SCP-7338 — SCP-7338 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7338 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence

SCP-7338

Expected annual

$1.4M

One-time setup

$912K

Annual recurring

$1.3M

Personnel

One-time setup costs are modest for physical containment but higher if specialized SCRAMBLE development is required; annual recurring costs are dominated by staff wages, research, medical monitoring, and liability/response readiness, leading to substantial ongoing overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $912K

Equipment $458K

[#2, #4, #6, #7, #15] Includes climate-control cabinet/HVAC purchase, SCRAMBLE gear development & per-unit procurement, access-control hardware, CCTV/NVR installation, and remote-observation hardware.

Liability Reserve Fund $200K

[#18] One-time seed for liability/containment-breach reserve fund to be held for high-cost contingencies.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K

[#2, #14] Archival sleeves/desiccants and dedicated research instrumentation/equipment (EEG, eye-trackers, licenses) one-time purchases.

Training And Certification Initial $40K

[#5] Initial SCRAMBLE gear training and certification for authorized users (50-person initial course costs).

Facilities $31K

[#1, #3] Waterproof containment locker purchase/installation and secure testing-chamber renovation/outfitting (locker + chamber renovation midpoint estimate).

Containment Redundancy $30K

[#24] Spare waterproof locker and initial spare PPE inventory / replacement housing for poster.

Legal Documentation $30K

[#19] One-time drafting of cover stories, documentation, and legal paperwork.

Psych Baseline Initial $30K

[#10] Initial baseline neuropsychological evaluations for authorized staff (50-person initial evaluation budget).

Sop Drafting $20K

[#20] SOP creation and initial compliance documentation drafting for SCP-7338 handling and Thaumiel governance.

Amnestic Stockpile $12K

[#12] Initial stockpile and secure storage setup for amnestic agents and medical countermeasures.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr

Staff Wages $800K/yr

[#8, #13, #14, #7] Security staffing (3 FTEs), dedicated research team (3 FTEs), administrative/Thaumiel oversight (1 FTE), and monitoring/staff time for CCTV/log review.

Liability Budget $100K/yr

[#18] Annual budget for legal actions, cover operations, amnestics for witnesses, and staff compensation contingencies.

Research And Monitoring $80K/yr

[#14, #15] Ongoing research costs (study costs, software licenses, equipment maintenance, remote experiment operation).

Incident Response Retainer $80K/yr

[#9] On-call incident response team retainer, drills, and specialized memetic-medical readiness.

Cover Story And Legal $60K/yr

[#19] Annual legal retainer and PR/cover-story maintenance.

Addiction Treatment $60K/yr

[#11] Budgeted treatment contingency for 1–3 addiction cases per year (inpatient/outpatient/amnestic therapy as needed).

Logistics And Transport $28K/yr

[#16] Secure transport and movement protocol costs (assumed ~10 moves/year).

Audits And Compliance $25K/yr

[#20] Annual audits, compliance checks, and SOP refresh exercises.

Psych Monitoring $15K/yr

[#10] Periodic psychological monitoring and counseling for authorized staff.

Amnestic Resupply $15K/yr

[#12] Annual resupply, disposables, and medical training/chain-of-custody costs for countermeasures.

Misc Training Drills $15K/yr

[#25] Regular denial-of-access drills, onboarding for new Level-3 personnel, and turnover training costs.

Supplies And Consumables $13K/yr

[#17, #23] Clean-room/janitorial and routine consumables (gloves, batteries, cleaning supplies).

Opportunity Program Admin $12K/yr

[#22] Administrative overhead for supervised operational usage scheduling and oversight.

Opportunity Program Sessions $11K/yr

[#22] Costs for supervised sessions (security + med staff) assuming a modest session cadence (~12/yr).

Training And Certification Refresher $10K/yr

[#5] Annual refresher courses, fit-testing, and certification maintenance for authorized personnel.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#2, #3] HVAC/climate energy and small maintenance for archival cabinet and testing chamber upkeep.

Scramble Gear Maintenance $5K/yr

[#4] Annual maintenance, calibration, and spares for SCRAMBLE memetic-PPE.

Data Storage $5K/yr

[#21, #7] Encrypted storage, backups, and long-term archival for video and experiment logs.

Remote Infra Maintenance $3K/yr

[#15] Maintenance and minor upgrades for remote observation/automation consoles and session logging.

Access System Support $1K/yr

[#6] Annual support/licensing for biometric/access control systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine operations, training, monitoring, and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline

Single unauthorized viewing or staff obsession event requiring medevac, short-term treatment, investigation, and overtime.

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🚨 Major Breach $2.0M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$620K vs baseline

Significant containment breach or multiple-person addiction/breach requiring large-scale treatment, legal cover-up, amnestic deployment, and replacement/repair costs.

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🚨 Research Scale Up $1.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline

Decision to heavily scale research and operational use (greater supervised access), increasing staffing, training, and session costs.

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👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	3	3 FTEs for 24/7 coverage and supervisor presence; aligns with item #8 security staffing estimates (~$60–90k each).
Research Scientist	3	Dedicated research team (2–4 FTEs assumed midpoint 3) responsible for experiments, analysis, and remote session oversight per item #14.
Site Director / Administrative Staff	1	Thaumiel oversight and governance (0.5–1.5 FTEs estimated; modeled as 1 FTE) per item #13.
Monitoring Technician / Security Monitor	1	On-site monitoring/CCTV review and session logging support; part of monitoring staffing costs referenced in #7.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, allowing reasonable estimates, but memetic risk, incident frequency, and decisions about SCRAMBLE development/scaling introduce material uncertainty.

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