SCP-694 — SCP-694 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-694 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-694

Expected annual

$2.5M

One-time setup

$4.0M

Annual recurring

$2.5M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and property acquisition likely total roughly $3.7M, with steady annual operations running about $2.31M/yr. Main recurring cost drivers are staff wages (security + tactical + research), specialist contracts, vehicle/IT upkeep, and legal/cover operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M

Facilities $2.5M

[#1, #3, #4, #28] Purchase of residences, retrofit/fortification of homes into Security Post-694, perimeter installation, and future decommissioning reserve/restore costs.

Equipment $275K

[#7, #9, #11, #19, #21] Initial surveillance hardware, power/UPS/generator hardware, field vehicles purchase, chain-of-custody hardware, and initial communications equipment.

Contingency Fund Initial $250K

[#18] Initial insurance/liability/Legal contingency escrow held for unforeseen claims or exposures.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $240K

[#8, #15, #23] Initial IT/SAN/NAS servers and backups, experimental instrumentation and consumable starter kits, and specialized chronometric/time-measurement gear setup.

Emergency Response Reserve One Time $200K

[#24] Containment-failure / emergency response reserve fund (earmarked for re-securing, rapid rebuilds, emergency airlifts).

Decommissioning Costs Future $200K

[#28] Estimated future costs to remove equipment, restore properties, legal wrap-up and final disposition.

Relocation Assistance One Time $160K

[#17] Buyout/relocation assistance payments for displaced households (8 houses assumed).

Cover Story And Legal Setup $120K

[#16] Initial setup costs for fake remediation firm, legal cover, signage, town liaison startup and related PR establishment.

Specialized Monitoring Initial $100K

[#23] Purchase of high-precision atomic clocks, GNSS/time-synchronization hardware and calibration instruments.

Chain Of Custody Initial $15K

[#19] Initial secure evidence cataloging/storage and tamper-evident logistics setup.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr

Staff Wages $1.8M/yr

[#5, #6, #14] Ongoing salaries/benefits for continuous security guards, specialized tactical/on-call team, research scientists, technicians, medical, engineering and administrative staff.

Research And Monitoring $143K/yr

[#7, #8, #12, #20, #23] Surveillance system maintenance, ongoing data storage/replication costs, autopsies/cold-storage workloads, specialist external lab work, and calibration/maintenance of time-measurement sensors.

Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr

[#16, #25] Ongoing PR/legal/cover maintenance (fake remediation activities, FOIA handling, publication suppression and legal holds).

Medical And Autopsies $60K/yr

[#12] Forensic autopsies, toxicology, imaging and long-term tissue storage costs (assumes ~10 autopsies/year workload).

Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr

[#15] Consumables for experiments, batteries, replacement sensors, sample kits and expendable experiment supplies.

Specialist Contract Services $50K/yr

[#20] Outsourced MRI/CT, isotope analysis, sequencing and premium external lab work.

Emergency Contingency Replenish $50K/yr

[#24] Annual replenishment allocation to an emergency response / containment failure fund.

Logistics And Transport $45K/yr

[#11, #19] Vehicle fuel/maintenance/insurance and secure transportation/archival logistics for evidence/sample transfers.

Vehicle Ops And Fuel $35K/yr

[#11] Fuel, insurance and routine maintenance for patrol and response vehicles.

Property Taxes $28K/yr

[#2] Ongoing property taxes and municipal fees for purchased residences (8 properties assumed).

Climate And Grounds $25K/yr

[#10] Heating, snow removal, de-icing, HVAC servicing and seasonal winterization costs.

Training And Psychological Support $25K/yr

[#22] Staff training, clearance processing, hazard drills and ongoing mental health services/debriefs.

Archiving And Suppression $20K/yr

[#25] Long-term data archiving, access controls and legal suppression efforts.

Data Storage And It Maintenance $15K/yr

[#8] Ongoing SAN/NAS upkeep, offsite replication costs and secure encryption/service fees.

Biosafety And Decon $15K/yr

[#13] PPE, hazmat supplies, biohazard disposal contracts and decontamination maintenance.

Disposal And Cremation $15K/yr

[#26] Per-body disposition, cremation and records handling for repeated decedents.

Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr

[#4] Perimeter maintenance, signage upkeep, gate/road maintenance and barricade upkeep.

Surveillance Maintenance $10K/yr

[#7] Annual maintenance, replacements and service contracts for cameras, LIDAR, microphones and mounts.

Power And Backup Maintenance $10K/yr

[#9] Generator fuel contracts, UPS maintenance and periodic servicing.

Communication Services $8K/yr

[#21] Satellite/secure radio links, encrypted comms services and mobile data for field ops.

Monitoring Calibration $8K/yr

[#23] Periodic calibration and specialist maintenance for atomic clocks and chronometric gear.

Community Expenses $5K/yr

[#27] Small municipal payments, road maintenance contributions and local goodwill expenses.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine operations and no major incidents.

steady_operations routine_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $2.4M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$-73000 vs baseline

Small perimeter breach or equipment failure requiring limited emergency response and repairs.

small_breach equipment_failure minor_exposure

🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$352K vs baseline

Significant containment breach or experimental mishap requiring re-securing, perimeter rebuild and major external contracting.

coordinated_breach experimental_mishap severe_storm_damage

🚨 Political Exposure $3.8M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline

Public exposure or legal/political discovery requiring large-scale legal/relocation/PR response and potential settlements.

media_leak official_inquiry civil_litigation

👥 Personnel 24 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	Continuous 24/7 on-site guard coverage, three shifts plus relief; salaries included in staff_wages.
Tactical Response / Specialist Team	5	On-call anomaly response specialists and medics; higher salary band included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	6	Physicists, anomalous specialists and senior researchers dedicated to SCP-694 studies; salaries included in staff_wages.
Technician / Data Analyst	2	Maintenance of sensors, cameras, data pipelines and initial analysis support; included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	1	On-call medical and forensic oversight for autopsies and staff health; salary included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	Facilities, power and HVAC maintenance; included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff / Site Director	1	Site supervision, liaison and administrative tasks; included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Article and analyst notes provide detailed operational components (property purchases, security posture, recurring experiments) enabling medium-confidence line-item mapping, but many ranges and site-specific variables (property count, level of fortification, frequency of removals) create significant uncertainty in precise dollar values.

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