diff --git a/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs b/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
index c122cb709..a7f29b36b 100644
--- a/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
+++ b/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
@@ -1635,6 +1635,10 @@ internal sealed class AetheriaDaemonYmirSmokeChecks
         var pickupAsset = AetheriaRuntimeAssets.ProjectManifest(null).Assets.Single(asset => asset.Ref.AssetKey == "prefab.entity.pickup");
         Require(pickupAsset.Ref.Metadata.TryGetValue("unityAssetPath", out var pickupPath) && pickupPath == "Assets/Prefabs/RPG/Pickups/Tetrahedron.prefab",
             "provider asset manifest must advertise the pickup visual used by Eve");
+        var assets = AetheriaRuntimeAssets.ProjectManifest(null).Assets;
+        var playerAsset = assets.Single(asset => asset.Ref.AssetKey == "prefab.entity.player");
+        RequireEqual("player", playerAsset.Ref.Metadata["presentationRole"],
+            "entity prefab fallback must use a specific presentation role instead of the generic world tag");
     }
 
     private static void PickupIsCapacityCheckedExactlyOnceAndExpires()
diff --git a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.eve-runtime/Runtime/AetheriaEveUnitySceneProviderBridge.cs b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.eve-runtime/Runtime/AetheriaEveUnitySceneProviderBridge.cs
index 2a782c401..e3115dd3b 100644
--- a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.eve-runtime/Runtime/AetheriaEveUnitySceneProviderBridge.cs
+++ b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.eve-runtime/Runtime/AetheriaEveUnitySceneProviderBridge.cs
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.EveRuntime
 
         private static string EntityKind(AetheriaRuntimeAssetManifestEntry entry)
         {
+            if (entry.Ref.Metadata != null &&
+                entry.Ref.Metadata.TryGetValue("presentationRole", out var role) &&
+                !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(role))
+                return role;
+
             return (entry.Tags ?? Array.Empty<string>())
                 .FirstOrDefault(tag => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tag) && !string.Equals(tag, "map", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !string.Equals(tag, "icon", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 ?? "";
diff --git a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
index 1cc30578d..6de6d8c92 100644
--- a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
+++ b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
             Add(entries, MapIcon("body.planet", "Planet", "Sprites/Icons/Stroked/Planet"));
             Add(entries, MapIcon("body.sun", "Sun", "Sprites/Icons/Stroked/Sun"));
             Add(entries, MapIcon("body.asteroid", "Asteroid", "Sprites/Icons/Stroked/Planet"));
-            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.player", "Player Ship", "Prefabs/Ships/Djinni"));
-            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.ship", "Ship", "Prefabs/Ships/Djinni"));
-            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.station", "Station", "Prefabs/Stations/AsteroidOutpost"));
-            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.orbital", "Orbital", "Prefabs/Stations/Zenith"));
-            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.projectile", "Projectile", "Prefabs/Lightning"));
+            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.player", "Player Ship", "Prefabs/Ships/Djinni", "player"));
+            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.ship", "Ship", "Prefabs/Ships/Djinni", "ship"));
+            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.station", "Station", "Prefabs/Stations/AsteroidOutpost", "station"));
+            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.orbital", "Orbital", "Prefabs/Stations/Zenith", "orbital"));
             Add(entries, MapProjectPrefab("prefab.entity.pickup", "Pickup", "Assets/Prefabs/RPG/Pickups/Tetrahedron.prefab"));
             foreach (var inventoryAsset in InventoryUiAssets())
                 Add(entries, inventoryAsset);
@@ -164,11 +163,16 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
         private static AetheriaRuntimeAssetManifestEntry MapPrefab(
             string key,
             string label,
-            string resourcePath)
+            string resourcePath,
+            string presentationRole)
         {
+            var asset = Prefab(key, resourcePath);
+            asset.Metadata = asset.Metadata
+                .Concat(new[] { new KeyValuePair<string, string>("presentationRole", presentationRole ?? "") })
+                .ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => pair.Value, StringComparer.Ordinal);
             return new AetheriaRuntimeAssetManifestEntry
             {
-                Ref = Prefab(key, resourcePath),
+                Ref = asset,
                 Tags = new[] { "world", "prefab", label }
             };
         }
diff --git a/docs/aetheria-current-codebase-model.md b/docs/aetheria-current-codebase-model.md
index 4f980a884..f71baac6c 100644
--- a/docs/aetheria-current-codebase-model.md
+++ b/docs/aetheria-current-codebase-model.md
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ presentation objects only where GameObject views are still unavoidable.
 Unity physics is already fenced as forbidden gameplay authority by
 `Aetheria.State.Verify`.
 
+The fossil `Assets/Resources/Prefabs/Lightning.prefab` is not yet a portable
+effect asset: it embeds the Aetheria-owned `LightningCompute` component and its
+compute/material dependencies. The component and shader bundle must graduate
+to EveUnity together before Aetheria advertises that prefab under an
+`effect.shot.*` presentation role. CultMesh transport does not erase serialized
+code dependencies.
+
 Current Ymir control flow:
 
 - The daemon projects ships, pickups, fields, and explicitly physical payloads