SCP-6938 — SCP-6938 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6938 Thaumiel ? low confidence

SCP-6938

Expected annual

$5.1M

One-time setup

$14.1M

Annual recurring

$5.1M

Personnel

First-year capital/setup costs are dominated by a recommended contingency reserve and specialized conversion infrastructure (~$14.1M one-time). Recurring annual costs center on personnel, indemnity reserves, research and maintenance (~$5.08M/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.1M

Contingency Reserve $10.0M

[#18] One-time contingency / rapid-response reserve for large-scale narrative incidents (institutional risk tolerance dependent).

Facilities $1.2M

[#1] Hardened, access-controlled vault construction with ballistic door, mantrap, decon antechamber and isolation.

Conversion Infrastructure Setup $1.1M

[#24] Buildout of infrastructure to receive, validate, convert, store and title resources generated by SCP-6938.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K

[#9] Initial research lab buildout, specialized experimental equipment and starting materials for verification experiments.

Governance Study Initial $300K

[#25] Initial research into governance, oversight and safe operational protocols for integrating generated resources.

Mobile Containment Kit $225K

[#19] Preparation of mobile containment/transport kit and specialized crates.

Legal Oversight Setup $162K

[#11] Formal oversight, ethics board and legal review setup and chartering.

Cover Infrastructure Setup $125K

[#12] Setup costs for front companies, facility lease structure and cover-story infrastructure.

Equipment $112K

[#2] Environmental control & continuous monitoring system (sensors, cameras, tamper alarms) setup.

Training Sop Development $100K

[#21] Initial development of SOPs, training program and tabletop exercise materials.

Strategic Valuation One Time $88K

[#28] Strategic valuation and opportunity-cost assessment to justify investment versus alternatives.

Secure Data Systems $65K

[#14] Hardened, air-gapped archival backups, encrypted removable media and tamper-evident logging hardware.

Background Check Initial $60K

[#6] Initial background investigations and security clearances for project team (initial costs).

Backup Power Setup $50K

[#16] Generator and UPS purchase/installation to maintain monitoring and environmental control.

Secure Communications Setup $48K

[#15] Dedicated secure communications and special comms procedures initial setup.

Psych Evaluation Initial $20K

[#7] Pre-placement psychological evaluations for authorized staff.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr

Internal Indemnity Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#23] Insurance-equivalent internal indemnity & asset accounting reserve to cover anomalous liabilities and political/legal fallout.

Staff Wages $1.4M/yr

[#4, #5] Primary personnel payroll including project lead, dedicated research team, engineers/technicians and on-site security staff.

Research And Monitoring $412K/yr

[#3, #10] Monitoring & sensor maintenance, data storage and telemetry plus recurring research operations (staff time, consumables, modeling time).

Cover Story And Legal $362K/yr

[#11, #13] Ongoing legal retainer, PR and cover operations (annual legal/PR retainer and coordination with government partners).

Conversion Infrastructure Operational $275K/yr

[#24] Ongoing operations, validation and conversion costs for resources produced by SCP-6938.

Facilities Maintenance $222K/yr

[#14, #15, #16, #27] Ongoing maintenance of secure data systems, secure communications, backup power fuel/maintenance, and standard facility lease/utilities/administrative overhead.

Governance Audits $125K/yr

[#25] Ongoing governance, oversight audits and controls for integration of generated resources.

Incident Response Exercises $125K/yr

[#26] Regular incident response exercises, cross-department coordination and travel for major exercises.

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#17] Consumables, lab supplies, replacement sensors and routine maintenance consumables.

Mental Health Support $40K/yr

[#7, #8] Ongoing psychological counseling, incident counseling and mental-health monitoring for exposed/authorized staff.

Training Recurring $30K/yr

[#21] Annual refresher training, drills and SOP maintenance.

Record Sanitization $15K/yr

[#22] Record redaction, sanitized documentation and memetic safety reviews for internal publishing.

Background Check Recurring $12K/yr

[#6] Periodic re-vetting and continuous background checks for cleared staff.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

[#20] Per-move operational cost (planning, escort, transport) estimated at $50,000–$250,000 per move; baseline assumes no relocation in an uneventful year.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr

92.5% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine operations and no major incidents or relocations.

no incidents routine maintenance standard research schedule

🚨 Minor Incident $5.4M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized incident requiring a single rapid-response deployment or a short relocation and modest repairs.

unauthorized access attempt sensor/tamper alarm with limited breach single relocation or short-term contingency activation

🚨 Major Breach $10.1M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or politically visible incident requiring major remediation, indemnity payments and partial site rebuild.

major breach public exposure/political fallout large-scale remediation

🚨 Operational Deployment $5.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Planned operational use of SCP-6938 to counter a narrative anomaly, requiring mobilization, oversight and temporary increased costs.

planned deployment for narrative containment resource conversion and governance activation

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Project Lead / Principal Investigator	1	[#4] Senior lead with top clearance responsible for project oversight.
Research Scientist	4	[#4, #10] Dedicated research staff conducting verification experiments and protocol development.
Engineer / Technician	2	[#4] Engineering and technical staff for monitoring, maintenance and equipment support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#5] On-site guards and rapid-response security staff for 24/7 physical security presence.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use wide ranges from analyst notes and the object's anomalous capacity (resource-generation and narrative effects) introduces major uncertainty; contingency sizing and operational offsets are highly institution-dependent.

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