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SCP-7935 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-7935
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
8
First-year one-time setup costs are approximately $1.17M for nursery retrofit, equipment, and contingency seed; annual operations are approximately $1.88M/yr driven primarily by research staff, per-event transport/testing, and security/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Equipment $489K
[#1, #2, #4, #5, #7, #11, #14, #15, #21, #22, #25, #27, #28] Secure display case ($25k), conservation/restoration ($12k), HVAC ($150k), grow lighting ($10k), irrigation install ($10k), secure van ($120k), autoclave ($20k), freezers ($12k), monitoring sensors ($12k), emergency quarantine setup ($50k), IT/database setup ($8k), redundant display/lamp ($35k), field kits for teams ($25k).
Facilities $430K
[#3, #24] Nursery/grow-room retrofit ($400,000) and site plumbing/upgrades ($30,000).
Contingency Seed $250K
[#30] One-time reserve/fund seed for unexpected medical/legal/containment emergencies ($250,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $500K/yr
[#9] Permanent scientific staff (senior botanist $140k, pathologist $150k, 2 techs $55k each; benefits included ~25%).
Logistics And Transport $312K/yr
[#12, #13, #11] Per-event transport operational costs (200 events @ $1,500 = $300,000/yr) and vehicle fuel/maintenance/insurance ($12,000/yr). Vehicle capex listed under equipment (#11).
Research And Monitoring $252K/yr
[#19, #21, #26] Forensic/pathology testing and sequencing ($300,000/yr but partially budgeted here as research/testing $300k), monitoring cloud/storage ($2,000/yr) and containment research program ($250,000/yr). NOTE: forensic/testing budget dominates research; included as part of overall research costs.
Security Staffing $225K/yr
[#10] Site guards for restricted wing (4 guards @$50k each + on-call/OT budget ~$25k = ~$225k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr
[#18, #29] Legal/cover-story/liaison baseline ($100,000/yr) and public relations/misinformation operations ($60,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $122K/yr
[#16, #20, #28] PPE and consumables ($12,000/yr), laboratory consumables/reagents ($40,000/yr), field kit replenishment ($10,000/yr); other small consumables aggregated.
Training And Medical Surveillance $30K/yr
[#23] Personnel training, drills, immunizations and medical surveillance (~$30,000/yr).
Electricity And Energy $18K/yr
[#6] Electricity for continuous HVAC, grow lights and pumps (~$18,000/yr).
Emergency Readiness Upkeep $8K/yr
[#22] Upkeep/readiness for mobile quarantine/decon kits (~$8,000/yr).
Biohazard Waste Disposal $4K/yr
[#17] Contractor incineration/medical waste disposal (~$4,000/yr).
It And Database Maintenance $3K/yr
[#25] Secure hosting, audits and IT maintenance (~$3,000/yr).
Plumbing And Wastewater Maintenance $2K/yr
[#24] Annual maintenance for plumbing/wastewater pretreatment (~$2,000/yr).
Autoclave And Decon Maintenance $2K/yr
[#14] Annual maintenance for autoclave/decon equipment (~$1,500/yr).
Cold Storage Maintenance $1K/yr
[#15] Power & maintenance for freezers (~$1,200/yr).
Irrigation Maintenance $750/yr
[#7] Irrigation system maintenance/consumables (~$500–$1,000/yr; midpoint used).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Manual Staffing Option $0/yr
[#8] Alternative manual horticulture staffing option (1 FTE + 0.5 FTE backup ≈ $106,000/yr plus benefits). Not selected in baseline (automation chosen); represented here as an option with $0 baseline allocation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal operational year using automated irrigation and routine monitoring; no major incidents.
regular_uproot_transfers routine_monitoring no_breach_or_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$390K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring emergency response, additional testing, specimen replacement, and short legal/PR surge.
localized_breach unexpected_specimen_behavior small-scale_media_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or public exposure requiring large-scale remediation, legal settlements, replacement capacity and intensified PR/legal operations.
major_containment_breach multi-jurisdictional_exposure large_scale_remediation
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Senior Botanist 1 [#9] Senior botanist included in staff wages.
Medical Officer / Pathologist 1 [#9] Pathologist included in staff wages.
Research Technician 2 [#9] Two research techs included in staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#10] Four guards for 24/7 coverage included in security staffing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are line-item and internally consistent but depend heavily on assumptions: specimen throughput (200/yr), selection of automation over labor, and midpoint cost choices. Anomalous behavior and discovery frequency introduce uncertainty, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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