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Map: catalog growth, generic designs and branded products

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Folds the catalog-growth addendum and the emoji-pirates product facts into a
new section: probes CG1-CG12 and LP1-LP9, the maker profile, PD product,
generic-name and weapon product-line tables, the model page rows (Title is
the one owner of an item's title; DisplayName is not a thing) and rationale.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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run on ClearPath and Spectra, but the ruled outcome "PD-class guns hit a speed demon reliably"
has no catalog gun to show it until one is authored (see "Catalog growth").
## Catalog growth: generic designs, branded products
Ruling `catalog-grows-generic-designs-branded-products` (operator, 2026-10-08): designs are generic
and branding lives in products. A design is expected to carry several products. `Title` is the one
owner of an item's displayed title (`ItemManager.Title`, landed by `product-titles`); there is no
`DisplayName`. Body: `GameCult/Aetheria` `origin/master` `4d664b537f76029fbaee94392da3d8a122f81339`,
unless a fact names another anchor (LP facts read the `product-titles` head `7f700d3c`). Read by
`cut-pd-gear`, `cut-lot-product`, `cut-generic-design-names`, `cut-product-lines-weapons`,
`cut-product-titles` and `cut-pirates-record`; question `minor-power-brands` and follow-up
`gear-product-lines` own the rest of the gear.
### Body facts
Catalog decode method for CG1-CG4: `cultcache_py` `SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore.
pull_all()` over `GameData/Aetheria.cc` at `4d664b53` (LFS pulled into the worktree), each payload
`msgpack.unpackb`ed and read by MessagePack key (the M28 method); the store is `cultcache.store.v1`
with 13 schemas and 217 records. Scratch scripts were not committed.
- **CG1. The catalog's record census at 4d664b53.** 64 FactionProductData, 51 CompoundCommodityData,
32 GearData, 18 WeaponItemData, 13 SimpleCommodityData, 12 Faction, 12 NameFile, 5 HullData,
4 CargoBayData, 1 FieldKindData, 1 DockingBayData, 1 InputLayout, 0 Loadout. Factions (short
names): AU, Adrasteia, Alakrita, DME, Ewan Hart, Finch, Lightsail, Lucent, Miss Terri's,
NiteLife, R&D, Zhestokost. No Pirates record yet (H1).
- **CG2. The data model already separates design from product; the content does not** (source read
plus CG1). `FactionProductData` (`ServerShared/FactionProduct.cs:14-31`: Name 1, Description 2,
Design 3 `CultRecordRef<CraftedItemData>`, Manufacturer 4 `CultRecordRef<Faction>`, Roles 5
`ProductRole{Role, Mean, StandardDeviation}`) is a manufacturer's branded variant of a design; its
own comment says a market segment is "a second product with a role pumped up". Price is on the
design, not the product (`HullData.Price`, H1). Generation and station stock pick products, not
designs (`LoadoutGenerator.RandomProducts`, `:142-171`; `GenerateStationLoadout` stocks 16 random
products, `:107-114`). Presets build a design by its first available product in record-key order
(`Loadout.Resolve`, `Loadout.cs:160-191`). But of the 59 sold designs only Targeting Computer and
Fire Control Array carry more than one product (3 each: Panopticon Prime by Finch, ClapBack Ultra
by Lucent, LockOn Pro by NiteLife on the array, and Panopticon, ClapBack, LockOn on the
computer); every other design has exactly one product, and in 49 of them the design's own name is
the brand (product name equals design name: ClearPath, Spectra, Earp, Manhattan, Store-All Plus
...). Three designs already have generic names under a brand product (Core Power -> Steadfast,
plight -> DragOnBreath, pswarm -> Leonid); seven generic-named designs sell a product of the same
generic name (Autocannon, Cockpit 2x2, Turret Control Module, Industrial Thermostatic Heater,
Medium Drive, Small Drive, Medium Docking Bay). Most designs' `Description` is the brand's voice
("Defend your precious cargo and have fun doing it"); 20 products carry an empty or `[TODO]`
description. 64 products over 60 designs; 0 duplicate (design, maker) pairs.
- **CG3. Where the player sees a name** (source read, master). `PropertiesPanel.GetTitle`
(`UI/Properties Panel/PropertiesPanel.cs:431-437`, `data.Name`) and the trade list
(`UI/Menu/TradeMenu.cs:193-197`, the Name column, tier-coloured) and buy dialog (`:355`) show the
design `Name`. The product name and description appear only as extra property lines after `Brand`
(`PropertiesPanel.cs:370-380`); `Inspect(ItemData)` shows the design as `Type` (`:530`). So today
the brand reaches the headline only because design names are brand names, and a product named in
emoji would be listed under its design's name. `product-titles` moves the headline to the
product (see LP3).
- **CG4. A lot does not record its product** (source read, master). `Lot`
(`ServerShared/Provenance.cs:64-70`) holds Design 0, Origin 1, Quality 2, Roles 3.
`ItemManager.CreateLot(product)` (`ItemManager.cs:134-155`) writes the maker into `Origin` and
drops the product. `ItemManager.Brand` (`:206-222`) re-derives the product as the lowest-key
`FactionProductData` with that maker and design. Two products of one design by one maker (the
market segment `ProductRole`'s comment designs for) are therefore indistinguishable after
creation: the player sees the lower-key product's name and text whatever was bought. Today no
maker sells two products of one design (CG2), so nothing shows it yet.
- **CG5. Weapon fields and the reference small guns** (source read `Behaviors/Weapon.cs:20-72`,
`Behaviors/InstantWeapon.cs:10-20`, `ItemData.cs:477-509`; catalog decode). WeaponData keys:
DamageType 1, Damage 2, Penetration 3, DamageSpread 4, MinRange 5, Range 6, DamageCurve 7,
EffectPrefab 8, Energy 9, Heat 10, Visibility 11, AmmoType 12, MagazineSize 13, ReloadTime 14,
Spread 15, Velocity 16, Tracking 33; InstantWeaponData Count 17, BurstTime 18, Cooldown 19;
WeaponItemData WeaponRange 24, Caliber 25, WeaponType 26, FireTypes 27, Modifiers 28,
BlastRadius 29, Fuse 32; GearData Hardpoint 23 (enum order Hull..AetherDrive: Energy 9,
Ballistic 10, Launcher 11). Shape is `[width, height, cells]`. Evaluated (Min-Max):
| Design | HP | Mass | Price | Dmg | Range | Cooldown | Count | Spread | Velocity | Energy | Ammo/Mag | Tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClearPath | Ballistic 2 cells | 50 | 50,000 | 2-6 | 250-600 | 0.1-0.033 | 1 | 1.25-0.25 | 700-1250 | 1-0.5 | none / 0 | 12 |
| Spectra | Energy 2 | 25 | 125,000 | 20-85 | 800-1750 | 0.5-0.25 | 1 | 0.1-0 | 0 (beam) | 20-40 | none | 10 |
| FastBlast+- | Energy 2 | 125 | 150,000 | 20-80 | 500-1250 | 0.33-0.1 | 12 | 3-1 | 400-900 | 0 | cells / 12 | 9 |
| Autocannon | Ballistic 4 | 75 | 250,000 | 3 | 1000 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 500 | 5 | Ammo / 50 | 4 |
| DeathCluster | Ballistic 4 | 250 | 450,000 | 100-250 | 500-1000 | 1-0.25 | 12-15 | 3-0.5 | 750-1500 | 25-5 | Ammo / 8 | 3 |
Damage, Heat and Energy are divided by the burst count per pellet (`InstantWeapon.cs:128-134`).
The ammunition commodity is the SimpleCommodity that Autocannon's AmmoType names (`3085fc8a...`).
- **CG6. Homes for one-cell guns** (source read `LoadoutGenerator.HasHome`, `:173-176`;
`HardpointData.Takes`, M30). A design is offered only if some catalog hull has a hardpoint that
`Takes` it, which is any design of the slot's type whose shape lies within the slot. Longinus has
two Energy 1x2 hardpoints, Djinni two Ballistic 1x2, the station Turret two Ballistic 2x4. So a
1x1 Ballistic or Energy gun and a 1x2 Ballistic gun all have homes on master.
- **CG7. Munitions on master.** `missile-records`, `missile-stats`, `munition-shots`,
`autofire-threshold` and `autofire-controls` had no report: master has no munition record yet
(MA7). missile-stats authors munition `Durability 20`. `Detonate` is the one blast path and
damages entities, not munitions (missile-odds, "Detonate is the one blast path").
- **CG8. A shipped weapon may not carry a fuse today.**
`FireControlCut124Tests.ShippedCatalogIsNeutralOnBlastRadiusAndFuse`
(`tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/FireControlCut124Tests.cs:2591-2610`) asserts every shipped weapon's
BlastRadius and Fuse are null. An airburst flak gun would break it; the flak below is a pellet gun.
- **CG9. The catalog tracking test** (`tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/EvasionTrackingTests.cs:290-313`,
`EveryCatalogGunTracks`) requires every non-launcher gun's Tracking finite, Min = Max > 0. New
guns must author it.
- **CG10. Design names in code at 4d664b53** (`git grep -F` over `*.cs` for the quoted names of
the generic-names table). 61 hits in 12 files: scenarios Arcs.cs 14, Duel.cs 11,
LauncherAngles.cs 8, StarvedReactor.cs 6; tests EvasionTermTests 10, BrownoutTests,
EvasionTrackingTests, PowerCurveTests, RestoredHullsTests, RunStartTests, ScenarioTests 1 each;
tools/AetherDb/Program.cs 6. Loadout and product references are by record key, unaffected by a
rename.
- **CG11. Behaviour index 31 is CapacitorData** (`ServerShared/Behaviors/Behaviors.cs:178`), so
PotaT+- is NiteLife's capacitor. The wishlist's "capacitors: no products" line is stale.
- **CG12. Vault sources read** (AetheriaLore `33cd06a`): `Aetheria/Game Design/Faction Play.md`
(loadout and quirk lines 118-266, 307-357), `Aetheria/Brainstorming/Faction Flavor and Visual
Identity.md` (Aya point defense and interceptors :458, Megiddo decoys and interception :566),
`Aetheria/Brainstorming/Corporate Roster and Item Wishlist.md` (item ideas :57-87, gaps :97-146;
its "What this is for" names the design/product text split). Zhestokost's loadout names "flak and
shrapnel (MFer, DeathCluster)" against missiles; Lightsail's names ClearPath as its machine gun
and Cetacean Navigators' Waykeeper escorts carry point defense with Lightsail haulers; Aya and
Megiddo are the heavy-PD and decoy factions but are not catalog factions. `Ship Play Concepts.md`
was not found in either repo at these heads.
- **LP1. `Lot` keys** (`Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Provenance.cs:63-80`, at 7f700d3c). Keys 0-3
(Design, Origin, Quality, Roles); key 4 is free. Lots and origins already carry
`CultRecordRef<ItemData|Faction|SimpleCommodityData>` through MessagePack (:66, :101, :108, :119),
so a fourth `CultRecordRef<T>` needs no formatter work.
- **LP2.** `ItemManager.Brand` (ItemManager.cs:206-222) derives the product at :217-220 with
`GetAll<FactionProductData>().Where(maker and design).OrderBy(key).FirstOrDefault()`. It is the
only such derivation in Assets/ (git grep `GetAll<FactionProductData>`: ItemManager :217, plus
Loadout :194 and LoadoutGenerator :145, which choose a product to mint, not read an item's).
- **LP3.** `Title` (ItemManager.cs:226-227) reads `Brand(crafted).Product?.Name`. Brand's readers:
Title, PropertiesPanel.cs:374 (Manufacturer and description), tests LoadoutTests
:336/:359/:395/:844 and RunStartTests :136/:678. Nothing else reads an item's brand, so fixing
Brand fixes every reader.
- **LP4.** Lot writers in Assets/: only `CreateLot(product)` (:136-158) and `CreateLot(design,
maker, quality)` (:161-170). Production callers of the second: ActionGameManager.cs:544/:548
(console give, no maker) and Loadout.cs:182 (unbranded preset, no maker). No `new Produced` in
Assets/ or tools/; Produced lots exist only in tests.
- **LP5.** Behaviour change: a lot from `CreateLot(design, maker, q)` whose maker sells that design
used to brand as the maker's key-first product; once the lot records its product it brands
(maker, null) and titles by design. No production path mints such a lot (LP4).
- **LP6.** Tests pinning the derivation: LoadoutTests
`BrandPicksFirstProductInKeyOrderForSameMakerAndDesign` (:375-397) pins the tie-break that goes
away; its comment says the census's duplicate detector exists because of it. Stale comment in
LoadoutTests :315-317 ("Brand() requires at most one product per (maker, design)").
- **LP7.** AetherDb census (tools/AetherDb/Program.cs:124-138) prints "(maker, design) pairs with
more than one product" as a fault, justified by Brand's tie-break. Under the ruling a design
carries several products, and a maker may sell two of one design; with `Lot.Product` the pair is
no longer ambiguous.
- **LP8.** Run save: `RunSave.Commit` (SavedGame.cs:138) writes the reachable ledger;
`RunSave.Lots(cache)` (:132) reads it back. RunSaveTests :382-400 shows the fixture shape (a
ledger plus a SavedZone whose pack references the lot).
- **LP9.** ItemTitleTests (tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ItemTitleTests.cs) builds Array with
products Panopticon Prime (Finch, key array-finch) and ClapBack Ultra (Lucent); Soul's probe added
a second Finch product of Array and saw Title return the first (finding `title-key-first-product`).
### Content tables
Drafted content that specs cite. Names are drafts the operator may rename.
**Maker profiles** (one Mean / StandardDeviation applied to every role of the design, from Faction
Play's loadout lines and the existing products' roles):
| Maker | Mean | Dev | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhestokost | .50 | .08 | armour and consistency, no finesse |
| AU | .50 | .12 | "mid-quality, consistent: the all-rounder" |
| Lightsail | .55 | .10 | freight reliability |
| R&D | .60 | .15 | compute, contractor quality |
| Lucent | .60 | .15 | premium, loud |
| NiteLife | .55 | .12 | energy specialist |
| Finch | .65 | .20 | "high variance in role quality" |
| Alakrita | .60 | .14 | light, fragile, excellent |
| DME | .55 | .20 | runs hot, uneven |
| Adrasteia | .60 | .10 | exacting |
No product is authored for Miss Terri's (ruling `miss-terris-belongs-to-emily-r3`) or the Pirates
(the Pirates record owns their products, ruling `pirates-record-content`).
**PD products** (`pd-gear`; the three new designs are the Point Defense Gun, Point Defense Laser and
Flak Gun, whose stats follow under the rationale):
| Design | Product | Maker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Defense Gun | Waykeeper | Lightsail | Freight first, questions later. Keeps a hauler's paint unscratched through a full salvo. |
| Point Defense Gun | Rampart | Zhestokost | A column does not dodge. It does not need to. |
| Point Defense Gun | Swatter | AU | Keeps the rocks and the rockets off your back while you work. |
| Point Defense Gun | Catch-All | R&D | Guaranteed to stop the missile!* *Missile defined as whatever it stops. |
| Point Defense Laser | Glare | Lucent | Every missile gets its moment in the spotlight. A short one. |
| Point Defense Laser | Nightlight | NiteLife | Lights out for anything with a warhead. Shares the bus with your blasters, so mind the meter. |
| Point Defense Laser | Wren | Finch | Small, quiet and quicker than it looks, most days. |
| Point Defense Laser | Gnat | Alakrita | Weighs less than your conscience and keeps the fast pass fast. |
| Flak Gun | MFer | Zhestokost | Our shrapnel turns your enemies into scrapnel. (the operator's own line, Item Wishlist :57) |
| Flak Gun | Hailstorm | AU | A wall of steel for crews who would rather not count missiles. |
| Flak Gun | sky full of teeth | DME | light it up/ shake it loose/ nothing gets through tonight |
**Generic design names** (`generic-design-names`; hulls, Traction and already generic names
excluded: hull names are the model names other passes are revising, retire-longinusx deletes
Traction):
| Old design name | Generic design | Functional description |
|---|---|---|
| ClearPath | Light Machine Gun | Light ballistic hose: many small rounds at short range. |
| 6k Shooter | Slug Rifle | Single heavy slugs, fired as fast as the trigger. |
| Earp | Long Slug Rifle | A lighter slug rifle with the longest ballistic reach. |
| DeathCluster | Cluster Cannon | Medium shotgun: a heavy volley of pellets. |
| pretty pretty bang bang | Charged Scattergun | Ballistic shotgun that charges for a heavier volley. |
| Spectra | Light Laser | The lightest beam: low damage, quick cycle, long reach. |
| FastBlast+- | Cell Blaster | Rapid energy bursts fed by cells that cut its reactor draw. |
| ColdFire | Long Laser | Heavy small beam: slow, hard-hitting, long reach. |
| CShot RainbowLite Lazer | Heavy Beam Laser | The heaviest beam: nine cells, enormous damage and reach. |
| ChargeBlast+- | Charged Blaster | One charged knockout shot. |
| ChargeBlast SG | Charged Scatter Blaster | Charged energy shotgun. |
| plight | Lightning Projector | Charged chain lightning. |
| GT 3K | Guided Missile Launcher | Fires guided missiles. |
| LRMM72 | Long-Range Missile Rack | Large missile rack for long engagements. |
| SRMM72 | Short-Range Missile Rack | Extra-large rack of short-range missiles. |
| pswarm | Swarm Rocket Pod | Dumbfire rockets in a swarm. |
| scorched void policy | Incendiary Rocket Pod | Incendiary dumbfire rockets. |
| Arctica | Adaptive Radiator | Radiator whose output scales widely with conditions. |
| Iapyx | Radiator | Standard two-cell radiator. |
| Skiron | Long Radiator | Four-cell radiator with a large surface. |
| OK Disperser | Heat Pump | Moves heat to where it can be shed. |
| cold like my heart | Cryogenic Heat Pump | Heavy heat pump that drives temperatures far down. |
| Core Power | Compact Reactor | Small reactor. |
| Manhattan | Heavy Reactor | Large three-by-three reactor. |
| Notorious | High-Yield Reactor | Large reactor with a wide output range. |
| Vulcan | Ring Reactor | Ring-shaped reactor, four by four. |
| MoveOnPro | Muon Fusion Reactor | Compact fusion reactor that draws a reservoir. |
| Core Power Station Reactor | Station Reactor | A reactor sized for a station's core. |
| Manhattan Station Reactor | Heavy Station Reactor | A heavy reactor sized for a station's core. |
| Notorious Station Reactor | High-Yield Station Reactor | A high-yield reactor sized for a station's core. |
| Vulcan Station Reactor | Ring Station Reactor | A ring reactor sized for a station's core. |
| MoveOnPro Station Reactor | Muon Fusion Station Reactor | A muon fusion reactor sized for a station's core. |
| RevvITup 2.0 | High-Thrust Drive | Large drive: huge thrust, little torque. |
| deep space burnout | Burn Drive | Large drive that runs very hot. |
| Talaria | Rugged Drive | Two-cell working drive. |
| Victoire | Racing Drive | Feather-light two-cell drive with extreme response. |
| The Bat | Sensor Array | Two-by-two long-range sensor array. |
| not if i see you first | Compact Sensor | One-cell sensor. |
| PotaT+- | Capacitor | Stores charge for burst draw. |
| SafeStuff II | Secure Cargo Bay | Three-by-three secured hold. |
| Store-All Enterprise Edition | Large Cargo Bay | Six-by-six hold. |
| Store-All Plus | Cargo Bay | Two-by-two hold. |
| Store-All Plus Mini | Small Cargo Bay | One-cell hold. |
The product keeps the old name, so the brand survives as the product. Products whose name equals a
generic design get a brand: Autocannon (Zhestokost) -> Hammerfall; Cockpit 2x2 (Lightsail) ->
Wheelhouse; Industrial Thermostatic Heater (Lightsail) -> Hearth; Medium Drive (Lightsail) -> Steady
Haul; Small Drive (Lightsail) -> Short Hop; Turret Control Module (AU) -> Watchtower; Medium Docking
Bay (AU) -> Open Berth. The Bat's product is Miss Terri's: its record is not touched; only the
generic design under it is renamed. Description move: the design's old text goes to its product
when the product's is empty, `[TODO]` or identical; otherwise the product keeps its own and the
dropped design text is printed in the dry run and the commit message.
**Weapon product lines** (`product-lines-weapons`):
| Design | New product | Maker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Machine Gun | Rattler | AU | Cheap, loud, and there when the rocks start moving. |
| Slug Rifle | SM-6 Marksman | R&D | Standardised, certified, guaranteed to hit the target.* |
| Long Slug Rifle | Longshot | Finch | Light, quiet and dead accurate, when it feels like it. |
| Autocannon | Workhorse | AU | Feeds from anything, fires at anything. |
| Cluster Cannon | everything at once | DME | why aim/ when you can be everywhere |
| Charged Scattergun | Grapeshot | Zhestokost | The old answer to boarders, sized for the void. |
| Light Laser | Sparrow | Finch | Barely registers on the scale, or on their sensors. |
| Light Laser | Spotlight | Lucent | Make sure they know who got them. |
| Cell Blaster | Strobe | Lucent | Fast, bright, and very hard to ignore. |
| Long Laser | Kestrel | Finch | Hovers at the edge of range, then stoops. |
| Heavy Beam Laser | Afterglow | NiteLife | Keeps glowing long after the fight is over. |
| Charged Blaster | Encore | Lucent | One more, for the fans. |
| Charged Scatter Blaster | nobody leaves early | DME | doors are locked/ lights are low/ stay for the finale |
| Lightning Projector | Static Shock | NiteLife | A jolt for every ship in reach. |
| Guided Missile Launcher | Homer | Finch | Finds its way, mostly. |
| Long-Range Missile Rack | Long Haul | AU | Delivers to the far side of the zone. |
| Short-Range Missile Rack | Short Fuse | AU | For problems already too close. |
| Swarm Rocket Pod | Confetti | Lucent | Every launch is a celebration. |
| Incendiary Rocket Pod | Trebuchet | Zhestokost | Siege fire for a column that does not stop. |
### Model page rows
| Kind | What names it | Over time | Who decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| `FactionProductData` (catalog) | Its record | Every sold design carries at least one product whose name differs from the design's, and is expected to carry several | The catalog author: the brand a player sees |
| Item title | `ItemManager.Title(item)` | Derived on each read from the lot's brand; the design name stays as `Type` | `ItemManager.Title`, the one owner; there is no `DisplayName` |
| `Lot` (run save) | `Lot.Product` (key 4) | Written once by `CreateLot(product)`; a lot made without a product (console give, extraction) has none and shows its maker only. A product that no longer resolves reads as unbranded | `CreateLot`; `Brand` reads it and nothing re-derives a product from maker and design |
| `WeaponItemData` (catalog) | Three new generic designs: Point Defense Gun, Point Defense Laser, Flak Gun | Authored once by `pd-gear` | The catalog author |
### Rationale
**Titles name the product.** One engine-free derivation in ServerShared, `ItemManager.Title(
CraftedItemInstance)`: the brand's product name, else the design name. Every title site reads it.
This is what makes "branding lives in products" visible, and what shows the Pirates' emoji names.
`lot-product` moves the brand's authority from a catalog query (LP2) into the lot, so that two
products of one design by one maker stay distinct (CG4, LP9). A first plan for it added a
`DisplayName` over the same hunks as `Title`; Soul verdict `cut-product-titles.s1` found two title
owners in force (`title-vs-displayname-split`) and Self ruled Title the one owner. A lot whose
product no longer resolves (a removed mod's product) reads as unbranded: `Brand` returns (maker,
null) and `Title` falls back to the design; `RequireDesigns` is not widened (ruling
`no-save-compatibility-before-players`). The census duplicate-brand block (LP7) goes away.
**Why three PD designs and not five.** The missile-defence rulings in force are `pd-who-engages`
(any gun, priced by its own stats), `missiles-sim-side-light` (missiles are lightweight records PD
can engage), `weapon-tracking-authored` (a PD class near 40 deg/s exists to be authored) and
`speed-demon-counterplay`. They need guns with PD stats, which the catalog lacks: the PD Gun
(ballistic hose, the Djinni's slots), the PD Laser (energy, the Longinus's slots, so the demo's
starting hull can fit PD) and the Flak Gun (Zhestokost's flak doctrine as a pellet gun, which needs
no new rule: each pellet rolls). An interceptor launcher needs missiles that take munition subjects
and a decoy launcher needs a signature the seeker can read that is not a ship; both are new
mechanics, which the target's not-in-scope line excludes until ruled. They are follow-ups
`interceptor-launcher` and `missile-decoys-signature`, not catalog content. An airburst flak (a
blast that wears munitions in its disc) is follow-up `flak-airburst-at-munitions`.
**Derivation of the PD stats** (from CG5 and the tracking table). Tracking 40 is the table's PD
anchor (0.82 / 0.94 against the speed demon at TC / FCA). PD Gun is ClearPath's role pushed to its
extreme: one cell, lighter (40 kg), less damage per round (1.5-4) at a higher rate (0.06-0.025 s)
and shorter reach (300-550 m), because a munition has 20 durability (CG7): 5 to 14 rounds kill one.
It draws ammunition (`ballistics-real-ammo`) and a small cycling energy, 0.4-0.2
(`ballistics-cycle-power`). PD Laser is Spectra's role: instant beam, 5-12 per shot every 0.2-0.1 s
to 400-750 m, energy-limited at 6-10 a shot, 2 to 4 hits a missile. Flak Gun is DeathCluster's
shotgun at small calibre, 1x2: 6-8 pellets sharing 30-70 damage a volley, 350-800 m, Tracking 20
(between PD and ClearPath, because pellets cover what tracking misses).
## Retiring the LonginusX and parking the aether drive
Ruling `retire-longinusx`, in the operator's words: "I want to retire the LonginusX, the aether