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SCP-2140 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-2140
Expected annual
$18.5M
One-time setup
$19.6M
Annual recurring
$17.3M
Personnel
29
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $19.55M driven by secure deep-storage construction and specialized equipment; ongoing recurring operations are about $17.285M/year, driven by staffing, global monitoring, logistics/readiness and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $19.6M
Facilities $17.1M
[#1, #23] Secure deep-storage vault construction/retrofit and secure forensic/autopsy facility buildout; includes hardened structural work and containment-specific fit-out.
Equipment $1.6M
[#5, #6, #7, #17, #18, #24] Controlled-display systems, archival hardware, initial cybersecurity deployment, contingency duplicate copies (hardware), armored vehicle purchase, and generator/transfer-switch capital hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $825K
[#8, #19] Establishment of amnestic production/lab capacity and initial high-fidelity reproduction production batch (secure production/test materials).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $17.3M/yr
Research And Monitoring $5.1M/yr
[#11, #13, #14] Global monitoring/intelligence for digs and research, regular training/drills and SOP maintenance, and Project Kallinikos R&D and replication research budgets.
Logistics And Transport $4.5M/yr
[#9, #10, #12, #18] Annual contingency fund for covert termination/disposal operations, mobile team operational expenses, MTF rapid-response readiness budget, and fleet/airlift reserve for secure transport.
Cover Story And Legal $3.1M/yr
[#15, #21, #22] Legal/cover-up and intergovernmental liaison costs, insurance/black-budget & oversight administrative overhead, and public misinformation/media management.
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#3, #4, #7, #10, #16] Security guard and supervisor wages, specialized memetic research team salaries, cybersecurity SOC staffing, mobile amnestic team salaries, and archival/records staff salaries.
Facilities Maintenance $800K/yr
[#2, #17, #23, #24] Vault HVAC/power/structural inspections and maintenance, contingency copy upkeep, mortuary/forensic operations upkeep, and generator fuel/maintenance (recurring).
Supplies And Consumables $440K/yr
[#6, #8, #19, #25] Media replacement and custodial audit costs, amnestic supply maintenance & QC, ongoing replica production/materials, and tamper-evident seals/handling consumables.
Psychological Care $275K/yr
[#20] Counseling, long-term monitoring and reintegration programs for personnel exposed or working in sensitive memetic roles.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $17.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing containment, monitoring, and routine deployments.
routine operations scheduled training and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $18.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized unauthorized exposure or small-scale hostile SCP-2140-1 activity requiring one or two MTF deployments and limited amnestic/legal response.
single MTF deployment targeted amnestic campaign localized legal/cover-up actions
🚨 Major Breach $67.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or mass exposure event (hostile SCP-2140-1 outbreak or international incident) requiring large-scale MTF mobilization, emergency construction, and mass amnestic/cover operations.
mass exposure international incident hostile SCP-2140-1 outbreak
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#3] Twelve armed guards covering 24/7 shifts (example staffing used in wage estimates).
Security Supervisor 2 [#3] Two security supervisors as noted in staffing estimates.
Research Scientist (Memeticist) 4 [#4] One senior memetic researcher and three specialists/technicians.
Medical Officer / Amnestic Team 6 [#10] Six-person mobile amnestic/medical team (salaries included in staff_wages).
Records / Archivist 3 [#16] Two to four archivists/senior records officers (midpoint used).
Cybersecurity Staff 2 [#7] SOC/incident-response staffing (recurring cybersecurity staffing portion).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are explicitly enumerated with analyst estimates, but many ranges and geopolitical contingencies produce substantial uncertainty (particularly incident-triggered costs). Estimates use midpoints and conservative allocations where splits were required.
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