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SCP-6511 Thaumiel ? low confidence
SCP-6511
Expected annual
$30.0M
One-time setup
$154.8M
Annual recurring
$28.1M
Personnel
9
Initial one-time setup is dominated by a hardened Department‑of‑One facility, seed trust/insurance funds, and specialized anomalous hardware (~$155M one-time including a contingency reserve); recurring annual operations (~$27.8M/yr baseline) are driven by R&D/monitoring, protective logistics, staff wages, cybersecurity and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $154.8M
Contingent Catastrophic Exposure $100.0M
[#19] Contingent one-time fiscal exposure representing plausible restoration/replacement damage from uncontrolled containments; recorded as strategic contingency.
Facilities $15.0M
[#1] Hardened underground DoO vault and saferoom construction + initial structural outfitting.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.0M
[#9] Seed lab buildout and scientific/thaumaturgic/temporal research infrastructure for reversal/restoration R&D.
Global Redundancy Vaults $5.5M
[#16] Pre-positioned global vaults/caches and associated legal instruments for resurrection/reintroduction.
Department Of One Trust $5.0M
[#4] One-time trust/annuity fund to guarantee lifelong survivor/estate payments and indemnities.
Insurance Reserve Fund $5.0M
[#18] Seed reserve fund for extraordinary liabilities, settlements and asset protection.
Equipment $4.7M
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #13] Installation of redundant power/hardening hardware, on-site medical suite hardware, hardened RAISA‑resistant hardware, secure archival storage hardware, and memetic containment printing/storage hardware.
Protective Equipment Procurement $3.0M
[#5] One-time procurement of aircraft/armored vehicles/evac equipment and other protective/extraction hardware.
Anomalous Hardware Dev $2.5M
[#17] Development and initial production of specialized anomalous containment hardware/software (sigils, anchors, dampers).
Long Term Provisioning $1.0M
[#10] Multi-decade caches: food, water, medical supplies, spare parts and durable goods.
Legal And Cover Setup $1.0M
[#15] Establishment of shell corporations, legal/cover infrastructures and covert networks.
Selection Infrastructure $600K
[#20] One-time development of selection/vetting/training pipeline infrastructure for DoO successors.
Cultural Archive Setup $550K
[#25] Scriptorium/archive preservation infrastructure for institutional knowledge and anomalous preservation tech.
Secure Comms System $425K
[#21] Hardened communications, dead-man triggers and cryptographic keying hardware installation.
Front Companies Setup $300K
[#24] Initial establishment costs for plausible front projects and public‑facing obfuscation.
Memetic Training Materials $125K
[#11] One-time memetic inoculation training materials, mnemonic prosthetics, sealed journals and training packages.
Audit Trail System $112K
[#22] Tamper-evident journals, sealed memory devices and anomaly-resistant immutable logging hardware.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.1M/yr
Research And Monitoring $13.3M/yr
[#9, #12, #8, #13] Ongoing reversal/restoration R&D, global anomalous monitoring/sensor tasking, archival verification cycles and memetic/document audits.
Logistics And Transport $3.4M/yr
[#5] Standby protective/extraction crews, aircraft/helicopter leases and clandestine transport/vehicle maintenance.
Staff Wages $2.8M/yr
[#4, #6] Department‑of‑One salary/benefits and minimal rotation of technicians, IT/sysadmins, facilities maintenance and a senior custodian/agent.
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#15, #24] Legal teams, media influence, covert networks and front‑project maintenance for plausible deniability.
Cybersecurity Defenses $1.5M/yr
[#7] Ongoing RAISA-class defenses, SOC monitoring, air-gapped audits, red‑team engagements and secure system operations.
Contingency Procurement Fund $1.5M/yr
[#23] Liquid discretionary fund for emergent anomalous acquisitions or emergency rentals/procurements.
Insurance Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#18] Annual provisioning to maintain/liquidate insurance and contingency payments as needed.
Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr
[#1, #2, #16] Ongoing maintenance of vault/facility, life‑support systems, power systems and redundancy vault upkeep.
Succession Pipeline $500K/yr
[#20] Ongoing selection, vetting, psychometric testing and training pipeline costs for successors.
Red Team Exercises $300K/yr
[#14] Regular scenario drills, external specialists and tabletop/exercise costs.
Global Redundancy Maintenance $300K/yr
[#16] Maintenance, legal upkeep and small recurring costs for distributed redundancy vaults and caches.
Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr
[#3, #11] Medical consumables, telemedicine contracts, psych/memetic support consumables and recurrent supplies.
Archival Storage $200K/yr
[#8] Geographic encrypted backups, physical vault storage fees and regular integrity verification.
Specialized Maintenance $200K/yr
[#17] Testing, upkeep and calibration of anomalous containment hardware and dampers.
Secure Comms Maintenance $100K/yr
[#21] Key rotation, maintenance and monitoring of dead-man triggers and hardened comms.
Memetic Audits $75K/yr
[#13] Recurring audits, training refreshers and memetic scrubber operations for document control.
Archive Checks $50K/yr
[#25] Annual integrity checks and preservation maintenance for cultural/institutional archives.
Audit Trail Renewals $30K/yr
[#22] Renewals/testing and replacement cycles for immutable physical/anomalous logs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.1M/yr
87.9% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring, R&D progress and maintenance.
no activation regular monitoring scheduled exercises
🚨 Minor Incident $32.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$4.7M vs baseline
Localized incident requiring extraction, temporary surge in legal/cover activity and accelerated research.
targeted detection emergency extraction short-term surge in legal/public obfuscation
🚨 Major Breach $77.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$49.7M vs baseline
Significant containment/restoration effort required; heavy draws on contingency funds, large-scale procurement and extended R&D spike.
widespread containment failure extended restoration campaign major legal/compensation payouts
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $527.8M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$499.7M vs baseline
Full-scale contingency activation with catastrophic uncontrolled failures requiring massive restoration/compensation and possible deployment of contingency reserve.
systemic multi-site failure activation of widespread CK-class effects major public exposure
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Department of One / DoO 1 [#4] Single occupant, unique clearance; salary/hazard premiums included in staff_wages.
Technician / IT Sysadmin 3 [#6] On-site maintenance and air-gapped systems administration; part of minimal operational staff.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#1, #2] Facility and life-support maintenance rotation included in operational headcount.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#5] Small on-site/custodial security contingent; larger extraction teams are contractor/standby budgeted separately.
Administrative Staff / Senior Agent 1 [#6] Custodian/senior agent overseeing readiness, compartmentalization and administrative duties.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items (notably reversal/restoration R&D and contingent catastrophic exposure) are highly uncertain and open‑ended; ranges provided in analyst notes are wide and potential catastrophic costs can dwarf regular budgets, producing low confidence in precise totals.
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