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SCP-6970 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-6970
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$9.8M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
21
Initial capital costs are approximately $9.81M driven primarily by containment construction/upgrades, server/AI infrastructure, and contingency/R&D funds; baseline annual operating costs are about $5.13M per year driven by staff wages (AI, security, research/medical), AI operations, legal/cover maintenance, transport and research programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.8M
Facilities $4.5M
[#1, #20] Secure containment suite and containment-wing physical upgrades (reinforcement, antechambers, transfer locks).
Equipment $1.8M
[#2, #5, #22, #23, #29, #30] Specialized audio/communications hardware, Dhalia.aic compute hardware and racks, robotic/remote manipulators, monitoring & sensor suite, restraints/special furniture, initial artifact storage/cabinets.
Contingency Rnd Program $1.5M
[#34] One-time seed for long-term countermeasure R&D and contractor grants/prototype hardware.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#26] Emergency capital reserve for rapid retrofits and post-incident upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $850K
[#3, #12] Voice-authentication/protocol development and amnestic production lab buildout (explosion-proof hoods, inert-gas storage, monitoring).
Training Program Initial $100K
[#10] One-time curriculum development, training simulators and initial staff certification.
Fabricated Identities Setup $60K
[#17] One-time creation of legal/administrative backstops for fabricated identities (records, payroll shells, digital footprints).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #24] Salaries for AI engineering & maintenance team, armed/cleared security staff, multidisciplinary scientific & medical containment team, and data integrity/forensics/audit staff.
Cover Story And Legal $725K/yr
[#18, #19, #32, #33] Ongoing cover-identity maintenance and clandestine payroll, legal/government liaison and secrecy budget, PR/misinformation operations, and compliance/permit fees.
Research And Monitoring $690K/yr
[#11, #16, #23, #25] Ongoing training & recertification, psychological care & reintegration, monitoring storage/analysis and sensor data handling, and red-team research/safe testing budgets.
Logistics And Transport $525K/yr
[#21, #28] Secure transport fleet/escort operations budget and emergency response retainer (hazmat/medevac/specialized contractors).
Facilities Maintenance $275K/yr
[#6, #31] Dhalia.aic operations (power, cooling, colocation/cloud replication) and environmental/utility operating costs (HVAC, backup power, lighting).
Supplies And Consumables $265K/yr
[#13, #14, #15, #30, #35] Amnestic consumables/reagents, per-administration medical supplies and PPE, hazardous waste handling & decontamination, storage maintenance, and miscellaneous admin consumables.
Authentication Maintenance $100K/yr
[#4] Ongoing maintenance, security patches and periodic revalidation of voice-authentication, language models and filters.
Replacement Turnover $100K/yr
[#27] Ongoing replacement hiring, vetting, background checks and clearance processing due to high churn from amnestic transformations.
Robotic Systems Maintenance $30K/yr
[#22] Annual maintenance and calibration for robotic manipulators and telepresence devices.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with regular operations and scheduled maintenance.
routine operations scheduled training and research no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized accidental exposure or volatile amnestic incident requiring emergency response, limited retrofits, temporary staffing surge and legal remediation.
accidental amnestic release on-site contamination small-scale breach containment
🚨 Major Breach $10.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or identity-exposure event requiring large-scale containment retrofit, extended legal/PR response, replacement of hardware and multi-month recovery.
major identity exfiltration multi-person exposure physical breach requiring reconstruction
👥 Personnel 21 total
Role Count Notes
AI Engineer / Data Scientist / Sysadmin 4 [#7] Team to maintain Dhalia.aic, update models, monitor behaviour and implement containment logic.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#8] Armed/cleared guards trained in 'do not speak' protocols and rotation procedures.
Research Scientist 6 [#9, #25] On-site researchers and memeticists conducting experiments, red-team campaigns and containment research.
Medical Officer 2 [#9, #16] Physicians and psychiatrists for monitoring, amnestic administration oversight and psychological care.
Data Integrity / Audit Staff 3 [#24] Personnel to audit logs, ensure data integrity and detect exfiltration attempts.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but many estimates are broad and scenario probabilities are inferred; anomalous behaviors and usage as a Thaumiel increase uncertainty.
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