Decision journal / Sep 13, 2026

Leave one crop in human hands

Automation should not play the whole game.

The problem

All ornaments covering the same eleven strains defeated the intended variety.

The choice

Nine distinct groups, plus hand-grown OG Kush.

Why this direction

Daniel’s defect report and follow-up specify the groups and the exception.

What it changed

Optional care and manual farming remain meaningful.

Later revisions

October crew automation is a later system with its own costs and progression.

This is a concise decision record. It does not invent undocumented alternatives or private reasoning.

Evidence & perspective

  • Recovered origins and development history · 2026-09-29 · Recovered transcript excerpts and retrospective reconstruction

    September 29 corrected history supplied through the shared project archive. Preserves direct user excerpts and separates assistant work reports from player observations. Its opening correction supersedes older missing-origin claims.