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SCP-4606 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-4606
Expected annual
$3.9M
One-time setup
$4.1M
Annual recurring
$3.8M
Personnel
26
Upfront capital and setup costs are substantial (~$4.05M one-time) driven by lab instrumentation, specialized chambers, emergency reserve and equipment; ongoing operations run in the low‑millions (~$3.84M/yr) dominated by MTF readiness, research staff, and monitoring/security.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.1M
Emergency Response Reserve $1.8M
[#20] Emergency response reserve for rapid procurement, mobilization, contractor hire and major remedial events.
Equipment $1.1M
[#3, #4, #5, #7, #10, #13, #17, #18, #21, #27] Initial purchases including chamber furnishings/books/carpet, television, wrist trackers & seals, real‑time camera/server systems, MTF tactical kit, EMI hardening hardware, hazmat PPE/equipment, sample containment, vehicle fleet purchase, and IT hardening.
Facilities $690K
[#1, #12, #19, #29] Containment domicile build-out, sensitive-area access upgrades, specialized negative‑pressure/test chamber construction, and long‑term disposition/decommissioning planning.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $525K
[#16] Lab instrumentation and experimental rigging (spectrometers, high‑speed cameras, sealed chambers, remote sampling rigs).
Sop Development $20K
[#26] Development of SCP‑specific SOPs and initial documentation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.8M/yr
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #15, #23, #25, #27] Fully‑loaded personnel costs: monitoring staff, MTF Gamma‑1 readiness salaries/benefits (12 operators), additional security overtime coverage, laboratory research personnel, in‑house legal/admin portion, allocated mental‑health staff portion, and classified IT/records staff.
Supplies And Consumables $231K/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #17, #18, #22, #25, #28] Magazine subscriptions, stationery, TV/cable service, tracker consumables & SIM/service, hazmat consumables and per‑spill contractor budgets allocation, hazardous disposal/shipping, forensic reagents/consumables, mental‑health program non‑wage costs, and wear/replacement items.
Cover Story And Legal $190K/yr
[#23, #24] Public relations/cover‑up budget and non‑wage legal/administrative contract management; (split from in‑house legal wages included in staff_wages).
Research And Monitoring $130K/yr
[#8, #14, #26, #30] Non‑wage monitoring costs (storage/backups), EMI redundancy & periodic testing, recurring drills/training costs, and annual safety/audit/peer consultation fees.
Training And Equipment Replacement $100K/yr
[#10] Recurring MTF and specialist training, periodic kit replacement and refresher courses.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#21] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, and mobile asset upkeep.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#2] Routine chamber cleaning, HVAC maintenance, minor repairs, utilities and replacement furnishings.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.8M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with scheduled operations, no major incidents or public exposure.
routine_roaming scheduled_research no_major_spills
🚨 Minor Incident $4.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized portal event or small spill requiring contractor cleanup, overtime, limited equipment repairs and modest PR/legal response.
localized_spill hardware_emi_disruption small_site_lockdown
🚨 Major Breach $6.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Large portal event or public exposure requiring mass mobilization, large‑scale cleanup, legal settlements, equipment replacement and drawdown of emergency reserves.
public_exposure large_scale_portal_event multi‑site_mobilization
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#9] Twelve‑person MTF Gamma‑1 unit maintained on‑call; fully loaded salaries/benefits included.
Research Scientist 6 [#15] Laboratory research staff (physicists, materials chemists, engineers) funded as FTEs for portal/liquid research.
CCTV Operator / Systems Analyst 2 [#8] Monitoring operators to review footage, tracker alerts and manage encrypted storage.
Security Officer / Guard (additional coverage, overtime equivalence) 3 [#11] Additional guard coverage/overtime paid when SCP roams sensitive areas; represented here as headcount equivalent funded by overtime budget.
Classified IT / Records Specialist 1 [#27] Cleared IT/records staff maintaining encrypted archives, access control and audits.
Administrative Staff / Legal Counsel (in‑house portion) 1 [#23] In‑house administrative/legal personnel portion of recurring costs (rest of legal budget is non‑wage contractual spend).
Medical Officer / Counselor 1 [#25] Personnel mental health program staff (screening, counseling) as an on‑site FTE or equivalent.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line‑item ranges for nearly every cost, enabling a structured estimate; however many items are wide ranges (esp. emergency reserves, MTF costs, lab instrumentation) and depend on operational tempo and roaming frequency, so uncertainty remains.
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