SCP-874 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-874
Expected annual
$5.0M
One-time setup
$13.9M
Annual recurring
$4.7M
Personnel
23
Estimated one-time capital/setup costs are approximately $13.95M driven by construction, heavy equipment (winch, agitator, generators) and legal/contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $4.692M driven by staff wages, R&D, utilities and security.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.9M
Facilities $3.6M
[#1, #2, #6] Containment vat fabrication/installation, reinforced concrete room and building shell, foundations/anchor upgrades and electrical/site work for large motor loads.
Equipment $3.4M
[#3, #5, #7, #9, #10, #11, #12, #14, #15, #24, #26] Industrial agitator, high-horsepower winch, backup generators (capital), initial stock of steel cable, cranes/handling infrastructure, remote manipulators and harnesses, camera/sensor hardware, contamination-control capital, optional on-site incinerator, hardened servers/vaults, and secure sample-handling lockers.
Insurance Reserve Fund $2.0M
[#29] One-time contingency/insurance reserve fund for large settlements, remediation or relocation.
Decommissioning Storage $2.0M
[#30] One-time long-term storage/isolation or decommissioning facility costs if SCP-874 must be relocated or stored long-term.
Legal And Cover Initial $1.5M
[#19] Initial legal/cover infrastructure, shell companies, retainer and establishment costs for secrecy and compliance mitigation.
Emergency Operations Fund $1.0M
[#22] One-time emergency operations budget for large containment response or salvage/relocation operations.
Environmental Remediation Reserve $500K
[#21] One-time reserve for remediation/containment in case of environmental contamination discovery.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#17, #28] Salaries and benefits for security personnel, researchers, engineers, technicians and minimal site executive/admin staff to provide 24/7 coverage.
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#13] Scientific instrumentation, consumables for experiments, prototype development, destructive testing budgets and ongoing R&D telemetry efforts.
Insurance Replenishment $500K/yr
[#29] Annual replenishment of contingency/reserve funds earmarked for large-scale liabilities.
Facilities Maintenance $387K/yr
[#4, #20, #27] Continuous stirring energy and site utilities (HVAC, process cooling), plus periodic structural/anchor inspections and maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#19] Ongoing legal retainers, media management, cover stories, settlements and costs to maintain plausible deniability.
Supplies And Consumables $170K/yr
[#9, #11, #14, #25] Rope/cable replacement and spares, modest replacements for remote hardware, PPE consumables and general experimental expendables.
Medical And Forensic Support $150K/yr
[#16] Forensic/pathology services, medical monitoring, trauma/on-call teams and testing supplies.
Psychological Support $100K/yr
[#18] Continuous psychological screening, counseling, mitigation programs and prophylactic measures for exposed staff.
Emergency Response Retainer $100K/yr
[#22] Annual retainer for contracted salvage teams, specialized containment contractors and rapid-deploy resources.
Security Infrastructure $75K/yr
[#17] Electronic security, access control, CCTV maintenance and monitoring systems.
Environmental Monitoring $75K/yr
[#21] Continuous leak/groundwater monitoring, sampling, permit consultants and routine mitigation planning.
Training $60K/yr
[#23] Regular drills, certifications for winch/rigging/hazmat handling and crisis response training.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#10] Rental/contracted heavy-lift/crane costs and transport for large retrievals and test operations.
Biohazard Disposal $50K/yr
[#15] Recurring per-incident disposal costs, cremation/contract fees and biohazard handling for terminated test subjects.
Data Security And Archives $40K/yr
[#12, #24] Off-site/offline backups, storage maintenance, encrypted archives and periodic hardware refresh/maintenance for air-gapped systems.
Backup Power Operating $20K/yr
[#7, #8] Fuel and running/maintenance costs for standby generators and occasional generator-powered operations.
Sample Storage Maintenance $15K/yr
[#26] Secure storage maintenance, evidence-chain handling and environmental controls for removed materials.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.7M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents: routine experiments, scheduled maintenance and expected consumables/staffing.
routine_operations scheduled_experiments no_containment_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $5.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized containment failure or equipment malfunction requiring targeted emergency response, repairs and elevated disposal/forensic expenses.
small_containment_breach equipment_failure limited_exposure_incident
🚨 Major Breach $16.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or catastrophic failure leading to major remediation, large-scale incineration/disposal, legal settlements and potential facility decommissioning.
large_scale_containment_failure multiple_causal_failures political_or_public_exposure
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 Core 24/7 armed security force and supervisors. Mapped to security staffing wages.
Research Scientist 4 Lead researchers for experiments and data analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 Electrical/mechanical engineers for winch, agitator, generators and facility systems.
Research Technician 3 Laboratory technicians and remote-operations specialists for routine experiments.
Medical Officer 1 On-call medical support and trauma response coordination.
Administrative Staff 1 Scheduling, procurement and coverage of cover-story logistics.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Site leadership and external coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed item lists and ranges enabling reasonable mid-point estimates, but large ranges for winch horsepower, legal/cover costs, insurance reserves and breach impacts create material uncertainty.
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