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SCP-658 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-658
Expected annual
$3.0M
One-time setup
$3.8M
Annual recurring
$2.9M
Personnel
29
One-time startup costs of approximately $3.76M driven by facility retrofits, redundant-site standup, and contingency seed; recurring annual costs ~ $2.92M/yr driven primarily by 24/7 personnel, research program spending, and remediation/disposal logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.8M
Facilities $1.6M
[#3, #24] Containment-room retrofits (ensuring 3 m no-electronics buffers, mechanical doors/outlets) and redundant secondary site stand-up costs for an alternate containment location.
Contingency Fund Seed $1.0M
[#20] One-time seed for a fast-access contingency/emergency fund to cover large containment breaches and mass remediation; recommended minimum baseline fund.
Destruction Response Reserve $500K
[#11] Seed purchase/reserve to enable rapid heavy-demolition response capability (heavy-equipment access/prep). Note 11 describes per-incident costs but a reserve is included here as one-time preparedness.
Equipment $356K
[#1, #2, #4, #7, #8, #12, #15, #18, #23] Purchase of dedicated steel boxes and heavy-duty disposal containers, analogue/mechanical monitoring gear, specialty non-electronic tooling kits, initial PPE, retrofitted transport vehicles, initial surveillance hardware, paper-logistics storage, and initial custom instrumentation positioned outside exclusion zones.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#14] Initial lab buildout and non-electronic experimental rig setup required to start a controlled research program.
Training And Protocols $80K
[#25] Initial development of SOPs, tabletop exercises, printed manuals, and instructor-led rollout for containment and MTF handling protocols.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#9, #14, #15, #21, #23] Ongoing research program costs including sacrificial host purchases and replacements (~500 hosts/year baseline), laboratory staff/consumables, surveillance storage/maintenance, environmental monitoring/remediation contracts per small events, and calibration/maintenance of remote instrumentation.
Staff Wages $800K/yr
[#5] Ongoing payroll for 24/7 containment technicians, round-the-clock security guards, and supervisory/research-liaison staff as specified in analyst model.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#3, #15, #24] Ongoing maintenance of retrofitted containment suites, surveillance hardware beyond the exclusion zone, and operation/upkeep of a secondary containment site.
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#2, #6, #10, #12] Annual MTF deployment budgets, fuel/maintenance for retrofitted non-electronic transport vehicles, and contracts for hazardous-waste hauling/incineration for routine disposals.
Cover Story And Legal $180K/yr
[#16, #17, #22] Legal retainers/PR and amnestic/compensation reserves for routine incidents, plus audits/compliance and a litigation/property-replacement reserve.
Contingency Replenishment $100K/yr
[#20] Annual allowance to replenish the contingency/emergency fund after use or to maintain readiness.
Incident Remediation Reserve $50K/yr
[#13] Annual allocated reserve to cover smaller infrastructure remediation (rewiring, device/server replacement) that may occur during the year; large events are modeled in scenarios.
Training And Protocols $25K/yr
[#25] Recurring refresher training, drills, and protocol updates for containment technicians, MTF teams, and site staff.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#4, #7, #8, #18, #19] Recurring replacement/maintenance for analogue gauges, mechanical seals, tooling consumables, PPE replenishment, paper logistics supplies, and wear-and-tear items (hinges, tape, weights).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine research, containment operations, and no major incidents.
routine_research no_breach limited_disposals
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized breach or several small host destructions requiring extra deployments, disposals, and limited public compensation.
single_site_breach multiple_small_host_events
🚨 Major Breach $3.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant contamination of facility systems or public infrastructure requiring large-scale remediation, heavy demolition, and extensive PR/legal action.
server_room_infestation industrial_control_systems_compromised
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $7.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Uncontrolled mass infestation of public devices or large-meter-scale instance requiring explosives/airlift, mass amnestics, and multi-site remediation.
mass_public_infestation large_instance_emergence
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 6 Three-shift coverage for mechanical-only handling and specimen maintenance (note #5).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 On-site 24/7 guard coverage; additional MTF teams available for deployments (note #5, #6).
Supervisory Staff / Research Liaison 2 Supervisors and liaisons coordinating research and containment (note #5).
Research Scientist 4 Staff to run controlled reproduction experiments and analysis (note #14).
Laboratory Technician 6 Techs for experiment setup, host preparation, and consumables handling (notes #7, #9, #14).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 Maintain non-electronic retrofits, transport vehicle upkeep, and mechanical containment hardware (notes #3, #12, #19).
Medical Officer 1 Occupational health surveillance and injury response (note #8).
Administrative Staff 2 Paper-logistics management, legal/PR coordination, procurement support (notes #16, #18).
📋 Confidence Notes
Mid-level confidence: containment and recurring staffing costs are well-specified, but many line items (per-incident demolition, public-exposure expenses, and research scale) have very wide ranges and depend heavily on incident frequency and program policy.
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