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SCP-6247 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-6247
Expected annual
$19.8M
One-time setup
$231.5M
Annual recurring
$19.1M
Personnel
41
Initial capital costs dominated by deep-sea vessel purchase and ROV fleet (~$200M+), with annual operations driven by vessel charters, specialized staff, ROV maintenance and R&D (~$18.5M/yr). Baseline monitoring with occasional retrievals costs ~ $18.45M/yr while major incidents can drive multi‑ten-million surges.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $231.5M
Equipment $183.5M
[#2, #1, #3, #4, #16, #22] Purchase 2–3 full-ocean ROVs (~$30M total), optional deep-sea intervention vessel purchase ($150M), small autonomous seabed nodes (~$3M), server/software and AIS setup ($300k), initial comms/sensor hardware (#16) and initial data-storage hardware (~$200k).
Facilities $41.0M
[#3, #8, #9, #10] Cabled observatory/build ($30M), port reception setup ($1M), containment vault/cell retrofit ($5M), high-pressure facility build/retrofit ($5M).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.0M
[#11, #10] Materials/forensic/biological/radiological lab equipment (SEM, MS, radiological instruments) and specialized high-pressure test rig components (~$4M total).
Decommissioning $2.0M
[#26] Projected decommission/mothball cost to remove arrays and make site safe ($2M estimate).
Initial Emergency Fund $1.0M
[#17] Initial establishment of contingency fund reserve ($1,000,000 one-time seed).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.1M/yr
Logistics And Transport $4.6M/yr
[#1, #6, #7, #19, #27] Vessel charters (~$4.5M/yr for limited charter days), standby/salvage vessel contract (~$300k/yr), occasional heavy-lift/transport and per-transfer costs and port overhead (~$200k combined).
Staff Wages $4.4M/yr
[#12, #13, #14] Salaries for marine operations crew, ROV pilots, scientists, security, engineers and support staff (total ~ $4.4M/yr).
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#24] Long-term R&D program for anomalous mechanism and mitigation (~$2.0M/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#5, #20] Legal/PR/lobbying retainer and cover documentation costs and ad hoc payments (~$1.1M/yr).
Rovs Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#2] Spare parts, field repairs, consumables for ROV fleet (~$1.0M/yr).
Operational Overhead $1.0M/yr
[#27] Fuel, provisioning, port fees, customs and ongoing ship/operation overhead (~$1.0M/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance and repairs for seabed sensors/observatory (~$500k/yr).
Seabed Array Maintenance $500K/yr
[#3] Routine servicing, replacement and mooring maintenance for autonomous sensors (~$500k/yr).
Communication Ops $500K/yr
[#16] Continuous reception, decryption and analysis of emitted messages; analyst/ops staff (~$500k/yr).
Emergency Fund Reserve $500K/yr
[#17] Annual allocation to maintain contingency/rescue reserve (~$500k/yr).
Insurance And Settlements $500K/yr
[#23] Insurance premiums, indemnity payments and escrow contributions (~$500k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr
[#11] Lab consumables, testing contracts and consumable supplies (~$300k/yr).
Satellite And Ais Ops $300K/yr
[#4] AIS/satellite monitoring, weather-advisory systems operations (~$300k/yr).
Standby Vessel Contract $300K/yr
[#6] On-call salvage/standby vessel contract (~$300k/yr).
Pressure Facility Ops $300K/yr
[#10] Operation, consumables and certification for high-pressure simulation (~$300k/yr).
Containment Upkeep $200K/yr
[#9] Vault and containment cell upkeep and monitoring (~$200k/yr).
Environmental Monitoring $200K/yr
[#18] Ecological surveys, remediation contracts and consultants (~$200k/yr).
Opsec And Counterintel $200K/yr
[#25] Personnel monitoring, background checks and counterintelligence (~$200k/yr).
Ppes And Consumables $150K/yr
[#15] PPE, remote-handling tooling spares and consumables (~$150k/yr).
Training And Certification $150K/yr
[#21] Deep-sea training, hazardous handling and rotations (~$150k/yr).
Port Reception Ops $100K/yr
[#8] Per-event reception/decon operations averaged annually (~$100k/yr).
Transport To Site $100K/yr
[#19] Secure trucking/airlift averages for transfers to Site-184 (~$100k/yr).
Data Storage Ops $100K/yr
[#22] Secure archival, backups and hosting for high-volume ROV/sonar/video data (~$100k/yr).
Lifting And Transport $50K/yr
[#7] Occasional crane/rigging rentals, road/air transport averaging (~$50k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, occasional small retrievals and no major explosive expulsions.
routine monitoring limited retrieval operations no major environmental incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $19.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized expulsion event requiring rapid-response salvage, additional ROV/time on charter and minor settlements/cleanup.
small explosive expulsion one-off multi-day salvage operation
🚨 Major Breach $43.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$24.4M vs baseline
Large explosive expulsion(s) causing extensive debris, environmental damage, multi-vessel response, major salvage, legal settlements and expanded recovery operations.
large-scale explosive expulsions multiple recoveries and environmental remediation civilian exposure requiring settlements
👥 Personnel 41 total
Role Count Notes
Marine Operations Crew (ROV Pilot / Deck) 12 [#12] Includes ROV pilots, winch/operators and deck crew for mission deployments.
Research Scientist 12 [#13] Marine geologists, materials scientists, biologists and anomalous researchers assigned to SCP-6247.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#14] Armed guards, escorts for transfers and site security.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#2, #9, #10] Technical staff for ROV/ship/equipment maintenance and pressure facility upkeep.
Administrative Staff 2 [#4, #20] Coordination, legal liaisons and cover-story administration.
Data Analyst / Communications Analyst 2 [#16, #22] Message decryption/analysis, data archival and sensor data processing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed ranges for nearly all line items, allowing mid-range budgeting; uncertainty remains around frequency/severity of expulsions and choice between charter vs vessel purchase, hence medium confidence.
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