diff --git a/scripts/styx_prep_nvme_luks.sh b/scripts/styx_prep_nvme_luks.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# --- CONFIG (edit if needed) ---
+# Leave NVME empty → script will auto-detect the SSK dock.
+NVME="${NVME:-}"
+FLAVOR="${FLAVOR:-desktop}"
+# Persistent cache so the image survives reboots.
+IMG_DIR="${IMG_DIR:-/var/cache/styx-rpi}"
+IMG_FILE="${IMG_FILE:-ubuntu-24.04.3-preinstalled-${FLAVOR}-arm64+raspi.img}"
+IMG_BOOT_MNT="${IMG_BOOT_MNT:-/mnt/img-boot}"
+IMG_ROOT_MNT="${IMG_ROOT_MNT:-/mnt/img-root}"
+TGT_ROOT="/mnt/target-root"
+TGT_BOOT="/mnt/target-boot"
+
+STYX_USER="styx"
+STYX_HOSTNAME="titan-ag"
+STYX_PASS="TempPass#123"                # will be forced to change on first login via cloud-init
+SSH_PUBKEY="ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOb8oMX6u0z3sH/p/WBGlvPXXdbGETCKzWYwR/dd6fZb titan-bastion"
+
+# Video / input prefs
+DSI_FLAGS="video=DSI-1:800x480@60D video=HDMI-A-1:off video=HDMI-A-2:off"
+
+# --- Helpers ---
+fatal(){ echo "ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+need(){ command -v "$1" >/dev/null || fatal "Missing tool: $1"; }
+
+require_root(){ [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]] || exec sudo -E "$0" "$@"; }
+
+part() {
+  local n="$1"
+  if [[ "$NVME" =~ [0-9]$ ]]; then
+    echo "${NVME}p${n}"
+  else
+    echo "${NVME}${n}"
+  fi
+}
+
+auto_detect_target_disk() {
+  # If user already set NVME, validate and return
+  if [[ -n "${NVME:-}" ]]; then
+    [[ -b "$NVME" ]] || fatal "NVME='$NVME' is not a block device"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Prefer stable by-id symlinks
+  local byid
+  byid=$(ls -1 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SSK* 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || true)
+  if [[ -n "$byid" ]]; then
+    NVME=$(readlink -f "$byid")
+  else
+    # Heuristic via lsblk -S: look for USB with SSK/Ingram/Storage in vendor/model
+    NVME=$(lsblk -S -p -o NAME,TRAN,VENDOR,MODEL | \
+             awk '/ usb / && ($3 ~ /SSK|Ingram/i || $4 ~ /SSK|Storage/i){print $1; exit}')
+  fi
+
+  [[ -n "${NVME:-}" && -b "$NVME" ]] || fatal "Could not auto-detect SSK USB NVMe dock. Export NVME=/dev/sdX and re-run."
+  echo "Auto-detected target disk: $NVME"
+}
+
+preflight_cleanup() {
+  local img="$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE"
+
+  # 1) Unmount image mountpoints and detach only loops for this IMG
+  umount -lf "$IMG_BOOT_MNT" "$IMG_ROOT_MNT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  # losetup -j exits non-zero if no association → tolerate it
+  { losetup -j "$img" | cut -d: -f1 | xargs -r losetup -d; } 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # 2) Unmount our target mounts
+  umount -lf "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware" "$TGT_BOOT" "$TGT_ROOT" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # 3) Unmount the actual target partitions if mounted anywhere (tolerate 'not found')
+  for p in "$(part 1)" "$(part 2)"; do
+    # findmnt returns 1 when no match → capture and iterate if any
+    while read -r mnt; do
+      [ -n "$mnt" ] && umount -lf "$mnt" 2>/dev/null || true
+    done < <(findmnt -rno TARGET -S "$p" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  done
+
+  # 4) Close dm-crypt mapping (if it exists)
+  cryptsetup luksClose cryptroot 2>/dev/null || true
+  dmsetup remove -f cryptroot 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # 5) Let udev settle
+  command -v udevadm >/dev/null && udevadm settle || true
+}
+
+guard_target_device() {
+  # Refuse to operate if NVME appears to be the current system disk
+  local root_src root_disk
+  root_src=$(findmnt -no SOURCE /)
+  root_disk=$(lsblk -no pkname "$root_src" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [[ -n "$root_disk" && "/dev/$root_disk" == "$NVME" ]]; then
+    fatal "Refusing to operate on system disk ($NVME). Pick the external NVMe."
+  fi
+}
+
+need_host_fido2() {
+  if ! command -v fido2-token >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Host is missing fido2-token. On Arch: sudo pacman -S libfido2"
+    echo "On Debian/Ubuntu host: sudo apt-get install fido2-tools"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_image() {
+  mkdir -p "$IMG_DIR"
+  chmod 755 "$IMG_DIR"
+
+  local BASE="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release"
+  local XZ="ubuntu-24.04.3-preinstalled-${FLAVOR}-arm64+raspi.img.xz"
+
+  # If the decompressed .img is missing, fetch/decompress into the cache.
+  if [[ ! -f "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE" ]]; then
+    need curl; need unxz  # Arch: pacman -S curl xz   |  Ubuntu: apt-get install curl xz-utils
+    if [[ ! -f "$IMG_DIR/$XZ" ]]; then
+      echo "Fetching image…"
+      curl -fL -o "$IMG_DIR/$XZ" "$BASE/$XZ"
+    fi
+    echo "Decompressing to $IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE …"
+    # Keep the .xz for future runs; stream-decompress to the .img
+    if command -v unxz >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      unxz -c "$IMG_DIR/$XZ" > "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE"
+    else
+      need xz
+      xz -dc "$IMG_DIR/$XZ" > "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE"
+    fi
+    sync
+  else
+    echo "Using cached image: $IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE"
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_binfmt_aarch64(){
+  # Register qemu-aarch64 for chrooted ARM64 apt runs
+  if [[ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/qemu-aarch64 ]]; then
+    need docker
+    systemctl enable --now docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    docker run --rm --privileged tonistiigi/binfmt --install arm64 >/dev/null
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -x /usr/local/bin/qemu-aarch64-static ]]; then
+    docker rm -f qemu-static >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    docker create --name qemu-static docker.io/multiarch/qemu-user-static:latest >/dev/null
+    docker cp qemu-static:/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static /usr/local/bin/
+    install -D -m755 /usr/local/bin/qemu-aarch64-static /usr/local/bin/qemu-aarch64-static
+    docker rm qemu-static >/dev/null
+  fi
+}
+
+open_image() {
+  [[ -r "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE" ]] || fatal "Image not found: $IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE"
+  mkdir -p "$IMG_BOOT_MNT" "$IMG_ROOT_MNT"
+
+  # Pre-clean: detach any previous loop(s) for this image (tolerate absence)
+  umount -lf "$IMG_BOOT_MNT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  umount -lf "$IMG_ROOT_MNT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  # If no loop is attached, losetup -j returns non-zero → swallow it
+  mapfile -t OLD < <({ losetup -j "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE" | cut -d: -f1; } 2>/dev/null || true)
+  for L in "${OLD[@]:-}"; do losetup -d "$L" 2>/dev/null || true; done
+  command -v udevadm >/dev/null && udevadm settle || true
+
+  # Attach with partition scan; wait for partition nodes to exist
+  LOOP=$(losetup --find --show --partscan "$IMG_DIR/$IMG_FILE") || fatal "losetup failed"
+  command -v udevadm >/dev/null && udevadm settle || true
+  for _ in {1..25}; do
+    [[ -b "${LOOP}p1" && -b "${LOOP}p2" ]] && break
+    sleep 0.1
+    command -v udevadm >/dev/null && udevadm settle || true
+  done
+  [[ -b "${LOOP}p1" ]] || fatal "loop partitions not present for $LOOP"
+
+  # Cleanup on exit: unmount first, then detach loop (tolerate absence)
+  trap 'umount -lf "'"$IMG_BOOT_MNT"'" "'"$IMG_ROOT_MNT"'" 2>/dev/null; losetup -d "'"$LOOP"'" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
+
+  # Mount image partitions read-only
+  mount -o ro "${LOOP}p1" "$IMG_BOOT_MNT"
+  mount -o ro "${LOOP}p2" "$IMG_ROOT_MNT"
+
+  # Sanity checks without using failing pipelines
+  # start*.elf must exist
+  if ! compgen -G "$IMG_BOOT_MNT/start*.elf" > /dev/null; then
+    fatal "start*.elf not found in image"
+  fi
+  # vmlinuz-* must exist
+  if ! compgen -G "$IMG_ROOT_MNT/boot/vmlinuz-*" > /dev/null; then
+    fatal "vmlinuz-* not found in image root"
+  fi
+}
+
+confirm_and_wipe(){
+  lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,MODEL,TRAN,LABEL "$NVME"
+  read -rp "Type EXACTLY 'WIPE' to destroy ALL DATA on $NVME: " ACK
+  [[ "$ACK" == "WIPE" ]] || fatal "Aborted"
+  wipefs -a "$NVME"
+  sgdisk -Zo "$NVME"
+  # GPT: 1: 1MiB..513MiB vfat ESP; 2: rest LUKS
+  parted -s "$NVME" mklabel gpt \
+    mkpart system-boot fat32 1MiB 513MiB set 1 esp on \
+    mkpart cryptroot 513MiB 100%
+  partprobe "$NVME"; sleep 1
+  mkfs.vfat -F32 -n system-boot "$(part 1)"
+}
+
+setup_luks(){
+  echo "Create LUKS2 on $(part 2) (you will be prompted for a passphrase; keep it as fallback)"
+  need cryptsetup
+  cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 "$(part 2)"
+  cryptsetup open "$(part 2)" cryptroot
+  mkfs.ext4 -L rootfs /dev/mapper/cryptroot
+}
+
+mount_targets(){
+  mkdir -p "$TGT_ROOT" "$TGT_BOOT"
+  mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot "$TGT_ROOT"
+  mkdir -p "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware"
+  mount "$(part 1)" "$TGT_BOOT"
+  mount --bind "$TGT_BOOT" "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware"
+}
+
+rsync_root_and_boot(){
+  need rsync
+  rsync -aAXH --numeric-ids --delete \
+  --exclude='/boot/firmware' --exclude='/boot/firmware/**' \
+  --exclude='/dev/*' --exclude='/proc/*' --exclude='/sys/*' \
+  --exclude='/run/*' --exclude='/tmp/*' --exclude='/mnt/*' \
+  --exclude='/media/*' --exclude='/lost+found' \
+  "$IMG_ROOT_MNT"/ "$TGT_ROOT"/
+  rsync -aH --delete "$IMG_BOOT_MNT"/ "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware"/
+}
+
+write_crypttab_fstab(){
+  LUUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value "$(part 2)")
+  printf 'cryptroot UUID=%s none luks,discard,fido2-device=auto\n' "$LUUID" > "$TGT_ROOT/etc/crypttab"
+  cat > "$TGT_ROOT/etc/fstab" <<EOF
+/dev/mapper/cryptroot  /               ext4  defaults,discard,errors=remount-ro  0 1
+LABEL=system-boot      /boot/firmware  vfat  defaults,umask=0077                 0 1
+EOF
+}
+
+fix_firmware_files(){
+  local C="$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/config.txt"
+  local CL="$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt"
+  [[ -f "$C" ]] || fatal "missing $C"
+
+  # Always boot the uncompressed Pi 5 kernel
+  if grep -q '^kernel=' "$C"; then
+    sed -i 's#^kernel=.*#kernel=kernel_2712.img#' "$C"
+  else
+    sed -i '1i kernel=kernel_2712.img' "$C"
+  fi
+
+  # Ensure initramfs and cmdline indirection are set
+  grep -q '^initramfs ' "$C" || echo 'initramfs initrd.img followkernel' >> "$C"
+  grep -q '^cmdline=cmdline.txt' "$C" || sed -i '1i cmdline=cmdline.txt' "$C"
+
+  # Display & buses (Pi 5)
+  grep -q '^dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi5' "$C" || echo 'dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi5' >> "$C"
+  grep -q '^dtparam=i2c_arm=on'        "$C" || echo 'dtparam=i2c_arm=on' >> "$C"
+  grep -q '^dtparam=pciex1=on'         "$C" || echo 'dtparam=pciex1=on' >> "$C"
+  grep -q '^dtparam=pciex1_gen=2'      "$C" || echo 'dtparam=pciex1_gen=2' >> "$C"
+  grep -q '^enable_uart=1'             "$C" || echo 'enable_uart=1' >> "$C"
+
+  # Minimal, correct dracut hints using the bare UUID
+  local LUUID; LUUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value "$(part 2)")
+  : > "$CL"
+  {
+    echo -n "rd.luks.uuid=$LUUID rd.luks.name=$LUUID=cryptroot "
+    echo -n "root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot rootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc "
+    echo    "console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 ds=nocloud;s=file:///boot/firmware/ ${DSI_FLAGS} rd.debug"
+  } >> "$CL"
+}
+
+seed_cloud_init(){
+  # NoCloud seed to create user, lock down SSH, set hostname, and enable avahi.
+  cat > "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/user-data" <<EOF
+#cloud-config
+hostname: $STYX_HOSTNAME
+manage_etc_hosts: true
+users:
+  - name: $STYX_USER
+    gecos: "$STYX_USER"
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    groups: [sudo,video,i2c]
+    sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
+    lock_passwd: false
+    ssh_authorized_keys:
+      - $SSH_PUBKEY
+chpasswd:
+  list: |
+    $STYX_USER:$STYX_PASS
+  expire: true
+ssh_pwauth: false
+package_update: true
+packages: [openssh-server, avahi-daemon]
+runcmd:
+  - systemctl enable --now ssh
+  - systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon || true
+EOF
+
+  # Minimal meta-data for NoCloud
+  date +%s | awk '{print "instance-id: iid-titan-ag-"$1"\nlocal-hostname: '"$STYX_HOSTNAME"'"}' \
+    > "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/meta-data"
+}
+
+prep_chroot_mounts(){
+  for d in dev proc sys; do mount --bind "/$d" "$TGT_ROOT/$d"; done
+  mount -t devpts devpts "$TGT_ROOT/dev/pts"
+  # Replace the usual resolv.conf symlink with a real file for apt to work
+  rm -f "$TGT_ROOT/etc/resolv.conf"
+  cp /etc/resolv.conf "$TGT_ROOT/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  # Block service starts (no systemd in chroot)
+  cat > "$TGT_ROOT/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d" <<'EOP'
+#!/bin/sh
+exit 101
+EOP
+  chmod +x "$TGT_ROOT/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d"
+
+  # Ensure qemu static is present inside chroot
+  install -D -m755 /usr/local/bin/qemu-aarch64-static "$TGT_ROOT/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static"
+}
+
+in_chroot(){
+  chroot "$TGT_ROOT" /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static /bin/bash -lc '
+set -euo pipefail
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC
+
+# --- APT sources (ports) ---
+cat > /etc/apt/sources.list <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble main restricted universe multiverse
+deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
+deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
+EOS
+
+apt-get update
+
+# --- Remove snaps and pin them off ---
+apt-get -y purge snapd || true
+rm -rf /snap /var/snap /var/lib/snapd /home/*/snap || true
+mkdir -p /etc/apt/preferences.d
+cat > /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+Package: snapd
+Pin: release *
+Pin-Priority: -10
+EOS
+
+# --- Base tools (no flash-kernel; we use dracut) ---
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server avahi-daemon \
+  cryptsetup dracut fido2-tools libfido2-1 i2c-tools \
+  python3-smbus python3-pil zbar-tools qrencode lm-sensors \
+  file zstd lz4 || true
+
+# Camera apps: try rpicam-apps; otherwise basic libcamera tools
+apt-get install -y rpicam-apps || apt-get install -y libcamera-tools || true
+
+# --- Persistent journal so we can read logs after failed boot ---
+mkdir -p /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d
+cat > /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-persistent.conf <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+[Journal]
+Storage=persistent
+EOS
+
+# --- SSH hardening (ensure file exists even if package was half-installed) ---
+if [ ! -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config ]; then
+  mkdir -p /etc/ssh
+  cat > /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+PermitRootLogin no
+PasswordAuthentication no
+KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+# Accept defaults for the rest
+EOS
+fi
+sed -i -e "s/^#\?PasswordAuthentication .*/PasswordAuthentication no/" \
+       -e "s/^#\?KbdInteractiveAuthentication .*/KbdInteractiveAuthentication no/" \
+       -e "s/^#\?PermitRootLogin .*/PermitRootLogin no/" \
+       -e "s/^#\?PubkeyAuthentication .*/PubkeyAuthentication yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config || true
+
+# --- Hostname & hosts ---
+echo "'"$STYX_HOSTNAME"'" > /etc/hostname
+if grep -q "^127\\.0\\.1\\.1" /etc/hosts; then
+  sed -i "s/^127\\.0\\.1\\.1.*/127.0.1.1\t'"$STYX_HOSTNAME"'/" /etc/hosts
+else
+  echo -e "127.0.1.1\t'"$STYX_HOSTNAME"'" >> /etc/hosts
+fi
+
+# --- Enable services on first boot ---
+mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/ssh.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ssh.service
+ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service || true
+
+# --- Ensure i2c group ---
+getent group i2c >/dev/null || groupadd i2c
+
+# --- Dracut configuration (generic, not host-only) ---
+mkdir -p /etc/dracut.conf.d
+cat > /etc/dracut.conf.d/00-hostonly.conf <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+hostonly=no
+EOS
+cat > /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-systemd-crypt.conf <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+add_dracutmodules+=" systemd crypt "
+EOS
+cat > /etc/dracut.conf.d/20-drivers.conf <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+add_drivers+=" nvme xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbhid hid_generic hid "
+EOS
+cat > /etc/dracut.conf.d/30-fido2.conf <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+install_items+="/usr/bin/systemd-cryptsetup /usr/bin/fido2-token /usr/lib/*/libfido2.so* /usr/lib/*/libcbor.so*"
+EOS
+
+# --- Build initramfs and place it where firmware expects it ---
+KVER=$(ls -1 /lib/modules | sort -V | tail -n1)
+dracut --force /boot/initramfs-$KVER.img $KVER
+ln -sf initramfs-$KVER.img /boot/initrd.img
+ln -sf initramfs-$KVER.img /boot/initrd.img-$KVER
+cp -a /boot/initramfs-$KVER.img /boot/firmware/initrd.img
+
+# --- Create uncompressed kernel for Pi 5 firmware ---
+if [ -f "/usr/lib/linux-image-$KVER/Image" ]; then
+  cp -a "/usr/lib/linux-image-$KVER/Image" /boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img
+else
+  FMT=$(file -b "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" || true)
+  case "$FMT" in
+    *Zstandard*|*zstd*) zstd -dc "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" > /boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img ;;
+    *LZ4*)              lz4  -dc "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" > /boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img ;;
+    *gzip*)             zcat     "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" > /boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img ;;
+    *)                  cp -a "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" /boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+# --- Ensure Pi 5 DTB is present on the boot partition ---
+DTB=$(find /lib/firmware -type f -name "bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dtb" | sort | tail -n1 || true)
+[ -n "$DTB" ] && cp -a "$DTB" /boot/firmware/
+
+# --- Dracut hook to copy rdsosreport.txt to the FAT partition on failure ---
+mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99copylog
+cat > /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99copylog/module-setup.sh <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+#!/bin/bash
+check() { return 0; }
+depends() { echo base; return 0; }
+install() {
+  # Guard $moddir for nounset; derive if absent
+  local mdir="${moddir:-$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)}"
+  inst_hook emergency 99 "$mdir/copylog.sh"
+}
+EOS
+chmod +x /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99copylog/module-setup.sh
+
+cat > /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99copylog/copylog.sh <<'"'"'EOS'"'"'
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+for dev in /dev/nvme0n1p1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/mmcblk0p1; do
+  [ -b "$dev" ] || continue
+  mkdir -p /mnt/bootfat
+  if mount -t vfat "$dev" /mnt/bootfat 2>/dev/null; then
+    if [ -s /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt ]; then
+      cp -f /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt /mnt/bootfat/rdsosreport.txt 2>/dev/null || true
+      sync || true
+    fi
+    umount /mnt/bootfat || true
+    break
+  fi
+done
+EOS
+chmod +x /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99copylog/copylog.sh
+
+# Rebuild to ensure the copylog module is included
+dracut --force /boot/initramfs-$KVER.img $KVER
+ln -sf initramfs-$KVER.img /boot/initrd.img
+cp -a /boot/initramfs-$KVER.img /boot/firmware/initrd.img
+
+true
+'
+}
+
+verify_boot_assets(){
+  echo "---- verify boot assets on FAT ----"
+  file "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/kernel_2712.img" || true
+  ls -lh "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/initrd.img" || true
+  echo "-- config.txt (key lines) --"
+  grep -E '^(kernel|initramfs|cmdline)=|^dtoverlay=|^dtparam=' "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/config.txt" || true
+  echo "-- cmdline.txt --"
+  cat "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt" || true
+  echo "-- firmware blobs (sample) --"
+  ls -1 "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware"/start*.elf "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware"/fixup*.dat | head -n 8 || true
+  echo "-- Pi5 DTB --"
+  ls -l "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware/"*rpi-5-b.dtb || true
+}
+
+enroll_fido_tokens(){
+  echo "Enrolling FIDO2 Solo keys into $(part 2) ..."
+  need systemd-cryptenroll
+  need fido2-token
+
+  # Collect all hidraw paths from both output styles (some distros print 'Device: /dev/hidrawX')
+  mapfile -t DEVS < <(
+    fido2-token -L \
+      | sed -n 's,^\(/dev/hidraw[0-9]\+\):.*,\1,p; s,^Device:[[:space:]]\+/dev/hidraw\([0-9]\+\).*,/dev/hidraw\1,p' \
+      | sort -u
+  )
+
+  if (( ${#DEVS[@]} == 0 )); then
+    echo "No FIDO2 tokens detected; skipping enrollment (you can enroll later)."
+    echo "Example later: systemd-cryptenroll $(part 2) --fido2-device=/dev/hidrawX --fido2-with-client-pin=no"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Recommend keeping exactly ONE key plugged during first enrollment to avoid ambiguity.
+  if (( ${#DEVS[@]} > 1 )); then
+    echo "Note: multiple FIDO2 tokens present: ${DEVS[*]}"
+    echo "If enrollment fails, try with only one key inserted."
+  fi
+
+  local rc=0
+  for D in "${DEVS[@]}"; do
+    echo "-> Enrolling $D (you should be asked to touch the key)"
+    if ! SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug systemd-cryptenroll "$(part 2)" \
+          --fido2-device="$D" \
+          --fido2-with-client-pin=no \
+          --fido2-with-user-presence=yes \
+          --fido2-with-user-verification=no \
+          --label="solo-$(basename "$D")"; then
+      echo "WARN: enrollment failed for $D"
+      rc=1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "Tokens enrolled (if any):"
+  systemd-cryptenroll "$(part 2)" --list || true
+  return $rc
+}
+
+cleanup(){
+  rm -f "$TGT_ROOT/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d" || true
+  umount -lf "$TGT_ROOT/dev/pts" 2>/dev/null || true
+  for d in dev proc sys; do umount -lf "$TGT_ROOT/$d" 2>/dev/null || true; done
+  umount -lf "$TGT_ROOT/boot/firmware" 2>/dev/null || true
+  umount -lf "$TGT_BOOT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  umount -lf "$TGT_ROOT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  cryptsetup close cryptroot 2>/dev/null || true
+  umount -lf "$IMG_BOOT_MNT" 2>/dev/null || true
+  umount -lf "$IMG_ROOT_MNT" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+main(){
+  require_root
+  need losetup; need parted; need rsync
+  auto_detect_target_disk
+  echo "Target disk: $NVME"
+  ensure_binfmt_aarch64
+  ensure_image
+  preflight_cleanup
+  guard_target_device
+  open_image
+  confirm_and_wipe
+  setup_luks
+  mount_targets
+  rsync_root_and_boot
+  write_crypttab_fstab
+  fix_firmware_files
+  seed_cloud_init
+  prep_chroot_mounts
+  in_chroot
+  verify_boot_assets
+  need_host_fido2
+  enroll_fido_tokens
+  cleanup
+  echo "✅ NVMe prepared."
+  echo "   Install in the Pi 5 and boot with no SD."
+  echo "   Expect LUKS to unlock automatically with a Solo key inserted;"
+  echo "   passphrase fallback remains. Hostname: ${STYX_HOSTNAME}  User: ${STYX_USER}"
+  echo "   On first boot, reach it via: ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_titan styx@titan-ag.local"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml b/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
index b176c64..dc62ef5 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ spec:
 
       persistentVolume:
         enabled: true
-        size: 100Gi              # adjust; uses default StorageClass (Longhorn)
-        # storageClassName: ""   # set if you want a specific class
+        size: 100Gi
+        storageClassName: "astreae"
 
       # Enable built-in Kubernetes scraping
       scrape:
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ spec:
       GF_SECURITY_ALLOW_EMBEDDING: "true"
     grafana.ini:
       server:
-        domain: reporting.bstein.dev
-        root_url: https://reporting.bstein.dev/
+        domain: atlas.metrics.bstein.dev
+        root_url: https://atlas.metrics.bstein.dev/
       auth.anonymous:
         hide_version: true
       users:
@@ -322,14 +322,14 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt
       hosts:
-        - host: alerts.bstein.dev
+        - host: atlas.alerts.bstein.dev
           paths:
             - path: /
               pathType: Prefix
       tls:
         - secretName: alerts-bstein-dev-tls
           hosts:
-            - alerts.bstein.dev
+            - atlas.alerts.bstein.dev
     config:
       global:
         resolve_timeout: 5m