SCP-824 Euclid-alterier ~ medium confidence
SCP-824
Expected annual
$5.4M
One-time setup
$9.2M
Annual recurring
$5.3M
Personnel
11
One-time setup is approximately $9.21M, dominated by site buildout, greenhouse/pit construction, and island acquisition; recurring annual costs are about $5.35M driven primarily by island operations, staffing, and ongoing cover/disinformation obligations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.2M
Facilities $6.8M
[#1, #2, #9, #14, #17, #20] Dedicated greenhouse construction/retrofit, root-pit excavation/lining, physical containment installation, biosecurity installations, remote research site buildout, and land purchase (chosen purchase option for #20).
Equipment $1.5M
[#3, #5, #7, #10, #13, #16, #22, #27] Initial stone stockpile/handling hardware, mulcher/chipper and sterilization equipment, CCTV/sensor installation, heavy-equipment/crane/fleet purchase or retainer, tissue-culture hardware (if characterized as equipment), containment/transport crates, communications uplink hardware, and insurance/removal retainer.
Disinformation Initial Setup $500K
[#19] Initial setup cost for absorbing local government disinformation and counterintelligence (startup payments, initial covert funding and infrastructure).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#12] Wet-lab buildout adjacent to greenhouse: benches, sequencing/microscopy setup and sterile propagation workspace (capital).
Legal Startup $100K
[#23] One-time specialized legal fees / permits / setup to establish covert/legit legal posture for operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.3M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $1.6M/yr
[#19, #23, #24, #21] Ongoing disinformation/counterintelligence budget, recurring legal/regulatory/insurance overhead, public relations/false-document generation, and local community relations / anthropology grants/compensation.
Island Operations $1.2M/yr
[#18] Island Research Site operational costs: staffing (field anthropologists, local hires, security), transport to/from mainland, utilities and regular supply runs.
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#6, #11] Security staffing at greenhouse (6 guards, salary+benefits) and Site-41 research staff team (xenobotanists, horticultural techs, lab technicians).
Contingency Fund $750K/yr
[#26] Annual contingency/emergency remediation reserve (15% of recurring operations as recommended).
Facilities Maintenance $255K/yr
[#8, #7, #9, #22] Climate control energy and general greenhouse utilities, CCTV/IT maintenance, containment/physical reinforcement replacement and maintenance, and recurring communications/data costs.
Supplies And Consumables $208K/yr
[#3, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #4] Annual stone replenishment and handling, mulcher/sterilizer maintenance and consumables, laboratory consumables/reagents, tissue-culture ongoing costs, biosecurity consumables/training, waste management/compost/disposal, and dead-plant-matter feedstock procurement/processing.
Research And Monitoring $115K/yr
[#25, #28] Environmental/ecological monitoring and long-term studies; annual auditing, compliance review and sanitized publication/laundering costs tied to research oversight.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#16] Per-move transport costs and logistics for specimen transfers and large material shipments (average annualized estimate).
Emergency Response Training $50K/yr
[#10] Ongoing training, maintenance and retainer costs for emergency heavy-equipment response (cranes, mobile cutters, trauma/containment kits).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
steady operations scheduled research activity routine logistics
🚨 Minor Incident $5.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring repairs, short-term overtime, and limited remediation.
localized branch damage to greenhouse small escape requiring retrieval minor infrastructure repairs
🚨 Major Breach $7.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant breach/escape or severe island incident requiring heavy remediation, large equipment mobilization, specimen replacement and extensive legal/PR response.
mass escape or structural failure large-scale remediation/neutralization insurance/contracted heavy-removal mobilization
🚨 Political Exposure $6.3M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Leak or political exposure event requiring intensive disinformation, legal action, and accelerated community compensation.
media leak local political scrutiny covert funding exposed
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#6] Six guards to provide 24/7 coverage (three shifts).
Research Scientist / Horticultural Tech / Lab Technician 5 [#11] Combined research and technical team (midpoint of 4–6 personnel) for daily feeding, experiments and maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for most categories, but several choices (land purchase vs lease, per-event remediation costs, probability estimates) require judgment; therefore confidence is medium.
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