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 - Run `MintElementIds` once over `GameData/Aetheria.cc`.
 - AetherDb migrations skip variants or use the variant API (Q1a).
 - Re-author the families listed in section 6.
+- Hull families live in each ship's own `.cc`, not in `GameData/Aetheria.cc`, because hulls are mod-owned packages (Nibu's ruling about her data, 2026-11-11, #minds).
 
 ### C5. CultNet deltas (C# reference)