Operator, 2026-09-25 (docs/locomotion-cut.md): the tutorial's entrance zone always gets a
generated faction station with a docking bay, deterministically. Structurally, three defects made
that false on every seed: Galaxy.cs halves influence and picks the lowest-influence unowned zone
for Entrance, so stationCount rolled 0; a Lagrange orbit is only available when a planet has an
orbiting sibling, which a boring or empty system never has; and a null station loadout silently
skipped the slot.
GenerateZone now identifies the entrance zone by reference against the galaxy parameter it already
takes (isTutorial && galaxyZone == galaxy.Entrance), never by name:
- stationCount is floored to 1 for the entrance zone, after the roll that produced it.
- When no Lagrange orbit exists, a fallback orbit fixed at half the zone radius from centre is used
instead of leaving selectedStationOrbits empty. CreateLagrangeOrbit now carries FixedPosition
through so a Parent-less base orbit (the fallback) still positions correctly.
- A null station loadout throws for the entrance zone instead of continuing past it.
- The enemy count is based on the pre-override station count, so forcing the entrance's station
doesn't also hand it a bonus enemy.
The story-station path (Locations/LocationStory) is not used: it isn't saved, and
EntitySerializer.cs:77 would break Continue, per the map's own ruling.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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