# Discovery.md — LazarusForgeV0 ## What This Repository Is LazarusForgeV0 is the active working repository for the Lazarus Forge — a salvage-first, adaptive resource recovery system designed to preserve functional value before material reduction. This is the operational counterpart to the doctrine-focused `Lazarus-Forge-` repository. **Core KPI:** Value recovered per kWh consumed. --- ## Suggested Reading Order For a new reader or returning AI, read in this sequence: 1. `README.md` — Project overview and core principles 2. `Lazarus_forge_v0_flow.md` — The master decision flow (8 gates) 3. `Trajectories_LF.md` — Version roadmap from v0 to interstellar 4. `Ethical_Constraints.md` — Governance and permission framework 5. `Component_Triage_System.md` — Decision gateway between reuse and destruction 6. `Components.md` — Critical vs useful components taxonomy 7. `geck_forge_seed.md` — Minimum viable seed for new Forge deployment 8. `energy_v0.md` — Energy strategy and accounting 9. `Spin_Chamber_v0.md` — Core melting and separation module 10. `Stratification_Chamber_v0.md` — Pre-purification separation module 11. `Air_Scrubber_v0.md` — Safety and containment subsystem 12. `Ship_of_Theseus_Right_to_Repair.md` — Philosophical and legal grounding 13. `leviathan_testing.md` — Deep-ocean autonomous test framework --- ## File Summaries **README.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/README.md` Project landing page. Defines the salvage-first vision, five core principles, system scope, and the primary KPI. Honest about what v0 does and does not claim. **Auditor_Protocols.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Auditor_Protocols.md` **Lazarus_forge_v0_flow.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Lazarus_forge_v0_flow.md` The master decision flow. Eight sequential gates from intake through utilization, with explicit pass/fail logic at each stage. Includes the Human/AI Oversight Gate and the fabrication priority order. The governing document for all operational decisions. **Trajectories_LF.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Trajectories_LF.md` Version roadmap from v0 (terrestrial proof of persistence) through v5 (interstellar propagation). Each version is defined by a survival threshold and exit condition, not a feature list. Skipping versions is explicitly discouraged. **Ethical_Constraints.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Ethical_Constraints.md` Embedded AI governance framework. Covers ownership recognition, legal context awareness, life preservation heuristics, cultural site protection, and refusal as a first-class action. Applies to all autonomous Forge operations including Leviathan deployments. Capability never outruns permission. **Component_Triage_System.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Component_Triage_System.md` Five-station triage workflow (visual → electrical → mechanical → subassembly → assisted evaluation). Defines the decision gateway between reuse and destruction. Includes data logging loop and minimum viable gen-1 configuration. **Components.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Components.md` Taxonomy of critical vs useful components across v0–v3. Includes Bootstrap Doctrine (imperfect beginnings are valid), proxy/downgrade paths, and graduation rules. A component is critical if its absence allows silent failure. **geck_forge_seed.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/geck_forge_seed.md` Defines the minimum viable seed required to instantiate a new Forge in a resource-sparse location. Eight core modules from power through human interface. Success criterion: the seed can eventually rebuild itself. The G.E.C.K. is not meant to impress — it is meant to survive. **energy_v0.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/energy_v0.md` Incremental energy strategy. Covers grid bootstrap, salvaged motor-generators, biogas, solar, and thermal recovery. Primary metric: kWh per kg of recovered usable output. Energy independence is not assumed at v0 — honest trajectory matters more than initial balance. **Spin_Chamber_v0.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Spin_Chamber_v0.md` Core melting and separation module. Converts mixed metallic scrap into ranked material streams via induction heating, slow rotation, and MHD damping. Produces useful gradients, not pure metal. Designed for long operational life, modular repair, and bootstrap compatibility. The tortoise. **Stratification_Chamber_v0.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Stratification_Chamber_v0.md` Pre-purification separation module operating between reduction and purification. Uses controlled rotation to divert material away from energy-intensive melting. Success is defined by avoided processing, not perfect separation. Target: ≥30% material diversion rate. **Air_Scrubber_v0.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Air_Scrubber_v0.md` Safety and containment subsystem. Five-stage architecture: sacrificial intercept → ionization → thermal quench → wet scrubbing → polishing. Operates under negative pressure. If the scrubber cannot verify safe operation, the Forge does not run. Includes Leviathan-compatible marine extension variant. **Ship_of_Theseus_Right_to_Repair.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/Ship_of_Theseus_Right_to_Repair.md` Philosophical and legal grounding. Uses the Ship of Theseus paradox to frame repair as identity preservation rather than reproduction. Builds a right-to-repair defense strategy including grain provenance tracking, QR documentation, and patent risk mitigation. **leviathan_testing.md** `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksarith/LazarusForgeV0/refs/heads/main/leviathan_testing.md` Deep-ocean autonomous test framework. Leviathan exists to break assumptions and surface hidden failure modes before off-world deployment. Covers core test philosophy, power/endurance assumptions, failure and recovery doctrine, swarm extensions, and distributed learning via delay-tolerant networking. Survival is optional. Understanding is not. --- ## Repository Role This is the **active working repository** — lean, connected, and operational. Doctrine and philosophy are developed in the companion repository `Lazarus-Forge-` and refined here into practical implementation. Divergence between the two repos is a signal, not a problem — it surfaces when doctrine needs updating or practice has drifted from principles.