fix(discussions): replace absolute paths with project-relative paths

Remove misplaced ROUND-16-STATUS.md from root (duplicate of
round-16-session-notes.md). Convert all macOS absolute paths to
project-relative paths across round-16 docs and design reference.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ROUND-16-STATUS.md

@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-# Round 16 Status — Session Closed, Awaiting Return
-
-**Date closed:** 2026-02-10
-**Topic:** Factions — Building a Fuller Narrative Picture
-**Status:** COMPLETE session, OPEN QUESTIONS flagged for team return
-
----
-
-## What Was Accomplished
-
-Round 16 fully developed the six-faction political landscape of The Settled Reach:
-
-### 1. Complete Faction Lore (Miri)
-- Identity, goals, internal tensions for all six factions
-- Power bases and vulnerabilities
-- Mechanical hooks and NPC archetypes
-- Faction interaction map
-
-**Factions developed:**
-1. Concord Assembly (governance, legislative authority)
-2. The Syndics (commerce, re-embodiment infrastructure)
-3. The Separatists (frontier independence)
-4. Guardians of Autonomy / Severance (counter-institutional resistance)
-5. The Veil Institute (Founder technology research)
-6. The Lattice Commission (technology regulation)
-
-### 2. Political Depth Analysis (Paula)
-- Power dynamics (formal vs. real power distribution)
-- Conspiracy potential for each faction
-- Character drama templates:
-  - The Whistleblower
-  - The Inspector with Conscience
-  - The Dual-Loyalty Operative
-  - The Reluctant Conspirator
-- Betrayal vectors by faction
-
-### 3. Mechanical Grounding (Gestalt)
-- Starting loadouts (perception tier, Meridian access, lattice quality, legal authority, contacts, resources)
-- Information asymmetry and faction blind spots
-- Mechanical constraints per faction
-- Resource loops
-- Cross-faction hooks
-- 3D reputation system (Trust × Usefulness × Exposure)
-- "First 30 Minutes" test (same scenario, six different games)
-- v0.1 recommendation: **Commission + Severance** (maximum mechanical contrast)
-
----
-
-## Key Design Insights
-
-1. **Each faction = different genre**
-   - Assembly: Political thriller
-   - Syndics: Economic thriller
-   - Separatists: Resistance thriller
-   - Severance: Paranoid thriller
-   - Institute: Mystery thriller
-   - Commission: Investigative thriller
-
-2. **Faction blind spots drive replayability** — Same conspiracy reveals different information to different factions
-
-3. **3D reputation complexity** — Trust, Usefulness, and Exposure create relationship states where you can be simultaneously valuable and hostile to a faction
-
-4. **Real power ≠ formal power** — Assembly has legal authority; Commission + Institute have operational control; Syndics have economic leverage
-
-5. **No stable alliances** — Every relationship is transactional, conditional, situational
-
-6. **Constraints define play** — What factions CAN'T do shapes gameplay as much as what they CAN do
-
----
-
-## Documents Produced
-
-All Round 16 materials are archived in `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/`:
-
-- **`round-16-factions-complete.md`** — Consolidated overview with all three contributions
-- **`round-16-factions.md`** — Full faction lore (Miri)
-- **`round-16-faction-mechanics.md`** — Full mechanical analysis (Gestalt)
-- **`round-16-session-notes.md`** — Session closure summary
-- **`/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`** — Quick reference for gameplay use
-
----
-
-## Open Questions for Team Return
-
-### Critical Decision Pending
-**Team Leader (Jeroen): Which factions for v0.1?**
-- Gestalt recommends: Commission + Severance (surveillance vs. counter-surveillance, maximum contrast)
-- Alternative: Assembly + Syndics (institutional play)
-
-### Validation Questions by Agent
-
-**Miri (Worldbuilding):**
-- Does mechanical framing break setting logic?
-- Are factional blind spots setting-faithful?
-- Does "Severance" as colloquial name work in-fiction?
-
-**Paula (Narrative):**
-- Does 3D reputation system support rich NPC relationships?
-- Are "first 30 minutes" scenarios compelling as narrative hooks?
-- What's missing from cross-faction interpersonal dynamics?
-
-**Nigel (Replayability):**
-- Does this create 6 meaningfully different playthroughs?
-- Are factional blind spots sufficient anti-metagaming?
-- Which factions need more mechanical differentiation?
-
-**Ozzie (Player Experience):**
-- Which faction "first 30 minutes" is most immediately compelling?
-- Does multi-faction play feel like freedom or confusion?
-- Are any factions too complex for new players?
-
-**Gore (Themes):**
-- Do factions express philosophical tensions (continuity, detachment, infrastructure)?
-- Does Commission's meta-information role land thematically?
-- Is Severance/Unbound permadeath mode thematically coherent or gimmick?
-
-**Tyre (Architecture):**
-- Does 3D reputation system map to implementable server state?
-- Can multi-faction information channels be represented as observer queries?
-- Are there architectural nightmares here?
-
----
-
-## Next Actions
-
-1. **Team review** — All agents read faction documents
-2. **Answer open questions** — Team provides feedback on validation questions
-3. **v0.1 faction selection** — Team Leader decides which factions to prototype
-4. **Briefing updates** — After decisions, Qatux updates agent briefings with faction framework
-5. **Index documents** — After decisions, re-index faction documents in Qdrant for retrieval
-
----
-
-## Session Closure Note
-
-Round 16 accomplished its goal: the full faction landscape is developed with lore, political depth, and mechanical grounding. The framework is complete but requires team validation and a critical decision (v0.1 faction selection) before implementation can begin.
-
-The session is closed to allow the team to digest the material and return with feedback. This is a natural pause point.
-
-**Session closed:** 2026-02-10
-**Next session:** TBD (when team is ready to validate and decide)
-
----
-
-**For the record:** Round 16 produced no formal decisions (D-NNN) yet, as the outputs are pending team validation. Once validated and v0.1 faction selection is made, those will be recorded in DECISIONS.md.

docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md

@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ How each faction engages with the five pillars:
 
 ---
 
-**Full analysis:** `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
+**Full analysis:** `docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`

docs/discussions/round-16-factions-complete.md

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ This round produced three major deliverables:
 3. **Mechanical Grounding** (Gestalt) — Starting loadouts, information asymmetry, constraints, resource loops, 3D reputation system
 
 See also:
-- `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md` — Full faction lore (Miri)
+- `docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md` — Full faction lore (Miri)
-- `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md` — Full mechanical analysis (Gestalt)
+- `docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md` — Full mechanical analysis (Gestalt)
-- `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md` — Quick reference
+- `docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md` — Quick reference
 
 ---
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ See also:
 
 **Key insight:** No stable alliances. Every relationship is transactional, conditional, or situational.
 
-**Full detail:** See `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
+**Full detail:** See `docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
 
 ---
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Each faction tracks:
 
 **Alternative:** Assembly + Syndics (political vs. economic, tests institutional play)
 
-**Full detail:** See `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md` and `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
+**Full detail:** See `docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md` and `docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
 
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@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ Session closed 2026-02-10.
 ---
 
 **Related Documents:**
-- Full faction lore: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
+- Full faction lore: `docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
-- Full mechanical analysis: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
+- Full mechanical analysis: `docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
-- Quick reference: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
+- Quick reference: `docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
-- Decisions register: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/DECISIONS.md`
+- Decisions register: `DECISIONS.md`

docs/discussions/round-16-session-notes.md

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Round 16 developed the complete faction landscape for The Settled Reach. The tea
    - Six factions with complete identity, internal tensions, power bases, vulnerabilities
    - NPC archetypes for each faction
    - Faction interaction map showing alliances, rivalries, antagonisms
-   - Location: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
+   - Location: `docs/discussions/round-16-factions.md`
 
 2. **Political Depth Analysis** (Paula)
    - Power dynamics mapping (formal vs. real power)
    - Conspiracy potential for each faction
    - Character drama templates (whistleblower, inspector with conscience, dual-loyalty operative, reluctant conspirator)
    - Betrayal vectors by faction
-   - Location: Integrated into `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-factions-complete.md`
+   - Location: Integrated into `docs/discussions/round-16-factions-complete.md`
 
 3. **Mechanical Grounding** (Gestalt)
    - Starting loadouts for all factions
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Round 16 developed the complete faction landscape for The Settled Reach. The tea
    - "First 30 Minutes" test showing same scenario from six perspectives
    - Cross-faction resource matrix
    - v0.1 recommendation: Commission + Severance
-   - Location: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
+   - Location: `docs/discussions/round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
-   - Quick reference: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
+   - Quick reference: `docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
 
 ### Key Design Insights
 
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ Round 16 is marked **COMPLETE** but flagged **FOR RETURN**. The faction framewor
 - Consolidated overview: `round-16-factions-complete.md`
 - Faction lore (Miri): `round-16-factions.md`
 - Faction mechanics (Gestalt): `round-16-faction-mechanics.md`
-- Quick reference: `/Users/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/commonwealth/docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`
+- Quick reference: `docs/design/faction-mechanics-reference.md`