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SCP-8512 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-8512
Expected annual
$8.6M
One-time setup
$26.4M
Annual recurring
$8.4M
Personnel
50
One-time capital of $26,370,000 for Hall-16 retrofit, foundations, brass rails, psiophones and transport tooling; recurring annual costs of $8,415,000 driven mainly by security staffing, international recovery program, and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $26.4M
Facilities $13.6M
[#1, #2] Hall-16 retrofit and reinforced foundations / mounting pads for 29 locomotives (facility construction, reinforced floors, anchors, vibration isolation).
Equipment $5.8M
[#3, #4, #6, #7, #14] Brass rails & custom mounts; Type-A psiophone units and integration; initial monitoring suite hardware; EM/psi shielding initial installation; optional heavy-lift fleet purchase (crane + lowboys).
Emergency Reserve $5.0M
[#11] One-time reserve to cover multi-incident scenarios / rapid large-scale emergency spending as specified.
Initial Transport And Retrieval $1.4M
[#13] Initial heavy transport / lowboy/crane rentals and per-move logistics for retrieving 29 instances (analyst estimate for initial mass retrievals).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $575K
[#18, #25] Fabrication/shop tooling and initial archival research equipment/instrumentation for thaum/psi experiments.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.4M/yr
Staff Wages $4.4M/yr
[#8, #9, #10] 24/7 on-site security staffing (~30 guards/supervisors) and dedicated technical/research staff plus daily inspection labor (midpoint totals).
International Operations Program $2.0M/yr
[#15] Overseas reconnaissance, covert teams, safehouses, travel and field operations budget for discovering and recovering additional instances.
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#26] Ongoing facility lifecycle, cranes, structural repairs and scheduled CAPEX (annual reserve ~3–6% of replacement value).
Psiophone Maintenance $300K/yr
[#5] Ongoing maintenance, calibration, consumables and spares for Type-A psiophones across 29 cabs.
Monitoring Maintenance $225K/yr
[#6] Ongoing maintenance, data costs, redundant logging and analyst workstation upkeep for monitoring suite and psi-visualiser systems.
Archival Research Ongoing $200K/yr
[#25] Ongoing experimental budget for psi/thaum experiments, imaging, and suppression/analysis effort.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#21] Legal, PR and cover-story budget to maintain plausible explanations, permits and retainers.
Power Hvac Utilities $150K/yr
[#19] Continuous industrial power, HVAC and utilities for Hall-16 to support monitoring, psiophones and preservation.
Medical And Psych Services $150K/yr
[#20] Medical screening, psychiatry, neuropsych evaluations and cognitive hazard mitigation for staff.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#17] Conservation & thaumaturgical consumables for SCP-8512-A cadaver maintenance (chemicals, reagents, anti-corrosion treatments).
Training And Drills $100K/yr
[#24] Regular exercises, drills and protocol development for retrievals, activations and containment procedures.
Shielding Maintenance $85K/yr
[#7] Annual maintenance and testing for EM/psi shielding, dampers and isolation systems.
Fabrication Spares And Tooling Spares $55K/yr
[#18] Annual spare parts, replacement thaum-electronics and tooling upkeep for custom brass/alderwood-iron components.
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
[] Core research_and_monitoring is decomposed into custom recurring line items (monitoring, archival research).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
[] Per-activation / per-move logistics are modelled as separate per-incident items (see custom recurring keys).
Mtf Deployment Cost Per Activation $0/yr
[#12] Per-activation MTF mobilisation costs (estimated ~$100k–$400k per deployment); not included in baseline annual unless activated.
Heavy Transport Per Move $0/yr
[#13] Per-move heavy transport rental/logistics (~$30k–$100k per locomotive); initial bulk retrievals treated as one-time above.
Customs Per Retrieval $0/yr
[#16] Customs/import/export/covert transfer costs per retrieval (avg used ~$50k); treated as per-retrieval contingency.
Emergency Response Per Incident $0/yr
[#11] Short-term contingency/emergency response per incident (~$250k–$750k per incident); baseline reserve funded one-time.
Compensation And Rerouting Per Incident $0/yr
[#22] Compensation to rail companies & rerouting logistics per activation (~$50k–$500k per incident).
Demobilisation And Destruction Per Locomotive $0/yr
[#23] Cost to neutralise/demobilise/destroy an instance (~$250k–$1,000k per locomotive); modelled as contingency per-use.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.4M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine operations, scheduled maintenance, international field program at planned tempo.
no activations routine maintenance planned international ops
🚨 Minor Incident $9.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Single-instance activation or retrieval requiring MTF deployment, one heavy transport move, customs and compensation.
single activation one emergency MTF deployment one off-site retrieval
🚨 Major Breach $16.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Large multi-instance activation or containment failure at Site-54 requiring multiple MTF deployments, demobilisation/destruction, and large emergency response.
site-wide activation multiple locomotives requiring neutralisation high thaum/radiation remediation
🚨 International Recovery $9.4M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Accelerated discovery/recovery campaign overseas with sustained field operations and multiple retrievals in one year.
increased discovery rate multiple international retrievals extended field deployments
👥 Personnel 50 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#8] On-site 24/7 armed staffing (guards + supervisors + K-9/vehicles); headcount chosen from analyst range (25–35).
Research Scientist / Thaumaturgist / Psi-analyst 15 [#9] Dedicated technical/research staff and specialists (engineers, thaumaturgists, conservators); midpoint of 10–20 FTEs.
Technician / Operator (daily inspection) 5 [#10] Daily inspection and operational labor personnel responsible for hands-on checks, consumable swaps and instrument runs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are grounded in analyst midpoints and the SCP's operational requirements, but per-incident costs and frequency are highly uncertain (activation behaviour, international recovery tempo), so medium confidence.
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