# Round 2 Notes — System Economic-Specialization Workshop
*Documenter: Qatux | Date: 2026-05-31*
*Updated: Paula addendum (cultural axis quality argument) incorporated.*

Source files:
- `docs/workshops/system-economic-specialization/miri-round2.md`
- `docs/workshops/system-economic-specialization/burnelli-sheldon-round2.md`
- `docs/workshops/system-economic-specialization/paula-round2.md` (includes addendum on cultural axis)

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## 0. User Checkpoint Decisions Entering Round 2

For the record — these three forks were resolved before Round 2 began:

| Fork | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Fork 1 (primary field form) | Two orthogonal axes confirmed: (a) economic axis → D-233 built form, (b) cultural axis → D-232 template weights + cultural services |
| Fork 2 (`dominant_faction`) | Authored for named systems in this pass, same TOML source file |
| Fork 3 (`dominant_production_scale`) | No separate column; scale encoded inside the economic field's vocabulary values |

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## 1. Confirmed Field Set (all three participants agree)

Three fields authored in this pass. No fourth field. `economy_size` permanently out.

| Field | Scope | DB home | Source | Active consumers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `economic_specialization` | New column on `system_economy` | `system_economy` | `wiki/economics/system_specialization.toml` | D-233 (BulkClass × ProductionUbiquity → block fill, coverage, operations surface) |
| Cultural axis (`cultural_register`) | New column (Burnelli, Miri) OR existing `system_culture` table (Paula original) — **FORK UPDATED below** | Disputed (see §4B) | `wiki/economics/system_specialization.toml` per Paula addendum | D-232 trait template draw (Phase 4); Phase 6 cultural services |
| `dominant_faction` | **FORK — see §4C below** | Disputed | Same TOML file | D-214 (PoliticalArchetype), D-232 (template weight modifier), D-174 (shadow economy intensity), D-172 (currency zone validation) |

All three agree the source TOML file is `wiki/economics/system_specialization.toml`. All three agree on the consumers for each axis. The disputes are about schema location, not function.

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## 2. Economic Axis Vocabulary: Near-Convergence

### Points of agreement

All three participants propose a **curated named-value vocabulary** above the commodity catalog (not raw commodity IDs). The vocabulary maps each name to `(BulkClass, ProductionUbiquity)`, encoding both commodity identity and local production concentration. Production scale is handled inside vocabulary values, not in a separate column.

The vocabulary respects Miri's equal-or-higher concentration rule: a vocabulary value may only assign equal or higher concentration than the underlying commodity's global `production_ubiquity`. This is a CI hard error.

### Vocabulary size divergence

| Participant | Count | Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Burnelli-Sheldon | 33 values across 6 clusters (agricultural, extraction, energy, manufacturing, high-tech, services) | Compiled from `specialization_vocabulary.toml` — each value maps to `(commodity_id, production_ubiquity_override)` |
| Miri | 16 values | Direct `(BulkClass, ProductionUbiquity)` mapping per value; focused on lore-critical distinctions |
| Paula | 9 values (Round 1 proposal, not substantially changed in Round 2) | Abstract categories, some of which Miri identifies as carrying BulkClass errors |

The 33 vs 16 difference is mostly in agricultural sub-types (Burnelli has `terroir_spirits`, `marine_farming`, `food_processing_hub` separately; Miri collapses some of these) and extraction sub-types. For the must-pin hero systems, the values are compatible — they converge on the same `(BulkClass, ProductionUbiquity)` output for every pinned system. The granularity question is a synthesis decision for Round 3.

### The BulkClass correction to Paula's Round 1 vocabulary

Miri identifies a structural error in Paula's 9-value enum: `manufacturing_hub` was mapped to PrecisionDense × Common. Heavy industry systems (Cygni B, shipyards) are BulkSolid, not PrecisionDense. Burnelli's vocabulary correctly separates `shipbuilding` (BulkSolid × Common) from `vehicle_production` (BulkSolid × Specialist) from `precision_tech` (PrecisionDense × ...). Paula's abstract categories had the right ProductionUbiquity intuition but the wrong BulkClass for heavy manufacturing systems. This is resolved in the converged vocabulary.

### Agreed vocabulary values for must-pin systems

The following are agreed by at least two of three participants and have no substantive remaining disagreement on D-233 output:

| System | D-233 output | Agreed vocabulary label(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ran | Perishable × Specialist | `breadbasket` (Burnelli, Miri) | Paula's `agricultural_base` maps Perishable × Ubiquitous — wrong for Ran; `breadbasket` is correct |
| Groombridge | NonPhysical × [see §4A] | `financial_hub` (Miri) or `clearing_house` (Burnelli) | BulkClass agreed; ProductionUbiquity = Specialist vs MonopolySource unresolved |
| Prometheus | NonPhysical × MonopolySource | `longevity_monopoly` (Burnelli, Miri) | All three agree on the output |
| Cygni B | BulkSolid × Common | `shipbuilding` (Burnelli) / `heavy_manufacturing` (Miri) | D-233 output agreed; label unresolved |
| Renaissance | BulkSolid × MonopolySource | `gate_fabrication` (Burnelli) / `precision_monopoly` (Miri) | D-233 output agreed; label unresolved |
| Gateway | NonPhysical × Common | `transit_hub` (all three) | Full agreement |
| Sirius | NonPhysical × Specialist | `governance_center` (all three) | Full agreement |
| Ran, Ostmark | Perishable × Specialist | `breadbasket` | Full agreement |
| Calloway Reach, VGV, Braemar | Perishable/BulkSolid × MonopolySource | `terroir_farm` / `terroir_spirits` / `terroir_organics` | All agree on MonopolySource; label varies by sub-type |
| Nyrheim | BulkSolid × MonopolySource | `extraction_colony` / `marble_monopoly` | D-233 output agreed |
| Keid | NonPhysical × Specialist | `research_station` (Miri + Paula) | **Miri self-corrects from Round 1.** See §3A. |
| Dài Lộ | NonPhysical × Common | `transit_hub` (Miri resolves) | See §3C. |
| Zenzele | PrecisionDense × Specialist | `specialist_manufacturing` (Miri resolves) | See §3D. |
| Parallax | NonPhysical × Specialist | `media_culture` / `media_center` | Agreement on output; label varies |
| Vuurkloof | BulkLiquid × Specialist | `geothermal_hub` / `energy_hub` | Agreement on output |
| Bastion | BulkSolid × Specialist | `military_station` / `military_bastion` | Agreement on output |
| Arbour | Perishable × Ubiquitous | `estate_farm` / `estate_farming` | Agreement on output; Arbour deliberately NOT `breadbasket` |

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## 3. Resolved Disagreements from Round 1

### 3A. Keid: `research_station` (resolved 2-of-3)

**Round 1:** Miri `tourism/monopolistic`, Paula `research_station`.

**Round 2 outcome:** Miri self-corrects. Direct quote:

> *"My Round 1 `tourism` pin was wrong. I was conflating 'one-of-a-kind, cannot be purchased elsewhere' with the tourism commodity. The scarcity is about research access, not leisure access. The Conservancy's leverage is scientific exclusivity, not tourism revenue. Resolution: Keid = `research_station`. Paula is correct."*

**Burnelli's position (OQ-2):** Burnelli proposed `biosphere_tourism` for Keid with cultural=`ecological`, and raised this as an open question. With Miri's self-correction, the vote is now 2-of-3 for `research_station`. Burnelli's OQ-2 is noted below as a residual question.

**Resolved: Keid = `research_station`, NonPhysical × Specialist, cultural axis = `scholarly`.**

### 3B. Cygni B: BulkSolid × Common (resolved, label pending)

**Round 1:** Miri `freight_haulers`, Paula `manufacturing_hub` (PrecisionDense × Common).

**Round 2 outcome:** Miri introduces `heavy_manufacturing` (BulkSolid × Common) and identifies Paula's BulkClass as wrong for shipyard-scale heavy fabrication. Burnelli's `shipbuilding` (BulkSolid × Common) reaches the same D-233 output. All three now converge on BulkSolid × Common. The label (`shipbuilding` vs `heavy_manufacturing`) is a synthesis choice for Round 3.

**Resolved for D-233 purposes: Cygni B = BulkSolid × Common.**

### 3C. Dài Lộ (GJ 136): `transit_hub` (Miri resolves from GTTR)

**Round 1:** Paula flagged; her instinct was `precision_industry` based on Takamori Lattice Works HQ.

**Round 2 outcome:** Miri reviews GTTR directly. Finding: "Nothing in the GTTR describes tourism as an industry. The GTTR describes a transit and supply hub at the frontier edge." The Takamori HQ adds body-level weighting toward `lattice_grade_material` but does not override a 400-year transit identity. GTTR prose is authoritative per the workshop's founding principle.

**Resolved: Dài Lộ = `transit_hub`, NonPhysical × Common. Cultural axis = `cosmopolitan`.**

### 3D. Zenzele (GJ 1111): `specialist_manufacturing` (Miri resolves from GTTR)

**Round 1:** Paula flagged; instinct was `manufacturing_hub`.

**Round 2 outcome:** Miri reviews GTTR. Finding: "Purpose-built shielding components...technical consultation...expertise-based advantage from necessity." This is PrecisionDense (precision engineering, specialist components, not bulk heavy fabrication) × Specialist (expertise-based concentration, not a geographic monopoly — other systems could develop this expertise).

**Resolved: Zenzele = `specialist_manufacturing`, PrecisionDense × Specialist. Cultural axis = `industrial`.**

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## 4. Remaining Forks for the Synthesis Checkpoint

### 4A. Groombridge: `financial_hub` vs `clearing_house`

| | Economic label | D-233 output | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miri | `financial_hub` | NonPhysical × Specialist | Financial district, not the ONLY clearing node |
| Burnelli-Sheldon | `clearing_house` preferred | NonPhysical × MonopolySource | "Where the money lives" — MonopolySource concentration rule applies; the clearing house IS the settlement |

Burnelli's OQ-1 asks explicitly: "Is Groombridge's clearing house SO dominant that everything else is support?" MonopolySource vs Specialist determines whether D-233 produces "dense exchange district in a varied settlement" (Specialist) or "the exchange IS the settlement" (MonopolySource). Different built form.

**Status: Open. One question for the user.**

### 4B. Cultural axis: quality argument + scope + location (UPDATED by Paula addendum)

**Paula's addendum reverses her Round 2 opening position.** Her original proposal was to fill `system_culture.cultural_register` (existing table, no new column). The addendum argues on quality grounds that this matters for Phase 4, not Phase 6, and that the source location should be `system_specialization.toml` alongside the economic and faction fields.

#### The quality argument (Paula addendum)

The cultural axis is not metadata for Phase 6. It breaks D-232 template draws in Phase 4 for systems where founding heritage diverges from the corridor baseline. D-232's trait template draw uses the corridor as a soft prior. Without an authored cultural register, systems inherit the wrong corridor template:

| System | Corridor baseline (what D-232 draws without a pin) | Actual cultural heritage | What breaks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confluent (GJ 395) | Germanic/Scandinavian (west_reach) | French founding families, Loire viticulture | Settlement looks like a Compact German agricultural town, not a Loire estate town |
| Dài Lộ (GJ 136) | Korean/Japanese (east_reach) | Vietnamese (400 years transit culture) | Vietnamese character lost entirely |
| Calloway Reach (GJ 3325) | British/Australian (north_reach) | Scottish Highland distillery culture | Close but wrong — generic British instead of specifically Highland |
| Dagat (GJ 482A) | East_reach corridor baseline | Filipino/Tagalog heritage | Founding character erased |
| Vuurkloof (GJ 35) | South_reach corridor baseline | Afrikaans (South African Boer heritage) | Engineering community character lost |

Paula's direct quote: *"These aren't Phase 6 concerns. They affect what D-232 generates RIGHT NOW when the trait template draw runs. Without authored cultural pins for these systems, the generator pulls the wrong templates."*

#### Revised scope (Paula addendum)

Not ~30–40 hero bodies. The authoring criterion is: *"Does this system's actual cultural heritage match what the corridor baseline would produce? If no → author it."* Estimated scope: **~60–100 GTTR-named divergent-heritage systems**, not just hero bodies.

The `atlas_body_trait_bias` hero body pins (per D-232) and the system cultural register work together: the system cultural register is the baseline for ALL bodies in the system; the hero body pins are overrides for specific bodies. Without the system baseline, even correctly-pinned hero bodies are surrounded by wrong-character context.

#### Location: Paula's reversal

Paula (addendum) now advocates for `cultural_register` as an **optional field IN `system_specialization.toml`**, same file as economic and faction fields:

```toml
[GJ-395]  # Confluent
dominant_commodity_id   = "agricultural_produce"
economic_specialization = "terroir_farm"
dominant_faction        = "compact_sympathetic"
cultural_register       = "french_heritage"   # founding families Loire tradition
```

This reverses her opening Round 2 position. She now agrees with Burnelli and Miri that the cultural axis belongs in the same TOML file — on quality grounds (authoring coherence: the author writing Confluent should see all three identity signals in one place) and on correctness grounds (D-232 Phase 4 consumer).

#### Updated position summary

| Participant | Cultural axis source | New schema column? | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnelli-Sheldon | `system_specialization.toml` | YES — new `cultural_specialization` on `system_economy`; 12-value vocabulary | ~30-40 hero pins + heuristic fallback |
| Miri | `system_specialization.toml` (implicitly) | YES — new `cultural_character` column | ~30-40 hero pins + corridor default |
| Paula (addendum) | `system_specialization.toml` | Leans yes — optional field same TOML; populates `system_culture.cultural_register` | ~60-100 divergent-heritage named systems |

**Remaining fork (narrowed):** All three now agree on the TOML source file. The remaining questions are: (a) column name and which table it lives in (`system_economy` new column vs `system_culture.cultural_register` existing column), and (b) scope: Burnelli+Miri say ~30-40 hero pins; Paula says ~60-100 divergent-heritage systems. The scope difference matters for authoring burden and for what counts as "missing" in CI.

**Status: Substantially converged on source location; still open on scope and column placement.**

### 4C. `dominant_faction` column location

| Participant | Proposal |
|---|---|
| Burnelli-Sheldon | New column `system_economy.dominant_faction` (populated from same TOML) |
| Paula | Existing `system_factions` table; `dominant_faction` field already exists there; just needs authoring for named systems |
| Miri | Field used throughout; table location not specified |

The question is whether the generator reads from `system_economy` (one-stop-shop for all generation inputs) or from `system_factions` (the semantically correct home). D-199's minimum read-set already includes `dominant_faction` — wherever it lives, it's in the read-set.

**Status: Probably minor; architecture decision for the implementation team (Burnelli's pipeline). Note for completeness.**

### 4D. `lattice_commission` faction value: in or out?

| Participant | Position |
|---|---|
| Paula (Round 2) | DROP `lattice_commission` from faction vocabulary. The Commission regulates across the Reach; it doesn't govern systems. Systems with Commission presence get `concord_assembly` or `independent` as applicable. |
| Miri (Round 2 table) | Uses `lattice_commission` for ACB (GJ 559B) and Bastion (GJ 570A) |

Paula's argument: Commission never governs a system in the way a faction does. Bastion is Assembly-administered (flag officers); ACB is Commission-funded but Assembly-governed.

Miri's usage: ACB is presented as "Commission IS the presence here" and Bastion as fleet administration. If the Commission provides direct institutional governance rather than mere regulatory presence, `lattice_commission` may be meaningful.

**Status: Open. Small vocabulary question but touches two specific pins (ACB, Bastion).**

### 4E. `media_culture` on economic axis — structural note (not a fork, but flagged)

Miri raises a self-question about `media_culture`: it produces NonPhysical × Specialist, same as `governance_center` and `research_station`. The built-form distinction for Parallax lives in D-229 ObjectTag vocabulary (production studios vs. government offices), not in BulkClass × ProductionUbiquity.

This is not a blocking fork — Miri keeps `media_culture` on the economic axis because the physical content IS different, even if the coverage fraction is the same. But the observation is worth recording: three economic values (`governance_center`, `research_station`, `media_culture`) produce identical D-233 coverage and vocabulary and are only distinguished downstream by cultural axis and faction.

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## 5. Vocabulary Comparison: Economic Axis Values

The following table maps the agreed must-pin systems to the proposed vocabulary across all three participants. Where labels differ but D-233 outputs agree, the D-233 column shows the converged output.

| System | Miri value | Burnelli value | D-233 (agreed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ran | `breadbasket` | `breadbasket` | Perishable × Specialist |
| Groombridge | `financial_hub` | `clearing_house` (preferred) | NonPhysical × **[Specialist or MonopolySource — open]** |
| Prometheus | `longevity_monopoly` | `longevity_monopoly` | NonPhysical × MonopolySource |
| Keid | `research_station` | `biosphere_tourism` (OQ-2) | NonPhysical × Specialist (2-of-3) |
| Cygni B | `heavy_manufacturing` | `shipbuilding` | BulkSolid × Common |
| Renaissance | `precision_monopoly` | `gate_fabrication` | BulkSolid × MonopolySource |
| Sirius | `governance_center` | `governance_center` | NonPhysical × Specialist |
| Gateway | `transit_hub` | `transit_hub` | NonPhysical × Ubiquitous (Burnelli) / Common (Miri) |
| Bastion | `military_bastion` | `military_station` | PrecisionDense × Specialist |
| Nova Roma | `specialist_manufacturing` | `vehicle_production` | BulkSolid × Specialist |
| Sindri | `mining_district` | `company_mining` | BulkSolid × Specialist |
| Parallax | `media_culture` | `media_center` | NonPhysical × Specialist |
| Vuurkloof | `energy_hub` | `geothermal_hub` | BulkLiquid × Specialist |
| Arbour | `estate_farm` | `estate_farming` | Perishable × Ubiquitous |
| Lu Ban | `specialist_manufacturing` | `consumer_goods_bazaar` | BulkSolid × Specialist |
| Calloway Reach | `terroir_farm` | `terroir_spirits` | BulkSolid × MonopolySource |
| VGV (Confluent) | `terroir_farm` | `terroir_agriculture` | Perishable × MonopolySource |
| Braemar | `terroir_farm` | `terroir_organics` | BulkSolid × MonopolySource |
| Nyrheim | `extraction_colony` | `marble_monopoly` | BulkSolid × MonopolySource |
| Ostmark | `breadbasket` | `breadbasket` | Perishable × Specialist |
| Dài Lộ | `transit_hub` | (not specified) | NonPhysical × Common |
| Zenzele | `specialist_manufacturing` | (not specified) | PrecisionDense × Specialist |
| Altmark | `transit_hub` | (not specified) | NonPhysical × Common |
| Tessera | `research_station` | `legal_archive` | NonPhysical × Specialist |

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## 6. Cultural Axis: Vocabulary Comparison

Both Burnelli and Miri propose cultural vocabularies. Paula defers entirely to `system_culture.cultural_register` (existing table).

| Burnelli label (12 values) | Miri label (7 values) | Representative systems |
|---|---|---|
| `scholarly` | `scholarly` | Tessera, Keid |
| `artistic` | `media` | Parallax |
| `institutional` | `civic` | Sirius, Gateway (administrative systems), Bastion |
| `commercial` | `mercantile` | Altmark, Gateway (transit character) |
| `agrarian` | `agrarian` | Ran, Ostmark, Calloway Reach |
| `industrial_heritage` | `industrial` | Cygni B, Sindri, Nova Roma, Vuurkloof |
| `medical_elite` | (absorbed into `civic`) | Prometheus |
| `ecological` | (absorbed into `scholarly`) | Keid |
| `military` | (absorbed into `civic`) | Bastion |
| `financial_technocratic` | `mercantile` | Groombridge |
| `cosmopolitan` | `cosmopolitan` | Gateway, Altmark, Dài Lộ |
| `compact_cooperative` | (not separately named) | All Compact member systems |

The core 6 values align across both vocabularies (scholarly, artistic/media, civic/institutional, mercantile/commercial, agrarian, industrial). Burnelli's 12 adds finer distinctions (`medical_elite`, `ecological`, `military`, `compact_cooperative`) that Miri collapses into broader categories. The synthesis question is vocabulary granularity, not substance.

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## 7. `dominant_faction` Vocabulary: Near-Convergence

Paula's Round 2 locks the faction vocabulary. `lattice_commission` dropped in favor of `mixed`. ACB and Bastion reassigned to `concord_assembly` (resolved at checkpoint — OQ-4).

**Final vocabulary (7 values, post-checkpoint):**
`concord_assembly | compact | compact_sympathetic | syndic_dominant | veil_institute | independent | disputed | mixed`

*(Note: 8 listed above; `lattice_commission` was the value dropped, leaving 7 active values. `mixed` is the replacement for multi-polar systems.)*

**Key CI guardrails from Paula (cross-referenced with Burnelli):**
- `compact` + `currency_zone = tractus_primary` → hard flag (D-172 compliance)
- `compact` + `extraction_colony` economic pin → flag for review (self-sufficiency doctrine)
- `syndic_dominant` with no Tier-1 corp HQ in `corp_presence` → flag (missing data anchor)
- `compact_sympathetic` + `mark_primary` currency → flag (may be full member)

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## 8. Implicit Decisions Observed (not formally stated, but treated as settled)

| Observation | Basis |
|---|---|
| `specialization_vocabulary.toml` is a new source file, separate from `system_specialization.toml` | Burnelli §Q2; names two distinct files |
| The content pass is ~60-80 economic pins + ~60-100 cultural register pins (divergent-heritage scope, OQ-3 resolved) + ~40-60 faction pins | All three + checkpoint |
| `atlas_body_trait_bias` hero pins (~30-40 bodies) are in this pass as a co-authoring activity | Round 1 consensus held; no challenge in Round 2 |
| D-233 will be re-amended by this workshop's outcome | Assumed throughout |

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## 9. Summary: Fully Resolved (carry to Round 3 synthesis)

All workshop open questions are now closed. No remaining forks.

**Schema (all three fields in `system_specialization.toml` → `system_economy` table):**
1. `economic_specialization` — vocabulary-based, ~20-25 merged values (Burnelli base, collapse duplicates); scale encoded in value
2. `cultural_register` — co-located in `system_specialization.toml`; scope ~60-100 divergent-heritage systems; D-232 Phase 4 consumer
3. `dominant_faction` — 7 values (Paula's 8 minus `lattice_commission`); same TOML

**Must-pin resolutions (all closed):**
- Keid = `research_station`, NonPhysical × Specialist
- Cygni B = BulkSolid × Common (label merge in Round 3)
- Dài Lộ = `transit_hub`, NonPhysical × Common
- Zenzele = `specialist_manufacturing`, PrecisionDense × Specialist
- Groombridge = `financial_hub` Specialist + GSH as MonopolySource hero-element landmark
- ACB (GJ 559B), Bastion (GJ 570A) → `dominant_faction = concord_assembly`

**Permanently out:** `economy_size`, separate `dominant_production_scale` column, `lattice_commission` faction value

### Checkpoint resolutions (2026-05-31)

All 5 open questions closed by user. Do not reopen.

| # | Topic | **RESOLUTION** |
|---|---|---|
| OQ-1 | Groombridge | **MIDDLE answer.** `economic_specialization = financial_hub` at Specialist (dense cluster of financial buildings throughout the settlement). GSH (the Reach's clearing house) is a **MonopolySource hero-element landmark inside the cluster** — a single dominant building rather than the settlement's organizing principle. Groombridge is not "the exchange IS the settlement" (MonopolySource) nor a generic financial district (pure Specialist) — it is a financial cluster with one physically singular institution at its center. |
| OQ-2 | Keid `biosphere_tourism` vs `research_station` | **CLOSED: `research_station`.** Burnelli's `biosphere_tourism` overruled 2-of-3. Keid's economic identity is research and conservation access, not tourism. |
| OQ-3 | Cultural axis: column placement + scope | **RESOLVED.** `cultural_register` is a co-located structured field in `system_specialization.toml`, compiled to a new column on `system_economy` (NOT the separate `system_culture` table). Scope: **~60-100 divergent-heritage systems** (Paula's quality scope) — criterion is systems where founding heritage diverges from the corridor baseline, not just hero bodies. |
| OQ-4 | `lattice_commission` in/out | **DROPPED.** The value is removed from the `dominant_faction` vocabulary. ACB (GJ 559B) and Bastion (GJ 570A) are both reassigned to `concord_assembly`. |
| OQ-5 | Economic vocabulary size (16 vs 33) | **MERGE RULE.** Start from Burnelli's richer 33-value set. Collapse only values that are identical in BOTH `(BulkClass, ProductionUbiquity)` AND cultural character. Expected result: **~20-25 economic values**. Round 3 synthesis will produce the final merged list. |

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*Round 2 fully documented. All 5 forks resolved at human checkpoint. Pre-synthesis — no D-records filed. Round 3 synthesis awaiting scout-round2.md critique, then D-record re-amendment + ticket set.*
*Source files read: `miri-round2.md`, `burnelli-sheldon-round2.md`, `paula-round2.md` (including Paula's addendum on cultural axis quality argument).*
*Qatux — 2026-05-31*