Door 01 · Care · Program i

aether Node Cero.

Mobile veterinary care that meets kin where they are. Each van a clinic and a statement.

3 routes· 47 colonias served· sliding-scale always· 60-90 min drive bridged

THE FLEET · THE KIN BEHIND THE WHEEL

The vans. Named. Routed. Out there.

Each van a real route with a real schedule and real kin running it. Every animal in the colonias has a vet now — they just have to know which Wednesday.

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ROUTE A · LUNA COUNTY SOUTH

Van Uno · La Sombrita.

Wellness · vaccinations · spay/neuter · dental

live · 2026sliding-scale

The first van. Outfitted in a converted Sprinter with rooftop solar, mobile refrigeration, and a surgical bay that meets every state spec. Named "La Sombrita" because the awning gives every waiting kin a piece of shade.

WHAT'S IN THE VAN

Surgical bay (sterile suite + table + monitor). Full pharmacy fridge. Vaccine storage. Microscope. Portable X-ray. Dental suite. Comfort kennels for recovery. Solar 600W rooftop, 4kWh battery wall.

THE ROUTE

6-week rotation through 8 partnered colonias south of Deming. Wednesdays + Saturdays. First Wednesday of the month: free wellness clinic. Same families know when we're coming.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because Mrs. Salazar's 14-year-old dog hadn't seen a vet in 5 years before La Sombrita rolled through. Now he gets quarterly check-ins. That is what infrastructure looks like when it is built by the people who need it.

CADENCEWed + Sat · 6-week cycle
STATUSlive · accepting appointments
Book the van→ Sponsor a visit
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ROUTE B · MIMBRES VALLEY

Van Dos · El Eco.

In build · launching summer 2026

in buildroute forming

The second van. Funding secured Q1 2026, build in progress, route in negotiation with Mimbres Valley community partners. Will mirror Van Uno's setup with an emphasis on large-animal triage for the ranching corridor.

WHAT'S IN THE VAN

Same surgical + wellness setup as La Sombrita, plus large-animal stocks, hoof trim station, and field-portable lab. Built for kin who keep goats, horses, donkeys alongside dogs and cats.

THE ROUTE

Mimbres Valley north loop through 6 ranching colonias. Mondays + Fridays. Schedule built around irrigation days and feed delivery cycles so families don't have to choose.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because mixed-livestock kin in the borderlands have been routed to large-animal vets who charge 90 minutes each way. El Eco brings the lab to the corral. The land doesn't separate cows from cats. Neither should the care.

LAUNCHsummer 2026
STATUSbuild in progress
Be a launch partner→ Sponsor the build
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ROUTE C · TBD

Van Tres · La Madrina.

Funding open · the third seat

funding openseat available

The third van is the seat that opens once the first two prove the model. Specialty and route to be determined by the cohort that funds the build. Could be wound care + diabetes management. Could be end-of-life routes for in-home euthanasia. You tell us.

WHAT'S IN THE VAN

TBD by the cohort. We have the chassis specs. We have the build relationship. We have the route framework. What we need is the next $180K and the next set of kin willing to say what their colonia needs most.

THE ROUTE

Route designed in collaboration with funding cohort + community partners in their chosen corridor. Most likely: El Paso adjacent corridor, or further north into Catron / Sierra county.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because Van Tres is the proof that the model scales. Once three vans run three routes, the playbook is reproducible. The borderlands isn't one place. It's a corridor. The fleet has to be a fleet.

BUDGET$180K · build + first-year ops
STATUSfunding open
Fund Van Tres→ Suggest a route

VETERINARIANS · TECHNICIANS · COLONIA PARTNERS

If you do this work — or want to — there is a seat in the van.

Node Cero is built by veterinarians who refused to keep working inside the extraction model, by techs who want their hands on the work, and by colonia partners who know their community better than any clinic ever will. If you carry one of those — pull up.

i.

Dignified pay.

Vet kin paid at parity with metro rates. No "mission discount." The work doesn't deserve a pay cut just because it's sovereign.

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No-extraction covenant.

You don't answer to private equity. You don't hit corporate quotas. You hold the work the way you trained to — slow, full-attention, ceremonial when it needs to be.

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Your route, your kin.

You help design the route. You build the relationships. You stay long enough that Mrs. Salazar's dog learns your name. This is the work veterinary school was supposed to be.

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