diff --git a/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc b/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc
index 5ec343c6b..9adf39115 100644
Binary files a/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc and b/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc differ
diff --git a/Aetheria.State/README.md b/Aetheria.State/README.md
index 5fca5dfab..eff5e630f 100644
--- a/Aetheria.State/README.md
+++ b/Aetheria.State/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ state spine is being rebuilt.
 The old `SavedGame`/`SavedZone` DTOs and `Galaxy` loader constructor have also
 been deleted; the new document family is live Verse run/zone state, not a
 bespoke save-file format.
+The dead `SavedStory` JSON DTO is gone. `ZonePack` remains an in-memory zone
+construction snapshot for Unity runtime code, but no longer carries MessagePack
+persistence attributes.
 
 Keyboard layout rendering now reads the checked-in Unity text asset directly.
 The old generated `GameData/KeyboardLayouts/*.msgpack` cache was deleted; layout
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/EntitySerializer.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/EntitySerializer.cs
index 0ff28d171..99ab1bf8c 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/EntitySerializer.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/EntitySerializer.cs
@@ -147,13 +147,6 @@ public static class EntitySerializer
     }
 }
 
-[MessagePackObject]
-public class SavedStory
-{
-    [Key(0)] public string StoryJson;
-    [Key(1)] public string StateJson;
-}
-
 [MessagePackObject]
 public class ShipPack : EntityPack
 {
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ZoneData.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ZoneData.cs
index 7941ec9b3..6d7190c84 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ZoneData.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ZoneData.cs
@@ -12,28 +12,14 @@ using static Unity.Mathematics.math;
 using float2 = Unity.Mathematics.float2;
 using float3 = Unity.Mathematics.float3;
 
-[MessagePackObject]
 public class ZonePack
 {
-    [Key(0)]
     public List<BodyData> Planets = new List<BodyData>();
-
-    [Key(1)]
     public List<OrbitData> Orbits = new List<OrbitData>();
-
-    [Key(2)]
     public List<EntityPack> Entities = new List<EntityPack>();
-
-    [Key(3)]
     public float Radius = 2000;
-
-    [Key(4)]
     public float Mass = 10000;
-
-    [Key(5)]
     public double Time;
-
-
 }
 
 // [LegacyCatalogGroup("Galaxy"), MessagePackObject]
@@ -207,4 +193,4 @@ public class OrbitData : DatabaseEntry
         phase *= PI * 2;
         return new float2(cos(phase), sin(phase));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
index 550b35161..61307969f 100644
--- a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
+++ b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   `PlayerSettings.msgpack`, `.loadout`, `.zone`, and
   `GameData/KeyboardLayouts/*.msgpack` authority paths are disabled or deleted.
   The old `SavedGame`/`SavedZone` DTOs and `Galaxy` save-loader constructor are
-  deleted.
+  deleted. The dead `SavedStory` JSON DTO is deleted. `ZonePack` remains as a
+  runtime zone construction snapshot, but no longer declares itself as a
+  MessagePack persistence document.
 - `LegacyCatalogBoundary` opens `LegacyCatalogCache` as the only concrete
   pull-only catalog cache. Runtime consumers receive `ILegacyCatalogReader`,
   so old MessagePack backing stores may hydrate in-memory domain objects for