Status: Accepted
Date: 2026-05-25
Context#
V5 needs a coherent cast across disparate cells and eras. A separate cast per cell would make Bureau XP, relationship state, and Mind Palace linkage harder to reason about.
Decision#
V5 uses one unified Cross-Continuum Bureau cast. Characters can appear in cell-specific roles, memories, or analogs, but identity, relationship state, and global unlock metadata are modeled through the shared roster.
Consequences#
- Bureau XP and relationship systems have one actor identity source.
- Dialogue and cinematic tooling reference shared roster IDs.
- Cell-specific presentation can vary without fragmenting canonical character state.