diff --git a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
index 4615ea8..e609d55 100644
--- a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
+++ b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             int pickupCollectionEventCount = 0;
             int initialPickupEntityCount = 0;
             int finalPickupEntityCount = -1;
+            bool destructionPickupObserved = false;
+            int maximumTrajectoryCount = 0;
+            bool hitMarkerObserved = false;
+            var witnessProfile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("EVEUNITY_WITNESS_PROFILE") ??
+                                 "full-session-gameplay";
+            Assert.That(witnessProfile,
+                Is.EqualTo("cold-start-lowering").Or.EqualTo("full-session-gameplay"),
+                "The witness profile must name an explicit proof boundary.");
+            var requireSessionGameplay = string.Equals(
+                witnessProfile,
+                "full-session-gameplay",
+                StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer aimRenderer = null;
+            EveUnityBeamPresentation beamPresentation = null;
+            EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer beamRenderer = null;
 
             try
             {
@@ -280,8 +295,9 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 initialPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
                     string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                Assert.That(initialPickupEntityCount, Is.GreaterThan(0),
-                    "The daemon fixture did not publish its physical starter pickup through the entity SoA.");
+                if (requireSessionGameplay)
+                    Assert.That(initialPickupEntityCount, Is.Zero,
+                        "The witness scenario must obtain salvage from daemon-owned destruction, not a boot-seeded pickup.");
                 runtime.FeedbackAvailable += feedback =>
                 {
                     if (!string.Equals(feedback.Kind, "pickup.collected", StringComparison.Ordinal)) return;
@@ -343,6 +359,8 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 AssertReconciledProviderReceipt(runtime.LastReceipt, release.CommandId,
                     provider.Selection.ProviderId, provider.Selection.SurfaceId, releaseVersion);
 
+                if (requireSessionGameplay)
+                {
                 var movementVersion = runtime.ActiveVersion;
                 var focus = runtime.SubmitFocusIntent(playerId);
                 var focusDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 12f;
@@ -399,10 +417,10 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     provider.Selection.ProviderId, provider.Selection.SurfaceId, lookVersion);
                 Assert.That(Vector3.Dot(FindMarker(root, playerId).transform.forward, aim), Is.GreaterThan(0.99f));
                 lookReceipt = WitnessReceipt.From("look", runtime.LastReceipt);
-                var aimRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
+                aimRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(aimRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
 
-                var beamPresentation = EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
+                beamPresentation = EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
                 Assert.That(beamPresentation, Is.Not.Null,
                     "The provider did not advertise its continuous beam presentation.");
                 Assert.That(beamPresentation.ActivationActionId, Is.Not.Empty,
@@ -429,7 +447,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(provider.ResolvePrefab(new EveUnityPlayableWorldAssetBinding(
                         beamPresentation.AssetRole, beamPresentation.AssetRole, "provider-asset-ref")), Is.Not.Null,
                     $"The provider asset catalog did not resolve beam role '{beamPresentation.AssetRole}'.");
-                var beamRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
+                beamRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(beamRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
                 beamRenderer.RefreshNow();
                 Assert.That(beamRenderer.ActiveBeamCount, Is.EqualTo(1));
@@ -439,28 +457,6 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 tractorBeamParticleSystemCount = beamRenderer.ActiveParticleSystemCount;
                 Assert.That(tractorBeamParticleSystemCount, Is.GreaterThan(0),
                     "The generic beam lowerer did not instantiate the provider-owned effect prefab.");
-                var pickupDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 12f;
-                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < pickupDeadline &&
-                       (pickupCollection == null ||
-                        host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
-                            string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal))))
-                {
-                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.1f);
-                    runtime.Refresh();
-                }
-                finalPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
-                    string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection, Is.Not.Null,
-                    "The released client did not observe provider-owned feedback for Ymir contact collection.");
-                Assert.That(pickupCollectionEventCount, Is.EqualTo(1),
-                    "One Ymir contact transaction must emit one client-visible collection event.");
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ItemKey, Is.EqualTo("scrap-metal"));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ScalarValue, Is.EqualTo(1));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore, Is.Zero);
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter, Is.EqualTo(1));
-                Assert.That(finalPickupEntityCount, Is.EqualTo(initialPickupEntityCount - 1),
-                    "Collected pickup remained in the provider-authored entity generation.");
-
                 targetFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
                     .Single(entity => entity.EntityId == targetEntityId);
                 playerFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
@@ -511,22 +507,74 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(runtime.ActiveVersion, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(runtime.LastReceipt.SourceVersion));
                 actionReceipt = WitnessReceipt.From("action", runtime.LastReceipt);
 
-                var shotDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 15f;
-                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < shotDeadline && observedShot == null)
-                {
-                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
-                    runtime.Refresh();
-                }
-                Assert.That(observedShot, Is.Not.Null,
-                    "A reconciled fire request never reached daemon-owned lock acquisition and shot resolution.");
-                observedCombat = EveUnityCombatPresentation.Find(runtime.ActiveProjection);
-                Assert.That(observedShot.TargetEntityIndex, Is.EqualTo(targetEntityIndex));
-                Assert.That(observedShot.LockQuality, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0.99));
                 var trajectories = root.GetComponent<EveUnityShotTrajectoryRenderer>();
                 var combatRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityCombatPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(trajectories, Is.Not.Null);
-                Assert.That(trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 Assert.That(combatRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
+                var shotDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 20f;
+                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < shotDeadline &&
+                       (observedShot == null ||
+                        host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                            entity.EntityId == targetEntityId) ||
+                        (!destructionPickupObserved && pickupCollection == null)))
+                {
+                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
+                    runtime.Refresh();
+                    destructionPickupObserved |= host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                        string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                    maximumTrajectoryCount = Math.Max(maximumTrajectoryCount, trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount);
+                    combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
+                    hitMarkerObserved |= combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible;
+                }
+                Assert.That(observedShot, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "A reconciled fire request never reached daemon-owned lock acquisition and shot resolution.");
+                Assert.That(host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                        entity.EntityId == targetEntityId), Is.False,
+                    "The low-hull witness raider was not destroyed by daemon combat.");
+                Assert.That(destructionPickupObserved || pickupCollection != null, Is.True,
+                    "Daemon destruction did not publish its guaranteed cargo as a pickup.");
+                var collectionDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 15f;
+                var nextTractorAimAt = 0f;
+                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < collectionDeadline && pickupCollection == null)
+                {
+                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
+                    runtime.Refresh();
+                    maximumTrajectoryCount = Math.Max(maximumTrajectoryCount, trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount);
+                    combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
+                    hitMarkerObserved |= combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible;
+                    var pickupFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.FirstOrDefault(entity =>
+                        string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                    if (pickupFact == null || Time.realtimeSinceStartup < nextTractorAimAt)
+                        continue;
+                    playerFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
+                        .Single(entity => entity.EntityId == playerId);
+                    var tractorAim = pickupFact.Position - playerFact.Position;
+                    tractorAim.y = 0;
+                    if (tractorAim.sqrMagnitude <= 0.0001f)
+                        continue;
+                    tractorAim.Normalize();
+                    runtime.SubmitLookDirectionIntent(playerId, tractorAim.x, 0f, tractorAim.z);
+                    nextTractorAimAt = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 0.25f;
+                }
+                finalPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
+                    string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "Destruction-created salvage never reached cargo through a Ymir contact fact.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollectionEventCount, Is.EqualTo(1),
+                    "One destruction-loot Ymir contact transaction must emit one collection event.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ItemKey, Is.Not.Empty,
+                    "Destruction loot must retain its canonical typed item identity.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.EventId, Does.StartWith("ymir-fact:"),
+                    "Collection feedback must retain the consumed Ymir fact identity.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ScalarValue, Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore, Is.Zero);
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter, Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(finalPickupEntityCount, Is.Zero,
+                    "Collected destruction loot remained in the provider-authored entity generation.");
+                observedCombat = EveUnityCombatPresentation.Find(runtime.ActiveProjection);
+                Assert.That(observedShot.TargetEntityIndex, Is.EqualTo(targetEntityIndex));
+                Assert.That(observedShot.LockQuality, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0.99));
+                Assert.That(maximumTrajectoryCount, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
                 if (observedCombat != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(observedCombat.SelectedTargetEntityId))
                 {
@@ -534,7 +582,16 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     Assert.That(combatRenderer.LockVisible, Is.True);
                 }
                 if (observedShot.Hit && (observedShot.AppliedDamage > 0 || observedShot.ShieldAbsorbedDamage > 0))
-                    Assert.That(combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible, Is.True);
+                    Assert.That(hitMarkerObserved, Is.True);
+                }
+
+                aimRenderer ??= root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
+                Assert.That(aimRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
+                beamPresentation ??= EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
+                Assert.That(beamPresentation, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "The provider did not advertise its continuous beam presentation.");
+                beamRenderer ??= root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
+                finalPickupEntityCount = Math.Max(0, finalPickupEntityCount);
 
                 var camera = cameraObject.AddComponent<Camera>();
                 camera.clearFlags = CameraClearFlags.SolidColor;
@@ -715,6 +772,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(fieldViewport, Is.Not.Null);
                 Assert.That(fieldSplats, Is.Not.Null);
                 WriteWitnessFacts(
+                    witnessProfile,
                     initialVersion,
                     runtime.ActiveVersion,
                     movementDistance,
@@ -739,7 +797,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     observedCombat?.ShieldRatio ?? shieldRatioBefore,
                     hullRatioBefore,
                     observedCombat?.HullRatio ?? hullRatioBefore,
-                    (float)observedShot.LockQuality,
+                    (float)(observedShot?.LockQuality ?? 0),
                     aimDotDistance,
                     playerViewportWidth,
                     playerViewportHeight,
@@ -754,6 +812,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     initialPickupEntityCount,
                     finalPickupEntityCount,
                     pickupCollectionEventCount,
+                    destructionPickupObserved,
                     pickupCollection,
                     camera.transform.position,
                     camera.transform.forward,
@@ -783,6 +842,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
         }
 
         private static void WriteWitnessFacts(
+            string witnessProfile,
             long initialVersion,
             long finalVersion,
             float movementDistance,
@@ -822,6 +882,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             int initialPickupEntityCount,
             int finalPickupEntityCount,
             int pickupCollectionEventCount,
+            bool destructionPickupObserved,
             EveUnityFeedbackEvent pickupCollection,
             Vector3 cameraPosition,
             Vector3 cameraForward,
@@ -838,6 +899,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path)) return;
             var document = new WitnessFacts
             {
+                witnessProfile = witnessProfile,
                 providerAdvertisement = true,
                 providerAssets = true,
                 environmentPresentation = environmentPresentation,
@@ -879,9 +941,12 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 tractorBeamParticleSystemCount = tractorBeamParticleSystemCount,
                 pickupCollection = pickupCollection != null && pickupCollectionEventCount == 1 &&
                     pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter - pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore == pickupCollection.ScalarValue,
+                destructionLoot = destructionPickupObserved && pickupCollection != null &&
+                    pickupCollection.EventId.StartsWith("ymir-fact:", StringComparison.Ordinal),
                 initialPickupEntityCount = initialPickupEntityCount,
                 finalPickupEntityCount = finalPickupEntityCount,
                 pickupCollectionEventCount = pickupCollectionEventCount,
+                pickupEventId = pickupCollection?.EventId ?? "",
                 pickupItemKey = pickupCollection?.ItemKey ?? "",
                 pickupQuantity = (float)(pickupCollection?.ScalarValue ?? 0),
                 cargoQuantityBeforePickup = (float)(pickupCollection?.CargoQuantityBefore ?? 0),
@@ -909,6 +974,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
         [Serializable]
         private sealed class WitnessFacts
         {
+            public string witnessProfile;
             public bool providerAdvertisement;
             public bool providerAssets;
             public bool environmentPresentation;
@@ -949,9 +1015,11 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             public float tractorReleasedPower;
             public int tractorBeamParticleSystemCount;
             public bool pickupCollection;
+            public bool destructionLoot;
             public int initialPickupEntityCount;
             public int finalPickupEntityCount;
             public int pickupCollectionEventCount;
+            public string pickupEventId;
             public string pickupItemKey;
             public float pickupQuantity;
             public float cargoQuantityBeforePickup;
diff --git a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/manifest.json b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/manifest.json
index 01675bc..57a76fa 100644
--- a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/manifest.json
+++ b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/manifest.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
     "com.unity.modules.physics": "1.0.0",
     "com.unity.modules.uielements": "1.0.0",
     "com.unity.render-pipelines.universal": "17.4.0",
-    "org.gamecult.cultlib": "https://github.com/GameCult/CultLib.git?path=/unity/org.gamecult.cultlib#cultlib-unity-v1.0.13",
+    "org.gamecult.cultlib": "https://github.com/GameCult/CultLib.git?path=/unity/org.gamecult.cultlib#cultlib-unity-v1.0.14",
     "org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields": "https://github.com/GameCult/EvePlugins.git?path=/plugins/eve-plugin-fields/unity/org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields#eve-plugin-fields-unity-v0.2.3",
     "org.gamecult.eve.surface": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.surface#eveunity-surface-v0.2.2",
-    "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene#eveunity-scene-v0.3.49",
+    "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene#eveunity-scene-v0.3.50",
     "org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit#eveunity-uitoolkit-v0.1.1"
   },
   "testables": [
diff --git a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/packages-lock.json b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/packages-lock.json
index cc2cc9d..af58e02 100644
--- a/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/packages-lock.json
+++ b/ReleaseConsumerProject/Packages/packages-lock.json
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
       }
     },
     "org.gamecult.cultlib": {
-      "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/CultLib.git?path=/unity/org.gamecult.cultlib#cultlib-unity-v1.0.13",
+      "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/CultLib.git?path=/unity/org.gamecult.cultlib#cultlib-unity-v1.0.14",
       "depth": 0,
       "source": "git",
       "dependencies": {},
-      "hash": "feb5c71513e71d681699f462fe3682b3168c6f73"
+      "hash": "4b7162022a8976f7941b5a7a69acf50f1b6d532b"
     },
     "org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields": {
       "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/EvePlugins.git?path=/plugins/eve-plugin-fields/unity/org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields#eve-plugin-fields-unity-v0.2.3",
@@ -144,18 +144,18 @@
       "hash": "140e1bd963a0033e66777a3b2c5fe6e9c97dfe32"
     },
     "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene": {
-      "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene#eveunity-scene-v0.3.49",
+      "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene#eveunity-scene-v0.3.50",
       "depth": 0,
       "source": "git",
       "dependencies": {
-        "org.gamecult.cultlib": "1.0.13",
+        "org.gamecult.cultlib": "1.0.14",
         "org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields": "0.2.3",
         "org.gamecult.eve.surface": "0.2.2",
         "com.unity.mathematics": "1.3.2",
         "com.unity.render-pipelines.universal": "17.4.0",
         "com.unity.modules.particlesystem": "1.0.0"
       },
-      "hash": "e6ba1a36f6f0bce8df2c9834c25a8a980f03413c"
+      "hash": "7c8442e12264806a53a9e0e08b7b090dcddb8c90"
     },
     "org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit": {
       "version": "https://github.com/GameCult/EveUnity.git?path=/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit#eveunity-uitoolkit-v0.1.1",
diff --git a/TestProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs b/TestProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
index 4615ea8..e609d55 100644
--- a/TestProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
+++ b/TestProject/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/GenericWorldCaptureTests.cs
@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             int pickupCollectionEventCount = 0;
             int initialPickupEntityCount = 0;
             int finalPickupEntityCount = -1;
+            bool destructionPickupObserved = false;
+            int maximumTrajectoryCount = 0;
+            bool hitMarkerObserved = false;
+            var witnessProfile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("EVEUNITY_WITNESS_PROFILE") ??
+                                 "full-session-gameplay";
+            Assert.That(witnessProfile,
+                Is.EqualTo("cold-start-lowering").Or.EqualTo("full-session-gameplay"),
+                "The witness profile must name an explicit proof boundary.");
+            var requireSessionGameplay = string.Equals(
+                witnessProfile,
+                "full-session-gameplay",
+                StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer aimRenderer = null;
+            EveUnityBeamPresentation beamPresentation = null;
+            EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer beamRenderer = null;
 
             try
             {
@@ -280,8 +295,9 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 initialPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
                     string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                Assert.That(initialPickupEntityCount, Is.GreaterThan(0),
-                    "The daemon fixture did not publish its physical starter pickup through the entity SoA.");
+                if (requireSessionGameplay)
+                    Assert.That(initialPickupEntityCount, Is.Zero,
+                        "The witness scenario must obtain salvage from daemon-owned destruction, not a boot-seeded pickup.");
                 runtime.FeedbackAvailable += feedback =>
                 {
                     if (!string.Equals(feedback.Kind, "pickup.collected", StringComparison.Ordinal)) return;
@@ -343,6 +359,8 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 AssertReconciledProviderReceipt(runtime.LastReceipt, release.CommandId,
                     provider.Selection.ProviderId, provider.Selection.SurfaceId, releaseVersion);
 
+                if (requireSessionGameplay)
+                {
                 var movementVersion = runtime.ActiveVersion;
                 var focus = runtime.SubmitFocusIntent(playerId);
                 var focusDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 12f;
@@ -399,10 +417,10 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     provider.Selection.ProviderId, provider.Selection.SurfaceId, lookVersion);
                 Assert.That(Vector3.Dot(FindMarker(root, playerId).transform.forward, aim), Is.GreaterThan(0.99f));
                 lookReceipt = WitnessReceipt.From("look", runtime.LastReceipt);
-                var aimRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
+                aimRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(aimRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
 
-                var beamPresentation = EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
+                beamPresentation = EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
                 Assert.That(beamPresentation, Is.Not.Null,
                     "The provider did not advertise its continuous beam presentation.");
                 Assert.That(beamPresentation.ActivationActionId, Is.Not.Empty,
@@ -429,7 +447,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(provider.ResolvePrefab(new EveUnityPlayableWorldAssetBinding(
                         beamPresentation.AssetRole, beamPresentation.AssetRole, "provider-asset-ref")), Is.Not.Null,
                     $"The provider asset catalog did not resolve beam role '{beamPresentation.AssetRole}'.");
-                var beamRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
+                beamRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(beamRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
                 beamRenderer.RefreshNow();
                 Assert.That(beamRenderer.ActiveBeamCount, Is.EqualTo(1));
@@ -439,28 +457,6 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 tractorBeamParticleSystemCount = beamRenderer.ActiveParticleSystemCount;
                 Assert.That(tractorBeamParticleSystemCount, Is.GreaterThan(0),
                     "The generic beam lowerer did not instantiate the provider-owned effect prefab.");
-                var pickupDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 12f;
-                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < pickupDeadline &&
-                       (pickupCollection == null ||
-                        host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
-                            string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal))))
-                {
-                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.1f);
-                    runtime.Refresh();
-                }
-                finalPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
-                    string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection, Is.Not.Null,
-                    "The released client did not observe provider-owned feedback for Ymir contact collection.");
-                Assert.That(pickupCollectionEventCount, Is.EqualTo(1),
-                    "One Ymir contact transaction must emit one client-visible collection event.");
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ItemKey, Is.EqualTo("scrap-metal"));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ScalarValue, Is.EqualTo(1));
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore, Is.Zero);
-                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter, Is.EqualTo(1));
-                Assert.That(finalPickupEntityCount, Is.EqualTo(initialPickupEntityCount - 1),
-                    "Collected pickup remained in the provider-authored entity generation.");
-
                 targetFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
                     .Single(entity => entity.EntityId == targetEntityId);
                 playerFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
@@ -511,22 +507,74 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(runtime.ActiveVersion, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(runtime.LastReceipt.SourceVersion));
                 actionReceipt = WitnessReceipt.From("action", runtime.LastReceipt);
 
-                var shotDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 15f;
-                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < shotDeadline && observedShot == null)
-                {
-                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
-                    runtime.Refresh();
-                }
-                Assert.That(observedShot, Is.Not.Null,
-                    "A reconciled fire request never reached daemon-owned lock acquisition and shot resolution.");
-                observedCombat = EveUnityCombatPresentation.Find(runtime.ActiveProjection);
-                Assert.That(observedShot.TargetEntityIndex, Is.EqualTo(targetEntityIndex));
-                Assert.That(observedShot.LockQuality, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0.99));
                 var trajectories = root.GetComponent<EveUnityShotTrajectoryRenderer>();
                 var combatRenderer = root.GetComponent<EveUnityCombatPresentationRenderer>();
                 Assert.That(trajectories, Is.Not.Null);
-                Assert.That(trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 Assert.That(combatRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
+                var shotDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 20f;
+                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < shotDeadline &&
+                       (observedShot == null ||
+                        host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                            entity.EntityId == targetEntityId) ||
+                        (!destructionPickupObserved && pickupCollection == null)))
+                {
+                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
+                    runtime.Refresh();
+                    destructionPickupObserved |= host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                        string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                    maximumTrajectoryCount = Math.Max(maximumTrajectoryCount, trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount);
+                    combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
+                    hitMarkerObserved |= combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible;
+                }
+                Assert.That(observedShot, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "A reconciled fire request never reached daemon-owned lock acquisition and shot resolution.");
+                Assert.That(host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Any(entity =>
+                        entity.EntityId == targetEntityId), Is.False,
+                    "The low-hull witness raider was not destroyed by daemon combat.");
+                Assert.That(destructionPickupObserved || pickupCollection != null, Is.True,
+                    "Daemon destruction did not publish its guaranteed cargo as a pickup.");
+                var collectionDeadline = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 15f;
+                var nextTractorAimAt = 0f;
+                while (Time.realtimeSinceStartup < collectionDeadline && pickupCollection == null)
+                {
+                    yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(0.05f);
+                    runtime.Refresh();
+                    maximumTrajectoryCount = Math.Max(maximumTrajectoryCount, trajectories.ActiveTrajectoryCount);
+                    combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
+                    hitMarkerObserved |= combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible;
+                    var pickupFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.FirstOrDefault(entity =>
+                        string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                    if (pickupFact == null || Time.realtimeSinceStartup < nextTractorAimAt)
+                        continue;
+                    playerFact = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities
+                        .Single(entity => entity.EntityId == playerId);
+                    var tractorAim = pickupFact.Position - playerFact.Position;
+                    tractorAim.y = 0;
+                    if (tractorAim.sqrMagnitude <= 0.0001f)
+                        continue;
+                    tractorAim.Normalize();
+                    runtime.SubmitLookDirectionIntent(playerId, tractorAim.x, 0f, tractorAim.z);
+                    nextTractorAimAt = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + 0.25f;
+                }
+                finalPickupEntityCount = host.PresentedEntities.CurrentGeneration.Entities.Count(entity =>
+                    string.Equals(entity.EntityKind, "pickup", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "Destruction-created salvage never reached cargo through a Ymir contact fact.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollectionEventCount, Is.EqualTo(1),
+                    "One destruction-loot Ymir contact transaction must emit one collection event.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ItemKey, Is.Not.Empty,
+                    "Destruction loot must retain its canonical typed item identity.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.EventId, Does.StartWith("ymir-fact:"),
+                    "Collection feedback must retain the consumed Ymir fact identity.");
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.ScalarValue, Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore, Is.Zero);
+                Assert.That(pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter, Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(finalPickupEntityCount, Is.Zero,
+                    "Collected destruction loot remained in the provider-authored entity generation.");
+                observedCombat = EveUnityCombatPresentation.Find(runtime.ActiveProjection);
+                Assert.That(observedShot.TargetEntityIndex, Is.EqualTo(targetEntityIndex));
+                Assert.That(observedShot.LockQuality, Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0.99));
+                Assert.That(maximumTrajectoryCount, Is.GreaterThan(0));
                 combatRenderer.RefreshNow();
                 if (observedCombat != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(observedCombat.SelectedTargetEntityId))
                 {
@@ -534,7 +582,16 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     Assert.That(combatRenderer.LockVisible, Is.True);
                 }
                 if (observedShot.Hit && (observedShot.AppliedDamage > 0 || observedShot.ShieldAbsorbedDamage > 0))
-                    Assert.That(combatRenderer.HitMarkerVisible, Is.True);
+                    Assert.That(hitMarkerObserved, Is.True);
+                }
+
+                aimRenderer ??= root.GetComponent<EveUnityAimPresentationRenderer>();
+                Assert.That(aimRenderer, Is.Not.Null);
+                beamPresentation ??= EveUnityBeamPresentation.FindAll(runtime.ActiveProjection).SingleOrDefault();
+                Assert.That(beamPresentation, Is.Not.Null,
+                    "The provider did not advertise its continuous beam presentation.");
+                beamRenderer ??= root.GetComponent<EveUnityBeamPresentationRenderer>();
+                finalPickupEntityCount = Math.Max(0, finalPickupEntityCount);
 
                 var camera = cameraObject.AddComponent<Camera>();
                 camera.clearFlags = CameraClearFlags.SolidColor;
@@ -715,6 +772,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 Assert.That(fieldViewport, Is.Not.Null);
                 Assert.That(fieldSplats, Is.Not.Null);
                 WriteWitnessFacts(
+                    witnessProfile,
                     initialVersion,
                     runtime.ActiveVersion,
                     movementDistance,
@@ -739,7 +797,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     observedCombat?.ShieldRatio ?? shieldRatioBefore,
                     hullRatioBefore,
                     observedCombat?.HullRatio ?? hullRatioBefore,
-                    (float)observedShot.LockQuality,
+                    (float)(observedShot?.LockQuality ?? 0),
                     aimDotDistance,
                     playerViewportWidth,
                     playerViewportHeight,
@@ -754,6 +812,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                     initialPickupEntityCount,
                     finalPickupEntityCount,
                     pickupCollectionEventCount,
+                    destructionPickupObserved,
                     pickupCollection,
                     camera.transform.position,
                     camera.transform.forward,
@@ -783,6 +842,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
         }
 
         private static void WriteWitnessFacts(
+            string witnessProfile,
             long initialVersion,
             long finalVersion,
             float movementDistance,
@@ -822,6 +882,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             int initialPickupEntityCount,
             int finalPickupEntityCount,
             int pickupCollectionEventCount,
+            bool destructionPickupObserved,
             EveUnityFeedbackEvent pickupCollection,
             Vector3 cameraPosition,
             Vector3 cameraForward,
@@ -838,6 +899,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path)) return;
             var document = new WitnessFacts
             {
+                witnessProfile = witnessProfile,
                 providerAdvertisement = true,
                 providerAssets = true,
                 environmentPresentation = environmentPresentation,
@@ -879,9 +941,12 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
                 tractorBeamParticleSystemCount = tractorBeamParticleSystemCount,
                 pickupCollection = pickupCollection != null && pickupCollectionEventCount == 1 &&
                     pickupCollection.CargoQuantityAfter - pickupCollection.CargoQuantityBefore == pickupCollection.ScalarValue,
+                destructionLoot = destructionPickupObserved && pickupCollection != null &&
+                    pickupCollection.EventId.StartsWith("ymir-fact:", StringComparison.Ordinal),
                 initialPickupEntityCount = initialPickupEntityCount,
                 finalPickupEntityCount = finalPickupEntityCount,
                 pickupCollectionEventCount = pickupCollectionEventCount,
+                pickupEventId = pickupCollection?.EventId ?? "",
                 pickupItemKey = pickupCollection?.ItemKey ?? "",
                 pickupQuantity = (float)(pickupCollection?.ScalarValue ?? 0),
                 cargoQuantityBeforePickup = (float)(pickupCollection?.CargoQuantityBefore ?? 0),
@@ -909,6 +974,7 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
         [Serializable]
         private sealed class WitnessFacts
         {
+            public string witnessProfile;
             public bool providerAdvertisement;
             public bool providerAssets;
             public bool environmentPresentation;
@@ -949,9 +1015,11 @@ namespace GameCult.EveUnity.GenericClient.PlayModeTests
             public float tractorReleasedPower;
             public int tractorBeamParticleSystemCount;
             public bool pickupCollection;
+            public bool destructionLoot;
             public int initialPickupEntityCount;
             public int finalPickupEntityCount;
             public int pickupCollectionEventCount;
+            public string pickupEventId;
             public string pickupItemKey;
             public float pickupQuantity;
             public float cargoQuantityBeforePickup;
diff --git a/docs/aetheria-released-package-witness.md b/docs/aetheria-released-package-witness.md
index b738502..99b21ab 100644
--- a/docs/aetheria-released-package-witness.md
+++ b/docs/aetheria-released-package-witness.md
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
 
 ## Current result
 
-The warm-cache released-package witness passes with:
+The released-package witness passes in separate cold-lowering and warm-gameplay
+profiles with:
 
-- `org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene` `0.3.44`, commit
-  `03ce78031f28d7bfae4dcdc477a7273c6ecae55b`;
+- `org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene` `0.3.50`, commit
+  `7c8442e12264806a53a9e0e08b7b090dcddb8c90`;
 - `org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields` `0.2.3`, commit
   `c5a4a75c1b727499b16c2dae1895f29e2a9f72f0`;
 - `org.gamecult.eve.surface` `0.2.2`, commit
   `140e1bd963a0033e66777a3b2c5fe6e9c97dfe32`;
 - `org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit` `0.1.1`, commit
   `4d0cbe0185bdc4fc65eb63503a7c5cb578539669`;
-- `org.gamecult.cultlib` `1.0.13`, commit
-  `feb5c71513e71d681699f462fe3682b3168c6f73`;
+- `org.gamecult.cultlib` `1.0.14`, commit
+  `4b7162022a8976f7941b5a7a69acf50f1b6d532b`;
 - the generic `ReleaseConsumerProject` client connected directly to the
   Aetheria daemon.
 
-Evidence is in `artifacts/aetheria-daemon-fossil-fog-producers`. The PlayMode test
+Evidence is in `artifacts/aetheria-daemon-cultlib-1014-cold-final` and
+`artifacts/aetheria-daemon-cultlib-1014-warm-final`. The warm PlayMode test
 passed and recorded provider-owned reconciled movement, look, targeting,
 tractor press, tractor release, contact-gated cargo collection, and action
 receipts. The daemon-owned look direction reached the SoA body rotation,
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ Fields splat layers. Its surface contract contains logical ports such as
 names or pass indices. The selected `unity-scene` provider asset variant owns
 that concrete shader ABI through `unity.volume.*` metadata. The released
 generic lowerer resolved the provider shader and dither texture, rasterized all
-four layers, and composited `21` pilot-camera frames from daemon frame `223`.
+four layers, and composited `91` pilot-camera frames through daemon frame `643`.
 The provider variant advertises the fossil shader's raymarch, temporal-history,
 and composite passes plus their logical ports. EveUnity allocates and resets the
 history targets generically; a partial temporal ABI fails closed.
@@ -64,19 +66,20 @@ daemon lock progress `1.0`; Unity does not manufacture or smooth that value.
 Camera-channel facts:
 
 - provider-authored player renderers: `13`, including the lowered tractor effect;
-- pilot changed pixels: `191,353`;
-- pilot average luminance: `0.0283105`;
-- pilot bright pixels: `705`;
-- map-channel renderers: `11`;
-- map changed pixels: `4,444`;
+- pilot changed pixels: `196,179`;
+- pilot average luminance: `0.0993295`;
+- pilot bright pixels: `1,348`;
+- map-channel renderers: `10`;
+- map changed pixels: `4,627`;
 - native cockpit progress bars: `7`;
 - daemon tractor power at capture: `1.0` after the held input completed its
   authored ramp;
 - daemon tractor power after the advertised release: `0`;
 - provider tractor particle systems: `1`;
-- pickup entities before/after collection: `1` / `0`;
+- pickup entities before/after destruction and collection: `0` / `0`;
 - provider `pickup.collected` events: exactly `1`;
-- collected item and quantity: `scrap-metal`, `1`;
+- collected item and quantity: one canonical `aetheria.item_definition:*` key,
+  quantity `1`;
 - authoritative cargo quantity before/after: `0` / `1`;
 - the pilot camera excludes the advertised map layer;
 - the player prefab's embedded layer-14 map icon contributes exactly `0` pilot
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ Visual inspection confirms that map glyphs are absent from the pilot frame and
 present in the map-only frame. This is transport, authority, field-production,
 and lowering proof, not visual parity: the current pilot capture is nearly black
 with sparse clipped geometry instead of the fossil's bright blue gravity-shaped
-fog sea. Release `0.3.44` adds generic lowering for Eve Fields `0.2.3`'s
+fog sea. Release `0.3.50` includes generic lowering for Eve Fields `0.2.3`'s
 `AnimatedRadialCosine` source alongside `PowerPulse`, dither-scale,
 temporal-history, and finite-look-at semantics. Aetheria publishes the fossil
 global animated simplex/cellular/ambient producer stack, body-owned radial wave
@@ -119,10 +122,12 @@ build removes the fossil's embedded tractor object from player/ship prefabs, so
 the standalone `beam.presentation` prefab is the only tractor renderer. Its
 cyan/yellow dotted band is visible in the pilot capture and absent from the map
 capture.
-The same released run begins with one provider-owned pickup in the entity SoA.
-Held tractor input produces a Ymir Begin contact fact; the daemon consumes that
-fact once, removes the pickup once, changes cargo from `0` to `1`, and emits one
-`pickup.collected` feedback event carrying the exact delta. Aetheria's Ymir body
+The warm gameplay run begins with no pickup. A daemon-authoritative shot destroys
+the deterministic salvage target and creates one provider-owned pickup carrying
+a canonical generated cargo item. Held tractor input produces a Ymir Begin
+contact fact; the daemon consumes that fact once, removes the pickup once,
+changes cargo from `0` to `1`, and emits one `pickup.collected` feedback event
+whose identity begins with `ymir-fact:`. Aetheria's Ymir body
 mapping excludes stations and non-ship world bodies from pickup collision facts,
 so ambient station contact cannot become a cargo writer. Capacity rejection and
 its `cargo-capacity` reason are covered by the daemon smoke, not claimed as a
@@ -138,19 +143,23 @@ Primary artifacts:
 - `aetheria-daemon-world.png`: pilot-camera capture;
 - `aetheria-daemon-map.png`: map-only capture.
 
-## Cold delivery is not currently proven
+## Cold delivery proof
 
-The current `46,412,252` byte Unity bundle (SHA-256
-`bc45d84b54666e813bfccca12496ba4a3533ed08896dfc57de726749574fa796`)
-times out from an empty cache. Its bytes are
-still transported through batched snapshot records rather than the intended
-mapped/network body transport. Increasing the Unity timeout would hide the
-transport fault and is not an accepted fix.
+The `cold-start-lowering` profile starts with zero bodies and zero partials. It
+receives the `46,412,384` byte Unity bundle through the managed
+`cultmesh.content.v1` session, verifies SHA-256
+`f5960f240ecfd56de417e8e51fde34cfb962fc6fcf0840cc373190e7dbc6048f`,
+atomically promotes one `.body`, and leaves zero partials under the unchanged
+300-second deadline. The full witness took `84.991` seconds; the Unity test took
+`43.212` seconds. It then lowered provider assets, movement, environment, four
+field layers across `127` composites, and both camera channels. The pilot camera
+excluded map objects and the map camera included them.
 
-A cold witness may be claimed only when an empty cache receives the bundle over
-the intended body transport, atomically promotes the hash-addressed `.body`,
-leaves no `.partial` file, and completes the same released-client assertions.
-
-`artifacts/render-channel-witness-gravity-cold-4` records a historical 0.3.18
-cold run. It remains useful regression evidence, but it does not describe the
-health of the current transport path.
+Cold asset acquisition and transient gameplay are deliberately separate proof
+profiles. Starting Unity before the provider means download time is not a
+stable lifetime for a boot-seeded enemy or pickup. The cold profile proves
+delivery and lowering; `full-session-gameplay` starts a fresh warm authoritative
+session and proves combat, destruction-created loot, Ymir contact collection,
+and exactly-once receipts. Neither profile claims negotiated mapped/zero-copy
+CDN delivery: the released path is the managed network content session and
+still copies/fragments bytes in process.
diff --git a/scripts/run-aetheria-daemon-world-witness.ps1 b/scripts/run-aetheria-daemon-world-witness.ps1
index 20d049a..967fe85 100644
--- a/scripts/run-aetheria-daemon-world-witness.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-aetheria-daemon-world-witness.ps1
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ param(
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-$expectedEveUnityCommit = "e6ba1a36f6f0bce8df2c9834c25a8a980f03413c"
+$expectedEveUnityCommit = "7c8442e12264806a53a9e0e08b7b090dcddb8c90"
 $expectedEveFieldsCommit = "c5a4a75c1b727499b16c2dae1895f29e2a9f72f0"
 $expectedEveUnityUiToolkitCommit = "4d0cbe0185bdc4fc65eb63503a7c5cb578539669"
-$expectedCultLibCommit = "feb5c71513e71d681699f462fe3682b3168c6f73"
+$expectedCultLibCommit = "4b7162022a8976f7941b5a7a69acf50f1b6d532b"
 $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
 $projectRoot = $ClientProject
 $outputRoot = if ([IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($OutputDirectory)) { $OutputDirectory } else { Join-Path $repoRoot $OutputDirectory }
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ if ($CacheState -eq "warm" -and -not $cacheWasWarm) {
   throw "Warm witness requested without an existing verified bundle cache at $assetCachePath"
 }
 $observedCacheState = if ($cacheWasWarm) { "warm" } else { "cold" }
+$witnessProfile = if ($observedCacheState -eq "cold") {
+  "cold-start-lowering"
+} else {
+  "full-session-gameplay"
+}
 $witnessStartedAt = [DateTimeOffset]::UtcNow
 foreach ($ephemeralPath in @(
   $replicaPath,
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ $daemonArguments = @(
   "--client-cultmesh-host", "127.0.0.1",
   "--client-cultmesh-advertise-host", "127.0.0.1",
   "--client-cultmesh-port", $Port,
-  "--tick-interval-ms", 250,
+  "--tick-interval-ms", 20,
   "--fixed-delta-ms", 20,
   "--no-odin-announcements"
 )
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@ $env:EVEUNITY_DISABLE_AUTO_LAUNCHER = "1"
 $env:EVEUNITY_ASSET_CACHE_PATH = $assetCachePath
 $env:EVEUNITY_WITNESS_FACTS_PATH = $factsPath
 $env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_READY_PATH = $providerReadyPath
+$env:EVEUNITY_WITNESS_PROFILE = $witnessProfile
 $arguments = @(
   "-batchmode", "-projectPath", $projectRoot,
   "-runTests", "-testPlatform", "PlayMode",
@@ -231,9 +237,20 @@ try {
     }
   }
   $facts = Get-Content -LiteralPath $factsPath -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
-  if (-not $facts.combatPresentation -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($facts.shotId) -or
-      [double]$facts.lockProgress -le 0.99) {
-    throw "Live witness did not observe daemon-owned selection, completed lock, and a resolved shot."
+  if ($facts.witnessProfile -ne $witnessProfile) {
+    throw "Live witness ran the wrong proof profile. expected=$witnessProfile actual=$($facts.witnessProfile)"
+  }
+  if (-not $facts.providerAssets -or -not $facts.environmentPresentation -or
+      -not $facts.movement -or -not $facts.pilotCameraExcludesMapChannel -or
+      -not $facts.mapCameraIncludesMapChannel -or [int]$facts.fieldVolumeLayerCount -le 0 -or
+      [long]$facts.fieldVolumeCompositeCount -le 0) {
+    throw "Live witness did not prove provider assets, movement, Fields lowering, and camera-channel separation."
+  }
+  if ($witnessProfile -eq "full-session-gameplay" -and
+      (-not $facts.combatPresentation -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($facts.shotId) -or
+       [double]$facts.lockProgress -le 0.99 -or -not $facts.pickupCollection -or
+       -not $facts.destructionLoot -or [int]$facts.pickupCollectionEventCount -ne 1)) {
+    throw "Full-session witness did not prove combat and exactly-once destruction-loot Ymir contact collection."
   }
   $releaseLock = Get-Content -LiteralPath (Join-Path $repoRoot "ReleaseConsumerProject\Packages\packages-lock.json") -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
   $releasedPackageClient = $projectRoot -eq "ReleaseConsumerProject"
@@ -297,6 +314,7 @@ try {
     generatedAtUtc = [DateTimeOffset]::UtcNow.ToString("O")
     execution = [ordered]@{
       cacheState = $observedCacheState
+      profile = $witnessProfile
       durationMs = $durationMs
       testDurationMs = $testDurationMs
     }
@@ -335,7 +353,11 @@ try {
         sizeBytes = $resultsArtifact.Length
       }
     )
-    authority = "released-generic-runtime-observes-provider-assets-authoritative-combat-receipts-and-camera-channel-separation"
+    authority = if ($witnessProfile -eq "full-session-gameplay") {
+      "released-generic-runtime-observes-provider-assets-authoritative-gameplay-receipts-ymir-contact-collection-and-camera-channel-separation"
+    } else {
+      "released-generic-runtime-cold-loads-provider-assets-lowers-playable-world-and-preserves-camera-channel-separation"
+    }
   }
   $witness | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 12 | Set-Content -LiteralPath $witnessPath -Encoding UTF8
   $stateWitnessPath = Join-Path $outputRoot "runtime-witness.$observedCacheState.json"
@@ -349,6 +371,6 @@ try {
 finally {
   if ($null -ne $unity -and -not $unity.HasExited) { Stop-Process -Id $unity.Id -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
   if ($null -ne $daemon -and -not $daemon.HasExited) { Stop-Process -Id $daemon.Id -Force }
-  Remove-Item Env:EVEUNITY_RENDEZVOUS_ENDPOINT, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_ENDPOINT, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_ID, Env:EVEUNITY_SURFACE_ID, Env:EVEUNITY_REPLICA_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_AETHERIA_CAPTURE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_AETHERIA_MAP_CAPTURE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_DISABLE_AUTO_LAUNCHER, Env:EVEUNITY_ASSET_CACHE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_WITNESS_FACTS_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_READY_PATH -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+  Remove-Item Env:EVEUNITY_RENDEZVOUS_ENDPOINT, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_ENDPOINT, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_ID, Env:EVEUNITY_SURFACE_ID, Env:EVEUNITY_REPLICA_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_AETHERIA_CAPTURE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_AETHERIA_MAP_CAPTURE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_DISABLE_AUTO_LAUNCHER, Env:EVEUNITY_ASSET_CACHE_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_WITNESS_FACTS_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_PROVIDER_READY_PATH, Env:EVEUNITY_WITNESS_PROFILE -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
   Remove-Item Env:AETHERIA_TRACE_EVE_SNAPSHOTS -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 }
diff --git a/scripts/run-interactive-aetheria.ps1 b/scripts/run-interactive-aetheria.ps1
index 3dae7e9..c02e208 100644
--- a/scripts/run-interactive-aetheria.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-interactive-aetheria.ps1
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ $daemon = Start-Process dotnet -ArgumentList @(
   "--client-cultmesh-host", "127.0.0.1",
   "--client-cultmesh-advertise-host", "127.0.0.1",
   "--client-cultmesh-port", $Port,
-  "--tick-interval-ms", 250,
+  "--tick-interval-ms", 20,
   "--fixed-delta-ms", 20,
   "--no-odin-announcements"
 ) -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden -RedirectStandardOutput $daemonLog -RedirectStandardError "$daemonLog.error"