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-Scott "R00tPiG Security" Lindsey <rootpig@georgelambert.org> (rootpig) — owner
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-# Repository owner
-
-**Owner / credited author:** Scott "R00tPiG Security" Lindsey (`rootpig`)
-
-Forgejo: https://git.georgelambert.org/rootpig
-
-This repository is owned by **rootpig** for Verae Inc. server maintenance,
-deployment scripting, and related operations work.
-
-Co-contributors may appear in git history; ownership and ops credit belong to rootpig.
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 # verae-nats-cluster
 
-[![standard-readme compliant](https://img.shields.io/badge/readme%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
-
-Three **distinct Proxmox LXC** guests running **NATS JetStream** as a cluster, on the private bridge only. This is...
+Three **distinct Proxmox LXC** guests running **NATS JetStream** as a cluster, on the private bridge only. This is the test stand before the same layout moves to separate hardware.
 
 **Forgejo:** https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-nats-cluster  
 **SSH:** `ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/verae-nats-cluster.git`
@@ -76,32 +74,3 @@ Latest run (`20260912T045131Z`):
 | Flood 8p 20k×128 B | burst queueing | avg 454 ms |
 
 Hardware move: same three configs, three boxes, private NIC only — change IPs in `cluster.env` and `conf/nats.conf.tmpl`.
-
-## Table of Contents
-
-- [Install](#install)
-- [Usage](#usage)
-- [Contributing](#contributing)
-- [License](#license)
-
-## Install
-
-```sh
-git clone ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/verae-nats-cluster.git
-cd verae-nats-cluster
-```
-
-## Usage
-
-```sh
-# No single entrypoint is declared in this tree.
-ls
-```
-
-## Contributing
-
-Questions: open an issue at https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-nats-cluster/issues. Pull requests are accepted.
-
-## License
-
-UNLICENSED © George Lambert