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SCP-946 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-946
Expected annual
$4.0M
One-time setup
$10.5M
Annual recurring
$3.8M
Personnel
24
One-time setup and contingency seed funding dominate initial costs (~$10.46M), while recurring annual costs are driven by staff salaries, research/experiments and contingency replenishment (~$3.80M/yr). Main drivers are personnel (monitoring, security, researchers), experiment budgets, and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.5M
Contingency Seed $5.0M
[#15] Initial containment incident contingency fund seed (recommended minimum $5,000,000).
Existential Contingency Seed $5.0M
[#30] High-severity/existential contingency planning seed (allocated mid-range / conservative seed).
Facilities $212K
[#1, #2] Secure containment chamber construction (5x5x5 windowless soundproof room, spotlight mounting, sealed airlock, HVAC tie-ins) and structural reinforcement/modular fail-safes; combined midpoint estimate of build and reinforcement.
Equipment $115K
[#3, #4, #8, #9] High-security surveillance hardware and encrypted recording servers (#3), initial secure data/archive setup (#4), biometric/access hardware (#8), and localized UPS/generator and tie-in (#9); one-time hardware and installation costs.
Transport Per Move $100K
[#20] Per-move specialized transport and secure-escort costs (per-move contingency; budgeted as a representative single-move cost).
Personnel Clearance Initial $30K
[#17] Initial deep-background checks, polygraphs and clearance processing for staff (bulk estimate covering multiple hires).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.8M/yr
Research And Monitoring $885K/yr
[#13, #14, #4] Dedicated research team salaries and small-scale experiment budgets (#13), controlled experiment budget and risk-mitigation operations (#14), and ongoing secure data archival operations (#4).
Staff Wages $850K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #10] Salaries, benefits, and overhead for continuous monitoring personnel (video/audio analysts), on-call debaters/rhetoricians, site security staff (guards + supervision), and on-call medical/psychiatric support.
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment budget for the containment incident contingency fund (replenish-as-used).
Existential Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#30] Annual replenishment/top-up for high-severity/existential contingency reserve.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#16] Legal retainer, PR, and cover-story budget for routine coordination and small-scale incidents.
Insurance And Indemnity $200K/yr
[#23] Internal reserve / insurance-style allocation for personnel injury, third-party damage, and liability contingencies.
It Cybersecurity $100K/yr
[#18] Hardened servers, intrusion detection, audits, secure software and dedicated sysadmin resources to protect recordings and prevent leakage.
Redaction And Access Control $100K/yr
[#19] Labor and software for transcript review, redaction, indexing and restricted distribution workflows.
Recordkeeping Admin $80K/yr
[#28] Administrative overhead for files, memos, classification bureaucracy and access logs.
Amnestic Stockpile $75K/yr
[#11] Class A amnestic stockpile, administration costs and observation for an estimated number of administrations per year.
Incident Response Drills $50K/yr
[#24] Annual full-scale drills, tabletop exercises and coordination with external agencies.
Training And Turnover $50K/yr
[#26] Cross-training, succession planning, retention incentives and onboarding costs for specialist staff.
Red Team Campaigns $50K/yr
[#27] Controlled adversarial testing campaigns to probe failure modes with extra security and psych support.
Psychological Screening And Training $40K/yr
[#12] Psychological screening, resilience training, memetic-safety training and counseling for staff; includes training refreshers and drills.
Personnel Reinvestigation $30K/yr
[#17] Annual reinvestigations, periodic polygraphs and clearance upkeep costs for multiple staff.
Equipment Maintenance $25K/yr
[#22] Routine maintenance contracts and replacement parts for cameras, HVAC, spotlight rigging and other installed equipment.
Ethical Oversight $25K/yr
[#25] Bioethics/memetics board review time and oversight for experiments and amnestic use.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#21] Consumables and medical disposables (sedatives, PPE, testing kits) and routine consumable supplies.
Capital Replacement Reserve $15K/yr
[#29] Annual set-aside for replacement of non-anomalous capital (mounts, cameras, furniture, hardware).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#9, #8] Ongoing maintenance for emergency power (fuel/maintenance) and minor maintenance/updates for access-control hardware.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.8M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, and no major containment manifestations.
no manifestation beyond routine debates regular experiments and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized manifestation or small-scale leak requiring targeted emergency response, amnestic administrations, PR response and minor repairs.
small manifestation of debated hypothetical limited public exposure or property damage
🚨 Major Manifestation $13.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant debated hypothetical manifests at scale causing public exposure, casualties or major infrastructure damage requiring large-scale amnestic operations, reparations and contingency fund drawdown.
large-scale manifestation public exposure / mass-casualty scenario
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] Front-line armed guards for 24/7 site security (2 per shift, 3 shifts).
Security Supervisor 1 [#7] Supervisory staff for security shift oversight.
Security Monitor / Video Analyst 6 [#5] Continuous video/audio monitoring staff (2 per shift, redundancy).
Research Scientist 4 [#13] Dedicated research team (1 senior, 2 junior, 1 support/technician).
On-call Debater / Rhetorician 2 [#6] Trained rhetoricians to join/steer debates as containment control.
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist 2 [#10] On-call medical and psychiatric support for observers and staff.
Systems Administrator / IT 1 [#18] Dedicated IT/sysadmin resource for hardened infrastructure and audits.
Administrative Staff 2 [#28, #19] Recordkeeping, redaction processing and administrative overhead.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and midpoints but the object's unpredictable, reality-altering effects and very wide contingency ranges introduce high uncertainty; many major costs depend on risk appetite and chosen seed levels.
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