SCP-6215
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-6215
Expected annual
$76K
One-time setup
$97K
Annual recurring
$75K
Personnel
2
Initial setup and first-year operations are moderate, with one-time setup and specialist analyses dominating upfront costs and recurring yearly costs driven primarily by contracted linguistic research and site security/legal allocations. One-time expenses reflect containment hardware, conservation assessment, imaging and legal/repatriation contingency; annual costs are driven by ongoing research contracts, security overhead and conservator visits.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $97K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $75K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$75K/yr
Normal year with routine monitoring, conservator visits, pro-rated site security and ongoing linguistic research; no incidents or exposures.
routine_monitoring
scheduled_conservator_visits
ongoing_research_work
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Minor Incident
$87K/yr
Localized deterioration, pest activity, or environmental excursion requiring emergency conservation, short-term transport and additional specialist time.
minor_deterioration
pest_detection
environmental_excursion
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Major Breach
$155K/yr
Significant deterioration event or limited public/legal exposure requiring extensive conservation, legal payouts/settlements, repatriation negotiation costs and scaled research response.
catastrophic_deterioration
public_exposure
legal_claims
Personnel
2 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 1 | Level-2 escort and site security allocation; pro-rated wage allocation included in staff_wages. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Part-time administrative/classification support for logs and compliance; costs included in administrative_overhead and staff_wages. |
| Research Scientist / Linguist (contractor) | 0 | Externally contracted or grant-funded specialist; primary costs captured under 'linguistic_research' recurring budget rather than staff_wages. |
| Contractor - Textile Conservator | 0 | Conservation expertise provided as contracted visits or one-time assessments; costs allocated under initial_research_and_lab_setup and research_and_monitoring. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs enabling a reasoned estimate, but several items (legal/cover, linguistic contracts, and contingency responses) have wide ranges and scenario probabilities are judgement-based, so uncertainty remains.