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SCP-9239 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-9239
Expected annual
$48.7M
One-time setup
$3.3B
Annual recurring
$46.4M
Personnel
61
One-time capital costs are dominated by procurement/installation of two Scranton Reality Anchors and related contingency reserves (totaling several billion USD). Recurring annual costs (~tens of millions USD) are driven primarily by continuous SRA power/operations, specialist staffing, emergency readiness, and biosecurity/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.3B
Equipment $2.5B
[#1, #5, #8, #9, #10, #11, #23] Two SRAs purchase & installation (primary equipment cost), HVAC installation, MTF initial kits, remote monitoring hardware, interior exploration hardware, decontamination hardware, and communications hardware.
Sra Redundancy Reserve $500.0M
[#3] Capital reserve / third SRA standby or contractual rapid-deploy capability for redundancy and rapid replacement.
Scp239 Interaction Contingency $200.0M
[#27] Contingency program funding for SCP-239 interaction risk mitigation (intelligence ops, emergency SRA augmentation, possible neutralization programs).
Contingency Reserve $55.0M
[#22] Contingency fund / reserve to cover property damage or recovery operations for partial breaches (one-time portion noted).
Decommissioning Reserve $50.0M
[#26] Reserved funds for eventual decommissioning, environmental remediation, and disposal of extradimensional biomass.
Facilities $3.6M
[#4, #14] Containment chamber rebuild, reinforced double-airlock, structural reinforcement for SRA mounting and living-unit build-out for SCP-9239-A.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#12, #18] One-time lab setup, biosafety upgrades, sample containment certification and cold storage/freezer upgrades.
Legal Setup $300K
[#20] Initial legal/public-relations/cover-story setup costs (contracts, retainers, initial PR/legal work).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $46.4M/yr
Sra Power And Operations $35.0M/yr
[#2] Continuous electricity, cooling, on-call engineering, spare parts, recalibration and routine maintenance contracts for two SRAs.
Staff Wages $7.2M/yr
[#7, #8, #12, #13, #14, #15] Salaries/benefits for dedicated guards, MTF personnel, biological/veterinary staff, research scientists, living-unit caretakers, and daily caretaking/psychological staff for SCP-9239-A.
Emergency Drills And Insurance $1.1M/yr
[#22] Regular multi-agency drills, evacuation readiness, casualty care supplies, and insurance/premium equivalents for catastrophic coverage.
Cover Story And Legal $625K/yr
[#20] Annual legal/PR/cover-story budget including NDA management, FOIA mitigation, municipality relations, and legal liabilities.
Mtf Equipment Amortization $625K/yr
[#8] Amortized replacement/maintenance cost for MTF weapons, armor, and specialized non-lethal gear.
Supplies And Consumables $585K/yr
[#6, #10, #11, #17, #18] HVAC filter replacements and operation consumables, expedition consumables (food, batteries, PPE), decontamination consumables, and hazardous-materials disposal consumables.
Personnel Vetting And Counterintelligence $300K/yr
[#21] Enhanced vetting, polygraphing, insider-threat mitigation and counterintelligence programs and training.
Research And Monitoring $288K/yr
[#9, #12, #16] Ongoing research costs excluding salaries: medical diagnostics/testing, selected research consumables and in-field analysis; (remote monitoring recurring costs are listed separately).
Logistics And Transport $175K/yr
[#24] Transport of personnel, samples, spare parts, secure couriers, and occasional freight to Site-17.
Communications Maintenance $150K/yr
[#23] Maintenance and redundancy for hardened, air-gapped communications and encrypted telemetry for containment ops.
Remote Monitoring $125K/yr
[#9] Storage, maintenance, bandwidth, and analyst tooling for high-bandwidth cameras, LIDAR, multispectral imagers and hardened data servers.
Facilities Maintenance $88K/yr
[#19] Routine maintenance, corrosion control, periodic refits for mechanical seals and medieval-door aesthetics.
Archive And Audit $88K/yr
[#25] Long-term records retention, cataloging, periodic external audits and legal document storage costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $46.4M/yr
94.8% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, staffing, and contingency replenishment at planned levels.
no breach scheduled maintenance routine research ops
🚨 Minor Incident $51.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring MTF response, short SRA downtime, equipment repairs and additional cleanup/quarantine.
small breach or intrusion equipment failure localized biosecurity event
🚨 Major Breach $1.1B/yr
0.2% probability / year +$1.1B vs baseline
Severe breach leading to catastrophic SRA damage or loss and major containment failure requiring immediate replacement, large-scale recovery and long-term remediation.
SRA failure/destruction widespread containment breach multi-day recovery operations
👥 Personnel 61 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 27 [#7] 6–12 guards per shift (3 shifts) approximated to a mid-range ~27 personnel for perimeter security and immediate response.
Mobile Tactical/MTF Agent 12 [#8] Specialized rapid-response team (8–16 operators) held on roster; estimated midpoint staffing.
Research Scientist 8 [#13] Anomalous studies team (physicists, ontologists, botanists, xenobiologists) — midpoint of 6–12.
Veterinarian / Ecologist 3 [#12] Veterinary and ecological staff for fauna/flora monitoring and care.
Technician / Lab Tech 4 [#9, #10, #11] Technicians for remote monitoring, drones, decontamination suites, and lab operations.
Medical Officer 1 [#15, #16] Medical/psychological staff for diagnostics and counseling for SCP-9239-A and returning personnel.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#2, #5, #19] On-call engineers for SRA operation, HVAC, structural maintenance and periodic recalibration.
Administrative Staff 2 [#20, #25] Legal/PR/administrative personnel to manage cover story, FOIA, records retention and audits.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#7, #13] Senior oversight and executive decision-making for containment and research coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items but with very large ranges for SRAs and contingency items; major capital and contingency reserves introduce substantial uncertainty in one-time needs, while recurring ranges depend on operational tempo and existing Site-17 assets.
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