March 1 offered the first real test of sustainability for Axanar producer Alec Peters’ effort to get fans to pay for the warehouse he calls Ares Studios in suburban Atlanta.

• Already plagued by sluggish growth for some time, the Patreon campaign yesterday actually lost donors and its monthly pledges tumbled, too.
• Net loss of donors by the end of the day was -5, though at one point it was down by eight.
• Net loss of donations by the end of the day were down by $64 — the largest single-day drop ever for the campaign.