diff --git a/lib/Bastion/Vaults/BFD.py b/lib/Bastion/Vaults/BFD.py
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+import os
+import pathlib
+import subprocess
+import operator
+import datetime
+import json
+import socket
+import logging
+import getpass
+
+from   Bastion.Common import Thing, Unknown
+import Bastion.Model
+from   Bastion.Curator import Manifest, BLONDE, Snap
+
+
+class Vault(Bastion.Model.Vault):
+	PROTOCOL = 'BFD'
+
+	def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
+		Bastion.Model.Vault.__init__(self, name, **kwargs)
+		self.bfd     = pathlib.Path("/")
+		self.root    = self.bfd / "bastion" / "bank"
+		self.scratch = self.bfd / "bastion" / "scratch"
+		self.tarx    = 'tar'
+
+
+	def configured(self, conf):
+		confkey = "vaults.{}".format(self.name)
+		if confkey in conf:
+			section      = conf[confkey]
+			self.bfd     = pathlib.Path( section['bfd.path'] )
+			self.root    = self.bfd / "bastion" / "bank"
+			self.scratch = self.bfd / "bastion" / "scratch"
+
+			if 'root.path' in section:
+				self.root = pathlib.Path( section['root.path'] )
+
+			if 'scratch.path' in section:
+				self.scratch = pathlib.Path( section['scratch.path'] )
+
+			if 'tarx' in section:
+				self.tarx = section['tarx']
+
+		return self
+
+#---------------------------------------
+#-- BEGIN Bastion.Model.Vault PROTOCOL |
+#↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
+	@property
+	def ARKs(self):
+		arks = [ ]
+		for site in self.sites:
+			for zone in self.zones(site):
+				for asset in self.assets(site, zone):
+					arks.append( ARK(site, zone, asset) )
+		return tuple(sorted(arks))
+
+	@property
+	def sites(self):
+		#-- sites are top level elements relative to the root of the vault.
+		sites = [ ]
+		for entry in self.root.iterdir():
+			if entry.is_dir():
+				sites.append(entry.name)
+
+		return tuple(sorted(sites))
+
+	def zones(self, site):
+		#-- a zone will be a subdirectory (subfolder) of the given site.
+		#-- look for all of the subfolders of root / site
+		zones = [ ]
+		sroot = self.root / site
+		if sroot.exists( ):
+			for entry in sroot.iterdir( ):
+				if entry.is_dir():
+					zones.append(entry.name)
+		return tuple(sorted(zones))
+
+	def assets(self, site, zone):
+		#-- assets will be subdirectories (subfolders) of a given site, zone.
+		assets = [ ]
+		zroot = self.root / site / zone
+		if zroot.exists( ):
+			for entry in zroot.is_dir():
+				assets.append(entry.name)
+		return tuple(sorted(assets))
+
+	def manifest(self, *args):
+		"""
+		I answer a manifest of the named asset...
+		manifest(ark)
+		manifest(site, zone, asset)
+		"""
+		if len(args) == 1:
+			return self._manifest_ark( args[0] )
+		elif len(args) == 3:
+			return self._manifest_site_zone_asset( args[0], args[1], args[2] )
+		else:
+			raise ValueError
+
+	def provision(self, *args):
+		"""
+		provision(ark) - ensures that the site, zone, and asset folders exist.
+		provision(site, zone, asset_name) - an alias for provision(ark)
+		"""
+		if len(args) == 1:
+			return self._provision_ark( args[0] )
+		elif len(args) == 3:
+			return self._provision_site_zone_asset( args[0], args[1], args[2] )
+		else:
+			raise ValueError
+
+	def push(self, asset, **kwargs):
+		#-- tar asset to scratch
+		#-- move from scratch to asset repository
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def pull(self, ark, **kwargs):
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def put(self, halo, asARK, **kwargs):
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def get(self, ark, time, halo):
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+#↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
+#-- END Bastion.Model.Vault PROTOCOL |
+#-------------------------------------
+	def _tar_asset(self, asset, **kwargs):
+		ark = asset.ARK
+		bucket = self.scratch / ark.site / ark.zone / ark.asset
+		bucket.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
+		subprocess.run(cmd_tar, 
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def _copy_blonde(self, blonde, **kwargs):
+		raise NotImplementedError
+
+	def _empty_scratch(self, ark, **kwargs):
+		pass
+
+
+	def _manifest_ark(self, ark):
+		#-- The contents of {root}/{site}/{zone}/{asset} are backup blobs
+		#-- Each name in this folder is a "BLOND" (BLOb Name and Descriptor)
+		#-- The manifest a catalog of all of the backup objects for the asset.
+		cell = self.root / ark.site / ark.zone / ark.asset
+		if cell.exists():
+			blondes = [ ]
+			for item in cell.iterdir():
+				if not item.is_dir():
+					blondes.append( item.name )
+		manifest = Bastion.Curator.Manifest(ark, blondes)
+
+		return manifest
+
+	def _manifest_site_zone_asset(self, site, zone, asset):
+		return self._manifest_ark( ARK(site, zone, asset) )
+
+
+	def _provision_ark(self, ark):
+		repo = self.root / ark.site / ark.zone / ark.asset
+		return repo.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
+
+
+	def _provision_site_zone_asset(self, site, zone, asset_name):
+		return self._provision_ark( ARK(site, zone, asset_name) )
+
+
+Vault.register()