diff --git a/hw/orion/default.nix b/hw/orion/default.nix
index 5b104cd..f05a715 100644
--- a/hw/orion/default.nix
+++ b/hw/orion/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,65 @@
-{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     # orion started as a desktop with an interactive installer;
     # the disk is already provisioned.
     # ./disk-config.nix
-    ../../configs/mcpkg.nix
-    ../../configs/mcp.nix
   ];
 
   config = {
-    # Allow rootless containers (Podman) to bind port 53 for CoreDNS (MCNS precursor).
-    boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start" = 53;
+    services.searx = {
+      enable = true;
+      redisCreateLocally = true;
+      environmentFile = "/var/lib/searx/secret.env";
+      settings = {
+        general.instance_name = "orion-search";
+        server = {
+          bind_address = "127.0.0.1";
+          port = 8888;
+          secret_key = "$SEARX_SECRET_KEY";
+          limiter = false;
+          public_instance = false;
+          image_proxy = false;
+          method = "GET";
+          base_url = "https://orion.scylla-hammerhead.ts.net/";
+        };
+        search.formats = [ "html" "json" ];
+      };
+    };
 
-    # Open ports: DNS (53), mc-proxy (443, 8443, 9443), exod (8080, 9090).
-    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 53 443 8443 9443 8080 9090 ];
-    networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 ];
+    # Secret stays on the box, never in the nix store. Mode 0640 root:searx.
+    systemd.services.searx-secret = {
+      description = "Generate SearXNG secret if missing";
+      wantedBy = [ "searx.service" ];
+      before = [ "searx.service" ];
+      after = [ "systemd-sysusers.service" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+      };
+      script = ''
+        install -d -m 0750 -o root -g searx /var/lib/searx
+        if [ ! -f /var/lib/searx/secret.env ]; then
+          umask 027
+          echo "SEARX_SECRET_KEY=$(${pkgs.openssl}/bin/openssl rand -hex 32)" > /var/lib/searx/secret.env
+          chown root:searx /var/lib/searx/secret.env
+          chmod 0640 /var/lib/searx/secret.env
+        fi
+      '';
+    };
 
-    # DNS: MCNS for internal zones, public resolvers as fallback.
-    networking.nameservers = [ "192.168.88.181" "100.95.252.120" "1.1.1.1" "8.8.8.8" ];
-    services.resolved.settings.Resolve.Domains = [ "~mcp.metacircular.net" ];
+    # Loopback-only SearXNG, TLS via Tailscale Serve. No host firewall hole.
+    systemd.services.tailscale-serve-searx = {
+      description = "Advertise SearXNG on Tailscale Serve";
+      after = [ "tailscaled.service" "searx.service" ];
+      wants = [ "tailscaled.service" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.tailscale}/bin/tailscale serve --bg --yes 8888";
+      };
+    };
   };
 }