SCP-5518 Thaumiel ? low confidence
SCP-5518
Expected annual
$11.9M
One-time setup
$119.9M
Annual recurring
$11.7M
Personnel
18
Initial containment and safe-use R&D require large upfront capital dominated by a catastrophe reserve and specialized R&D; annual operations are driven by staffing, MTF readiness, insurance-pool contributions, and ongoing technical maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $119.9M
Catastrophe Reserve $100.0M
[#10] Large one-time contingency reserve for catastrophic remediation, covert operations, relocation, and large-scale rebuilding in case of use/misuse/activation.
Specialized R And D Program $10.0M
[#9] Multi-year specialized R&D program to develop provably safe remote activation protocols, simulations, and failure-mode analyses (baseline commitment).
Facilities $5.4M
[#1, #24] Vault upgrade/hardening for six lockers and construction of emergency/isolation infrastructure (bunkers/safe zones).
Equipment $3.9M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #18] Biometric multi-factor access hardware, micro-environment/climate systems, UPS/generator hardware, multi-spectrum surveillance setup, tamper interlocks/automated immobilizers, primary robotic assembly/handling system capital, and secure transport hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K
[#8, #14, #23] Initial non-contact analysis contract/equipment budget, air-gapped secure data/backup archival setup, and on-prem/hardened compute cluster for simulations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.7M/yr
Insurance Pool Contribution $5.0M/yr
[#21] Annual contribution to an internal insurance-like reserve to amortize operational risk distinct from the one-time catastrophe reserve.
Mtf Readiness $2.2M/yr
[#17] Dedicated MTF training cycles, equipment amortization, vehicles, and rapid-response readiness costs.
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#11, #12] Full-time dedicated security contingent and core specialist scientific staff (salaries + benefits + training).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#15, #16, #25] Legal and ethics committee staffing/oversight, continuous OPSEC/cover/disinformation budgets, and public/interagency liaison/contingency diplomacy.
Research And Monitoring $610K/yr
[#5, #8, #22, #23] Continuous surveillance/monitoring/storage operations, outsourced specialised analyses while studies occur, long-term archival research contracts, and compute operations for simulations/data processing.
Technical Maintenance And Spare Parts $275K/yr
[#13] Consumables, spare parts, vendor service contracts, and parts replacement for robots, sensors, and mechanical systems.
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#19, #20] Amnestic stocks/memetic countermeasures, medical/pharmaceuticals, and psychological screening/vetting program consumables.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#18] Annual operating costs for secure transport (armored conveyances/convoys/AGV operations) and remote transfer logistics.
Secure Data Operations $50K/yr
[#14] Ongoing operations, audits, and maintenance for air-gapped archival backups, immutable logging, and secure translation databases.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#4] Maintenance, fuel, testing, and upkeep for high-availability power systems (UPS/generator/redundant feeds).
Biometric Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance, licensing, and replacement for biometric/cryptographic access control systems.
Interlocks Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Servicing and testing of mechanical clamps/automated immobilizers and fail-safe actuators.
Environmental Maintenance $4K/yr
[#3] Routine maintenance, inert-gas supply (if used), HVAC and particulate filtration upkeep for microclimate systems.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.7M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal year with standard operations, monitoring, and no major incidents.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled R&D progress
🚨 Minor Incident $12.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure, attempted tampering, or small-scale unauthorized access attempt requiring repairs, investigations, and short MTF deployment.
robotic subsystem failure tampering attempt localized data loss/restore
🚨 Major Breach $21.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Partial assembly or release causing localized reality anomalies requiring large remediation, extended MTF operations, and temporary R&D focus on containment.
partial assembly unintended activation effects significant loss of containment
🚨 Catastrophic Activation $150.0M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$138.3M vs baseline
Accidental or malicious full activation of SCP-5518 requiring invocation of catastrophic-response, massive remediation, relocation, and potential deployment of the catastrophe reserve.
full activation YK-class reality restructuring widespread containment emergency
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#11] 24/7 vault coverage with rotations and rapid escalation team included in staffing costs.
Research Scientist 8 [#12] Lead physicist/occult scientist, materials scientist, roboticist, memetic safety officer, linguist(s) and supporting scientists (on-site core team).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with high uncertainty in multi-year R&D costs and the size/frequency of catastrophic events; large discretionary choices (reserve sizing, R&D duration, outsourced vs purchased equipment) dominate variance.
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