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SCP-122 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-122
Expected annual
$1.1M
One-time setup
$993K
Annual recurring
$1.1M
Personnel
4
One-time setup costs are moderate (~$1.0M seed including contingency) driven by containment buildout, redundant power and emergency readiness; recurring annual costs are substantial (~$1.11M/year) driven primarily by staff wages, clinical use, legal/cover operations, research and monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $993K
Contingency Reserve Seed $550K
[#24] Seed contingency / emergency fund to cover catastrophic remediation, public compensation, emergency purchases (midpoint of range).
Facilities $125K
[#1] Secure containment room buildout (physical cell, wiring, HVAC, tamperproof door, dedicated circuit and space for UPS/transfer switch) — midpoint estimate.
Decommissioning Plan $110K
[#26] Decommissioning / secure disposal planning and related one-time costs (midpoint).
Equipment $68K
[#2, #3, #7, #9] Aggregated commercial hardware: UPS/ATS, on-site generator purchase + initial fuel, CCTV/NVR/IR lighting/install, and flicker/power telemetry setup (one-time installation costs); estimates are midpoints of provided ranges.
Replacement Subject Procurement $55K
[#15] Per-event procurement/onboarding cost for replacement SCP-122-1 subject (midpoint per event).
Vehicle Purchase $55K
[#25] One-time vehicle purchase (midpoint of $30k–$80k option).
Emergency Response Setup $30K
[#18] One-time purchase of emergency response equipment, vehicles and tools for rapid-response team setup (midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.1M/yr
Staff Wages $385K/yr
[#10, #13, #14, #17] Salaries and benefits: monitoring personnel (1 FTE), clinical/psychological staff (~1 FTE), housing/stipend/medical care for SCP-122-1 (treated as paid resident/stipend), and incremental security staffing (1 FTE incremental) — aggregated midpoint salary estimates.
Cover Story And Legal $345K/yr
[#16, #22] Legal/ethics oversight, human-subjects compliance and cover/PR/public-relations contingencies (midpoint aggregation).
Research And Monitoring $278K/yr
[#8, #12, #21, #23, #27] Video storage/retention, ongoing research budget (experimentation, PI + assistants), long-term archives/compliance, epidemiological/population monitoring, and modeling/simulation/containment contingency planning — aggregated midpoints.
Logistics And Transport $39K/yr
[#5, #25] Mobile generator / emergency power retainer and vehicle operating costs (driver, fuel, insurance, shipping) — recurring midpoint aggregation.
Cybersecurity And It $15K/yr
[#19] Hardened network, endpoint protection, secured remote access, IT support for camera/logging/alerting systems (midpoint).
Misc Admin And Overhead $15K/yr
[#28] Institutional overhead, procurement processing, ancillary utilities and small unexpected purchases (midpoint).
Emergency Response Training $12K/yr
[#18] Recurring drills, SOP updates and training for emergency response teams (midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#4, #11] Generator maintenance, scheduled servicing, load testing, preventative technical maintenance and small instrument replacements (midpoint estimates).
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#6, #20] Continuous energy consumption (electricity/HVAC share) and spare parts/consumable inventory (UPS batteries, cabling, sensor replacements) — aggregated midpoint.
Flicker Telemetry Ops $2K/yr
[#9] Ongoing operations for photodiode/power telemetry logging, alerts, and small-service costs (midpoint).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.1M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine maintenance, staffing, research and monitoring; no major power failures or public exposure events.
no major incidents routine maintenance & staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $1.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$40K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or brief extended outage requiring mobile generator deployment, emergency repairs and modest PR/legal response.
short power outage equipment failure requiring vendor deployment
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline
Significant power-failure or containment-impact event causing unpowered state, loss or harm to SCP-122-1, large legal/PR exposure and large contingency deployments.
site-wide blackout or catastrophic power failure public detection requiring large-scale cover/legal response
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Personnel / Technician 1 [#10] One dedicated or primary on-call FTE to monitor feeds/alerts and respond to flicker events; salary included in staff_wages.
Clinical / Psychologist 1 [#13] Clinical staff (therapist/psychologist) to run daily sessions and recordkeeping; aggregated salary included in staff_wages.
SCP-122-1 (Resident Subject) / Paid Stipend 1 [#14] Housing, medical care and stipend/salary for SCP-122-1 resident treated as recurring personnel cost.
Security Officer (incremental) 1 [#17] Incremental security staffing dedicated to containment room/site (1 FTE equivalent incremental cost included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item ranges and clear drivers but contain wide ranges and uncertain event frequencies (replacement-subject cadence, likelihood of major unpowered events); midpoints used for estimates so overall confidence is medium.
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