diff --git a/scripts/check_chart_versions.py b/scripts/check_chart_versions.py
index 7d94e1a..8da006a 100644
--- a/scripts/check_chart_versions.py
+++ b/scripts/check_chart_versions.py
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 import paramiko
+import sys
 
-def check_catalog_versions(ip, cluster_name):
-    print(f"\n=======================================================")
-    print(f"=== {cluster_name} AVAILABLE CHART VERSIONS ===")
-    print(f"=======================================================")
-    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
-    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
-    ssh.connect(ip, username='root', key_filename=r'C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet', timeout=10)
-    
-    # We can inspect the Rancher catalog charts
-    cmd = "kubectl get charts.catalog.cattle.io -A -o custom-columns=REPO:.metadata.namespace,CHART:.metadata.name | head -n 30"
-    _, out, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
-    print(out.read().decode())
-    ssh.close()
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
 
-check_catalog_versions('140.44.4.11', 'AERODROME')
-check_catalog_versions('140.44.4.41', 'SPACEPORT')
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
 
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm search repo rancher-stable/rancher --versions > /tmp/rancher_versions.txt && head -n 30 /tmp/rancher_versions.txt")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
diff --git a/scripts/check_rancher_helm_versions.py b/scripts/check_rancher_helm_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60a076b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_rancher_helm_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
+ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+ssh.connect('140.44.4.11', username='root', key_filename=r'C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet', timeout=10)
+
+def run(cmd):
+    print(f"=== {cmd} ===")
+    _, out, err = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
+    res = out.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace').strip()
+    if res:
+        print(res)
+
+run("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm repo update rancher-stable")
+run("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm search repo rancher-stable/rancher --versions | head -n 35")
+
+ssh.close()
diff --git a/scripts/check_rancher_versions.py b/scripts/check_rancher_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..532ed58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_rancher_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm search repo rancher-stable/rancher --versions | head -n 35")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_tls_rancher.py b/scripts/check_tls_rancher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45de6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_tls_rancher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get secret tls-rancher-ingress")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print(stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/find_rancher_series.py b/scripts/find_rancher_series.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aa8fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/find_rancher_series.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import urllib.request
+import json
+import re
+
+releases = {}
+
+for page in range(1, 20):
+    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/rancher/tags?per_page=100&page={page}"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
+    try:
+        data = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode())
+    except:
+        break
+    if not data:
+        break
+    for item in data:
+        name = item['name']
+        m = re.match(r"^v(2\.\d+)\.(\d+)$", name)
+        if m:
+            series = m.group(1)
+            patch = int(m.group(2))
+            if series not in releases or patch > releases[series]:
+                releases[series] = patch
+
+for s in sorted(releases.keys(), key=lambda x: [int(p) for p in x.split('.')]):
+    print(f"Series v{s}: latest patch is v{s}.{releases[s]}")
+
diff --git a/scripts/get_rancher_values.py b/scripts/get_rancher_values.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..203078b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_rancher_values.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm get values rancher -n cattle-system")
+print("=== CURRENT RANCHER VALUES ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/inspect_rancher_helm.py b/scripts/inspect_rancher_helm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba3a1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/inspect_rancher_helm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import paramiko
+import base64
+import gzip
+import json
+
+ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
+ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+ssh.connect('140.44.4.11', username='root', key_filename=r'C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet', timeout=10)
+
+_, out, _ = ssh.exec_command('kubectl get secret -n cattle-system sh.helm.release.v1.rancher.v1 -o jsonpath="{.data.release}"')
+raw = out.read().decode().strip()
+if raw:
+    data = base64.b64decode(raw)
+    data = base64.b64decode(data) # helm encodes twice
+    decomp = gzip.decompress(data)
+    rel = json.loads(decomp)
+    print("Chart:", rel.get('chart', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('version'))
+    print("Values:", json.dumps(rel.get('config', {}), indent=2))
+
+ssh.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/inspect_rancher_installation.py b/scripts/inspect_rancher_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae7c05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/inspect_rancher_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import paramiko
+
+ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
+ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+ssh.connect('140.44.4.11', username='root', key_filename=r'C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet', timeout=10)
+
+def run(cmd):
+    print(f"\n=== {cmd} ===")
+    _, out, err = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
+    res = out.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace').strip()
+    if res:
+        print(res)
+    e = err.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace').strip()
+    if e:
+        print("ERR:", e)
+
+run("kubectl get deploy,sts,ds -n cattle-system -o wide")
+run("kubectl get pods -n cattle-system -o wide")
+run("kubectl get deploy -n cattle-system rancher -o yaml | grep -E 'image:'")
+run("kubectl get secrets -n cattle-system | grep -i helm")
+run("kubectl get helmcharts,helmchartconfigs -A | grep -i rancher")
+run("kubectl get ns | grep -E 'cert-manager|cattle'")
+run("kubectl get pods -n cert-manager 2>/dev/null || true")
+
+ssh.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/rancher_status.py b/scripts/rancher_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..869a6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rancher_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+try:
+    client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=10)
+    print("=== Connected to Aerodrome (140.44.4.11) ===")
+    
+    cmds = [
+        "kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -o wide",
+        "helm list -n cattle-system",
+        "helm repo list",
+        "k3s etcd-snapshot list"
+    ]
+    
+    for cmd in cmds:
+        print(f"\n--- Running: {cmd} ---")
+        stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(f"KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml {cmd}")
+        out = stdout.read().decode('utf-8')
+        err = stderr.read().decode('utf-8')
+        if out:
+            print(out.strip())
+        if err:
+            print(f"ERR: {err.strip()}")
+            
+    client.close()
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error: {e}")
+
diff --git a/scripts/test_etcd_helm.py b/scripts/test_etcd_helm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4345729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_etcd_helm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+def run_remote(cmd):
+    client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+    stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(cmd)
+    out = stdout.read().decode('utf-8')
+    err = stderr.read().decode('utf-8')
+    client.close()
+    return out, err
+
+out, err = run_remote("k3s etcd-snapshot list")
+print("=== ETCD SNAPSHOTS ===")
+print(out)
+if err:
+    print("ERR:", err)
+
+out, err = run_remote("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm repo list")
+print("=== HELM REPOS ===")
+print(out)
+if err:
+    print("ERR:", err)
+