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SCP-6560 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-6560
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$8.5M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
6
Initial one-time setup is dominated by archival vault construction, contingency/reserve funding, and equipment purchases (~$8.52M). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by staffing, research/monitoring, and overhead (~$2.436M/year baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.5M
Contingency Fund $5.0M
[#22] One-time contingency/reserve for large or atypical instances (high-end events up to multi‑million scale).
Facilities $1.2M
[#1] Building/retrofit of a climate-controlled, fire-suppressed archival vault with seismic restraints and high security.
Equipment $1.2M
[#5, #6, #8, #9, #14, #17] Digitization hardware, mobile forensic lab instruments, tactical initial kits, mobile incinerator purchase option, initial PPE procurement, and initial secure data/storage hardware.
Vehicle Fleet Purchase $500K
[#18] Purchase of small fleet (trucks/vans) for debris/ash transport and personnel movement.
Insurance Reserve $500K
[#23] One-time reserve / liability buffer associated with archive insurance/legal contingency.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K
[#2] Baseline stocking of museum-grade archival containers, Mylar sleeves, deacidification and conservation materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr
Research And Monitoring $675K/yr
[#15, #16] Long-term PNW monitoring program costs and funded historical/forensic/sociological research team operations.
Staff Wages $665K/yr
[#4, #6] Salaries and benefits for 2 conservators, 2 security FTEs, and ~2 materials scientists/forensic examiners assigned to archive/forensic teams.
Overhead Allocation $404K/yr
[#24] Opportunity cost / pro-rated site overhead allocated at 20% of direct recurring costs (administration, utilities, shared security infrastructure).
Data Management And Digitization $130K/yr
[#5] Ongoing digitization staff, software licenses, and digital asset management costs (OCR, cataloging).
Data Storage And Cybersecurity $120K/yr
[#17] Secure server operations, backups, air-gapped media rotation and cybersecurity operations.
Training And Exercises $100K/yr
[#20] Regular MTF/containment drills, controlled-burn safety exercises and forensic collection training.
Facilities Maintenance $90K/yr
[#3] Climate-control utilities, HVAC/dehumidifier maintenance, filter replacements and service contracts for archival environment.
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#18] Fleet maintenance, fuel, and routine vehicle upkeep for transport and debris removal.
Insurance Premium $80K/yr
[#23] Annual insurance premiums / liability reserves for archive and cleanup operations.
Mental Health $55K/yr
[#21] Counseling, respiratory checkups and long-term monitoring for staff exposed to particulates and psychological stress.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#12] Baseline legal/cover-story readiness costs and occasional small permit/legal work to maintain plausible deniability.
Medical And Ppe $10K/yr
[#14] Ongoing medical surveillance and replenishment of respirators, suits, filters and first-aid supplies.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#2] Ongoing restock of archival consumables (buffers, sleeves, adhesives) and small conservation materials.
Environmental Monitoring $5K/yr
[#11] Baseline environmental readiness: air-quality monitoring subscriptions and sampling equipment maintenance.
Public Misinformation $5K/yr
[#25] Small annual public-relations/cover-story spend to maintain local narratives and stakeholder relationships.
Mtf Deployment $0/yr
[#7] Per-incident MTF mobilization/airlift costs are budgeted as incident-driven expenses (modeled in scenarios).
Tactical Support Per Incident $0/yr
[#8] Per-operation tactical consumables, UAV/comm ops and temporary perimeter gear treated as incident costs (modeled in scenarios).
Incineration Contracts $0/yr
[#9] Large-scale contracted incineration / phased destruction costs are incident-specific and modeled separately.
Heavy Equipment Rental Per Incident $0/yr
[#10] Bulldozers/cranes/loaders and site‑prep rental are per-incident and included in scenario cost estimates.
Witness Management $0/yr
[#13] Per-incident witness containment, relocation, amnestic/treatment costs modeled in incident scenarios rather than baseline.
Off Site Disposal Per Incident $0/yr
[#19] Off-site hazardous disposal fees vary by incident volume and are included in scenario modeling.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr
97.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with no new SCP-6560 instances; regular staffing, monitoring, and maintenance only.
no new manifestations routine operations and research
🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$302K vs baseline
Discovery of a small/isolated instance (≤0.5 km^2) requiring single-site response, sample collection, localized incineration and minor remediation.
small instance discovery local MTF deployment contracted small burn and limited remediation
🚨 Major Incident $12.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Large instance (multiple km^2, up to ~10 km^2) requiring extensive contracted incineration, heavy equipment, extended remediation, large-scale witness management and legal/cover operations.
large-scale manifestation multi-week contracted destruction major environmental remediation and public-management
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Conservator / Archivist 2 [#4] Trained conservators to stabilize and catalog paper artifacts; salaries included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Security personnel assigned to archival wing; salaries included in staff_wages.
Materials Scientist / Forensic Examiner 2 [#6] Mobile forensic/team personnel to run portable FTIR/XRF and sample analysis; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed ranges for most line items, enabling midpoint estimates; however incident frequency is highly uncertain (no new instances since 1979) and many per-incident costs vary by orders of magnitude, so overall confidence is medium.
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