chore(meta): cascade refocus — supersede v0.2 cluster, re-home backlog tree, capture workshop WIP

Governance:
- D-166 amendment (2026-06-12): outside-in build order (geo → econ-on-world →
  building templates → door boundary contracts → NPC/interiors → gameplay);
  Phase 5 ramps in parallel once outsides are walkable (gate: T-962)
- D-114/D-115/D-117/D-118/D-120 marked superseded by D-166 (inbound anchors fixed)
- D-221 amended: milestones retired, cascade-hierarchy gating is canonical
- Q-077/Q-068/Q-036 resolved (answered by events); Q-110 (scale anchoring) and
  Q-111 (live-econ coupling) opened from cascade grounding

Ticket tree (147 stray backlog tickets dispositioned):
- New parents: T-1036 (post-cascade gameplay parking), T-1037 (maintenance initiative)
- Re-homed: 15 → Phase 4 (T-750), 30 → Phase 5 (T-749), 11 → Phase 6 (T-751),
  21 → gameplay parking, 28 → maintenance; children follow their epics
- Cancelled 12 administrative shells (mirror tickets, emptied pre-cascade umbrellas,
  v0.2 pivot shell T-603); T-9/T-28 closed done; T-745 in_progress
- New grounded tickets T-1038..T-1044: inter-settlement road/rail graph, L3→L4
  dispatch threading, river-channel-anchor bug, 64m landform-repeat bug,
  region seam blending, road-entry octants, drainage re-run fix

Docs:
- CLAUDE.md cascade paragraph updated to the amended rule
- 20 v0.1-era docs/design files marked superseded with pointers;
  content-structure-canonical retitled (v0.2 label dropped)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Q-002: Scope of v0.1 playable prototype
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Resolution:** The v0.1 prototype framing is superseded. D-117 establishes the tycoon as the v0.2 bookmark; D-166 defines the 6-phase development cascade as the authoritative build order. Prototype scope is determined by the cascade phases, not a standalone v0.1 spec.
- **Date resolved:** 2026-03-24 (D-166 development cascade)
- **Assigned to:** Full team
### Q-004: One campaign spanning all eras or separate era scenarios?
- **Status:** Resolved (implicitly) → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Status:** Resolved (implicitly) → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Resolution:** v0.2 is single-era (contemporary Settled Reach). The development cascade (D-166) defers all multi-era considerations well beyond current scope. The question remains interesting for the full game but is not load-bearing for any active phase.
- **Date resolved:** 2026-04-05 (closed as implicitly resolved)
- **Assigned to:** Gore, Miri to lead discussion
### Q-005: Scale for prototype - locations, characters, factions
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content), [D-118](../decisions/scope.md#d-118-small-business-owner-starting-state--3-configurations), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded), [D-118](../decisions/scope.md#d-118-small-business-owner-starting-state--3-configurations), [D-166](../decisions/architecture.md#d-166-development-cascade--6-phase-first-things-first-build-order)
- **Resolution:** Scale is determined by the development cascade (D-166), not pre-scoped. 301 systems in the star map. All NPCs generated (D-122). Single character type (tycoon, D-117). Starting configurations defined in D-118. The "~10-20 characters" estimate is obsolete — NPC count is a generator output, not a hand-authored target.
- **Date resolved:** 2026-03-24 (D-166 development cascade)
- **Assigned to:** Gestalt, Tyre, Miri
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- **Assigned to:** Team Leader
### Q-011: Character selection and playable characters
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content), [D-115](../decisions/scope.md#d-115-character-creation-scoped-to-skills--bookmark-for-v02), [D-122](../decisions/content.md#d-122-all-npcs-generated--no-named-hand-authored-characters)
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded), [D-115](../decisions/scope.md#d-115-character-creation-scoped-to-skills--bookmark-for-v02-superseded), [D-122](../decisions/content.md#d-122-all-npcs-generated--no-named-hand-authored-characters)
- **Resolution:** v0.2 has one playable character type: the tycoon (small business owner starting state, D-118). One bookmark. All NPCs are generated — no canon named characters. Character creation is skills + bookmark only. The "how different are their starting positions?" question is answered by the small business owner economic variation (D-118: bar, logistics contract, storage franchise as starting configurations). The "canon characters vs original" question is answered by D-122: all NPCs generated, no canon characters exist in v0.2.
- **Date resolved:** 2026-03-05 (Where's the Fun? Workshop)
- **Question:** Which characters are playable in the prototype? How different are their starting positions? Can you play canon characters or only original ones?
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- **Source:** Wiki Review Workshop R4, lead interview
### Q-034: PC archetypes
- **Status:** Partially resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content) (v0.2 scope only: tycoon bookmark, zero investigation)
- **Status:** Partially resolved → [D-117](../decisions/scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded) (v0.2 scope only: tycoon bookmark, zero investigation)
- **Partial resolution:** v0.2 scope is settled — one bookmark (tycoon, small business owner start per D-118). Smuggler and detective are abandoned for v0.2. The full 8-archetype model, fluid archetype transitions, and "vulnerable window" mechanics remain undesigned for the full game. The "detective, smuggler, tycoon are jobs you can have, not the game's identity" framing (Where's the Fun? Workshop) is the guiding principle for future archetype design.
- **Question:** Should the full game support 8 fluid PC archetypes (Smuggler, Detective, Engineer, Diplomat, Medic, Scholar, Soldier, Merchant) with transition mechanics where archetype shifts during play based on player behavior? The lead approved 8 archetypes with fluid transitions as a game mechanic. v0.1 ships smuggler + detective only (D-027). Full archetype spec, transition triggers, and "vulnerable window" mechanics are undesigned. NOTE: The character-creation-game-setup workshop (Q-011) will address this — coordinate.
- **Assigned to:** Nigel, Gestalt
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- **Source:** Wiki Review Workshop R4, lead interview
### Q-036: District skeleton as generator output
- **Status:** Open
- **Status:** Resolved → [D-222](../decisions/architecture.md#d-222) (spatial hierarchy: Quarter as the skeleton unit), T-957/T-985 (Layer-4 quarter skeleton, done)
- **Question:** For the 300-world model, should the district skeleton (social sites, NPC slots, triangle templates, economic function, access topology) be the atomic output unit of the world generator? D-025 defines social sites as the atomic template unit for hand-authoring. The generator model reframes the district as a composed output from ingredient inputs. How does this interact with D-025?
- **Resolution (2026-06-12):** Answered by events: the generator's atomic output unit shipped as the **QuarterSkeleton** (D-222 naming; T-957 Layer-4 skeleton + T-985 QuarterWorldState, both done) — zoned blocks, reservations, access topology, and building footprints as a composed output. Social-site templates (D-025) remain the authoring unit for the Phase-6 interior/NPC layer that colonizes the skeleton; NPC slots and triangle templates deliberately stay out of the generator output per the cascade order.
- **Assigned to:** Tyre, Gestalt
- **Source:** Wiki Review Workshop R4
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*17 questions (6 resolved, 3 partially resolved, 8 open). Last updated: 2026-04-05 (Q-002, Q-004, Q-005, Q-007 closed as resolved)*
*17 questions (7 resolved, 3 partially resolved, 7 open). Last updated: 2026-06-12 (Q-036 closed as resolved — quarter skeleton shipped)*