SCP-607 — SCP-607 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-607 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-607

Expected annual

$2.6M

One-time setup

$1.6M

Annual recurring

$2.4M

Personnel

One-time startup costs are moderate (facility/equipment/reserve purchases) while the largest ongoing expense is continuous staffing and readiness; expected recurring annual costs are driven by security, medical/veterinary staff, monitoring, and MTF readiness.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M

Contingency Reserve Seed $500K

[#21,#25] Seed reserve fund / contingency to cover large incident response and legal/relocation costs.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K

[#16] Initial lab buildout, instruments and setup for biological/genomic/proteomic analysis.

Portable Chambers Design And Production $180K

[#2] Custom design/prototype and initial production units for portable containment chambers.

Secure Transport Vehicle Purchase $150K

[#10] Purchase of armored/sanitized ambulance/van for secure transport.

Life Support Installation $100K

[#3] Installation/integration of pumps, oxygen/filtration, heaters/coolers and fail-safes for initial chambers.

Safehouse Retrofit $80K

[#14] Retrofit of Agent residence / safe room: hardened room, cameras, HVAC/filtration.

Redundant Chambers $60K

[#19] Additional spare portable containment units for redundancy/replacement cycles.

Monitoring Hardware $40K

[#1] Primary + backup monitoring center hardware, encrypted comms infrastructure.

Initial It Hardening $40K

[#23] Initial cybersecurity hardening and forensic logging setup.

Generator Purchase Installation $20K

[#20] Backup generator purchase and installation / automatic switch-over.

Ppe And Capture Initial $15K

[#12] Initial PPE, restraints, catch poles, tranquilizer kits and spare shackles.

Secure Comms Devices $5K

[#11] Encrypted devices / panic button hardware for Agent.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr

Staff Wages $1.2M/yr

[#1,#5,#7,#24] Operators (4) + security team + veterinarian + vet techs + program/admin staff + medical officer + engineer salaries and benefits.

Mtf Readiness Retainer $275K/yr

[#8] Mobile Task Force on-call readiness retainer, specialized equipment amortization.

Research And Monitoring $230K/yr

[#16,#17] Ongoing behavioral/biological research program and biobank/cryostorage costs.

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#15] Legal retainer, cover-up/OPSEC operations and on-call civilian incident management.

D Class Pool $120K/yr

[#9] Recruitment, housing, screening and administration to maintain a small rotating D-Class pool.

Insurance And Replenish $100K/yr

[#21,#25] Annual replenishment/insurance-style reserve contributions for indemnity and contingency.

Psychiatric Care $80K/yr

[#6] Biweekly psychiatric evaluations, therapy sessions and psychotropic medications for Agent.

Security Equipment Training $50K/yr

[#7] Security equipment replacement, ammunition/training, and regular drills.

It Security And Forensic Logging $50K/yr

[#23] Ongoing cybersecurity, access control and forensic monitoring services.

Containment Training $40K/yr

[#13] Regular multidisciplinary containment protocol training and simulations.

Logistics And Transport $35K/yr

[#10] Vehicle maintenance/fuel/driver operations for secure transport.

Supplies And Consumables $25K/yr

[#4,#12,#18,#26] Medical consumables, sterile supplies, PPE replacements, baseline biohazard contract and misc consumables.

Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr

[#14,#20] Safehouse/utilities maintenance, generator maintenance and site upkeep.

Autopsy And Sampling $15K/yr

[#17] Expected annual autopsy/event sampling costs averaged over year.

Monitoring Storage $12K/yr

[#1] Cloud/on-site video/biometric storage and secure recording costs.

Life Support Maintenance Batteries $12K/yr

[#3] Battery replacement and routine maintenance for life-support units.

Medical Emergency Fund $10K/yr

[#5,#4] Expected per-emergency medical/surgical costs averaged over year.

Psych Screening And Monitoring $10K/yr

[#22] Ongoing staff/D-Class psychological screening and background monitoring.

Energy And Fuel $5K/yr

[#20] Electricity and generator fuel for life-support and monitoring.

Secure Comms Service $3K/yr

[#11] Service/monitoring costs for encrypted communications devices.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr

74.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major containment incidents; routine monitoring, staff operations, and scheduled research.

no_incident routine_operations

🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline

Localized incident: self-harm/reanimation event requiring ER/veterinary intervention, short MTF dispatch, D-Class replacement and cleanup.

self_harm_event localized_breach small_public_exposure

🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Significant breach or public incident requiring large MTF operation, extended public cover-up, legal action and multiple replacements/tests.

escape multiple_casualties extended_public_exposure

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $12.4M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Large-scale containment failure or public disaster leading to mass exposure, major legal settlements, large-scale relocations and multi-million-dollar response.

mass_exposure major_public_casualties full_program_response

👥 Personnel 17 total

Role	Count	Notes
Monitoring Operator	4	[#1] 24/7 operators watching video/biometric feeds (salaries/benefits included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#7] Shift coverage and armed response personnel to secure Agent and SCP-607.
Veterinarian	1	[#5] Specialist veterinary care for SCP-607.
Vet Technician	2	[#5] Technician support for routine and emergency veterinary care.
Program Manager / Administrative Staff	2	[#24] Program management, scheduling, procurement and compliance support.
Medical Officer	1	[#5] Human ER/medical support for Agent injuries linked to SCP-607.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#3,#20] Maintenance of life-support, generators and technical systems.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing a reasoned estimate, but large ranges for incident/contingency costs and uncertain incident frequency reduce precision.

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