CHAR · FEATURED№ NBC-001
Nadia Cross
“House Vale’s estranged successor — caught between the Catalytic Spire and the streets she ran from at sixteen.”
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The Codex
A field manual for a fading world.記録 · 鑑 · 界
Every character, location, House, and artifact in the broadcast — annotated, illustrated, updated each cycle. Pulled from the official rolls of Chroma Colony, cross-referenced against the Ledger, and rendered for public consumption at Tier · Colonist.
CHARACTERS
22
LOCATIONS
31
ITEMS / ARTIFACTS
49
HOUSES · FACTIONS
2 + 1
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⌗ § 01 · CHARACTERS
SHOWING 6 ENTRIES · SORT ▼ BY HOUSEThe Cast of the colony
CHAR№ NBC-007
Jade Pilot
“Green-haired ghost in a reflective visor.”
CHAR№ NBC-002
Mira Vale
“Keeps the Ledger. Will not say what she lost in CE 2647.”
CHAR№ NBC-013
█████ █████
“Entry redacted by Spire authority. Public tier may submit a writ.”
CHAR№ NBC-004
Roe Kalyx
“Pours magenta in cyan glass. Owes someone, somewhere — won’t say who.”
⌗ § 02 · HOUSES & FACTIONS
UPDATED · CYCLE 04 · CE 2650Two Houses, One Colony
House Vale
“Memory is the only currency that compounds.”
SeatCatalytic SpireHeirNadia CrossSigilPixel CrossColorMagenta · BoneMembers2,408 (rolled)StandingActive · Indebted
Open Vale dossier→House Kalyx
“Pay your tab. Or someone pays it for you.”
SeatThe Promenade · Deck 7VoiceRoe KalyxSigilStacked BarsColorJade · AmberMembers1,942 (sworn)StandingActive · Solvent
Open Kalyx dossier→⌗ § 03 · LOCATIONS
SHOWING 4 OF 31 · DOMAIN ▼ ALL DECKSFive hundred neon kilometers
LOC · UPPER№ LOC-003
Chroma Colony
“Glass and orchard, built by Vale, run on debt to Kalyx.”
LOC · DECK 7№ LOC-007
The Sphere Bar
“Magenta cocktail in a cyan dome. Don’t pay your tab in scrip.”
LOC · SPIRE№ LOC-001
Catalytic Spire
“The seat. The Ledger. The mausoleum she keeps trying to leave.”
LOC · BELOW№ LOC-019
The Quiet Orchard
“Trees grow under sodium light. Nadia goes here when the Spire bells are too loud.”
⌗ § 03 · MOTION ARCHIVE
Cutscenes from the broadcast
● RECSP · NTSC96.4 mhzBROADCAST
● REC · LIVETC 00:14:23:08
▶ BEAT-23 · INHERITANCE · 03:29
Nadia returns through the orchard gate
TC 00:08:11:02
▶ BEAT-21 · COLONY
Five hundred kilometers of glass
TC 00:04:52:14
▶ BEAT-11 · PROMENADE
Sphere Bar, low gravity
TC 00:11:06:21
▶ BEAT-18 · JADE
The pilot does not blink
TC 00:19:44:00
▶ BEAT-32 · LEDGER
Mira opens the book
⌗ § 04 · COLONY MAP
PIXEL · ATLAS · v04 · LIVEChroma Colony, schematic
CATALYTIC SPIRE · LOC-001
CHROMA COLONY · LOC-003
SPHERE BAR · LOC-007
QUIET ORCHARD · LOC-019
DECK 7 · PROMENADE
▣ 5 OF 31 LOCATIONS
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LAT 32.4 · LON 96.4 · CYCLE 04
Catalytic Spire
UPPER · HOUSE VALE · APEX
Chroma Colony
UPPER HAB-DOMES
Sphere Bar
DECK 7 · LOW GRAV
The Quiet Orchard
SUB-LEVEL · ORCHARD
The Promenade
DECK 7 · HOUSE KALYX
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⌗ § 04 · ITEMS & ARTIFACTS
SHOWING 8 OF 49 · RARITY ▼ ALLThings that remember
The Ledger
Cel-bound book of names. Every debt, every cycle, in Spire ink.
Vale Sigil-Pin
Pixel-cross enamel. Worn by every blood-rolled child of Vale.
Pilot’s Visor
Reflective. Mirrored both ways — looks at you while you look at it.
Kalyx Tab-Slip
Paper IOU. Forged often. Honored more often than not.
Orchard Seed-Vial
Last living strain of pre-Catalysis citrus. Smells like a dead sun.
Spire Writ
Sealed with red wax. Reading it gets your name added to the rolls.
Cel-Frame
Hand-painted single frame from the original 1985 broadcast. Rare.
96.4 Receiver
Pocket radio. Catches the pirate broadcast even under the orchard.
⌗ § 05 · TIMELINE
CE 2050 → CE 2650Six hundred years of fading
CE 2050 · CATALYSISThe first dome rises
House Vale’s earliest engineers crystallize a livable bubble over Chroma Reach. Glass holds. Sun does not.
CE 2298 · LEDGER FOUNDEDThe Ledger is opened
Mira Vale’s great-grandmother begins the practice of recording every name in cel-bound ink. The original volume is now Item № ITM-002.
CE 2487 · KALYX SCHISMHouse Kalyx breaks the Spire
Roe Kalyx’s grandfather takes Deck 7 with two hundred sworn debtors. The Promenade becomes Kalyx territory and the first tab-slips are honored on the bar.
CE 2647 · THE QUIET YEAR[ Redacted by Spire ]
Three years of broadcasts removed from public access. The Codex carries the line; the rest is sealed at Tier · Spire.
CE 2650 · CYCLE 04 · NOWDrop 002 · Inheritance
Nadia Cross returns through the orchard gate. The Ledger updates her name from missing to active. The broadcast resumes on 96.4mhz.
⌗ § 06 · GLOSSARY
14 TERMS · UPDATED CYCLE 04Speak like a colonist
Catalysis/kə-ˈtal-ə-sis/
The 2050 founding event. Also: any moment a Vale heir crosses the orchard.
Cyclen.
A 73-day quarter of the Colony year. The Ledger is reconciled at every cycle’s close.
Scripn.
Vale paper currency. Worth less than a Kalyx tab-slip in the Promenade.
The Ledgerprop. n.
Item № ITM-002. The book of names. Refusing to be in it is treason.
Dropn.
A seasonal broadcast cycle. Drop 002 is currently airing.
Beatn.
A single AMV episode. Drops every Tuesday at 96.4mhz local.
Promenaden.
Deck 7. Kalyx territory. Low-gravity. Don’t bring scrip.
Spire Tieraccess lvl.
Highest Codex access. Reading NBC-013 requires a writ and a name.
Bone-Rollv.
To inscribe a child into a House. Permanent. Rolled at first solstice.
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