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+# Character State: ch-25
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Site B - Thermal Processing Vent, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Moderate smoke inhalation; hands grease-slicked and trembling.
+Emotional: Violated; the technical sanctuary feels like a glass house.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a synchronized data-burst (Ch08) — UNPAID; Owes Arthur a manual cooling-shutter calibration (Ch17) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [Thermal spike detected] (Ch21) — UNRESOLVED; Marcus vs. Elena [The Drone ID secret] (Ch21) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the drone’s flight path originated from a Tier-1 Black-Site — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 32% — Realized the "perfect" loop is a target, not a shield. 
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Site B - External Valve Housing, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Acute arthritic flare-up; right shoulder barely mobile.
+Emotional: Protective and grimly vindicated in his distrust of "clean" tech.
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus a reinforced manifold weld (Ch21) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. The Corroded Bypass [Shim is vibrating loose] (Ch17) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the backup generator took a surge that shortened its lifespan by half — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 35% — Accepting that his role as the "Iron Pillar" now requires him to be a shield for the younger makers.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Site B - Secondary Pump Housing, Cypress Bend
+Physical: No injuries; sweating heavily from exertion.
+Emotional: Frustrated; the hardware failure is an insult to his engineering.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a clean signal-bridge (Ch01) — UNPAID; Owes Arthur a diagnostic (Ch03) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. Hardware Recovery [The central array is 30% foam-damaged] (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: His father’s de-sync ID was the "lure" that brought the drone in — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 22% — Admitting the "black box" of the UBI grid is actively hunting his specific signature.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-25
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Thermal spike confirmed at Site B — Sub-orbital sweepers redirected for low-altitude pass in 2.5 hours.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: PREDATORY — Classified Site B as a "Resource Dissident Node" — Kill-authorization pending for unidentified thermal sources.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Blue-Out: Phase 2 deepening; 30 hours to total perimeter lockout.
+- The Great Exit: Data-transfer throttled to 48% due to cooling failure at Site B.
+- The Breach: Probe-drones have established a geofence within 1.5km of the Ocala Delta.