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Starship lab

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THE SOVEREIGN STARSHIP

Your ship.
Your intelligence.

ONE SHIP. THREE WAYS TO THINK.

Step aboard. Open the hull. Trace twelve AI requests. Cut the cloud link. See what stays with you.

An original titanium and graphite exploration starship with swept wings and cyan engines beside an orbital relay
EXPLORER 01CLOUD RELAY CONNECTED
Board the starship →Four stops: board, open the hull, cut the cloud, take command.
Hero view · Deck plan · Engine view
Starship Blue HourA quiet moment above the workshop · 5 seconds
Local routeCloud routeWaiting for a permitted routeBoard the flight to open the hull and explore in 3D.
Request flow / scenario modelHYBRID · 6 LOCAL · 6 CLOUD · 0 HELD
12 requests / illustrated
Onboard AI

Owned compute lives inside the ship. Its AI bay represents hardware you operate. In this model, it can handle all twelve requests onboard, even without a cloud connection.

Cloud relay

The separate orbital relay represents an external cloud provider. A request must leave the ship to reach it. Private requests also need explicit permission in Cloud mode.

Command bridge

Bit, the gold core, marks human authority. You choose the architecture and grant permission. A held request waits here for an approved route; it never leaves silently.

THE FLIGHT PLAN

Choose a starting point. Then test its boundaries.

Routine flight · selected

Choose the architecture
Workload sensitivity
Permission applies to private requests in Cloud mode.
THE SAME 12 REQUEST WORKLOADrequests
Handled locally
6
Sent to cloud
6
Held for review
0
YOUR LAST CHANGE

Change a setting to compare the request counts.

6 requests stay local; 6 public requests use the cloud. Sensitive data stays on your hardware.

Data boundary

Sensitive requests always stay local. Only public requests may use the cloud.

Connection dependency

Cloud routing needs a connection; this model also supports local fallback.

Compare all three architecturessame settings
ArchitectureLocalCloudHeld
“Held” means the model has no permitted route. Moving packets show routing, not measured speed or throughput.
Your decision. Their next move.
Share these settings. Let someone else test the boundary.
Sovereign means fully local. A browser simulation: no AI service is contacted.
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