diff --git a/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc b/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc
index 2d855ab63..0f07ebe8c 100644
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diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/DatabaseEntry.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/DatabaseEntry.cs
index 41d6f51f2..fbbd0bb84 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/DatabaseEntry.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/DatabaseEntry.cs
@@ -3,53 +3,15 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using MessagePack;
-using MessagePack.Formatters;
-// TODO: USE THIS EVERYWHERE
 using Unity.Mathematics;
-using static Unity.Mathematics.math;
 
 public interface INamedEntry
 {
     string EntryName { get; set; }
 }
 
-[MessagePackObject,
- Union(0, typeof(SimpleCommodityData)),
- Union(1, typeof(CompoundCommodityData)),
- Union(2, typeof(GearData)),
- Union(3, typeof(HullData)),
- Union(4, typeof(SimpleCommodity)),
- Union(5, typeof(CompoundCommodity)),
- Union(6, typeof(EquippableItem)),
- Union(8, typeof(GalaxyMapLayerData)),
- Union(9, typeof(NameFile)),
- //Union(10, typeof(ZoneData)),
- Union(11, typeof(PlayerData)),
- // Union(12, typeof(Corporation)),
- Union(13, typeof(Faction)),
- Union(14, typeof(OrbitalEntity)),
- Union(15, typeof(OrbitData)),
- Union(16, typeof(BodyData)),
- Union(17, typeof(PersonalityAttribute)),
- Union(18, typeof(AgentTask)),
- // Union(19, typeof(LoadoutData)),
- Union(20, typeof(Ship)),
- Union(21, typeof(Mining)),
- Union(22, typeof(StationTowing)),
- Union(23, typeof(Survey)),
- Union(24, typeof(HaulingTask)),
- Union(25, typeof(AsteroidBeltData)),
- Union(26, typeof(GasGiantData)),
- Union(27, typeof(SunData)),
- Union(28, typeof(PlanetData)),
- Union(29, typeof(CargoBayData)),
- Union(30, typeof(DockingBayData)),
- Union(31, typeof(WeaponItemData))]
 public abstract class DatabaseEntry
 {
-    [Key(0)]
     public Guid ID = Guid.NewGuid();
 
     public override int GetHashCode()
@@ -64,20 +26,15 @@ public abstract class DatabaseEntry
     }
 }
 
-[MessagePackObject]
 public class DatabaseLink<T> : DatabaseLinkBase where T : ItemData
 {
-    [IgnoreMember]
     public T Value => ResolveRuntimeItemCatalog<T>(LinkID);
 }
 
-[MessagePackObject]
 public class DatabaseLinkBase
 {
-    [Key(0)]
     public Guid LinkID;
 
-    [IgnoreMember]
     private static IRuntimeItemCatalogReader Catalog { get; set; }
 
     protected static T ResolveRuntimeItemCatalog<T>(Guid linkId) where T : ItemData
diff --git a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
index 4f81a5a7b..4758caddf 100644
--- a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
+++ b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   binds `DatabaseLinkBase` to that typed runtime item reader before gameplay
   objects read `ItemInstance.Data.Value`. The old `LegacyItemCatalogBoundary`,
   `LegacyItemCatalogCache`, and runtime MessagePack deserializer path have been
-  deleted.
+  deleted. `DatabaseEntry` and `DatabaseLink<T>` are plain runtime identity/link
+  helpers now, not MessagePack objects or a global union root.
 - `ItemManager` no longer exposes the raw runtime item catalog reader as public
   gameplay/UI API. Temporary item instantiation bridges now go through the
   narrow `ItemManager.GetCatalogEntry<T>` method. `ItemManager` no longer
@@ -256,7 +257,10 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   contract for full .NET smokes and Eve surface reads. Neither writes state or
   owns simulation. The runtime no longer has a MessagePack catalog cache.
   `AetheriaRuntimeItemCatalog` materializes temporary `ItemData` DTOs from typed
-  item records for the old simulation object model. Item properties
+  item records for the old simulation object model. `DatabaseEntry` no longer
+  carries MessagePack union metadata; remaining item/behavior DTO MessagePack
+  keys are temporary projection metadata until typed behavior factories replace
+  reflection. Item properties
   manufacturer display is a typed snapshot consumer; loadout generation is the
   remaining runtime single-ID item lookup bridge. The old trade debug UI and
   console `give` command have been deleted. No live caller can enumerate legacy
@@ -284,9 +288,10 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   generated keyboard layout caches, and server-side `DatabaseCache` paths.
 - Shared paths: manual gameplay edits, editor edits, server updates, file load,
   file save, and migration all need to converge on one typed commit primitive.
-- Deletion line: no new behavior should be added to old `DatabaseEntry` or
-  MessagePack catalog paths except bounded migration readers that emit typed
-  `Aetheria.State` documents.
+- Deletion line: no new behavior should be added to old `ItemData` DTO
+  metadata or MessagePack catalog paths except bounded migration readers and the
+  current typed item projection bridge. `DatabaseEntry` is no longer a
+  persistence owner.
 
 ## Target Authority Map
 
@@ -435,10 +440,11 @@ First Aetheria surfaces to publish:
      `AetheriaRuntimeItemCatalog`, a typed-state-backed projection from
      `AetheriaRuntimeCatalogSnapshot`; delete `LegacyItemCatalogBoundary`,
      `LegacyItemCatalogCache`, and the runtime MessagePack deserializer path.
+   - Done: demote `DatabaseEntry` and `DatabaseLink<T>` from MessagePack
+     union/object shapes to plain runtime identity/link helpers.
    - Convert domain references from GUID/base-class patterns to typed record
      refs.
-   - Remove runtime dependency on `DatabaseEntry`/`ItemData` DTOs as item
-     instance owners.
+   - Remove runtime dependency on `ItemData` DTOs as item instance owners.
 
 5. Mesh host
    - Replace `Economy.Server` RethinkDB and LiteNetLib database authority with a