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SCP-632 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-632
Expected annual
$4.0M
One-time setup
$7.5M
Annual recurring
$3.7M
Personnel
10
First-year capital expenditures are large due to specialized equipment and a recommended contingency seed; ongoing annual costs are driven primarily by salaries, contingency replenishment, medical/response readiness, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.5M
Contingency Fund Seed $3.0M
[#21] One-time seeded contingency fund for large-scale outbreak/emergency mobilization (recommended minimum seed).
Equipment $2.7M
[#3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #12, #13, #14, #26, #27, #32] Automated vacuum feed/chute, initial PPE sets, autoclave and chemical showers, on-site MRI hardware (equipment portion), neurosurgery OR equipment setup, field/security vehicles & equipment, surveillance cameras/sensors, freezers/monitoring hardware, insect-rearing setup, sample inactivation hardware/validation tools, and initial secure IT/database systems.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#10, #15] Class-B amnestic R&D/production scale-up and initial focused trigger/chemical/molecular research project (lab buildout, reagents, sequencing/assays).
Facilities $300K
[#1, #2, #16, #30] Sealed containment enclosure upgrade, room negative-pressure HVAC installation, pathology/autopsy suite upgrades, and structural/containment redundancy/back-up power infrastructure work.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.7M/yr
Staff Wages $900K/yr
[#11] Core containment and research team salaries including benefits/overhead (lead/junior researchers, technicians, containment manager, MRI tech, on-site security).
Cover Story And Legal $590K/yr
[#19, #20, #23, #33] Civilian relocation/compensation contingency, public cover-up/PR/legal operations, embedded legal/forensic liaison retainer, and miscellaneous permit/travel/coordination costs.
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment allocation for the contingency fund used to respond to outbreaks and large incidents.
Catastrophic Response Reserve $500K/yr
[#31] Ongoing reserve allocation for multi-million-dollar catastrophic responses (field hospitals, mass imaging, mass burials/incineration, compensation).
Research And Monitoring $330K/yr
[#7, #15, #28] Ongoing trigger/chemical/behavioral research, external MRI scan outsourcing (when needed), and forensic epidemiology/community screening programs.
Psychological Care $200K/yr
[#18] Long-term psychological, occupational, and physical rehabilitation funds for survivors and affected personnel.
Security Rapid Response Operations $200K/yr
[#12] Annual operational budget for field deployments, vehicle/equipment upkeep, and per-operation logistics (assumes occasional deployments).
Neurosurgery Services $200K/yr
[#8] On-call neurosurgical retainer or expected outsourced/emergency surgery costs (occasional procedures per year).
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#3, #4, #5, #9, #16, #26, #27, #29] Vacuum chute sterilization consumables, PPE replacement/consumables, decontamination chemicals, anesthetics/medical disposables, autopsy consumables, laboratory consumables & insect feed, sample inactivation reagent replenishment, and husbandry consumables.
Amnestic Program Maintenance $50K/yr
[#10] Annual production, QC, storage and administration costs for Class-B amnestics and related medical administration.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#6, #22] Biohazardous waste handling and incineration/disposal transport costs, and secure courier/transport for specimens and samples.
Risk Management And Audit $50K/yr
[#24] Internal audits, compliance verification, and independent risk assessments.
Facilities Maintenance $43K/yr
[#2, #13, #14, #25, #30, #32] HVAC filter replacement & negative-pressure monitoring, surveillance hardware maintenance, freezer backup monitoring/electricity, general energy/utilities for containment wing, redundancy/UPS/generator maintenance, and IT/system maintenance.
Training And Drills $40K/yr
[#17] Regular containment/medical/field training and exercises.
Husbandry Labor $15K/yr
[#29] Technician time for weekly feeding, environmental monitoring, and colony husbandry labor.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.7M/yr
79.5% probability / year
Normal year with steady-state containment operations, routine research, and no major breach.
routine_maintenance scheduled_research occasional_medical_cases
🚨 Minor Incident $4.0M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Small uncontained instance or localized exposure requiring targeted field response, extra imaging/surgeries, and limited public mitigation.
localized_breach single_field_deployment several_emergency_scans/surgeries
🚨 Major Breach $5.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant outbreak requiring multi-team field operations, mass imaging/surgeries, expanded containment measures, and substantial compensation/cover operations.
multiple_uncontained_colonies mass_exposures regional_medical_surge
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $23.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Town-scale supercolony or mass casualties requiring emergency public-health response, field hospitals, mass incineration, long-term remediation and disaster-level compensation.
supercolony_formation mass_casualties closure_of_community
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Lead) 1 [#11] Senior lead researcher as listed in payroll.
Research Scientist (Junior) 1 [#11] Junior researcher.
Animal/Biocare Technician 2 [#11] Two biocare/technician roles for husbandry and lab support.
Containment Manager 1 [#11] Operational containment manager.
MRI Technician 1 [#11] MRI tech included in baseline staff list (used if scans outsourced this role still factored).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#11] On-site security guards for containment wing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a reasoned estimate; however cost ranges are wide for high-impact items (MRI, neurosurgery, contingency sizing, catastrophic responses), so totals retain uncertainty.
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