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+# Character State: ch-29
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: North Bank, Assembly Floor
+Physical: Mild frostnip; thermal suit critical at 8% power.
+Emotional: Methodical but strained; suppressing the "Beta Ghost" anxiety through technical focus.
+Active obligations: Owes Sarah a caloric-density report (Ch24) — UNPAID; owes Arthur a recalibration (Ch16) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: 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: 45% — Forced to delegate the "tactile" survival to Arthur while he maintains the "digital" aegis.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: North Bank, Shop Floor (near South Pylon)
+Physical: Right knee locked; fingers numb but functional.
+Emotional: Vindicated and protective; treating the structure as a living body.
+Active obligations: Owes David a replacement Grade-8 bolt (Ch16) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: 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: 52% — Accepting that the "Iron Rule" must integrate with Marcus’s sensors to predict structural fatigue.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: North Bank, Power Hub
+Physical: Exhausted; electrical burn on left palm still tender.
+Emotional: Hyper-focused; viewing the community as a machine that cannot afford a single "dirty" component.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a signal-boost relay (Ch16) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. Precision [3D-printer layer skip in structural core] (Ch16) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows his father’s de-sync ID was pinged by a nearby relay station — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 38% — Fully transitioned into the "Resource Arbiter" role, prioritizing hardware longevity over individual comfort.
+Permanent: YES (Implemented the mandatory energy-draw hierarchy).
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Comms Van (Hard-wired to the Hub)
+Physical: Nosebleed stopped; severe fatigue.
+Emotional: Wary; sensing the "Hard-Sector Reset" closing in on their perimeter.
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus a localized JAM-radius (Ch16) — PAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. UBI Sentinel Unit 7 [Audit Ping within 5km] (Ch12) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the city-state has initiated a "Hard-Sector Reset" on the Ocala exchange — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 28% — Recognizing that Sarah’s crops are the "biological clock" of the sanctuary.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-29
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Ocala Perimeter): ACTIVE — Moving to high-ground for better signal-to-noise ratio; ignoring thermal decoys.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: HOSTILE/AUTOMATED — Hard-Sector Reset protocols are propagating through the local mesh; any non-UBI signal is now flagged for "physical sanitation."
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Hard Freeze: 12 hours remaining; temperature holding at 22°F.
+- The Shore-Standard: Active; non-essential systems (laundry, personal tablets) are hard-locked.
+- The Ocala Reset: Phase 1 initiated; landline and legacy microwave links in the sector are being purged.
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