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SCP-6136 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-6136
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
21
Initial setup and capital one-time costs are moderate (~$2.46M) dominated by biosignature/exclusion hardware, research lab buildout, and a contingency reserve; ongoing annual costs (~$2.98M/year) are driven primarily by specialized staff wages, security/MTF readiness, secure IT/biometric hosting, and operational deployment expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#15] One-time contingency/emergency reserve fund to cover major breach/amnestic mass-response before replenishment.
Equipment $700K
[#2, #7] Biosignature exclusion system development and hardware plus monitoring/tamper-detection hardware (cameras, sensors, logging appliances) one-time procurement and installation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#8] Memetic research lab buildout (EEG rigs, soundproof room, secure compute cluster) and initial instrumentation purchase.
Facilities $120K
[#1] Physical installation and integration of a safety-deposit/vault enclosure and site integration (tamper-resistant enclosure, Faraday shielding, installation).
Secure Archive Setup $100K
[#19] Initial setup of air-gapped encrypted archival infrastructure and cryptographic key safes for extracted mnemonic data.
Containment Failsafe System $75K
[#13] One-time systems engineering to implement failsafe override workflows, authorization logic, and secure multi-party override mechanisms.
Initial Cover Story $75K
[#14] Initial cover-story/records-redaction and legal/black-budget setup costs associated with acquisition and secrecy.
Acquisition And Indemnity $50K
[#21] One-time acquisition/retroactive indemnity and provenance accounting costs (if applicable).
Secure Transport Hardware $25K
[#12] Secure container, tamper-evident transport hardware, and protocol development for moving SCP-6136.
Major Modification One Time $15K
[#18] Budgeted one-time major modification allowance for controlled physical changes to the object.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#5, #6, #20] Department oversight salaries (senior lead, memetic researchers, techs, admin), plus security guard payroll/MTF stipends and dedicated administrative FTE equivalents.
Research And Monitoring $355K/yr
[#3, #4, #8, #19, #9] Biosignature DB hosting and SOC monitoring, biodata collection operations, memetic compute time and analysis, secure archive maintenance, and per-use fMRI imaging fees (chosen per-use model).
Per Authorized Deployment $180K/yr
[#11] Recurring budget for controlled-use operational costs (oversight team, medical support, documentation, on-call standby); modeled as ~6 authorized deployments/year at mid-range cost.
Opportunity Cost Reallocation $150K/yr
[#22] Modeled internal allocation/opportunity cost equivalent (10–25% of departmental budget) representing reallocated program capacity.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#14] Ongoing redaction, legal maintenance, cover-story upkeep, and partner liaison costs.
Amnestic And Medical $80K/yr
[#10] Consumable amnestic drugs, medical observation, post-exposure screening, and associated medical staffing costs.
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#18, #8] Annual consumables: sterile packaging, minor repairs, lab consumables (EEG electrodes, test materials), and low-level object maintenance.
Psychological Programs $60K/yr
[#17] Psychological screening, counseling, monitoring, and resilience programs for personnel exposed or in contact chain.
Emergency Fund Top Up $50K/yr
[#15] Annual top-up target to replenish contingency reserve after usage and ensure reserve remains funded.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#12] Annual transport operations budget (per-transport costs, insurance, certified couriers, dry runs).
Training Sop $40K/yr
[#16] Annual training, SOP development, instructor time, and drills for memetic-safety curriculum.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#7] Maintenance, calibration, and upkeep for vault environmentals and tamper-detection systems.
Compliance Audits $10K/yr
[#13] Annual compliance audits, policy reviews, and small systems updates related to failsafe/override logic.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations and expected deployments.
routine_maintenance scheduled_deployments regular_biodata_updates
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized security or system failure requiring limited emergency response, extra amnestics and repairs.
failed_biodata_update unauthorized_access_attempt localized_memetic_activation
🚨 Major Breach $5.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or compromise of biosignature system requiring mass amnestic response and large MTF/deployment costs.
database_compromise unauthorized_override wide_memetic_exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $6.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Decision to purchase and operate an on-site MRI/advanced imaging suite for extended research and deployment.
longitudinal_imaging_study internal_policy_to_capitalize_imaging expanded_research_program
👥 Personnel 21 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#5] Senior lead responsible for thaumiel operations oversight (included in staff wages).
Research Scientist (Memetics) 2 [#5, #8] Senior memetic researchers for experimental design and oversight.
Research Technician 3 [#5, #8] Lab technicians supporting memetic experiments and equipment.
Administrative Staff / Compliance 2 [#5, #20] Admin/compliance staff handling approvals, access requests, and record-keeping.
Security Officer / Vault Guard 6 [#6, #1] 24/7 physical security staffing for vault coverage (shift rotations included in security budget).
Security / MTF On-call Agents 4 [#6] On-call rapid-response / memetic-intervention team (stipends and readiness included in security budget).
Medical Officer 2 [#10] Medical staff for amnestic administration and post-exposure monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#7, #12] Engineer for systems maintenance, transport hardware, and integration tasks.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned estimate, but several high-impact decisions (MRI purchase, reserve sizing, number of authorized deployments) and wide cost ranges yield moderate uncertainty.
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