Everything on your stick

A complete offline knowledge base. No fluff, no filler. Every file is curated, tested, and ready to use without internet.

Basic — $229 Pro — $399 Blackout — $449
Basic — $229

Essential Offline Survival

512 GB USB SSD
512GB
SSD Storage
6M+
Wikipedia Articles
3.8B
AI Parameters
30s
Boot Time

AI Survival Assistant

~2.5 GB
✓
Phi-4-mini Instruct (Q4_K_M)
3.8 billion parameter model optimized for survival, medical, and practical knowledge. Runs on any laptop with 8GB RAM.
~2.3 GBGGUFMIT License
✓
RAG Embedding Model
nomic-embed-text v1.5 — enables the AI to search and cite your entire document library when answering questions.
~275 MBGGUFApache 2.0
✓
llama.cpp Runtime
Pre-compiled inference engine. No installation needed — runs from the USB drive on Linux.
BinaryMIT License
✓
Web Chat Interface
Browser-based chat UI. Ask questions, get sourced answers with document references. Zero internet.
HTML/JS

Full Wikipedia

~140 GB
✓
Wikipedia English — Complete
6+ million articles with images. The entire English Wikipedia, compressed and searchable via Kiwix.
~110 GBZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Wikipedia French — Complete
2.5+ million articles. Full French Wikipedia for Canadian francophone users.
~30 GBZIMCC BY-SA

Military Survival Manuals

~500 MB
✓
FM 21-76 — Survival
The definitive U.S. Army survival manual. Shelter, water, food, navigation, signaling, health.
PDFPublic DomainU.S. Army
✓
FM 3-05.70 — Survival (updated)
Modern revision of FM 21-76. Special Forces survival, evasion, resistance, escape.
PDFPublic DomainU.S. Army
✓
FM 21-76-1 — Multi-Climate Survival
Arctic, desert, tropical, and sea survival techniques.
PDFPublic Domain
✓
FM 31-70 — Basic Cold Weather Operations
Essential for Canadian and northern U.S. winters. Frostbite, shelter, movement in snow.
PDFPublic Domain

First Aid & Field Medicine

✓
Ditch Medicine — Field Surgical Procedures
Advanced first aid when hospitals are unreachable. Wound closure, fractures, burns, infections.
PDFArchive.org
✓
WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Official World Health Organization water purification and safety standards.
PDFCC BY-NC-SA
✓
WikEM — Emergency Medicine Wiki
Point-of-care emergency medicine reference. Dosages, protocols, differential diagnoses.
ZIMKiwix
✓
Ready.gov — US Emergency Preparedness
Complete FEMA preparedness content. Disaster-specific guides, emergency plans, supply checklists.
ZIMPublic Domain

Plant & Fungi Identification

✓
Edible & Medicinal Plants Database
North American edible plants, toxic look-alikes, medicinal herbs. Visual identification guides.
USDA / Peterson's
✓
Common Edible Mushrooms & Deadly Look-alikes
Identification keys, spore prints, habitat. Critical safety information for foraging.
PDFArchive.org

Operating System & Software

✓
Custom Linux OS (bootable)
Lightweight Linux distribution. Boots on any PC/Mac with 8GB+ RAM. Your laptop's hard drive is never touched.
GPL
✓
Kiwix Reader
Offline browser for all ZIM files. Search Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, maps — all from one app.
GPL
✓
Printed Quick-Start Guide
Physical card included with every order. BIOS boot instructions for every major laptop brand.
Pro — $399

The Ultimate Survival Brain

2 TB USB SSD — Everything in Basic, plus:
2TB
SSD Storage
82,000+
Documents & Books
100+
Hours of Video
22,009
Military Manuals

Video Training Library

~10 GB
✓
Canadian Prepper — Bug Out Concepts
Complete video playlist on evacuation planning, bug-out bags, survival priorities.
2.7 GBZIM/Video
✓
Canadian Prepper — Bug Out Roll
Compact survival kit builds, gear reviews, and real-world testing.
929 MBZIM/Video
✓
Canadian Prepper — Prepping Food
Long-term food storage, preservation techniques, calorie planning.
2.0 GBZIM/Video
✓
TED — Apocalypse Survival Guide
Curated TED Talks on resilience, disaster preparedness, and self-reliance.
~500 MBZIM/Video

Mega Survival Collections

~500 GB
✓
"The Ark" — Master Survival Library
The most comprehensive offline survival collection ever assembled. Military manuals, bushcraft, homesteading, medical, engineering, agriculture.
300+ GBCommunity curated
✓
22,009 U.S. Military Manuals
Every declassified U.S. military field manual. Tactics, engineering, medicine, communications, NBC defense.
PDFPublic Domain
✓
r/survival Ultimate Survival Library
Curated by Reddit's survival community. Peer-reviewed, field-tested knowledge.
Reddit r/survival
✓
Survivor Library (Parts 1 & 2)
13,763 PDFs of 1800s–1900s industrial and agricultural knowledge. How things were made before electricity.
~199 GBPDF

Books & Reference

~180 GB
✓
Project Gutenberg — 60,000+ Books
Classic literature, science, philosophy, practical manuals. Searchable offline library.
~77 GBZIMPublic Domain
✓
Great Science Textbooks Library
Physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, mathematics. University-level reference material.
88.9 GBPDF
✓
Appropriate Technology Library — 1,050 eBooks
Self-reliance, sustainable farming, water systems, low-tech engineering, off-grid living.
eBookCommunity curated
✓
Wikibooks & Wikivoyage
How-to textbooks and worldwide travel/survival guides. Practical, community-written.
~3 GBZIMCC BY-SA

Medical Reference (Expanded)

✓
International Medical Textbooks Collection
Anatomy, pharmacology, emergency medicine, surgery, pediatrics. Professional-grade references.
PDFArchive.org
✓
MDWiki — Medical Wiki
Comprehensive medical encyclopedia. Diseases, symptoms, treatments, drug interactions.
ZIMKiwix

Offline Maps

~20 GB
✓
OpenStreetMap — United States
Complete U.S. street-level map data. Roads, trails, buildings, terrain, water features.
11 GBPBFODbL
✓
OpenStreetMap — Canada
Complete Canadian map data including remote northern territories.
3.5 GBPBFODbL
✓
Kiwix Maps — North America + Europe
Browsable map tiles. Zoom, pan, search locations. Works in any browser.
ZIMKiwix
✓
DK Complete Atlas of the World (3rd Ed.)
Full-color world atlas. Political, physical, thematic maps. Population, climate, resources.
PDF

Tech, Repair & DIY

✓
iFixit — Complete Repair Guides
Step-by-step teardown and repair guides for electronics, appliances, vehicles. Photos included.
PDFCC BY-NC
✓
Stack Overflow — Tech Troubleshooting
Millions of Q&A on programming, networking, server administration. Fix any tech problem.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Stack Exchange — DIY & Home Improvement
Electrical, plumbing, structural, HVAC. Community-sourced repair knowledge.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Stack Exchange — Motor Vehicle Maintenance
Car and truck repair, diagnostics, maintenance schedules. Keep your vehicles running.
ZIMCC BY-SA

Homesteading & Self-Reliance

✓
Stack Exchange — Gardening & Landscaping
Growing food, soil management, pest control, composting, greenhouse design.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Stack Exchange — Cooking & Food Preservation
Canning, dehydrating, smoking, fermenting. Long-term food storage techniques.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Stack Exchange — Outdoors (The Great Outdoors)
Hiking, camping, navigation, weather, wildlife. Practical outdoor knowledge.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
Stack Exchange — Amateur Radio (Ham)
Radio operation, antenna building, emergency frequencies, Morse code. Off-grid communication.
ZIMCC BY-SA
✓
A Library of Knots
Essential knots for survival, climbing, boating, shelter building. Illustrated step-by-step.
ZIMKiwix
✓
Celestial Navigation Reference
Navigate by stars, sun, and moon. No GPS, no compass needed. Includes star charts.
PDF
Blackout Edition — $449

Information Without Gatekeepers

2 TB USB SSD — Everything in Pro, plus:

Uncensored AI Model

✓
Uncensored LLM — Zero Guardrails
A second AI model with no content filters. Answers any question without refusal. Chemistry, medicine, engineering — no topic is off-limits. Swappable with the standard model.
~2.5 GBGGUF

Counter-Surveillance & OPSEC

✓
EFF Surveillance Self-Defense
Electronic Frontier Foundation's complete guide to digital privacy. Threat modeling, encryption, secure communication.
CC BYssd.eff.org
✓
Tor Project Documentation
Anonymous internet browsing. How Tor works, operational security, bridges, hidden services.
CC BYtorproject.org
✓
TAILS OS Documentation
The Amnesic Incognito Live System. Leaves no trace on the computer. Complete usage guide.
GPLtails.net
✓
Off-Grid Communication Techniques
Mesh networking, radio protocols, dead drops, steganography. Communicate when infrastructure fails.

Encryption & Digital Privacy Toolkit

✓
GPG/PGP Encryption Guides
End-to-end encryption for files and messages. Key generation, management, best practices.
✓
VeraCrypt & Full Disk Encryption
Encrypt entire drives, create hidden volumes, plausible deniability. Protect your data.

Banned & Restricted Books

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Banned Books Collection
Books that have been censored, banned, or restricted worldwide. Political philosophy, dissent, controversial science, suppressed history. All sourced from public domain and open archives.
Archive.orgGutenbergPublic Domain
✓
Anarchist Field Library
Self-sufficiency, mutual aid, decentralized organization, direct action. Historical and contemporary texts.
Archive.org

Alternative & Traditional Medicine

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Traditional Herbal Medicine Archive
Indigenous and folk remedies. Herbal preparations, dosages, historical usage. Cross-referenced with modern safety data.
Archive.org
✓
Crow Indian Recipes & Herbal Medicines
Traditional Native American medicinal knowledge. Preserved from historical ethnographic research.
PDFArchive.org

Legal notice: All Blackout Edition content is sourced from public domain or openly licensed material. Possession is legal in the United States, Canada, and most jurisdictions. Sold for educational and informational purposes. Buyer assumes responsibility for compliance with local laws.

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