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+# Character State: ch-35
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: Site B - Thermal Processing Vent, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Smoke-etched lungs, minor facial singe; hands steadying.
+Emotional: Resolved; the internal architectural "perfect loop" has collapsed into a pragmatic survival bias.
+Active obligations: Owes Elena a synchronized data-burst (Ch08) — UNPAID; Owes Arthur a manual cooling-shutter calibration (Ch17) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [Thermal spike detected] (Ch21) — UNRESOLVED; Marcus vs. Elena [The Drone ID secret] (Ch21) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the drone’s flight path originated from a Tier-1 Black-Site — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 38% — Accepted that the sanctuary is a target, shifting from architect to defender.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Arthur "Art" Penhaligon
+Location: Site B - External Valve Housing, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Severe arthritic flare in right hand; smell of burnt grease and old sweat.
+Emotional: Vindicated; his "Iron Rule" proved more resilient than Marcus’s silicon fail-safes.
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus a reinforced manifold weld (Ch21) — PAID.
+Open loops: Arthur vs. The Corroded Bypass [Shim is vibrating loose] (Ch17) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the backup generator took a surge that shortened its lifespan by half — [Marcus does NOT know].
+Arc: 40% — Transitioning from "Iron Pillar" to "Shield," realizing the youth need his grit more than his machining.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: Site B - Secondary Pump Housing, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Dehydrated; grease-mask on face.
+Emotional: Scathed; his "clean" system was dirtied by a hardware failure he couldn't predict.
+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: 25% — Admitting the UBI grid has a personal "data-scent" for his engineering style.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: The Comm-Hollow (Elevated Mesh Node), Cypress Bend
+Physical: Sleep-deprived; eyes bloodshot from screen-glare.
+Emotional: Frigid; perceives the physical breach as a failure of her digital obfuscation.
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus a logic-gate audit (Ch32) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. The Mesh-Blackout [Signal is leaking at 400MHz] (Ch35) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Has detected a secondary "ghost" signal trailing the Sentinel — [The group does NOT know].
+Arc: 33% — Realizing her technical "cage" is leaking human-sized noise.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-35
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Urban Grid): AGGRESSIVE — Thermal signature at Site B logged; altitude-drop initiated.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: PREDATORY — Site B confirmed as an "Active Dissident Node"; resources re-allocated for a "Physical Audit" (Strike).
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Blue-Out: Phase 2 deepening; 28 hours to total perimeter lockout.
+- The Great Exit: Data-transfer throttled to 42% due to Site B's hardware stutter.
+- The Breach: Probe-drones have established a geofence within 1.1km of the Ocala Delta.
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