diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a358f5d3..80fd5e45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ This demonstrates:
 
 ## 🔴 Live System Status
 
-![NOC Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/NOC-Operational-brightgreen?style=for-the-badge)
-![Systems](https://img.shields.io/badge/Systems-Online-blue?style=for-the-badge)
+![Ced's NOC](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://ced4568.github.io/ced-portfolio/data/noc-badge.json&style=for-the-badge)
+
 ![Edge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Edge-RF%20Active-orange?style=for-the-badge)
+![Portfolio](https://img.shields.io/badge/Portfolio-Live-blue?style=for-the-badge)
 
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 # 🧠 Featured System — Ced’s NOC (Network Operations Center)
diff --git a/data/noc-badge.json b/data/noc-badge.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2cac8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/noc-badge.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "label": "Ced's NOC",
+  "message": "All Systems Online | 8/8 online | 0 offline",
+  "color": "brightgreen"
+}
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diff --git a/data/noc-status.json b/data/noc-status.json
index 9a2a3059..4b8ff1b4 100644
--- a/data/noc-status.json
+++ b/data/noc-status.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "nocName": "Ced's NOC",
   "status": "All Systems Online",
-  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-26 16:03:47",
+  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-26 17:50:50",
   "summary": {
     "nodes": "12+",
     "services": "8/8",
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
       "type": "Virtualization Platform",
       "address": "10.10.30.250:8006",
       "status": "Online",
-      "severity": "Degraded",
+      "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Core Infrastructure",
       "label": "Hypervisor",
-      "latency": "52 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "4 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "TrueNAS",
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
       "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Storage",
       "label": "NAS",
-      "latency": "1 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "0 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "Nginx Proxy Manager",
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
       "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Access Layer",
       "label": "Proxy",
-      "latency": "0 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "3 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "Dashy",
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
       "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Dashboard",
       "label": "Portal",
-      "latency": "13 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "11 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "Jellyfin",
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
       "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Application Service",
       "label": "App",
-      "latency": "15 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "0 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "K3s API",
@@ -74,30 +74,30 @@
       "severity": "Healthy",
       "layer": "Compute Cluster",
       "label": "Cluster",
-      "latency": "1 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "0 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "APRS Home iGate",
       "type": "RF Edge Gateway",
       "address": "KJ5JCO-10 / Direwolf KISS 8001",
       "status": "Online",
-      "severity": "Degraded",
+      "severity": "Critical",
       "layer": "Edge / RF",
       "label": "iGate",
-      "latency": "97 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "324 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     },
     {
       "name": "APRS-IS",
       "type": "APRS Internet Service",
       "address": "noam.aprs2.net:14580",
       "status": "Online",
-      "severity": "Healthy",
+      "severity": "Degraded",
       "layer": "Edge / RF",
       "label": "External",
-      "latency": "42 ms",
-      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 16:03:47"
+      "latency": "98 ms",
+      "lastCheck": "2026-04-26 17:50:50"
     }
   ]
 }
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diff --git a/scripts/generate-noc-badge.py b/scripts/generate-noc-badge.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..039575c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-noc-badge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+NOC_FILE = ROOT / "data" / "noc-status.json"
+BADGE_FILE = ROOT / "data" / "noc-badge.json"
+
+with open(NOC_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    data = json.load(file)
+
+status = data.get("status", "Unknown")
+summary = data.get("summary", {})
+
+online = summary.get("online", "?")
+offline = summary.get("offline", "?")
+services = summary.get("services", f"{online}/?")
+
+if status == "All Systems Online":
+    color = "brightgreen"
+elif status == "Degraded":
+    color = "yellow"
+else:
+    color = "red"
+
+badge = {
+    "schemaVersion": 1,
+    "label": "Ced's NOC",
+    "message": f"{status} | {services} online | {offline} offline",
+    "color": color
+}
+
+BADGE_FILE.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+with open(BADGE_FILE, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    json.dump(badge, file, indent=2)
+
+print(f"NOC badge written to {BADGE_FILE}")
+print(badge["message"])
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