diff --git a/images/ansible/ansible.cfg b/images/ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fadf537b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[defaults]
+roles_path = roles
diff --git a/images/ansible/playbooks/barebones.yml b/images/ansible/playbooks/barebones.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b36e2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/playbooks/barebones.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: AX Barebones Image
+  hosts: all
+  become: yes
+  vars_files:
+    - ../vars/barebones.yml
+  roles:
+    - common
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/ansible/roles/common/handlers/main.yml b/images/ansible/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..822887e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: restart ssh
+  service:
+    name: ssh
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b95a01b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+---
+- name: Wait for cloud-init
+  command: /usr/bin/cloud-init status --wait
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Create swap
+  include_tasks: swap.yml
+  when: ansible_swaptotal_mb == 0
+
+- name: Update & upgrade
+  apt:
+    update_cache: yes
+    upgrade: dist
+  environment:
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+
+- name: Install required packages
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - fail2ban
+      - ufw
+      - net-tools
+      - zsh
+      - zsh-syntax-highlighting
+      - zsh-autosuggestions
+      - jq
+      - build-essential
+      - python3-pip
+      - unzip
+      - git
+      - p7zip
+      - libpcap-dev
+      - rubygems
+      - ruby-dev
+      - grc
+      - nmap
+    state: present
+    install_recommends: no
+
+- name: Allow SSH and custom port in UFW
+  ufw:
+    rule: allow
+    port: "{{ item }}"
+  loop:
+    - '22'
+    - '2266'
+
+- name: Enable UFW
+  ufw:
+    state: enabled
+    policy: deny
+
+- name: Create op user
+  user:
+    name: op
+    groups: sudo
+    shell: /usr/bin/zsh
+    create_home: yes
+    append: yes
+
+- name: Create op directories
+  file:
+    path: "/home/op/{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: op
+    group: users
+    mode: '0755'
+  loop:
+    - .ssh
+    - c2
+    - recon
+    - lists
+    - go
+    - bin
+    - .config
+    - .cache
+    - work
+    - .config/amass
+
+- name: Remove default MOTD files
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ q('fileglob', '/etc/update-motd.d/*') }}"
+
+- name: Install Oh My Zsh (non-interactively)
+  shell: >
+    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" --unattended
+  become: yes
+  become_user: op
+  args:
+    creates: /home/op/.oh-my-zsh
+
+- name: Create sudo_as_admin_successful
+  file:
+    path: /home/op/.sudo_as_admin_successful
+    state: touch
+    owner: op
+    group: users
+
+- name: Create legal MOTD cache
+  file:
+    path: /home/op/.cache/motd.legal-displayed
+    state: touch
+    owner: op
+    group: users
+
+- name: Set passwords
+  user:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    password: "{{ op_random_password | password_hash('sha512') }}"
+  loop:
+    - { name: 'op' }
+    - { name: 'ubuntu' }
+    - { name: 'root' }
+
+- name: Copy config files from tmp (matching original Packer)
+  copy:
+    src: "/tmp/configs/{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    owner: "{{ item.owner | default('root') }}"
+    group: "{{ item.group | default('root') }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default('0644') }}"
+    backup: yes
+    remote_src: true
+  loop:
+    - { src: 'sudoers', dest: '/etc/sudoers', owner: 'root', group: 'root', mode: '0440' }
+    - { src: 'bashrc', dest: '/home/op/.bashrc', owner: 'op', group: 'users', mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'zshrc', dest: '/home/op/.zshrc', owner: 'op', group: 'users', mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'sshd_config', dest: '/etc/ssh/sshd_config', owner: 'root', group: 'root', mode: '0600' }
+    - { src: '00-header', dest: '/etc/update-motd.d/00-header', owner: 'root', group: 'root', mode: '0755' }
+    - { src: 'authorized_keys', dest: '/home/op/.ssh/authorized_keys', owner: 'op', group: 'users', mode: '0600' }
+    - { src: 'tmux-splash.sh', dest: '/home/op/bin/tmux-splash.sh', owner: 'op', group: 'users', mode: '0755' }
+
+- name: Set op user file ownership
+  file:
+    path: /home/op
+    owner: op
+    group: users
+    recurse: yes
+
+- name: Install Golang
+  unarchive:
+    src: "https://golang.org/dl/go{{ golang_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+    dest: /usr/local
+    remote_src: yes
+    creates: /usr/local/go
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Install Docker
+  shell: curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
+  args:
+    creates: /usr/bin/docker
+
+- name: Add op user to docker group
+  user:
+    name: op
+    groups: docker
+    append: yes
+
+- name: Install uv system-wide using installer script
+  shell: |
+    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin" sh
+  args:
+    creates: "/usr/local/bin/uv"
+
+- name: Install Interlace using uv tool for user op
+  become_user: op
+  shell: uv tool install git+https://github.com/codingo/Interlace.git
+  register: uv_install_result
+  changed_when: "'already installed' not in uv_install_result.stderr"
+  failed_when: uv_install_result.rc != 0 and 'already installed' not in uv_install_result.stderr
+
+- name: Optimize SSH config
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+    regexp: "^{{ item.key }} "
+    line: "{{ item.key }} {{ item.value }}"
+    validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
+  loop:
+    - { key: 'ClientAliveInterval', value: '60' }
+    - { key: 'ClientAliveCountMax', value: '60' }
+    - { key: 'MaxSessions', value: '100' }
+  notify: restart ssh
+
+- name: Tune sysctl for high concurrency
+  sysctl:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+    state: present
+    reload: no
+  loop:
+    - { name: 'net.nf_conntrack_max', value: '1048576' }
+    - { name: 'net.core.somaxconn', value: '1048576' }
+    - { name: 'net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range', value: '1024 65535' }
+
+- name: Clean apt
+  apt:
+    autoclean: yes
+    autoremove: yes
diff --git a/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/swap.yml b/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/swap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..417d2f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/roles/common/tasks/swap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- command: fallocate -l 2G /swap
+  args:
+    creates: /swap
+
+- file:
+    path: /swap
+    mode: '0600'
+
+- command: mkswap /swap
+
+- command: swapon /swap
+
+- lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/fstab
+    line: '/swap none swap sw 0 0'
diff --git a/images/ansible/vars/barebones.yml b/images/ansible/vars/barebones.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7a01b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ansible/vars/barebones.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+op_random_password: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=32 chars=ascii_letters,digits') }}"
+golang_version: "1.22.5"  # Override via Packer var
diff --git a/images/pkr.hcl/builders/do.pkr.hcl b/images/pkr.hcl/builders/do.pkr.hcl
index 8f5ef0b5..ed7b9704 100644
--- a/images/pkr.hcl/builders/do.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/pkr.hcl/builders/do.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    ansible = {
+      version = ">= 1.1.4"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 variable "golang_version" {
   type = string
 }
@@ -18,11 +27,20 @@ source "digitalocean" "packer" {
   ssh_username  = "root"
   snapshot_name = var.snapshot_name
   api_token     = var.do_key
-  image         = "ubuntu-22-04-x64"
+  image         = "ubuntu-24-04-x64"
   region        = var.region
   size          = var.default_size
 }
 
+variable "AXIOM_ROOT" {
+  type = string
+  default = "/root/.axiom"
+}
+
+locals {
+  axiom_root = var.AXIOM_ROOT
+}
+
 build {
   sources = [
     "source.digitalocean.packer"
diff --git a/images/pkr.hcl/provisioners/ansible-barebones.pkr.hcl b/images/pkr.hcl/provisioners/ansible-barebones.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fde2e0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/pkr.hcl/provisioners/ansible-barebones.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+  provisioner "file" {
+    source      = "./configs"
+    destination = "/tmp/configs"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "ansible" {
+    playbook_file = "${var.AXIOM_ROOT}/images/ansible/playbooks/barebones.yml"
+  
+    ansible_env_vars = [
+      "ANSIBLE_CONFIG=${var.AXIOM_ROOT}/images/ansible/ansible.cfg"
+    ]
+  }
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = [
+      "echo CkNvbmdyYXR1bGF0aW9ucywgeW91ciBidWlsZCBpcyBhbG1vc3QgZG9uZSEKCiDilojilojilojilojilojilZcg4paI4paI4pWXICDilojilojilZcgICAg4paI4paI4paI4paI4paI4paI4pWXIOKWiOKWiOKVlyAgIOKWiOKWiOKVl+KWiOKWiOKVl+KWiOKWiOKVlyAgICAg4paI4paI4paI4paI4paI4paI4pWXCuKWiOKWiOKVlOKVkOKVkOKWiOKWiOKVl+KVmuKWiOKWiOKVl+KWiOKWiOKVlOKVnSAgICDilojilojilZTilZDilZDilojilojilZfilojilojilZEgICDilojilojilZHilojilojilZHilojilojilZEgICAgIOKWiOKWiOKVlOKVkOKVkOKWiOKWiOKVlwrilojilojilojilojilojilojilojilZEg4pWa4paI4paI4paI4pWU4pWdICAgICDilojilojilojilojilojilojilZTilZ3ilojilojilZEgICDilojilojilZHilojilojilZHilojilojilZEgICAgIOKWiOKWiOKVkSAg4paI4paI4pWRCuKWiOKWiOKVlOKVkOKVkOKWiOKWiOKVkSDilojilojilZTilojilojilZcgICAgIOKWiOKWiOKVlOKVkOKVkOKWiOKWiOKVl+KWiOKWiOKVkSAgIOKWiOKWiOKVkeKWiOKWiOKVkeKWiOKWiOKVkSAgICAg4paI4paI4pWRICDilojilojilZEK4paI4paI4pWRICDilojilojilZHilojilojilZTilZ0g4paI4paI4pWXICAgIOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKVlOKVneKVmuKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKVlOKVneKWiOKWiOKVkeKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKVl+KWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKWiOKVlOKVnQrilZrilZDilZ0gIOKVmuKVkOKVneKVmuKVkOKVnSAg4pWa4pWQ4pWdICAgIOKVmuKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVnSAg4pWa4pWQ4pWQ4pWQ4pWQ4pWQ4pWdIOKVmuKVkOKVneKVmuKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVneKVmuKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVkOKVnQoKTWFpbnRhaW5lcjogMHh0YXZpYW4KCvCdk7LwnZO38J2TvPCdk7nwnZOy8J2Tu/Cdk67wnZOtIPCdk6vwnZSCIPCdk6rwnZSB8J2TsvCdk7jwnZO2OiDwnZO98J2TsfCdk64g8J2TrfCdlILwnZO38J2TqvCdk7bwnZOy8J2TrCDwnZOy8J2Tt/Cdk6/wnZO78J2TqvCdk7zwnZO98J2Tu/Cdk77wnZOs8J2TvfCdk77wnZO78J2TriDwnZOv8J2Tu/Cdk6rwnZO28J2TrvCdlIDwnZO48J2Tu/Cdk7Qg8J2Tr/Cdk7jwnZO7IPCdk67wnZO/8J2TrvCdk7vwnZSC8J2Tq/Cdk7jwnZOt8J2UgiEgLSBA8J2TufCdk7vwnZSCMPCdk6zwnZOsIEAw8J2UgfCdk73wnZOq8J2Tv/Cdk7LwnZOq8J2TtwoKUmVhZCB0aGVzZSB3aGlsZSB5b3UncmUgd2FpdGluZyB0byBnZXQgc3RhcnRlZCA6KQoKICAgIC0gTmV3IFdpa2k6IGh0dHBzOi8vYXgtZnJhbWV3b3JrLmdpdGJvb2suaW8vd2lraS8KICAgIC0gRXhpc3RpbmcgVXNlcnM6IGh0dHBzOi8vYXgtZnJhbWV3b3JrLmdpdGJvb2suaW8vd2lraS9vdmVydmlldy9leGlzdGluZy11c2VycwogICAgLSBCcmluZyBZb3VyIE93biBQcm92aXNpb25lcjogaHR0cHM6Ly9heC1mcmFtZXdvcmsuZ2l0Ym9vay5pby93aWtpL2Z1bmRhbWVudGFscy9icmluZy15b3VyLW93bi1wcm92aXNpb25lciAKICAgIC0gRmlsZXN5c3RlbSBVdGlsaXRpZXM6IGh0dHBzOi8vYXgtZnJhbWV3b3JrLmdpdGJvb2suaW8vd2lraS9mdW5kYW1lbnRhbHMvZmlsZXN5c3RlbS11dGlsaXRpZXMKICAgIC0gRmxlZXRzOiBodHRwczovL2F4LWZyYW1ld29yay5naXRib29rLmlvL3dpa2kvZnVuZGFtZW50YWxzL2ZsZWV0cwogICAgLSBTY2FuczogaHR0cHM6Ly9heC1mcmFtZXdvcmsuZ2l0Ym9vay5pby93aWtpL2Z1bmRhbWVudGFscy9zY2FuCg== | base64 -d"
+    ]
+  }
+
+}