SCP-9033 — SCP-9033 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9033 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence

SCP-9033

Expected annual

$6.0M

One-time setup

$5.7M

Annual recurring

$6.0M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup focuses on hardened IT, AIC R&D, and research program establishment (~$5.7M). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel salaries, contingency reserves, and containment insurance (~$6.0M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.7M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.9M

[#4, #22, #23] AIC development R&D and integration, initial concentrated SCP-9033 research program, and memetic countermeasure R&D (one-time components).

Equipment $1.1M

[#6, #8, #19, #25, #28] Hardened air-gapped DB servers/storage; HSMs & integration; IRT mobile containment kit procurement; secure communications hardware; UPS/generators and physical resiliency hardware.

Facilities $325K

[#10] Construction/upgrades for secure review facilities/SCIFs (soundproofing, EM hardening); midpoint of $150k–$500k.

Workflow Customization $235K

[#12] One-time development/customization of workflow & access-control software to enforce multi-person signoffs and reserved-slot locking.

Personnel Vetting Initial $48K

[#14] Initial background checks and vetting for pool of 12 staff (estimated $36k–$60k).

Training And Sop Development $40K

[#16] Initial training packages, tabletop exercises, memetic-safety training and secure SOP production.

Supply Chain Vetting Initial $40K

[#27] Initial vetting and secure contracting setup for third-party vendors and contractors.

Physical Backup Production $18K

[#24] One-time production and vaulting of printed/microfilm copies of key designations.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.0M/yr

Incident Contingency Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#21] Annual reserve to fund per-incident containment/remediation when misdesignation causes breaches/damage; conservative $1–3M reserve used.

Containment Insurance Reserve $1.5M/yr

[#30] Additional reserve/insurance to cover elevated containment risk for other assets if designation procedures are disrupted (5–10% of example $20M baseline).

Staff Wages $960K/yr

[#1, #2, #3] Salaries: 2 × L4 approvers (~$360k), 4 × L3 designation staff (~$440k), 2 × backup/cross-trained FTEs (~$160k).

Research And Monitoring $575K/yr

[#5, #22] AIC operations (compute, retraining, hosting, review staff) and recurring research staff/program budget.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#26] Annual retainer for PR/legal operations; per-incident spends are handled via contingency/reserve.

Logistics And Transport $175K/yr

[#20] IRT operational readiness, recurring training, consumables, fuel, on-call premiums and vehicle readiness costs.

Database Hosting $138K/yr

[#7] Recurring hosting, offsite mirrored storage, secure transfers and storage costs for database replication.

Facilities Maintenance $70K/yr

[#10, #11] Annual maintenance for secure review facilities: custodial, HVAC, EM countermeasures, security systems and minor facility upkeep.

Software Licensing $70K/yr

[#13] Ongoing licenses, security updates, and vendor support for DB and workflow tools.

Energy Utilities $70K/yr

[#29] Electricity, HVAC and facility operational utilities attributable to database servers and secure spaces.

Audit And Compliance $60K/yr

[#18] Internal audits, compliance program costs, and occasional external peer reviews.

Medical Psych Support $50K/yr

[#23] Ongoing mental health services and memetic-countermeasure maintenance.

Training Refreshers $28K/yr

[#17] Recurring refreshers, exercises, and staff time/materials for classification training.

Hsm Pki Maintenance $25K/yr

[#8, #9] Recurring HSM/PKI maintenance, certificate rotation and related operational costs (combined estimates).

Insider Monitoring $21K/yr

[#14, #15] Ongoing personnel security monitoring, periodic re-clearance and continuous insider-threat services.

Secure Communications $20K/yr

[#25] Recurring costs for dedicated encrypted voice/data lines and related operations.

Supply Chain Monitoring $20K/yr

[#27] Ongoing vetting and monitoring of vendors/contractors.

Generator Maintenance $12K/yr

[#28] Fuel and maintenance costs for UPS/generators supporting servers and secure facilities.

Physical Backup Storage $4K/yr

[#24] Recurring storage costs for non-digital backups (vault fees, environmental controls).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.0M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no major misdesignation incidents.

routine_operations no_major_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $6.5M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Moderate misdesignation or data corruption event requiring emergency containment and remediation.

misdesignation partial_containment_breach data_corruption

🚨 Major Incident $8.0M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Significant misdesignation causing damage/loss/escape of other SCP assets requiring large-scale containment and recovery.

large_scale_misdesignation multi-asset_containment_response

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Researcher (Level 4)	2	[#1] Senior approver L4s required for timely sign-off and rotation.
Researcher (Level 3)	4	[#2] Designation staff and database curators performing majority of classification work.
Cross-trained Researchers / Backups	2	[#3] Backup/overlap FTEs to cover leave and turnover in the designation workflow.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for nearly all categories, enabling midpoint estimates; uncertainty remains due to variable incident frequency/severity and AIC development scope.

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