Total: $1,800,000,000. Itemized sub-components (these are specific, evidence-supported Foundation build/lease actions following discovery and the timeline in the file): 1) Short-term/leased deep-space observatory deployment (placement of 2-4 medium observatory platforms in nearby logistics hub and limited remote relays to Tabby's Star): $600,000,000. 2) Upgrades to nearest Foundation logistics hub (lab/crew quarters/secure curation modules to receive Tekton artifacts and samples): $500,000,000. 3) Small deployable in-system fabrication/maintenance bays (service probes and short-lived robotic servicing for recovered modules): $500,000,000. 4) Secure artifact storage and conservation modules (radiation/thaumaturgy-hardened vaults at hub): $200,000,000. Rationale: the article documents Foundation-led surveys, recovery of archaeological materials (Habitat N843 museum/archives) and deployment of mission assets; these are achievable, discrete costs. This line does NOT include construction of a permanent, full-capability Orbital Site-083 (that larger program was planned in the archived containment brief but not documented as completed before neutralization).

Total: $1,100,000,000. Itemized sub-components: 1) Mission retrofit and expedition equipment for FSS Alto Clef / MTF Lambda-15 deployment (specialized thaumaturgic interface hardware, mission-duration consumables, shipborne experimental rigs used during the redirection attempt): $600,000,000. 2) Robotic probe suite and manipulation tooling used to survey/enter Dyson-swarm modules (long-duration robotics, attachment/manipulator tooling, sample-return hardware): $250,000,000. 3) High-precision instrumentation (cryogenic/gravitational sensors, multi-spectrum receivers built to test 'perfect blackbody' anomalies and measure spatiotemporal effects): $200,000,000. 4) Initial amnestic field kits and secure delivery hardware for mission personnel and immediate response capability: $50,000,000. Rationale: the file specifically records an expedition, high-precision measurements, and remote/robotic operations; these equipment costs are limited to what Foundation actually deployed or used in-system.

Total: $800,000,000. Itemized sub-components: 1) Applied Thaumatology laboratory and anomaly-hardened experimental infrastructure (including shielded test chambers and thaumaturgic shielding R&D seed funds): $400,000,000. 2) Exoarchaeology program initial operations (conservation lab, cataloguing of recovered artifacts from N843 and junction waystations, specialized translation/decipherment teams startup): $200,000,000. 3) Data-analysis and compute hardware (radiation/taumaprotected compute racks, storage for high-volume spectral/archaeological datasets, initial AI modeling licenses): $200,000,000. Rationale: the article highlights active, high-priority research in Applied Thaumatology and Exoarchaeology and significant data-analysis needs; these are concrete, fundable line items.

Research & monitoring: $300,000,000/yr. Ongoing Applied Thaumatology experiments, exoarchaeology field programs, continued analysis of sensor datasets, pay for specialist contractors (glyph translation, xenomaterials analyses), and limited in-system instrument operations. This line also covers regular mission planning and occasional short-duration survey/probe launches to retrieve additional data from remnants prior to their collapse. Note: large-scale energy-harvesting R&D programs are not funded here because the article documents the swarm's collapse and the later impossibility of using it as an energy source (see cost_scenarios).

Staff wages: $75,000,000/yr. Covers salaries, hazard pay and rotation costs for a specialized staff (~350 personnel total; see personnel section) including exoarchaeologists, thaumaturgists, mission analysts, engineers and core operators assigned to the program. The staffing level is scaled to match the documented program of artifact analysis, dataset maintenance, limited continued monitoring and follow-on investigations rather than permanent megastructure construction.

Logistics & transport: $40,000,000/yr. Costs for occasional resupply and personnel rotation via Foundation interstellar transport (using existing hyperlane access), maintenance of small relay hops, and insurance/drive maintenance for mission launches tied to this program. Scale is reduced relative to a permanent orbital site because no permanent, large crewed installation is maintained in-system after neutralization.

Facilities maintenance: $15,000,000/yr. Routine upkeep for the hub lab modules, curation vaults, and leased observatory platforms; periodic servicing of in-system fabrication bays and secure storage. This assumes use of existing Foundation logistics hubs with modest additional workload.

Supplies & consumables: $5,000,000/yr. Medical supplies, replacement experiment consumables, small-scale robotic spare parts and laboratory consumables for conservation and analysis.