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SCP-2897 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-2897
Expected annual
$14.6M
One-time setup
$122.0M
Annual recurring
$13.4M
Personnel
49
One-time costs are dominated by the optional in-house memristor fabrication build-out; recurring costs are dominated by specialized staff wages, ongoing R&D, and secure datacenter operations (power, cooling, storage, and networking). Baseline annual operations are ~ $13.4M/yr; a full in-house fab increases one-time capital by ~ $110M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $122.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $110.0M
[#6] In-house microfabrication cleanroom + lithography and equipment (midpoint of $20M–$200M range) if the Foundation chooses to internalize memristor production (optional but included as capital exposure).
Facilities $6.0M
[#1] Hardened datacenter shell / SCIF-level room build-out (rack room, Faraday/EM shielding, inert-gas suppression, separate HVAC/UPS, anti-tamper doors, biometrics).
Equipment $5.1M
[#5, #8, #9, #11, #17, #18, #19] Initial core processing hardware & memristor module integration tooling, HSMs and hardened appliances, cameras/access control and CCTV, initial storage array, incident response planning/tooling, initial forensic/offline vaulting hardware, specialized diagnostics/test rigs.
Redundant Power Infrastructure $750K
[#2] N+1 UPS, on-site generator(s), switchgear and automatic transfer switches (one-time capital).
Decommission Event Capex $100K
[#24] Major decommissioning / end-of-life hazardous disposal per-event capital (optional, per-item estimate).
Opportunity Cost Credit $0
[#27] Opportunity/strategic value credit is not an expense; recorded for funding justification only.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.4M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #13, #14, #15, #20] Salaries and benefits for Bravo-3 systems engineers/AI staff, cybersecurity/SOC personnel, physical security guards, data-sanitization & records staff, disinformation/OPSEC staff, legal/compliance liaisons, and research staff supporting analysis programs.
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#20, #3] Ongoing R&D to understand/replicate architecture and operational monitoring of WATCHDOG workflows; excludes dedicated compute licensing which is broken out separately. Electricity-driven monitoring costs are handled separately.
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#13, #14, #15, #25] Data sanitization team, internal disinformation/OPSEC operations, legal/compliance staff and liaison retainers, and public-facing cover operations / PR standby budgets.
Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr
[#10, #11, #19] High-throughput networking bandwidth and transport, hot/nearline storage operational expense, tape/archival vaulting consumables, and consumables for diagnostics.
Spares Replacement And Integration $1.0M/yr
[#5] Ongoing replacement budget for specialized memristor modules and on-site integration/repair capability (spares consumption and specialist replacement labor).
Contingency Reserve $600K/yr
[#22] Reserve fund for unplanned containment costs and classified audit contingencies (approx. 10% of baseline ops).
Outsourced Fabrication Runs $500K/yr
[#6] Cost of contracting external microfabrication runs under NDA (baseline assumes some outsourcing rather than in-house fab).
Vendor Premiums $400K/yr
[#21] Secrecy/expedited/NDAs premiums on covert procurement and manufacturing (estimated 15–50% premium reserve applied to purchases).
Compute And Model Licensing $300K/yr
[#26] Licensing and cloud/GPU/TPU burst costs for non-memristor augmentation and transient analysis workloads.
Memory Management Program $300K/yr
[#16] Ongoing program budget for periodic loyalty interventions, memory wipes, supervised erasures, retraining cycles and associated downtime/forensic assurance.
Electricity And Power Consumption $215K/yr
[#3] Continuous power to run processing modules and cooling (representative mid-sized load ~250 kW at ~$0.10–0.12/kWh).
Training Drills $150K/yr
[#17, #23] Regular Bravo-3 and response team drills, tabletop exercises and psychological assessments for personnel interacting with SCP-2897.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#4, #1] Data-center-grade HVAC precision cooling maintenance, periodic capital replacements and general facility upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#17, #18, #10] Secure transport and logistics for offline backups, vault rotations, and emergency hardware movement; also covers leased lines between sites where applicable.
Generator Fuel And Maintenance $60K/yr
[#2, #12] Ongoing generator servicing, fuel rotation and monthly load-testing contracts.
Forensic Vault Maintenance $60K/yr
[#18] Maintenance, rotation and offsite storage fees for immutable offline backups and forensic vaulting.
Specialized Tooling Maintenance $50K/yr
[#19] Consumables, calibration and minor replacements for diagnostics, test rigs and neuromorphic measurement equipment.
Environmental Waste Annual $30K/yr
[#24] Annual small-budget for hazardous waste handling and routine disposal of memristor-related consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.4M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year using outsourced fabrication runs, standard staffing levels, and routine maintenance with no major incidents.
steady_operations outsourced_fabrication no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $14.9M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized incident such as partial hardware failure, targeted intrusion attempt, or limited exposure requiring emergency response, repairs, and temporary compute bursts.
partial_hardware_failure cybersecurity_incident emergency_repair_and_cloud_burst
🚨 Major Breach $63.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Significant containment compromise requiring emergency neutralization, large-scale rebuild or replacement of memristor hardware, major legal/PR response, and potentially activating in-house rebuild programs.
full_containment_breach forced_neutralization_or_destruction large_scale_rebuild_and_crisis_response
👥 Personnel 49 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Site-level oversight and O5/RAISA liaison.
Lead Systems Engineer 1 Technical lead for SCP-2897 operations and integration.
Research Scientist / AI Engineers 6 Senior and mid-level engineers maintaining models, memristor module integration and R&D support.
Systems Analyst 3 Operational analysts working with WATCHDOG outputs and SCP-2897 outputs.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 Armed guards providing 24/7 physical security across shifts (8–16 guard range used).
Cybersecurity / SOC Analyst 8 24/7 SOC monitoring, incident responders and red-team coordination.
Data Sanitization / Records Team 6 Specialist records staff performing redaction, audit suppression, and log scrubbing.
Disinformation / OPSEC Staff 4 Internal deception, narrative control and leak mitigation personnel.
Legal / Compliance / Liaison 3 Lawyers and compliance officers for RAISA/O5 coordination and retainers.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 Facilities, HVAC and generator maintenance technicians.
Administrative Staff 2 Scheduling, procurement, and administrative support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints where ranges were provided; many costs (memristor spares, fabrication path choice, WATCHDOG ingest scale) are highly uncertain so overall confidence is medium.
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