Orion: ledger · Power Inflection

State

Testing reported

Test results stay attributed to whoever reported them.

Open question

What has the technology itself been shown to do, at what scale and under what conditions?

Not established in reviewed sources: Any demonstration of electricity recovered from fusion on Polaris
Not established in reviewed sources: Any measured energy gain (Q) figure from Polaris
Not established in reviewed sources: Operation on deuterium-helium-3, the fuel Helion says it will use commercially
Not established in reviewed sources: Independent replication of the February 2026 Polaris results

Target (2023): seventh prototype (Polaris) to demonstrate the ability to produce electricity in 2024

A stated target, not something that has happened. It does not set a state. Targets can move; earlier and later ones are both kept.

“The company is currently building its seventh prototype, which is expected to demonstrate the ability to produce electricity in 2024.”

An exact passage match shows the source says this. It does not prove the underlying claim is true.