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SCP-904 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-904
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$2.1M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
3
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $2,135,000 driven by facility buildouts and a scalability/containment reserve; baseline annual operating costs are approximately $1,529,000 driven by medical/psychiatric staffing, Class‑D maintenance, MTF readiness, research, and legal/amnestic programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M
Scalability Reserve $1.0M
[#25] One-time reserve allocation for scalability contingencies (mass containment, large amnestic campaigns, expanded isolation wards).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#10] Initial medical research budget for countermeasure R&D (small exploratory through prototype testing).
Facilities $281K
[#1, #2, #4, #5, #17] Vault installation, RF/Faraday/room shielding and no-recording modifications, secure observation booth construction, isolation/quarantine suite buildout, and archival environmental cabinet setup.
Incident Response Reserve $200K
[#13] Reserve for initial large-scale incident response (amnestics, emergency med care, PR/legal payments) — per-incident contingency held as one-time reserve.
Equipment $101K
[#9, #11, #16, #21] Initial medical/sedative stock-up, transport vehicle and secure courier equipment, secure physical records setup, and initial data-protection/forensics toolkits.
Site Cleanup Reserve $50K
[#15] One-time reserve for forensic cleanup/remediation of public discovery sites.
Screening Initial Batch $3K
[#7] Initial batch screening/background-check costs for recruiting the first Class-D pool.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $300K/yr
[#8] Salaries/benefits for dedicated psychiatric staff and counselors (1 psychiatrist + 1–2 counselors as primary medical/psych staff).
Research And Monitoring $240K/yr
[#3, #10, #21] Continuous memetic research funding, monitoring equipment/calibration, and digital/forensic audit activity.
Class D Pool Maintenance $225K/yr
[#6] Recruitment, housing, medical, per-diem, screening overhead, and turnover costs for a dedicated pool of 8–12 Class-D personnel.
Mtf Readiness And Exercises $200K/yr
[#12] MTF training, equipment maintenance, periodic deployment exercises, and rapid-reaction readiness budget.
Amnestic Program $100K/yr
[#14] Stocking and deployment of amnestics, mobile teams, and administration logistics for exposed civilians/staff.
Oversight And Ethics Board $100K/yr
[#23] Ongoing ethics oversight, IRB operations, secure research archive maintenance, and funding for ethical alternatives.
Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr
[#19] Baseline legal/PR/cover-up budget for institution liaisons, small settlements, and preventative counsel.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#4, #5, #17] Ongoing maintenance for observation room, isolation suites, and archival/climate-control systems.
Incident Response Expected Annual $50K/yr
[#13] Expected annualized small-incident response costs (screening, limited amnestics, local medical response) averaged across years.
Scalability Replenishment $50K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment target for the scalability/reserve fund in case of gradual escalation.
Red Team And Insurance $40K/yr
[#24] Periodic red-team exercises, external audits, and insurance premiums / reputation-risk coverage.
Training $25K/yr
[#20] Annual specialized handling, sight-avoidance, emergency removal, and mental-health triage training and simulators for containment staff.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#11] Expected annual transport event costs (MTF escorts, secure courier procedures, vehicle operations).
Fatality Contingency $20K/yr
[#22] Annualized reserve for investigations, family compensation, autopsies, and additional PR/legal work tied to fatalities (averaged).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#9, #18] Annual replenishment of sedatives/medical supplies and consumable paper/replacement & disposal events.
Hospitalization Contingency $10K/yr
[#8] Expected annual costs for emergency psychiatric hospitalizations / acute care (per-case contingency averaged).
Site Remediation Expected Annual $10K/yr
[#15] Expected annual minor remediation/cleanup costs for incidental public exposures.
Sedative And Medical Replenishment $6K/yr
[#9] Annual replenishment of sedation, restraints, PPE, and emergency medical supplies.
Secure Records Maintenance $3K/yr
[#16] Maintenance of tamper-evident physical records, chain-of-custody logs, and administration.
Screening And Background Checks $1K/yr
[#7] Ongoing yearly re-screening and checks for new hires and turnover.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; containment and routine research/maintenance proceed as planned.
no breach no large civilian exposures routine research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$194K vs baseline
Limited civilian exposure (small cluster), requiring localized amnestics, cleanup, legal settlements, and increased medical follow-up.
small public discovery cluster of exposed civilians targeted amnestic deployment
🚨 Research Scale Up $2.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$494K vs baseline
Decision to accelerate countermeasure R&D and prototype manufacturing (larger trials / scaling of protective gear or pharmaceuticals).
promising countermeasure candidate funding to scale clinical trials need for mass-distribution prototypes
🚨 Major Breach $3.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Large-scale outbreak / public discovery requiring mass amnestic administration, widespread legal settlements, expanded isolation capacity, and possible fatalities.
site-wide breach mass public exposure multiple fatalities
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Psychiatrist 1 [#8] Full-time psychiatrist to manage exposures, suicide prevention, and emergency response — included in staff_wages.
Counselor / Mental Health Staff 2 [#8] Counselors for monitoring and aftercare; combined with psychiatrist salaries in staff_wages estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most categories, but many estimates are wide ranges and several items (incident frequency, isolation occupancy, research scale) require subjective assumptions; medium confidence reflects thorough inputs but substantial uncertainty in incident likelihood and escalation costs.
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