SCP-8900 — SCP-8900 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8900 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-8900

Expected annual

$5.4M

One-time setup

$1.0B

Annual recurring

$4.7M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup dominated by secure facility buildout, redundancy and a large contingency reserve for catastrophic/apocalyptic risk; steady annual costs driven by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, and memetic containment measures.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0B

Apocalyptic Contingency Reserve $1.0B

[#34] Planning-level placeholder for global-scale mitigation (acknowledged effectively unbounded; large nominal reserve assigned for contingency planning).

Facilities $5.0M

[#1] Dedicated wing retrofit with blast/EM/RF shielding, controlled airlocks and isolated utilities (medium-range estimate).

Redundancy Fail Safes $2.9M

[#19] Duplicate containment subsystems and geographically separated backups (~50% of primary containment cost selected).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.3M

[#6] Lab buildout including medium-tier specialized research equipment (thermodynamics/BSL safe workspaces, instrument racks, manipulators).

Containment Vaults $750K

[#2] Purpose-built reinforced vault(s)/cell with Faraday lining, fire-suppression upgrades for unusually high-heat object.

Contingency Reserve Fund $500K

[#18] Off-book reserve funding for unexpected liabilities and incident response (medium-sized reserve).

Equipment $420K

[#4, #5, #20] Monitoring/sensor suite, secure on-site servers and air-gapped storage, initial cybersecurity hardware.

Emergency Training Initial $400K

[#10] Initial breach-response team training and acquisition of hazmat/tactical gear.

Backup Power $250K

[#3] Generators, UPS and fuel-storage sizing to prevent loss of power to containment systems (medium estimate).

Transport Assets $220K

[#11] Armored transport vehicle and secure crates for transfers.

Specialized Contractors Initial $200K

[#23] One-off engineering/constructor contract for containment modifications and installation.

Infrastructure Upgrades $200K

[#26] Local road/power/fiber upgrades to support secure transport and redundant feeds.

Compensation Collateral Damage $100K

[#28] Up-front fund for local compensation/relocation if limited collateral damage occurs.

Ppe Initial $25K

[#13] Initial purchase of suits, respirators and decon staging equipment.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.7M/yr

Staff Wages $1.8M/yr

[#7, #8, #9] Security guards, research scientists and on-site medical staffing (medium staffing profile estimated).

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#5, #6, #24] Ongoing experiment budgets, data processing, monitoring operations and analyst time.

Testing Program Budget $300K/yr

[#24] Controlled experiments, expendables and safety oversight (ongoing research program).

Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr

[#1, #19, #26] Ongoing building upkeep, shielding/airlock servicing, and infrastructure maintenance.

Long Term R And D $250K/yr

[#30] Research fund for containment tech, countermeasures and long-term studies.

Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr

[#12, #13] Power/HVAC/filters, specialty gases and consumable decon/PPE replenishment.

Decontamination Remediation $200K/yr

[#29] Budget for incident-driven decontamination and environmental remediation.

Hazard Pay $180K/yr

[#32] Personnel retention and hazard pay uplifts (~10% uplift baseline applied to critical staff).

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#16, #27] Cover narratives, legal defense, FOIA handling and indemnities for staff/contractors.

Insurance Reserve Recurring $100K/yr

[#18] Annual contribution to contingency/liability reserve.

Memetic Containment Measures $100K/yr

[#21] Training, memetic filters, approved dissemination protocols and specialized screening staff.

International Cooperation $100K/yr

[#33] Baseline estimated budget for diplomacy/coordination if cross-border issues arise.

Emergency Training And Readiness $100K/yr

[#10] Ongoing drills, refresher training and readiness costs for breach-response teams.

Personnel Vetting And Ci $75K/yr

[#25] Ongoing background checks, polygraphs and counterintelligence monitoring of staff with access.

Logistics And Transport $60K/yr

[#11, #26] Vehicle maintenance, per-transfer charters and escort costs.

Psychological Operations $60K/yr

[#22] Active disinformation and perception-management operations (baseline level).

Backup Fuel Testing $50K/yr

[#3] Recurring fuel purchases, generator testing and maintenance.

Specialized Contractors Recurring $50K/yr

[#23] Ad hoc engineering and contractor engagements for containment adjustments.

Sensor Replacement And Maintenance $40K/yr

[#4] Replacement of environmental and specialized sensors and periodic calibration.

Red Team Audits $40K/yr

[#15] Annual security/penetration testing and memetic-resistance assessments.

Waste Handling $25K/yr

[#14] Biohazard and hazardous-material contractor disposal services.

Bribes Compensation $25K/yr

[#17] Small baseline budget for local influence/quieting where clandestine operations require it.

Data Offsite Audit And Storage $24K/yr

[#5] Off-site auditing, encrypted archival rotation and air-gapped backup maintenance.

Cybersecurity Maintenance $24K/yr

[#20] Ongoing patching, monitoring, and air-gap enforcement for monitoring/control systems.

Legal Indemnity $20K/yr

[#27] Annual legal indemnity/contract hazard pay reserve for contractors and employees.

Ppe Restock $12K/yr

[#13] Consumable PPE replacement and decon supplies restock.

Archival Destruction $12K/yr

[#31] Secure destruction chain for contaminated notes, images and media.

Compensation Collateral Recurring $0/yr

[#28] Ad-hoc; baseline recurring budget set to zero pending incidents.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.7M/yr

64.5% probability / year

Normal year with standard operations, no major containment incidents.

no incidents routine research regular maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $4.8M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline

Limited containment incident requiring repair, overtime, targeted decontamination and temporary increased monitoring.

small fire or equipment failure localized contamination minor staff exposure

🚨 Major Breach $7.1M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$2.4M vs baseline

Significant breach causing damage to containment cell, loss of sensitive records, major remediation and prolonged elevated security.

staff-driven breach containment-system failure data loss requiring rebuild

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $104.6M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$99.9M vs baseline

Large-scale public exposure or catastrophic containment failure requiring site evacuation, mass remediation, litigation and potential international response.

site-wide failure mass exposure public/political escalation

👥 Personnel 22 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#7] Guards and access-control personnel to staff multiple shifts (example staffing level from analyst notes).
Research Scientist	5	[#8] Lead researchers and specialists (thermodynamics/physics/memetics) maintaining experiments and analysis.
Research Technician	2	[#8, #24] Lab technicians supporting experiments, sample handling and equipment maintenance.
Medical Officer	1	[#9] On-site physician/mental-health support (baseline staffing; additional contractors engaged as needed).
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#3, #19, #20] Site engineer for power, HVAC and containment system maintenance.
Administrative Staff	1	[#5, #16, #25] Administrative and records staff handling secure archives, legal requests and vetting coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Medium confidence: the file and action logs provide concrete operational history (breaches, thermal volatility, memetic-like staff behavior) allowing medium-range estimates, but key physical/memetic properties and long-term behaviour remain uncertain so large-tail costs are difficult to pin down.

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