Axanar Production Notes

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Finished Ares bridge — production live on the set

Engineer's Log

Jun 28, 2026

Sundown, Cutover, and the VPS

Leave WordPress, leave Fly, keep one Iceland VPS — the runbook for one domain.

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U.S.S. Ajax — the public face of the saga

Engineer's Log

May 20, 2026

Next.js as the Public Face

ISR, burned-in shop catalog, legacy redirects, and the donor portal — what visitors actually touch.

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Engineer's Log

Apr 8, 2026

Drupal as the Operations Brain

Donors, pledges, commerce, fulfillment, and messages — why Drupal stays authoritative behind the decoupled curtain.

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Ares bridge lit for cameras — one working set

Engineer's Log

Feb 10, 2026

One Host in Iceland

Next.js, Drupal, Postgres, Redis, and Caddy on one 1984.hosting VPS — the production topology that replaces four vendors.

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Axanar News

Dec 15, 2025

Axanar October 2025 Video Update!

Read the full story to discover more about the Axanar universe...

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Engineer's Log

Nov 20, 2025

The Pilot Tax

Three platforms, three logins, and a year of ops-heavy work that rarely showed up as git commits.

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Alec Peters · Archive entry — The Essential Axanar - How to Watch the Axanar S

Personnel Record

Personnel Record

Lee Quessenberry

Jun 15, 2025

WordPress could no longer carry the project's weight. Quessenberry architected the decoupled rebuild: Drupal as content and commerce authority, Next.js as the public face. Wiki archive, video chronicle, donor portal, VIP memberships, shop integration, transcript pipeline, and MAH…

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U.S.S. Ares challenge coin — Tip of the Spear

Engineer's Log

Jun 12, 2025

The Donor Resurrection

Lovable + Supabase shipped axanardonors.com in November 2025 when fans needed a portal — fast, fragile, and intentionally temporary.

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Axanar News

May 7, 2025

Axanar May 2025 Video Update!

Read the full story to discover more about the Axanar universe...

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Axanar News

Mar 16, 2025

Axanar March 2025 Video Update!

Our latest Update on YouTube!

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Peter Gold · Guest appearance — Starfleet Tactical #194: Passenger Freighters & NS Savannah

Axanar News

Feb 16, 2025

Axanar February 2024 Video Update!

Our latest Video Update!

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Axanar News

Dec 25, 2024

Axanar December 2024 Video Update!

Our latest Video Update!

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Axanar News

Oct 14, 2024

Axanar October 2024 Video Update!

Check out our new video Update!

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Axanar News

Oct 14, 2024

Axanar Releases Teaser Trailer!

The new Teaser Trailer is live! Check it out!

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Ares bridge under construction at Ares Studios

Engineer's Log

Oct 5, 2024

The Decoupled Blueprint

Drupal holds truth; Next.js holds speed — how we split responsibilities between the operations brain and the public face.

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Axanar News

Aug 31, 2024

Axanar Post-Production Update!

Now that we are finished with principal photography and are well into post-production, we want to give our loyal fans an update on the post-production. For all of you not familiar with film making, post-production is everything that happens after you finishing filming all of your actors. This incl…

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U.S.S. Ares in drydock — one hull, one berth

Engineer's Log

Jul 18, 2024

Why Axanar Needed One Domain

Three platforms, three logins, and fifteen thousand donor relationships scattered across Kickstarter, WordPress, and pilot portals — the case for unification.

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Axanar Production Notes

Sundown, Cutover, and the VPS

Next.js as the Public Face

Drupal as the Operations Brain

One Host in Iceland

Axanar October 2025 Video Update!

The Pilot Tax

Decoupled axanar.com

The Donor Resurrection

Axanar May 2025 Video Update!

Axanar March 2025 Video Update!

Axanar February 2024 Video Update!

Axanar December 2024 Video Update!

Axanar October 2024 Video Update!

Axanar Releases Teaser Trailer!

The Decoupled Blueprint

Axanar Post-Production Update!

Why Axanar Needed One Domain