{ "schema_version": 1, "edition": "Current direction and worked experiences 05", "date_local": "2026-10-07", "timezone": "America/Edmonton", "scope": "Material creative decisions retained from existing sources. Documentation and selected concept generation are already authorized; final model production and mod BUILD are separate.", "user_decisions_required_to_finish_this_documentation": [], "first_playable_blocking_decisions": [], "all_numeric_geometry_remains_proposed": true, "decisions": [ { "id": "T1-DEC01", "title": "Explorer scale and usable cabin", "status": "Proposed default; user model-scale review pending before final production", "question": "Which measured exterior arrangement preserves the supplied Explorer while providing its required cabin, airlock, access, and supplies?", "recommendation": "Test the existing nine-block total height, three-by-three body, and five-by-five fin envelope with a real two-boundary airlocked cabin.", "proposed_values": { "total_height_blocks": 9, "body_xz_blocks": [ 3, 3 ], "maximum_fin_envelope_xz_blocks": [ 5, 5 ] }, "evidence_conflict": { "REF02": "3 x 3 x 9 EXAMPLE", "REF08": "approximately 9 blocks", "REF11": "approximately 12 blocks", "REF12": "approximately 6 blocks", "REF14": "approximately 9 blocks" }, "alternatives": [ { "title": "Retain nine-block candidate if measured fit succeeds", "consequence": "Preserves compactness and the current proposed pad/service relationships." }, { "title": "Revise shell/body/height deliberately if fit fails", "consequence": "May increase model, pad, boarding, service, and cargo envelope; retains the cabin and airlock promise." } ], "review_evidence_required": [ "Actual player and suit fit, including backpack and movement", "Boarding, hatch sweep, ladder, two pressure boundaries, pilot view, and egress", "Declared tank/cargo housings with no overlap in occupied volume", "Pad, fin, coupler, and departure clearance at supported rotations" ], "review_gate": "After a measured fit study and before final geometry/textures. 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The geological campaign proceeds completely without it.", "alternatives": [ { "title": "Keep Mars niches geological", "consequence": "Brine sampling, Brine Catalyst, Rootstone observations, and all progression remain complete." }, { "title": "Add sparse optional brine mats later", "consequence": "Adds localized light/vibration response and optional observation art, with no survival, recipe, or mission dependency." } ], "review_evidence_required": [ "A clearly separate optional ecology brief", "A sparse habitat/form/response concept only if selected", "Confirmation that disabling mats leaves all required content paths intact" ], "review_gate": "Before commissioning CEC01-FORM/HAB/ACT as current Mars ecology or enabling it in generation.", "affected_content": [ "CEC01", "DST02-MA-L2", "PM04", "MA-PLAN-07" ], "blocks_current_documentation": false, "approval_recorded": false, "references": [ { "source_key": "moon-mars", "chapter_title": "Mars — complete destination planning expansion", "source_file": "sources/moon_mars_expansion.txt", "chapter_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion", "href": "#moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-l2-brine-scarps", "section_title": "MA-L2 — Brine Scarps", "section_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-l2-brine-scarps" }, { "source_key": "moon-mars", "chapter_title": "Mars — complete destination planning expansion", "source_file": "sources/moon_mars_expansion.txt", "chapter_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion", "href": "#moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-plan-10-acceptance-criteria-and-decisions-still-to-resolve", "section_title": "MA-PLAN-10 — Acceptance criteria and decisions still to resolve", "section_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-plan-10-acceptance-criteria-and-decisions-still-to-resolve" }, { "source_key": "moon-mars", "chapter_title": "Mars — complete destination planning expansion", "source_file": "sources/moon_mars_expansion.txt", "chapter_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion", "href": "#moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-plan-11-mars-artwork-coverage-and-explicit-backlog", "section_title": "MA-PLAN-11 — Mars artwork coverage and explicit backlog", "section_id": "moon-mars-02-mars-complete-destination-planning-expansion--ma-plan-11-mars-artwork-coverage-and-explicit-backlog" }, { "source_file": "sources/illustrated_03_scope_data.json", "json_pointer": "/unresolved_source_issues/0" } ] } ], "ordinary_defaults_not_reopened_as_creative_approval": [ "First Playable chapter endpoint and bounded cargo-only hoist", "Prototype recipe and pacing values pending native-recipe and playtest evidence", "Supported-coordinate and port conventions pending measured fit", "World-envelope feasibility before permanent world claims", "Loader/version/repository inspection and engineering architecture" ] }