0063 — NPC scheduler and lifecycle hardening (Group H)

Status

Folded into npc-scheduler.md, npc-lifecycle.md — defer to those pages for the canonical description. (re-verified 2026-08-06)

Context

Eight audit findings clustered on the NPC scheduler and lifecycle layer. One was critical (a 15-minute coverage-gap grief vector after a Marshal KIA); the other seven were correctness, default-value, edge-case, and social-graph future-work items. The cluster was mostly clarification work plus one structural change: zero-gap primary/backup promotion on Marshal KIA.

Folded into: - ../SYSTEMS/npc-scheduler.md — engagement routing, shift handoff, KIA reroute, coverage-gap promotion (N-F1, N-D2, N-D3, N-F4, N-I1) - ../SYSTEMS/npc-lifecycle.md — respawn cooldown, recruit training, social-graph placeholder, genocide rapid-recovery (N-I2, N-I3, N-V4)

Related

• ADR-0053 — periodic-service surface for the patrol-squad coherence sweep.
• ADR-0060 G-V3 — warp-tunnel reachability rule (N-I1 follows the same constraint).
• ../SYSTEMS/npc-scheduler.md — engagement routing, shift handoff, KIA reroute, coverage-gap promotion.
• ../SYSTEMS/npc-lifecycle.md — respawn cooldown, recruit training, social-graph placeholder, genocide rapid-recovery.
• ../DATA_MODELS/npcs.md — NPCCharacter.status, engagement_eligible_at, duty_role mutation.
• ../SYSTEMS/realtime-bus.md — npc.role_promoted, npc.coordinated_genocide_detected events.