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+# Character State: ch-13
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Warehouse-Level 4, South Gantry, Ocala Delta
+Physical: Mild electrical singe on left palm; high adrenaline.
+Emotional: Vindicated but wary; the "over-engineered toaster" comment from Art is ringing in his ears.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a synchronized data-burst (Ch08) — UNPAID; Owes the community a secondary perimeter sweep (Ch13) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [The drone was only a scout] (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED; Marcus vs. Elena [The 'Burn' Protocol disagreement] (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the drone’s flight path originated from a Tier-1 Black-Site, not a standard patrol hub — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 15% — Took a physical risk to save hardware, moving from pure logic to field pragmatism.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Lower Machine Shop, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Heavy tremors in right hand; soot-covered.
+Emotional: Smug; confirmed that a lead pipe beats a processor every time.
+Active obligations: Owes David a stabilized generator mount (Ch01) — PAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. The Cooling Pump [Manually holding the bypass valve] (Ch08) — RESOLVED (Pump is dead).
+Known secrets: Knows the backup generator took a surge that shortened its lifespan by half — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 18% — Publicly acknowledged Marcus’s "digital foresight" for the first time, though masked as a grunt.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Server Hot-Aisle, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Severe dehydration; near-collapse from heat.
+Emotional: Violated; seeing the "Clean" server room filled with extinguisher foam.
+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: 12% — Realized his "perfect loop" is physically penetrable; shifted to a "redundancy through chaos" mindset.
+Permanent: YES (Hardware loss is permanent).
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Observation Deck, Comms Hub, Ocala Delta
+Physical: No injuries; jaw tension causing a headache.
+Emotional: Furious; the security breach was "loud" and "sloppy" signal-wise.
+Active obligations: Owes the Makers an invisible footprint (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. UBI Sentinel Unit 7 [The Audit Ping] (Ch08) — UNRESOLVED; Elena vs. Marcus [Tactical friction over the kill-switch] (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Already identified the specific pilot's ID associated with the drone — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 14% — Scaled up the "Ghosting" protocols, sacrificing 20% of their outgoing signal to hide the "Noise" of the fight.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-13
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Lost a scout drone to manual interference — Will now prioritize high-altitude thermal imaging over low-level MAC sweeps.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: HUNTING — The Ocala Delta is no longer a "grey zone" but an "active anomaly."
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Blue-Out: Phase 2 deepening; 44 hours to total perimeter lockout.
+- The Great Exit: Data-transfer is stalled at 48% due to server damage.
+- The Breach: The physical location of "The Kiln" is now flagged as a 70% probability site in the Sentinel's logic.
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