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SCP-9880 K-Thaumiel ? low confidence
SCP-9880
Expected annual
$33.0M
One-time setup
$121.7M
Annual recurring
$32.4M
Personnel
95
One-time setup and endowment costs are dominated by secure facility build-out and a long-term continuity endowment (~$122M), while recurring annual costs (~$32.4M/yr) are driven primarily by staff wages, supplies/logistics, security, and ongoing research/containment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $121.7M
Long Term Endowment $55.0M
[#24] One-time continuity reserve / endowment to underwrite long-term containment (decades-long fund).
Facilities $53.2M
[#2, #13, #18] Major secure compound / urban adaptation build-out (Site-188) plus perimeter/fortifications and a sewage/treatment plant for an isolated 1,000-person settlement.
Equipment $6.7M
[#6, #7, #8, #9, #11, #15, #17] Vehicles/drones capital, power hardware, communications/SOC hardware, passport production equipment and initial stock, initial amnestic stockpile inventory, DEEPWELL hardened systems, and specialized ritual storage.
Antimeme Rd $3.0M
[#10] One-time R&D / scale-up costs for Antimeme-023 if not already available.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M
[#16] Lab/vault instrumentation and initial containment/research program setup for newly housed anomalies (per‑anomaly setup aggregated).
Staff Onboarding Relocation $1.0M
[#22] One-time onboarding/relocation costs for on-site staff (~100 hires).
Assumptions Scaling $0
[#1] Assumption: estimates scaled to a single contained settlement of ~1,000 inhabitants; no direct cost.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $32.4M/yr
Staff Wages $8.0M/yr
[#4] Salaries for permanently assigned/rotated Division personnel (security, researchers/techs, medics, logistics, admin, memetics/thaumaturgy); breakdown in personnel section.
Supplies And Consumables $4.7M/yr
[#5] Food, potable water, pharmaceuticals, medical disposables, PPE, spoilage/waste overhead, clandestine logistics surcharge for 1,000 residents.
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#16] Ongoing R&D and active containment research programs for anomalies housed inside the settlement (aggregate budget for multiple projects).
Cover Story And Legal $2.8M/yr
[#23] Legal/diplomatic cover, front companies, bribery/black-budget and related recurring costs to manage outside investigations or interference.
Security And Counter Breach $2.5M/yr
[#13] Recurring payroll, munitions, anti-air/anti-UAV systems, perimeter sensors, and rapid reaction teams for external defence and anti-infiltration.
Facilities Maintenance $2.2M/yr
[#3] Ongoing maintenance, inspections, HVAC/HEPA/memetic filtration upkeep and capital replacement (2–5% annualized of capital).
Recruitment Rotation $1.8M/yr
[#22] Recurring travel, rotation allowances, relocation support, and training for rotating agents assigned to search/containment roles.
Power Generation $1.1M/yr
[#7] Recurring fuel, maintenance and generator/UPS upkeep for secure power feed and high-draw containment systems.
Termination Contingency $1.1M/yr
[#12] Recurring contingency budget for covert termination/recruitment/cleanup operations and occasional clandestine sorties.
Logistics And Transport $850K/yr
[#6] Recurring fuel, maintenance, crew costs for transport fleet (trucks, vans, UAV cargo) and clandestine resupply operations.
Memetic Operations $850K/yr
[#14] Recurring content production, PSYOPS staff, printed materials, bureaucratic forgery, and ongoing narrative maintenance inside/outside the dome.
Emergency Response Reserve $750K/yr
[#20] Annual contingency reserve for emergency re-sealing, rapid amnestic sorties, tactical raids, and ritual recalibrations.
Communications And It $600K/yr
[#8] Recurring bandwidth, cloud/SOC administration, anti-forensics and secure servers supporting memetic broadcast infrastructure and Veil.aic.
Ritual Reagents $550K/yr
[#17] Recurring procurement of specialized thaumaturgic consumables, reagents and single‑use ritual materials.
Deepwell Operations $325K/yr
[#15] Recurring secure archival engineering, DEEPWELL maintenance, tamper/forensics teams and records-tampering operations.
Misc Overhead $300K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, petty cash, small capital purchases and unallocated contingencies.
Waste Management $275K/yr
[#18] Recurring operations, chemicals, staff for internal sewage, hazardous waste processing and secure disposal.
Psychological Support $250K/yr
[#19] Recurring psychological monitoring, counselling and memetic resistance training for exposed Division staff.
Antimeme Manufacturing $175K/yr
[#10] Recurring manufacturing, storage and administration costs for Antimeme-023 doses for Division members.
Amnestic Program $128K/yr
[#11] Recurring cost for amnestic vials usage (projected annual use) and clinician administration / follow-up.
Replacement Loss Mitigation $125K/yr
[#21] Recurring replacement/anti-counterfeiting costs for stolen passports and investigation into thefts.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $32.4M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no major incidents.
no breach no large-scale amnestic shortfall steady supply lines
🚨 Minor Incident $33.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized breach/theft or memetic failure requiring emergency sorties, additional amnestics, replacement passports and limited repairs.
stolen passport incident localized memetic degradation limited external intrusion
🚨 Major Breach $52.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Large-scale breach or cascading failure leading to mass amnestic deployment, tactical operations, major repairs and legal/diplomatic fallout.
mass passport compromise major dome memetic failure coordinated external attack
🚨 Political Exposure $37.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Partial public or governmental discovery requiring intensive legal/diplomatic mitigation, cover-company scaling, and media operations.
leak to local authorities investigative journalism exposure
👥 Personnel 95 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#4] Armed guards, rapid reaction teams and perimeter security; salary assumptions per analyst notes.
Research Scientist / Containment Technician 15 [#4, #16] Researchers and containment techs responsible for anomaly study and vault operations.
Medical Officer 10 [#4, #11] Medical staff for routine care, amnestic administration and medical monitoring.
Logistics / Driver 20 [#4, #6] Staff operating supply transports, UAVs, and fleet maintenance.
Administrative Staff / Management 12 [#4, #14, #23] On-site administrators, managers, cover-story bureaucracy and liaison roles.
Memetics / Thaumaturgy Specialist 8 [#4, #17, #14] Specialists running memetic operations, Veil.aic oversight, and thaumaturgic rituals/passport handling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and order-of-magnitude midpoints; SCP-9880's anomalous scaling (per-anomaly and long-term political risk) introduces high uncertainty and wide cost bands.
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