From b21b28df6176b7f99835645312afb25aa17047bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeroen Schweitzer Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 09:28:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs(decisions):=20D-168=20Iserlohn=20(GJ-532c)?= =?UTF-8?q?=20IP=20evaluation=20=E2=80=94=20retained?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Real German city origin (Sauerland wire-drawing centre) documented. Context diverges fundamentally from LoGH fortress. Altena recorded as preferred alternative. Ticket #773. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 --- decisions/content.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/decisions/content.md b/decisions/content.md index 2aed107a7..a017e50c6 100644 --- a/decisions/content.md +++ b/decisions/content.md @@ -604,4 +604,14 @@ How narrative, NPCs, and world content are created: content tiers, NPC generatio --- -*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. + +--- + +*46 decisions. Last updated: 2026-04-05 (D-168 Iserlohn IP evaluation filed)*