SCP-7482
Thaumiel
~
medium confidence
SCP-7482
Expected annual
$6.7M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$6.5M
Personnel
20
One-time capital and program setup are roughly $3.94M driven by secure archival buildout, air-gapped compute/backups and specialized hardware; steady annual operations are roughly $6.46M/yr driven primarily by specialized staff wages, ongoing research, contractors and legal/cover operations.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.9M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $6.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$6.5M/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, and containment support.
normal operations
scheduled research and maintenance
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Minor Incident
$7.0M/yr
Localized misuse or investigatory lapse requiring internal discipline, legal action, limited PR response and additional containment support.
project staff misuse
limited public leak
ethics/legal investigation
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Major Breach
$10.0M/yr
Significant data leak or public exposure requiring large-scale legal, PR, indemnity, emergency fund drawdown and containment actions.
wide public disclosure
unauthorized exfiltration
multi-jurisdictional legal action
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Research Scale Up
$8.6M/yr
Decision to aggressively index/simulate queries at scale requiring major capital Outlay for expanded compute, backups and software work.
strategic decision to index data
large-scale decoding campaign
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Relocation Event
$6.9M/yr
Planned or emergency physical relocation of SCP-7482 requiring secure convoy, climate control transport and heightened security.
site compromise
strategic relocation
Personnel
20 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 8 | [#5] 24/7 armed guard coverage, shift rotations and relief. |
| Research Scientist | 4 | [#6] Senior Level 5/7482 researchers handling queries, theory and containment use. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 4 | [#7, #10] Legacy-hardware technicians, systems administrators and repair specialists. |
| Administrative Staff | 2 | [#22] Scheduling, access control, session supervision and record maintenance. |
| Containment Liaison / Field Agent | 2 | [#23] Translate approved outputs to containment actions and liaise with field teams. |
Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but many policy decisions (backup strategy, scale of indexing, staffing levels, reserve sizing) create material uncertainty; estimates use mid-range choices where ranges existed.