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type: research-request
status: open
updated: 2026-08-13
research_sequence: 24-of-30
Research Request — Environment Masters, Era, and Social Reality
Story question
What minimum evidence makes a Seeds location feel inhabited, era-correct, socially specific, and distinct from generic fantasy or science fiction?
Scope
Research architecture, streets, interiors, infrastructure, ecology, geography, class signals, and ordinary public life by decade and location type. Preserve the surface-versus-hidden civilization rule. Do not invent named Seeds locations or declare decorative generations canonical.
Required output
- Environment-master schema and evidence hierarchy
- Era-resolution requirements beyond decade labels
- Social-layer, time-of-day, weather, season, maintenance, and population fields
- Rules for hidden, disguised, controlled, and explicit advanced infrastructure
- Priority list of Seeds-specific environment definitions and benchmark establishing shots
Development gate
Replace generic surface-civilization only with author-grounded location masters; undefined load-bearing places must continue to block generation.