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SCP-9881 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-9881
Expected annual
$890K
One-time setup
$572K
Annual recurring
$883K
Personnel
7
Initial one-time setup is moderate (≈$575k) driven by lab outfitting, monitoring hardware, and display/evidence infrastructure; ongoing annual costs are significant (≈$883k/yr) driven by analytics/research staff salaries, legal/cover retainer, and emergency readiness/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $572K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $338K
[#10, #15] One-time model/build baseline campaign ($62,500) and secure test bay / safe research bay outfitting ($275,000).
Equipment $150K
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #8, #11, #12, #18, #19, #7, #4] Includes museum-grade vitrine ($50,000), secondary security install ($10,000), procurement of decoy weapons ($36,000), custom inerting kit ($850), evidence locker ($3,500), monitoring hardware one-time portion ($30,000), alerting integration ($6,500), medical kit ($2,000), cover-story setup ($6,000), RBAC/access-control initial setup ($5,000), and initial conservation/restoration ($3,000).
Facilities $85K
[#26] One-time contingency for neutralization/entombment; estimate is midpoint of $20k–$150k depending on method.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $883K/yr
Staff Wages $516K/yr
[#6, #9, #13, #16] Bi-weekly inspection staffing (~$3,250/yr), Analytics & Intelligence team (~$250,000/yr assumed for 2 analysts loaded), Anomalous Energies partial assignment (~$37,500/yr ≈0.25 FTE), research staff & modeling budget (~$225,000/yr for 2 researchers loaded).
Cover Story And Legal $162K/yr
[#19, #20, #7] Ongoing cover-story records maintenance (~$2,000/yr), legal/containment retainer & clandestine PR contingency (~$150,000/yr midpoint), and HR compartmentalization recurring costs (~$10,000/yr).
Emergency Response Readiness $62K/yr
[#14] MTF / rapid-retrieval standby, drills and readiness (~$62,500/yr midpoint of $25k–$100k). Per-deployment variable costs handled in incident scenarios.
Facilities Maintenance $54K/yr
[#2, #11, #15, #4, #3, #23] Recurring maintenance of local alarms/CCTV ($2,000/yr), server/monitoring hosting maintenance ($12,500/yr), lab utilities & maintenance ($30,000/yr), conservator recurring work ($4,000/yr), decoy-collection conservation ($2,000/yr), and display power/utilities ($3,000/yr).
Opportunity Cost Space $30K/yr
[#29] Internal capital charge / opportunity cost for permanent exhibition space (~$30,000/yr midpoint).
Psychological Care $15K/yr
[#17] Regular psychological screening, monitoring and counseling (~$15,000/yr midpoint).
Training Exercises $15K/yr
[#28] Tabletop and full exercises for relevant teams (~$15,000/yr midpoint).
Audit And Compliance $12K/yr
[#24] Annual audits, compliance reviews and recalibration of baselines (~$12,500/yr midpoint).
Logistics And Transport $9K/yr
[#21, #8] Firearms paperwork / transport permits (~$3,000/yr) and chain-of-custody / occasional disposals/admin (~$6,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $4K/yr
[#12, #25] Alerting pipeline upkeep ($1,250/yr) and data storage/backups/archival ($3,000/yr).
Medical Response $3K/yr
[#18] Training, restocking, and first-response medical supplies (~$3,000/yr); one-time medical kit included in equipment. Major forensic costs are per-incident.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#22] Desiccants, corrosion inhibitors, bulbs and trivial consumables (~$600/yr midpoint).
Incident Forensic Budget $0/yr
[#27] Per-incident forensic/legal investigation costs not budgeted as guaranteed annual spend; typical per-incident range $10,000–$100,000 (handled in incident scenarios).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $883K/yr
81.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, maintenance, and staff operations only.
no anomalous escalation routine inspections only
🚨 Minor Incident $895K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$12K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring a single rapid-retrieval deployment, limited forensic work, and modest legal/admin work.
small unauthorized handling or tampering single deployment of rapid-retrieval/cleanup
🚨 Major Incident $1.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Significant incident (injury or lethal outcome, forensic investigation, legal actions, and possible compensation/PR work).
work-adjacent fatality or serious injury multi-agency forensic/legal response
🚨 Neutralization Entombment $968K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$85K vs baseline
Decision to neutralize or entomb SCP-9881 (one-time destructive/containment operation) implemented during the year.
escalation in narrative insertions policy decision to remove object from display
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Analytics Analyst 2 [#9] Full-time analysts dedicated to continuous monitoring and triage (counts reflect loaded-cost assumptions used in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 2 [#16] Social scientists / computational linguists supporting modeling and R&D (loaded cost reflected in staff_wages).
Anomalous Energies Specialist (on-call) 1 [#13] Partial assignment (~0.25 FTE) for verification and escalation duties; represented as one headcount with fractional FTE in notes.
Maintenance Inspector (unaware personnel) 2 [#6] Personnel performing bi-weekly inspections (unaware to preserve containment protocol); hours and costs included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derived from analyst-provided ranges and midpoints; salary and team-size assumptions (analytics/research staff) drive the largest uncertainty. Historical incidents imply non-zero event risk but frequency is uncertain.
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