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SCP-739 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-739
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$5.4M
Annual recurring
$5.4M
Personnel
20
Initial capital and specialty equipment costs are substantial (~$5.4M) driven by reinforced, blast-rated containment and specialized instrumentation; annual operating costs are dominated by staff wages, D-Class logistics, and sustained R&D/containment operations (~$5.4M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.4M
Facilities $1.9M
[#1, #14] Reinforced concrete blast-rated vault, vibration isolation, anteroom and BSL upgrade shell (midpoint of provided ranges).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#6, #13, #20] Initial cognito-protection R&D program setup, biomedical chiral-analysis instrumentation (HPLC/LCMS/NMR), and psychological/behavioral study program startup (midpoints).
Equipment $929K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #16, #18, #24, #25] Door wedge/hardware, UPS/generator, redundant lighting, CCTV & sensor suite, biobank freezers, PPE infrastructure, IT logging hardware, and automation/remote-manipulation hardware (midpoints).
Insurance Reserve $625K
[#29] Internal risk reserve / oversight contingency (midpoint treated as initial reserve).
Mental Alteration Program Setup $350K
[#8] Clinical equipment and legal/consent infrastructure for authorized neuro-modulation/psychopharmacology program setup (midpoint).
Sop Development $48K
[#19] SOP creation, documentation, and initial tabletop exercise development (midpoint).
Psych Evaluation Setup $12K
[#7] Initial psychometric screening and continuous-monitoring system setup (software/licensing and initial staff/process setup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#10, #11, #6, #7] Salaries + benefits for security (multi-shift), research staff, medical on-call/trauma allocation, and staff psychologists (aggregate midpoint estimate).
Research And Monitoring $712K/yr
[#6, #13, #20, #30] Ongoing cognito-protection R&D, chiral-analytical consumables/maintenance, longitudinal psychological research, and miscellaneous contingency R&D (sum of midpoints).
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#9] D-Class pool maintenance, rotation logistics, transport, intake processing, housing and secure handling (mid-range annual estimate for a 48-detainee pool).
Cover Story And Legal $325K/yr
[#23, #27] Legal counsel, ethics/oversight, administrative recordkeeping, and PR/disinformation contingency (sum of midpoints for cover/legal and PR contingency).
Incident Contingency Fund $300K/yr
[#21] Reserved annual fund for structural repairs, equipment replacement and downtime response (midpoint).
Subject Cohort Management $300K/yr
[#28] Recruitment, processing, transport and administrative overhead for replacing expended long-term study subjects.
Supplies And Consumables $215K/yr
[#12, #18, #26] Amnestics/pharmaceuticals, PPE consumables and decontamination supplies, and general experimental consumables (combined midpoints).
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#14] Ongoing BSL-equivalent lab operations and facility upkeep (BSL operating midpoint).
Hazardous Waste Disposal $125K/yr
[#15] High-temperature incineration/chemical inactivation fees and specialized disposal per incidents (midpoint annual budget).
Autopsy And Forensics $125K/yr
[#17] Annual budget for autopsies, pathology, forensic analyses and consumables (midpoint).
Replacement And Termination $125K/yr
[#22] For forensic investigation, termination logistics, replacement recruitment and legal cover per year (baseline estimate).
Training And Exercises $62K/yr
[#19] Recurring drills, recertification, and tabletop exercises to maintain SOP compliance.
Automation Maintenance $60K/yr
[#25] Upkeep of remote manipulators, robotic arms and automated experiment sequencers to minimize human observation.
Biobanking Operations $50K/yr
[#16] LN2, monitoring, sample management and chain-of-custody operations for long-term storage.
It Operations $50K/yr
[#24] Secure logging, encrypted backups, air-gapped archival operations and IT maintenance.
Mental Alteration Operations $50K/yr
[#8] Recurring clinical operations, per-subject follow-up and program administration for authorized mental alteration treatments.
Sensor Maintenance And Storage $30K/yr
[#5] Maintenance, calibration and secure storage costs for HDR/IR/LIDAR/radar/seismic sensor arrays and hardened storage.
Generator Fuel Maintenance $10K/yr
[#3] Fuel, periodic servicing and test-load runs for on-site generator and UPS maintenance.
Lighting Maintenance $2K/yr
[#4] Replacement bulbs, emergency lighting checks and consumables.
Door Restraint Maintenance $1K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance and testing for redundant mechanical wedges, motorized retainers and interlocks.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.4M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine staffing, R&D and maintenance continue as budgeted.
no_incident scheduled_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $5.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized shockwave damage or a small containment failure requiring repairs, extra amnestics, temporary staff overtime and limited PR/legal response.
localized_shockwave equipment_damage limited_personnel_injury
🚨 Major Breach $8.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with multiple entities or extended damage requiring emergency containment operations, large-scale repairs, replacements, large amnestic/PR campaign and potential site downtime.
entity_emergence multi-shockwave_damage extended_response_and_repair
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#10] Multi-shift site security to supervise D-Class, enforce rotations and respond to incidents (covers 24/7 staffing requirements).
Research Scientist 3 [#6, #13, #20] Cognitive/behavioral and biochemical researchers performing R&D into safe observation and chirality analysis.
Medical Officer 2 [#11] On-call trauma/medic coverage and partial ER allocation for shockwave injuries and emergent care.
Psychologist 2 [#7, #20] Staff for psychometric screening, continuous monitoring and longitudinal cognitive studies.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#3, #25] Facility and equipment maintenance, generator/UPS, HVAC and automation upkeep.
Administrative Staff 2 [#23, #24] Administrative, legal liaison, records, IT/archival ops and cover-story coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges for nearly every line item; midpoints were used and several assumptions were made about staffing levels, subject churn, and frequency of incidents. Containment-incident frequency and research scale introduce significant variance.
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