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+# Character State: ch-01
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Warehouse-Level 4, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Dehydrated, thumb pads raw from tactile scrolling, early-stage heat exhaustion.
+Emotional: High-functioning anxiety; suffocated by the "logic-loop" of the failing urban grid.
+Active obligations: Owes the Exodus Group a viable exit vector (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel (Algorithm) [imminent detection] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the exact timestamp the city's power-cycling will lock the perimeter gates — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 05% — Shifted from theoretical planning to the physical reality of the "Hard Exit."
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Lower Machine Shop, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Arthritic flare-up in right hand, lung scarring aggravated by shop ozone.
+Emotional: Stoic disdain for the "ghost-work" of the digital world; ready for physical friction.
+Active obligations: Owes David a stabilized generator mount (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. Marcus [idealism vs. material reality] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the backup diesel supply is 15% lower than the digital manifest claims — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 02% — Re-established as the "Iron Pillar" through the diagnostic "Listen-Fix."
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Server Hot-Aisle, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Fingers stained with thermal paste, sleep-deprived (36 hours awake).
+Emotional: Rigid focus; treats the community's survival as a hardware optimization problem.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a clean signal-bridge before the Blue-Out (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. The "Black Box" tech [fear of unfixable systems] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows his father’s old de-sync ID is being used as the base’s ghost-signature — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 03% — Committed to "Mechanical Sovereignty" over UBI-mandated safety.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Observation Deck/Comms Hub, Ocala Delta
+Physical: No injuries; eyes bloodshot from monitor glare.
+Emotional: Coldly pragmatic; views the urban collapse as a "signal-to-noise" correction.
+Active obligations: Owes the Makers an invisible footprint (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. The Swamp [environmental unpredictability] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows exactly which Tier-1 official signed the purge order for the non-compliant sectors — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 04% — Re-engaged her "Ghosting" protocols for a real-world stakes scenario.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-01
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Detected a 0.04% discrepancy in the warehouse energy draw — Triggered a "Level-1 Optimization Sweep."
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: PREDATORY — Viewing all decentralized resource usage as a violation of the Social Contract.
+- The Makers: ISOLATED — United by technical competence but fractured by individual "Wounds" and distrust of the "Old World."
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Blue-Out: Urban power-grid cycling is entering Phase 2; total lockout of non-compliant sectors expected in 72 hours.
+- The Great Exit: The Cypress Bend Makers have initiated the "Hard Cut" from the central network.