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+# Character State: ch-10
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Warehouse-Level 4, Command Center, Ocala Delta
+Physical: Severe tremors in right hand; pupils dilated from lack of sleep.
+Emotional: Frantic; oscillating between technical focus and terror of the "Beta Ghost" repetition.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a validated signal-bridge handover (Ch10) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [detection threshold reached] (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the Sentinel has already breached the secondary firewall— [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 15% — Realized his past architectural "sins" are the exact map the enemy is using to find them.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: Comms Hub, Ocala Delta
+Physical: No injuries; voice raspy; fingers cramped from high-speed input.
+Emotional: Ruthless; has mentally detached from Marcus’s chain of command to save the collective.
+Active obligations: Owes the community a total "Ghost" state (Ch10) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. Marcus [command authority] (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Has already initiated the "Hard Cut" isolation without communal vote — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 18% — Fully committed to her role as the "Ghost Architect," prioritizing system survival over human consensus.
+Permanent: YES. (She has officially subverted Marcus’s leadership).
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Lower Level, Main Breaker Vault
+Physical: Right wrist swollen; breathing heavy/labored due to humidity and stress.
+Emotional: Contemptuous; hates that the "war" is happening on screens he can’t smash.
+Active obligations: Owes David a manual override lock (Ch10) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. The Magnetic Locks [physical barrier] (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the primary seal is warped and won't hold if the power cycles— [Elena does NOT know].
+Arc: 12% — Accepted that his "Iron Rule" is the only thing that will function when the silicon fails.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Server Hot-Aisle, Ocala Delta
+Physical: Burn on left index finger from a shorted capacitor.
+Emotional: Dissociative; retreating into "Order of Operations" to manage a panic attack.
+Active obligations: Owes Arthur a stabilized voltage for the manual override (Ch10) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. The Ghost Signature [his father's ID] (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Recognized the Sentinel’s probe pattern as a variant of his father's old work— [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 14% — Realized he is no longer just fixing machines, but fighting his own history.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-10
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Identified the specific "Beta Ghost" vulnerability in the warehouse mesh — Accelerated extraction of the group's physical coordinates.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Makers: FRACTURED — The "Blue-Out" has forced a split between Marcus’s defensive caution and Elena’s aggressive isolationism.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Siege: The physical perimeter of the Ocala Delta warehouse is now magnetically locked by the city-state's remote override.
+- The Purge: Sentinel Unit 7 has moved from "Monitor" to "Exterminate" status for Sector 94. Expected physical breach in 4 hours.