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SCP-3797 Thaumiel ? low confidence
SCP-3797
Expected annual
$44.9M
One-time setup
$285.5M
Annual recurring
$44.4M
Personnel
44
One-time capital and contingency costs dominate (facility buildout, exotic power infrastructure, launcher hardware and a large emergency/CK-class fund), while recurring staffing, monitoring, containment overhead and capital-replacement are the main annual drivers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $285.5M
Ck Class Emergency Fund Initial $100.0M
[#26] Initial CK-class escalation / reality-repair emergency fund (practical baseline for extreme contingencies).
Equipment $81.0M
[#2, #3, #4, #10, #21] Includes high-power temporal energy infrastructure, temporal displacement apparatus/launcher hardware, temporal sensors procurement, redundant failsafes/kill-switch fabrication, and HPC/equipment purchases.
Facilities $80.0M
[#1] Dedicated chronal-laboratory buildout (secure, memetic-shielded, chroniton-safe structural work).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M
[#9, #11, #12, #22] Red-team simulation campaigns, testing/calibration campaign setup, data archival procurement, and initial memetic/thaumaturgical program start-up costs.
Retrocausal Contingency Reserve Initial $5.0M
[#14] Initial contingency reserve for containment/remediation of retrocausal byproducts and timeline anomalies.
Risk Reserve Initial $5.0M
[#17] Initial internal risk/reserve fund (recommended percentage of program capital).
Borrowed Scp One Time Handling $2.0M
[#7] One-time handling/relocation costs when moving/using medium- to high-risk SCPs as components or catalysts.
Dismantlement And Safe Disposal $2.0M
[#13] Controlled teardown, decontamination, and secure destruction/memetic scrubbing after single authorized use.
Coverup Initial Campaign $2.0M
[#15] One-time coverup/memetic amnestic campaign for targeted past interventions.
Public Safety Reserve Per Operation $1.0M
[#24] Per-operation reserved funds for local emergency compensation/evacuation readiness.
Psyops Initial Campaign $1.0M
[#28] One-time psychological operations/disinformation campaign initial costs.
Security Training And Equipment $500K
[#6] One-time training and specialized security equipment for operational staff and MTF standby.
Mtf Operation Deployment Per Operation $500K
[#8] MTF staging, transport, specialized gear and operation-support costs per authorized operation.
Medical Setup $500K
[#20] On-site medical/memetic screening facility setup costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $44.4M/yr
Capital Replacement Budget $8.3M/yr
[#29] Annual replacement/obsolescence budget (~5% of capital equipment/facility costs).
Staff Wages $7.0M/yr
[#5, #6] Salaries/benefits for core temporal research team (~20 staff) and security/operational staff shift coverage (~24 staff).
Research And Monitoring $6.5M/yr
[#4, #9, #11, #12, #21, #22, #23, #14, #15] Yearly costs for sensor maintenance, iterative simulations/HPC time, iterative testing/calibration, data archival refresh, memetic reagent consumables, global timeline monitoring, remediation/monitoring budgets and recurring coverup monitoring.
Risk Reserve Replenishment $5.0M/yr
[#17] Annual replenishment of internal risk/reserve funds (ongoing risk accounting).
Ck Class Response Reserve Replenishment $5.0M/yr
[#26] Annual replenishment contribution toward the CK-class escalation/response capacity.
Facilities Maintenance $4.0M/yr
[#1, #2] Ongoing building, environmental, cryogenic and power-infrastructure maintenance and utilities.
Opportunity Cost And Overhead $3.0M/yr
[#25] Accounting for diverted anomalous resources/expert time (program overhead opportunity costs).
Borrowed Scp Containment Overhead $2.0M/yr
[#7] Incremental containment and monitoring overhead when anomalous items are employed in construction/experiments.
Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr
[#19] Exotic superconductors, cryogens, shielding materials and other consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#15, #16, #28] Ongoing legal/ethical oversight staffing, review boards, and cover-story/memetic maintenance monitoring.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#18] Annual secure transport, personnel travel and asset relocation budgets.
Medical Annual Care $500K/yr
[#20] Annual medical and psych/memetic care and long-term staff monitoring.
Regulatory Coordination $500K/yr
[#30] Ongoing contracting overhead and cross-department coordination costs.
Audit And Documentation $200K/yr
[#27] Yearly audit staffing, secure logging, and archival maintenance for accountability.
Public Safety Readiness $200K/yr
[#24] Recurring readiness agreements and small annual payments to local emergency services.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $44.4M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, staffing, and maintenance only.
no unexpected retrocausal byproducts routine maintenance and monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $49.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized timeline anomaly or moderate retrocausal byproduct requiring targeted remediation and extra monitoring.
small-scale timeline drift limited civilian exposure additional remediation teams deployed
🚨 Major Breach $94.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Significant uncontrolled retrocausal cascade or containment failure requiring large-scale emergency response and remediation.
partial launcher failure multiple anomalous byproducts extended multi-regional remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Restructuring $244.3M/yr
0.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
CK-class restructuring or near-global reality instability triggered by failed/escaped retrocausal effects requiring massive global response.
cascade into CK-class event widespread reality alteration global emergency containment activation
👥 Personnel 44 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Temporal Physicist 8 [#5] Core temporal physics researchers included in staff wage totals.
Chronal Engineer / Technician 6 [#5] Engineering and technical staff for apparatus, calibration and cryogenic systems.
Thaumaturgist / Memeticist 3 [#5, #22] Specialized thaumaturgical/memetic staff for stabilization and memetic countermeasures.
Cryptographer / Analyst 2 [#5] Information security, temporal data analysis and memetic-resistant protocols.
Program Manager / Project Lead 1 [#5] Senior program manager and O5 liaison coordination (staff wages included).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#6] Armed site security and rapid-response staffing (shift coverage) included in staff wage totals.
📋 Confidence Notes
Large ranges and deep scientific uncertainty in temporal/retrocausal engineering and the potential use of other SCPs produce high estimation uncertainty; extreme tail risks (CK-class) are effectively unbounded, so confidence is low.
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