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SCP-9890 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-9890
Expected annual
$2.4M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
15
Initial capital/setup costs for a modest program (housing ~7 instances) are roughly $1.42M one-time, driven by cell construction, biosecurity, transport and lab setup. Recurring annual costs are about $2.39M/yr, driven primarily by staff wages, research monitoring, amnestics/legal/cover operations, and international response readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Facilities $900K
[#1, #2] Construction/fit-out of reinforced humanoid containment cells (estimated for ~7 cells) and facility-level biosecurity upgrades (mantraps, decon, secure waste, access control).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#18, #20] Initial research lab buildout and instrumentation plus data-handling/case-management system setup.
Equipment $115K
[#3, #12, #19] CCTV/monitoring & secure servers setup, secure transport van purchase, and cryogenic/freezer purchase for sample storage.
Containment Breach Reserve One Time $100K
[#22] Initial reserve fund for emergency response/rapid deployment (seed reserve).
Scaling Contingency Reserve $100K
[#30] Contingency/reserve for scaling operations (recommended 1–2 years of operating budget scaled to program).
Forensic Testing Initial Per Instance $21K
[#9] One-time initial forensic/biological testing for existing instances (estimated ~3000 per instance × 7 instances).
Backup Power And Environmental Controls $20K
[#4] UPS/generator and environmental control hardware to maintain HVAC and monitoring during outages.
Sedative Stockpile $10K
[#13] Initial stockpile of sedatives, reversal agents, restraints and emergency medical supplies.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #8, #14, #18] Salaries and benefits for security guards, containment specialists, medical staff (physician/nurse), psychologist/behavioral specialist, amnesticist staffing/training, and research personnel.
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#18, #19, #20, #25] Ongoing research program funding (epidemiology, molecular work), sample storage maintenance, data handling/archival maintenance, and public-health liaison/coordination.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#16, #17, #27, #28, #26] Legal retainer and baseline budget for cover-story operations, record management/falsification, disposal/retirement events and modest hush/support payments averaged over routine years.
International Travel And Redeployment $100K/yr
[#23] Annual budget for rapid international travel, per-diem, visas, liaison and secure shipping in case of overseas manifestations.
Supplies And Consumables $90K/yr
[#10, #11, #13, #29] Ongoing medical monitoring consumables, food/lodging/utilities per instance, per-use sedatives/consumables, PPE and decontamination supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#3, #4, #20] Ongoing building, HVAC, generator fuel/maintenance, and IT/infrastructure maintenance (CCTV storage upkeep, backups, audits).
Family Monitoring $60K/yr
[#15] Surveillance, undercover liaison, interviews and social-support style operations to monitor relatives and prevent public contact.
Breach Response Replenishment $50K/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment allocation to maintain rapid-response fund after usage for emergencies and overtime.
Public Health Coordination $40K/yr
[#25] Ongoing coordination with public health agencies for plausible narratives and liaison staffing/PR materials.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#12] Operational per-transfer costs (fuel, sedation kits, staff overtime) and routine secure transfers.
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#21] Regular training, mock recoveries, and drills for containment, medical, and amnestic teams.
Relative Support And Hush Payments $20K/yr
[#26] Counseling, small financial support and other incentives to secure cooperation/silence from relatives averaged across cases.
Record Falsification Incidents $20K/yr
[#28] Funds allocated for creating/modifying official records, paying insiders, and forensics-safe identity management per year (averaged).
Amnestic Administrations $10K/yr
[#14] Consumables and per-administration amnestic drug costs averaged across expected administrations per year (staff training included in wages).
Mortuary Liaison Relationships $10K/yr
[#24] Annual payments/agreements and liaison costs with hospitals/coroners to permit sampling/delay release under cover.
Sample Storage And Biorepository $7K/yr
[#19] Cryostorage power, monitoring, and per-batch storage fees for retained samples and scans.
Disposal And Retirement Events $5K/yr
[#27] Average annual allowance for humane euthanasia, disposal and related legal/cover costs per event.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year without major incidents; routine containment, monitoring, research and occasional low-level operations.
no_major_incidents routine_operations_only
🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized exposure or higher-than-normal manifestation rate requiring extra transfers, additional family monitoring, amnestic administrations and modest legal/PR work.
localized_public_sighting extra_family_monitoring additional_amnestic_administrations
🚨 Major Breach $3.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
High-profile international exposure or multiple simultaneous manifestations triggering large-scale response: emergency redeployments, large legal/PR campaigns, expanded containment and temporary surge staffing.
high_profile_media_exposure multiple_international_manifestations legal_escalation
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] 24/7 guard coverage (6 guards = 3 shifts).
Containment Specialist 2 [#6] Trained containment officers/site supervisors.
Research Scientist 3 [#18] Epidemiology/molecular biology/data analysis staff for ongoing research program.
Medical Officer 2 [#7] On-call physician and nursing support for routine and emergency care.
Psychologist / Behavioral Specialist 1 [#8] Behavioral management, interviews and therapy as needed.
Amnestic Specialist 1 [#14] Trained amnesticist for administration and oversight (training/staffing included in wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing medium confidence in budget structure; however wide per-item ranges and uncertain manifestation rates of SCP-9890 limit precision.
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