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SCP-9730 Thaumiel ~ medium confidence
SCP-9730
Expected annual
$20.6M
One-time setup
$86.2M
Annual recurring
$19.4M
Personnel
5
Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves dominate costs (~$86.3M one-time), with ongoing high recurring expenses driven by covert operations, security staffing, thaumaturgical maintenance and legal/cover operations (~$19.4M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $86.2M
Contingency Reserve $55.0M
[#11] Large capital reserve (kept liquid) for emergency heavy engineering, tunneling, emergency rites and consultants in case of foundation/concrete damage.
Legal War Chest Seed $10.5M
[#19] One-time seed fund for clandestine legal defense, settlements, or remediation in the event of discovery or contractor exposure.
Facilities $7.9M
[#1, #5, #6] One-time structural retrofit and reinforcement of embedded concrete block, secure O5 meeting room construction, and hardened perimeter/foundation-sector deployment hardware and construction work.
Equipment $4.8M
[#2, #7, #8, #10, #15] Redundant monitoring systems, redundant power/UPS/generators, air-gapped servers and cryptoseal hardware, robotic testbed/teleoperation suites, and advanced non-invasive imaging system acquisition.
Retention Compensation Pool $2.8M
[#13] One-time special retention/compensation package pool for high-clearance personnel to mitigate insider risk and ensure secrecy.
Rare Artifact Acquisition $2.5M
[#17] One-time acquisition of critical artifacts/rare reagents via legal or high-risk procurement channels.
Thaumaturgical Wards Installation $1.8M
[#3] One-time establishment of permanent thaumaturgical wards, seals, secure storage for ritual artifacts and initial rare reagents necessary to re-instate durable rites.
Offsite Archives Replication $550K
[#18] One-time replication and geographic distribution of analogue/digital continuity archives (doomsday copies).
Cover Company Setup $275K
[#14] One-time legal/cover-story establishment costs for shell companies, fabricated records and initial legal setups.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $175K
[#9] One-time deep archival digitization and procurement of rare source materials to support initial research and containment studies.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.4M/yr
Covert Operations $4.5M/yr
[#12] Recurring covert HUMINT, cyber operations, physical surveillance and occasional black-ops interventions to neutralize external threats or prevent leaks.
Cover Story And Legal $3.7M/yr
[#5, #14, #19] Recurring administrative/legal/ops support for O5 approvals, secure communications, media operations, legal settlements and liaison with complicit entities.
Security Operations $3.5M/yr
[#6] Recurring dedicated foundation-sector security staffing, training, maintenance of automated countermeasures, and immediate reaction force costs specific to the foundation-sector.
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#4] Salaries, benefits and secrecy/inducement costs for the senior thaumaturge/archaeomancer team (midpoint estimate for 2–6 high-clearance practitioners).
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#2, #8, #9, #10, #15] Ongoing data storage/auditing, immutable record upkeep, research personnel and lab costs, remote-testbed maintenance/calibration, and recurring imaging/analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $1.3M/yr
[#3, #17] Ongoing ritual reagent replacement, rare-material procurement pipeline operating costs and consumables for thaumaturgical upkeep.
Strategic Overhead $875K/yr
[#20] Recurring administrative/strategic prioritization overhead (senior leadership time, war-gaming, scenario planning allocated to SCP-9730).
Insider Risk Mitigation $600K/yr
[#13] Recurring vetting, polygraphs, psych evals, loyalty incentives, counseling and internal affairs investigations to reduce insider threats.
Facilities Maintenance $438K/yr
[#1, #7] Recurring structural inspections, patching and vibration/seismic isolation maintenance plus generator/fuel system maintenance and periodic load testing.
Psych And Ethics Support $300K/yr
[#16] Recurring high-clearance psychological support, ethics panels and mediation for O5s and thaumaturgical staff.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#18] Recurring costs for rotation/upkeep of offsite archives and secure courier/transport for continuity materials.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.4M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Routine year with no major incidents; normal inspections, ward upkeep, security and covert operations continue at expected levels.
normal operations scheduled inspections routine ward renewal
🚨 Minor Incident $21.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized issue (small crack, sensor tampering attempt, or ward weakening) requiring emergency engineering, extra ritual work and a temporary security surge.
detected structural micro-failure targeted vendetta/attack attempt temporary ward degradation
🚨 Major Breach $44.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant damage to the foundation sector or failure of primary wards requiring extensive tunneling/engineering, multi-day emergency rites, legal/PR containment and major security operations.
partial structural failure coordinated external attack major ward collapse
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $119.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Existential containment failure requiring full contingency reserve deployment, cross-site coordination, global-scale legal and containment expenditures and potential reconstitution operations.
collapse of concrete shell simultaneous multi-vector attack failure of emergency rites
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Thaumaturge / Archaeomancer 5 [#4] High-clearance practitioners responsible for ritual maintenance, attunements and oversight; headcount based on staff_wages midpoint and stated team size (2–6).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing midpoint estimates, but thaumaturgical uncertainty, contingent black-market procurement and wide cost ranges (especially contingency reserves and covert operations) reduce precision.
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