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SCP-5712 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-5712
Expected annual
$14.9M
One-time setup
$53.1M
Annual recurring
$14.1M
Personnel
68
Baseline recurring costs are approximately $14.1M/yr driven largely by staff wages, datacenter/Peirce operations, and ongoing research/monitoring; one-time capital and reserve purchases total roughly $53.1M dominated by redundancy/vault buildouts, Peirce upgrades, and an escalation war chest.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $53.1M
Escalation War Chest $30.0M
[#26] Long-term contingency for escalation to active neutralization/global response: $10–50M one-time (midpoint $30M).
Facilities $7.8M
[#4, #12, #13, #8, #23] One-time construction and structural work: second-site/off-site backup setup ($3–6M midpoint 4.5M), containment vault construction ($1–3M midpoint 2.0M), acid neutralization buildout ($0.5–1M midpoint 0.75M), amnestic treatment room setup ($100k), and emergency comms infrastructure one-time (~$300–600k midpoint 450k).
Emergency Reserve $7.5M
[#11] Reserve fund for recovery & high‑risk operations; maintain $5–10M emergency reserve (midpoint $7.5M).
Equipment $5.9M
[#2, #10, #12] Hardware and installed systems: Peirce major upgrade ($2–5M midpoint 3.5M), MTF equipment/vehicle depreciation (~$2.0M), and specialized vault instrumentation (~$250–500k midpoint 375k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#5, #6, #15, #20, #7] Research/lab buildout and initial R&D: NLP/infrastructure dev ($300–600k midpoint 450k), memetic filter R&D ($500k), occult research lab setup ($250–500k midpoint 375k), training curriculum dev ($75k), psychological testing program setup ($50k).
Cover Story Setup $300K
[#18] One-time legal/cover infrastructure setup (shells, initial false-front creation) estimated midpoint $200–400k.
Seed Asset Creation $100K
[#17] One-time cost for controlled dissemination asset creation and OPSEC (~$100k).
Staff Recruitment Training $75K
[#1] One-time recruitment and training/startup costs for STF σ-14 (~$75k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.1M/yr
Staff Wages $7.0M/yr
[#1, #5, #7, #8, #10, #16, #3] Annual salaries: STF σ-14 (12 × $120k ≈ $1.44M), MTF γ‑1 operatives (30 × $90k ≈ $2.70M), data engineers (6 FTEs ≈ $900k), psychologists (4 ≈ $480k), medical staff (~$300k), regional monitors (10 × $80k ≈ $800k), on-site datacenter ops staff (~$350k).
Research And Monitoring $1.9M/yr
[#5, #6, #15, #19, #16, #14, #17] Ongoing monitoring/R&D/licenses: NLP/cloud crawling and licenses (~$200–400k midpoint $300k), memetic filter upkeep & audits (~$150–300k midpoint $225k), occult research budget (~$400–700k midpoint $550k), forensic linguistics/audits (~$200–350k midpoint $275k), translation/tooling for multilingual monitoring (~$200k), clerical/ritual services retainer (~$100k), controlled dissemination campaign ops recurring (~$200–400k midpoint $300k).
Facilities Maintenance $1.7M/yr
[#3, #12, #13, #4, #23, #25] Recurring facilities & infrastructure: Peirce datacenter power/HVAC/ops (~$700–1.1M, midpoint ~$900k), vault maintenance (~$100k/yr), acid system maintenance (~$75k/yr), off-site sync/testing (~$200–400k midpoint $300k), comms maintenance (~$75k/yr), utilities for additional containment sites (~$225k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#9, #18, #24] Ongoing cover, legal, PR and retcon: personnel neutralization cover & disposition (~$100–500k midpoint $300k), recurring maintenance/PR for cover infrastructure (~$300–1M midpoint $650k), public‑facing retcon/misinformation mitigation (~$300–800k midpoint $550k).
Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr
[#8, #22, #27] Consumables and operational supplies: amnestic per-dose administrations (~$10k × 50 = $500k/yr), long-term storage/waste management baseline (~$100k/yr), miscellaneous operational overhead (procurement/accounting) (~$300–500k midpoint $400k).
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#10] MTF and field operations recurring logistics (fuel, munitions, vehicle ops) ~ $500k/yr.
Training And Drills $200K/yr
[#20] Recurring training, memetic safety certification and drills (~$150–250k/yr midpoint $200k).
Vetting And Replacement $200K/yr
[#21] Background investigations, vetting and replacement hiring pipeline (~$150–250k/yr midpoint $200k).
Peirce Refresh Annualized $100K/yr
[#2] Minor Peirce hardware refreshes (~$250k every 2–3 yrs) annualized to ~$100k/yr.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.1M/yr
65.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with standard monitoring, staff, and maintenance; no major incidents or large-scale deployments.
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🚨 Minor Incident $15.1M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized spike in SCP-5712 activity requiring targeted recovery/neutralization, additional amnestic administrations and limited emergency operations.
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🚨 Major Breach $24.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or widespread memetic propagation requiring international ops, mass amnestic rollout, large MTF deployments and use of contingency funds.
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👥 Personnel 68 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#10] MTF γ-1 staffing (30 operatives × $90k ≈ $2.7M/yr).
Research Scientist (Wordsmiths) 12 [#1] STF σ-14 wordsmiths/computational linguists (12 × $120k ≈ $1.44M/yr).
Data Engineer 6 [#5] NLP/information monitoring data engineers (6 FTEs ≈ $900k/yr).
Psychologist / Clinical Staff 4 [#7] Psychological screening and counselling staff (4 ≈ $480k/yr).
Medical Officer 3 [#8] Medical staff for amnestic administration and recovery (~$300k/yr total, ~3 staff).
Regional Monitor / Linguist 10 [#16] Global noosphere monitoring multilingual teams (10 × $80k ≈ $800k/yr).
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#3] Datacenter and facility ops/maintenance staff (~$350k/yr estimated across ~3 staff).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling mid‑point estimates, but many costs are scenario-driven and ranges are wide (reserves and escalation costs particularly uncertain), so confidence is medium.
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