Friction and Flight

Friction and Flight

November 9, 2025 — Sentinel HQ, BGC — Boardroom South

The hum of the projector filled the room as the Aerus prototype looped silently across the track in 4K resolution. There were no voiceovers. No background music. Just the turbine's soft whirr and the gravel whisper of tires kissing pavement.

Around the table sat Sentinel's senior board.

Department heads. Investors. Division VPs. All of them watching—most with narrowed eyes, calculating. Not skeptical, but cautious.

Matthew let the silence sit a second longer before clicking the remote.

The screen shifted to the rollout plan. Six bullet points. All in bold.

Finalize GTP-X production tooling

Establish composite chassis line in Subic

Secure proprietary ECU firmware rights

Close design patent applications in PH, SG, KR, US

Build first batch of 100 pre-production Aerus units

Public unveiling — Q3 2026