-host (~$5–25k per event); this is an assumed average annualized baseline for occasional replacements.
Contingency Autopsy Average Per Year $2K/yr
[#14] Average annualized cost for contingency autopsy/quarantine events (~$2–15k per incident); low-frequency incident expectation used to annualize.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with ongoing containment, monitoring, research and administrative overhead; no major incidents or releases.
no_release scheduled_research_and_training routine_replacements
🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Non-release incident such as suicide attempt, hospitalization, or a localized containment stress requiring emergency medical response, short-term RRT deployment and increased therapy.
attempted_self-harm emergency_medical_response short-term_rrt_deployment
🚨 Major Breach $4.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Release event caused by subject death or apology producing SCP release or public exposure, requiring large-scale emergency response, legal action, R&D pivot and public remediation.
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👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#2] 2 guards per shift × 3 shifts plus overlap/relief; used to compute guard wage line-item.
Observation Monitor 2 [#4] Continuous 1: 1observation staffing add-on (staff or dedicated monitors) represented in observation staffing cost.
Psychiatrist / Clinical Psychologist 1 [#3] Full-time psychiatrist/psychologist for anger management and therapy.
Nurse / Medical Support 1 [#3] Full-time nurse for daily checks and medical needs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges are well-documented in analyst notes, but several estimates (reserve sizing, R&D scope, incident frequencies) require judgment calls and therefore yield medium confidence.
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