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SCP-4337 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-4337
Expected annual
$387K
One-time setup
$244K
Annual recurring
$354K
Personnel
3
One-time setup and integration costs are approximately $244k driven by integration, research seed funding, and lab infrastructure; baseline recurring annual costs are about $353.8k/year driven primarily by staff wages, contingency reserve, D-class/test costs, and legal/forensic support.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $244K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $194K
[#5, #18, #19] PPE and conservation one-time setup (#5); Thaumiel integration/training/SOP one-time costs (#18); opportunity/strategic research seed fund (#19).
Equipment $42K
[#4, #7, #8, #13] Inventory tagging hardware/RFID and reader integration (#4); air-gapped machine/VM and hardware/tools (#7); sandboxing/malware analysis tooling (#8); initial forensic archival/hashing setup (#13).
Facilities $5K
[#1] Purchase and installation of rated artifact containment locker and mounting/site tagging.
Background Checks $4K
[#15] One-time security clearance/background check costs for staff with access (estimated per-employee).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $354K/yr
Staff Wages $164K/yr
[#3, #9, #10] Security staffing incremental costs (#3); IT/sysadmin/forensics fractional FTE time (#9); research staff and operations oversight (#10).
Contingency Reserve $100K/yr
[#17] Annual set-aside for containment-breach litigation, indemnity, emergency remediation and high-cost incidents.
Logistics And Transport $34K/yr
[#6, #12] Secure transport/armored courier and tamper-evident container costs (annualized) (#6); marginal D-class program/test logistics per-test costs (annualized) (#12).
Research And Monitoring $19K/yr
[#7, #8, #13] Test infrastructure maintenance and updates (#7); email analysis/cybersecurity licenses and managed support (#8); forensic archival storage & ongoing analysis (#13).
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#14] Legal/cover-story/PR retainer for mitigating disclosure/leaks.
Supplies And Consumables $11K/yr
[#5, #11] PPE maintenance and conservation supplies (#5); per-test consumables and decontamination (annualized) (#11).
Emergency Response And Training $5K/yr
[#16] Tabletop and live drills, staff training on Procedure 10-Inti and containment incident response.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#2, #20] Pro-rated Site-59 storage/climate/share costs (#2); minor utilities/energy for monitoring and climate control (#20).
Inventory Audits And Licensing $1K/yr
[#4] Periodic audits of chain-of-custody and software licensing/support for inventory/logging systems.
Background Checks Renewal $900/yr
[#15] Annual renewal/reinvestigation costs for staff security clearances (per-employee renewal aggregated).
Thaumiel Program Support $0/yr
[#18] Recurring operational support if SCP-4337 is actively fielded as a Thaumiel asset (not included in baseline; costed in scenario).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $354K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with minimal testing and containment maintenance only.
routine testing schedule no incidents or fielding
🚨 Minor Incident $554K/yr
6.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or memetic leakage from a single test requiring incident response, forensics, and legal action.
single-test memetic exposure limited operational compromise targeted legal/forensic response
🚨 Fielded Thaumiel Use $439K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$85K vs baseline
SCP-4337 is actively used as a Thaumiel tool, requiring ongoing operational support and additional training.
operational deployment additional training and mission support
🚨 Major Breach $1.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant breach or public exposure causing large-scale remediation, litigation, and system replacement.
large-scale data leakage public disclosure systemic operational compromise
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#3] Incremental guard attention/escort time and roster overhead estimated as the primary security FTE.
Research Scientist 1 [#10] Anomalous objects researcher and operations oversight to design/supervise Procedure 10-Inti.
IT / Sysadmin / Digital Forensics 1 [#9] Sysadmin/digital forensics fractional FTE time aggregated as one position for monitoring, setup, and analysis.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges provided in notes and reasonable midpoints; staffing FTEs, test frequency, and breach probabilities are inferred and therefore introduce moderate uncertainty.
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