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SCP-9001 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-9001
Expected annual
$12.7M
One-time setup
$25.2M
Annual recurring
$12.6M
Personnel
46
Estimated one-time infrastructure and development costs are approximately $25.2M dominated by AIC development, inoculant R&D and secure lab/buildouts; recurring annual costs are ~ $12.6M driven by high-skill personnel, AIC operations, secure compute/storage maintenance and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $16.4M
[#5, #6, #15, #16, #27] AIC development and validation platform (#5), secure viewer/module development (#6), inoculant R&D and BSL/GMP setup (#15), personnel psych/CRV testing setup (#16), and test chamber construction (#27).
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#30] Contingency / catastrophic breach reserve fund allocated for emergency large-scale response and asset replacement.
Equipment $1.9M
[#3, #4, #7, #9, #11, #14, #18, #21, #22, #24] Hardware and appliances including air-gapped ingestion servers (#3), rendering cluster hardware (#4 one-time), HSMs and encryption appliances (#7), initial offline archival drives (#9), secure display terminals (#11), TF gear (#14), secure signing appliance (#18), tamper-evident tracking hardware (#21), destruction equipment (#22), and cybersecurity setup (#24).
Facilities $1.1M
[#1, #8, #10, #23, #25] Includes dedicated fiber installation route/conduit (#1), secure data vault build-out (#8), shielded viewing/optical isolation rooms (#10), off-site cold backup copy infrastructure (#23), and power resilience (UPS/generator) capital costs (#25).
Long Term Crypto Major Upgrade $500K
[#29] Major cryptographic migration/upgrades reserved fund (5–10 year major upgrade allocation).
Training Programs $200K
[#17] One-time curriculum and initial training materials/certification development for FCI handling and inoculant procedures.
Cover Setup $125K
[#19] Initial establishment of shell entities, cover identities and related OPSEC infrastructure.
Logistics Setup $10K
[#20] Contract setup and integration costs for armored/certified courier services and chain-of-custody systems.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.6M/yr
Staff Wages $6.2M/yr
[#12, #13, #14] Salaries and benefits for core research/crypto/sysadmin/AIC ops (#12), security guards and perimeter teams (#13), and Special Operatives/TF retainers/salaries (#14). Total includes base salaries plus hazard/shift premiums and benefits.
Research And Monitoring $3.5M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #15, #27] Ongoing compute/power/maintenance for rendering cluster (#4 recurring ops), AIC operations and retraining (#5 recurring), viewer/module maintenance/audits (#6 recurring), inoculant manufacturing/QC/storage (#15 recurring), and D-class/testing logistics (#27 recurring).
Administrative Overhead $1.1M/yr
[#31] Project management, procurement, audits and accounting overhead (~10% of recurring program costs).
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#18, #19] Legal counsel, Ethics Committee review, O5 signatory processes, and ongoing cover/OPSEC/public-facing operations and PR contingencies.
Cybersecurity Ops $275K/yr
[#24] SOC operations, continuous threat hunting, pentesting and incident response retainer for viewer modules, HSMs and AIC systems.
Facilities Maintenance $216K/yr
[#2, #8, #10, #11, #22, #23, #25] Recurring maintenance, leases and SLAs for fiber and facility systems (#2), vault climate and environmental controls (#8), viewing booth and shielding maintenance (#10), secure terminal maintenance (#11), destruction operations certification (#22), off-site backup storage maintenance (#23), and fuel/service/testing for generators/UPS (#25).
Personnel Screening $175K/yr
[#16] Recurring psychometric testing, CRV monitoring and ongoing screening of staff with access to FCIs.
Training Recurring $125K/yr
[#17] Annual recertification, drills and training refreshes for staff and AIC operators.
Medical Monitoring $125K/yr
[#26] Ongoing medical surveillance, counseling and aftercare for exposed personnel.
Long Term Crypto Reserve $100K/yr
[#29] Annualized reserve set aside for periodic rekeying, algorithm migration and HSM replacement.
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#9, #28] Drive rotations/replacements and consumables/PPE/lab supplies (sterile packaging, labels, etc.).
Key Management $40K/yr
[#7] Key lifecycle management, audits and KMS/HSM operational costs for quantum-proof key infrastructure.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#20] Quarterly secure transfers, armored courier per-transfer costs and tracking for physical media.
Forensics And Audit $30K/yr
[#21] Audit logging storage, forensic tooling maintenance and analysis retainer for tracking media and access attestation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.6M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled training and maintenance.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled training and updates
🚨 Minor Incident $12.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized incident involving a small-scale leak/exposure or hardware failure requiring replacement and incident response.
partial media compromise single-system hardware failure small unauthorized access attempt
🚨 Major Breach $14.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or coordinated exfiltration requiring large-scale remediation, forensics, replacement hardware and public containment actions.
successful external breach widespread media exposure loss of multiple vault copies
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $20.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Large-scale catastrophic event causing loss of primary and backup media, mass exposure, major legal/political response and full rebuild.
multi-site coordinated attack mass exposure of First Order FCIs public/political disclosure
👥 Personnel 46 total
Role Count Notes
RAISA Director / Executive Staff 1 [#12] Senior program director with required signatory/oversight responsibilities; included in staff wage totals.
Senior AI / Cryptographers 8 [#12] Engineers responsible for AIC development, cryptography and formal verification; high-skill wage band.
Research Scientists / Analysts 8 [#12] Memeticists, neuroscientists and data curators conducting analysis and cataloging of FCIs.
Sysadmin / Ops 4 [#12] Infrastructure, air-gapped server and cluster operations, HSM and storage maintenance.
Digital Forensics / Security Analysts 2 [#12, #21] Forensic analysis and audit logging specialists for media/tracking analysis.
Administrative Staff / Record Custodians 3 [#12, #18] Procurement, accounting, signatory coordination and records management.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Guards) 10 [#13] Armed security staff for Site-7 perimeter, escorts and 24/7 coverage; count chosen to meet shift rotation needs implicit in recurring costs.
Special Operatives / Task Force Agents 10 [#14] On-call TF (SCP-9001-A) operatives for crisis response, retrievals and field operations; salaries/retainers included in recurring staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable ranges, allowing mid-range estimates, but many items (AIC development scope, inoculant R&D outcomes, breach likelihood) have wide uncertainty, so overall confidence is medium.
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