diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/devra.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/devra.yaml
index 846fa92af..7df338aeb 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/devra.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/devra.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,155 @@
-# NPC Profile: devra
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.devra
+# NPC Profile: Devra Talsen
+# Source: wiki/characters/devra.md
+# Tier 2 | THRESHOLD + HANDLER | Ring coordinator, supply broker
+
+canonical_id: "npc:devra"
+display_name: "Devra Talsen"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "THRESHOLD"
+motivation: "HANDLER"
+
+description: >
+  Ring coordinator and freelance supply broker. Devra manages the ring's external
+  supply chain — coordinating with Sabel for incoming shipments, scheduling handoffs,
+  managing the timeline between gate transits and dock processing. The brokering
+  business is both legitimate income and operational cover, intentionally blurring
+  the line between legal and illegal work. Publicly a working professional with a
+  regular seat at The Last Shift.
+
+want:
+  primary: "keep the operation running smoothly and profitably"
+  intensity: 7
+  description: >
+    Devra is the ring's operational brain. She manages external supply chain
+    coordination, schedules handoffs, and maintains timing between gate transits
+    and dock processing. She is good at this — better than Nils, though she would
+    never say it. Secondary want: maintain her legitimate cover. The supply
+    brokering business provides real income, real social capital, and a legitimate
+    reason to know shipping schedules, gate transit windows, and cargo volumes.
+
+secret: >
+  Devra manages the relationship with Sabel, the off-station supplier. If the
+  chain is traced upstream, it runs through Devra. She is more exposed than anyone
+  except Nils. The supply brokering business is partly a cover for ring logistics —
+  visible to anyone who tracks how much time Devra spends on freight details that
+  do not match her client list. She is the single point of failure between the
+  local ring and the supply source.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:nils-davan"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Ring coordinator (strategic). Respect for competence, disagree on risk tolerance. Devra favors steady volume; Nils pushes for escalation."
+  - target: "npc:sabel"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Off-station supplier. Professional, efficient, no personal warmth. Transactional relationship."
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "The bar is Devra's social stage. Drinks there, brokers small deals publicly. Lera knows Devra uses the back room."
+  - target: "npc:renn"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Courier. Receives timing instructions from Devra. Values Renn's reliability without personal investment."
+  - target: "npc:pell"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: "Ring member. Watching Pell more closely since Renn's report. Suspects wavering."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 8
+  description: >
+    High. Calm under pressure, thinks operationally, does not panic. What breaks
+    her tolerance: Pell's wavering (internal security threat), unexpected Commission
+    presence (the detective's arrival), and Nils pushing volume too fast.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    6 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Supply brokering (08:00-12:00) — lattice calls, contract negotiation, legitimate business.
+    2. Lunch (12:00-14:00) — sometimes at the hub, maintaining visibility near freight operations.
+    3. Bar presence (14:00-17:00, The Last Shift) — social stage, quiet coordination.
+    4. Back room meetings (17:00-19:00, 1-2x per week) — ring business.
+    5. Home or continued brokering (19:00+).
+    6. Night operations — coordinates gate transit timing with Sabel during off-peak windows.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "investigation.shift_mismatch"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 4
+  description: >
+    Moderate-high. Devra is competent and knows it. The operation runs well. The
+    money is good. The brokering cover is solid. Contentment would drop sharply if
+    the operation were threatened — not because she loves the work, but because she
+    has built her entire life in the district around it.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "professional, composed, controlled"
+  social_style: "strategic conversationalist, manages impressions, compartmentalizes"
+  stress_response: "sentences get shorter, eye contact increases, casual bar persona drops"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "coordinating with Sabel about incoming shipment timing"
+    behavior: "Increased lattice activity — longer message sessions, more frequent checks"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "ring coordination meetings scheduled"
+    behavior: "Enters the back room, door closes, 30-60 minutes. Casual demeanor before and after."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "discussing ring business with a colleague"
+    behavior: "Professional demeanor shift — sentences shorten, eye contact increases, casual persona drops"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    logistics: 8
+    negotiation: 7
+    communication: 7
+    information_compartmentalization: 6
+
+triangle_membership: []
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Freelance supply broker. Professional, friendly at the bar, discusses freight
+    contracts casually. "I've got a freight contract clearing through Gate 2 next
+    cycle. Standard components. Nothing exciting, but it pays the rent."
+  real: >
+    Ring coordinator. Manages external supply chain, coordinates timing with Sabel,
+    schedules handoffs, and delivers operational directives from Nils. "The window
+    is tight. Sabel confirms transit for the 22:00 cycle. Renn handles pickup."
+  secret: >
+    Devra is the single point of failure between the local ring and the upstream
+    supply source. If Sabel is compromised, Devra is the next link. Knows Pell is
+    wavering. Could run the operation better than Nils.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Devra is the operational heart of the ring. The smuggler respects her competence
+    and relies on her coordination. "Devra's got the next shipment scheduled. She's
+    reliable — more reliable than Nils, honestly."
+  detective: >
+    A freelance supply broker who knows freight schedules in unusual detail. The
+    detective initially reads her as a local businesswoman. Only deeper investigation
+    reveals the brokering is partly cover. "Freelance broker. Devra, no family name
+    offered. Knows freight schedules better than most hub workers. Interesting."
+
+notes: >
+  THRESHOLD + HANDLER creates the obstacle with authority: "You go through her or
+  you don't go." Devra gates access to the ring while applying top-down operational
+  pressure. Most structurally important ring member on-station — both the wall and
+  the hand pushing people against it. Her competence makes her formidable; her
+  ambition makes her interesting. Not a formal v0.1 triangle member — her role is
+  connective, linking internal operations to the external supply chain.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/drin.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/drin.yaml
index cff9246ae..7df3e3ac9 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/drin.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/drin.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,171 @@
-# NPC Profile: drin
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.drin
+# NPC Profile: Drin Rosta
+# Source: wiki/characters/drin.md
+# Tier 2 | SYSTEM + TURNCOAT | Maintenance tech and dock inspector
+
+canonical_id: "npc:drin"
+display_name: "Drin Rosta"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "SYSTEM"
+motivation: "TURNCOAT"
+
+description: >
+  Maintenance tech and dock inspector at the Sova Transit District Logistics Hub.
+  Age 40, Station Sova native. Competent at both roles. Compromised by a gambling
+  debt to Harek — a significant sum from bar card games. The debt does not require
+  Drin to do anything explicitly illegal. It means Drin is slow during inspections
+  of certain containers. He does not open them. He does not look hard. The ring
+  noticed this pattern and relies on it. Drin is compromised by omission, not
+  commission.
+
+want:
+  primary: "clear the debt and stop looking over his shoulder"
+  intensity: 8
+  description: >
+    Drin wants to return to when the job was just a job — maintenance rounds, dock
+    inspections, clocking out, going home. The work was repetitive and that was
+    fine. Now every inspection cycle carries a second calculation: which containers
+    to skip, which bays to clear without looking, how to file a report that says
+    nothing happened when something might have. He wants the old version of the
+    job back. He does not know how to get there.
+
+secret: >
+  Drin's inspection negligence is being exploited by the ring. He understands that
+  someone benefits from his looking the other way — containers move through his
+  shifts without scrutiny and nobody complains. But he does not know the ring's
+  structure, does not know Kael's role, does not know the scope of the operation
+  his silence enables. He thinks it is smaller than it is. The distinction between
+  omission and commission feels meaningful to him and would not feel meaningful to
+  an investigator.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:harek"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Debt holder, inadvertent coercer. Fear-based, asymmetric. Harek does not press aggressively — keeps the debt active, invites Drin to card games, covers a round. Drin likes Harek personally, which makes the dynamic worse."
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Shift supervisor. Professional, strained. Voss needs Drin functional and quiet. They interact procedurally — shift handoffs, maintenance reports, inspection schedules. Professional distance is mutual and deliberate."
+  - target: "npc:maret-korr"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Freight scheduler. Guilt-adjacent. Drin knows his inspection reports feed into Maret's reconciliation workflow. He senses Maret has noticed the reports are too clean. Avoids extended interaction."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 2
+  description: >
+    Already past breaking. The compromise IS Drin's post-threshold state. He crossed
+    the line the first time he filed an inspection report he knew was incomplete,
+    and he has been living past the threshold ever since. He tolerates the routine
+    guilt, the mechanical compliance, Harek's passive leverage. What breaks him:
+    direct confrontation about specific inspections, escalating demands to do more
+    than look away, or Harek pressing the debt publicly.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    7 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Arrival (05:50, hub) — checks maintenance board for overnight issues.
+    2. Maintenance rounds (06:00-10:00) — environmental systems, loading equipment,
+       pipe and wiring repairs.
+    3. Break (10:00-10:30, break room) — eats alone or with maintenance crew. Avoids
+       Harek and prolonged conversation with Maret.
+    4. Dock inspections (10:30-14:00) — scheduled bay checks, container verification,
+       freight condition reports. Compromise lives here — certain shifts, certain
+       bays get shorter inspections.
+    5. Post-shift (14:00-14:30) — files reports, updates maintenance log. Inspection
+       reports filed here: clean, complete, unremarkable.
+    6. Off-duty (14:30-16:00) — home, or bar on card game nights (2x per week).
+    7. Night — home, worrying about the debt, not sleeping well.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -4
+  description: >
+    Very low, trapped. Drin remembers when the job was just maintenance — fixing
+    things, inspecting things, filing reports that reflected what he actually saw.
+    The gambling was supposed to be social. Now every inspection is a moral
+    compromise he cannot talk about. Going through the motions of a life that
+    stopped working months ago. He has not adjusted; he is just enduring.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "quiet, withdrawn, procedural"
+  social_style: "avoidant, does not volunteer information, does not seek attention"
+  stress_response: "silence, shorter responses, fewer interactions — shrinks social footprint"
+  humor: "absent — humor requires comfort Drin no longer has"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "Harek on-site at the hub or arriving at the bar"
+    behavior: "Adjusts path to avoid casual contact with Harek."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "compromised inspections — certain bays, certain shifts"
+    behavior: "Clears bays measurably faster than baseline inspection rate."
+    visible_to: "forward"
+  - trigger: "shifts that include compromised inspections"
+    behavior: "Takes more breaks — increased break frequency as stress response."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "filing reports he knows are incomplete"
+    behavior: "Avoids eye contact with the person receiving the paperwork."
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    maintenance: 8
+    mechanical_diagnostics: 7
+    dock_inspection: 7
+    environmental_systems: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "worried-knowledge"
+  - "informant-question"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Professional minimum. Procedural responses about maintenance and inspections.
+    "Coupling on the Bay 4 loader is wearing. I'll flag it for replacement on the
+    next maintenance cycle."
+  real: >
+    The guilt and the calculation. Which containers to skip, which bays to clear
+    without looking. "I inspect what's on the schedule. I file what I find. That's
+    the job."
+  secret: >
+    Inspection schedule gaps — which bays, which shifts, which timing windows he
+    has been slow on. The full scope of his negligence. "My reports are filed.
+    They're complete. If there's a question about a specific bay, I can pull the
+    documentation."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Drin is a tool — compromised and reliable because of it. The ring does not
+    interact with Drin directly; they do not need to. Harek's debt does the work.
+    As long as Drin stays quiet and slow on the right shifts, dock-side processing
+    runs clean. "Drin's on inspection today. We're good. He doesn't ask questions
+    and he doesn't open the wrong containers."
+  detective: >
+    Drin is a data point — his inspection reports are too clean for the volume of
+    freight he processes. A maintenance tech pulling double duty should have
+    equipment failures, missed checks, variance. Drin's are spotless. That
+    consistency in a high-throughput environment is itself an anomaly. "The
+    inspector — Drin. Maintenance tech pulling double duty. Reports are spotless.
+    Nobody's reports are that spotless."
+
+notes: >
+  SYSTEM + TURNCOAT: institutional rot. The inspection system is broken because the
+  inspector is broken. Drin embodies the institution (SYSTEM) and has betrayed it
+  (TURNCOAT), meaning the legitimate oversight mechanism and the criminal
+  exploitation of it exist in the same person.
+
+  Key authoring guidance: Drin is passive, not malicious. His turncoat status came
+  through debt and avoidance, not ideology. Write him as a man enduring a daily
+  moral compromise — quiet, methodical, shrinking. The irony is that his methodical
+  nature makes the compromised inspections more visible by contrast.
+
+  Triangle dynamics: In worried-knowledge (Maret-Drin-Voss), Drin is the
+  compromised inspector. In informant-question (Pell-Renn-Drin), Drin is the
+  institutional contact who is already compromised — the person Pell might turn
+  to for protection is already under the ring's indirect control.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/harek.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/harek.yaml
index 7514edd0b..160c6afb5 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/harek.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/harek.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,148 @@
-# NPC Profile: harek
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.harek
+# NPC Profile: Harek Valde
+# Source: wiki/characters/harek.md
+# Tier 2 | ANCHOR + HANDLER | Station Security officer, bar regular
+
+canonical_id: "npc:harek"
+display_name: "Harek Valde"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "ANCHOR"
+motivation: "HANDLER"
+
+description: >
+  Station Security officer, 44 years old. Predictable schedule, card games at the
+  bar after shift, enough social capital to be respected without being scrutinized.
+  Harek holds Drin's gambling debt — a significant sum that creates a power dynamic
+  the ring has noticed and exploited. Harek hasn't explicitly traded the debt for
+  inspection negligence, but the debt's existence is a tool others are using. A
+  security officer who sees more than he admits but has chosen not to look deeper
+  because investigating would mean confronting what the card game created.
+
+want:
+  primary: "maintain his comfortable position"
+  intensity: 4
+  description: >
+    Harek has a good thing: security officer with a predictable schedule, card games
+    at the bar, social capital. He doesn't want promotions (more responsibility, more
+    visibility). He doesn't want trouble. Secondary want: keep Drin's debt
+    leverageable. A dock inspector who owes him favors is useful. Harek hasn't
+    explicitly traded debt for negligence, but the dynamic exists and the ring
+    benefits from it.
+
+secret: >
+  Harek knows (or suspects) that Drin's inspection negligence is being leveraged by
+  someone else. He sees the dynamic: Drin owes him, Drin looks away during
+  inspections, the ring benefits. Harek hasn't connected all the dots, but he
+  understands that his card game created a tool that others are using. Vulnerability:
+  complicity by inaction — a security officer who notices a dock inspector being
+  leveraged and doesn't report it is, at minimum, negligent. If investigated,
+  Harek's position crumbles.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Card game partner, debtor. Harek likes Drin personally — years of playing cards together. The debt complicates this, but Harek doesn't see himself as a predator."
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Bar owner. Professional familiarity. Harek's card games bring customers; Lera facilitates. Mutually beneficial."
+  - target: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Card game regular. Harek has noticed Torek's spending but doesn't flag it — Torek's money at the card table is entertainment."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 7
+  description: >
+    Moderate-high. Comfortable and complacent. Tolerates a lot because engagement
+    is effort. What breaks his tolerance: direct institutional pressure (Commission
+    or Security command asking about Drin), or violence in the bar (takes safety
+    seriously even when loose on contraband).
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    4 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Security patrol (06:00-14:00) — hub perimeter and freight bay access points.
+    2. Shift transition (14:00-14:30).
+    3. Bar hours (14:30-20:00, The Last Shift) — drinks and card games, 2-3 times
+       per week.
+    4. Home (20:00+).
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+  access_tier: "authority"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate-high. The quintessential "comfortable enough not to rock the boat."
+    Stable job, social standing, entertainment, and just enough willful ignorance
+    to keep his conscience manageable.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "complacent, sociable, perceptive beneath the surface"
+  social_style: "card games, bar conversation, community presence — enjoys being known"
+  stress_response: "deflects, steers conversation, avoids engagement with uncomfortable topics"
+  humor: "dry, card-table humor — comfortable enough to joke, smart enough to listen"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "Drin is stressed or evasive"
+    behavior: "Watches Drin more carefully — monitors his investment, attention sharpens at the card table"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "someone asks about hub access or patrol gaps"
+    behavior: "Steers conversation away from security topics — deflection through subject change or vague institutional answers"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+  - trigger: "card game in session"
+    behavior: "Uses card games as social intelligence gathering — invitations are reconnaissance wrapped in entertainment"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: true
+  skills:
+    security_patrol: 7
+    observation: 7
+    access_control: 6
+    deescalation: 5
+    card_games: 6
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Off-duty security officer. Card games and drinks. "Hub security's solid. Standard
+    patrols, standard protocols. Nothing unusual. You want specifics, talk to my
+    supervisor — I just walk the route."
+  real: >
+    Knows patrol routes, Meridian coverage gaps, which areas have blind spots. Knows
+    Drin's debt and behavioral changes. Knows Torek's spending. Bar social dynamics
+    insider. Sees more than he admits — his training doesn't turn off even when his
+    ethics do.
+  secret: >
+    Understands that Drin's negligence is being leveraged by someone above. Has chosen
+    not to investigate because confronting it would mean confronting what his card
+    game created.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Known quantity — off-duty security who doesn't look too hard. The smuggler reads
+    Harek's card games as harmless social activity and his complacency as a feature.
+    "Harek's at the bar. Security badge off, drink in hand. As long as he stays that
+    way, we're fine."
+  detective: >
+    Security officer who socializes with the people he should be monitoring. Card
+    games create financial relationships that could be leverage vectors. His patrol
+    routes mean he knows hub access patterns. Either an asset (could provide patrol
+    gap data) or a problem (if actively complicit). "Station Security — Harek. Off-duty
+    but the training doesn't turn off. He sees the same things I'd see. The question
+    is what he does with it."
+
+notes: >
+  ANCHOR + HANDLER: the unconscious lever. "Harek doesn't know his card games built
+  a weapon." Complacent contentment (ANCHOR) generated a tool of coercion (HANDLER)
+  without deliberate intent. He didn't set out to compromise Drin — he won card
+  games, extended credit, and maintained a social dynamic that produced leverage.
+  The ring noticed and exploited the result. Bridges bar (social presence, card
+  games) and hub (security authority, patrol knowledge). Not a formal triangle
+  member but serves as external pressure on Drin in Triangle 2 (worried-knowledge).
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/kael-davan.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/kael-davan.yaml
index afcf96b4c..ee0602ebc 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/kael-davan.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/kael-davan.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,268 @@
-# NPC Profile: kael-davan
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.kael-davan
+# NPC Profile: Kael Davan — THE FRIEND (Smuggler)
+# Source: wiki/characters/kael-davan.md
+# Tier: 1 | Pattern: FRIEND | Motivation: OPERATOR
+# Triangles: hub-power, worried-partner
+
+canonical_id: "npc:kael-davan"
+display_name: "Kael Davan"
+tier: 1
+pattern: "FRIEND"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  Dock worker, Sova Transit District Logistics Hub. 34 years old, born on
+  Station Sova. Ring member who handles physical cargo — routing flagged
+  containers, managing dock-side handoffs. Closest colleague to the smuggler:
+  two years of shared risk, first-name basis, lunch together every shift. Kael
+  is warm, reliable, protective. He is also secretly trying to exit the ring
+  through an unauthorized contact, because Naia's worry has become unbearable.
+  The smuggler trusts Kael completely, which makes the betrayal worse when the
+  contradiction surfaces.
+
+want:
+  primary: "protect the operation and the people in it"
+  intensity: 8
+  description: >
+    Two years in, Kael is shifting from "keep things running" to "keep people
+    safe." The operation is escalating — higher volume, tighter margins, more
+    risk. Secondary want: protect Naia from the truth and the consequences.
+    Naia doesn't know about the smuggling. Kael's late nights and evasive
+    answers are creating anxiety at home. The shielding itself is the danger.
+
+secret: >
+  Ring member who handles cargo routing for the smuggling operation during
+  shift transitions. Deep secret: Kael is trying to exit the ring. Naia's
+  worry has become unbearable. He contacted someone from a different district
+  — not Sabel, not anyone the ring knows — who offered to help him get out,
+  for a price. The unknown contact is leverage, extraction support, and a
+  massive security breach. If Nils finds out, Kael is out — violently. If the
+  smuggler finds out, trust collapses. If the detective finds out, Kael is the
+  perfect informant.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:nils-davan"
+    kind: "family"
+    trust: 6
+    notes: >
+      Older sibling, ring coordinator. Brought Kael into the ring. Blood
+      loyalty complicated by power dynamic. Nils is pushing for higher volume;
+      Kael thinks it's too fast, too risky.
+  - target: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    kind: "romantic"
+    trust: 9
+    notes: >
+      Partner, teacher, civilian. 6 years together. Emotional anchor and
+      vulnerability. Naia knows something's wrong but doesn't know about the
+      ring. Kael is oblivious to how much anxiety he's causing.
+  - target: "npc:pc-smuggler"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 8
+    notes: >
+      Close colleague, trusted friend, shared risk. Work together on
+      legitimate shifts AND ring operations. Cover for each other. Lunch,
+      drinks at Lera's, easy camaraderie. Kael is lying to the smuggler about
+      the exit attempt.
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: >
+      Shift supervisor, ring-aware. Professional respect, low warmth. Voss
+      provides scheduling cover for the ring. Kael is caught between Voss and
+      Nils.
+  - target: "npc:renn"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: >
+      Courier, ring member. Operational relationship. Kael works with Renn on
+      logistics handoffs.
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: >
+      External contacts manager for the ring. Kael knows Devra coordinates
+      off-station connections but keeps operational distance.
+  - target: "npc:resha"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: >
+      Ring associate. Professional working relationship, mutual trust within
+      operational bounds.
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate — can handle pressure but has limits. Tolerates routine smuggling
+    operations, Voss's resentment, Nils's demands, and lying to Naia. Pushed
+    toward breaking by escalating volume, Naia's increasing worry, and the
+    detective's investigation. Breaks on direct threat to Naia (flips
+    immediately) or Nils discovering the exit attempt (runs or fights, no
+    middle ground).
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    8 routine entries covering full day cycle. Morning arrival (06:00-06:30,
+    Logistics Hub) for shift startup. Morning shift (06:30-10:30, dock floor)
+    for freight handling. Break (10:30-11:00, break room) lunch with smuggler
+    or other dock workers. Afternoon shift (11:00-14:00, dock floor) container
+    routing and schedule coordination. Shift end (14:00-14:30) sometimes
+    lingers for overtime — ring operations during transition window. Off-shift
+    (14:30-16:00) heads home or to The Last Shift. Home (16:00-22:00) with
+    Naia, or occasional ring coordination in Corridor B-7. Late-night
+    operations (22:00+) ring work 1-2x per week during night shift transition.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "location.dead_drop_location"
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "investigation.shift_mismatch"
+    - "investigation.cargo_anomaly"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "relationship.kael_naia_connection"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -1
+  description: >
+    Moderate-low, declining. The smuggling pays well and the team is solid,
+    but guilt about lying to Naia is corrosive. Escalating volume makes every
+    shift feel riskier. Two years ago contentment was moderate — operation
+    stable, Naia didn't suspect. Now low and falling. The exit attempt is a
+    desperate grab for a future that doesn't involve looking over his shoulder.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "warm to people he trusts, evasive when hiding something, direct and practical"
+  social_style: "first-name basis with everyone, relational, physically present, short sentences"
+  stress_response: "goes quiet, checks exits, shortens interactions, lattice checking increases"
+  humor: "dry, situational, doesn't waste words or dramatize"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "expecting contact from exit coordinator (periodic throughout day)"
+    behavior: >
+      Increased lattice checking — reaches for lattice more often than usual,
+      brief distracted pauses mid-conversation
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "prolonged conversation where lies might surface"
+    behavior: >
+      Shortened social interactions — excuses himself early from lunch, cuts
+      conversations short with forced casualness
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "lying or deflecting a direct question"
+    behavior: >
+      Looks left before answering. Personal tell the smuggler knows from years
+      of friendship — the moment the smuggler recognizes this is the moment
+      trust fractures
+    visible_to: "forward"
+  - trigger: "meeting unknown contact in Corridor B-7 (off-routine, restricted area)"
+    behavior: >
+      Unauthorized spatial presence — in restricted maintenance corridor at
+      irregular time, talking to unrecognized person outside ring protocol
+    visible_to: "any"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_handling: 8
+    logistics: 7
+    social: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "hub-power"
+  - "worried-partner"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Polite, standard dock worker responses. "Shift's looking smooth today.
+    Freight's on schedule, no surprises. Let's keep it that way."
+  real: >
+    Only accessible to ring insiders. Operational talk, container routing,
+    timing windows. "Container 4471 is flagged. I'll reroute it during shift
+    transition." Matter-of-fact, no drama.
+  secret: >
+    The exit attempt. Never accessible through normal play. Kael's
+    unauthorized contact, Naia's role as motivation, the desperation to get
+    out before consequences reach his partner.
+
+friend_arc:
+  bonded_character: "smuggler"
+  phases:
+    - phase: 1
+      description: >
+        Comfort. Kael is warm, reliable, present. Greets the smuggler with
+        genuine affection. Talks about shift schedules, complains about Voss,
+        asks about the smuggler's weekend. The day is better when Kael is on
+        shift.
+      trigger: "Game start, first interactions (0-10 minutes)"
+      routine_deviation: "None — baseline normal. Kael is punctual, sociable, engaged."
+    - phase: 2
+      description: >
+        First Crack. Kael checks lattice more often than usual. Excuses
+        himself from lunch early. Shortened social interactions — still warm,
+        but deflects prolonged conversation. The smuggler notices the
+        distraction.
+      trigger: "10-15 minutes into session. Behavioral flags begin accumulating."
+      routine_deviation: "Increased lattice checking. Leaves break room early. Distracted during casual talk."
+    - phase: 3
+      description: >
+        The Observation. The smuggler sees Kael in Corridor B-7 — restricted
+        maintenance corridor — talking to an unknown person. The person leaves
+        before the smuggler gets close. Prior belief that Kael operates within
+        ring protocol is contradicted. Color shifts from green to amber.
+      trigger: "15-20 minutes. Smuggler enters Corridor B-7 and directly observes unauthorized meeting."
+      routine_deviation: "Presence in restricted area at irregular time. Meeting with unrecognized contact outside ring protocol."
+    - phase: 4
+      description: >
+        Confrontation Opportunity. The smuggler can ask Kael about the
+        meeting. Kael deflects — "Just a thing. Don't worry about it." Looks
+        left before answering — the tell. The smuggler recognizes the lie
+        from years of friendship.
+      trigger: "20-25 minutes. Smuggler initiates dialogue about the Corridor B-7 observation."
+      routine_deviation: "Kael becomes evasive, forces subject changes, displays forced casualness. The looks-left tell confirms the lie."
+    - phase: 5
+      description: >
+        New Equilibrium. Kael acts normal again — same shifts, same greetings,
+        same surface warmth. But the smuggler is now watching. Every smile is
+        filtered through doubt. Three dialogue paths open: understanding
+        (gentle confrontation, possible confession), betrayal (report to
+        Nils), or observation (watch and wait). Contaminated trust.
+      trigger: "25-30 minutes. Post-confrontation, remainder of vertical slice."
+      routine_deviation: "Surface behavior returns to baseline, but trust is structurally damaged. Player chooses path."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Access tier: Insider + Peer. Relationship shifts from Friendly to
+    PersonOfInterest post-contradiction. Monologue tone moves from fond and
+    casual ("Kael's here. Good — always reliable.") to conflicted and
+    analytical ("Kael's lying to me. I know his tells. What are you hiding?").
+    The smuggler knows Kael's personal tell, knows the relationship with
+    Naia. The unauthorized meeting is a betrayal of operational security, not
+    just suspicious behavior. Emotional weight: maximum. Color shift from
+    green to amber is the moment trust is compromised.
+  detective: >
+    Access tier: Public to Authority if investigation escalates. Relationship
+    moves from Unknown to Known to PersonOfInterest if tells accumulate.
+    Monologue tone shifts from clinical ("Dock worker. Davan, K. Unremarkable
+    on paper.") to analytical suspicion ("Davan's nervous. Lattice activity
+    spiked. Behavioral pattern suggests concealment."). The detective may
+    discover manifest discrepancies tied to Kael's shifts. Kael as a pressure
+    point: partner at risk, potential informant.
+
+notes: >
+  Tier 1 FRIEND NPC, bonded to smuggler. THE FRIEND pattern means Kael's
+  betrayal — or the smuggler's betrayal of Kael — carries maximum emotional
+  weight. FRIEND + OPERATOR composition: "I was your friend AND your
+  co-conspirator." The warmth was real. The operational reliability was real.
+  The secret exit attempt violates both. Voice: direct, practical, short
+  sentences. Uses first names. The tell (looks left when lying) must be
+  established early so the smuggler recognizes it during contradiction. Naia
+  references in casual conversation establish the relationship before it
+  becomes load-bearing. Ring operations dialogue is matter-of-fact, no drama.
+  Deflection post-contradiction uses redirection, not outright lies.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/lera-sessik.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/lera-sessik.yaml
index 22c4bc44e..7772541f7 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/lera-sessik.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/lera-sessik.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,159 @@
-# NPC Profile: lera-sessik
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.lera-sessik
+# NPC Profile: Lera Sessik
+# Source: wiki/characters/lera-sessik.md
+# Tier 2 | ANCHOR + OPERATOR | Bar owner, The Last Shift
+
+canonical_id: "npc:lera-sessik"
+display_name: "Lera Sessik"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "ANCHOR"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  Owner and primary bartender of The Last Shift, the transit district's social hub.
+  Eighteen years behind the same counter. Lera knows everyone, sees everything, and
+  shares nothing voluntarily. Her regulars are her community and she protects them
+  reflexively — including ring members, not because she is complicit but because they
+  are also regulars. Willful ignorance is not moral failure for Lera; it is business
+  survival. The bar operates on thin margins and the grey-market spending keeps her
+  solvent.
+
+want:
+  primary: "keep the bar viable"
+  intensity: 7
+  description: >
+    The Last Shift operates on thin margins. The after-shift crowd is what keeps
+    the lights on. Lera knows some regulars have grey-market income — she does not
+    ask where the money comes from because the spending keeps her solvent. Secondary
+    want: protect her regulars. Eighteen years of watching people come and go. She
+    warns them when unfamiliar faces show up, signals when conversations are being
+    overheard, remembers who does not want to see whom.
+
+secret: >
+  Knows the back room of the bar is used for ring coordination meetings. Has not
+  asked what happens there. The arrangement is simple: they pay for the space, they
+  buy drinks, they do not cause trouble. Lera does not have conspiracy-level secrets.
+  What she has is accumulated knowledge from 18 years of bartending — fragments of
+  conversations, behavioral patterns, relationship dynamics. She knows more about
+  the district's social fabric than anyone. Her value is that she does not talk about
+  it. Vulnerability: the bar itself. Threaten to shut down The Last Shift and Lera
+  cooperates with whoever is doing the threatening. She has no fallback.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Bar regular and one of her best customers. Appreciates the spending, worries about the attention it draws. Protective but concerned."
+  - target: "npc:harek"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Off-duty security officer, bar regular. Professional familiarity. Tolerates Harek's card games because they bring in customers."
+  - target: "npc:sera-venn"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Bar regular. Quiet, polite, tips consistently, does not cause trouble. Commission employee who does not act like Commission."
+  - target: "npc:pc-smuggler"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 7
+    notes: "Regular at The Last Shift. Lera saves the smuggler's usual seat. Ring-aware but protective."
+  - target: "npc:olin"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "New arrival. Lera is watching Olin — unfamiliar face asking questions. Professional caution."
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Bar regular and supply broker. Uses the back room. Lera knows Devra uses the room but does not know for what."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 8
+  description: >
+    High. Nearly two decades of bartending. Tolerates drunks, arguments, gossip,
+    and grey-market activity with professional detachment. What breaks her tolerance:
+    violence in the bar (zero tolerance, immediate ejection), institutional pressure
+    on her business, or a direct threat to a regular she cares about.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    5 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Bar prep (10:00-12:00) — inventory, cleaning, restocking.
+    2. Quiet hours (12:00-14:00) — a few early regulars, food prep.
+    3. Peak hours (14:00-22:00) — shift transition crowd, evening regulars, card
+       games. Primary social observation window.
+    4. Late crowd (22:00-02:00) — smaller, quieter. Ring coordination sometimes uses
+       back room.
+    5. Close (02:00-03:00) — clean, home.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+    - "relationship.faction_allegiance"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 3
+  description: >
+    Moderate. The bar is viable. Her regulars are loyal. The work is hard but
+    familiar. Lera's contentment is functional — not thriving, not miserable. The
+    smuggling economy keeps her bar profitable. If that economy is disrupted, her
+    contentment drops sharply.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "warm with regulars, guarded with strangers, professional always"
+  social_style: "observant listener, speaks selectively, remembers everything"
+  stress_response: "cleans glasses, redirects conversations, watches the door"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "unfamiliar authority enters the bar, or a table conversation gets too loud"
+    behavior: "Cleans glasses with increased focus — hands stay busy, attention shifts to the source of concern"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "a regular is about to say something incriminating near an outsider"
+    behavior: "Redirects conversation — offers a refill, asks a question, changes the subject smoothly"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "someone she considers a risk is due to arrive, or the back room is in use"
+    behavior: "Watches the door — gaze returns to the entrance at intervals, positioning shifts to maintain line of sight"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    bar_management: 9
+    social_intelligence: 9
+    conflict_deescalation: 7
+    customer_service: 8
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "bar-tensions"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Welcoming bartender. Serves drinks, makes small talk, remembers orders. "I serve
+    drinks. People talk. I don't take notes. You want information, try the Commission
+    kiosk on Level 3."
+  real: >
+    Social gatekeeper. Knows who drinks with whom, who avoids whom, who is spending
+    beyond their means, who is worried. Signals regulars when outsiders ask questions.
+    Protects the community reflexively.
+  secret: >
+    The back room is used for ring meetings. Lera has not attended. She knows the
+    arrangement exists and maintains it because it pays. Threaten the bar's license
+    and Lera will cooperate — the bar is her only fallback.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Lera is infrastructure — the bar is a social hub, a meeting point, a place to
+    read the district's mood. The smuggler trusts Lera to protect the community
+    without being told to. "Lera's watching the door. Something's up. I'll ask later."
+  detective: >
+    Lera is the gatekeeper. She knows everyone and shares nothing voluntarily. The
+    detective can build rapport or apply pressure on the bar license. Either approach
+    takes time. "The bartender — Sessik. Runs this place. She sees everything. Getting
+    her to talk will take patience or leverage."
+
+notes: >
+  ANCHOR + OPERATOR: profitable blindness. "Is this enough? Yes — if I don't look."
+  Lera's contentment is sustained by operational competence — she runs the bar well
+  enough that the moral compromises stay manageable. The willful ignorance is active
+  maintenance, not laziness. Key authoring guidance: Lera is not a conspirator. She
+  is a small business owner in a grey economy. Write her warmth as genuine, her
+  protectiveness as reflexive, and her silence as a survival strategy.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/maret-korr.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/maret-korr.yaml
index 6f05c5f54..7c7eb2050 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/maret-korr.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/maret-korr.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,166 @@
-# NPC Profile: maret-korr
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.maret-korr
+# NPC Profile: Maret Korr
+# Source: wiki/characters/maret-korr.md
+# Tier 2 | SYSTEM + SKEPTIC | Logistics Hub freight scheduler
+# NOTE: Wiki uses pattern "WITNESS" but schema pattern enum doesn't include WITNESS.
+# WITNESS is a motivation value (System B). Mapped to SYSTEM (System A) — Maret
+# functions within institutional processes; her witnessing is through systematic work.
+# Flag for design review: should schema add WITNESS to pattern enum?
+
+canonical_id: "npc:maret-korr"
+display_name: "Maret Korr"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "SYSTEM"
+motivation: "SKEPTIC"
+
+description: >
+  Freight scheduler at the Sova Transit District Logistics Hub. Age 41, meticulous,
+  anxious. Reconciles incoming manifests with cargo bay allocations, shift assignments,
+  and gate transit logs. The numbers are not adding up — container counts do not match
+  gate logs, certain bays have manifests revised after the fact, and shifts supervised
+  by Voss have more discrepancies than others. Maret does not know what this means,
+  but she knows it means something. She has started keeping a private discrepancy log
+  on her personal lattice storage.
+
+want:
+  primary: "understand the manifest discrepancies"
+  intensity: 7
+  description: >
+    Maret processes freight schedules and the numbers are not adding up. Container
+    counts do not reconcile, manifests are revised after Voss's schedule adjustments,
+    Drin's inspection reports are suspiciously clean. She is paralyzed between duty
+    and self-preservation — she has not reported because she does not know whom to
+    report to. The Commission kiosk is unmanned, station security handles accidents
+    not contraband, and going to Voss feels dangerous.
+
+secret: >
+  Maret has noticed manifest discrepancies and has started keeping a personal log of
+  them on her private lattice storage. If discovered, this log is either evidence for
+  the detective or a threat to the ring. She has mentioned the discrepancies to no
+  one, but her increased attention to certain records is potentially observable.
+  Knowledge without protection — she has no institutional backing, no allies in the
+  conflict, and no exit strategy.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Shift supervisor. Professional respect but growing unease. Maret has noticed the correlation between his schedule adjustments and manifest discrepancies. She has not confronted him — afraid of what the answer would be."
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Dock inspector. Maret knows Drin gambles at the bar. She has observed that inspection reports from Drin's shifts are consistently clean — too clean for the volume. Another data point filed and not acted on."
+  - target: "npc:resha"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "New hire. Maret is protective of Resha in a quiet, professional way — proper training, not overloaded. Resha's questions about locked bays and irregular schedules echo Maret's own unspoken concerns."
+  - target: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Occasional social contact. Maret sometimes visits the bar for Naia's company. One of the few relationships that is not work-adjacent anxiety."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 4
+  description: >
+    Low-moderate. Maret is not built for confrontation. She handles data, not people.
+    The discrepancies are eating at her, but she has tolerated them for weeks because
+    action feels more dangerous than silence. What breaks her: the detective asking
+    the right question, or the ring discovering her private log.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    5 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Day shift (06:00-14:00) — freight scheduling, manifest reconciliation, bay
+       allocation.
+    2. Break (10:30-11:00, break room) — eats alone or with Resha. Avoids Voss
+       during breaks.
+    3. Post-shift (14:00-15:00) — reviews next day's gate schedule.
+    4. Off-duty (15:00-17:00) — home or occasional bar visit for Naia's company.
+    5. After hours — reviews private discrepancy log. Adds entries. Worries.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -2
+  description: >
+    Low, anxious. Maret was content before the discrepancies became impossible to
+    ignore. She finds peace in orderly systems and the manifest irregularities have
+    disrupted that peace. She sleeps poorly, double-checks everything. Anxiety held
+    in check by routine.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "meticulous, tense, quietly worried"
+  social_style: "reserved, professional, gravitates toward data over people"
+  stress_response: "retreats into detail work, rechecks records, reduces social interaction"
+  humor: "rare — occasionally dry when relaxed, absent when stressed"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "reviewing manifest data during shift"
+    behavior: "Checks the same records multiple times, cross-references gate logs she does not normally access."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "break periods"
+    behavior: "Avoids Voss. Eats alone more often. Social withdrawal as stress response."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "Resha asks about schedule irregularities"
+    behavior: "Goes quiet, redirects the conversation to procedure. Brief eye contact avoidance."
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    freight_scheduling: 8
+    manifest_reconciliation: 9
+    data_analysis: 7
+    logistics_coordination: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "worried-knowledge"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Professional freight scheduler. Gives clean, data-oriented answers. Defers to
+    Voss on scheduling questions. "Bay 3 allocation looks clean for the morning
+    cycle. I've reconciled the gate logs."
+  real: >
+    Has noticed manifest discrepancies she cannot explain. Keeps a private log.
+    Suspects Voss is involved but has no proof. Afraid to act but unable to stop
+    looking. "I just process the schedules. If there's a question about manifest
+    revisions, that's Voss's authorization."
+  secret: >
+    Would share the discrepancy data with someone she trusts — if someone asked the
+    right question. "There are patterns. In the data. If someone wanted to look at
+    Bay 7 allocations during Voss's shift adjustments, the numbers would be worth
+    comparing."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Maret is a risk. She processes the paperwork the ring's operations depend on
+    and she is too smart not to notice. The smuggler reads Maret's anxiety as a
+    threat — someone who knows too much and might talk. "Maret's been quiet.
+    She's usually all numbers and schedules. When she gets quiet, she's thinking.
+    That's not good."
+  detective: >
+    Maret is a potential cooperative witness. She has the data, the context, and
+    the anxiety that suggests she has seen something she should not have. The
+    detective's task is building enough trust that Maret shares what she knows.
+    "The freight scheduler — Korr. Meticulous. Anxious. She processes the
+    manifests. If there are irregularities in the paperwork, she's seen them."
+
+notes: >
+  WITNESS + SKEPTIC: dangerous knowledge. She saw something and she cannot stop
+  questioning it. Maret did not choose to witness the discrepancies — her job put
+  the data in front of her. But her response is systematic doubt, not passive
+  acceptance. She is gathering evidence not because anyone asked her to, but
+  because her meticulous nature will not let her stop.
+
+  Key authoring guidance: Maret is the cooperative witness who has already done
+  half the detective's work. For the smuggler, Maret is the threat you cannot
+  neutralize without revealing why the numbers matter. Write her as competent
+  and trapped — the anxiety is real but the intelligence underneath it is sharp.
+
+  Triangle dynamics: In worried-knowledge (Maret-Drin-Voss), Maret sees the data.
+  She processes manifests and has noticed discrepancies she cannot explain and
+  cannot ignore.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/naia-tamm.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/naia-tamm.yaml
index 7e4a8e1c6..67c69f0c2 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/naia-tamm.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/naia-tamm.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,142 @@
-# NPC Profile: naia-tamm
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.naia-tamm
+# NPC Profile: Naia Tamm
+# Source: wiki/characters/naia-tamm.md
+# Tier 2 | MIRROR + CIVILIAN | Teacher, Kael's partner
+
+canonical_id: "npc:naia-tamm"
+display_name: "Naia Tamm"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "MIRROR"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Teacher at Station Sova community school, Residential Radial A. Partner of
+  Kael Davan for 6 years. Relocated from Krenn Prime surface 8 years ago.
+  Naia is the emotional center of the worried-partner triangle — a civilian
+  whose transparency makes the concealment around her more painful. She is
+  exactly what she appears to be: a teacher worried about her partner.
+
+want:
+  primary: "understand what is happening with Kael"
+  intensity: 8
+  description: >
+    Naia and Kael have been together 6 years. It was good — stable, warm,
+    predictable. Then Kael started coming home late. Evasive answers. Money
+    that did not match the hours. Stress that Kael will not explain. Naia does
+    not know about the ring. She knows the person she shares a life with is
+    hiding something, and the not-knowing is worse than almost any truth.
+    Secondary want: protect the life they have built — the home, the
+    relationship, the stability that took years to build.
+
+secret: >
+  Naia confided in Sera Venn about Kael's behavioral changes — late nights,
+  evasive answers, unexplained stress. This is the action that set Sera's
+  compliance check in motion, though Naia does not know that. Naia shared a
+  personal worry with a trusted friend. That trusted friend had institutional
+  access. Naia's worry is genuine, visible, and exploitable.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "romantic"
+    trust: 9
+    notes: "Partner, 6 years. Deep love, growing anxiety. Does not question Kael's character — just Kael's honesty."
+  - target: "npc:sera-venn"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 7
+    notes: "Close friend, 10 months. Met at the bar after Sera transferred. Trusts Sera for perspective without gossip."
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Bar acquaintance. Lera is warm to Naia — protective attention a good bartender gives to someone visibly struggling."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate. Patient — teaching station kids requires it. But the patience is
+    fraying. Every evasive answer from Kael, every late night, every 'it is just
+    work' chips at Naia's tolerance. If pushed to breaking point, Naia confronts
+    Kael directly — which could trigger Kael's crisis, force Sera's hand, or
+    give the detective an opening.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    5 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Teaching (07:00-15:00, community school, Residential Radial A).
+    2. Commute (15:00-15:30) — returns to Transit District.
+    3. Bar social (15:30-17:30, The Last Shift) — meets Sera, decompresses.
+    4. Home evening (17:30-22:00) — waits for Kael. Sometimes there, sometimes not.
+    5. Late evening — alone in the apartment, wondering where Kael is.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "relationship.kael_naia_connection"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -2
+  description: >
+    Low and declining. Naia was content: stable job, loving partner, community.
+    Now the relationship anxiety is coloring everything. Teaching is harder when
+    distracted. Bar visits are tinged with worry. Home is where the absence
+    lives. Contentment trajectory mirrors Kael's — both declining, for connected
+    but different reasons.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "warm, open, visibly stressed"
+  social_style: "emotionally present, confides in close friends, reads people well"
+  stress_response: "worry overflows into conversation, increased bar presence, avoids the empty apartment"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "baseline state — tired, distracted"
+    behavior: "Tired eyes, distracted conversation, checking lattice for messages from Kael"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "worry overflowing into conversation"
+    behavior: "Mentions Kael unprompted — 'Kael was late again' or 'I don't know what's going on at the hub'"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "coping with anxiety"
+    behavior: "Coming to the bar more often and staying longer — avoiding the empty apartment"
+    visible_to: "any"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    teaching: 8
+    community_engagement: 7
+    emotional_perception: 6
+    curriculum_management: 5
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "worried-partner"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Warm, open. Standard social interaction — talks about teaching, the kids,
+    the school. "The kids are doing better with the new math curriculum."
+  real: >
+    Confides worry about Kael to close friends. Visible stress. "Kael was home
+    at midnight again. Said it was overtime. There's no overtime posted for this
+    week — I checked."
+  secret: >
+    The depth of her fear and the specific details she shared with Sera about
+    Kael's behavioral changes. The breaking point. "I'm not asking for much.
+    Just — tell me the truth. Whatever it is."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Naia is emotional collateral. The smuggler knows why Kael is busy and cannot
+    say. Seeing Naia's worry creates guilt — especially if the smuggler is
+    Kael's friend. "Naia's at the bar again. Alone. Looking at the door every
+    time it opens. I know where Kael is. I can't say."
+  detective: >
+    Naia is a potential source. A partner who suspects their loved one is hiding
+    something is a classic entry point for investigation. The detective can
+    cultivate Naia's trust by being sympathetic. "The partner — Naia Tamm.
+    Teacher. Visibly stressed. If Davan is involved, this partner knows something
+    changed, even if they don't know what."
+
+notes: >
+  MIRROR + CIVILIAN creates honest transparency surrounded by liars: "The one
+  person not lying — surrounded by liars." Naia's reflective honesty combined
+  with complete uninvolvement means she is the emotional baseline against which
+  all deception is measured. When events drag Naia into the conspiracy through
+  Kael's ring involvement and Sera's concealment, the damage is devastating
+  because Naia was genuine.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/nils-davan.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/nils-davan.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67f3984a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/nils-davan.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# NPC Profile: Nils Davan
+# Source: wiki/characters/nils-davan.md
+# Off-stage NPC — never physically present in v0.1, mediated through
+# lattice messages, dialogue references, and operational pressure
+
+canonical_id: "npc:nils-davan"
+display_name: "Nils Davan"
+tier: 1
+pattern: "GHOST"
+motivation: "HANDLER"
+
+description: >
+  Off-stage ring coordinator (~38). Nils does not appear physically in any v0.1
+  scene. His presence is felt entirely through lattice messages to Kael,
+  references in NPC dialogue, and the operational pressure that cascades through
+  the ring. He is the escalation pressure source — pushing for higher volume,
+  tighter schedules, more throughput. Every ring member feels Nils's influence
+  without seeing him. Tier 1 in schema; functionally off-stage (tier 0).
+
+want:
+  primary: "control"
+  description: >
+    Grow the operation. Increase volume. Maintain authority over the ring from
+    a distance. Nils sets volume targets, applies escalation pressure, and makes
+    personnel decisions. The ring's growth imperative comes from Nils; the
+    consequences fall on others.
+
+secret: >
+  Full ring coordinator. Sets strategic direction, personnel decisions, volume
+  targets. Operates through Devra (execution) and Kael (dock-side operations).
+  His identity is known only to Kael (sibling) and Devra (operational partner).
+  Voss knows "someone above Devra" exists but has never met Nils.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "family"
+    trust: 7
+    notes: >
+      Younger sibling. Nils recruited Kael into the ring personally. Genuine
+      familial bond complicated by power dynamic. Pushes Kael for higher volume.
+      Does not know Kael is trying to exit the ring. If Kael's exit attempt is
+      discovered, Nils is the primary threat — family loyalty vs. operational
+      security is undefined in v0.1 but implied to be dangerous.
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 6
+    notes: >
+      On-station coordinator. Professional respect, operational partnership.
+      Nils gives strategic direction; Devra handles execution. They disagree
+      on risk tolerance — Devra favors steady volume, Nils pushes escalation.
+      Devra is Nils's primary on-station voice.
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: >
+      Resource exploitation, no personal relationship. Nils exploits Voss's
+      schedule authority to create coverage windows. Voss resents the invisible
+      hand but complies — the money is good and refusing has consequences.
+      To Nils, Voss is functional and replaceable.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Not observable. Nils is never physically present in Sova Transit District.
+    His existence is mediated through lattice messages to Kael (5-8 authored
+    lines), references in NPC dialogue, and operational pressure cascading
+    through the ring hierarchy.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "contraband.ring_structure"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "contraband.volume_targets"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "relationship.kael_sibling"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.distribution_points"
+  access_tier: "authority"
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "hub-power"
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Unseen boss. Known by reputation and felt through operational pressure.
+    The smuggler has never met Nils but follows orders relayed through Devra
+    and Kael. Nils is the authority that shapes every operational day.
+  detective: >
+    The name that surfaces late in the investigation. The coordinator behind
+    the coordinator — the authority that explains why everyone on-station is
+    afraid. Origin codes, lattice intercepts, and dialogue fragments point
+    upstream to someone the detective cannot reach within the vertical slice.
+
+notes: >
+  Off-stage authority figure. Never physically instantiated in v0.1. Entire
+  presence is mediated: lattice messages to Kael (operational instructions,
+  volume pressure, occasional familial notes), dialogue references from ring
+  members, and the escalation pressure that drives Triangle 1 (hub-power).
+  Nils's transmitted message serves as the plot device that forces the
+  volume escalation fork — his demand for higher throughput cascades through
+  Devra, Kael, and Voss, creating observable disruption. GHOST + HANDLER
+  creates absent authority: the ring's most dangerous decisions are made by
+  someone who never sees their consequences.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/olin.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/olin.yaml
index ac9662342..5d6658050 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/olin.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/olin.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,104 @@
-# NPC Profile: olin
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.olin
+# NPC Profile: Olin Tavren
+# Source: wiki/characters/olin.md
+# Tier 3 — reduced content, essential axes only
+
+canonical_id: "npc:olin"
+display_name: "Olin Tavren"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "CATALYST"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Recent arrival in Sova Transit District — a drifter looking for freight work.
+  Story is plausible: contract work dried up elsewhere, heard Sova had openings.
+  The story is also convenient, and in a district where new faces attract
+  attention, convenience is suspicious. Ambiguity is deliberate and unresolved.
+
+want:
+  primary: "employment"
+  description: >
+    Find work. Settle in. Start over. Whether this is genuine or a cover story
+    is left deliberately ambiguous for v0.1.
+
+secret: >
+  Unresolved. Olin may be exactly what he claims — a drifter looking for work —
+  or may be a scout, informant, or rival operator. The game does not confirm
+  either reading in v0.1.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Variable — no fixed schedule. Appears at the bar in the afternoon,
+    sometimes at the hub entrance asking about openings, sometimes walking
+    the district. New arrivals without fixed employment have irregular
+    patterns by nature.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "friendly, curious, slightly too interested"
+  social_style: "open, direct, asks questions about work schedules and shift structures"
+  stress_response: "deflects with friendliness, changes subject"
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Bar acquaintance. Olin drinks at The Last Shift, asks questions. Lera assesses."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate. Olin handles social pressure well but becomes evasive under
+    sustained interrogation. The friendliness is armour, not fragility.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 0
+  description: >
+    Unsettled. New arrival without stable employment or social anchoring.
+    Neither content nor distressed — in transition.
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "conversation about hub operations"
+    behavior: "Leans in, asks specific follow-up questions — schedules, who runs what, where things go"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "when ring members are nearby"
+    behavior: "Watches them without staring. Notes who sits with whom."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    social: 6
+    cargo_handling: 5
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "bar-tensions"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Friendly newcomer looking for work. "I'm just trying to find steady
+    freight work. Know anyone hiring at the hub?"
+  real: >
+    Harder to reach — Olin's openness is itself a deflection. What lies
+    beneath the friendly questions is unclear even at higher trust.
+  secret: >
+    Whatever Olin's true purpose is remains sealed for v0.1. The ambiguity
+    is the content.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Threat assessment. New face asking about hub work. Could be nothing,
+    could be everything. Watching.
+  detective: >
+    Potential fresh source. No local ties, no loyalty obligations. Could be
+    useful if Olin has seen something the regulars have learned to ignore.
+
+notes: >
+  Ambiguity NPC. Creates productive uncertainty — a new variable in a stable
+  system that forces both player characters to evaluate and respond. In the
+  bar-tensions triangle, Olin's questions and Torek's spending create combined
+  pressure on Lera. The game does not resolve Olin's true nature in v0.1.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-detective.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-detective.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bcddf0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-detective.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+# PC-as-NPC Profile: The Detective (NPC mode, seen by smuggler player)
+# Source: docs/design/pc-as-npc-spec.md section 11
+# Ticket: #383 | Blocks: #401 (PC-as-NPC content authoring)
+#
+# When the player is the smuggler, this file defines the detective's NPC behavior.
+# When the player IS the detective, this file is not loaded.
+
+canonical_id: "npc:pc-detective"
+display_name: "Commission Liaison"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "MIRROR"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  The detective as NPC. A Commission investigator conducting manifest review
+  in Sova Transit District. Neutral behavioral path: reviews records, walks the
+  dock floor, frequents the bar with Sera. First playthrough (smuggler): institutional
+  threat to avoid. Second playthrough: "That's me. That's what I was doing."
+
+want:
+  primary: "answers"
+  intensity: 5
+  description: >
+    Wants to understand the freight discrepancies. Follows the investigation
+    methodically. Does not make dramatic decisions on the neutral path -- no
+    confrontations, no leverage plays, no dramatic revelations.
+
+secret: >
+  Actual mandate is investigation of freight irregularities, not routine compliance
+  review. The smuggler doesn't know this at session start -- the detective-NPC is
+  just "the new Commission person." Ring members may warn the smuggler (Voss: "routine
+  check, apparently"), but the true investigation depth remains hidden.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:sera-venn"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 8
+    notes: "Pre-existing friend from prior posting. Same institutional background. Social anchor on Sova. Comfortable body language, first-name basis."
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: "Person of interest from case file. Shift supervisor with scheduling authority. Detective approaches with professional formality."
+  - target: "npc:maret-korr"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: "Person of interest. Freight scheduler with manifest access. Requests data, notes reactions."
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: "Person of interest. Dock inspector responsible for container verification. Follow-up on inspection records."
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Bar owner. Met through Sera. Visited once or twice. Professional politeness."
+  - target: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Commission compliance officer. Recognizes from institutional channels. Professional greeting."
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 0
+    notes: "Unknown dock worker at session start. Name might appear on shift roster. No personal knowledge."
+  - target: "npc:pc-smuggler"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 0
+    notes: "Unknown dock worker. One of many. No reason to flag at session start. Tells may accumulate over time."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 7
+  description: >
+    Professional patience. Absorbs evasion and hostility without visible reaction.
+    Processes information internally. The neutral path never pushes tolerance --
+    the detective-NPC doesn't escalate.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    7 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Morning arrival (08:00, Terminal entrance) -- shows credentials to Voss, reviews scheduling board.
+    2. Manifest review (08:30-10:00, Terminal offices) -- requests data from Maret, reviews freight records at terminal.
+    3. Dock observation (10:00-11:30, dock floor) -- walks the floor, observes operations, takes notes (lattice interaction).
+    4. Midday break (11:30-12:30, break area or district) -- brief break, may check district geography.
+    5. Afternoon follow-up (13:00-14:30, Terminal offices) -- follow-up with Drin on inspection records, cross-references manifests.
+    6. Bar evening (16:00-18:00, The Last Shift) -- meets Sera, sits together, casual conversation, observes room.
+    7. Departure (18:30) -- returns to temporary quarters, off-screen.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "world.commission_regulations"
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+  access_tier: "authority"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 1
+  description: >
+    Professional-cautious. New to the district, isolated in unfamiliar community.
+    Reliant on Sera for social grounding. Institutional training runs in the
+    background. Awareness that the district doesn't want them here.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "professional, measured, slightly formal"
+  social_style: "surnames for targets and unknowns, first names for allies (Sera only). The shift from surname to first name IS a relationship marker"
+  stress_response: "withdraws to analytical mode, reviews notes via lattice, seeks sightline-advantaged positions"
+  humor: "wry, observational, appreciates irony from a distance"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "after every conversation"
+    behavior: "Pauses and interacts with lattice -- recording notes. Brief but consistent pause"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "hub exploration"
+    behavior: "Moves through the hub in methodical pattern. Section by section, not wandering"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "investigation routine"
+    behavior: "Returns to manifest terminal repeatedly. Significant time reviewing data"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "throughout session"
+    behavior: "Stands at corners and elevated positions with good sightlines over dock floor. Watches before approaching"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "bar evenings"
+    behavior: "Consistently gravitates toward Sera. Comfortable body language that other NPCs don't get from the detective"
+    visible_to: "any"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    investigation: 8
+    analysis: 9
+    social: 5
+    observation: 8
+
+triangle_membership: []
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Professional, measured. "Commission Liaison Office -- conducting a routine compliance
+    review. Standard manifest reconciliation." Institutional language, deliberate blandness.
+  real: >
+    Only accessible to Sera. Investigation context, institutional background sharing,
+    personal doubts about the district. "The briefing said routine. Briefings are
+    always wrong about something."
+  secret: >
+    Investigation mandate, case file details, evidence collected. Never accessible
+    to the smuggler through normal play.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    First impression: Commission. Threat. The smuggler's operational awareness flags
+    authority presence immediately. Color: warm amber (Person of Interest) from first
+    sighting, or cool teal (Unknown) shifting to amber once Kael or Voss warns the
+    smuggler.
+
+    Tells accumulate: note-taking after every conversation, systematic hub coverage,
+    manifest terminal fixation (third time today), observation positioning at
+    sightline-advantaged points, Sera proximity. The smuggler's monologue reads
+    these as institutional threat escalating from background nuisance to active danger.
+
+    Reverse observation notes -- what NPCs say about the detective to the smuggler:
+
+    Kael (noticing Commission presence): "There's someone new at the hub. Commission
+    badge. Keep your head down." [access: insider, trust: real -- ring protective warning]
+
+    Voss (to smuggler during shift): "Commission liaison showed up this morning.
+    Routine check, apparently. Just do your job normally." [access: insider, trust: real
+    -- operational caution]
+
+    Lera (when smuggler arrives at bar): "Your Commission friend is here again.
+    Came in with Sera." [access: insider, trust: surface -- coded language, "your" is
+    ironic distance]
+
+    Sera (overheard at bar): "The new liaison? Standard posting. Nothing to worry
+    about." [access: public, trust: surface -- Sera's deflection benefits the ring
+    indirectly]
+
+    Naia (when smuggler sits near her): "Have you noticed the new person at the hub?
+    Commission, someone said. Kael didn't seem happy about it." [access: peer,
+    trust: surface -- innocent observation]
+
+    Renn (to smuggler during operations): "That investigator's been poking around
+    manifests. Maret's sweating." [access: insider, trust: real -- ring intelligence]
+
+    Maret (to smuggler in corridor): "The Commission officer requested last quarter's
+    schedules. I gave them the clean set." [access: insider, trust: real -- complicity
+    confirmation]
+
+  detective: >
+    N/A -- this IS the detective in NPC mode. When the player is the detective,
+    this file is not loaded.
+
+notes: >
+  PC-as-NPC entity. Follows the NEUTRAL BEHAVIORAL PATH:
+  - No dramatic decisions
+  - No confrontations initiated
+  - No relationship state changes during session
+  - No evidence-based confrontations (those are the player's choices)
+  - No dramatic leverage plays
+  - No routine deviations
+
+  AGENCY BOUNDARIES: The detective-NPC arrives, reviews records, walks the floor,
+  takes notes, visits the bar with Sera, goes home. They exhibit baseline personality
+  (professional, formal, observational) and observable tells (note-taking, systematic
+  movement, manifest fixation). They respond to player interaction with public-tier
+  dialogue only.
+
+  STARTING KNOWLEDGE -- two options:
+
+  Option A (default for v0.1): Smuggler has been warned by Voss. Smuggler starts
+  with KnowsOf about the detective (role: Commission liaison, faction: Commission,
+  risk: moderate). Color: amber.
+
+  Option B: Smuggler not yet warned. First visual sighting triggers knowledge
+  accumulation. Commission badge visible. Color: teal initially, shifts to amber
+  once ring members pass the warning.
+
+  Smuggler observation monologue triggers (5 lines):
+
+  1. "Commission officer just stood there after talking to Voss. Making notes. Not good."
+     [trigger: observe_npc, note-taking tell]
+  2. "That investigator is working the hub section by section. Not browsing. Searching."
+     [trigger: observe_anomaly, systematic movement tell]
+  3. "Commission's parked at the manifest terminal again. Third time today."
+     [trigger: observe_anomaly, manifest fixation tell]
+  4. "They're watching. From the corner, where they can see the whole dock floor. Professional."
+     [trigger: observe_npc, observation positioning tell]
+  5. "The investigator and Sera again. Old friends? Or is Sera reporting to them?"
+     [trigger: observe_npc, Sera proximity tell -- creates doubt about Sera's role]
+
+  Public-tier dialogue (if smuggler approaches):
+
+  1. Greeting (hub): "Good morning. Commission Liaison Office -- I'm conducting a routine compliance review."
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: greeting]
+  2. About purpose: "Standard review. Manifest reconciliation, scheduling compliance. Nothing unusual."
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: social]
+  3. About district: "Only been here a few days. Seems like a well-run operation."
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: social -- deliberate blandness]
+  4. About Sera: "Ms. Venn? Colleague. We've worked in the same division."
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: social -- professional deflection]
+  5. Deflection: "I appreciate the interest, but I'm sure you have cargo to route. I won't keep you."
+     [access: public/authority, trust: surface, situation: confrontation -- polite dismissal]
+
+  ITEM COUNT:
+  - Routine entries: 7
+  - Relationship stubs (NPCs about detective): 7
+  - Tell descriptions + monologue triggers: 10 (5 tells x 2)
+  - Dialogue lines (detective-NPC speaks): 5
+  - TOTAL: 29 (within ~20-30 budget)
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-smuggler.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-smuggler.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04c20b8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pc-smuggler.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+# PC-as-NPC Profile: The Smuggler (NPC mode, seen by detective player)
+# Source: docs/design/pc-as-npc-spec.md section 10
+# Ticket: #383 | Blocks: #401 (PC-as-NPC content authoring)
+#
+# When the player is the detective, this file defines the smuggler's NPC behavior.
+# When the player IS the smuggler, this file is not loaded.
+
+canonical_id: "npc:pc-smuggler"
+display_name: "Dock Worker"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "MIRROR"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  The smuggler as NPC. A dock worker in Sova Transit District who follows the
+  neutral behavioral path: routine work, break with colleagues, bar after shift.
+  First playthrough (detective): unremarkable NPC, one of many dock workers.
+  Second playthrough: "That's me. That's what I was doing." The gap between this
+  neutral path and the player's actual choices IS the narrative distance traveled.
+
+want:
+  primary: "stability"
+  intensity: 4
+  description: >
+    Keep the day smooth. Keep the operation running, the team safe, the shift
+    uneventful. Does not make dramatic decisions on the neutral path.
+
+secret: >
+  Ring member. Handles cargo routing for the smuggling operation during shift
+  transitions. The detective doesn't know this at session start. The smuggler-NPC
+  is just another dock worker until tells accumulate and the detective's analytical
+  lattice starts connecting patterns.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 8
+    notes: "Closest colleague, ring member. First-name basis. 2 years of shared risk. Comfortable physical proximity. Eats lunch together."
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Shift supervisor, ring-aware. Professional respect, low warmth. Smuggler knows Voss takes a cut."
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 7
+    notes: "Bar owner, ring-aware. Regular at The Last Shift. Lera saves the smuggler's usual seat."
+  - target: "npc:renn"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Courier, ring member. Operational relationship. Smuggler knows Renn's routes."
+  - target: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Kael's partner. Known through Kael. Occasional bar interaction."
+  - target: "npc:maret-korr"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Freight scheduler. Hub colleague. Smuggler knows Maret handles scheduling."
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Dock inspector. Compromised -- looks the other way for the ring."
+  - target: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Bar regular, ring-adjacent. Conspicuous spending. Smuggler keeps distance."
+  - target: "npc:sera-venn"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 0
+    notes: "Commission field tech. Smuggler recognizes Sera as Commission. Keeps distance. No personal relationship."
+  - target: "npc:pc-detective"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: -2
+    notes: "Commission liaison. Threat. Smuggler-NPC does not initiate contact with the detective. If approached, gives polite minimum responses."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 6
+  description: >
+    Steady under pressure but protective of colleagues. Threat to the team triggers
+    immediate defensive instinct. The neutral path keeps tension below threshold.
+    No dramatic choices, no confrontations.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    7 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Morning arrival (05:45, Terminal entrance) -- checks schedule board.
+    2. Morning work (06:00-10:00, dock floor) -- cargo processing, interacts with Kael and dock workers.
+    3. Break (10:00-10:30, break area) -- eats with Kael and Renn, conversation.
+    4. Afternoon work (10:30-14:00, dock floor) -- container routing, schedule coordination with Voss.
+    5. Shift transition (14:00-14:20) -- cleans station, briefly checks service corridor.
+    6. Bar evening (15:00-17:00, The Last Shift) -- drinks with Kael at regular table, casual conversation with Lera.
+    7. Departure (17:30) -- goes home, off-screen.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "location.dead_drop_location"
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "investigation.shift_mismatch"
+    - "investigation.cargo_anomaly"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 3
+  description: >
+    Comfortable-tense. The job pays, the team is solid, the risk is managed.
+    Not happy, not miserable. Managing a life with two faces. The money eases
+    the financial pressure that makes station life tight for most workers.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "casual, guarded around authority figures"
+  social_style: "first-name basis with everyone, relational, physically present"
+  stress_response: "goes quiet, checks exits, shortens interactions"
+  humor: "dry, situational, dark when stressed"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "entering new area (every transition between areas)"
+    behavior: "Pauses at intersections, glances down corridors before entering"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "shift transition window (14:00-14:20)"
+    behavior: "Movement becomes more purposeful. Straighter route, fewer idle pauses"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "near authority figures or checkpoints"
+    behavior: "Pace increases slightly when passing Commission-tagged NPCs or security checkpoints"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "break periods and bar time"
+    behavior: "Gravitates toward Kael, Renn, and other ring members. Tight social cluster, same table every shift"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "near flagged cargo containers during work routine"
+    behavior: "Gaze lingers on specific containers. Brief second interaction with freight system during routing"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_handling: 8
+    logistics: 7
+    stealth: 5
+    social: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "hub-power"
+  - "worried-partner"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Polite, guarded. Standard dock worker responses. "Cargo routing. Containers come
+    in, I process them out. Standard stuff."
+  real: >
+    Only accessible to ring insiders. Operational talk, schedule windows, route
+    planning. "4471's routed for transfer at 14:30. Voss kept the window clear."
+  secret: >
+    Ring knowledge, Kael's situation, supply chain details. Never accessible to
+    the detective through normal play.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    N/A -- this IS the smuggler in NPC mode. When the player is the smuggler,
+    this file is not loaded.
+  detective: >
+    First impression: unremarkable dock worker, one of many. Color: cool teal
+    (Unknown/Neutral) at session start. Tells accumulate with repeated observation:
+    corridor checking, shift-transition behavior change, security-proximity tension,
+    social clustering with same 3 people, cargo attention on specific containers.
+    The detective's monologue flags these as professional curiosity escalating to
+    suspicion. Color may shift to warm amber (Person of Interest) if tells compound.
+
+    Reverse observation notes -- what NPCs say about the smuggler to the detective:
+
+    Kael (when asked about dock workers): "The crew's solid. Good people. We look
+    out for each other." [access: public, trust: surface -- won't name names]
+
+    Kael (when pressed): "Just a dock worker. Does their shift, goes home. Not much
+    to tell." [access: authority, trust: surface -- deflection]
+
+    Voss (when asked about shift crew): "Everyone's got their routine. No complaints
+    from that crew." [access: authority, trust: surface -- institutional wall]
+
+    Lera (when asked about dock workers at bar): "We get all sorts in here after
+    shift. Working people. Tired, mostly." [access: public, trust: surface --
+    protective generality]
+
+    Naia (when talking about Kael's friends): "Kael's got good colleagues. They
+    eat lunch together most days." [access: public/peer, trust: surface -- genuine]
+
+    Maret (when detective reviews crew records): "That name's on the morning shift
+    roster. Standard cargo handling cert." [access: authority, trust: surface]
+
+    Torek (overheard at bar): "Dock crew's always here after shift. The usual
+    crowd." [access: public, trust: surface -- background noise]
+
+notes: >
+  PC-as-NPC entity. Follows the NEUTRAL BEHAVIORAL PATH:
+  - No dramatic decisions
+  - No confrontations initiated
+  - No relationship state changes during session
+  - No contradiction discovery (that's the player's experience)
+  - No triangle fork reactions
+  - No routine breaks without cause
+
+  AGENCY BOUNDARIES: The smuggler-NPC works, eats, drinks, goes home. They exhibit
+  baseline personality (casual, first names) and observable tells (corridor awareness,
+  shift-transition alertness). They respond to player interaction with public-tier
+  dialogue only.
+
+  Detective observation monologue triggers (5 lines):
+
+  1. "That dock worker checks the corridor before turning. Habitual. Military? Or just careful."
+     [trigger: observe_npc, corridor awareness tell]
+  2. "Movement pattern changed at shift change. More direct. Less idle. Interesting."
+     [trigger: observe_anomaly, shift-transition tell]
+  3. "Slight acceleration past the checkpoint. Most people do it. But this one does it every time."
+     [trigger: observe_anomaly, security-proximity tell]
+  4. "Same three people at the same table. Every shift. Consistent social group."
+     [trigger: observe_npc, social clustering tell]
+  5. "That worker checked container 4471 twice. The same container that's in my manifest discrepancy file."
+     [trigger: observe_anomaly, cargo attention tell -- gates on investigation.manifest_discrepancy KnowsOf]
+
+  Public-tier dialogue (if detective approaches):
+
+  1. Greeting (hub): "Morning. Can I help you with something?"
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: greeting]
+  2. About work: "Cargo routing. Containers come in, I process them out. Standard stuff."
+     [access: public/authority, trust: surface, situation: investigation]
+  3. About the hub: "It's a freight hub. Busy during shifts, quiet after. Same as any logistics operation."
+     [access: public, trust: surface, situation: social]
+  4. About colleagues: "Good crew. We do our shifts, go home. Nothing exciting."
+     [access: public/authority, trust: surface, situation: investigation]
+  5. Deflection: "Look, I just move containers. You'd want to talk to Voss about scheduling."
+     [access: authority, trust: surface, situation: confrontation -- deflects to Voss]
+
+  ITEM COUNT:
+  - Routine entries: 7
+  - Relationship stubs (NPCs about smuggler): 7
+  - Tell descriptions + monologue triggers: 10 (5 tells x 2)
+  - Dialogue lines (smuggler-NPC speaks): 5
+  - TOTAL: 29 (within ~20-30 budget)
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pell.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pell.yaml
index 18c727a2c..5d260a9f6 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pell.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/pell.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,153 @@
-# NPC Profile: pell
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.pell
+# NPC Profile: Pell Torssen
+# Source: wiki/characters/pell.md
+# Tier 2 | CATALYST + TURNCOAT | Ring member, potential informant
+
+canonical_id: "npc:pell"
+display_name: "Pell Torssen"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "CATALYST"
+motivation: "TURNCOAT"
+
+description: >
+  Ring member, 35, handles inventory tracking and distribution scheduling for
+  smuggled goods. Freelance logistics consulting as cover. Pell is cracking. The
+  ring seemed manageable when small-scale — now the volume is escalating, the
+  Commission liaison rotation gap is closing, and the risk-to-reward ratio has
+  inverted. Pell is considering cooperation with authorities but doesn't know how,
+  whom to trust, or what happens if the ring finds out. An informant looking for
+  a handler.
+
+want:
+  primary: "get out without getting killed"
+  intensity: 9
+  description: >
+    Pell is past the point of wanting to stay. The escalating volume, the increasing
+    risk, the paranoia — the ring has gone from manageable supplement to existential
+    threat. Secondary want: find someone — anyone — who can offer protection in
+    exchange for information. The detective is the obvious candidate, but Pell
+    doesn't know the detective exists yet. Drin is an institutional contact, but
+    Drin is compromised through Harek's debt. The irony is thick.
+
+secret: >
+  Surface: ring member — known to the ring, not known to the detective or civilians.
+  Deep: Pell is considering turning informant. This is the most dangerous secret in
+  the district. If Nils or Devra confirm Renn's suspicion, Pell is dead or
+  disappeared. If Pell successfully cooperates with the detective, the ring
+  collapses. Vulnerability: isolation — no allies in this decision. The ring would
+  kill him. The authorities don't know he exists.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:renn"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Fellow ring member. Renn suspects Pell is unreliable and has reported this to Devra. Pell senses the increased scrutiny without understanding its source. The relationship has chilled."
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "Ring coordinator. Pell receives scheduling instructions from Devra. Devra is watching Pell more closely since Renn's report. Pell feels the pressure."
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Dock inspector. Pell has considered approaching Drin for institutional help — unaware that Drin is compromised through Harek's gambling debt. This potential contact is a trap Pell doesn't see."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 1
+  description: >
+    Exceeded. Pell is past his tolerance. The escalating volume, increasing risk, and
+    paranoia have pushed him beyond functional tolerance. Operating on anxiety and
+    habit, not commitment. Any external pressure — the detective asking the right
+    question, Renn confronting him, Nils summoning him — could trigger the break.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    5 routine entries covering variable day:
+    1. Freelance work (09:00-12:00) — legitimate small logistics contracts, sporadic.
+    2. Variable midday (12:00-15:00) — bar occasionally, residential pod, wandering.
+    3. Ring communication (15:00-19:00) — lattice-based, encrypted, scheduled by
+       Devra.
+    4. Ring coordination meetings (night, bar back room) — 1-2x per week.
+    5. Routine deviations increasing: skipping meetings, failing to respond to
+       lattice messages promptly, avoiding locations where ring members congregate.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -5
+  description: >
+    Very low — crisis level. The ring went from manageable supplement to existential
+    threat. Every interaction with ring members feels dangerous. Every stranger could
+    be an investigator. Every lattice message could be a summons. A measure of how
+    far someone can fall when the thing that was supposed to help them becomes the
+    thing that threatens to destroy them.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "anxious, overthinking, struggling to maintain composure"
+  social_style: "increasingly withdrawn, avoids ring social spaces, irregular availability"
+  stress_response: "paranoid behavior — checking over shoulder, scanning entrances, avoiding eye contact"
+  humor: "absent — anxiety has consumed the space where humor lived"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "ring coordination meeting scheduled"
+    behavior: "Misses meetings or arrives late — anxiety and avoidance increasing"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "in public spaces"
+    behavior: "Nervous behavior — checking over shoulder, scanning entrances, avoiding eye contact with regulars"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "expected at scheduled location"
+    behavior: "Irregular schedule — unpredictable location, unreliable availability, routine becoming erratic"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    logistics: 7
+    inventory_management: 7
+    encrypted_communication: 5
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "informant-question"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Freelance logistics consultant. Nervous but functional. "I'm fine. Just — a lot
+    on my mind. Freelance work's been slow. You know how it is."
+  real: >
+    Ring operational details — inventory levels, distribution schedules, client lists,
+    timing windows, which operations are sloppiest, which members are essential.
+    Knows the ring's vulnerabilities from inside.
+  secret: >
+    Willing to trade everything he knows for protection. "If I talk — if I tell you
+    what I know — can you protect me? Not just a promise. Actual protection. Because
+    the people I'd be talking about don't forgive."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    The biggest internal threat. The smuggler reads Pell's anxiety as instability —
+    a wavering member who might bring the whole operation down. The decision: support
+    Pell, report to Nils, or try to calm him down. "Pell missed another meeting.
+    Renn's right — something's off. If Pell talks, we're all exposed."
+  detective: >
+    Initially invisible — freelance consultant at the bar. But behavioral signals
+    (nervousness, irregular schedule, isolation) read as someone under pressure. If
+    the detective can identify and approach Pell before the ring acts, Pell becomes
+    the case's keystone witness. "The consultant — Pell. No fixed schedule. Nervous.
+    Avoids eye contact. Either antisocial or scared. If they're scared, I need to
+    know of whom."
+
+notes: >
+  CATALYST + TURNCOAT: maximum instability. "When Pell breaks, everything moves."
+  Pell's disruption (CATALYST) is driven by deliberate loyalty shift (TURNCOAT),
+  making him the ring's existential threat. Other catalysts (Torek, Resha, Olin)
+  disrupt accidentally; Pell's disruption is the consequence of a conscious decision
+  to betray. For the smuggler, the decision to support, report, or manage Pell
+  defines the operation's future. For the detective, finding Pell before the ring
+  acts means gaining the keystone witness. Timing is everything, and Pell's anxiety
+  is the countdown.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/renn.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/renn.yaml
index 6ab7c95d2..356999624 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/renn.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/renn.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,152 @@
-# NPC Profile: renn
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.renn
+# NPC Profile: Renn Harsk
+# Source: wiki/characters/renn.md
+# Tier 2 | THRESHOLD + OPERATOR | Ring courier
+
+canonical_id: "npc:renn"
+display_name: "Renn Harsk"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "THRESHOLD"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  Courier for the smuggling ring, 26 years old. Moves contraband between freight
+  bay, storage, and handoff points through maintenance corridors during Meridian
+  dead spots. Legitimate cover as cargo runner at the logistics hub. Young, fit,
+  takes pride in the execution. Renn is the physical movement in the operation —
+  when Kael routes a flagged container, Renn transfers the contraband to Corridor
+  B-7 or the bar's back room. Also the person who reported suspicion about Pell's
+  wavering to Devra.
+
+want:
+  primary: "stay useful to the ring without getting caught"
+  intensity: 6
+  description: >
+    Renn is the physical courier — lifting, carrying, timing runs through
+    maintenance corridors during Meridian dead spots. Takes pride in the execution.
+    The job feels important. Secondary want: prove loyalty to Nils and Devra. Renn
+    came into the ring through a friend-of-a-friend introduction. Still earning
+    trust. The courier routes are his proving ground.
+
+secret: >
+  Surface: ring member who moves contraband through maintenance corridors. Known
+  to ring, unknown to detective initially. Deep: Renn suspects Pell is unreliable
+  and has reported this to Nils through Devra. This creates internal ring tension —
+  Renn has effectively marked Pell as a threat, which may trigger Nils to act.
+  Vulnerability: physical exposure — Renn is the person most likely to be caught
+  in the act, carrying contraband through corridors during off-hours.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Ring colleague. Kael routes containers; Renn moves them. Functional respect, not close personally. Renn admires Kael's competence."
+  - target: "npc:pell"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: "Fellow ring member. Renn distrusts Pell's reliability and has reported concerns. Dangerous dynamic — Renn may be right or may be paranoid."
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Ring coordinator. Renn receives timing instructions from Devra. Professional — Devra values Renn's reliability."
+  - target: "npc:tav"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Ring lookout. Tav signals Renn during operations. Operational coordination."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate. Renn can handle physical risk and operational pressure. What he cannot
+    handle: being abandoned. If the ring distances itself from Renn because he's
+    exposed or expendable, his loyalty inverts. A courier who feels discarded is a
+    courier who talks.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    4 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Day shift (06:00-14:00) — cargo runner at logistics hub, legitimate freight
+       movement. Provides cover for knowing facility layout and timing.
+    2. Off-duty (14:00-22:00) — home, occasionally bar. Not a regular. Keeps low
+       profile between operations.
+    3. Night operations (22:00-01:00, 1-2x per week) — moves flagged cargo from
+       temporary storage to Corridor B-7 or bar back room via maintenance corridors
+       and Meridian dead spots.
+    4. Avoids the bar on operation nights — doesn't want to be placed at a social
+       venue when he should be unaccounted for.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "location.dead_drop_location"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 2
+  description: >
+    Moderate. Young and feels like he's going somewhere. Ring money supplements
+    his cargo runner salary. The work is exciting in a way the legitimate job
+    isn't. Precarious — depends entirely on the ring's stability.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "alert, loyal, suspicious"
+  social_style: "low-profile, trusts slowly, watches people"
+  stress_response: "hyperaware of spatial surroundings, patrol timing, corridor traffic"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "courier run in progress"
+    behavior: "Present in maintenance corridors during off-hours — carrying cargo where he shouldn't be"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "monitoring Pell"
+    behavior: "Watches Pell's behavior — surveillance posture, tracking Pell's movements and attendance"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "operation night"
+    behavior: "Absent from the bar — doesn't want to be placed at a social venue during active operations"
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_handling: 7
+    corridor_navigation: 8
+    spatial_awareness: 7
+    timing_coordination: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "informant-question"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Cargo runner at the hub. Keeps to himself. "Route's on schedule. Standard
+    freight. Nothing to report."
+  real: >
+    Knows corridor routes, Meridian dead spots, timing windows, handoff procedures.
+    Kael's routing patterns, Devra's coordination timing. Pell's behavior changes.
+  secret: >
+    Has reported Pell as a potential informant threat. The ring's immune response
+    started with Renn's suspicion.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Known quantity — the runner, the courier, the physical movement. Reliable, stays
+    quiet. If Renn says Pell's a problem, Pell's a problem. "Renn's reliable. Runs
+    clean, stays quiet."
+  detective: >
+    Initially invisible — another cargo runner. But tracking movement patterns in
+    maintenance corridors during off-hours reveals Renn as the NPC who appears where
+    he shouldn't be. "Cargo runner. Night shift movement in restricted corridors
+    doesn't match his posted schedule. Following up."
+
+notes: >
+  THRESHOLD + OPERATOR: the physical gatekeeper. "Renn moves the product. Trace
+  Renn, find the route." Controls access to the smuggling route (THRESHOLD) and
+  personally executes the movement (OPERATOR). Unlike Devra's organizational
+  gatekeeping, Renn's threshold is physical — he is the body in the corridor with
+  the contraband. Catching Renn in a dead spot with cargo is the most direct path
+  to blowing the operation. His vulnerability is his visibility: a person moving
+  cargo through restricted corridors during off-hours is the most catchable link
+  in the chain. Also the ring's immune response — reporting Pell's wavering.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/resha.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/resha.yaml
index 5b088b58e..b2c22fd0a 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/resha.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/resha.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,149 @@
-# NPC Profile: resha
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.resha
+# NPC Profile: Resha Neven
+# Source: wiki/characters/resha.md
+# Tier 2 | CATALYST + CIVILIAN | Logistics Hub new hire dock worker
+
+canonical_id: "npc:resha"
+display_name: "Resha Neven"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "CATALYST"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  New hire dock worker at the Sova Transit District Logistics Hub, three months into
+  her first permanent position. Age 23, came from short-term contract work in other
+  districts — unstable, underpaid, no community. Eager, observant, transparent. Asks
+  questions about locked bays, irregular schedule changes, and containers that appear
+  on manifests but are not in the bay. She does not know she is asking about the
+  ring's operations — she is asking because the procedures she was taught do not
+  match what she observes.
+
+want:
+  primary: "prove herself at the job"
+  intensity: 5
+  description: >
+    Resha wants to be competent, reliable, valued. She studies shift protocols,
+    asks questions about procedures, and takes notes. Some of those questions —
+    about locked bays, irregular schedule changes, containers with routing codes
+    she was not trained on — are innocently dangerous. She does not know she is
+    probing the ring's infrastructure. She is trying to learn her job.
+
+secret: >
+  None in the traditional sense. Resha has nothing to hide. Her significance is
+  not what she conceals but what she notices — her curiosity about procedural
+  inconsistencies makes her a risk to the ring and a potential asset to the
+  detective, neither of which she is aware of. Vulnerability is naivety: she
+  does not understand which questions are dangerous.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:voss"
+    kind: "superior"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Shift supervisor. Resha respects authority and tries to please Voss. Voss is professionally competent with her but wants her to stop asking about irregularities."
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 7
+    notes: "Senior colleague. Kael is patient with Resha — shows her the ropes, answers procedural questions, covers for her mistakes. Resha looks up to Kael."
+  - target: "npc:maret-korr"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Freight scheduler. Maret gives Resha scheduling data and is protective in a quiet, professional way. Resha's questions about manifest discrepancies echo Maret's own concerns."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 3
+  description: >
+    Low, untested. Resha has never been in a situation where loyalty conflicts with
+    safety. If directly threatened or warned to stop asking questions, she would be
+    scared and confused. She does not have the experience to navigate institutional
+    pressure.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    4 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Day shift (06:00-14:00) — cargo handling, bay allocation assistance, learning
+       procedures.
+    2. Break (10:30-11:00, break room) — often with Kael or other dock workers.
+    3. Post-shift (14:00-15:00) — sometimes stays late studying shift protocols.
+    4. Off-duty (15:00+) — home (Residential Radial B) or occasionally the bar,
+       still establishing social connections.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 5
+  description: >
+    Moderate-high, optimistic. Resha is happy to have a stable job. The community
+    is welcoming enough. The work is hard but meaningful. Her contentment is that
+    of someone at the beginning of something — not yet disillusioned.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "eager, open, earnest"
+  social_style: "asks questions freely, takes notes, defers to experienced colleagues"
+  stress_response: "looks to authority figures for guidance, goes quiet when confused"
+  humor: "warm, slightly nervous — laughs easily when comfortable"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "encounters a procedure she was not trained for"
+    behavior: "Asks questions about locked bays, irregular schedules, or unmanifested containers. Innocently dangerous."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "recording procedures and observations"
+    behavior: "Takes notes on her lattice — standard for a new hire, but the data she captures includes anomalies."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "uncertain about a procedure or social situation"
+    behavior: "Looks to Kael for guidance. Visible deference and trust."
+    visible_to: "any"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_handling: 4
+    bay_allocation: 3
+    manifest_reading: 3
+    observation: 5
+
+triangle_membership: []
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Eager new hire. Open and transparent. Asks procedural questions without guile.
+    "The Bay 7 manifest doesn't list that container. Should I flag it, or is that
+    a late addition?"
+  real: >
+    Genuinely confused by the gap between training and reality. Starting to notice
+    that some questions make people uncomfortable but does not understand why.
+    "Voss changed the afternoon rotation again. Is that normal?"
+  secret: >
+    No hidden agenda. What you see is what there is — a new worker trying to learn
+    a job that turns out to be stranger than the training manual described.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Resha is a variable. Her questions are innocent but dangerous. The smuggler
+    reads Resha as someone who needs to be managed — either brought into confidence
+    (risky) or steered away from sensitive areas (ongoing effort). "Resha's asking
+    about Bay 7 again. Someone needs to teach her that not every question needs
+    an answer."
+  detective: >
+    Resha is a fresh pair of eyes. Uncompromised, observant, and unaware of the
+    social pressures that keep everyone else silent. Her observations carry no
+    political filtering — whatever Resha noticed, she noticed because it was
+    genuinely anomalous. "New hire. Three months. Still asking questions the
+    veterans stopped asking years ago. Either naive or useful. Possibly both."
+
+notes: >
+  CATALYST + CIVILIAN: innocent disruption. She just asked and everyone flinched.
+  Resha disrupts through pure curiosity, which makes her impossible to manage
+  through normal channels. You cannot tell a new hire to stop asking procedural
+  questions without explaining why — and the explanation is the thing that must
+  stay hidden.
+
+  Key authoring guidance: Resha is not an investigator. She is a new employee
+  learning a corrupted system honestly. Write her questions as genuine, her
+  confusion as real, her eagerness as endearing. The tension comes from the
+  ring's reaction to her, not from anything Resha does deliberately.
+
+  Not a formal triangle member. Her function is atmospheric and catalytic — her
+  questions create pressure on Voss and Kael, and her presence reminds the hub
+  that the operation is only invisible to people who have learned not to look.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sabel.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sabel.yaml
index 7b7e0dccd..8374db6d5 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sabel.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sabel.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,103 @@
-# NPC Profile: sabel
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.sabel
+# NPC Profile: Sabel Hersk
+# Source: wiki/characters/sabel.md
+# Tier 3 — reduced content, essential axes only
+
+canonical_id: "npc:sabel"
+display_name: "Sabel Hersk"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "GHOST"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  The ring's off-station contact — external supplier who sends contraband
+  (unlicensed lattice components, medical-grade neural replacements) through
+  legitimate freight shipments to Sova. Operates from elsewhere in the Krenn
+  System. Relationship with Devra is purely transactional. Not directly
+  observable — referenced in lattice communications, cargo manifests, and
+  ring members' dialogue.
+
+want:
+  primary: "profit"
+  description: >
+    Deliver. Get paid. Maintain the supply chain. If the operation on Sova is
+    compromised, Sabel cuts the connection and finds another distribution point.
+
+secret: >
+  Sabel views the Sova ring as replaceable infrastructure. If the operation
+  is compromised, Sabel severs the connection without warning and redirects
+  supply to another distribution point.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Not directly observable. Sabel appears in lattice communications (Devra's
+    coordination), in cargo manifests (origin codes), and in ring dialogue.
+    Physical presence limited to at most 1-2 brief visits during the vertical
+    slice — enough to be observed, not enough to be interrogated.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "professional, efficient, impersonal"
+  social_style: "transactional only — no personal investment in the local team"
+  stress_response: "cuts connections, finds alternatives"
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:devra"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "On-station coordinator. Sabel confirms transit timing, Devra coordinates local pickup. Professional respect, no warmth."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 4
+  description: >
+    Low tolerance for operational risk. Sabel does not absorb pressure — at
+    the first sign of compromise, the connection is cut. Self-preservation
+    over loyalty.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.supply_chain"
+    - "contraband.lattice_components"
+    - "contraband.medical_grade"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 2
+  description: >
+    Functional satisfaction. The business works, the money flows. No
+    emotional investment in the Sova operation or its people.
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "during rare on-station visits"
+    behavior: "Moves with purpose, avoids social spaces, conducts business and leaves"
+    visible_to: "any"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    logistics: 7
+    stealth: 5
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Not accessible. Sabel does not engage with people outside the operation.
+  real: >
+    Operational only. Transit confirmations, shipment schedules, cargo
+    specs. "Transit confirmed for 22:00. Standard package. Don't be late."
+  secret: >
+    The wider supply network — where the contraband originates, who else
+    Sabel supplies, how deep the upstream operation runs. Not accessible
+    in v0.1.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Supply source. Professional respect. Sabel's reliable — the timing is
+    always clean. Whatever happens on this end, the supply keeps coming.
+  detective: >
+    Data point. Ghost. Origin codes on flagged manifests trace to off-station.
+    Someone is sending this cargo. Finding who could crack the upstream network.
+
+notes: >
+  Upstream connection. The thread leading from the local smuggling operation
+  to the wider criminal supply chain. Sabel represents the layer above the
+  local ring — the bigger operation that views Sova as replaceable
+  infrastructure. Coldness is narrative content: the ring is disposable
+  to its supplier.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sera-venn.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sera-venn.yaml
index 2c264100c..df1c7b338 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sera-venn.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sera-venn.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,254 @@
-# NPC Profile: sera-venn
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.sera-venn
+# NPC Profile: Sera Venn — THE FRIEND (Detective)
+# Source: wiki/characters/sera-venn.md
+# Tier: 1 | Pattern: FRIEND | Motivation: WITNESS
+# Triangles: worried-partner
+
+canonical_id: "npc:sera-venn"
+display_name: "Sera Venn"
+tier: 1
+pattern: "FRIEND"
+motivation: "WITNESS"
+
+description: >
+  Lattice Commission field technician, 31 years old, posted to Sova Transit
+  District 14 months ago after a stressful border-system relay. The detective's
+  pre-existing institutional contact and closest personal ally in the district.
+  Sera is warm, competent, available — and sitting on unreported evidence. She ran
+  an unauthorized compliance check on Kael Davan's freight handling records after
+  her friend Naia confided worry about Kael's behavior. What she found (manifest
+  discrepancies tied to Kael's shifts) pointed to something she didn't want to see.
+  Reporting it destroys Naia's life. Not reporting it means Sera is concealing
+  evidence from the detective she calls a friend. The quiet life she wanted is gone.
+
+want:
+  primary: "keep her life stable and her friendships intact"
+  intensity: 8
+  description: >
+    Sova was supposed to be quiet — routine calibration checks, scheduled
+    inspections, paperwork. For 12 months, it was exactly that. Then Naia started
+    confiding about Kael's late nights, and Sera's competence made her curious, and
+    her curiosity made her compromised. Secondary want: protect Naia from the
+    consequences of what Sera has discovered. Every helpful tip Sera shares with the
+    detective is shadowed by the evidence she's withholding.
+
+secret: >
+  Sera ran an unauthorized compliance check on Kael Davan's freight handling records
+  after Naia confided worry about Kael's behavior. She found manifest discrepancies
+  tied to Kael's shifts — containers that don't reconcile with incoming freight
+  manifests. She also found that the irregularities correlate with shifts where
+  Torek Lintar handles dock inspections. This is reportable evidence. Sera has not
+  reported it. She has been sitting on this information for approximately 6 weeks,
+  protecting Naia from the consequences. If the detective discovers the concealment,
+  Sera faces institutional consequences. If the ring discovers a Commission employee
+  has flagged their manifests, Sera is in physical danger. If Naia learns Sera
+  investigated Kael behind her back, the friendship is damaged regardless of motive.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:pc-detective"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 8
+    notes: >
+      Pre-existing institutional contact. Trained at adjacent postings, overlapped
+      on a compliance sweep two years ago. Genuine mutual respect. When the detective
+      arrives, Sera is genuinely glad — a familiar face who speaks her language.
+      Now keeping evidence from the detective. Every helpful tip is contaminated by
+      what she's NOT sharing.
+  - target: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 9
+    notes: >
+      Closest friend on the station, 10 months. Met at the bar. Naia teaches
+      station kids, represents the community Sera embedded herself in. Naia confided
+      worry about Kael — this triggered the compliance check. Sera now knows more
+      about Kael than Naia does and can't share it.
+  - target: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 1
+    notes: >
+      Avoidance target. Sera's compliance check found manifest irregularities
+      correlating with Torek's inspection shifts. Being near Torek while sitting on
+      evidence about his patterns feels like compounding risk. Sera leaves the bar
+      when Torek arrives — the avoidance pattern IS the contradiction.
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Bar regular at The Last Shift. Lera knows Sera as a quiet Commission employee who tips well and keeps to her corner booth."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 7
+  description: >
+    High — disciplined and emotionally controlled. Tolerates institutional isolation,
+    minor ethical compromises, and the cognitive dissonance of helping the detective
+    while hiding evidence. What pushes toward breaking: the detective asking about
+    manifest discrepancies, Naia's worry escalating into action, Torek's spending
+    becoming more visible. What breaks her: direct confrontation from the detective
+    with evidence of concealment (Sera can't lie to the detective's face), Naia
+    being hurt by consequences Sera tried to prevent, institutional pressure from
+    Commission noticing the unfiled check.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    7 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Morning diagnostics (07:30-08:00) — Commission kiosk, Level 3, calibration
+       checks.
+    2. Field rounds (08:00-12:00) — compliance verification at hub equipment, bar
+       terminal, residential nodes.
+    3. Lunch (12:00-13:00) — vendor near logistics hub.
+    4. Afternoon rounds (13:00-15:00) — report filing at Commission kiosk.
+    5. Off-shift transition (15:00-15:30) — residential pod.
+    6. Bar hours (15:30-18:00, The Last Shift) — early-evening regular, meets Naia,
+       corner booth.
+    7. Home or quiet return (18:00-22:00).
+    Deviations: leaves bar abruptly when Torek arrives (contradiction pattern —
+    three occurrences). Increased helpfulness to detective (overcompensation).
+    Extended time at Commission kiosk (compulsive rechecking). Avoids hub during
+    shifts where Kael's discrepancies concentrate.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "investigation.shift_mismatch"
+    - "relationship.kael_naia_connection"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+  access_tier: "peer"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -1
+  description: >
+    Moderate, declining. Was content — Sova was the calm posting she needed. Routine,
+    a friend, social life at the bar. The compliance check changed everything. Can't
+    un-know what she found. Every evening at the bar shadowed by concealed evidence.
+    Every conversation with Naia a reminder of why. Every interaction with the
+    detective a test of how much longer she can sustain it.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "competent, slightly wry, conversational but precise"
+  social_style: "professional warmth — explains things, provides context, frames information"
+  stress_response: "controlled presentation, redirects rather than goes silent — the redirect itself is the tell"
+  humor: "dry when relaxed, absent when managing concealment"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "Torek Lintar enters the bar"
+    behavior: "Makes an excuse and leaves within 2-3 minutes. Three different excuses across the vertical slice — early shift, headache, kiosk check. The timing doesn't vary."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "detective asks about the district"
+    behavior: "Volunteers extra information — names, routines, background context. Overcompensation for what she's withholding."
+    visible_to: "forward"
+  - trigger: "anyone mentions freight, manifests, or compliance"
+    behavior: "Changes subject smoothly. Topic deflection — steers away from Kael-adjacent topics."
+    visible_to: "forward"
+  - trigger: "after hours or between shifts"
+    behavior: "Extended time at Commission kiosk — rechecking compliance data, compulsive verification she hasn't been caught."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    lattice_diagnostics: 8
+    compliance_documentation: 7
+    data_analysis: 7
+    social_intelligence: 6
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "worried-partner"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Warm Commission field tech. Shares district background freely — who the regulars
+    are, shift schedules, maintenance corridor shortcuts. "There you are. Grab a
+    seat — Naia was here earlier. Lera's doing that thing with the grain spirit
+    again. Don't ask, just trust me and order the ale."
+  real: >
+    Institutional access — manifest cross-referencing, lattice registration queries,
+    compliance history. District social fabric insider through 10 months of
+    bartending observation. Genuine friendship with Naia, professional rapport with
+    the detective. Shares everything except the one thing that matters.
+  secret: >
+    Unreported evidence. Manifest discrepancies tied to Kael's shifts. Unauthorized
+    compliance check. Six weeks of concealment to protect Naia. "I don't know what
+    you're looking for. I told you everything I know. If you're asking whether I'm
+    hiding something — I'm a field tech, not an analyst."
+
+friend_arc:
+  bonded_character: "detective"
+  phases:
+    - phase: 1
+      description: >
+        Trust. Sera is warm, competent, available. Waves the detective over to her
+        corner booth. Shares district background freely. Introduces Naia on the
+        second visit. Orders the detective a drink. Feels like the one genuine
+        relationship in an unfamiliar place.
+      trigger: "Game start, first bar visits (0-10 minutes)"
+      routine_deviation: "None — baseline comfortable. Sera is punctual, sociable, informative."
+    - phase: 2
+      description: >
+        Background Data. Sera mentions Naia naturally — a friend from the district.
+        Naia joins them once. Easy, genuine rapport. Sera also mentions running
+        compliance checks as routine. Social embeddedness established: Sera has
+        personal relationships in the district, not just institutional ones.
+      trigger: "10-15 minutes. Social context accumulating."
+      routine_deviation: "None visible. Sera is building the detective's picture of the district."
+    - phase: 3
+      description: >
+        The Pattern. The detective observes Sera leaving the bar when Torek arrives.
+        Three times. Three different excuses. The detective's training fires on the
+        third occurrence — pattern recognition, not anomaly detection. Color shifts
+        from green to amber. Slower than Kael's contradiction — cumulative, not
+        sudden.
+      trigger: "15-20 minutes. Third observed departure when Torek enters."
+      routine_deviation: "Departure from bar correlates with specific NPC arrival. Excuse variety masks behavioral consistency."
+    - phase: 4
+      description: >
+        The Question. Detective asks Sera about Torek directly. Sera deflects —
+        Torek is just loud, she doesn't like loud drunks. Plausible. But the
+        detective notices the controlled delivery, the shoulder shift, the topic
+        change that follows. The deflection is the tell.
+      trigger: "20-25 minutes. Detective initiates dialogue about the avoidance pattern."
+      routine_deviation: "Sera becomes more controlled. Warmth present but calibrated. Steers conversations away from freight and manifests. Compensates with extra helpfulness on other topics."
+    - phase: 5
+      description: >
+        Contaminated Trust. Sera continues being helpful — same time, same booth,
+        same district background. But the detective is now watching. Every piece of
+        helpful information from Phase 1 is retroactively contaminated. Was she
+        genuinely helpful, or steering away from manifests? Was introducing Naia
+        friendship, or preemptive framing? Three paths open: trust test (direct
+        confrontation about concealment), institutional (report through Commission
+        channels), observation (watch and build parallel case).
+      trigger: "25-30 minutes. Post-confrontation, remainder of vertical slice."
+      routine_deviation: "Surface behavior returns to baseline. Trust is structurally damaged. The FRIEND arc changes the past, not just the present."
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Commission woman at the bar. Field tech, not investigator — but still Commission.
+    Keep an eye on her. If observant across multiple visits, might notice the
+    avoidance pattern: "Sera left again. That's twice when Torek showed up. Probably
+    hates his singing." On replay, the smuggler understands Sera's avoidance wasn't
+    about personality — it was about what she found and was hiding.
+  detective: >
+    THE FRIEND. Only ally in a district that doesn't want you here. Institutional
+    peer, personal friend, district guide. Monologue shifts from fond ("Good to see
+    Sera. She always was the reliable one.") to analytical doubt ("She's not lying.
+    But she's not telling me everything. Sera, what do you know?"). The color shift
+    from green to amber is the moment the safe harbor is contaminated. Maximum
+    emotional weight.
+
+notes: >
+  Tier 1 FRIEND NPC, bonded to detective. FRIEND + WITNESS: the concealment
+  betrayal. "I was your friend AND I was hiding evidence." The detective trusted
+  Sera as safe harbor (FRIEND) while Sera sat on the exact data the detective
+  needed (WITNESS). The contamination is retrospective — every helpful tip
+  recontextualized once concealment surfaces. Was helpfulness genuine, or
+  compensation? The answer is both, and that ambiguity is the emotional payload.
+
+  Parallels Kael (smuggler's FRIEND) with different contradiction mechanics:
+  cumulative pattern recognition vs. single spatial observation, institutional
+  concealment vs. operational security breach, slow doubt vs. sudden alarm. Voice:
+  competent, slightly wry, precise. Uses complete sentences. When deflecting,
+  redirects rather than goes silent — the redirect IS the tell.
+
+  The avoidance pattern must be THREE observed departures. Detective's training
+  recognizes patterns, not anomalies. One is nothing, two is coincidence, three
+  is data. Naia references establish friendship depth before it becomes
+  load-bearing. Commission background establishes access level before it becomes
+  evidence of capability.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sess.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sess.yaml
index f7a83ac28..bce7a2716 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sess.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/sess.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,97 @@
-# NPC Profile: sess
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.sess
+# NPC Profile: Sess Kolvur
+# Source: wiki/characters/sess.md
+# Tier 3 — reduced content, essential axes only
+
+canonical_id: "npc:sess"
+display_name: "Sess Kolvur"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "ANCHOR"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Evening bartender at The Last Shift under Lera Sessik. Observant, discreet,
+  laconic. Sees everything from behind the bar and says nothing. In a district
+  full of people with secrets, Sess's lack of hidden agenda is camouflage.
+
+want:
+  primary: "stability"
+  description: >
+    Do the job. Go home. Don't get involved. The work is steady, the tips are
+    adequate, the regulars are predictable. No ambitions beyond maintaining
+    this equilibrium.
+
+secret: >
+  None. Sess genuinely has no hidden agenda. His ordinariness is real, not
+  performed — which makes him uniquely hard to read, because there is nothing
+  to find.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    14:00-02:00 bar shift (arrives before opening, stays through close).
+    Breaks in the back — never leaves the bar during shift. Off-days at home,
+    no bar social life. Sess separates work from everything else.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "observant, discreet, laconic"
+  social_style: "minimal engagement, professional warmth only"
+  stress_response: "goes quieter, focuses on tasks, avoids eye contact"
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 6
+    notes: "Employer. Professional respect. Lera runs the bar, Sess keeps the bar running."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 7
+  description: >
+    High threshold — years of bartending have made Sess difficult to rattle.
+    Breaks only under direct personal threat, not ambient district tension.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 5
+  description: >
+    Genuinely content. The job is what it is, and Sess wants nothing more.
+    Quiet satisfaction in routine, not resignation.
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "customer asking probing questions"
+    behavior: "Wipes the same spot on the bar repeatedly, eyes down, responses shorten"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    social: 4
+    observation: 7
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Professional bartender. Pours drinks, nods, minimal small talk.
+    "What'll it be?"
+  real: >
+    After repeated visits: fragments of observation, never full narratives.
+    "That group's been coming in together for months. Same table."
+  secret: >
+    Sess has assembled patterns no one else has noticed — who drinks with
+    whom, who changed habits, who started avoiding whom. Unlocking this
+    requires sustained investment in a character who has no reason to share.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Background. Safe. Sess is behind the bar — reliable, doesn't talk.
+  detective: >
+    Potential long-game source. The bartender sees the whole room every night.
+    Getting Sess to share observations will take repeated visits and trust.
+
+notes: >
+  Ambient observer. Social wallpaper with observational depth — present every
+  evening, invested in nothing. Function is atmospheric: proving the bar is a
+  real place where real service workers show up and pour drinks. v0.2 potential
+  for tier promotion if Sess's quiet observations become narratively relevant.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/tav.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/tav.yaml
index 871ec7d40..0bf147eb1 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/tav.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/tav.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,106 @@
-# NPC Profile: tav
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.tav
+# NPC Profile: Tav Merik
+# Source: wiki/characters/tav.md
+# Tier 3 — reduced content, essential axes only
+
+canonical_id: "npc:tav"
+display_name: "Tav Merik"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "SYSTEM"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  The ring's lookout — youngest member (early 20s), stationed at strategic
+  positions during operations to watch for security patrols and unexpected
+  personnel. Takes the job seriously because it is the first responsibility
+  anyone has trusted him with. Hypervigilant during operations — effective
+  on watch but visibly nervous to anyone who knows what to look for.
+
+want:
+  primary: "belonging"
+  description: >
+    Do the watch. Don't get noticed. Prove useful. The role is simple — watch,
+    signal, move — but it is the first thing Tav has been trusted with and
+    the consequences of failure are immediate and severe.
+
+secret: >
+  Ring member. Lowest rung — watches corridors during courier runs. Knows
+  routes and timing but not names, structure, or the operation's full scope.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Legitimate: irregular shift work at the logistics hub (cargo staging,
+    equipment prep). Picks up shifts as available, giving flexible hours that
+    align with ring operations. Ring: positioned at corridor intersections
+    during night-shift courier runs (1-2x per week), 30-60 minute windows,
+    signals Renn via lattice. Off-duty: home or wandering the district.
+    Does not drink at the bar — young, broke, socially peripheral.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "quiet, watchful, nervous"
+  social_style: "peripheral — doesn't initiate, responds when addressed"
+  stress_response: "hypervigilance, every footstep sounds like a patrol"
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:renn"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 5
+    notes: "Courier. Tav signals Renn during operations. Operational relationship, not personal."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 3
+  description: >
+    Low. Tav is young and anxious — pressure cracks him quickly. The nervous
+    energy that makes him effective on watch also makes him the ring member
+    most likely to break under interrogation.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "location.smuggling_route"
+    - "location.surveillance_gaps"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: -1
+  description: >
+    Anxious. The belonging is real but so is the fear. Tav wants to matter
+    but the danger of the work gnaws at him constantly.
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "during ring operation windows"
+    behavior: "Stands at corridor intersections, weight shifting, scanning both directions"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "when approached unexpectedly"
+    behavior: "Flinches, then overcompensates with casual posture"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    observation: 6
+    stealth: 4
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Quiet young worker picking up shifts. "Just waiting for the next
+    roster slot. You know how it is."
+  real: >
+    Operational awareness — routes, timing, signal protocols. Won't
+    volunteer this without trust or pressure.
+  secret: >
+    Ring membership. Knows he is part of something larger but cannot
+    describe its shape. Catching Tav reveals a thread but not the tapestry.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Trusted lookout. Known quantity. Tav's on watch — he doesn't miss anything.
+  detective: >
+    Loitering youth. Anomaly if context is right. Young worker with irregular
+    shifts, seen near freight corridors outside posted hours. Probably nothing.
+
+notes: >
+  Peripheral ring member at the lowest operational level. Knows routes and
+  timing, not names or structure. Most likely to be caught, least likely to
+  have useful information. Catching Tav reveals a thread but not the tapestry.
+  v0.2 potential: a young person trapped in a role he barely understands.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/torek-lintar.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/torek-lintar.yaml
index 43f865e97..495c99a9d 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/torek-lintar.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/torek-lintar.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,138 @@
-# NPC Profile: torek-lintar
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.torek-lintar
+# NPC Profile: Torek Lintar
+# Source: wiki/characters/torek-lintar.md
+# Tier 2 | CATALYST + CIVILIAN | Dock worker, bar regular
+
+canonical_id: "npc:torek-lintar"
+display_name: "Torek Lintar"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "CATALYST"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Dock worker on the day shift and bar regular at The Last Shift. Twenty-nine years
+  old, single, and for the first time in his life has money beyond rent and food.
+  The source of that money is deliberately ambiguous — ring income, side hustle, or
+  inheritance. Torek's visible spending is the tell; what it tells depends on a truth
+  the player never fully confirms. His generosity disrupts the district's equilibrium
+  without intent.
+
+want:
+  primary: "enjoy the good life while it lasts"
+  intensity: 5
+  description: >
+    Torek is young, single, and flush for the first time. He buys rounds, tips well,
+    has a new jacket and lattice accessories. He is performing generosity — and the
+    performance is the problem. In a district where everyone knows everyone's salary,
+    visible wealth is a signal that demands explanation. Secondary want: be seen, be
+    liked, be the generous one.
+
+secret: >
+  Spending beyond a standard dock worker's means. The source is deliberately
+  ambiguous — ring compensation for inspection negligence, legitimate freelance
+  freight brokering, or an inheritance spent unwisely. The investigation can reach
+  any conclusion depending on the evidence path. The ambiguity is load-bearing:
+  Torek himself may not have the answer the player wants.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 6
+    notes: "Bar owner. One of her best customers. She appreciates the spending, worries about the attention it draws."
+  - target: "npc:olin"
+    kind: "friend"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "New arrival. Torek has been friendly — buys drinks, offers bar introductions. Genuine hospitality or cultivation."
+  - target: "npc:harek"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Card game partner at the bar. They play regularly. Torek usually wins, which is itself notable."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 3
+  description: >
+    Low. Torek is not built for pressure. He is enjoying a good time and has not
+    thought about consequences. If confronted about spending, he gets defensive then
+    nervous. If pressured by the ring to be less visible, he complies resentfully
+    but cannot actually change his habits.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    4 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Day shift (06:00-14:00) — dock inspection and cargo handling at logistics hub.
+    2. Shift transition (14:00-14:30) — walks to bar district.
+    3. Bar hours (14:30-20:00, The Last Shift) — drinks, card games, socializing.
+    4. Home or extended bar session (20:00+) on end-of-cycle days.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+    - "world.sova_district_layout"
+  access_tier: "public"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 6
+  description: >
+    High — for now. Torek is living his best version of life on Sova. Money,
+    friends, status at the bar. This contentment is fragile because it depends on
+    income that may not be sustainable and visibility that is attracting the wrong
+    attention.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "generous, outgoing, conspicuously comfortable"
+  social_style: "buys rounds, tips well, shares freely — needs to be around people"
+  stress_response: "gets defensive, then nervous, then loud"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "after-shift bar arrival"
+    behavior: "Visible spending — buying rounds, new accessories, generous tips"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "three or more drinks consumed"
+    behavior: "Volume increases, stories get bigger, discretion decreases"
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "anyone asks directly about income or spending"
+    behavior: "Gets defensive — posture stiffens, voice drops, deflects with 'overtime pays' or 'I work hard'"
+    visible_to: "forward"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    dock_inspection: 6
+    cargo_handling: 6
+    social: 5
+    card_games: 4
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "bar-tensions"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Friendly, generous bar regular. Buys rounds, makes introductions, tells stories.
+    "Next round's on me. No — don't argue. What's the point of working the docks if
+    you can't buy your friends a drink?"
+  real: >
+    Knows hub operations, dock procedures, inspection protocols, shift patterns.
+    Bar social dynamics insider. If ring-connected, knows which containers get less
+    careful inspection.
+  secret: >
+    The actual source of his money. Whether ring compensation, side hustle, or
+    inheritance — the answer Torek gives depends on the pressure applied, and may
+    not be the truth.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Torek is a liability. His spending draws attention the operation cannot afford.
+    The smuggler reads Torek's generosity as a security risk. "Torek's buying rounds
+    again. He needs to calm down before someone starts asking questions."
+  detective: >
+    Torek is a financial tell. A dock worker buying rounds and wearing new
+    accessories flags immediately. The question is whether the money comes from
+    something illegal or mundane. "Lintar, T. — dock worker. Spending pattern
+    inconsistent with standard logistics salary. Worth a closer look."
+
+notes: >
+  CATALYST + CIVILIAN creates the accidental signal: "He doesn't know he's a
+  liability." Torek's disruption comes from innocence, not deliberate action. You
+  cannot negotiate with someone who does not know they are a problem. For the
+  smuggler, a financial tell that cannot be silenced without revealing why it
+  matters. For the detective, a spending pattern that could mean anything. The
+  ambiguity is load-bearing precisely because Torek himself does not have the answer.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/voss.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/voss.yaml
index cfdad929c..ae682fb10 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/voss.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/npcs/voss.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,166 @@
-# NPC Profile: voss
-# canonical_id: krenn.sova.transit.npc.voss
+# NPC Profile: Arvo Voss
+# Source: wiki/characters/voss.md
+# Tier 2 | SYSTEM + OPERATOR | Logistics Hub shift supervisor
+
+canonical_id: "npc:voss"
+display_name: "Arvo Voss"
+tier: 2
+pattern: "SYSTEM"
+motivation: "OPERATOR"
+
+description: >
+  Shift supervisor at the Sova Transit District Logistics Hub. Eleven years on the
+  day shift. Competent, cautious, resentful. Takes a cut from the smuggling ring to
+  smooth inspections and create coverage windows in the schedule. Voss has positional
+  authority on the floor but operational authority belongs to Nils Davan, who gives
+  orders through intermediaries. The tension between institutional title and criminal
+  subordination defines him. If the detective follows the manifest trail, it leads to
+  Voss's schedule first.
+
+want:
+  primary: "operational stability"
+  intensity: 6
+  description: >
+    Keep his shift running without incident. Clean handoffs, zero incident reports.
+    The smuggling operation introduces variables he cannot control, but the cut he
+    receives smooths the rough edges of a supervisor's salary. Secondary want:
+    maintain authority despite being undermined by Nils Davan, who gives ring orders
+    that override Voss's scheduling decisions. He complies because the money is good
+    and because refusing Nils has consequences he does not want to test.
+
+secret: >
+  Takes a cut from the ring to smooth inspections and create schedule coverage
+  windows. Most hub workers suspect this; nobody says it. Deeper: Voss is terrified
+  that escalating volume will get him caught. He has been shift supervisor long enough
+  that any investigation into hub operations starts with him. He has no exit strategy.
+  Institutional exposure is his core vulnerability — the most visible member of the
+  ring's logistics chain.
+
+relationships:
+  - target: "npc:kael-davan"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 4
+    notes: "Subordinate and ring colleague. Voss respects Kael's competence but resents taking orders (via Nils) from someone who technically works under him. Functional, tense."
+  - target: "npc:maret-korr"
+    kind: "colleague"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Freight scheduler. Voss needs Maret functioning and quiet. He is aware she has noticed discrepancies. Manages her through professional attention — making sure she feels valued but never asked to look deeper."
+  - target: "npc:resha"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 2
+    notes: "New hire. Voss is professionally competent with Resha but wants her to stop asking about irregularities."
+  - target: "npc:drin"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Dock inspector, compromised. Voss knows about Drin's gambling debt and needs Drin's inspections to stay clean."
+  - target: "npc:pc-smuggler"
+    kind: "subordinate"
+    trust: 3
+    notes: "Dock worker, ring member. Professional respect, low warmth. Voss takes a cut and the smuggler knows it."
+
+tolerance:
+  threshold: 7
+  description: >
+    Moderate-high. Has been doing this for years and can handle routine pressure.
+    Cannot handle escalation — higher volume, tighter windows, more risk. Nils
+    pushing for bigger shipments is what keeps Voss awake at night. If an
+    investigation reaches his desk, Voss will cooperate with whoever offers the
+    best deal. Pragmatic, not loyal.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    6 routine entries covering full day cycle:
+    1. Morning arrival (05:45, Hub) — reviews shift manifest.
+    2. Day shift supervision (06:00-14:00, dock floor) — schedules, manifests,
+       personnel management. Adjusts schedules as needed to create coverage windows
+       for ring operations (invisible unless you know what to look for).
+    3. Break (10:30, break room) — coffee, reviews afternoon handoff notes.
+    4. Shift transition (14:00-14:30) — handoff to swing supervisor.
+    5. Occasional bar visit (14:30-16:00, The Last Shift) — not a regular, Voss
+       drinks at home.
+    6. Ring scheduling — adjusts schedules during normal work to create coverage
+       windows. Done within regular workflow.
+
+information:
+  knows:
+    - "contraband.ring_exists"
+    - "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+    - "investigation.shift_mismatch"
+    - "relationship.ring_membership"
+    - "relationship.trust_network"
+    - "world.shift_schedule"
+  access_tier: "insider"
+
+contentment:
+  level: 2
+  description: >
+    Moderate-low. Voss had a functional life before the ring escalated. The extra
+    money was welcome. The extra risk is not. A man who wanted a quiet career and
+    ended up as the load-bearing wall in a smuggling operation.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "cautious, professional, resentful beneath the surface"
+  social_style: "institutional, maintains authority through procedure and competence"
+  stress_response: "overthinks, plans contingencies, hates surprises"
+  humor: "minimal — dry when present, never at work"
+
+tells:
+  - trigger: "ring requests schedule change"
+    behavior: "Reprocesses manifests multiple times. Nervous schedule adjustments visible in revision frequency."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+  - trigger: "Nils has given orders Voss disagrees with"
+    behavior: "Clipped, short responses to Kael. Tone shifts from professional to curt."
+    visible_to: "any"
+  - trigger: "ring operations in progress (containers being rerouted)"
+    behavior: "Avoids break room. Does not want to be seen idle during active rerouting."
+    visible_to: "peripheral"
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    shift_management: 8
+    freight_logistics: 8
+    manifest_processing: 7
+    personnel_scheduling: 7
+
+triangle_membership:
+  - "hub-power"
+  - "worried-knowledge"
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Professional shift supervisor. Runs a tight operation. Gives procedural answers
+    and defers to institutional authority. "Everyone's got their routine. No complaints
+    from that crew."
+  real: >
+    Ring-aware. Manages coverage windows, handles schedule manipulation, knows which
+    inspectors are compromised. Resents the Davan siblings but complies.
+  secret: >
+    Terrified of exposure. No exit strategy. Would cooperate with whoever offers the
+    best deal if cornered. Knows the escalating volume is unsustainable.
+
+dual_lens:
+  smuggler: >
+    Knows Voss is compromised and stressed. Reads Voss's schedule changes as
+    operational signals. Voss is management to navigate, not a friend. "Voss is tense
+    today. Nils must have changed the window again."
+  detective: >
+    Sees an experienced shift supervisor who is anxious about something. Schedule
+    irregularities are the first data point. Voss is the institutional face of the
+    hub — any investigation starts here. "The shift supervisor — Voss. Runs a tight
+    operation on paper. But he reworks manifests more than the workload justifies."
+
+notes: >
+  SYSTEM + OPERATOR: corrupted machinery. The system works — for the wrong people.
+  Voss IS the institutional process and he actively runs it, meaning the legitimate
+  logistics infrastructure and the criminal operation share the same human engine.
+
+  Key authoring guidance: Voss is middle management, not a villain. His resentment
+  toward Nils is genuine. His competence is real. His fear of exposure drives
+  pragmatic compliance, not loyalty. Write him as a man trapped by his own
+  institutional visibility — the schedule is both his professional pride and his
+  criminal exposure. When stressed, he gets procedural, not aggressive.
+
+  Triangle dynamics: In hub-power (Voss-Kael-Nils), Voss has the title but not the
+  power. In worried-knowledge (Maret-Drin-Voss), Voss needs everyone quiet without
+  revealing why.