# Continuity Report: Chapter 15

## Diagnosis

Chapter 15 delivers the emotional milestone of the first Earth-2-built satellite while immediately tying orbital vision to the coming resource and launch-corridor conflict.

## Timeline Updates

- The chapter opens at 12 years, 028 days until keyhole crossing.
- Lamp One becomes the first Earth-2-built satellite.
- Kharos fortification of the equatorial corridor is observed from orbit.

## Character State Updates

- Ilyon and Sira work in the launch control bunker, with Ilyon impatient about the satellite's name.
- Aravel experiences the first planetary image as both triumph and strategic warning.
- Jonas defends Suryan-built imperfection as politically necessary.
- Kael identifies abnormal Kharos movements from satellite imagery.

## Worldbuilding Updates

- Lamp One is locally made with Earth knowledge and Suryan metal, labor, and inspection seals.
- Public broadcasts reach villages and hidden listeners in Kharos.
- The equatorial corridor is confirmed as strategically vital for later heavy launches.

## Unresolved Promises

- Whether Kharos fortification can be reversed without war.
- How the first planetary image changes Earth-2 identity.
- Whether hidden Kharos listeners become dissenters.

## Foreshadowing Introduced

- "Home, then danger" frames the satellite era and future war arc.
- Aravel's mother metaphor foreshadows defense of launch roads as defense of the planet.

## Required Bible Updates

- Track Lamp One as first Earth-2-built satellite.
- Track Kharos army movement toward the equatorial corridor.