From 5414f3390ad13fd39df9a64f6ddfb4ad68eaa132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:31:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md task=b9033277-3359-48ea-9821-5f81862b25cf --- .../staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cypress-bend/staging/staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md diff --git a/cypress-bend/staging/staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md b/cypress-bend/staging/staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77f5bb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/cypress-bend/staging/staging/drafts/character-state-ch-34.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# Character State: ch-34 + +## Marcus Thorne +Location: North Bank, Assembly Floor (Medical Bay) +Physical: Moderate frostnip; critical exhaustion; thermal suit power at 2%. +Emotional: Desperate and cognitively redlined; the "Beta Ghost" is now a physical contagion. +Active obligations: Owes Sarah a caloric-density report (Ch24) — UNPAID; owes Arthur a recalibration (Ch16) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Marcus vs. The Outbreak [Unknown Pathogen] (Ch34) — UNRESOLVED; Marcus vs. Arthur [Digital vs. Analog supremacy] (Ch29) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: Knows the Sentinel pulse frequency shifted by 0.4 Hz — [The group does NOT know]. +Arc: 48% — Realizing his digital safeguards are useless against a biological "logic-loop" lockout. +Permanent: NO. + +## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon +Location: North Bank, Assembly Floor (Quarantine Perimeter) +Physical: Right knee locked; violent tremors in hands; early-stage respiratory distress. +Emotional: Terrified but stoic; treating his own body as a failing machine. +Active obligations: Owes David a replacement Grade-8 bolt (Ch16) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Arthur vs. The Pathogen [Internal failure] (Ch34) — UNRESOLVED; Arthur vs. The Creek [Rising water table] (Ch16) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: Knows the recycled rebar in the south pylon is oxidized beyond safe tolerances — [Marcus does NOT know]. +Arc: 55% — Forced to accept that he cannot "machine" his way out of an infection. +Permanent: NO. + +## Sarah Jenkins +Location: North Bank, Hydroponic Tier 1 (Containment) +Physical: Healthy; wearing sealed bio-hazard gear. +Emotional: Furious and clinical; views the outbreak as a "trophic spillover" from the city. +Active obligations: Owes Marcus a seed-storage audit (Ch34) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Sarah vs. Marcus [Architectural rigidity vs. Biological chaos] (Ch34) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: Knows the pathogen originated from the UBI-rationed synthetic mulch — [The group does NOT know]. +Arc: 35% — Transitioning from "Gardener" to "Field Surgeon" for the entire ecosystem. +Permanent: YES (Has taken executive control over all "Living" sectors). + +## Elena Vance +Location: Comms Van (Isolated) +Physical: Severe fatigue; nosebleed recurring. +Emotional: Paranoid; convinced the "Hard-Sector Reset" includes a bio-warfare component. +Active obligations: Owes Marcus a localized JAM-radius (Ch16) — PAID. +Open loops: Elena vs. UBI Sentinel Unit 7 [Audit Ping within 2km] (Ch34) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: Knows the city-state has initiated a "Hard-Sector Reset" on the Ocala exchange — [The group does NOT know]. +Arc: 30% — Seeing the community's biological "noise" as its greatest tactical vulnerability. +Permanent: NO. + +# World State: ch-34 + +## NPC Memory +- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Ocala Perimeter): AGGRESSIVE — Within 2km of Cypress Bend; deploying signal-sniffers to track thermal plumes. + +## Faction Attitudes +- The City-State: PURGE — Moving from digital sanitation to "Biological Decontamination" (scorched earth). + +## Active World Events +- The Great Outbreak (Cypress Bend): Phase 1 (Incubation) complete; 15% of personnel symptomatic. +- The Hard Freeze: 4 hours remaining; temperature dropping to 18°F. +- The Ocala Reset: Phase 2 initiated; all mesh-nodes outside the sanctuary have been "darkened." \ No newline at end of file