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+# Character State: ch-19
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Warehouse-Level 4, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Severe hand tremors, abdominal bruising, high exhaustion.
+Emotional: Hesitant, analytical dread; caught between logic and Arthur's grit.
+Active obligations: Owes the Exodus Group a viable exit vector (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [imminent detection] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED; Marcus vs. Arthur [the definition of "ready"] (Ch11) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the exact timestamp the city's power-cycling will lock the perimeter gates — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 25% — Realized his predictive models cannot account for Arthur’s mechanical intuition.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: The Kiln, Main Workbench
+Physical: Right wrist seized; chemical burn weeping; respiratory strain.
+Emotional: Defiant; protective of the physical "Iron Rule."
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a mechanical bypass (Ch11) — UNPAID; Owes David a stabilized generator mount (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. The Sentinel [physical vs. digital] (Ch15) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the backup diesel supply is 15% lower than the digital manifest claims — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 20% — Forced Marcus to acknowledge the "yield" of the metal over the logic of the code.
+Permanent: YES (Established the Iron Rule as the workshop's dominant philosophy over Marcus's HUD).
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Comms Hub / "The Ghost Nest," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Dehydrated; high caffeine/stimulant intake.
+Emotional: Tense; hyper-focused on signal-bleed.
+Active obligations: Owes the Makers an invisible footprint (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. Marcus [command authority] (Ch11) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows exactly which Tier-1 official signed the purge order — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 22% — No change.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Main Power Grid / Bus-Bar Junction
+Physical: Flash-burn on left forearm; eyes bloodshot.
+Emotional: Obsessive; protective of hardware.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a clean signal-bridge (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. The "Ghost-Signature" [identity of the hacker] (Ch15) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows his father’s old de-sync ID is the base’s ghost-signature — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 16% — Prioritized the workshop's torque over current grid stability.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-19
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): SEARCHING — Triangulating the "silent" draw from Ocala Delta — Expected pulse-scan in < 2 hours.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: HOSTILE — Escalating "Zero-Calorie Sync" to thermal imaging sweeps of the Ocala sector.
+- The Makers: UNIFIED (WORKSHOP) — Arthur’s "Iron Rule" has temporarily fused the team's focus on mechanical survival.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Washout: Digital isolation remains at 100%. Comms are local-only.
+- The Great Lockdown: 2 hours until perimeter mag-seals hit 100% lock.
+- Tropical Depression "Zeta": Barometric pressure at 992mb; humidity-induced oxidation is accelerating on external sensors.
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