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# Hold The Horde — Encounter And Mechanism Placement Inventory
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This page inventories ten encounter placements, including two major setpieces, and thirteen major placed mechanisms in the 24-module/40-room proposal.
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This page inventories ten encounter placements, including two major setpieces, and fourteen proposed major placed mechanisms in the 24-module/40-room proposal.
## Source and count boundary
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Encounter IDs **E01–E10** are the ten placements; E08 and E10 are the two setpieces inside that ten. Mechanism IDs **P01–P13** are major placed instances. P01/P03 are Triage Relays, P02/P04 Sterilization Carousels, P05/P07 Breath Banks, P08 Phase-Balance, and P06/P09 Resuscitation Grids: **five reusable families, nine placements**. P10 iris/two-clamp assembly, P11 clinical profile comparator, P12 Synchronization converter/roster and P13 core isolation are four unique objective mechanisms.
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Encounter IDs **E01–E10** are the ten placements; E08 and E10 are the two setpieces inside that ten. Mechanism IDs **P01–P14** are major placed instances. P01/P03 are Triage Relays, P02/P04 Sterilization Carousels, P05/P07 Breath Banks, P08 Phase-Balance, and P06/P09 Resuscitation Grids: **five reusable families, nine placements**. P10 iris/two-clamp assembly, P11 clinical profile comparator, P12 Synchronization converter/roster, P13 core isolation and P14 moving scan/bridge are five unique mechanisms outside those trap families.
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The 13 are not all the interactive objects. R02/R03's opening board/rack conduit, R26's reversible A↔B Decontamination circuit, R33's fixed A→R exchanger, ordinary doors, evidence drawers and every room's join/release face are real interfaces too; they are listed under non-major interfaces below.
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The 14 are not all the interactive objects. R02/R03's opening board/rack conduit, R26's reversible A↔B Decontamination circuit, R33's fixed A→R exchanger, ordinary doors, evidence drawers and every room's join/release face are real interfaces too; they are listed under non-major interfaces below.
## Shared encounter contract
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Work that runs while the game runs shows its present stage and completed checkpoints. Explicit cancel, displacement beyond reach or a creature occupying the control loses the unfinished stage; damage alone does not. Leaving reach of a work face interrupts that unfinished work; stepping into a cool bay or moving elsewhere inside the host does so only if it also leaves reach. None of those movements alone is a withdrawal reset. Journal pause freezes enemies, oxygen, warnings, projectiles, readiness, mechanisms and work and completes nothing. Changing rig links inside the pause follows Build Rules; picking up or first fitting a part and mechanism work stay in running time. Journal, quit and load do not move the astronaut across a boundary. Living retreat is physical. On death, still-carried parts/loot/canisters return once; spent gas/material remains spent; installed, dropped or handed-over objects remain at their stable identities; completed work persists; one shift makes old routes historical.
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**Withdrawal boundaries and reset.** A living withdrawal event happens only when the astronaut physically crosses the named host exit: P01 R02→R01; P02 R05→R06; P03 R08→R09; P04 R15→R14; P05 R20→R17; P06 R23→R24; P07/P08 across R25's current external approach threshold; P09 across R28's current external approach threshold; P10 out of the compact R36–R38 mechanism through R36→R35; P11 across R19's outer threshold to its current approach; P12 across R34's outer threshold; and P13 R40→R36. These are the representative arrangements’ named exits; the reset boundary belongs to a visible physical face of the host, not to an optional neighbouring room’s identity. If R05 is reached through another current approach, crossing that same marked host face resets P02 without requiring R06; R06 remains necessary only for its separately offered rescue variant. The same distinction keeps self-contained R28 working without R29/R30. In a multi-room encounter, crossing the specified mechanism-host boundary can reset that mechanism while combat continues elsewhere in the same current encounter. A host with no currently usable approach cannot be visited; merely lacking the named example neighbour does not disable its machine. Which actual face each permitted layout uses must be specified, never replaced by an invisible distance check. Withdrawal clears only Triage occupancy/undogged shutter position, Carousel warning/sweep/cool phase, Breath Bank cycle, Grid charge/recharge, and unpinned Balance tilt; death applies those same temporary-family resets without requiring an exit crossing. P10–P13 have no free temporary-phase reset: crossing their boundary merely interrupts the current unfinished selector, clamp, exposure, detent or dog stage. Completed dogs, clamps, caps, pins, joins, captures, part locations and committed object/mode states persist; defeated current-expedition enemies do not regenerate.
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**Withdrawal boundaries and reset.** A living withdrawal event happens only when the astronaut physically crosses the named host exit: P01 R02→R01; P02 R05→R06; P03 R08→R09; P04 R15→R14; P05 R20→R17; P06 R23→R24; P07/P08 across R25's current external approach threshold; P09 across R28's current external approach threshold; P10 out of the compact R36–R38 mechanism through R36→R35; P11 across R19's outer threshold to its current approach; P12 across R34's outer threshold; P13 R40→R36; and P14 R15→R14. These are the representative arrangements’ named exits; the reset boundary belongs to a visible physical face of the host, not to an optional neighbouring room’s identity. If R05 is reached through another current approach, crossing that same marked host face resets P02 without requiring R06; R06 remains necessary only for its separately offered rescue variant. The same distinction keeps self-contained R28 working without R29/R30. In a multi-room encounter, crossing the specified mechanism-host boundary can reset that mechanism while combat continues elsewhere in the same current encounter. A host with no currently usable approach cannot be visited; merely lacking the named example neighbour does not disable its machine. Which actual face each permitted layout uses must be specified, never replaced by an invisible distance check. Withdrawal clears only Triage occupancy/undogged shutter position, Carousel warning/sweep/cool phase, Breath Bank cycle, Grid charge/recharge, and unpinned Balance tilt; death applies those same temporary-family resets without requiring an exit crossing. P10–P13 have no free temporary-phase reset: crossing their boundary merely interrupts the current unfinished selector, clamp, exposure, detent or dog stage. P14 instead retains its last committed carriage notch and current samples through withdrawal; a death-changed arrangement invalidates its active set and exposes its visible rewind, as detailed below. Completed dogs, clamps, caps, pins, joins, captures, part locations and committed object/mode states persist; defeated current-expedition enemies do not regenerate.
Immediate re-entry begins from the shown neutral warning for a reset family, not from a silent safe interval. Loose mass remains at its physical recorded location: if it still meets a relay, plate or rail condition, it may occupy or retrigger that mechanism only through the ordinary preview/warning on re-entry. The opportunity is a readable reset and a fresh approach; the costs are the exit crossing, oxygen/time, renewed warning and any living enemies still present. It never duplicates or deletes mass, refunds consumed material, restores spent gas or reopens a completed checkpoint.
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**Commit and persistence.** Each capture is atomic: interruption before completion yields none; after commit it persists with room/life provenance. Carousel clamp cuts/lock, moved wall panel and Lens location persist. Sweep phase, veil and enemies reset under their rules. The supplied installed Lens preserves the exchanger's charge-to-heat output. Removing it leaves only that exchanger cold; the Carousel and language evidence remain independent, and reinstalling the same Lens restores the exchanger response. No ordered run names a current route.
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**Moving-scan variant — P14.** In the conditional [Moving Scan Expedition](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Moving%20Scan%20Expedition), the R14 gantry hatch, R15 cable-duct grille and at least one R24 loft hatch remain unsealed. The R15 carriage's brake pulse can activate the same E05 sources: two announced R14 bands within its 30–60 allocation and the first of two R15 bands within a proposed 40–80 allocation. The R14 bands physically cross the open R14→R15 threshold. R15's second band passes its rail gate at the middle notch. These subdivide E05's existing two stages; they do not add a second copy of an already committed or exhausted stage this expedition. Ordinary record/gate triggers and the scan share the same source and band states.
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The two R14 bands and first R15 band supply three Break Marks under [Combat Rules](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Combat%20Rules), banking one Tune before the middle-notch major. That major requires two once-per-expedition facts in either order: **Scan held**, crossing the middle sampling frame with its warned second band committed and the carriage moving rather than body-stalled; and **Veil answered**, reaching the clear side of the announced sheet, keeping the track clear until it decays, displacing the unfinished cast or defeating the Veilbearer. Early defeat is remembered without replacement. A compatible major becomes ready immediately when both facts exist. Sealing or bypassing pressure can forgo growth; ordinary fire and the cutter can still complete the scan and bridge work.
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The far sample sends a visible alarm along the open R15→R24 threshold. It may commit **E07's same loft stage**, only if still uncommitted and at least one hatch remains undogged; arrivals then walk R24→R15. R14 30–60 + R15 40–80 + R24 30–60 gives a finite 100–200 available bodies across this conditional pass. A final 70–120 occupancy target depends on the second duct band and physical survivors overlapping the loft arrivals. Efficient clearing thins it; no compensation arrives. P14 adds no encounter or source volume. E07 stays E07 when the scan, rather than the corrective pair, triggers it.
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Each named band, its mark, the two scan facts, major readiness and the loft stage retain their committed state through local withdrawal, re-entry and rewind. Only a new expedition rearms eligible opportunities from viable sources; a retained partial scan resumes at its current notch without replaying passed triggers, and a valid completed bridge is a no-rescan bypass. A death-changed arrangement invalidates partial and complete active samples alike, exposing P14's visible rewind; dated captures persist. The fitting's physical state is specified in P14 below. Clearing or separating the far scan bay earns interpretation time; neither scan completion nor a closed bulkhead erases creatures already inside, disables P04 or qualifies Aster's rescue.
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### E06 — Pressure ledger under drain
**Host and warning.** One staged placement across current R17 Jammed Pressure Approach and R20 Sampling Loop, objective 6, P05 Breath Bank. In the open-local-source pass, R17 first exposes a Flanker side lane with the side wards still quiet, then a Glass Siphon's hose radius/bladder flash across two pillars. If the Flanker survives or follows the visibly connected route, it can reach R20; no replacement pack appears. R20's three-beat Bank indicator, draw lane and cap control are visible before the hand-cycle.
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**Host and warning.** R23 Material Sorting Bay, objective 7, P06 Resuscitation Grid. In this arrangement, R24 shows R22 and the approach to R23; the player reaches R21 through the walking route **R24→R23→R21** and sees its clean pair there. One Veilbearer and one Boltspitter are visible across R23's separated evidence stations. The veil edge/anchors, bolt aim line, Grid seams/rising meter and transfer drive/fill direction are readable before the corrective pair is operated or its capture commits.
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**Crowd, sources and reinforcement.** A Veilbearer screens a Boltspitter across the separated evidence stations while a crowd from one named **transfer-gallery loft** presses in through **three feeding hatches** above R24's walking branches — perhaps 30–60 through the placement. The branches themselves stay walkable for records and continuations. Veilbearer may cast only while it sees the astronaut and a visible ally remains behind the previewed sheet. Material movement along transfer lines is not a creature route. **Stage:** operating R23's corrective pair or committing a capture of that pair triggers that loft's release through its three hatches. Merely looking at the pairs, recording R21/R22's clean pair, or starting an uncommitted capture does not trigger it. **Resolution:** clear its committed arrivals, or seal the hatches. **Rework:** M13's bay and M04's gallery need the hatches, their closures and crowd space.
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**Crowd, sources and reinforcement.** A Veilbearer screens a Boltspitter across the separated evidence stations while a crowd from one named **transfer-gallery loft** presses in through **three feeding hatches** above R24's walking branches — perhaps 30–60 through the placement. The branches themselves stay walkable for records and continuations. Veilbearer may cast only while it sees the astronaut and a visible ally remains behind the previewed sheet. Material movement along transfer lines is not a creature route. **Stage:** operating R23's corrective pair or committing a capture of that pair triggers that loft's release through its eligible hatches. In P14's conditional scan variant, its far sample sends a visible alarm along R15→R24 and can trigger that same stage, whose arrivals walk R24→R15. Both triggers share one 30–60 allocation and one stage state: a prevented, committed or exhausted stage cannot release again this expedition. At least one undogged hatch and the shown open route are required. Merely looking at the pairs, recording R21/R22's clean pair, or starting an uncommitted capture does not trigger it. **Resolution:** clear its committed arrivals, or seal the hatches. **Rework:** M13's bay and M04's gallery need the hatches, their closures and crowd space.
**Objective and approaches.** Operate/capture the corrective third pair and cross-register cases; on a first source visit, decide whether to remove the one Cycler or leave it in the sorter. (1) Opening rig: break the Boltspitter line with the station, move around the veil edge so Sensor→Projector has a valid target, and face Manual→Barrier only for the locked bolt. (2) On a later return after its committed removal, the source cradle is visibly empty and that same owned Cycler may be in a four-A Manual Trigger (1)→Cycler (2)→Projector (1) rig, leaving Sensor/Barrier aboard. A protected or invalid sample refuses before activation and is not spent; once Cycler validly accepts/consumes selected salvage, a later Projector refusal for readiness/target/occlusion does not refund it. If Cycler was left at source, this branch is unavailable. (3) Baseline: walk ceramic strips, lure a strike onto the enabled Grid from cover, wait for recharge, or cut both clamps/throw the breaker before recording.
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**Persistence and recovery.** Cut alarm, completed clamp/equality/iris stages, inlet plate/line, trapped strip capture, baffle and isolation stages persist under their owners. Tether, fan and pressure animation follow their local reset rules. R36-side controls keep recovery reachable; if R35 is not a current approach, the whole encounter waits. Death with an unfinished clamp loses that stage, returns carried objects once, preserves completed clamps and shifts external adjacency only.
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## Thirteen placed-mechanism briefs
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## Fourteen proposed placed-mechanism briefs
“Neutral on return” means withdrawal or death resets only the temporary phase; it does not undo a listed checkpoint. A current entrance must show the warning and recovery face before commitment. If shifting removes that entrance relationship, the instance waits rather than operating through a wall.
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| **P11 — Clinical profile comparator — R19 / E06 extension** | Shielded twin trays share one recorded culture source but have physically separate active-profile and named-bypass feeds. Feed path, equivalent patch labels, tissue viewer and capture position are visible from the safe side. It accepts only the two controlled non-sentient patches; Mara's rack and M2 salvage are ineligible and refuse before placement. | Commit patch A placement, patch B placement, each completed exposure observation, then optional capture. An interrupted exposure records only prior committed observation; withdrawal preserves placed patches under their state. Full pair supports a limited comparison. After P13 isolation, two ordinary closures show current disconnection only; missing live evidence is not regenerated. Player may postpone, remove power before exposure, or use physical bypass; no survivor/test is mandatory. |
| **P12 — Synchronization converter and roster — R34 / no combat placement** | Three-face plinth shows local test input and output arrows. One reversible mode maps A→B or B→A; the separate roster display reports joined/discovered-unjoined/anonymous counts. Local source powers a test only while present. It cannot read journal records, emit R, latch a seam or reveal a room. All mode/release controls are reachable inside R34. | Preview mode, hand-cycle selector, then final detent commits that mode. Interruption before detent leaves prior mode; committed mode persists through death. Diagnostic pulse is temporary and refusal consumes no join. Compare with R26's reversible A↔B and R33's fixed A→R, change mode, or ignore it and physically join compatible faces. Roster updates only from actual discovery/join state. Missing local source defers the test; missing compatible adjacency defers only the join opportunity. |
| **P13 — Reversible core isolation — R40 / after E10** | Old isolation collar, mixed-profile conduit, live coupling tell, human bypass and manual dogs occupy R40 inside compact core group. Preview at the R36-side release states: disconnect mixed profile; ordinary revival unchanged; reversible here. The same approach remains walkable after seating. It neither opens the iris nor changes persistent joins. | Stages: inspect tell→release bypass→seat collar→close dogs. Each closed dog commits; disconnection commits only when all are closed. Interruption/death preserves completed dogs and prior live state. Reopening uses the same reachable release, reverses dogs/collar while the game runs and reconnects only if source is active. Leave coupled, isolate, reopen or postpone. Cost is time/exposure and possible lost live comparison, not mortality or an ending. |
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| **P14 — Moving scan and bridge — R15 / E05, shared E07 trigger; receiver at R28** | Station-powered lamp carriage on a near/middle/far rail wholly inside R15, marked body-stall envelope, floor brake and stop cord, observation glass, separated internal scan bay, glazed bridge door and folded span. Three bright current-scan slots show committed bearings. A covered geared return chain has an accessible far-side control reachable on clear floor from any carriage notch. R28’s collar occupies its existing A-face landing; the conditional transfer-void sightline is not a new service face or permanent join. Existing rail, crawl, record position, cool bays, P04 and Lens remain usable. | Release brake→three live bearing samples→current receiver lock→separate live bridge release→walk the span. Withdrawal at R15→R14 interrupts unfinished motion at the last committed notch; current slots and all expedition source/reward flags persist. Living return preserves a valid partial set for resumption or a completed open bridge for direct reuse; passed triggers do not replay for growth. A death-changed arrangement marks partial or complete slots **historical—rewind required**, retracts the bridge and exposes the same chain. Live, interruptible rewind draws the carriage from its current notch to the near stop for a fresh three-slot set; dated captures remain. No rewind or re-entry duplicates a band, mark, fact, major or E07 release. New-expedition renewal still requires viable sources. Brake, clear floor, bulkhead and retreat support recovery; only cleared or separated pressure makes the viewing bay quiet. |
## Non-major interfaces that still need work
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| **R02/R03 service board/rack** | Opening objective fixture, not P01. The board is the source, Fork passes compatible triggers, fixed conduit reaches rack/shutter, invalid sockets refuse, and retrieval remains possible from R02. Its stages are fully exercised in E01. |
| **R26 Decontamination transformer** | Fixed room service circuit. Forward A-in→B-out and reverse B-in→A-out are locally observable; its selector and final detent work without diagnostic power, while an actual pulse requires current power/input. Final mode persists; Nozzle removal affects only air knife. [Mechanical Interfaces And Opening Quantities](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Mechanical%20Interfaces%20And%20Opening%20Quantities) owns this interface. |
| **R33 Imaging exchanger** | Fixed **A-in→R-out** service transformation with no reversible mode. Input/output arrows and a dead-load test distinguish it from a static bridge. An actual pulse requires current diagnostic power; walking joins remain useful without signal. [Mechanical Interfaces And Opening Quantities](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Mechanical%20Interfaces%20And%20Opening%20Quantities) owns this interface. |
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| **Ordinary faces, latches and releases** | All R01–R40 remain eligible under the whole-station contract. Each attempted seam names two stable faces, previews compatible direction, refuses safely before commit or persists as one join. Every critical release is network-side and reachable; ordinary joins are not capped at 13. |
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| **Ordinary faces, latches and releases** | All R01–R40 remain eligible under the whole-station contract. Each attempted seam names two stable faces, previews compatible direction, refuses safely before commit or persists as one join. Every critical release is network-side and reachable; ordinary joins are not capped by the major-mechanism count. |
| **Doors, drawers, capture positions and part cradles** | Their physical states belong to rooms/objects/evidence. They still need warning, commit and recovery rules: a door cannot hide its only release, a drawer capture takes time while the game runs, a removed part leaves its named function unavailable, and no observation operates another room. |
| **E03** | O3, R08 with current R09 | First lesson: Clampcrawler alone, no crest; eligible later-expedition variant releases a holding-volume crowd, alarm-only; P03 | First local latch/refusal/release; no part source |
| **E04** | O4, R11–R13 current short route | Flanker pack; Presser river through the ward-wing grille; no major mechanism | Arc R13; Y1/A1 mutually exclusive first rescue; wall/ward records |
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| **E05** | O5, current R14–R15 relation | Boltspitter, Veilbearer; crowds from gantry and cable duct; P04 | Builder runs, A/B/address, wall crawl, Lens R15 |
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| **E05** | O5, current R14–R15 relation | Boltspitter, Veilbearer; crowds from gantry and cable duct; P04 and conditional P14 scan using the same bands | Builder runs, A/B/address, wall crawl, Lens R15; current scan/bridge with R28 receiver |
| **E06** | O6, current R17→R20; optional R18/R19 | Open-source: Flankers plus one ward-release stage, three bands; sealed variant: two R17 bands plus one R20 band from E10, including R20 Siphon; R17 local passage; P05, with P11 extension | Dynamo/core R20; last-transfer evidence; D1 R18/Y1-later R19 rescues |
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| **E07** | O7, R24→R23→R21 walking route; R22 and R23 approach visible from R24 | Veilbearer, Boltspitter; one transfer-gallery loft feeds three R24 hatches; release answers R23 corrective-pair operation or committed capture; P06 | Three transfer pairs, Cycler R23, A1-later R22/R24 rescue |
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| **E07** | O7, R24→R23→R21 walking route; R22 and R23 approach visible from R24 | Veilbearer, Boltspitter; one transfer-gallery loft feeds three R24 hatches; one shared stage answers R23 corrective-pair operation/capture or P14’s conditional far-sample alarm; P06 | Three transfer pairs, Cycler R23, A1-later R22/R24 rescue |
| **E08 — setpiece A** | O8, R25; optional R26/R27 | Open-source: two feeding mouths; sealed variant: two E10-owned 40–65 bands through R26, first includes Bellback; major remembers mapped band commitment and valid answer in either order; P07/P08 | Nozzle R26, exchanger core R27, A↔B clue, M1 rescue R26/R27 |
| **E09** | O9, R28; optional R29/R30 | Shutterback-sheltered crowd from R28's aisle grille; Caller releasing a second stage through R28's ceiling hatch; P09 | Regulator reply, Capacitor R28; no rescue |
| **E10 — setpiece B** | O11, current R35 into compact R36–R40 | Shutterback, Siphon; 80–150 hall crowd from two side mouths; sealed-route allocation 220–370 total, shared with E06/E08; separate Caller-gated far-wall stage; P10, then P13 | Inlet reply, strip, evidence cell, isolation. P12/O12 is separate and has no encounter. |
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## Concrete staging cut
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The strongest smaller staging proposal removes **P03, the second Triage Relay at R08**, and E03's later Presser variant. E03 remains one of ten placements with its visible Clampcrawler, compatible/refused latch test, wall-fixed cradle, network-side release and three physical approaches. P01 at the opening still teaches the reusable Triage family; R08's essential station-joining discovery remains in place. The major mechanism count becomes **12** in this cut while the five family definitions, ten encounters and two setpieces remain.
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The strongest smaller staging proposal removes **P03, the second Triage Relay at R08**, and E03's later Presser variant. E03 remains one of ten placements with its visible Clampcrawler, compatible/refused latch test, wall-fixed cradle, network-side release and three physical approaches. P01 at the opening still teaches the reusable Triage family; R08's essential station-joining discovery remains in place. The major mechanism count becomes **13** in this cut while the five family definitions, ten encounters and two setpieces remain.
The sacrificed experience is specific: objective 3 no longer asks the player to coordinate a relay's branch preview/cut alarm with a control-occupying Crawler, and the Triage family loses its second spatial interpretation. The cut makes E03 cleaner but less layered and shifts more teaching burden onto E01. No other room gains the removed relay and no enemy is moved.
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**Strongest case.** Pressure changes what the player risks while doing discovery work rather than merely decorating combat. Bolt lines determine when a gait observation can commit; a veil changes whether a material-spending shot has a valid receiver; Bank/Balance timing turns one durable cap into a different revisit; the opening Fork choice links personal build, infrastructure and property state. Reused families gain meaning from changed geometry instead of palette swaps.
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**Costs.** Thirteen major mechanisms exceed the SMALL baseline by one. Multi-room placements demand compact/current-boundary discipline. Rescue variants add quiet-window and route states without new encounter IDs. Crowd-scale placements require source volumes, sealable mouths and floor space in rooms first built for small fights. The example rig choices add carrying/area and target/readiness cases. Mechanisms, service transformations, ordinary joins and enemy warnings may compete for attention.
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**Costs.** Fourteen proposed major mechanisms exceed the SMALL baseline by two. P14 adds substantial R15 rail/bay geometry, a glazed bridge opening, an R28 receiver and shared E05/E07 source/trigger state, with no added room or source volume. Multi-room placements demand compact/current-boundary discipline. Rescue variants add quiet-window and route states without new encounter IDs. Crowd-scale placements require source volumes, sealable mouths and floor space in rooms first built for small fights. The example rig choices add carrying/area and target/readiness cases. Mechanisms, service transformations, ordinary joins and enemy warnings may compete for attention.
## Open questions
- These rules are untested; numbers, including crowd sizes, are proposals.
- Exact regular-growth cadence and major-horde-milestone mapping across these placements, including rewards for avoiding fights; the owner has selected the growth direction.
- The mid-crossing safeguard (a rescue crossing is eligible only with a marked full-attempt return margin, an armed retreat line the survivor can operate alone and a local closure tell at the abort room; death mid-crossing then leaves the survivor at that room alive and unsent) is pending owner decision.
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- The staging cut above (12 major mechanisms) is not owner-approved.
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- The staging cut above (13 major mechanisms) is not owner-approved.
- Whether mechanism, service-transformation, ordinary-join and enemy-warning cues stay readable in a horde.
- Exact face distribution and complete assemblability of ordinary joins are not yet designed.
- Exact timing, damage, oxygen drain, crowd sizes beyond these proposals, on-screen effect density, performance, thresholds, cooldowns, target overrides, overflow, simultaneous warning priority, population renewal and its presentation for new expeditions while permanent changes remain, plus ongoing-expedition population continuity, exhaustive arrangement/geometry/state variants, P13's full detail, full scripts, accessibility cue forms, asset selection, implementation and validation are later work.
