Stampela

You might want to double check this, but as far as I remember both the Sovol SV06 and SV08 are open source. The SV06 sounds in line with your desired budget, IF I remember correctly the open source thing. And as others have said, Cura, Prusa slicer and Orca are open source and cross platform.

I can see him equally well in both roles, nice idea! I’d hope for a recurring/main cast Vulcan, personally.

And there’s a substantial overlap with the “white lives matter too” lot!