Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The tariff writeup records customs scrutiny, opened packaging, delayed delivery, and roughly a 20 percent tariff hit on the production order.
Badge context
Badge Pirates' public update says the delayed prior-year badge received a Lunar Lander contest port for BSidesKC 2026, instructs owners to bring it, and expressly says there was no new hardware.
Badge Pirates production source documenting 250 fully assembled ESP32 electronic badges from PCBWay with 3.2 inch touch screens, Wi-Fi, SD card slots, customs scrutiny, and tariff impact.
BSides Global event listing for the April 25-26, 2025 BSidesKC event tagged Kansas City and USA.
Maker-hosted browser flasher with a selectable BSidesKC 25 entry and USB delivery path. It does not identify its presented firmware as the 2026 Ad Astra build.
Machine-readable maker-hosted manifest identifying BSidesKC 2025 version 1.0.0 as an ESP32-S3 target with bootloader, partition, and firmware binary paths; it is binary delivery evidence, not public source code or a dated event-deployment record.
Badge Pirates update documenting BSidesKC 2025 badge orders, U.S. Customs hold status, and planned pickup or shipping choices for badge purchasers.
Official source for the April 25, 2026 Kansas City Kansas Community College event named in the later continuation context; it does not map an individual 2025 hardware unit to the event.
Source trail
Event source for the April 25-26, 2025 Kansas City, USA BSidesKC listing.
Official source for the April 25, 2026 event context referenced by the maker's prior-badge continuation update; it does not independently confirm actual reflashing or participant use of a 2025 unit.
Maker-hosted version 1.0.0 manifest for the selectable BSidesKC 25 browser-flasher target, identifying an ESP32-S3 chip-family build and binary components. It does not name an Ad Astra release or publish source code.
Primary production source for the 250 fully assembled ESP32 badges, 3.2 inch touch screens, Wi-Fi, SD card slots, PCBWay assembly, customs inspection, and tariff impact.
Clearly attributable badge-maker update saying a Lunar Lander contest was ported to last year's BSidesKC badge for 2026, with no new hardware.
Primary fulfillment source for BSidesKC 2025 badge orders, customs hold status, and pickup or shipping plan.