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SCP-7746 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-7746
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$9.2M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
19
One-time capital and contingency requirements are estimated at $9,200,000 driven primarily by property acquisition, initial R&D (nanosensor and lab) and multiple contingency/reserve funds; recurring annual operations are estimated at $3,172,500/yr driven by research staff wages, data processing/storage, and cover/legal/liaison costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.3M
[#5, #12, #16, #17, #29] Nanoscale somnosensor R&D and cleanroom setup, data-capture servers and development, specialist materials/preservation lab buildout, initial memetic-proofing work, and initial legal structuring for covert commercialization pathways.
Replication Contingency $2.0M
[#24] Contingency for replication or replacement of the functional analogue of the church (specialized construction and synthetic embedding) if required.
Relocation Contingency $2.0M
[#30] Contingency for international extraction/relocation or major diplomatic/relocation operations if Belgian authorities discover the site or relocation becomes necessary.
Facilities $1.5M
[#1, #2] Purchase of the Brussels property and non-destructive structural stabilization/renovation (includes closing/legal transfer and specialised carpentry/humidity/vibration work).
Containment Breach Reserve $1.0M
[#23] Reserve fund for immediate-response amnesticization, site sealing, emergency relocation and large-scale containment actions.
Equipment $400K
[#3, #4, #11, #22] Initial purchase/installation of environmental/power/shielding hardware (HVAC/UPS/generator/shielding), fabricated sleep pods/retrofitted pews, initial surveillance/access-control hardware, and secure vehicle purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #14, #15] Salaries for on-site medical staff & consulting physicians, containment supervisors/clergy-role staff, security personnel, data annotators/curators, and the core scientific research team.
Cover Story And Legal $720K/yr
[#18, #19, #20, #21, #26, #29] Covert liaison/allowances for embedded police assets, cover-company overhead/legal/accounting/PR, public containment operations and selective amnesticization, insurance/indemnity/settlement fund allocations, ethics/oversight/internal audit, and ongoing compliance/legal costs for covert commercialization routes.
Research And Monitoring $495K/yr
[#13, #16, #17, #27] Data storage/compute and analysis operations, specialist lab operational consumables, memetic/amnestic consumables and amortized specialty instrumentation/upgrades.
Facilities Maintenance $92K/yr
[#3, #11, #25] Ongoing HVAC/fuel/backup generator maintenance, surveillance/access-control maintenance, and routine janitorial/minor repairs/utilities.
Supplies And Consumables $70K/yr
[#6, #7] Somnosensor consumables and sterile injection kits per-sleep plus sedatives, disposables and medical waste handling.
Training Onboarding $30K/yr
[#28] Annual training, onboarding and containment drills for staff (injection protocols, memetic risks, emergency extraction and cover management).
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#22] Secure transport vehicle running costs (driver, fuel, maintenance) and ad-hoc secure movements of samples/personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, sleeps and administration.
no breach regular operational tempo (~1,000 sleeps) routine research and data processing
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring emergency medical response, short-term site sealing, overtime, limited amnestic administration and minor repairs.
medical complications during sleep small unauthorized entry or tampering
🚨 Major Breach $4.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or data leak requiring large-scale amnestic campaigns, sealing/relocation of assets, legal settlements and heavy emergency operations.
large-scale unauthorized access significant structural/data compromise
🚨 International Relocation $8.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Discovery by Belgian authorities or diplomatic escalation forcing full international extraction and reconstruction of containment elsewhere.
public exposure international incident requiring extraction
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Medical Officer 2 [#8] One full-time medic/nurse plus a part-time physician/neuropsych consultant for supervision and complications.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#10] On-site and covert plainclothes security staff to enforce limits, perform RRT protocols and deny unauthorized sleepers.
Containment Supervisor / Administrative Staff 3 [#9] Personnel posing as church staff/clergy to maintain cover, schedule sleepers and enforce sleep limits; includes memetic briefings.
Research Scientist 6 [#15] Scientific research team investigating phantom neurons, microscopy, spectroscopy, and materials interactions (includes techs).
Data Annotator / Data Scientist 4 [#14] Human annotators and data curators who transcribe, label and rank dreams for productivity and maintain catalogs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for most categories (medium confidence). Uncertainty remains high in R&D trajectories (nanosensors), memetic work costs, data volume growth and contingent political/legal actions which drive contingency/reserve sizing.
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