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SCP-5275 Thaumiel ✓ high confidence
SCP-5275
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
3
Initial setup requires a moderate capital outlay (~$2.0M one-time) for secure Faraday facilities, hardened hosts and forensic/test infrastructure; annual operations are significant (~$1.9M/yr) driven by specialized staffing, continuous monitoring/webcrawler operations, device replacement/destruction and legal/contingency/reserve costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Contingency Reserve One Time $1.0M
[#25] Large-scale internet infestation emergency reserve (initial capital/reserve) to fund global device seizures, mass travel and PR/containment in a worst-case escape.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $425K
[#12, #13] Forensic analysis and reverse-engineering lab buildout (#12) and safe-sandbox / sacrificial testbed initial setup (#13). Includes lab fitout, instrumentation, sacrificial hardware and fire containment for testbeds.
Equipment $385K
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #14, #19, #23] Enterprise hardened offline host/storage (#2), dedicated reconnect testbench appliances (#3), initial IDS/IPS/monitoring sensor hardware (#4 initial), initial webcrawler compute/storage setup (#11 initial compute), secure logging/WORM storage hardware (#14 initial), emergency power/UPS hardware (#19 one-time), and specialized RF containment / portable Faraday equipment (#23).
Facilities $190K
[#1, #9] Construction/upgrades for a certified Faraday storage locker (#1) and installation of fire suppression coverage for offices & labs (#9). Estimate includes structural modifications and suppression system installation.
Communications Protocol Documentation $15K
[#22] One-time development/documentation of communications blackout and manual reconnection protocols, SOPs and legal sign-off templates.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Research And Monitoring $540K/yr
[#4, #11, #12, #14, #15, #16] Ongoing IDS/IPS licensing & SOC ops (#4 recurring), webcrawler IO/R-4ZZ2 hosting & compute operations (#11 recurring), forensic lab staffing & consumables (#12 recurring), secure archival storage costs (#14 recurring), red-team/penetration testing (#15), and training/drills/SOP maintenance (#16).
Staff Wages $275K/yr
[#5] Full-time containment/IT staff (24/7 rotation) including 1 containment technician and 2 IT analysts (salaries + benefits).
Logistics And Transport $235K/yr
[#6, #22] Incident response / rapid seizure team maintenance and travel & secure transport budgets (#6) and per-reconnection operational staffing/overtime/travel (#22 recurring).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#17] Legal, cover-up, PR and compensation budgets (NDAs, external entity compensation, legal defense and cover operations).
Contingency Replenishment $200K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment to the large-scale infestation contingency fund and standing emergency response budget.
Insurance And Liability Reserve $150K/yr
[#20] Insurance and liability reserves for uninsured damages, third-party claims and environmental liabilities.
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#7, #13] Replacement and destruction budget for infected devices (#7) and consumables / replacements for sacrificial testbeds (#13).
Facilities Maintenance $63K/yr
[#9, #10, #19] Annual maintenance for fire suppression systems (#9), environmental remediation/building repair reserve planning (#10) and emergency power/UPS maintenance (#19).
Field Liaison $60K/yr
[#18] Costs to maintain external plants/liaisons (travel, payments, expenses) at partners/ISPs/NASA for rapid interception.
Network Rebuilds $60K/yr
[#21] Reimage/rebuild and credential/crypto material replacement costs following internal infections.
Secure Destruction Contracts $25K/yr
[#8] Secure destruction facility contracts and hazardous disposal costs for destroyed electronics.
Public Safety Coordination $15K/yr
[#24] Coordination, joint drills and payments to local fire/EMS and public-safety partners.
Permits Recurring $3K/yr
[#23] Ongoing permits, compliance and annual testing for RF containment and portable equipment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
84.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, staffing, maintenance and planned reconnection operations.
no_significant_infections routine_operations scheduled_reconnects_only
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Limited internal infections affecting a handful of endpoints requiring deployments, device destruction and modest remediation.
small_internal_spread several_device_destructions local_remediation
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Widespread site infection causing multiple fires, extensive building repairs, mass device replacement, large legal/cover operations and heavy remediation.
site_wide_infestation multiple_device_fires major_remediation_and_legal
🚨 Catastrophic Internet Escape $5.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
SCP-5275-1 propagates outside Site-23 requiring a global emergency response (mass seizures, PR, international liaison) and full use of contingency reserves.
escape_to_public_internet resistant_to_webcrawler global_response_required
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 1 On-site containment technician (24/7 rotation) — portion of staff_wages budget [#5].
IT Analyst 2 Trained IT analysts to monitor, manage reconnect events and respond to infections — portion of staff_wages budget [#5].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided explicit line-item ranges and coverage for nearly all cost drivers; estimates use mid-range selections and map each analyst item to a budget line, yielding a high-confidence operational estimate though exact values vary with incident frequency.
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