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SCP-606 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-606
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
9.2
One-time setup is moderate-to-high due to reinforced containment suite, emergency countermeasures and a contingency reserve (~$4.4M). Recurring annual operations (staff, security, research, maintenance, D‑class program, and legal/cover) total roughly $1.39M/year, driven mainly by research salaries, security, and D-class handling.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Facilities $1.6M
[#1] Construction of a reinforced 20m x 25m x 8m containment suite with sealed airlock, integrated CCTV, redundant HVAC and Faraday/EM shielding.
Catastrophic Reserve $1.5M
[#21] Incident response / catastrophic breach contingency reserve (kept on-hand for major escalations).
Equipment $540K
[#2, #12, #15] High-spec blast doors and airlock hardware (installation/testing), installation of positive-action emergency hardware, and data archival hardware/infrastructure.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $440K
[#4, #8, #9, #10, #14, #16] Secure media creation workstations and forensic logging, memetic/tonal course development equipment, monitoring & sensor suite, experimental neuroscience & safety equipment, research lab equipment setup, and audio decoding/translation compute/software.
Rov Purchase $125K
[#3] Purchase/customization of mobile remotely operated device(s) and manipulators with spares for redundancy.
Eta Six Development $100K
[#13] Development of Plan ETA-SIX contingency specifics and provisioning of initial response team equipment.
Historical Acquisition $100K
[#22] Retrospective capture/transport/acquisition costs from discovery (France).
Consumable Media Stock $3K
[#5] Initial stock of tamper-evident USBs, optical media, tapes and single-use tamper seals.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Research And Monitoring $562K/yr
[#4, #8, #9, #10, #14, #15, #16] Ongoing research program salaries (interdisciplinary team), monitoring calibration & maintenance, experimental equipment upkeep, secure-media audits, archival storage/integrity audits, memetics specialist availability/refreshers, and audio decoding/tooling support.
Staff Wages $325K/yr
[#6, #7] Containment technician(s) salary(s) (≈1 FTE) and pro-rated site security staffing/guard coverage.
D Class Costs $250K/yr
[#11] Procurement/handling, housing, transport, medical checks, guards, and disposal/cover-up associated with D-class use (≈5/year assumed midpoint).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#17] Ongoing covert legal/cover-up expenses, local relations, false records, and suppression tasks.
Eta Six Drills $40K/yr
[#13] Regular drills, team retention, and provisioning for incident-specific response (quarterly drills estimated).
Psychological Screening And Ppe $28K/yr
[#20] Psychological screening, staff rotation program costs, training refreshers, and specialized PPE/hearing protection.
Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr
[#5, #19] Replacement consumable media (USBs/discs/tapes) and spare parts/consumable electronics for containment hardware and ROVs.
Emergency Systems Maintenance $20K/yr
[#12] Maintenance, certification, and safety drills for explosive/gas-dispersal and automated lockdown systems.
Rov Maintenance $10K/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance, spare parts, and servicing for ROV(s) and manipulators.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#18] Energy/utilities and basic facility upkeep (power for sensors/ROV charging, HVAC for electronics).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year of operations with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, and scheduled drills performed.
routine_operations scheduled_drills no_breach
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Small containment incident or equipment failure requiring emergency systems activation, additional legal/cover expenditures, and limited external contracting.
equipment_failure limited_breach small_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Large-scale breach or casualty event requiring partial use of catastrophic reserve, major emergency response, large cover-up operations, and intensive research push to develop countermeasures.
containment_breach multiple_casualties widespread_exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $2.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant research discovery requiring rapid scale-up of experiments, additional hires/contractors, and capital expenditures to exploit or mitigate findings.
unexpected_research_result need_for_scale-up urgent_countermeasure_development
👥 Personnel 9.2 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Media Curator 1 Primary technician(s) responsible for preparing 2MB payloads every 12 hours, operating ROV, and record-keeping. (covered in staff_wages)
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 Pro-rated site security coverage assigned to SCP-606 (shift coverage, gate/guard duties).
Research Scientist 4 Interdisciplinary research team (CS, neuroscience, memetics/linguistics, optics) funded under the research program.
Memetics Specialist / Trainer (part-time) 0.2 Specialist for tone-based language training and memetic safety (contracted/part-time availability).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most costs, enabling mid-range estimates; however SCP anomalous behaviors and breach likelihoods introduce uncertainty in incident costs and the appropriate size of contingency reserves.
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