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SCP-3120 Thaumiel ? low confidence
SCP-3120
Expected annual
$30.7M
One-time setup
$7.2M
Annual recurring
$28.7M
Personnel
26
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $7.19M (major drivers: anti-memetic R&D, secure data infrastructure, and initial amnestic stockpile). Annual recurring costs are roughly $28.70M, dominated by media placement/retainers, contingency/reserve provisioning, and staff wages.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.1M
[#9, #13, #16] Initial anti-memetic R&D, secure data infrastructure (air-gapped servers/sandbox/testbeds), and initial amnestic stockpile/R&D buildout.
Facilities $660K
[#1, #7] Secure locker installation per site and centralized secure broadcast suite (centralized suite chosen for baseline).
Equipment $278K
[#2, #4, #18, #19] Tamper sensors/CCTV installation, biometric hardware installation (installation portion), secure telephone/line control hardware, initial tamper-evident seals and chain-of-custody setup.
Clearance And Background Checks $100K
[#5] One-time background check/clearance processing for designated Level-5/3120 admins (baseline assumes 10 sites).
Training And Certification Initial $50K
[#6] Initial training and certification for authorized admins (baseline assumes 10 admins at mid-range cost).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.7M/yr
Media Placement And Distribution $8.0M/yr
[#10] Pre-positioned anti-meme media packages, placement budgets, retainers and paid insertion capacity (global scale).
Emergency Response Fund Replenishment $5.0M/yr
[#11] Annual provisioning/replenishment toward a rapid-response contingency fund for large-scale dispersal events.
Catastrophic Reserve Provision $5.0M/yr
[#22] Annual provisioning toward a larger DR/insurance/catastrophic exposure reserve (amortized addition to reserve target).
Staff Wages $4.2M/yr
[#5, #14, #12, #25] Ongoing salaries/hazard premiums for Level-5/3120 admins, memetics research staff, media/monitoring analysts, and core oversight/admin personnel (baseline staffing model).
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#17] Legal/PR/cover-story operations and retainers (baseline operational budget).
Public Compensation Fund $2.0M/yr
[#24] Standing fund for smaller public compensation, relocation, hush payments and civil mitigation.
Research And Monitoring $950K/yr
[#9, #13] Ongoing anti-memetic maintenance & testing, plus secure data infrastructure maintenance/storage costs.
Amnestic Upkeep And Administration $800K/yr
[#16] Annual upkeep for amnestic stockpile, medical suites, and occasional administration costs (consumption/maintenance).
Oversight Board Budget $250K/yr
[#25] Operational costs for long-term oversight board, secure meetings and coordination (non-staff overhead).
Media Monitoring Software $200K/yr
[#12] Software and server costs for global automated media monitoring (analyst staffing included in staff_wages).
Clinical Support $200K/yr
[#15] Centralized clinical and psychological support program for exposed personnel.
Tabletop Exercises $50K/yr
[#23] Regular drills, red-team exercises and compliance reviews (regional simulation budget).
Monitoring And Alerting $35K/yr
[#3] Video storage, alerting services, and related SOC tooling per-site (storage/ops services portion; SOC staffing included in staff_wages).
Training And Certification $20K/yr
[#6] Recurring refresher training and certification for authorized admins.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#4] Recurring maintenance for biometric systems and access-control upkeep (per-site maintenance aggregated).
Device Maintenance $12K/yr
[#20] Device maintenance, climate control, battery care and occasional small replacement costs aggregated.
Audit And Chain Of Custody $10K/yr
[#19] Annual paperwork, digital signing, seals, and audit overhead for chain-of-custody compliance.
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#21] Expected annualized cost for occasional secure transport/moves (baseline assumes rare centralized moves amortized).
Broadcast Personnel Per Event Expected $1K/yr
[#8] Expected annualized payroll/overtime for broadcast teams (baseline assumes rare usage; this is event-cost amortized).
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.7M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major publication or large-scale dispersal event; routine operations, training, maintenance, and amortized reserves/retainers are funded.
no major SCP-3120-1 publication no emergency global response required
🚨 Minor Incident $30.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized or limited publication requiring targeted anti-meme deployment, legal actions, and modest emergency ad buys; limited amnestic/medical usage.
single-country publication rapid targeted counter-campaign
🚨 Major Publication $48.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Wide international publication or large coordinated leak requiring major global media buys, large legal/PR campaigns, reserve use and broad anti-meme distribution.
multinational simultaneous publications rapid civilian spread requiring mass countermeasures
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $328.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline
Extensive exposure causing major civil harm or geopolitical crisis (Älveå-scale); requires full deployment of catastrophic reserve, mass amnestic/medical campaigns, reparations and reconstruction support.
major city-scale directive/permissive use widespread uncontrolled publication with severe civilian harm
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Level-5/3120 Admin 10 [#5] One designated Level-5/3120-cleared administrator per site (baseline assumes 10 sites).
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 8 [#14] Central memetics research team (FTEs) to develop and test anti-memes.
Media/Monitoring Analyst / SOC Operator 5 [#12, #3] Analysts/operators for global media monitoring and SOC alert response (staffing portion included in staff_wages).
Oversight Board / Administrative Staff 3 [#25] Central governance and coordination staff (policy, credential renewal, inter-site coordination).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates draw from wide ranges in analyst notes and depend heavily on assumptions (baseline number of sites set to 10, frequency of broadcasts/events, and choice of centralized vs per-site assets). Large items (media placement, contingency reserves, and catastrophic scenarios) have very high variance; many line items are policy-dependent, so overall confidence is low.
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