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SCP-726 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-726
Expected annual
$932K
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$909K
Personnel
11
First-year one-time setup is roughly $1.54M dominated by a contingency reserve and facility/HVAC upgrades; recurring annual costs are about $909k driven primarily by staff wages, an active research program, cadaver procurement and legal/cover expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Contingency Fund $1.0M
[#20] Insurance-equivalent reserve for major incidents, relocation, mass euthanasia, public-exposure mitigation or infrastructure replacement (one-time set-aside).
Facilities $280K
[#1, #2, #21] Purpose-built padded containment cell construction and structural HVAC/ductwork retrofits (BSL-equivalent installation) plus secondary containment/transfer route and site disruption costs.
Equipment $136K
[#4, #6, #11, #13, #15, #18, #25] Purchases including refrigerated morgue cabinets, a dedicated refrigerated transfer vehicle, CCTV/surveillance hardware, autoclave (capital), initial PPE stock, behavioral/forensic monitoring hardware, and slurry/peanut-butter production equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $85K
[#17] Microbiology/genetics capital equipment and lab buildout (hoods, microscopes, basic sequencing hardware) for on-site research capability.
Initial Training And Sop $30K
[#12, #16] One-time setup for euthanasia suite certification, credentialing, SOP development and initial staff training/drills.
Initial Decontamination Stock $6K
[#14] Initial purchase of specialized animal-free decontamination supplies and certified cleaning agents.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $909K/yr
Staff Wages $520K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10] Salaries and benefits for 2 containment technicians, 4 security guards (incremental), 1 senior researcher/biologist, and funding for on-call/emergency response pay/training allowances.
Research And Monitoring $247K/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #23, #26] Recurring research consumables/sequencing runs, behavioral monitoring operations, secure data storage/analysis, periodic drills/training and an ongoing long-term research program budget.
Cover Story And Legal $56K/yr
[#19, #24] Administrative/legal suppression, cover-story maintenance, audits to enforce specialized procurement restrictions and related secrecy costs.
Supplies And Consumables $49K/yr
[#5, #12, #14, #15, #25] Annual recurring costs for cadaver procurements (8/yr), per-event euthanasia consumables, decontamination replenishment, PPE replacement/laundering, and food/peanut-butter/slurry consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $19K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #13, #21] Ongoing HVAC/negative-pressure power and servicing, morgue refrigeration maintenance and power, CCTV maintenance/storage costs, contracted biohazard disposal operations, and backup generator/UPS maintenance.
Personnel Health Surveillance $12K/yr
[#22] Regular medical checkups, psychological care and monitoring for personnel exposed to decomposition and termination events.
Logistics And Transport $6K/yr
[#6] Refrigerated transfer logistics, fuel, driver wages and chain-of-custody transport costs.
Contingency Replenishment $0/yr
[#20] Replenishment of contingency fund when drawn; baseline assumes no annual replenishment but fund exists for incidents.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $909K/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine research, cadaver procurement and upkeep only.
routine maintenance scheduled cadaver provisioning ongoing research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $934K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized containment lapse or limited overgrowth requiring overtime, extra disposal, replacement cadavers and minor PR/legal action.
small escape/overgrowth event extra euthanasia/cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring emergency response, external contractors, medical care and infrastructure repairs.
multiple reconstitutions outside containment hospitalization or facility damage
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $3.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Widespread reconstitution/public exposure requiring mass euthanasia, major public-relations/legal suppression, environmental remediation and large contingency drawdown.
public exposure mass uncontrolled reconstitution
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 2 [#7] Two full-time technicians for cleaning, feeding, observation and handling with BSL training.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#8] Incremental security coverage (3–4 guards across shifts) as assigned to SCP-726.
Research Scientist 1 [#9, #17, #26] Senior biologist/xenobiologist overseeing protocols, research and long-term study.
Emergency Response Team (on-call) 4 [#10] On-call rapid-response personnel (cross-trained) funded for standby, drills and emergency deployment.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasoned estimate, but many large uncertainties remain (contingency sizing, breach probabilities and scope of long-term research), so confidence is medium.
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