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SCP-6639 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-6639
Expected annual
$12.5M
One-time setup
$36.5M
Annual recurring
$12.3M
Personnel
27
One-time setup for a self-sufficient containment and research program is approximately $36,550,000, driven by berth/lab construction, vessel purchase/refit, secure labs and contingency reserves. Annual operations are roughly $12,295,000 driven primarily by staff wages, vessel charters/crewing and logistics, persistent monitoring/communications, decontamination and maintained contingency funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $36.5M
Bsl Lab Construction $8.0M
[#21] Buildout of secure BSL-3/BSL-4 laboratory facilities (capital construction option).
Escort Vessel Purchase Refit $7.5M
[#2] Purchase/refit option for mid-size research/escort vessel(s) (purchase/refit cost).
Facilities $5.0M
[#1] Dedicated offshore/port containment berth and decontamination facility (pier/floating dock, airlock gangway, decon showers, effluent capture, security center, short-term berthing).
Insurance Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#16] Contingency reserve for major incident, salvage and environmental cleanup (one-time reserve portion).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.0M
[#9, #10] Initial instrumentation & R&D program and emergency neutralization R&D (calorimetry, sequencing, energetic testing, field R&D to neutralize bilegris and engines).
Legal Incident Contingency Reserve $2.5M
[#15] Contingency reserve for litigation/incident response and major legal actions (initial one-time reserve component called out in notes).
Salvage System $1.5M
[#26] Design and hardware for salvage/quarantine vessel and remote-capture systems (one-time design & hardware).
Port Contamination Initial Escrow $1.0M
[#27] Initial escrow/deposit to guarantee cleanup/compensation for civilian ports (one-time deposit as noted).
Bilegris Infrastructure $600K
[#6] Secure sealed containment tanks, rated transport containers, inert-gas blanketing, secondary containment and climate control (one-time infrastructure).
Buoys And Sensors $600K
[#8] Oceanic buoys, local telemetry relay hardware and sensor arrays for anomalous activity detection (one-time deployment/hardware).
Medical Biosafety Kit $300K
[#5] Onboard mobile BSL-3 shipboard kit, isolation suite, specialized autoclaves and sterile handling tools (one-time kit).
Ppe Initial Fleet $300K
[#12] Initial fleet of specialized PPE/field suits (BSL-3/4 and marine-rated suits for 10–20 suits).
Training Initial Program $150K
[#18] Initial personnel training program setup and certification curricula (one-time setup).
Tracking Installation $100K
[#11] Surgical/attachment installation of tracking and telemetry hardware to organic hull/engine (per-installation device + specialist staff).
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.3M/yr
Staff Wages $3.6M/yr
[#3, #13, #19] Salaries and benefits for permanent research crew (6–10 specialists), security/interdiction teams (6–12 personnel), and containment monitoring staff (5–12 analysts/technicians).
Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr
[#2, #4, #17, #26] Vessel charter/crewing and maintenance, per-voyage travel and per-diem, medevac standby contracts or helicopter hours, and salvage deployment mission costs.
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#8, #9, #20, #21] Ongoing instrumentation/R&D continuation, satellite/comms bandwidth, telemetry and environmental/oceanographic survey programs, and contractual secure lab access.
Supplies And Consumables $835K/yr
[#5, #12, #23, #30] Medical and biosafety consumables per voyage, PPE maintenance and replacement, surgical/sampling disposable supplies, fuel/office/utilities and miscellaneous consumables.
Post Voyage Decontamination $600K/yr
[#22] Annualized cost of decontamination and cleaning after voyages (enzymes/chemicals, labor, scale).
Replacement Degradation Contingency $600K/yr
[#25] Annual contingency for unexpected anomalous degradation and emergency repairs to organic systems.
Cover Story And Legal $555K/yr
[#14, #15, #24, #29] Cultural liaison/trade goods, legal retainers and regulatory/cover-up expenditures, PR buffers and annual audits/oversight.
Catastrophic Response Reserve $500K/yr
[#28] Annual funded reserve allocation for high-consequence biological catastrophe / mass-casualty readiness.
Bilegris Transfer Operations $360K/yr
[#6] Operational costs for certified transport and transfers of bilegris (per-transfer operational costs aggregated annually).
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#1, #8] Maintenance and upkeep for berth/dock, gangway systems, decon showers, buoy/sensor upkeep and harbor infrastructure.
Insurance Premiums $300K/yr
[#16] Insurance premiums for vessels, equipment and coverable assets (annual premiums).
Port Contamination Escrow Maintenance $250K/yr
[#27] Annual maintenance/escrow amount to guarantee cleanup and compensate civilian ports if incidents occur.
Emergency Stockpile Refresh $200K/yr
[#10] Stockpile maintenance/refresh of reagents and field-tested neutralization materials.
Waste Disposal $150K/yr
[#7] Long-term biological waste disposal, incineration and contractor fees for contaminated gear and effluent.
Refresher Training $75K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training, drills and certifications for personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.3M/yr
89.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; all recurring programs run as planned.
routine_voyages scheduled_maintenance regular_research_cycles
🚨 Minor Incident $13.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized containment incident or salvage mission requiring additional legal/cleanup costs and one-off deployments.
localized_contamination minor_breach salvage_mission
🚨 Major Breach $17.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant bilegris release or port-impacting contamination requiring large-scale cleanup, litigation and extended operations.
major_bilegris_release port_closure large_salvage_and_cleanup
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $37.3M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Widespread ecological/biohazard catastrophe or mass-casualty event requiring massive remediation and reparations.
catastrophic_bilegris_spill ecological_collapse mass_casualty_response
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#3,#9] Marine biologists, xenobiologists, physicians and technical researchers assigned to voyages and lab work.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#13,#26] Armed security for port facility, escort vessel security and rapid-reaction interdiction teams.
Containment Analyst / Watch Officer 6 [#19,#8] 24/7 operations center analysts, watch officers and telemetry/data analysts for persistent monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#1,#26] Maintenance technicians for berth, buoys, salvage hardware and shipboard systems.
Administrative Staff 1 [#15,#24] Administrative and compliance support for cover companies, manifests and legal paperwork.
Medical Officer 1 [#5,#17] On-call medical officer / medevac coordination for voyages and biosafety oversight.
Cultural Liaison 1 [#14] Liaison/translator to manage trading relationship and diplomatic/cover arrangements with SCP-6639-A society.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges are well described but many key drivers depend on operational choices (charter vs. purchase, voyage frequency, contingency sizing) and uncertain incident rates; therefore estimates are informed but not precise.
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