diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/pools.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/pools.yaml
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+# Pool definitions for Sova Transit District
+# Seed-time selection system. Architecture supports N candidates; v0.1 has 1 each.
+# Format per seed-configuration-schema.md section 5.2
+# Referenced by: seed config generation (Sprint 5+), content loader (#408)
+
+pools:
+  - pool_id: "transit:friend_smuggler"
+    category: npc_role
+    description: >
+      Smuggler's FRIEND (D-034) — closest colleague, emotional anchor.
+      Production-level complex NPC exercising every content pipeline.
+      v0.1: Kael Davan (dock worker, ring member). v0.2+: expand to
+      multiple dock worker candidates with different contradiction arcs.
+    constraints:
+      - must_be_in_template: "logistics-hub"
+      - must_have_pattern: "FRIEND"
+      - bonded_character: "smuggler"
+    candidates:
+      - npc_id: "npc:kael-davan"
+        weight: 1
+
+  - pool_id: "transit:friend_detective"
+    category: npc_role
+    description: >
+      Detective's FRIEND (D-034) — social anchor, information holder.
+      Production-level complex NPC. Contradiction: sitting on unreported
+      evidence about Kael's manifest discrepancies, protecting Naia.
+      v0.1: Sera Venn (Commission field tech, bar regular).
+    constraints:
+      - must_have_pattern: "FRIEND"
+      - bonded_character: "detective"
+    candidates:
+      - npc_id: "npc:sera-venn"
+        weight: 1
+
+  - pool_id: "transit:bar_regulars"
+    category: npc_group
+    description: >
+      NPCs who frequent The Last Shift as regulars. Fills bar-regular
+      template slots. v0.1: fixed set (all selected). v0.2+: seeder
+      draws a subset from a larger candidate pool for variety.
+      Note: regulars include cross-template visitors (reference links)
+      who frequent the bar location but are owned by other templates.
+    constraints:
+      - frequents_location: "the-last-shift"
+    candidates:
+      - npc_id: "npc:sera-venn"
+        weight: 1
+      - npc_id: "npc:resha"
+        weight: 1
+      - npc_id: "npc:kael-davan"
+        weight: 1
+      - npc_id: "npc:torek-lintar"
+        weight: 1
+      - npc_id: "npc:drin"
+        weight: 1
+
+  - pool_id: "transit:compromised_inspector"
+    category: npc_role
+    description: >
+      The Commission inspector compromised by the ring. Access to authority
+      systems, gambling debt makes them vulnerable. v0.1: Torek Lintar.
+    constraints:
+      - must_have_access: "authority"
+      - must_have_faction: "Commission"
+    candidates:
+      - npc_id: "npc:torek-lintar"
+        weight: 1
+
+  - pool_id: "transit:primary_contraband"
+    category: contraband
+    description: >
+      What the ring is smuggling (D-037). v0.1: unlicensed lattice
+      components — aftermarket neural lattice modifications. Moral
+      ambiguity: the ring is smuggling access, not weapons.
+    candidates:
+      - id: "contraband:lattice-components"
+        weight: 1
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/bar.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/bar.yaml
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+# Social site template: The Last Shift (bar)
+# D-025: functional cluster as atomic template unit
+# 4 role slots, 4+ NPCs in v0.1 (regulars are reference links). 4-8 NPC capacity.
+
+template_id: bar
+display_name: "The Last Shift"
+description: >
+  Mid-grade bar in Sova Transit District. Converted maintenance staging area.
+  Irregular layout, long bar, corner booth. Where working people go after shift.
+  Informally known as "Lera's." The social nexus where investigation and
+  mundane life overlap.
+location: the-last-shift
+
+capacity:
+  min: 4
+  max: 8
+
+role_slots:
+  - role: bar-owner
+    display_name: "Bar Owner"
+    count: 1
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Owns and operates the bar. Observant, careful, knows everyone's business.
+      ANCHOR pattern — the stabilizing social presence. Hears everything,
+      says little. Access tier: insider for regulars.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - social_anchor
+      - information_hub
+      - bar_permanent
+
+  - role: bartender
+    display_name: "Bartender"
+    count: 1
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Serves drinks, manages the floor. Different from the owner — the
+      bartender is staff, not the proprietor. Younger, less established.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - bar_permanent
+
+  - role: bar-regular
+    display_name: "Bar Regular"
+    count:
+      min: 2
+      max: 5
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Off-duty workers and social visitors. Regulars are typically owned by
+      other templates (logistics hub, Commission) with reference links here.
+      Their presence during bar_evening creates the social observation space.
+    pool_ref: "transit:bar_regulars"
+    flags:
+      - evening_presence
+      - cross_template
+
+# v0.1 NPC assignments
+v01_assignments:
+  bar-owner: "npc:lera-sessik"
+  bartender: "npc:pell"
+  bar-regular-1: "npc:sera-venn"     # Reference: Commission field tech, evening regular
+  bar-regular-2: "npc:resha"         # Owned by bar template
+  # Additional regulars via reference links:
+  # npc:kael-davan (from logistics-hub, evening presence)
+  # npc:torek-lintar (from Commission, evening presence)
+  # npc:drin (from logistics-hub, occasional)
+
+# Reference links — NPCs owned by other templates who visit the bar
+reference_links:
+  - npc: "npc:sera-venn"
+    owning_template: null  # Sera is Commission, not bar staff
+    relationship: "social anchor — evening regular"
+    presence_phases: [evening]
+  - npc: "npc:kael-davan"
+    owning_template: logistics-hub
+    relationship: "after-shift regular"
+    presence_phases: [evening]
+  - npc: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    owning_template: null  # Commission inspector
+    relationship: "off-duty regular, gambling participant"
+    presence_phases: [evening]
+  - npc: "npc:drin"
+    owning_template: logistics-hub
+    relationship: "occasional visitor"
+    presence_phases: [evening]
+
+triangle_constraints:
+  - triangle: bar-tensions
+    required_roles:
+      - bar-owner        # Lera: owner mediating
+      - bar-regular      # Resha: regular with grievance
+      - bartender        # Pell: caught in the middle
+  - triangle: worried-knowledge
+    required_roles:
+      - bar-regular      # Sera: avoiding Torek at the bar
+
+dialogue_pools:
+  - location: the-last-shift
+    roles: [bar-owner, bartender, bar-regular]
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/logistics-hub.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/logistics-hub.yaml
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+# Social site template: The Terminal (logistics hub)
+# D-025: functional cluster as atomic template unit
+# 5 role slots, 6 NPCs in v0.1. 4-8 NPC capacity.
+
+template_id: logistics-hub
+display_name: "The Terminal"
+description: >
+  Freight logistics hub — the beating heart of Sova Transit District. Cargo
+  processing, manifest management, shift rotations. The smuggler's workplace
+  and the ring's operational cover.
+location: the-terminal
+
+# Capacity range per D-025: 4-8 NPCs in connected space with internal sightlines
+capacity:
+  min: 4
+  max: 8
+
+role_slots:
+  - role: shift-supervisor
+    display_name: "Shift Supervisor"
+    count: 1
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Authority figure. Oversees dock operations, manages shift schedules,
+      enforces procedures. Access tier: authority within the hub.
+    pool_ref: null  # Fixed assignment in v0.1
+    flags:
+      - authority_figure
+      - hub_permanent
+
+  - role: dock-worker
+    display_name: "Dock Worker"
+    count:
+      min: 2
+      max: 4
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Core workforce. Processes cargo, handles manifests, operates equipment.
+      One dock-worker slot is reserved for the smuggler's FRIEND (pool draw).
+    pool_ref: "transit:friend_smuggler"  # One slot drawn from FRIEND pool
+    flags:
+      - hub_permanent
+      - ring_candidate
+
+  - role: new-hire
+    display_name: "New Hire"
+    count: 1
+    required: false
+    description: >
+      Recent arrival to the logistics hub. Asks questions, doesn't know the
+      social norms yet, provides a fresh perspective. CATALYST pattern.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - catalyst
+      - newcomer
+
+  - role: scheduler
+    display_name: "Freight Scheduler"
+    count: 1
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Manages freight scheduling and manifest coordination. Has access to
+      cargo records — a key information source for both smuggler and detective.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - hub_permanent
+      - information_access
+
+  - role: courier
+    display_name: "Courier"
+    count: 1
+    required: false
+    description: >
+      Moves between locations. Off-duty security or delivery runner.
+      Bridge NPC who connects the hub to other social sites.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - bridge_npc
+
+# v0.1 NPC assignments (matches seed config design doc section 4.4)
+v01_assignments:
+  shift-supervisor: "npc:voss"
+  dock-worker-1: "npc:kael-davan"
+  dock-worker-2: "npc:drin"
+  new-hire: "npc:renn"
+  scheduler: "npc:maret-korr"
+  courier: "npc:harek"
+
+# Triangles that involve members of this template
+triangle_constraints:
+  - triangle: hub-power
+    required_roles:
+      - shift-supervisor   # Voss: authority
+      - dock-worker        # Kael: subordinate
+      - scheduler          # Maret: caught-between
+  - triangle: worried-partner
+    required_roles:
+      - dock-worker        # Kael: partner under ring pressure
+  - triangle: informant-question
+    required_roles:
+      - dock-worker        # Drin: notices Torek's inspection irregularities
+
+# Dialogue pool locations (maps to dialogue/ subdirectory)
+dialogue_pools:
+  - location: the-terminal
+    roles: [shift-supervisor, dock-worker, new-hire, scheduler, courier]
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/smuggling-ring.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/templates/smuggling-ring.yaml
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+# Social site template: Smuggling Ring (maintenance corridors)
+# D-025: functional cluster as atomic template unit
+# Smallest template: 2-4 NPCs. Operates in infrastructure gaps.
+
+template_id: smuggling-ring
+display_name: "The Ring"
+description: >
+  Smuggling operation using repurposed maintenance infrastructure. Not a
+  dedicated room — a corridor between hub sections where old and new
+  construction don't quite meet. Access through service hatches. The ring
+  didn't build this space; they found it. Operates during night shift and
+  shift transitions when oversight is thinnest.
+location: maintenance-corridors
+
+capacity:
+  min: 2
+  max: 4
+
+role_slots:
+  - role: ring-operative
+    display_name: "Ring Coordinator"
+    count: 1
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Coordinates ring operations. HANDLER motivation — manages logistics,
+      maintains contacts, makes decisions. Capable, not theatrical.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - ring_leader
+      - night_presence
+      - restricted_access
+
+  - role: ring-contact
+    display_name: "Ring Contact"
+    count:
+      min: 1
+      max: 2
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      Active ring member with dual role — legitimate job at the logistics hub
+      by day, ring operations by night. Reference link from logistics-hub
+      template. Their presence here is the core secret the smuggler protects
+      and the detective investigates.
+    pool_ref: "transit:friend_smuggler"  # The FRIEND is the primary ring contact
+    flags:
+      - dual_role
+      - night_presence
+      - ring_member
+
+  - role: external-contact
+    display_name: "External Contact"
+    count: 1
+    required: false
+    description: >
+      Off-station connection. Arrives with shipments, departs quickly.
+      Not a permanent presence — appears during ring operation windows.
+    pool_ref: null
+    flags:
+      - transient
+      - external
+
+# v0.1 NPC assignments
+v01_assignments:
+  ring-operative: "npc:devra"
+  ring-contact: "npc:kael-davan"   # Reference from logistics-hub (dual role)
+  external-contact: "npc:sabel"    # Off-system contact
+
+reference_links:
+  - npc: "npc:kael-davan"
+    owning_template: logistics-hub
+    relationship: "ring member — dual role, night operations"
+    presence_phases: [night]
+  - npc: "npc:sabel"
+    owning_template: null  # External, transient
+    relationship: "off-station buyer/receiver"
+    presence_phases: [night]  # Irregular, tied to shipments
+
+triangle_constraints:
+  - triangle: worried-partner
+    required_roles:
+      - ring-contact     # Kael: under pressure from ring work
+  - triangle: hub-power
+    required_roles:
+      - ring-contact     # Kael: subordinate to Voss by day, ring by night
+
+dialogue_pools:
+  - location: maintenance-corridors
+    roles: [ring-operative]
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/bar-tensions.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/bar-tensions.yaml
index 230477d94..9c8fe9ae0 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/bar-tensions.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/bar-tensions.yaml
@@ -1 +1,49 @@
-# Triangle: bar-tensions
+# Triangle 3: Bar Tensions — mundane social friction at The Last Shift
+# Passive — runs on background simulation, no storyteller intervention
+canonical_id: bar-tensions
+display_name: "Bar Tensions"
+description: >
+  Mundane social friction at The Last Shift. Lera Sessik (bar owner) runs
+  a tight establishment. Resha (regular) has a grievance — could be about
+  the bar, another regular, or community politics. Pell (bartender) is
+  caught in the middle, trying to keep both the boss and the customers
+  happy. This is the 50% of life that has nothing to do with conspiracy —
+  the noise floor that makes investigation signal meaningful.
+
+members:
+  - npc: "npc:lera-sessik"
+    role: "owner — mediates disputes, protects her establishment"
+  - npc: "npc:resha"
+    role: "regular — has a grievance, vocal about it"
+  - npc: "npc:pell"
+    role: "bartender — caught between boss and customers"
+
+forks:
+  - id: grievance-escalation
+    condition: >
+      Resha's grievance reaches a tipping point. Lera must decide whether
+      to take sides or maintain neutrality. Pell gets drawn in.
+    outcomes:
+      - id: lera-sides-with-resha
+        description: >
+          Lera validates Resha's complaint. Pell adjusts service accordingly.
+          Social dynamics shift — Resha becomes more central, the bar's
+          atmosphere changes slightly.
+        effects:
+          - "resha.behavior_flags += vindicated"
+          - "pell.behavior_flags += accommodating"
+          - "bar atmosphere = tense but resolving"
+      - id: lera-shuts-it-down
+        description: >
+          Lera tells Resha to drop it. Her bar, her rules. Resha sulks.
+          Pell is relieved. The grievance goes underground.
+        effects:
+          - "resha.behavior_flags += resentful,quiet"
+          - "pell.behavior_flags += relieved"
+          - "bar atmosphere = business as usual"
+
+resolution_states:
+  - id: grievance-resolved
+    description: The dispute is settled one way or another. Normal bar dynamics resume.
+  - id: grievance-simmering
+    description: The issue goes underground. Occasional flare-ups provide social texture.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/hub-power.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/hub-power.yaml
index e6b04973e..ee4d6ed13 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/hub-power.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/hub-power.yaml
@@ -1 +1,70 @@
-# Triangle: hub-power
+# Triangle 1: Hub Power — workplace hierarchy under ring pressure
+# Active fork — smuggler decision (3 paths, self-contained per D-053/A-17)
+canonical_id: hub-power
+display_name: "Hub Power"
+description: >
+  Workplace hierarchy tension at The Terminal. Voss (shift supervisor) has
+  positional authority but takes operational orders from the ring. Kael
+  (dock worker, THE FRIEND) is caught between his boss and the ring's demands.
+  Maret (freight scheduler) sees manifest discrepancies and doesn't know
+  whom to tell. The triangle's resting tension: Voss needs quiet, Kael
+  needs everything to hold together, Maret is too smart not to notice.
+
+members:
+  - npc: "npc:voss"
+    role: "authority — shift supervisor with ring complicity"
+  - npc: "npc:kael-davan"
+    role: "subordinate — dock worker, ring member, caught between boss and ring"
+  - npc: "npc:maret-korr"
+    role: "caught-between — freight scheduler who sees the discrepancies"
+
+forks:
+  - id: volume-escalation
+    condition: >
+      Ring demands double-volume shipment via intermediary. Smuggler
+      must decide how to handle the pressure on Voss and Kael.
+    outcomes:
+      - id: escalate
+        description: >
+          Side with ring (escalate). Convince Voss to widen the shift gap.
+          Investigation accelerates — manifest discrepancies spike, Voss
+          becomes visibly anxious. Detective reads organizational stress.
+        effects:
+          - "voss.behavior_flags += nervous,schedule_changes,evasive"
+          - "voss.position_integrity = thin"
+          - "ring.exposure_risk increases"
+          - "detective.investigation_pace = accelerated"
+      - id: stabilize
+        description: >
+          Side with Voss (stabilize). Reject or delay the double shipment.
+          Hub runs quiet but Kael absorbs redirected pressure from ring
+          coordinator. Detective reads personal stress on Kael instead.
+        effects:
+          - "kael.behavior_flags += lattice_checking,distracted,evasive"
+          - "kael.trust_level (from ring) drops"
+          - "friend_arc timing = accelerated"
+          - "detective.investigation_pace = slowed"
+      - id: mediate
+        description: >
+          Compromise — half volume, phased across two shipments. Nobody's
+          happy, nobody's exposed. Detective reads inconsistent operational
+          tempo. Creates a deferred second decision point.
+        effects:
+          - "ring.exposure_risk = moderate"
+          - "smuggler.operational_trust (from ring) drops"
+          - "kael.behavior_flags += uncertain,distracted"
+          - "detective reads organizational confusion"
+
+resolution_states:
+  - id: ring-exposed-via-voss
+    description: >
+      Voss's anxiety becomes the detective's thread to pull. Investigation
+      arrives at the ring through institutional signals.
+  - id: ring-exposed-via-kael
+    description: >
+      Kael's personal strain becomes the detective's signal. Investigation
+      arrives through behavioral tells on THE FRIEND.
+  - id: ring-exposed-via-inconsistency
+    description: >
+      Irregular operational tempo reveals internal disagreement. Detective
+      infers organizational structure from pattern disruption.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/informant-question.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/informant-question.yaml
index 6f074c355..d5739506d 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/informant-question.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/informant-question.yaml
@@ -1 +1,56 @@
-# Triangle: informant-question
+# Triangle 5: Informant Question — mundane workplace gossip and suspicion
+# Passive — runs on background simulation, provides investigation noise
+canonical_id: informant-question
+display_name: "The Informant Question"
+description: >
+  Torek Lintar (dock inspector, compromised by gambling debt) is observed
+  by Drin (dock worker) and Olin (bystander/new arrival). Drin has noticed
+  Torek's inspection patterns are irregular. Olin overhears workplace gossip
+  and doesn't know what's significant. This triangle generates the kind
+  of low-level workplace suspicion that exists in any tight community —
+  people notice things, talk about them, and form theories. For the
+  detective, it's signal mixed with noise.
+
+members:
+  - npc: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    role: "inspector — compromised, inspection patterns irregular"
+  - npc: "npc:drin"
+    role: "worker — notices Torek's odd behavior, gossips about it"
+  - npc: "npc:olin"
+    role: "bystander — overhears gossip, forms theories, asks questions"
+
+forks:
+  - id: gossip-spreads
+    condition: >
+      Drin's observations about Torek's inspection patterns reach
+      enough people that the gossip becomes ambient social knowledge.
+    outcomes:
+      - id: dismissed-as-gossip
+        description: >
+          The community dismisses Drin's observations as workplace gossip.
+          Torek's reputation survives. The information exists but isn't
+          treated as significant — noise floor functioning as intended.
+        effects:
+          - "torek.position_integrity unchanged"
+          - "community treats observations as routine gossip"
+          - "detective must distinguish signal from noise"
+      - id: torek-noticed
+        description: >
+          Enough people notice Torek's patterns that his behavior becomes
+          a topic of casual conversation. Not accusatory — just curious.
+          The detective can pick up on ambient awareness.
+        effects:
+          - "torek.behavior_flags += noticed,defensive"
+          - "ambient dialogue includes references to inspection patterns"
+          - "detective gains investigation.inspection_anomaly (suspects level)"
+
+resolution_states:
+  - id: gossip-fades
+    description: >
+      The topic loses interest. Workplace gossip moves on. Torek's
+      irregularities are forgotten by everyone except potentially
+      the detective.
+  - id: ambient-suspicion
+    description: >
+      A low-level awareness persists in the community. Nothing actionable,
+      but Torek is slightly more careful and slightly more defensive.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-knowledge.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-knowledge.yaml
index 107e0a5c9..77745045c 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-knowledge.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-knowledge.yaml
@@ -1 +1,63 @@
-# Triangle: worried-knowledge
+# Triangle 2: Worried Knowledge — unreported evidence and protective silence
+# Active fork — Sera's choice about what to do with what she knows
+canonical_id: worried-knowledge
+display_name: "Worried Knowledge"
+description: >
+  Sera Venn (Commission field tech, detective's FRIEND) is sitting on
+  unreported evidence about Kael's manifest discrepancies. She's protecting
+  Naia Tamm (Kael's partner, who confided in her about Kael's late nights).
+  Torek Lintar (compromised inspector) is the subject — his gambling debt
+  makes him the institutional weak point, and Sera's evidence implicates
+  his inspection lapses. Sera's avoidance of Torek at the bar is the
+  observable tell.
+
+members:
+  - npc: "npc:sera-venn"
+    role: "holder — Commission tech sitting on unreported evidence"
+  - npc: "npc:torek-lintar"
+    role: "subject — compromised inspector whose lapses Sera has documented"
+  - npc: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    role: "protected — Kael's partner, confided worries to Sera"
+
+forks:
+  - id: evidence-disclosure
+    condition: >
+      Detective builds enough trust with Sera to trigger the disclosure
+      decision. Sera must choose between institutional duty, friendship
+      with Naia, and protecting the detective from a compromised colleague.
+    outcomes:
+      - id: sera-reports
+        description: >
+          Sera reports her evidence through official channels. Torek's
+          inspection lapses are flagged. The investigation gains institutional
+          data but Naia loses her protective buffer.
+        effects:
+          - "torek.position_integrity = cracking"
+          - "sera.trust_level (from naia) drops"
+          - "detective gains investigation.inspection_lapses fact"
+      - id: sera-protects
+        description: >
+          Sera stays silent to protect Naia. The evidence remains buried.
+          Detective must find the institutional thread through other means.
+          Sera's avoidance pattern intensifies as she manages the secret.
+        effects:
+          - "sera.behavior_flags += avoidance_pattern,evasive"
+          - "sera.position_integrity = thin"
+          - "naia remains protected"
+      - id: sera-confides
+        description: >
+          Sera tells the detective privately, off the record. The detective
+          gains the information but must decide what to do with it. Tests
+          the detective's institutional loyalty.
+        effects:
+          - "detective gains investigation.inspection_lapses fact (informal)"
+          - "sera.trust_level (toward detective) = trusted"
+          - "sera.risk_assessment = moderate (off-book disclosure)"
+
+resolution_states:
+  - id: torek-exposed
+    description: Torek's compromised status becomes known to the investigation.
+  - id: knowledge-buried
+    description: Sera's evidence stays unreported. Avoidance pattern is the only tell.
+  - id: informal-disclosure
+    description: Detective knows but has no official evidence. Must find formal proof.
diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-partner.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-partner.yaml
index de7748a3e..2a2d31e2f 100644
--- a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-partner.yaml
+++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/triangles/worried-partner.yaml
@@ -1 +1,67 @@
-# Triangle: worried-partner
+# Triangle 4: Worried Partner — ring pressure on personal relationships
+# Active fork — the emotional heart of the smuggler's FRIEND arc
+canonical_id: worried-partner
+display_name: "Worried Partner"
+description: >
+  Kael Davan (dock worker, ring member, smuggler's FRIEND) is under
+  increasing ring pressure from Devra (ring coordinator). Naia Tamm
+  (Kael's partner) is worried about his late nights and evasive answers.
+  The smuggler knows why Kael is busy and can't say. This is the most
+  emotionally loaded triangle — it connects THE FRIEND's contradiction
+  arc to personal relationships. If Naia asks the smuggler directly,
+  there's no good answer.
+
+members:
+  - npc: "npc:kael-davan"
+    role: "partner under pressure — ring work destroying home life"
+  - npc: "npc:naia-tamm"
+    role: "worried — sees the changes, doesn't understand the cause"
+  - npc: "npc:devra"
+    role: "cause — ring coordinator whose demands increase Kael's burden"
+
+forks:
+  - id: naia-confronts
+    condition: >
+      Naia's worry reaches a threshold. She confronts Kael directly, or
+      asks the smuggler what's going on. The smuggler faces a loyalty test.
+    outcomes:
+      - id: smuggler-deflects
+        description: >
+          Smuggler deflects Naia's questions. Protects Kael's cover but
+          damages trust with Naia. Kael is grateful but the lie costs.
+        effects:
+          - "naia.trust_level (toward smuggler) drops"
+          - "kael.behavior_flags += relieved,guilty"
+          - "smuggler.moral_weight (toward naia) = complicit"
+      - id: smuggler-hints
+        description: >
+          Smuggler gives Naia a partial truth — Kael's under work pressure,
+          it'll pass. Not a lie, but not the truth. Naia is temporarily
+          reassured but the pattern continues.
+        effects:
+          - "naia.behavior_flags += cautiously_reassured"
+          - "kael.behavior_flags += unaware"
+          - "smuggler.moral_weight (toward naia) = peripheral"
+      - id: kael-snaps
+        description: >
+          Before the smuggler can intervene, Kael snaps at Naia under
+          pressure. The argument is public enough to be observed. Devra's
+          pressure has become visible through personal fallout.
+        effects:
+          - "kael.behavior_flags += agitated,public_argument"
+          - "naia.behavior_flags += hurt,withdrawn"
+          - "detective observes domestic stress (behavioral signal)"
+
+resolution_states:
+  - id: relationship-strained
+    description: >
+      Kael and Naia's relationship is visibly strained. The domestic
+      tension becomes an observable signal for the detective.
+  - id: temporary-calm
+    description: >
+      The immediate crisis passes but the underlying cause remains.
+      Another confrontation is inevitable.
+  - id: naia-investigates
+    description: >
+      Naia starts looking into Kael's activities independently. She
+      becomes a potential variable the ring didn't account for.