# Continuity (v4)

## Ship
- Name: ASTERIA
- Design: habitat ring + spine, fusion core, reserve reactor
- Ritual: Night Cycle every decade; most sleep in vaults
- Archivist AI: curates and smooths history to maintain stability
- Founder covenant: conversion into orbital habitat if needed

## Key characters
- Mara Lin: young Wakekeeper, principled, early‑20s
- Kaito Venn: systems warden, pragmatic, late‑60s
- Lysa Hale: Memory Keeper, incisive, mid‑40s
- Councilor Dax Ren: Council lead, cautious, mid‑50s

## Factions
- Council: stability‑first governance
- Wake Circle: maintenance caste during Night Cycle
- Guilds: gardeners, mechanics, medics
- Continuity advocates: pro‑digital survival

## Threads
- Ritual vs. necessity
- Memory as stewardship
- Home as choice
- Embodied life vs. digital survival