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SCP-8938 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-8938
Expected annual
$13.6M
One-time setup
$4.6M
Annual recurring
$13.2M
Personnel
25
Initial one-time containment and lab setup is moderately expensive (~$4.62M) while recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages and a recommended insurance/reserve allocation, producing very large ongoing budgets (~$13.23M/yr). Main cost drivers are personnel (security/medical/research), a contingency reserve, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.6M
Facilities $2.0M
[#1] Build or retrofit a small hospital-grade wing with isolation rooms, dedicated HVAC/HEPA, airlocks, decon/gowning and nurse station. Mid-range retrofit/new-build assumption used.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#6] BSL-2/3 lab setup (centrifuges, incubators, microscopes, cold storage, PPE stockpile). Mid-range estimate used.
Experimental Research Seed Funding $1.0M
[#13] Seed funding for surgical/experimental program and major trials; program-level capital estimated $1M (notes list $1M–$5M program).
Equipment $585K
[#2, #5, #9, #20] Per-host secure room fit-out (assumed 5 hosts @ ~$30k/room = $150k), imaging capital not purchased (outsourced; capital = $0 accounted here), field-response vehicles/crates capital (~$275k), cryo/freezer hardware (~$60k), plus monitoring/CCTV/install (~$100k).
Training Initial $35K
[#17] Initial SOP development and team training ($20k–$50k). Mid-range assumed.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.2M/yr
Insurance Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#18] Insurance-like contingency / emergency response reserve. Minimum recommended reserve ($10M) treated as an annual allocation to maintain readiness.
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#3, #4, #22, #16] Security monitoring/on-site guards, on-site medical staff (physician(s), nurses, on-call ER), research/scientific staffing salaries, data monitoring analysts. Aggregated salary estimate for a small dedicated program.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#8, #15, #19] Morgue-record alteration retainer and per-incident costs, ongoing legal counsel/covert ops retainer, PR/media retainer. Mid-range combined retainer estimate used.
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#5, #6, #22] Outsourced imaging/diagnostics per-host (outsourced scans), recurring BSL lab operations/consumables and ongoing sample analysis and monitoring costs.
Experimental Treatments $200K/yr
[#13] Recurring experimental treatment and surgical trial support (ongoing studies outside the one-time seed fund).
Psychological Care $125K/yr
[#14] Psychological therapy, behavioral plans and stipends for hosts; assumed ~$25k/host/yr for 5 hosts.
Logistics And Transport $120K/yr
[#9, #10] Field response recurring costs (fuel/maintenance/training) and secure transport of live hosts (multiple moves per year averaged).
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#21] Utilities, increased HVAC/filtration loads, generator maintenance, cleaning and general upkeep for a small wing.
Pharmaceuticals And Clinical Supplies $50K/yr
[#12] Ongoing pharmaceuticals, sedatives, antibiotics and supplements; assumed ~$10k/host/yr for 5 hosts.
Ethical Oversight $50K/yr
[#25] Institutional oversight, compliance monitoring, and compensation reserves for exposed third parties.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#11] PPE, disinfectants, single-use medical supplies and basic lab consumables (excludes larger recurring lab ops & pharmaceuticals which are listed separately).
Training Refreshers $20K/yr
[#17] Annual refresher training, drills, SOP updates.
Sample Storage Maintenance $15K/yr
[#20] Cryostorage maintenance, monitoring, power redundancy testing and consumables.
Postmortem Handling $10K/yr
[#7] Autopsy and biohazard disposal costs per death; estimated average one relevant autopsy/disposal per year at mid-range cost.
Per Host Long Term Cost Estimate $0/yr
[#23] Illustrative per-host recurring cost range noted in analyst guidance (~$60k–$220k/host/yr; mid-range ~$135k/host/yr). Individual per-host costs are captured in the categories above.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.2M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
routine_monitoring scheduled_scans no_unexpected_deaths
🚨 Minor Incident $13.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single reproductive or exposure event requiring localized emergency response, additional PR/legal work and disposal.
single_reproductive_event localized_public_incident
🚨 Major Breach $18.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Multiple exposures or an escape requiring regional emergency containment, mass hospital coordination and large legal/PR actions.
multiple_hosts_reproduce partial_containment_failure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $63.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Large-scale outbreak or public exposure requiring national-level response and long-term remediation.
widespread_transmission national_public_health_response
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 On-site guards, rapid-response personnel and access control monitoring staff. [#3]
Research Scientist 4 Molecular biologists/pathologists leading SCP analysis and experiments. [#22]
Lab Technician 3 Technicians for BSL lab work, sample prep and routine assays. [#6, #22]
Physician / Medical Officer 1 Specialist (thoracic/ID) for clinical oversight and surgeries. [#4]
Nurse 4 Nursing staff for routine care, vitals, and in-facility monitoring. [#4]
Medical Technician 1 Support for imaging, labs and perioperative care. [#5, #4]
Data Analyst / Intelligence 2 Digital surveillance, contact tracing and monitoring of social/phone records. [#16]
Administrative Staff 1 Gowning/nurse station admin, records management and cover documentation. [#1, #8]
Engineer / Maintenance 1 HVAC/filtration, generator and facility maintenance. [#21]
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed ranges for most line items, enabling mid-confidence estimates. Significant uncertainties remain (assumed host count of 5, decision to hold a $10M reserve annually, outsourcing vs. capital purchase decisions for imaging) which drive variance; catastrophic scenarios are highly uncertain.
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