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SCP-9173 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-9173
Expected annual
$7.6M
One-time setup
$29.0M
Annual recurring
$7.4M
Personnel
37
Initial capital costs are large (~$29M) driven by site construction, contingency reserves and vehicle/robotics procurement; annual recurring costs are roughly $7.37M/yr driven by staff wages (MTF, guards, researchers), AI/monitoring, cover operations, and contingency readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $29.0M
Contingency Escalation Fund $10.0M
[#40] Contingency escalation capital reserve recommended to rapidly scale operations, evacuate neighborhoods, or purchase additional assets during major expansions.
Facilities $8.3M
[#1, #2] Site-90 construction and land acquisition to conceal statue with hardened provisional containment, including guard houses and perimeter hard barriers/exclusion implementation.
Veil Repair Reserve $5.0M
[#30] One-time Veil-repair & reality-restoration contingency reserve for large A-1 events (replenishable emergency fund).
Equipment $3.1M
[#5, #6, #8, #12, #17, #22] MTF initial field equipment kits, Kant counters procurement & installation, environmental/wide-area surveillance hardware, redundant generator/UPS installation, rapid-deploy vehicles and light helicopter availability, and TEMPEST-grade communications hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#10, #15] Eunomia.aic secure server/GPU cluster & secure enclave procurement and specialized remote sampling/robotics/manipulators for material sampling attempts.
Public Compensation $1.0M
[#26] Public compensation and relocation assistance up-front payments to businesses/residents affected by exclusion zone.
Amnestic Stockpile $200K
[#28] One-time procurement and secure stockpile of amnestic agents and initial trained deployment supplies.
Cover Startup $100K
[#25] One-time cover story start-up costs: initial payments to local contractors, forging permits, staging costs to establish decoy construction project.
Incident Cleanup Contract Setup $100K
[#32] One-time incident cleanup and decontamination contract set-up fees.
Initial Training Package $75K
[#36] Initial training package and scenario development curriculum and third-party contractor fees.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.4M/yr
Staff Wages $4.1M/yr
[#3, #4, #14, #11] Ongoing personnel wages and benefits: perimeter contractor guards (#3), MTF Upsilon-2 operational budget (#4), on-site research team salaries (#14), and Eunomia.aic specialist staff salaries/retainer (#11 portion).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#24, #27, #34] Ongoing cover/PR operations, public mitigation/relations, and annual legal reserve/litigation/settlement fund.
Veil Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#31] Annual Veil contingency replenishment and rapid-response standby funding to scale during spikes or major events.
Hazard Pay $350K/yr
[#39] Hazard pay premiums, benefits premium and on-call lodging allowances for critical personnel.
Logistics And Transport $310K/yr
[#18, #19] Vehicle/air asset maintenance, fuel, pilots/crew service contracts and drone fleet spare parts/flight permits.
Amnestic Replenishment $250K/yr
[#29] Annual replenishment, training and per-event amnestic deployment operations.
Research And Monitoring $225K/yr
[#16, #37] Ongoing experimental attempts/materials science budget and archival/secure incident logging (redaction/compliance team) operations.
Training Exercises $150K/yr
[#35] Annual training, exercises and interagency drills with MTF, researchers and cover teams.
Generator Fuel Maintenance $75K/yr
[#13] Generator fuel deliveries, scheduled servicing and UPS/backup maintenance.
Decon Retainer $75K/yr
[#33] Ongoing retainer for incident cleanup, hazmat contractors and site restoration services.
Surveillance Data Storage $60K/yr
[#9] Surveillance bandwidth, secure on-site data center operations and off-site encrypted backups for semihourly logs and high-bandwidth surveillance.
Enhanced Medical Surveillance $50K/yr
[#21] Enhanced medical screening and special testing for at-risk categories (pregnant personnel, post gender-affirming surgery monitoring).
Remote Medical Checkups $48K/yr
[#20] Remote monthly medical check-ups for close-working personnel (~20 people at $200/month avg).
Comms Net Maintenance $40K/yr
[#23] Recurring maintenance for encrypted radios, hardened site network, crypto key management and audits.
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#38] Consumables, PPE, spare parts, batteries, filters, replacement sensors and general supplies.
Kant Counters Maintenance $30K/yr
[#7] Kant counter maintenance, calibration, spare units and field tech visits.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.4M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major anomalous incidents; routine operations, monitoring, and cover maintenance.
no_major_A-1_events routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $7.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized A-1 event causing limited civilian exposure or site damage requiring increased amnestic use, cleanup, and short-term surge deployments.
localized_A-1_event civilian_exposure minor_veil_stress
🚨 Major Breach $15.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
City-scale SCP-9173-A-1 event or anniversary-driven expansion that threatens the Veil and requires large-scale Veil-repair, mass amnestic campaigns, reconstruction assistance and extended deployments.
city_scale_A-1 Veil_breach_risk anniversary_spike
👥 Personnel 37 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Guard 16 [#3] 24/7 perimeter contractor guards (shift rotations; salary/benefits ~ $45k/yr each).
MTF Operator / Rapid Response Agent 12 [#4] MTF Upsilon-2 assigned specialists for monitoring, prediction and rapid response.
Research Scientist / Technician 6 [#14] On-site research team and technicians for analysis, modelling and lab work.
AI Specialist / Eunomia Staff 3 [#10, #11] Dedicated Eunomia.aic specialists to maintain predictive modelling, logs and AI infrastructure.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude based on analyst-provided line items and known operational patterns; many line items (land costs, contractor rates, Veil-repair requirements) are location-dependent and scenario-driven, producing moderate uncertainty.
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