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+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/logo.svg" alt="Aegis" width="80" />
+</p>
+
 # Aegis
 
 **Self-hosted Envoy gateway with AI threat analysis, TLS automation, and a real-time security dashboard.**
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+
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+      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="#ffffff" stop-opacity="0"/>
+    </radialGradient>
+
+    <!-- Horizontal fade for the laser core so edges aren't too bright -->
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+      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="#ffffff" stop-opacity="0" />
+    </linearGradient>
+
+    <!-- Glow filters for the laser -->
+    <filter id="glowDeep" x="-50%" y="-500%" width="200%" height="1100%">
+      <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="4"/>
+    </filter>
+    <filter id="glowSharp" x="-50%" y="-500%" width="200%" height="1100%">
+      <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="1.5"/>
+    </filter>
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+
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+           Q 80 26 80 30 
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+        fill="url(#shieldGrad)" />
+        
+  <!-- Shield 3D Highlight -->
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+           L 20 30 
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+           Q 64 22 76 25 
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+
+  <!-- The A (Thin, wide stance) -->
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+
+  <!-- Laser Spark Glows -->
+  <!-- Wide, faint cyan aura -->
+  <ellipse cx="50" cy="62" rx="30" ry="4" fill="#00ffff" opacity="0.6" filter="url(#glowDeep)" />
+  <!-- Tighter, brighter cyan core glow -->
+  <ellipse cx="50" cy="62" rx="18" ry="1.5" fill="#00ffff" filter="url(#glowSharp)" />
+  <!-- Intense cyan halo for the center spark -->
+  <ellipse cx="50" cy="62" rx="6" ry="2.5" fill="#00ffff" filter="url(#glowSharp)" />
+  
+  <!-- Optical Flare White Core -->
+  <!-- Longest, thinnest needle fading out at edges -->
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+  <!-- Mid-length bright flare fading out at edges -->
+  <ellipse cx="50" cy="62" rx="14" ry="0.7" fill="url(#flareFade)" />
+  <!-- Solid white center hotspot -->
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+
+</svg>