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diff --git a/assets/dist/course-V-orbit.webp b/assets/dist/course-V-orbit.webp
new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100755
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diff --git a/assets/raw/course-III-node.jpeg b/assets/raw/course-III-node.jpeg
new file mode 100755
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diff --git a/assets/raw/course-IV-traffic.jpeg b/assets/raw/course-IV-traffic.jpeg
new file mode 100755
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diff --git a/assets/raw/course-V-orbit.jpeg b/assets/raw/course-V-orbit.jpeg
new file mode 100755
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diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 3a03402..b3284e3 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ here="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 cd -- "$here"
 
 for f in pilot/arc.tpl.html pilot/manifest-docker.json pilot/manifest-cluster.json \
+         pilot/manifest-surround.json pilot/manifest-node.json pilot/manifest-pod.json \
+         pilot/manifest-traffic.json pilot/manifest-orbit.json \
          pilot/manifest-gitops.json pilot/manifest-supply.json \
          pilot/manifest-helm.json gsap.min.js st.min.js \
          assets/dist/course-VI-gitops.webp assets/dist/course-VII-supply-chain.webp \
          assets/dist/course-VIII-helm-press.webp assets/dist/appendix-dependency-ledger.webp \
          assets/dist/delivery-flow.svg assets/dist/docker-layers.webp \
-         assets/dist/course-II-cluster.webp; do
+         assets/dist/course-II-cluster.webp assets/dist/course-00-surround.webp \
+         assets/dist/course-III-node.webp assets/dist/course-III-pod.webp \
+         assets/dist/course-IV-traffic.webp assets/dist/course-V-orbit.webp; do
   [[ -f "$f" ]] || { printf 'missing source: %s\n' "$f" >&2; exit 1; }
 done
 
diff --git a/pilot/arc.tpl.html b/pilot/arc.tpl.html
index 70389c4..cd9efe6 100644
--- a/pilot/arc.tpl.html
+++ b/pilot/arc.tpl.html
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 <nav class="toc" aria-label="index">
   <p class="kt">Index</p>
   <ol>
+    <li><a href="#c0"><b>Course 00</b><span>Aperitif - three commands, and what actually just happened</span></a></li>
     <li><a href="#c1"><b>Course I</b><span>Docker - an image is a stack of frozen diffs</span></a></li>
     <li><a href="#c2"><b>Course II</b><span>Kubernetes - a cluster is a promise, not a place</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#c3a"><b>Course III</b><span>The node - where intent becomes a process</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#c3b"><b>Course III</b><span>The pod - one IP, shared fate</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#c4"><b>Course IV</b><span>The traffic - pods are cattle, Services are the brand</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#c5"><b>Course V</b><span>OpenShift - Kubernetes with opinions, and a security guard</span></a></li>
     <li><a href="#c6"><b>Course VI</b><span>GitOps - nobody deploys anything; the cluster syncs itself</span></a></li>
     <li><a href="#c7"><b>Course VII</b><span>The image supply chain - a tag is a promise, a digest is a fact</span></a></li>
     <li><a href="#c8"><b>Course VIII</b><span>Helm - a chart is a function; the values file is the cluster speaking</span></a></li>
@@ -26,13 +31,50 @@
   <p>The Exploded Cluster teaches how modern container platforms work by taking them apart -
     literally. Each course is one machine drawn as a single exploded illustration, sliced into its
     real components and wired to your scroll, so the architecture moves while the words explain it.
-    Start at Course I with what an image actually is; finish knowing how a change travels from a
+    Start with the aperitif&#39;s three terminal commands; finish knowing how a change travels from a
     git commit to a running, secret-fed, digest-pinned workload on a fleet. Every claim comes from
     running these systems for real, and the library at the end links only to official
     documentation.</p>
 </section>
 
 
+<!-- ============ COURSE 00 ============ -->
+<section class="course" id="c0" data-scene="surround" aria-labelledby="c0h">
+  <header class="chead">
+    <p class="eyebrow">Course 00 &middot; Aperitif</p>
+    <h2 id="c0h" class="thesis">Three commands.<br><em>What actually just happened?</em></h2>
+    <p class="lede">The whole ceremony of shipping software fits in four lines of terminal. They
+      work on your first day and stay mysterious for years. Scroll - the shell comes off first.</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="pin">
+    <div class="viewport solo">
+      <figure class="scene">
+        <img class="flat" src="__HERO_SURROUND__"
+             alt="Six dark armour fragments with neon seams framing a large empty centre - the
+                  casing of a machine caught the instant before it comes apart.">
+        <div class="crt" role="img" aria-label="A terminal transcript: docker build, docker push,
+             kubectl apply, kubectl get pods showing Running - then the question: but what
+             actually just happened?">
+          <p class="line">$ docker build -t shop/api:1.4.2 .</p>
+          <p class="line ok">=&gt; exported image sha256:9f2c41...</p>
+          <p class="line">$ docker push shop/api:1.4.2</p>
+          <p class="line">$ kubectl apply -f deploy.yaml</p>
+          <p class="line ok">deployment.apps/api created</p>
+          <p class="line">$ kubectl get pods</p>
+          <p class="line ok">api-7d4b9c6-x2k4f&nbsp;&nbsp;1/1&nbsp;&nbsp;Running</p>
+          <p class="line q">...but what actually just happened?</p>
+        </div>
+      </figure>
+    </div>
+    <div class="bench"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="prose">
+    <p>An image got <b>built</b> - of what, exactly? <b>Pushed</b> - to where, and what travelled?
+      <b>Applied</b> - which is not the same as launched. <b>Running</b> - according to whom?
+      Every course below takes one of those words apart. The armour is already loose.</p>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
 <!-- ============ COURSE I ============ -->
 <section class="course" id="c1" data-scene="docker" aria-labelledby="c1h">
   <header class="chead">
@@ -126,6 +168,171 @@
   </div>
 </section>
 
+<!-- ============ COURSE III - THE NODE ============ -->
+<section class="course" id="c3a" data-scene="node" aria-labelledby="c3ah">
+  <header class="chead">
+    <p class="eyebrow">Course III &middot; The node</p>
+    <h2 id="c3ah" class="thesis">Where intent<br><em>becomes a process.</em></h2>
+    <p class="lede">Everything so far was decision. This is the machine where a pod stops being
+      paperwork and starts being a process - and the chain assembles link by link as you scroll.</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="pin">
+    <div class="viewport">
+      <figure class="scene">
+        <img class="flat" src="__HERO_NODE__"
+             alt="A diagonal chain of node machinery: a visor-lit kubelet module, a layered
+                  container-runtime engine, a ported CNI ring, a magenta routing prism - and a
+                  small glowing pod capsule descending toward the engine.">
+      </figure>
+      <ol class="legend"></ol>
+    </div>
+    <div class="bench"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="prose">
+    <h3>One component starts containers. One.</h3>
+    <p>Every node runs a <b>kubelet</b> - and in the entire system it is the only component that
+      actually starts your container. It speaks CRI to <b>containerd</b> or CRI-O, which pulls the
+      image (through the mirror of Course VII) and launches it. A <b>CNI plugin</b> hands the pod
+      a real IP, and <b>kube-proxy</b> - or an eBPF datapath replacing it - makes Service
+      addresses route to real pods. The kubelet drives, the runtime executes, the CNI wires, the
+      proxy routes.</p>
+    <p class="sayit">The kubelet is the only component that actually starts your container.</p>
+    <p class="fieldnote"><b>Field note.</b> Node NotReady? Check kubelet-to-API-server
+      connectivity before anything else - a node that cannot phone home is presumed lost.</p>
+    <p class="closeline">The control plane never touches your workload. It writes intent; the
+      kubelet reads it and makes it flesh. Authority and execution meet exactly here, nowhere
+      else.</p>
+    <p class="reads"><b>Pre-reads:</b> C-II
+      &ensp;<b>Further:</b> <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/">cluster architecture</a> &middot;
+      <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/#node-components">node components</a></p>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- ============ COURSE III - THE POD ============ -->
+<section class="course" id="c3b" data-scene="pod" aria-labelledby="c3bh">
+  <header class="chead">
+    <p class="eyebrow">Course III &middot; The pod</p>
+    <h2 id="c3bh" class="thesis">One IP,<br><em>shared fate.</em></h2>
+    <p class="lede">A pod is not a container - it is a jacket around one or more. Scroll, and the
+      capsule opens like a clamshell: shells apart, contents on display.</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="pin">
+    <div class="viewport">
+      <figure class="scene">
+        <img class="flat" src="__HERO_POD__"
+             alt="A pod capsule blown open: two frosted shell halves floating apart, a cyan app
+                  container column standing on an amber-lit init gate, a smaller magenta sidecar
+                  beside it, and a stack of translucent volume discs.">
+      </figure>
+      <ol class="legend"></ol>
+    </div>
+    <div class="bench"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="prose">
+    <h3>The jacket, not the container</h3>
+    <p>Everything inside the jacket shares a <b>network namespace</b>: one IP, localhost between
+      friends, volumes mountable by all. <b>initContainers</b> run first, in order, to completion -
+      gatekeepers under everything. <b>Sidecars</b> ride along with their own containers and their
+      own jobs: proxy, logs, reload.</p>
+    <h3>Three probes, three different jobs</h3>
+    <p><b>startup</b> owns warm-up, <b>readiness</b> gates traffic, <b>liveness</b> restarts the
+      truly hung. Confusing them is how healthy pods get executed - a slow start killed by an
+      impatient liveness probe looks exactly like a crash.</p>
+    <p class="sayit">containerPort is documentation - the app still has to bind the port itself.</p>
+    <p class="fieldnote"><b>Field note.</b> Exit 137 with reason Error is the kubelet's probe
+      kill; OOMKilled is memory. Same exit code, different crimes - read the reason.</p>
+    <p class="closeline">The pod is the smallest schedulable unit - the jacket, never the
+      container. Once that distinction lands, half of Kubernetes networking stops being
+      mysterious.</p>
+    <p class="reads"><b>Pre-reads:</b> C-III's node scene above
+      &ensp;<b>Further:</b> <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/">pods</a> &middot;
+      <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/">the three probes</a></p>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- ============ COURSE IV ============ -->
+<section class="course" id="c4" data-scene="traffic" aria-labelledby="c4h">
+  <header class="chead">
+    <p class="eyebrow">Course IV &middot; The traffic</p>
+    <h2 id="c4h" class="thesis">Pods are cattle.<br><em>Services are the brand.</em></h2>
+    <p class="lede">Pods die, respawn and change addresses - and traffic still arrives. Scroll,
+      and the delivery route assembles checkpoint by checkpoint; watch what happens to the pod
+      that stops answering.</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="pin">
+    <div class="viewport">
+      <figure class="scene">
+        <img class="flat" src="__HERO_TRAFFIC__"
+             alt="A delivery route in the void: a glowing client orb, a fanned load-balancer
+                  wedge, an open ingress doorframe, a Service prism with a bright core, a lit
+                  ready pod - and a dark unlit pod fallen out of the line.">
+      </figure>
+      <ol class="legend"></ol>
+    </div>
+    <div class="bench"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="prose">
+    <h3>The stable name in front of the churn</h3>
+    <p>A <b>Service</b> is the fixed point: a ClusterIP inside, a LoadBalancer at the edge,
+      Ingress or the Gateway API doing host- and path-routing above. Clients hold the name; the
+      pods behind it come and go without anyone being told.</p>
+    <h3>Readiness decides membership</h3>
+    <p>A pod failing its readiness probe <b>silently leaves the pool</b>. No error, no event at
+      the client - traffic simply stops arriving. That is the feature: broken instances remove
+      themselves. It is also the first place to look when traffic "disappears".</p>
+    <p class="sayit">Never talk to a pod; talk to a Service.</p>
+    <p class="fieldnote"><b>Field note.</b> "The network is broken" after a deploy is usually
+      readiness telling the truth about your app - not the network lying about your packets.</p>
+    <p class="closeline">The dark pod in the scene is not an error state - it is the system
+      working. Membership is earned per probe, continuously, forever.</p>
+    <p class="reads"><b>Pre-reads:</b> C-III's pod scene (readiness lives there)
+      &ensp;<b>Further:</b> <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/">Services and networking</a></p>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- ============ COURSE V ============ -->
+<section class="course" id="c5" data-scene="orbit" aria-labelledby="c5h">
+  <header class="chead">
+    <p class="eyebrow">Course V &middot; OpenShift</p>
+    <h2 id="c5h" class="thesis">Kubernetes with opinions -<br><em>and a security guard.</em></h2>
+    <p class="lede">OpenShift is a distribution of Kubernetes: same engine, opinionated chassis.
+      Scroll, and the opinions bloom outward from the core they orbit.</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="pin">
+    <div class="viewport">
+      <figure class="scene">
+        <img class="flat" src="__HERO_ORBIT__"
+             alt="A glowing geodesic core ringed by six satellites: a magenta admission shield,
+                  an open route arch, interlocking operator rings, a handheld console, an
+                  amber-lit stack of machine-config plates and a compact single-node box.">
+      </figure>
+      <ol class="legend"></ol>
+    </div>
+    <div class="bench"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="prose">
+    <h3>The doorman interviews every pod</h3>
+    <p>The <b>SCC</b> is admission deciding what a pod may BE. The default, restricted-v2, runs
+      your container as a <b>random non-root UID</b> - your image has to cope. Workloads that
+      genuinely need privilege get a dedicated ServiceAccount bound to a minimal custom SCC,
+      never the stock one.</p>
+    <h3>The platform runs itself</h3>
+    <p><b>Routes</b> predate Ingress and still rule here. <b>Operators</b> run the platform's own
+      machinery. The OS underneath is immutable - changed by <b>MachineConfig</b>, never by SSH.
+      And <b>SNO</b> puts the entire promise on one box at the edge. At fleet scale the labels
+      from Course VI decide which of these boxes runs what.</p>
+    <p class="sayit">On OpenShift, admission is the interview - the SCC is the dress code.</p>
+    <p class="fieldnote"><b>Field note.</b> Deployment stuck at 0/1 with no pod at all? The
+      refusal happened above scheduling - read the ReplicaSet events. The error lives a level
+      up.</p>
+    <p class="closeline">Everything in the ring is opinion wrapped around the same core you
+      already know. Learn the core once; the opinions are just house rules.</p>
+    <p class="reads"><b>Pre-reads:</b> C-II
+      &ensp;<b>Further:</b> <a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform">OpenShift documentation</a> &middot;
+      <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift">Red Hat OpenShift</a></p>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
 <!-- ============ COURSE VI ============ -->
 <section class="course" id="c6" data-scene="gitops" aria-labelledby="c6h">
   <header class="chead">
@@ -516,6 +723,18 @@ b{color:var(--ink)} .mono{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:.9em;color:var(--cya
 .legend .t{font-size:.92rem;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 .22rem;letter-spacing:-.01em}
 .legend .b{font-size:.76rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--dim);margin:0}
 
+.viewport.solo{grid-template-columns:1fr;max-width:980px}
+.crt{position:absolute;inset:22% 26%;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;
+     gap:.35rem;padding:clamp(10px,2.5vw,26px);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:10px;
+     background:rgba(5,8,16,0.88);box-shadow:0 0 40px rgba(63,186,245,0.07) inset}
+.crt .line{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:clamp(.55rem,1.35vw,.85rem);line-height:1.5;
+     color:var(--ink);margin:0;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden}
+.crt .line.ok{color:var(--dim)}
+.crt .line.q{color:var(--magenta);margin-top:.5rem}
+body.fx .crt .line{opacity:0;transform:translateY(4px);transition:opacity .3s ease,transform .3s ease}
+body.fx .crt .line.on{opacity:1;transform:none}
+@media (max-width:700px){.crt{inset:16% 12%}}
+
 .bench{width:min(720px,100%);margin:16px auto 0;text-align:center}
 .bench input{width:100%;accent-color:var(--cyan)}
 .bench .hud{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:.66rem;letter-spacing:.06em;color:var(--dim);margin:.45rem 0 0}
@@ -562,7 +781,7 @@ body:not(.fx) .bench{display:none}
 <script>
 (() => {
   "use strict";
-  const SCENES = { docker: __MAN_DOCKER__, cluster: __MAN_CLUSTER__, gitops: __MAN_GITOPS__, supply: __MAN_SUPPLY__, helm: __MAN_HELM__ };
+  const SCENES = { surround: __MAN_SURROUND__, docker: __MAN_DOCKER__, cluster: __MAN_CLUSTER__, node: __MAN_NODE__, pod: __MAN_POD__, traffic: __MAN_TRAFFIC__, orbit: __MAN_ORBIT__, gitops: __MAN_GITOPS__, supply: __MAN_SUPPLY__, helm: __MAN_HELM__ };
   const RM = matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
   const units = [];
 
@@ -571,7 +790,7 @@ body:not(.fx) .bench{display:none}
     const scene = sec.querySelector(".scene");
     const flat = scene.querySelector(".flat");
     const legend = sec.querySelector(".legend");
-    man.parts.forEach(p => {
+    if (legend) man.parts.forEach(p => {
       const li = document.createElement("li");
       li.innerHTML = '<p class="t">' + p.title + '</p><p class="b">' + p.blurb + '</p>';
       legend.appendChild(li);
@@ -594,15 +813,18 @@ body:not(.fx) .bench{display:none}
       return d;
     });
     u.flat.style.visibility = "hidden";
-    const lis = [...u.legend.children];
+    const lis = u.legend ? [...u.legend.children] : [];
     const n = lis.length;
     u.apply = t => {
       // stagger > 0 = cascade: parts complete their travel one after another in list order
       const sg = u.man.stagger || 0;
       u.man.parts.forEach((p, i) => {
-        const pt = sg ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, t * (1 + sg * (n - 1)) - sg * i)) : t;
+        const k = u.man.parts.length;
+        const pt = sg ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, t * (1 + sg * (k - 1)) - sg * i)) : t;
+        // reverse scenes sit assembled at rest and FLY APART as the scrub advances
+        const e = u.man.reverse ? (1 - pt) : pt;
         u.slabs[i].style.transform =
-          "translate3d(" + (p.dx * (1 - pt)).toFixed(3) + "%," + (p.dy * (1 - pt)).toFixed(3) + "%,0)";
+          "translate3d(" + (p.dx * (1 - e)).toFixed(3) + "%," + (p.dy * (1 - e)).toFixed(3) + "%,0)";
       });
       u.scene.style.transform = "scale(" + (0.95 + 0.05 * t).toFixed(4) + ")";
       // the side list lights in reading order, top to bottom, as the scrub advances
@@ -654,6 +876,18 @@ body:not(.fx) .bench{display:none}
     });
     if (!RM) ScrollTrigger.refresh();
   };
+  // the aperitif terminal types its transcript once, when it first enters view
+  document.querySelectorAll(".crt").forEach(crt => {
+    const lines = [...crt.querySelectorAll(".line")];
+    if (RM) { lines.forEach(l => l.classList.add("on")); return; }
+    const io = new IntersectionObserver(es => {
+      if (!es.some(x => x.isIntersecting)) return;
+      io.disconnect();
+      lines.forEach((l, i) => setTimeout(() => l.classList.add("on"), 350 * i + 200));
+    }, { threshold: 0.4 });
+    io.observe(crt);
+  });
+
   Promise.all(units.map(u => u.flat.decode ? u.flat.decode().catch(() => {}) : Promise.resolve()))
     .then(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(boot)));
 })();
diff --git a/pilot/assemble-arc.mjs b/pilot/assemble-arc.mjs
index e5c29a8..3e463b9 100644
--- a/pilot/assemble-arc.mjs
+++ b/pilot/assemble-arc.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ const i = tpl.lastIndexOf("<script>");
 const j = tpl.lastIndexOf("</script>");
 if (i < 0 || j < i) throw new Error("app script block not found");
 let app = tpl.slice(i + 8, j)
+  .replace("__MAN_SURROUND__", man("surround"))
+  .replace("__MAN_NODE__", man("node"))
+  .replace("__MAN_POD__", man("pod"))
+  .replace("__MAN_TRAFFIC__", man("traffic"))
+  .replace("__MAN_ORBIT__", man("orbit"))
   .replace("__MAN_DOCKER__", man("docker"))
   .replace("__MAN_CLUSTER__", man("cluster"))
   .replace("__MAN_GITOPS__", man("gitops"))
@@ -28,6 +33,11 @@ let app = tpl.slice(i + 8, j)
 let body = tpl.slice(0, i) + tpl.slice(j + 9);
 
 const heroes = {
+  __HERO_SURROUND__: "course-00-surround.webp",
+  __HERO_NODE__: "course-III-node.webp",
+  __HERO_POD__: "course-III-pod.webp",
+  __HERO_TRAFFIC__: "course-IV-traffic.webp",
+  __HERO_ORBIT__: "course-V-orbit.webp",
   __HERO_DOCKER__: "docker-layers.webp",
   __HERO_CLUSTER__: "course-II-cluster.webp",
   __HERO_GITOPS__: "course-VI-gitops.webp",
diff --git a/pilot/assemble-arc.py b/pilot/assemble-arc.py
index 93f9b5e..1a6f30d 100644
--- a/pilot/assemble-arc.py
+++ b/pilot/assemble-arc.py
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@ def man(tag):
                       separators=(",", ":"))
 
 out = (ROOT / "pilot/arc.tpl.html").read_text() \
+    .replace("__MAN_SURROUND__", man("surround")) \
+    .replace("__MAN_NODE__", man("node")) \
+    .replace("__MAN_POD__", man("pod")) \
+    .replace("__MAN_TRAFFIC__", man("traffic")) \
+    .replace("__MAN_ORBIT__", man("orbit")) \
     .replace("__MAN_DOCKER__", man("docker")) \
     .replace("__MAN_CLUSTER__", man("cluster")) \
     .replace("__MAN_GITOPS__", man("gitops")) \
     .replace("__MAN_SUPPLY__", man("supply")) \
     .replace("__MAN_HELM__", man("helm")) \
+    .replace("__HERO_SURROUND__", b64("course-00-surround.webp")) \
+    .replace("__HERO_NODE__", b64("course-III-node.webp")) \
+    .replace("__HERO_POD__", b64("course-III-pod.webp")) \
+    .replace("__HERO_TRAFFIC__", b64("course-IV-traffic.webp")) \
+    .replace("__HERO_ORBIT__", b64("course-V-orbit.webp")) \
     .replace("__HERO_DOCKER__", b64("docker-layers.webp")) \
     .replace("__HERO_CLUSTER__", b64("course-II-cluster.webp")) \
     .replace("__HERO_GITOPS__", b64("course-VI-gitops.webp")) \
diff --git a/pilot/manifest-node.json b/pilot/manifest-node.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb40e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pilot/manifest-node.json
@@ -0,0 +1,601 @@
+{
+ "scene": "node",
+ "source": "assets/raw/course-III-node.jpeg",
+ "parts": [
+  {
+   "name": "kubelet",
+   "title": "kubelet",
+   "blurb": "The node agent - the only component in the whole system that actually starts your container.",
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diff --git a/pilot/manifest-orbit.json b/pilot/manifest-orbit.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..733c362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pilot/manifest-orbit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,832 @@
+{
+ "scene": "orbit",
+ "source": "assets/raw/course-V-orbit.jpeg",
+ "parts": [
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diff --git a/pilot/manifest-traffic.json b/pilot/manifest-traffic.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da2996e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pilot/manifest-traffic.json
@@ -0,0 +1,671 @@
+{
+ "scene": "traffic",
+ "source": "assets/raw/course-IV-traffic.jpeg",
+ "parts": [
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+   "title": "The client",
+   "blurb": "Knows one stable name. Never a pod.",
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+  {
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+   "title": "LoadBalancer",
+   "blurb": "The edge - divides incoming flow before anything else sees it.",
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+   "dy": 10.93
+  },
+  {
+   "name": "ingress",
+   "title": "Ingress / Gateway",
+   "blurb": "Host- and path-routing above the Services - the open doorframe.",
+   "z": 0,
+   "points": [
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+   "dx": 5.89,
+   "dy": 8.42
+  },
+  {
+   "name": "prism",
+   "title": "The Service",
+   "blurb": "The stable name in front of the churn - a virtual IP that outlives every pod behind it.",
+   "z": 0,
+   "points": [
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+   ],
+   "dx": 0.0,
+   "dy": 0.0
+  },
+  {
+   "name": "ready",
+   "title": "Pod - ready",
+   "blurb": "Passing readiness: in the pool, receiving traffic.",
+   "z": 0,
+   "points": [
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+   "dy": -7.73
+  },
+  {
+   "name": "notready",
+   "title": "Pod - not ready",
+   "blurb": "Failing readiness: silently removed. That is the feature - and the first place to look.",
+   "z": 0,
+   "points": [
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+ "stagger": 0.22
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diff --git a/tools/slice-arc.py b/tools/slice-arc.py
index a609274..3041955 100644
--- a/tools/slice-arc.py
+++ b/tools/slice-arc.py
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ def emit(name, tag, spec):
     for part in spec["parts"]:
         xs = np.concatenate([comps[i]["xs"] for i in part["comps"]])
         ys = np.concatenate([comps[i]["ys"] for i in part["comps"]])
+        if "clip" in part:
+            x0, y0, x1, y1 = part["clip"]
+            W2, H2 = W, lum.shape[0]
+            keep = (xs >= x0*W2) & (xs < x1*W2) & (ys >= y0*H2) & (ys < y1*H2)
+            xs, ys = xs[keep], ys[keep]
         pts = np.stack([xs, ys], 1).astype(np.float64)
         hull = ConvexHull(pts)
         poly = pts[hull.vertices]
@@ -77,7 +82,10 @@ def emit(name, tag, spec):
             z=part.get("z", 0),
             points=[[round(float(x) / W * 100, 2), round(float(y) / h * 100, 2)] for x, y in poly],
             cx=round(float(np.mean(xs)) / W * 100, 2), cy=round(float(np.mean(ys)) / h * 100, 2)))
-    ax, ay = next((p["cx"], p["cy"]) for p in parts if p["name"] == spec["anchor"])
+    if "anchor_xy" in spec:
+        ax, ay = spec["anchor_xy"]
+    else:
+        ax, ay = next((p["cx"], p["cy"]) for p in parts if p["name"] == spec["anchor"])
     for p in parts:
         nest = spec.get("nest_overrides", {}).get(p["name"], spec.get("nest", 0.72))
         p["dx"] = round((ax - p["cx"]) * nest, 2)
@@ -86,6 +94,8 @@ def emit(name, tag, spec):
     man = dict(scene=tag, source=f"assets/raw/{name}", parts=parts)
     if "stagger" in spec:
         man["stagger"] = spec["stagger"]
+    if spec.get("reverse"):
+        man["reverse"] = True
     out = ROOT / "pilot" / f"manifest-{tag}.json"
     out.write_text(json.dumps(man, indent=1))
     print(f"manifest-{tag}.json: {len(parts)} parts ->",
@@ -94,7 +104,12 @@ def emit(name, tag, spec):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     mode, scenes_json, outdir = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]
     scenes = json.loads(pathlib.Path(scenes_json).read_text()) if mode == "emit" else None
-    heroes = [("course-II-cluster.jpeg", "cluster"),
+    heroes = [("course-00-surround.jpeg", "surround"),
+              ("course-III-node.jpeg", "node"),
+              ("course-III-pod.jpeg", "pod"),
+              ("course-IV-traffic.jpeg", "traffic"),
+              ("course-V-orbit.jpeg", "orbit"),
+              ("course-II-cluster.jpeg", "cluster"),
               ("course-VI-gitops.jpeg", "gitops"),
               ("course-VII-supply-chain.jpeg", "supply"),
               ("course-VIII-helm-press.jpeg", "helm")]