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docs(decisions): D-168 Iserlohn (GJ-532c) IP evaluation — retained

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Real German city origin (Sauerland wire-drawing centre) documented.
Context diverges fundamentally from LoGH fortress. Altena recorded
as preferred alternative. Ticket #773.

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*45 decisions. Last updated: 2026-03-24 (D-104, D-105, D-107 supersession notes added; D-167 corridor cultural system filed)*
### D-168: Iserlohn (GJ-532c) planet name — keep, real-city origin documented
- **Date:** 2026-04-05
- **Decision:** The planet name "Iserlohn" (GJ-532c, in the Kettenschmied system) is **retained**. The name derives from Iserlohn, a real industrial city in the Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — historically a centre of wire-drawing, chain manufacturing, and metal fabrication. This origin is directly coherent with Kettenschmied's identity as a west_reach German-heritage metalworking community. The real-city reading is the intended and primary reading.
- **IP note:** Iserlohn Fortress is an iconic location in *Legend of the Galactic Heroes* (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu). The name collision is acknowledged. The decision to retain is deliberate: the real-world German city predates the anime by centuries; real geographic names are not protectable; and the concept diverges fundamentally — a cold marginal mining/fabrication planet (1,000 population, component fabrication, asteroid mining) is the structural opposite of a strategic military megastructure. No reader can point at GJ-532c and say "that's the LoGH fortress" — the contexts share only a name.
- **Preferred alternative on record (if future team prefers a rename):** **Altena** — a Sauerland city at the confluence of Lenne and Volme rivers, historically the actual birthplace of German wire-drawing and chain manufacture. The Altena castle became the site of the first industrial wire-drawing operation in the German states. Altena has no known SF franchise association and carries stronger historical precision for chain/cable fabrication. It would require an atlas rename of `GJ532c` and corresponding wiki edits.
- **Raised by:** Miri (Sprint 31, ticket #773)
- **Dissent:** None.
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*46 decisions. Last updated: 2026-04-05 (D-168 Iserlohn IP evaluation filed)*