SCP-7365 — SCP-7365 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7365 Thaumiel ? low confidence

SCP-7365

Expected annual

$8.4M

One-time setup

$25.4M

Annual recurring

$8.3M

Personnel

One-time program setup dominated by data acquisition/legal authority, secure IT, facilities and contingency reserves (~$25.4M). Annual operations driven by staff, data feeds, legal/cover operations, research and contingency top-ups (~$8.33M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.4M

Data Acquisition Legal Setup $10.0M

[#1] Purchase/compilation of employment records or legal authority/subpoenas to create the 'all employed persons' pool (domestic-scale estimate).

Contingency Reserve $5.0M

[#16] One-time contingency/emergency-response reserve for rapid extraction, medevac, replacement selection, or crisis.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M

[#18] Initial R&D lab setup and instrumentation for Thaumiel-class research and operational integration.

Equipment $2.7M

[#2, #13, #14, #21] Secure database/hardware build, surveillance/tamper hardware installation, hardened/secure-communications hardware, and fleet/vehicle capital purchases.

Facilities $2.0M

[#7, #8] Safehouse purchase/hardening and facility/wing modifications to accommodate assigned-person management and monitoring.

Legal Privacy Setup $1.0M

[#4] One-time legal work: establishing access agreements, gag orders, emergency warrant processes and initial international legal structuring.

Litigation Fund Reserve $1.0M

[#23] One-time litigation/settlement reserve (separate from recurring insurance/premiums).

Decommissioning $500K

[#25] One-time termination/decommission costs (debriefs, reintegration, secure disposal) per decommission event.

Training Initial $100K

[#11] Initial specialized training and certification for handlers, security, legal-operational staff.

Assigned Person Compensation One Time $100K

[#9] One-time settlement/relocation/compensation payments to the assigned individual upon initial assignment.

Replacement Staffing One Time $25K

[#20] One-time payment to employer or for temporary replacement hire to cover initial disruption.

Medical Baseline Initial $15K

[#12] Initial medical and psychological baseline exams for the assigned individual.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.3M/yr

Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr

[#4, #19, #20, #23, #27] Ongoing legal retainer, privacy counsel, cover-story creation and dissemination, employer payments and insurance/political/diplomatic costs.

Administrative Overhead $1.1M/yr

[#26] Program management, finance, HR and procurement (15% applied to recurring operating costs).

Staff Wages $1.0M/yr

[#10] Ongoing payroll and benefits for rotating security, handlers, medical, psychology and on-call specialists (6–12 personnel typical).

Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr

[#18] Recurring R&D staff costs, experiment runs, analysis and monitoring for Thaumiel use-case integration.

Data Maintenance $1.0M/yr

[#3] Ongoing feeds, verification, cleaning and updating of the employment pool data.

Amnestics Response Budget $1.0M/yr

[#15] Budget for legal settlements, witness relocation, PR remediation and incident response in lieu of fictional amnestics.

Contingency Topup $500K/yr

[#16] Annual top-up to contingency reserve for rapid-response readiness.

Facilities Maintenance $400K/yr

[#7, #8, #21] Ongoing lease/utility/maintenance for safehouse(s), facility wing upkeep and fleet maintenance/ops.

Database Ops And Hosting $300K/yr

[#2] Secure hosting, auditing, and IT operations for the employment database (high-assurance access controls and logs).

Replacement Selection Overhead $250K/yr

[#17] Annual expected cost reserve for replacement selection operations if assigned person must be replaced (per-replacement costs averaged over time).

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#5, #6] Per-selection operational costs: covert ops to locate/verify individual and secure delivery/transport for 3–5 business day window (assumes ~1 operation/year baseline).

It Security Ops $150K/yr

[#14] Ongoing hardened server ops, secure comms maintenance, incident response and op-sec personnel.

Surveillance Ops $75K/yr

[#13] Ongoing camera/sensor operations, geofencing, comms monitoring and data retention costs.

Assigned Person Stipend $60K/yr

[#9] Ongoing stipend/salary replacement and NDA payments to maintain cover for the assigned individual.

Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr

[#22] Packaging, medical consumables, PPE, fuel, replacement hardware and disposables.

Archival Records Management $50K/yr

[#24] Encrypted archival storage, audits, red-team trails and records retention costs.

Training And Exercises $30K/yr

[#11] Recurring refreshers, exercises and certification maintenance for operational staff.

Medical Monitoring $20K/yr

[#12] Ongoing monitoring, lab work and access to emergency medical care for the assigned individual.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.3M/yr

96.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with a single assigned person in place; only routine operations, legal retainers, data feeds, staff wages, and recurring maintenance are required.

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🚨 Replacement Event $9.3M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Assigned individual is compromised, dies, or must be replaced; triggers emergency selection, extraction, additional legal/compensation and rehousing costs.

assigned_person_compromised death_or_irreversible_compromise emergency_extraction

🚨 Major Breach $16.3M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline

Significant exposure or legal/diplomatic incident requiring large settlements, major PR remediation, international negotiations and scaled emergency response.

public_exposure international_diplomatic_claims large_scale_litigation

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#10, #5, #6, #7, #21] Rotating security personnel for 24/7 coverage, field selection teams and transport security.
Handler	1	[#10, #9, #11] Full-time handler responsible for day-to-day management of the assigned person and coordination with cover/legal teams.
Medical Officer	1	[#10, #12] Medical monitoring, baseline exams, and emergency care coordination.
Psychologist	1	[#10, #12] Ongoing psychological monitoring and counseling for the assigned person.
Engineer / IT Security	1	[#10, #2, #14, #13] Database, hosting, encryption, surveillance and incident-response technical support.

📋 Confidence Notes

Substantial uncertainty in scale (domestic vs global pool), selection frequency, and unknown content of the delivered item; most line items are range-based estimates from analyst notes rather than precise budgets.

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