Return a real note's slug when present (instead of a synthetic folder `index` slug) in FileTrie.slug and add a unit test to assert that behavior. Expand README with a repository map, local development quick start, build/test instructions, where-to-edit guidance, and troubleshooting notes. Update the Windows helper script (scripts/quartz/quartz.ps1) to prefer the bundled portable Node/npm runtime when available and pin npm's cache to .npm-cache inside the repo for reproducible local runs.
Introduce a new Neuromorphic Firmware note and weave the concept throughout the Pre-Elysium vault: expand the Cognitum faction entry into a detailed corporate history, protocols, and political role; annotate Brain-Computer Interfaces and Mind Uploading with references to Cognitum's productized upload abuse; and clarify its influence in the Existential Collapse and FTL Trigger timeline entries. Also refine contributor guidance in AGENTS.md to prefer sober, procedural language when describing institutional cruelty and preserve euphemisms as worldbuilding.
Add a Brainstorming folder with that outline plausible research anchors, design tradeoffs, faction angles, and citations. Integrate thermal management and signature logic into worldbuilding and policy: expand AGENTS.md guidance, add a Thermal Signature Warfare note, and update Politics.md and Restrictions on Warfare.md to reflect thermal posture, dump windows, and PSC permit/insurance implications. Add Pre-Elysium lore (Cinderlace Cooperative) and revise faction entries (Aeronautics Unlimited, Zhestokost) and several timeline/faction files to reflect the political and industrial consequences of cooling, emitters, and thermal logistics.
Introduce a lightweight local Retrieval-Augmented-Generation (RAG) toolchain for the Aetheria Obsidian vault. Added scripts/rag/rag.py (indexing, chunking, embedding, hybrid semantic+lexical query, stats, and install), a PowerShell wrapper scripts/rag/rag.ps1 that resolves Python and forwards commands, and scripts/rag/README.md with usage (install, build, query, stats). Add requirements-rag.txt for qdrant-client[fastembed] and pywin32, and include a compiled __pycache__ file. Update .gitignore to ignore the .rag/ artifact directory and update AGENTS.md with Vault Navigation guidance recommending the local RAG workflow. The tool stores local artifacts under .rag/ (pydeps, qdrant, model cache, chunks and manifest) and defaults to a CPU-friendly embedding model.
Flesh out Pre-Elysium worldbuilding: expanded and rewrote many movement and faction entries (adding social, political, and cultural texture and a new Free Neural Network entry), created several defunct company profiles, and added numerous historical/timeline event files under Pre-Elysium/Timeline/Events. Also refined core guidance and framing: updated AGENTS.md wording, the Aetheria Introduction, Politics (PSC order and on-the-ground effects), Colonizing Sol, and Post-Elysium tech notes (Aetheric Drive). These updates deepen lived experience, clarify institutional dynamics, and provide connective context for later Post-Elysium continuity.
