Round 2: each agent read all four briefs and synthesized.
Key convergences: the doors as load-bearing detail, Adams &
Ford entry as mechanic, community warmth-without-origin.
Nigel self-cut "memory-without-event" archetype. Paula revised
tier 4 from "they know" to "they've stopped asking."
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Round 1 of the Abzu workshop: Miri (worldbuilding), Paula
(narrative), Nigel (replayability), Araminta (visual design)
each produced independent briefs for the furthest system at
hop 23. Key seeds: Adams & Ford commission frame, the four
investigative frames, the "picture won't close" mechanic,
K-type amber palette, and the doors that are 10-15% too tall.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Travessa (hop 8) had an active customs presence described, exceeding
the nominal/distant authority gradient for this depth. Changed to
passive record-keeping through Syndic office filings.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mutual recognition treaty among ~30-40 west_reach systems at hops 6-16.
Covers origin, four core principles, rotating council structure,
membership tiers, Assembly response, economic infrastructure, and the
internal treaty-vs-government tension. Cross-referenced with Ostmark,
Freiholt, Altmark, Groenland, Echternach, and VGV.
Added Regional Factions section to factions index.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Both files were severely outdated (~hop 5 coverage). Rebuilt from
database + star-map.json + wiki page names. Now covers all 301
systems, 227 named, organized by sector and hop distance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
18 systems across all sectors, hops 5-9:
- North: Waterkant, Breëvlei, GJ 3988 (unsettled), Stilwater, Mossbank
- South: Ribeirão, Nascente, GJ 92 (unsettled)
- East: GJ 434 (unsettled), Dernier Quai, GJ 117 (unsettled)
- West: Marktfeld, Bestevaer (Dutch ocean world), Lichtung
- Deep frontier: Knotenpunkt, Posto Avançado, Weitblick, Último Farol
Includes 14 systems reassigned from deep_frontier into named corridors
at hops 5-7, plus 4 remaining deep_frontier at hop 7.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
West_reach négociant wine cooperative at Confluent (GJ 395). 350-year
distribution network, Grand Vide Classé certification system, 60+
member estates. Updated corporations index.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Eight systems completing named sector coverage: Xa Vời (GJ 3612,
east_reach hop 9), Eisfeld (GJ 3586, hop 10), Confluent (GJ 395,
hop 10 wine region + Vins de Grand Vide), Dunkelholz (GJ 615,
hop 11), GJ 4056 (unsettled hop 12), Echternach (GJ 127B, hop 13
Luxembourgish), Bout du Chemin (GJ 282A, hop 15 French), Grenzstein
(GJ 807, hop 16 frontier).
French and Luxembourgish heritage added to west_reach deep corridor.
60+ named châteaux at Confluent.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
GJ 902 unclaimed habitable moon designated as future player
settlement site for base building DLC.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
GJ 848 — east_reach through-route at hop 8 between Oshima and Dài Lộ.
F-type star, wave_3 extraction settlement outgrowing Oshima's
administrative charter after 300 years.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three north_reach systems at hops 7-8: Wagtoring (GJ 410, Oude Kraal
outstation), Dunmore (GJ 653, Scottish mining through-route),
Caledonia's End (GJ 95, binary dead-end terminus).
Fixed star type headers to match READ-ONLY profiles (M→K for GJ 410
and GJ 653, binary→G for GJ 95).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bergtor (GJ 505A): GJ 454 described as "stub without significant
industrial development" — corrected to reflect Steinfeld's active
quarrying economy. Sonnwend (GJ 320): GJ 798 described as "a stub" —
corrected to acknowledge Brückenau's through_route topology.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Trade arbitration firm (Matamba) and heavy equipment manufacturer
(Nowa Huta). Updated corporations index with both entries.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Five inner stubs (hops 3-4) written with extra care for topographic
position and narrative opportunity:
- Travessia (GJ 1156): core/south_reach gateway junction, home of
Mercado Travessia supermarket chain
- Crown's Hollow (GJ 661A): British monarchy in exile, European
royalty purge refugees, Kiyomi-Battenberg-Windsor dynasty
- Cairnside (GJ 892): wave_5 materials science research settlement
in the Cairn pocket, studying variable star conditions
- Nová Tržnice (GJ 105A): Czech free-port commercial bazaar at
east_reach junction, hundreds of small manufacturers
- Schuilhoek (GJ 68): wave_3 Dutch farming community hidden in
Cairn pocket for 300 years across four cultivated worlds
GJ 68 settlement_wave updated from wave_5 to wave_3 in database.
Mercado Travessia corporation doc and index entry added.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Canvas now 16:9 with circle filling height. Radial fade gradient uses
userSpaceOnUse for true circular shape. Hop 15+ folded into final ring.
Margins trimmed to fit content.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Script now auto-converts to PNG after generating SVG. Tries magick,
convert, or rsvg-convert in order.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reproducible concentric-ring star map: Gateway at center, hop rings
radiating outward, sectors in cardinal wedges (N/E/S/W), alternating
band colors per sector, hop 15+ folded into final ring with fade-out
zone. Sol pinned due west.
Run: python3 tooling/generate-star-map-svg.py
Output: docs/diagrams/design/star-map-concentric.svg
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
GJ 702A was a deprecated binary system entry. Replace with GJ 1221,
a real catalog star — DXP9 peculiar magnetic white dwarf at 20.03 ly.
Dead-end topology connecting to EZ Aqr (GJ 866A).
Updates: star-map.json, systems.db, gj-catalog-real.json, catalog.md,
EZ Aqr topology reference. New wiki entry and Drifter's Guide entry.
System count restored to 301.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two north_reach brands with reach-wide flavor presence: Calloway
single malt whisky from GJ 3325, thrds cold-weather technical
clothing from Braemar (GJ 475).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mabaso Junction, Ashfield, Carrington's Post, Braemar (thrds),
Gemini Point, Calloway Reach (whisky), Prospect Hill, Oude Kraal,
Holgersen's Landing, Ngata's Star. Hops 5-7, includes brand
flavor (thrds clothing, Calloway single malt, Ngata jade).
Reviewed by Paula — fixed 5 topology errors: Mabaso supply routing,
Gemini Point header type, Prospect Hill stub misclassification,
Holgersen's Landing false cross-reference, Ngata's Star inverted
supply dependency.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Write 14 new Guide entries completing hop 2 (Cairn) and all hop 3
systems with wiki content: Okafor Station, Tanegashima, Altair, EZ Aqr,
Johannsen's Star, Lalande, Ross 154, Wolf 359, Yongjin, Caldwell Point,
Suzhou, Puerto Rivera, Kensho.
Also: write Kensho wiki entry (Miri, reviewed by Paula), delete
deprecated GJ-702A placeholder, update core chapter with Kensho rating.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replaces manual Explore agent searches with a fast Python script
that finds unwritten wiki stubs by sector and hop range. Reads
star-map.json for topology and wiki stubs for star type/sector/wave.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ten systems at hops 7-9: Gammelstad, Thorvaldsen's Circuit,
Sonnwend, Nyrheim, Bergtor, Stilmark, Groenland, Halvøy,
Lichtbrücke, Ostmark. Compact of Westphalia heartland — includes
agricultural breadbaskets (Sonnwend, Groenland) and founding
member Ostmark. Paula review fix for Stilmark wave timing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ten systems at hops 6-8: Hwaseong, Devereux Point, Yeongwol,
Lam's Prospect, Songjiang, Hạ Long, Murakami's Lantern, Chandra
Deep, Oshima, Dài Lộ. Includes Paula review fixes for Kovács Loop
agricultural attribution, Murakami/Dài Lộ hop-distance anomaly
framing, and Oshima wave timing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Write 21 new Guide entries for all core systems (24 total with the 3
existing), plus the Guide index with preface and 6 sector chapter files
(core complete, cardinal stubs in Guide voice).
In-universe publication by Adams & Ford Publishing Syndicate. Voice
inspired by Douglas Adams — homage, not pastiche.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ten systems at hops 3-4: Lalande, Confluência, Zenzele, Ribeiro's
Star, Kruger 60, Carvalhais, Crux Station, 96 Piscium, Morales'
End, Koeberg. Includes Paula review fixes for gate list naming,
header star types, and hop count arithmetic.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ten systems at hops 4-5: Pemberton's Loop, Nkosi's Bridge, UV Ceti,
Lindström Station, Okoro's Claim, Havnfjord, Koskinen's Reach,
Dunbar, Ashworth Junction, Holmgren's Passage. Includes Paula
review fixes for Assembly routing reference and header star type.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
New corporation page for Adams & Ford Publishing (GJ 280A).
Drifter's Guide template and initial entries for Tau Ceti,
Sirius, and Gateway. Updated corporations index.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ten systems at hops 3-4: Wolf 359, New Ballarat, Johannsen's Star,
Tanegashima, Puerto Rivera, Lacaille, Okafor Station, Kampala Gate,
Singh's Landing, Uusi Vantaa. Includes Paula review fixes for
supply chain accuracy, topology cross-references, and wave_5
procedural culture framing. Updates naming guidelines in
cultural-migration-pressure.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
10 systems: Caldwell Point, Grünfeld, Solheim, Kapteyn's Star,
Brennan's Drift, Voss, Port Mäkelä, Dokkum, Neustadt, Kraków Junction.
Paula review fixes applied: Kapteyn's Star topology corrected (Caldwell
Point not adjacent), routing directionality fixed in Brennan's Drift,
spur_end definition corrected in Port Mäkelä, Solheim calibration note
cleaned, Dokkum food transit clarified.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Corridors are migration tendencies, not ethnic boundaries. Cross-corridor
heritage at any hop distance is normal and expected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ross 154 (GJ 729), Hansestadt (GJ 832), Freiholt (GJ 453),
Randsholm (GJ 775), Alshain (GJ 771A), Langemark (GJ 42),
Yttermark (GJ 529).
Germanic/Scandinavian corridor from hop 3 to hop 17 — Compact
of Westphalia signatories at hops 7-9, fully autonomous beyond.
Yttermark at hop 17 is the deepest system in the Settled Reach.
Includes Paula review fixes: topology cross-references, header
type correction, Hansestadt routing clarification.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Yongjin (GJ 34B), Haodu (GJ 566A), Shenwei (GJ 3379),
Tanaka Station (GJ 555), Kaelong (GJ 172), Trung's Crossing
(GJ 3533), Mabuhay (GJ 1073).
East Asian corridor from hop 3 to hop 9 — technocratic
governance, corporate-cooperative hybrids, credential-based
advancement. Includes Paula review fixes: review count math,
wave_1 timeline correction, header type fix, Haodu rename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Caparica (GJ 1002), Karoo (GJ 222A), Kumasi (GJ 86),
Rionegro (GJ 3250).
Iberian/Southern African corridor from hop 4 to hop 8, with
West African Early Arrival exception (Kumasi) and DSMC ore
hauler corridor through Van Maanen's Star.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fremantle (GJ 273), Athabasca (GJ 1289), Carnarvon (GJ 680),
Enugu (GJ 75), Ratnagiri (GJ 575A), Pemberton (GJ 194B),
Murchison (GJ 716), Moyale (GJ 1292), Rekohu (GJ 770).
Commonwealth corridor from hop 4 to hop 12, with Early Arrival
exceptions (Cape, Igbo, Indian, East African heritage) and a
Gate Silence Survivor at the terminus.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds Section 6.3 (Naming Variety) with guidelines for avoiding
theme-park naming — max 30-40% Earth transplants, mix in founder
names, local features, corporate designations, and evolved forms.
Also adds foundational note clarifying that culture, politics, and
economics are independent axes along corridors: systems can share
any combination with neighbours without cultural branding.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
