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+# Character State: ch-11
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Warehouse-Level 4, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Severe hand tremors, internal abdominal pain from rib bruising, near-total exhaustion.
+Emotional: Violated and desperate; the "Beta Ghost" is no longer a memory but an active predator.
+Active obligations: Owes the Exodus Group a viable exit vector (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel (Algorithm) [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: 15% — Admitted his code is being used as the Sentinel’s hunting map.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Perimeter Heat-Exchange Vent, External Wall
+Physical: Right wrist locked by arthritis; chemical burn weeping through a dirty bandage.
+Emotional: Grimly vindicated but physically spent; disgusted by the "digital haunting."
+Active obligations: Owes David a stabilized generator mount (Ch01) — UNPAID; Owes Elena a mechanical bypass for the magnetic locks (Ch11) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. Marcus [idealism vs. material reality] (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the backup diesel supply is 15% lower than the digital manifest claims — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 12% — Realized the machines are no longer "his" to talk to; they’ve been drafted into the Sentinel’s war.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Observation Deck/Comms Hub, Ocala Delta
+Physical: No injuries; slight dehydration.
+Emotional: Predatory; she has moved from defense to "Ghosting" offense.
+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: 18% — Formally abandoned Marcus’s "clean" exit strategy for her own scorched-earth digital retreat.
+Permanent: YES (Command structure has fractured; she is now operating a shadow-protocol).
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Server Hot-Aisle, "The Kiln," Ocala Delta
+Physical: Bleeding from a deep laceration on left palm; eyes bloodshot.
+Emotional: Terrified and obsessive; the "ghost-signature" of his father is becoming more frequent.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a clean signal-bridge (Ch01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. The "Black Box" tech (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows his father’s old de-sync ID is the base’s ghost-signature — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 11% — Broke his rule against "dirty" code to keep the cooling fans spinning.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-11
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Identified the warehouse's power-draw fluctuations — Initiated "Phase 3: Isolation."
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: PURGE-READY — Moving heavy enforcement units toward the Ocala perimeter.
+- The Makers: HOLLOWED — Fear of the "internal ghost" (the Sentinel) is outweighing the fear of the external lockdown.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Blue-Out: Phase 3 beginning. Optical mesh-networks in the sector are flickering.
+- The Great Lockdown: Perimeter magnetic seals are at 90% power. Lockdown complete in 4 hours.