I. Alignment

1.1 Media Fellowship Mandate and Sovereign Creative Mission Lock

1.1.1 Fellowship Authority and Narrative Sovereignty Each accredited Media Fellow is vested with corridor-sovereign narrative authority, enshrined in the Nexus Fellowship Charter and binding under multi-corridor constitutional frameworks, UNCITRAL Model Law fallback provisions, and the binding jurisdiction of the Nexus Standards Foundation (NSF) Clause Tribunal. (a) Fellows hold non-transferable, sovereign-grade rights to originate, adapt, fork, version, and publicly deploy scenario-anchored media productions including but not limited to immersive Extended Reality (XR), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), synthetic narrative engines, procedurally generated civic news, AI-governed conversational agents, and participatory crisis foresight games. (b) Each Fellow’s authority interlocks every scenario with corridor policy clusters, bioregional cultural statutes, and Nexus Ecosystem governance modules, ensuring that all narrative forks remain corridor-compliant and treaty-anchored. (c) All outputs must embed RDF triples for metadata traceability, inherit SPDX licenses for transparent reuse constraints, mint DOI identifiers for legal discovery, and bind fallback Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) structures for corridor arbitration fallback. (i) Studios must file quarterly scenario reproducibility statements with corridor councils; (ii) Civic Labs and Indigenous Governance Boards maintain audit privilege over scenario forks to ensure cultural sanctity and compliance; (iii) Confirmed breaches obligate NSF Tribunal certification, AAP fallback insurance deployment, and GRIX corridor risk reindexing.

1.1.2 Immutable Mission Lock Framework The Media Fellowship’s creative mandate is cryptographically secured by an immutable Mission Lock: an enforceable smart contract constellation executed across NE modules and corridor fallback DAG layers. (a) No alteration, suspension, or rescission of a Fellow’s narrative sovereign rights shall be valid without a GRA Quorum supermajority, NSF Legal Counsel attestation, and GRF Ethics Council approval. (b) Zero-knowledge Machine Learning (zkML) attestations continuously validate narrative integrity, generative content constraints, and corridor license compliance: (i) NXSCore authenticates runtime compute states for procedural generation, agent autonomy, and simulation replay; (ii) NXSQue orchestrates inheritance of fallback DAGs for live scenario rollbacks in case of misuse; (iii) GRIX dynamically adjusts corridor scenario impact trust scores and flags breaches in corridor dashboards. (c) Any Mission Lock violation—such as unauthorized monetization, unlawful deepfake deployment, cultural appropriation, or scenario disinformation—automatically triggers AAP fallback insurance, sandbox quarantine of the scenario in breach, and NSF Tribunal escalation under UNCITRAL arbitration fallback.

1.1.3 Corridor Cultural Bonding and Indigenous Narrative Custodianship All scenarios must anchor to corridor-specific cultural statutes, community rights, and Indigenous narrative governance provisions consistent with the Nagoya Protocol and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. (a) Fellows are required to secure Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) when utilizing or adapting traditional knowledge, ritual scripts, sacred geographies, or Indigenous narrative forms. (b) RDF metadata must record jurisdictional bonding to Indigenous or local community clauses, attach benefit-sharing schedules, and link FPIC certificates as immutable DOIs for public verification. (c) Any corridor treaty amendment or local constitutional revision that affects cultural narrative status must auto-trigger fallback DAG rebinding and corridor scenario revalidation. (i) NSF certifies each scenario’s compliance with corridor cultural bonding rules; (ii) EWS modules push redline breach alerts to FPIC councils; (iii) DSS archives statutory compliance records for tribunal readiness.

1.1.4 SPDX Licensing, RDF Provenance, and DOI Legal Trail Every media artifact—whether standalone narrative, immersive runtime, or synthetic news fork—must maintain clause-auditable licensing and traceable provenance: (a) SPDX license declarations must codify remix conditions, territorial use restrictions, derivative adaptation allowances, and corridor-specific public commons provisions. (b) RDF triple stores must embed scenario UUIDs, FPIC status flags, fallback DAG pointers, corridor jurisdiction codes, co-authorship digital signatures, and synthetic generation attestations. (c) DOIs must be minted for every scenario version and stored in the Nexus Registry, Zenodo archives, and corridor treaty repositories to guarantee discoverability and legal enforceability in sovereign or UNCITRAL proceedings. (i) Civic Labs conduct metadata lineage audits on a rolling quarterly basis; (ii) GRIX scenario risk flags indicate inconsistencies in licensing chains; (iii) DSS notarizes each licensing checkpoint for fallback arbitration triggers.

1.1.5 NE Module Runtime Governance and Corridor-Compliant Tech Stacks All narrative runtime executions, immersive experiences, and synthetic agent scenarios must conform to corridor runtime governance standards validated through NE modules: (a) Only corridor-certified engines—Unity, Unreal, Godot, WebXR, or equivalent open-source frameworks—may execute narrative runtime forks; each runtime must include fallback sandbox gates and user-facing consent interfaces. (b) NXSCore generates cryptographic proofs of compute authenticity and logs procedural generation boundaries for runtime scenario pivots. (c) NXSQue synchronizes fallback DAG rollbacks for misuse detection or narrative bias manipulation mid-session. (i) GRIX continuously monitors scenario runtime impact on corridor risk indices; (ii) EWS issues live redline notifications for any runtime breach; (iii) DSS maintains a version-controlled runtime lineage archive for corridor tribunal replay if a breach or manipulation occurs.

1.1.6 Embodied Consent and Spatial Privacy Governance XR/MR/AR installations must uphold corridor and bioregional statutes on biometric privacy and embodied data governance: (a) Explicit opt-in consent is mandatory for all forms of gaze tracking, facial recognition, spatial position tracking, or volumetric capture. (b) Any bystanders appearing in ambient LIDAR or volumetric datasets must provide FPIC if corridor law or local community protocols require communal privacy respect. (c) Consent records must be RDF-indexed, DOI-minted, and encrypted in DSS archives for corridor council audits or tribunal subpoenas. (i) Civic Labs and Indigenous councils retain standing rights to demand random consent audits; (ii) Breach of embodied consent activates insurance fallback and scenario quarantine; (iii) NSF enforces restitution as tribunal awards or corridor compliance bonds.

1.1.7 Synthetic Actor Governance and Deepfake Scenario Controls Synthetic narrative characters, AI NPCs, and deepfake-enabled scenario nodes must adhere to corridor disinformation mitigation protocols and ethical agent deployment standards: (a) Synthetic agent origin must be declared in scenario RDF metadata and in runtime onboarding UX so that participants distinguish synthetic from verified civic spokespersons. (b) No likeness, voice clone, or behavioral mimicry of corridor dignitaries, elders, or Indigenous figureheads shall be permitted without FPIC and explicit corridor Quorum approval. (c) DSS must log all agent interactions; GRIX flags agent misuse signals for corridor council notification and NSF Tribunal escalation.

1.1.8 DAO Quorum Governance and Studio Cluster Authority Scenario deployment, immersive installation release, and derivative fork licensing require DAO Quorum authorization: (a) Fellows submit scenario runtime builds and immersive forks for Quorum deliberation prior to corridor publication. (b) DSS notarizes quorum milestone votes, RDF-anchors scenario states, and mints DOIs to preserve lineage integrity in corridor registries. (c) Civic Labs may audit quorum logs at any time; Indigenous Boards hold non-negotiable veto power over narrative content that implicates protected cultural memory or spiritual knowledge.

1.1.9 Breach Resolution, Scenario Revocation, and Fellow Appeals Any verified misuse—whether narrative plagiarism, deepfake distortion, FPIC violation, or corridor disinformation—activates corridor breach resolution: (a) NE modules detect anomaly signals; DSS logs breach data; EWS broadcasts corridor redline alerts in real time. (b) NSF certifies the breach severity, freezes funding disbursements, locks scenario runtime in sandbox quarantine, and activates AAP fallback insurance if affected communities claim damages. (c) Fellows retain full appeal rights: (i) Appeals must be lodged within corridor law deadlines; (ii) NSF replays the full simulation scenario lineage to confirm breach or exoneration; (iii) GRA Quorum re-votes reinstatement, conditional on corridor council approval; (iv) DSS logs final verdicts with updated RDF metadata and DOI trail.

1.1.10 Sovereign Scenario Lifecycle, Sunset Protocol, and Revival Chain Each narrative scenario must progress through the following sovereign lifecycle: Draft → Verified → Published → Forked → Runtime Active → Sandbox Quarantine (if breach) → Sunset → Archived → Revival (a) Sunset certification requires corridor council quorum, Indigenous FPIC sign-off (if applicable), and NSF Clause Tribunal final ruling. (b) Upon sunset, raw assets may be securely erased per corridor data sovereignty protocols, but RDF provenance, SPDX inheritance, and DOI lineage must persist indefinitely for reproducibility and corridor treaty referencing. (c) Any scenario revival must undergo new quorum validation, corridor legal re-alignment, fresh FPIC consent if original content was Indigenous or community-bound, and updated DSS indexation. (i) DSS logs state transitions for all lifecycle phases; (ii) GRIX recalculates corridor trust scores on revival approval; (iii) Zenodo hosts updated scenario forks with immutable RDF graphs for public corridor review.

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Final Sovereign Legal Assertion The Media Fellowship Mission Lock is corridor-sovereign, non-derogable, and enforceable at all times by NSF Tribunal jurisdiction, fallback DAG quarantine chains, AAP insurance guarantees, and UNCITRAL treaty fallback. This guarantees sovereign narrative governance, corridor cultural resilience, embodied ethical compliance, and scenario traceability across the full Nexus Fellowship Charter duration (2025–2035) and beyond through corridor treaty extensions.

1.2 Corridor Constitutional Compliance and Legal Standing

1.2.1 Corridor Constitutional Supremacy and Fellowship Recognition Each certified Media Fellow’s narrative rights and scenario authorship powers exist within and are subordinate to the supreme constitutional order of every recognized Nexus corridor and any national or bioregional constitutional regimes that host corridor treaty nodes. (a) All narrative scenarios must conform to:  (i) Fundamental cultural sovereignty protections;  (ii) Freedom of expression rights safeguarded by corridor and national constitutions;  (iii) Community narrative ownership statutes;  (iv) Corridor-specific biometric data and privacy safeguards. (b) Any scenario, runtime fork, or synthetic derivative that conflicts with these constitutional rights must be immediately sandboxed by fallback DAG triggers and escalated for NSF Tribunal review. (c) Civic Labs, corridor councils, and Indigenous Governance Boards retain delegated authority to flag breaches. (d) DSS must preserve an immutable evidence chain, while EWS dispatches public corridor-wide alerts ensuring transparency and real-time community oversight.

1.2.2 Binding Treaty Equivalence and MoU Integration Media Fellowship scenarios carry binding legal status equivalent to corridor treaty clauses and registered Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between GCRI, host states, Indigenous councils, and bioregional stewards. (a) This guarantees that all narrative forks:  (i) Are fully admissible in corridor courts;  (ii) Have enforceability in corridor treaty tribunals;  (iii) Default to UNCITRAL arbitration when corridor or national frameworks lack explicit coverage. (b) Each scenario’s RDF metadata must encode:  (i) Treaties and MoU identifiers;  (ii) Fallback DAG lineage;  (iii) Cross-jurisdiction enforcement clauses. (c) NSF validates equivalency compliance at approval; DSS notarizes and locks these linkages in corridor registries.

1.2.3 Registered Residency and Jurisdictional Nexus Media Fellows must maintain an official registered corridor residency, verified via the Nexus Passport Registry and corridor council certification logs. (a) Residency status binds the Fellow’s:  (i) Scenario drafting rights;  (ii) Runtime deployment permissions;  (iii) Studio charter registrations;  (iv) IP licensing entitlements. (b) Fellows may hold multiple corridor residencies, provided each is uniquely tagged:  (i) Distinct RDF jurisdiction codes;  (ii) Segregated fallback DAG pathways;  (iii) Individual GRIX corridor risk profiling. (c) Any change in residency must trigger:  (i) Automatic scenario compliance checks;  (ii) Fallback DAG rebinding;  (iii) Real-time treaty recalibration updates via EWS.

1.2.4 Constitutional Overrides and Emergency Powers If a corridor faces constitutional suspension due to crises—political instability, civic conflict, natural disaster, or treaty breakdown—emergency governance protocols ensure continuity of lawful scenario execution. (a) NE modules continually scan corridor signals; EWS broadcasts redline alerts if constitutional safeguards are at risk. (b) Scenario forks running in affected corridors auto-sandbox to prevent misuse or disinformation. (c) GRA Quorum may issue limited emergency deployment permissions, requiring NSF Tribunal oversight and corridor council notification. (d) Impacted Fellows and Studios receive compensation or restitution through AAP insurance modules, with breach cost recovery coordinated by DSS.

1.2.5 Indigenous Governance Alignment and FPIC Enforcement Fellowship scenarios must align with corridor Indigenous governance principles and FPIC mandates, as articulated in corridor law and international agreements like the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). (a) Narrative works that draw upon:  (i) Traditional ecological knowledge;  (ii) Sacred cultural stories;  (iii) Spiritual imagery or ritual frameworks—must obtain prior Indigenous Board approval. (b) FPIC agreements must be:  (i) RDF-tagged;  (ii) DOI-minted for tribunal verification;  (iii) Immutable under corridor treaty law. (c) Indigenous Governance Boards may veto scenario deployment, force fallback sandboxing, and require revalidation if custodianship conditions are breached.

1.2.6 Constitutional Compliance for Engines and Synthetic Agents Scenario runtimes and synthetic narrative agents must comply with corridor constitutional digital sovereignty and biometric privacy mandates. (a) Approved engines—Unity, Unreal, Godot, WebXR, or corridor-certified open frameworks—must store sensitive scenario data within corridor-approved secure environments. (b) Synthetic NPCs and narrative bots must:  (i) Comply with corridor-level disinformation statutes;  (ii) Explicitly disclose AI-driven origins during user onboarding;  (iii) Avoid biometric profiling or behavioral manipulation beyond corridor-permitted thresholds. (c) Breach detection triggers:  (i) Automatic sandbox isolation via fallback DAG;  (ii) DSS evidence locking;  (iii) NSF Tribunal case creation with possible fallback UNCITRAL arbitration.

1.2.7 Legal Personality of Studios and Creative Clusters Studios and collaborative clusters officially gain corridor-registered legal personality upon quorum ratification. (a) Qualifying structures include:  (i) Nonprofit DAOs;  (ii) Cooperative media collectives;  (iii) Civic commons narrative institutions. (b) Studio charters must be:  (i) Clause-certified;  (ii) GRA Quorum-approved;  (iii) Registered with NSF Clause Registry and corridor council archives. (c) Studios benefit from:  (i) Treaty-grade protection for collective IP;  (ii) Corridor immunity clauses for protected cultural works;  (iii) Rights to collective bargaining and shared licensing frameworks. (d) Studios are required to:  (i) Maintain quorum logs;  (ii) Submit annual audit reports;  (iii) Store governance trails in DSS for tribunal fallback.

1.2.8 Dispute Resolution Hierarchy and Constitutional Tribunal Access Scenario-related disputes—covering narrative plagiarism, cultural defamation, FPIC infractions, or misappropriation—must first be addressed by corridor constitutional courts. (a) If local courts lack functional jurisdiction or neutrality:  (i) NSF Clause Tribunal becomes the primary arbitrator;  (ii) UNCITRAL arbitration is used as final fallback for unresolved conflicts. (b) Fellows and studios must:  (i) Preserve complete RDF metadata;  (ii) Archive DOI-linked scenario proofs;  (iii) Maintain fallback DAG chains and DSS logs for legal proceedings. (c) EWS must issue live updates to corridor councils on the status of active cases and final adjudications.

1.2.9 Cross-Jurisdictional Fallback Logic Where multiple corridor constitutions govern a collaborative scenario: (a) The primary host corridor’s constitution and treaties prevail first. (b) Secondary corridors synchronize enforcement through MoU clauses and synchronized fallback DAGs. (c) If conflicts remain unresolved:  (i) NSF Tribunal arbitrates;  (ii) UNCITRAL arbitration executes binding fallback rulings to enforce cross-border scenario compliance.

1.2.10 Sovereign Standing Continuity, Sunset, and Legal Sunset Protocol Media Fellowship sovereign standing remains valid for the entire Nexus Charter period (2025–2035) and extends automatically with corridor treaty renewals unless sunset through due process. (a) Sunset requires:  (i) Corridor council quorum vote;  (ii) Indigenous FPIC council countersignature if cultural clauses apply;  (iii) NSF Tribunal ratification. (b) On sunset activation:  (i) Scenario assets are archived;  (ii) RDF/SPDX license chains and DOI lineage persist permanently for legal reproducibility. (c) GRIX recalibrates corridor narrative resilience indices post-sunset; DSS secures the full legal trail for historical governance, policy referencing, and audit continuity under corridor treaty law.

1.3 DAO Governance Embedding and Role Authority

1.3.1 DAO Constitutional Embedding Every certified Media Fellow operates under a legally recognized DAO governance structure that is codified within the Nexus Fellowship Charter and enforceable under corridor constitutional law, corridor-specific treaties, NSF Clause Tribunal jurisdiction, and UNCITRAL fallback pathways. (a) The DAO serves as the primary governance mechanism for scenario approval, narrative trust certification, funding allocation, and cross-cluster dispute resolution. (b) Core DAO elements include:  (i) Weighted quorum thresholds for all scenario lifecycle checkpoints;  (ii) Role-based voting power balanced between Fellows, Studio Stewards, Civic Lab Observers, and Indigenous Boards;  (iii) Emergency override permissions embedded within fallback DAGs. (c) Any scenario or narrative work circumventing DAO governance is automatically sandboxed; DSS logs the violation; EWS issues corridor redline alerts; and NSF Tribunal proceedings activate to rectify governance breaches.

1.3.2 Role Authority Definition and Corridor Accountability DAO governance clusters define corridor-sovereign authority for every participating role: (a) Recognized roles include:  (i) Fellows: scenario architects with sovereign narrative rights;  (ii) Studio Stewards: custodians of cluster scenario compliance;  (iii) Cluster Editors: metadata guardians and cultural attunement reviewers;  (iv) Civic Lab Observers: public accountability agents monitoring ethical adherence and societal impact. (b) Each role’s jurisdictional power and decision scope is enforceable under corridor treaties and MoUs. (c) Role abuse, voting fraud, or scenario manipulation triggers immediate DSS logging, corridor council alerts, EWS redlines, and NSF Tribunal correction actions.

1.3.3 Weighted Quorum Protocols and Compliance Thresholds Scenario certification, fork approval, and runtime publishing require binding quorum validation. (a) Minimum quorum includes:  (i) Primary Fellow author or fork originator;  (ii) At least two Studio Stewards for cultural and policy integrity;  (iii) One Civic Lab Observer for independent civic trust verification;  (iv) Indigenous Board representative for scenarios involving protected cultural narratives. (b) Voting weights reflect corridor cultural sensitivity and narrative risk exposure. Indigenous Boards possess irrevocable veto on protected content. (c) DSS notarizes quorum decisions, generates RDF hashes for proof-of-quorum, and mints DOIs linked to scenario state lineage for tribunal admissibility.

1.3.4 Cluster Federation and Cross-Corridor Governance Studios and clusters federate within DAO corridors for multi-region narrative co-productions. (a) Each cluster must adopt a clause-certified governance charter specifying quorum rules, scenario lifecycle governance, and fallback sandbox triggers. (b) Cross-cluster scenarios must pass federated quorum voting, with all votes merged by DSS into a unified governance proof chain. (c) Cluster-level disputes escalate first to GRA regional oversight, then to NSF Tribunal if corridor resolutions fail. Fallback arbitration follows UNCITRAL standards.

1.3.5 Emergency Governance Overrides and Redline Triggers DAO governance embeds real-time parametric overrides to protect corridor integrity and treaty compliance: (a) GRIX monitors corridor scenario impact scores. Spikes in narrative misuse or risk auto-trigger scenario sandboxing through fallback DAG execution. (b) Civic Labs and Indigenous Boards may issue manual override requests if cultural breach or disinformation is detected during scenario runtime. (c) EWS pushes redline alerts corridor-wide; DSS archives override events for NSF Tribunal auditing; AAP modules unlock insurance payouts for impacted Fellows.

1.3.6 Scenario Lifecycle Governance Anchored to DAO Quorum Every scenario must follow the legally binding clause-governed lifecycle: Draft → Quorum Certified → Published → Active Runtime → Forked → Sandbox Quarantine → Sunset → Archival → Revival (a) Transitions between lifecycle states require explicit quorum consensus, DSS notarization, RDF scenario ID updates, and DOI issuance for scenario version tracking. (b) Breach of lifecycle compliance, such as unauthorized forks or illicit revival, mandates corridor quarantine, GRIX recalibration, and NSF Tribunal escalation.

1.3.7 Role Escalation, Sanctioning, and Due Process Any misconduct—misuse of governance privilege, quorum manipulation, conflict of interest—activates a tiered sanction process: (a) Stage 1: Warning notice with mandated corrective actions; (b) Stage 2: Temporary suspension of DAO privileges and corridor voting rights; (c) Stage 3: Full expulsion from DAO cluster and revocation of Fellowship narrative rights. (d) Fellows have the right to appeal all sanctions to the NSF Clause Tribunal. Civic Labs must publish sanctions logs in corridor public dashboards for full transparency.

1.3.8 Cross-Cluster Coordination and Conflict Resolution For multi-cluster scenario governance: (a) Each cluster votes independently using local quorum rules validated against corridor treaties. (b) DSS merges cluster quorum data into a federated RDF governance block. (c) If clusters conflict over scenario states, fallback DAGs isolate forks and GRIX triggers corridor conflict alerts. (d) Unresolved disputes escalate to NSF Tribunal for binding resolution enforceable under UNCITRAL fallback.

1.3.9 Treasury Governance Embedded in DAO Charter DAO governance directly manages the corridor Treasury to ensure clause-compliant scenario funding and prevent fraud: (a) Funding disbursements are clause-linked to scenario milestones verified by DSS and GRA oversight. (b) Corridor insurance reserves are governed by AAP modules for risk payout in breach events. (c) Multi-signature approvals by Studio Stewards, Civic Labs, and Indigenous Boards are required for large disbursements. (d) Breach of treasury governance locks wallets, quarantines associated scenarios via fallback DAG, and EWS broadcasts financial breach redlines.

1.3.10 Continuous Governance Audit and Corridor Compliance Reporting DAO quorum histories, cluster governance logs, treasury spending records, and scenario governance trails must be continuously audit-ready: (a) Civic Labs conduct random corridor audits to ensure governance integrity. (b) NSF performs annual governance reviews, publishing compliance scores in corridor reports. (c) GRIX corridor trust indices adjust dynamically based on governance audit outcomes and scenario compliance levels. (d) All governance artifacts—quorum records, cluster charters, audit logs—are RDF-tagged, SPDX-licensed, and DOI-minted for corridor public record and treaty-grade reproducibility.

1.4 Multilateral Treaty Alignment and Global Policy Recognition

1.4.1 Treaty Backbone and Corridor Treaty Stack Each Media Fellow’s narrative authority is structurally underpinned by the Nexus Fellowship’s multilateral treaty stack. (a) The treaty stack comprises:  (i) Corridor Constitutional Charters;  (ii) Bilateral and multilateral Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with host states;  (iii) Regional Bioregional Agreements;  (iv) Cross-corridor GCRI umbrella conventions. (b) Scenario outputs inherit treaty status, enforceable under corridor law, NSF Clause Tribunal jurisdiction, and UNCITRAL Model Law fallback. (c) DSS encodes treaty references in each scenario’s RDF metadata and notarizes compliance lineage.

1.4.2 Global Recognition and Sovereign Admissibility Narrative outputs produced by certified Media Fellows are globally recognized as treaty-compliant civic media instruments. (a) Host states must acknowledge clause-verified scenarios as valid participatory governance tools. (b) Treaty recognition guarantees admissibility in corridor courts, policy forums, Indigenous councils, and UNCITRAL arbitration panels. (c) Civic Labs maintain public treaty recognition indexes; EWS broadcasts changes in recognition status corridor-wide.

1.4.3 Intergovernmental Organization Compliance Media Fellowship outputs align with:  (i) UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity;  (ii) Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing;  (iii) UNDRIP FPIC norms;  (iv) UN Human Rights Council principles for freedom of expression. (a) Fellows must maintain RDF proofs of compliance for every scenario using Indigenous knowledge or community-authored narrative content. (b) NSF audits treaty compliance annually; DSS stores proofs for tribunal admissibility.

1.4.4 Corridor Treaty Harmonization Clauses All scenarios must harmonize with corridor-specific treaty instruments: (a) Scenario RDF must map to corridor environmental, cultural, and narrative treaties. (b) Any corridor treaty amendment triggers fallback DAG rebinding and scenario sandbox quarantine until compliance is verified. (c) Indigenous Governance Boards certify cultural treaty alignment for protected content.

1.4.5 Cross-Corridor Mutual Recognition Corridors mutually recognize scenario certificates, FPIC status, and governance audit trails through the Nexus Registry. (a) RDF scenario IDs synchronize across corridor governance nodes. (b) Multi-corridor forks inherit treaty proofs from parent scenarios; DSS notarizes fork equivalence lineage. (c) Cross-corridor disputes default to NSF Tribunal and UNCITRAL fallback.

1.4.6 Scenario Treaty Impact Audits Every scenario must undergo impact scoring for treaty compliance: (a) GRIX assesses cultural, environmental, and socio-political impacts. (b) High-impact forks require additional corridor council reviews and Indigenous Board sign-off. (c) EWS issues treaty risk alerts if audit flags treaty conflict.

1.4.7 Multilateral Policy Citation Protocols Scenarios validated under this framework are eligible for:  (i) Citation in corridor policy instruments;  (ii) Use in treaty negotiation briefs;  (iii) Reference in regional sustainable development plans. (a) DOI-minted outputs must be archived in the Nexus Registry and Zenodo. (b) Civic Labs ensure scenario discoverability through RDF indexing.

1.4.8 Treaty Fallback Enforcement Pathways If a host state breaches treaty recognition: (a) GRA Quorum may issue a corridor breach notice; (b) NSF Tribunal initiates scenario quarantine and insurance payout; (c) UNCITRAL arbitration triggers sovereign restitution mechanisms. (d) Fallback DAGs preserve scenario continuity while legal settlement proceeds.

1.4.9 Global Accreditation and Partner Endorsements Fellows may receive endorsements from treaty-linked partners such as:  (i) UNESCO Creative Cities;  (ii) UNDRR platforms;  (iii) International Federation of Journalists;  (iv) Regional Bioregional Councils. (a) Endorsements enhance scenario citation weight in global policy forums. (b) DSS logs partner verifications; GRIX updates Fellow trust indices.

1.4.10 Treaty Lifecycle Tracking and Sunset Governance Each scenario’s treaty status must persist for its entire lifecycle: Draft → Certified → Published → Forked → Active → Sandbox → Sunset → Archived → Treaty Revival (if needed) (a) Sunset requires corridor council quorum, Indigenous FPIC (where relevant), and NSF Tribunal countersignature. (b) RDF treaty lineage must remain immutable post-sunset for citation in corridor policy archives. (c) Revival of a sunset scenario demands fresh treaty impact scoring, new FPIC validation, and full quorum recertification. (d) DSS preserves treaty lifecycle logs; GRIX adjusts corridor treaty resilience scores accordingly.

1.5 ICMA-Compliant Independent Contractor Status

1.5.1 Legal Basis for Independent Contractor Recognition All certified Media Fellows are legally designated as independent contractors, consistent with international best practices under the International Confederation of Music and Arts (ICMA) principles, corridor constitutional frameworks, and the Nexus Fellowship Charter. (a) Fellows are not employees of GCRI, NSF, GRA, or any corridor host state but are sovereign creative agents with scenario-linked obligations. (b) This status ensures Fellows retain control over:  (i) Scenario creation timelines;  (ii) Choice of narrative tools, engines, and collaborators;  (iii) IP licensing negotiations consistent with corridor cultural custodianship. (c) NSF Tribunal enforces contractor status disputes under corridor law and UNCITRAL fallback arbitration.

1.5.2 Contractor Agreements and Clause Certification Each Fellow must execute a clause-certified Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) binding them to corridor treaty compliance and scenario governance rules. (a) The ICA must be:  (i) SPDX-licensed;  (ii) RDF-anchored;  (iii) DOI-minted for corridor council and Civic Lab audit. (b) Clause passports link the ICA to each scenario fork and studio charter. (c) Breach of ICA terms triggers fallback sandboxing, NSF Tribunal correction, and possible suspension of corridor funding streams.

1.5.3 Tax Compliance and Reporting Obligations Fellows must comply with corridor and host-state independent contractor tax obligations. (a) Earnings derived from scenario outputs, studio royalties, or corridor treasury grants must be declared under corridor taxation treaties. (b) DAO Treasury and Civic Labs assist Fellows in issuing tax receipts and maintaining transparent financial ledgers. (c) NSF may audit tax compliance; non-compliance invokes corridor financial breach protocols.

1.5.4 Insurance and Risk Allocation ICMA-compliant Fellows must maintain: (a) Personal liability insurance covering narrative misuse, defamation claims, and corridor cultural breach indemnities. (b) Coverage for scenario sandboxing losses or corridor force majeure events, guaranteed through AAP fallback pools. (c) Proof of active insurance must be RDF-tagged and DOI-logged for corridor council verification.

1.5.5 Contractor Autonomy in Creative Methods Fellows exercise full creative discretion within corridor governance constraints. (a) Choice of game engines, XR toolkits, or synthetic agent frameworks remains Fellow-directed. (b) Scenario roadmaps must adhere to corridor treaty parameters but allow autonomous design experimentation. (c) DAO quorum may intervene only if outputs violate corridor constitutional protections or treaty norms.

1.5.6 Intellectual Property Rights and Revenue Sharing Independent contractor status guarantees Fellows: (a) Retention of authorship credits on narrative works; (b) Right to negotiate IP licensing terms for commercial forks; (c) Eligibility for clause-anchored revenue shares from studio co-productions and corridor-funded immersive installations. (d) Civic Labs monitor fair revenue disbursement; DSS logs licensing lineage.

1.5.7 Subcontracting and Team Assembly Fellows may engage additional subcontractors, collaborators, or technical partners under their ICA: (a) All subcontracts must be:  (i) Clause-wrapped;  (ii) SPDX-compliant;  (iii) RDF-notarized and DOI-minted for corridor legal proof. (b) Subcontractors must abide by corridor treaty clauses and scenario fallback DAG inheritance. (c) Fellows bear ultimate responsibility for subcontractor compliance.

1.5.8 Dispute Resolution for Contractor Conflicts Disputes arising under the ICA, including payment conflicts, scope disagreements, or breach claims: (a) Are resolved first through corridor Civic Lab mediation; (b) Escalate to NSF Clause Tribunal if mediation fails; (c) Default to UNCITRAL arbitration for unresolved cross-jurisdictional matters.

1.5.9 Termination and Breach Protocols Termination of contractor status follows corridor constitutional due process: (a) Grounds include repeated ICA breach, misuse of corridor funds, or persistent scenario governance violations. (b) Termination triggers:  (i) Immediate sandboxing of active scenario forks;  (ii) AAP insurance claims for impacted cluster stakeholders;  (iii) Public corridor council disclosure via EWS redline broadcasts.

1.5.10 Lifecycle and ICA Sunset Governance The ICA remains valid for the entire active Fellowship term and must sunset in alignment with corridor treaty extensions: (a) Sunset requires corridor council quorum vote, NSF countersignature, and Indigenous FPIC ratification where applicable. (b) Upon sunset, DSS archives the ICA RDF lineage; SPDX licenses persist for archival IP reference. (c) Revival of contractor status requires fresh ICA execution, corridor council re-approval, and NSF recertification.

1.6 Clause Trust Structures, Delegation Chains, and Quorum Voting Rights

1.6.1 Establishment of Clause Trusts Each Media Fellow’s scenario and derivative narrative work must be encapsulated within a legally recognized Clause Trust. (a) Clause Trusts serve as sovereign legal containers that bind:  (i) Scenario metadata;  (ii) SPDX licensing terms;  (iii) RDF jurisdiction lineage;  (iv) Fallback DAG inheritance rights. (b) NSF registers Clause Trusts in the corridor Clause Registry. (c) Breach or misuse of a Clause Trust triggers immediate sandboxing and NSF Tribunal investigation.

1.6.2 Trust Delegation Chains Clause Trusts empower scenario delegation through clear, corridor-compliant chains of trust. (a) Fellows may delegate:  (i) Narrative forks to other Fellows or studios;  (ii) Runtime implementation rights to cluster developers;  (iii) Licensing negotiations to Civic Labs or Indigenous Boards for cultural custodianship. (b) Each delegation must be:  (i) Quorum-approved;  (ii) RDF-tagged;  (iii) DOI-minted for legal traceability. (c) DSS logs all delegation chains for corridor audit and fallback enforcement.

1.6.3 Multi-Layered Trust Custodianship Clause Trusts may have multiple layers of custodians:  (i) Primary Fellow or studio charter holder;  (ii) Indigenous Board signatories for protected content;  (iii) Civic Lab observers for public governance compliance. (a) Custodians hold joint authority to veto misuse or non-compliant forks. (b) NSF Tribunal resolves conflicts between custodians under corridor treaty law.

1.6.4 Quorum Voting Rights Embedded in Trusts Voting rights attached to Clause Trusts govern scenario lifecycles: (a) Quorum rights define who can:  (i) Approve forks;  (ii) Certify publication;  (iii) Initiate sandbox quarantines;  (iv) Trigger sunset or revival. (b) Voting thresholds must align with corridor treaty requirements for narrative sovereignty and cultural protections. (c) DSS notarizes all quorum votes and archives governance trails for tribunal verification.

1.6.5 Scenario Fork Inheritance and Sub-Trusts Each scenario fork inherits its parent Clause Trust lineage. (a) Forked scenarios must establish sub-Trusts:  (i) Linking back to the parent RDF anchor;  (ii) Updating SPDX inheritance;  (iii) Embedding fallback DAG chains. (b) Sub-Trust breaches affect parent Trust compliance scores in GRIX, triggering corridor alerts.

1.6.6 Revocation of Delegation and Trust Control Trust delegations can be revoked if:  (i) A delegate misuses narrative rights;  (ii) Cultural or treaty protections are violated;  (iii) Corridor councils detect governance non-compliance. (a) Revocation triggers fallback DAG sandboxing. (b) NSF Tribunal must certify revocation legality; Civic Labs publish revocation logs for transparency.

1.6.7 Cross-Corridor Trust Equivalency Clause Trusts are portable across multiple corridors via treaty-backed equivalency: (a) RDF metadata must map jurisdiction tags for each corridor. (b) Multi-corridor Trusts harmonize fallback DAG paths to ensure synchronized sandboxing during conflicts. (c) Disputes over cross-corridor Trust validity escalate to NSF Tribunal and, if unresolved, default to UNCITRAL arbitration.

1.6.8 Trust Audit and Compliance Checks Corridor councils and Civic Labs are mandated to perform periodic Clause Trust audits: (a) Audits verify RDF integrity, SPDX license validity, and delegation accuracy. (b) DSS stores audit results; EWS issues breach alerts for detected inconsistencies. (c) Audit non-compliance invokes corridor sanctions and possible Trust revocation.

1.6.9 Quorum Breach Protocols and Governance Sanctions If quorum voting rights are abused—such as fraudulent fork approvals or misuse of veto power: (a) DSS freezes the Trust; fallback DAGs sandbox affected scenarios. (b) NSF Tribunal prosecutes governance breaches under corridor treaty frameworks. (c) GRIX adjusts Fellow and studio trust scores, impacting future governance privileges.

1.6.10 Trust Lifecycle and Legal Continuity Each Clause Trust persists for the full scenario lifecycle: Draft → Certified → Active → Forked → Sandbox → Sunset → Archived → Revival (a) Sunset requires quorum agreement, Indigenous FPIC if applicable, and NSF countersignature. (b) After sunset, RDF lineage and SPDX licenses remain legally discoverable for corridor policy citation. (c) Revived scenarios must link to the archived Trust and pass fresh quorum approval to regain corridor standing.

1.7 Immunity Clauses and Sovereign Policy Envoy Status

1.7.1 Corridor-Recognized Immunity Status Certified Media Fellows are granted conditional sovereign immunity for corridor-sanctioned narrative activities. (a) Immunity applies to:  (i) Authorship of controversial or politically sensitive scenarios;  (ii) Real-time immersive storytelling addressing crisis or civil dissent;  (iii) Deployment of synthetic actors and XR simulations in public civic discourse. (b) This immunity is anchored in corridor constitutions, MoUs with host states, and fallback UNCITRAL arbitration clauses. (c) Breach of immunity conditions voids protection and activates corridor civil liability.

1.7.2 Legal Scope of Narrative Immunity Immunity covers:  (i) Civil defamation claims arising from scenario satire or journalistic XR content;  (ii) Intellectual property conflicts for fair-use remixes in civic contexts;  (iii) Protected whistleblowing through immersive media under corridor public interest statutes. (a) Fellows must operate within corridor narrative ethics codes and treaty-aligned cultural respect norms. (b) NSF Tribunal may adjudicate the limits of immunity on a case-by-case basis.

1.7.3 Designated Policy Envoy Credentials Select Fellows may be formally appointed as Sovereign Policy Envoys for corridor treaty representation. (a) Envoys deliver immersive briefings, crisis foresight scenarios, and narrative impact reports to:  (i) Regional governance nodes;  (ii) UN working groups;  (iii) GCRI foresight panels. (b) Envoy status is granted by GRA Quorum vote and registered in the Nexus Passport Registry. (c) DSS maintains envoy scenario logs for corridor audit and fallback DAG record-keeping.

1.7.4 Immunity for Cross-Border Narrative Missions When Fellows deploy scenarios in other treaty corridors or internationally: (a) Immunity extends under the Nexus Treaty Stack and corridor treaty network. (b) RDF scenario metadata must include corridor host tags and fallback DAG routes. (c) If a host state challenges immunity, NSF Tribunal arbitration and UNCITRAL fallback enforce restitution.

1.7.5 Breach Conditions and Immunity Forfeiture Immunity is forfeited if Fellows:  (i) Engage in prohibited disinformation campaigns;  (ii) Exploit synthetic actors for fraud or impersonation of real civic leaders;  (iii) Violate corridor biometric or FPIC statutes. (a) Breach triggers:  (i) Scenario sandboxing via fallback DAG;  (ii) AAP insurance claims for harmed parties;  (iii) EWS corridor-wide redline alerts.

1.7.6 Corridor Council Oversight and Revocation Rights Corridor councils and Indigenous Governance Boards have joint authority to: (a) Review narrative immunity use quarterly; (b) Issue corrective directives; (c) Revoke immunity for repeated misuse or cultural disrespect. (d) Revocation must be:  (i) Logged by DSS;  (ii) Notified through EWS;  (iii) Certified by NSF Tribunal for corridor legal standing.

1.7.7 Envoy Mission Logs and Treaty Reports Designated Envoys must: (a) Maintain scenario mission logs RDF-tagged and DOI-minted; (b) File quarterly corridor treaty impact reports; (c) Disclose immersive policy scenario archives to Civic Labs for public interest review. (d) DSS preserves logs for tribunal citation.

1.7.8 Immunity Insurance and Indemnification GRA’s corridor treasury and AAP modules provide insurance pools covering: (a) Legal defense for narrative scenario challenges; (b) Indemnity payouts for accidental narrative harm within corridor policy debates. (c) Fellows must maintain active RDF-tagged policy coverage to claim immunity status.

1.7.9 Cross-Corridor Mutual Recognition of Envoys Corridors mutually recognize designated Envoy credentials for seamless narrative missions: (a) RDF identity and scenario proofs synchronize via the Nexus Registry; (b) Fallback DAGs ensure that any corridor breach invokes cross-border restitution. (c) NSF Tribunal arbitrates cross-corridor immunity disputes.

1.7.10 Lifecycle, Sunset, and Envoy Revocation Envoy status persists until:  (i) Mission mandate completion;  (ii) Corridor quorum revocation;  (iii) Breach of corridor narrative ethics. (a) Revocation triggers:  (i) Corridor council quorum vote;  (ii) Indigenous Board countersignature if cultural clauses apply;  (iii) NSF Tribunal ratification. (b) DSS archives final envoy status RDF lineage; EWS updates corridor trust indices.

1.8 Cross-Jurisdictional Legal Portability

1.8.1 Principle of Legal Portability Certified Media Fellows possess corridor-recognized legal portability, ensuring that their narrative rights, scenario authorship privileges, and Clause Trust protections extend seamlessly across all participating Nexus treaty corridors and host states. (a) Legal portability is secured under the Nexus Fellowship Charter, corridor MoUs, and fallback UNCITRAL Model Law provisions. (b) RDF jurisdiction tags, SPDX license inheritance, and fallback DAG pathways guarantee scenario integrity during cross-border collaboration. (c) Civic Labs maintain corridor-wide portability registries; DSS notarizes scenario lineage for cross-jurisdiction discovery.

1.8.2 Scenario Passport and Jurisdiction Anchors Each scenario and derivative fork must embed a Scenario Passport: (a) The Passport includes:  (i) RDF jurisdiction codes for each corridor;  (ii) SPDX licensing terms;  (iii) Fallback DAG inheritance for multi-corridor sandboxing. (b) NSF issues and certifies Passports; Civic Labs verify cross-corridor scenario trustworthiness. (c) Portability breaches invalidate the Passport and activate scenario quarantine.

1.8.3 Multi-Corridor Scenario Compliance When a scenario operates across multiple corridors: (a) Primary corridor constitutional and treaty provisions prevail; (b) Secondary corridor MoUs harmonize fallback DAG governance; (c) RDF lineage maps each corridor’s policy clusters and cultural constraints. (d) Conflicts invoke NSF Tribunal jurisdiction and UNCITRAL fallback arbitration.

1.8.4 Portability of IP Rights and Revenue Streams Fellows maintain IP rights and fair revenue share across borders: (a) Clause Trusts secure licensing conditions for each corridor market; (b) Studio Stewards enforce co-licensing frameworks and cultural custodianship; (c) Civic Labs monitor cross-corridor royalty flows for transparency; DSS logs all licensing events.

1.8.5 Cross-Jurisdictional Dispute Resolution Disputes regarding scenario misuse, IP infringement, or licensing violations spanning multiple corridors: (a) Attempt local corridor Civic Lab mediation first; (b) Escalate to NSF Tribunal if unresolved; (c) Default to UNCITRAL arbitration for binding cross-border restitution. (d) EWS broadcasts dispute alerts corridor-wide to ensure public awareness.

1.8.6 Treaty Network Synchronization Legal portability depends on synchronized corridor treaty stacks: (a) Host states and Indigenous Boards ratify corridor treaties defining narrative rights and cultural protections; (b) GRIX monitors corridor treaty status; any treaty lapse triggers fallback DAG isolation. (c) NSF updates the corridor trust index in real time as treaties are renewed or amended.

1.8.7 Fallback DAG Portability Every scenario’s fallback DAG must be portable across corridor governance nodes: (a) DAG branches inherit sandbox logic and rollback gates for each jurisdiction; (b) DSS verifies DAG branch integrity during scenario forks; (c) Breach triggers corridor-specific sandbox quarantine and GRIX corridor recalibration.

1.8.8 Cross-Border Immersive Runtime Governance Immersive narratives deployed in public or semi-public spaces across borders must comply with: (a) Host corridor biometric privacy statutes; (b) Synthetic actor governance norms; (c) Corridor-level data localization and encryption standards. (d) NE modules orchestrate real-time compliance checks; EWS flags cross-jurisdiction breaches.

1.8.9 Portability Audit and Compliance Checks Corridor councils, Civic Labs, and Indigenous Boards jointly audit portability status: (a) Regular verification of RDF jurisdiction anchors and scenario passport accuracy; (b) DSS logs audit outcomes; (c) EWS issues corridor-wide alerts for non-compliance or discovered portability fraud.

1.8.10 Lifecycle, Sunset, and Revival Across Borders Cross-jurisdiction scenario status persists for the entire lifecycle: Draft → Certified → Active → Forked → Sandbox → Sunset → Archived → Revival (a) Sunset requires corridor council quorum, Indigenous FPIC if applicable, and NSF Tribunal countersignature. (b) RDF jurisdiction lineage and SPDX licensing must persist for historical policy referencing. (c) Scenario revival across corridors demands fresh compliance checks, quorum approval, and fallback DAG rebinding to current treaty frameworks. (d) DSS ensures continuity of portability logs; GRIX adjusts corridor interoperability scores accordingly.

1.9 Governance Escalation and Ethics Review Pathways

1.9.1 Governance Escalation Chain of Command Each Media Fellow’s scenario and studio cluster must follow a sovereign-grade governance escalation hierarchy for any policy, ethical, or treaty breach. (a) The chain includes:  (i) Cluster-level Civic Lab review;  (ii) Corridor Council policy committee review;  (iii) NSF Clause Tribunal adjudication;  (iv) Final fallback to UNCITRAL arbitration for cross-border conflicts. (b) DSS logs each escalation step, RDF-tags scenario status, and EWS broadcasts critical breach alerts corridor-wide.

1.9.2 Breach Triggers and Redline Activation Scenarios enter escalation when: (a) Narrative misuse, defamation, or cultural disrespect is reported; (b) Indigenous Governance Boards flag FPIC violations; (c) Civic Labs detect procedural governance failures or quorum manipulation. (d) NE modules auto-sandbox the scenario via fallback DAGs; GRIX updates corridor risk indices in real-time.

1.9.3 Cluster-Level Mediation and Corrective Actions Before Tribunal escalation, Fellows and studios must attempt local resolution: (a) Cluster Editors and Stewards convene emergency quorum to review evidence; (b) Mediation outcomes include:  (i) Scenario correction and re-certification;  (ii) Formal warnings to responsible roles;  (iii) Compensation arrangements if narrative harm occurred. (c) DSS notarizes outcomes; EWS posts resolution summaries.

1.9.4 Civic Lab Independent Oversight Civic Labs serve as the impartial governance watchdog: (a) They have unilateral power to:  (i) Freeze scenario runtime if public risk escalates;  (ii) Convene corridor town halls for scenario impact discussion;  (iii) Submit escalation petitions to NSF Tribunal directly. (b) Civic Labs maintain breach watchlists and ethics dashboards accessible to all corridor stakeholders.

1.9.5 NSF Clause Tribunal Adjudication Unresolved or severe governance failures escalate to the NSF Tribunal: (a) Tribunal convenes an expert ethics panel including corridor constitutional advisors and Indigenous Board delegates. (b) Tribunal remedies include:  (i) Mandatory scenario sandboxing;  (ii) Revocation of scenario forks;  (iii) Role suspension or expulsion;  (iv) Insurance restitution via AAP fallback modules. (c) Tribunal verdicts are corridor-sovereign and enforceable under UNCITRAL fallback.

1.9.6 UNCITRAL Arbitration Fallback If inter-corridor or host-state jurisdiction disputes block Tribunal enforcement: (a) UNCITRAL Model Law arbitration resolves binding settlements. (b) RDF evidence trails, DSS logs, and fallback DAG scenarios must be submitted as official exhibits. (c) GRIX recalibrates corridor trust ratings post-arbitration based on compliance or resistance.

1.9.7 Ethical Risk Scoring and Redline Beacons GRIX continuously computes an ethical risk score for each scenario and cluster: (a) High-risk scores activate EWS redline beacons; (b) Fellows receive breach warnings with mandated corrective deadlines; (c) Non-remediation triggers automatic fallback sandboxing and Tribunal intervention.

1.9.8 Escalation for Cultural or FPIC Breaches Scenarios involving protected cultural stories or Indigenous knowledge invoke a special escalation pathway: (a) Indigenous Governance Boards may override Civic Labs and directly file Tribunal claims. (b) FPIC breach findings immediately revoke scenario quorum certification. (c) Restoration demands new FPIC signatures, scenario re-audit, and corridor council countersignature.

1.9.9 Escalation Logs and Transparency Guarantees All escalation events must be transparent and publicly discoverable: (a) DSS archives each step in the escalation chain; (b) Civic Labs publish breach indexes and resolution histories on corridor public dashboards; (c) NSF reports annual breach trends for treaty harmonization reviews.

1.9.10 Sovereign Continuity and Fallback Scenario Governance Governance escalation must never break scenario reproducibility or treaty compliance: (a) Fallback DAGs ensure that sandboxed scenarios can be revived once compliance is restored. (b) Sunseted scenarios retain RDF lineage for legal referencing and public policy citation. (c) GRIX monitors corridor escalation frequency as a measure of scenario governance resilience.

1.10 Treaty-Compliant Clause Lifecycle and Amendment Protocols

1.10.1 Clause Lifecycle Stages and Legal Binding Force Every scenario and narrative artifact authored by a certified Media Fellow must progress through a legally enforceable lifecycle anchored in corridor treaty law and the Nexus Fellowship Charter. (a) The standard lifecycle is:  Draft → Certified → Published → Forked → Active Runtime → Sandbox Quarantine → Sunset → Archival → Revival (b) Each stage carries corridor-sovereign enforceability, ensuring scenarios cannot bypass governance checks. (c) DSS logs every transition; RDF scenario IDs and SPDX license trails guarantee traceability.

1.10.2 Drafting and Initial Clause Registration During the Draft phase: (a) Fellows must register scenario drafts with unique UUIDs; (b) RDF anchors include initial jurisdiction tags, FPIC declarations if relevant, and default fallback DAG paths; (c) Drafts must comply with corridor constitutional safeguards for narrative content and cultural custodianship.

1.10.3 Certification by Quorum and Tribunal Sign-Off Drafts transition to Certified status upon: (a) DAO quorum approval meeting corridor treaty thresholds; (b) Civic Lab audit for cultural attunement and ethical coherence; (c) NSF Tribunal countersignature for legal standing; (d) DSS notarization and DOI minting finalizing the Certified state.

1.10.4 Publication and Corridor Integration Certified clauses move to Published status when: (a) Scenarios are deployed to corridor public observatories, Zenodo archives, and Civic Lab dashboards; (b) RDF metadata and SPDX licensing are locked; (c) Published works become eligible for citation in corridor policy instruments, treaty briefs, and foresight sessions.

1.10.5 Forking and Derivative Sub-Clause Creation Fellows or approved clusters may fork a Published scenario: (a) Forks inherit parent Clause Trust, SPDX licensing, RDF lineage, and fallback DAGs; (b) Fork creation must receive new quorum certification and Indigenous Board countersignature if culturally protected content is involved; (c) DSS logs all forks and assigns derivative UUIDs.

1.10.6 Active Runtime Governance and Fallback Orchestration During Active Runtime: (a) NE modules validate scenario behavior and corridor policy alignment; (b) Any anomaly activates automatic fallback DAG sandboxing; (c) Civic Labs monitor live runtime ethics metrics; (d) Breach or misuse invokes immediate quarantine pending NSF Tribunal review.

1.10.7 Sandbox Quarantine and Correction Protocols Scenarios breaching treaty conditions enter Sandbox: (a) Sandbox isolation freezes forks and runtime assets; (b) Fellows must address root compliance issues, secure new quorum approvals, and rectify FPIC or treaty misalignment; (c) DSS logs all corrections; EWS issues public breach status.

1.10.8 Sunset Activation and Legal Closure Scenarios reach Sunset when: (a) Corridor councils and Indigenous Boards vote that the scenario’s policy relevance is concluded; (b) NSF Tribunal ratifies sunset for final legal closure; (c) Raw scenario assets may be cryptographically erased, but RDF and SPDX trails persist indefinitely for archival governance and legal reproducibility.

1.10.9 Revival of Archived Scenarios Archived scenarios may be revived if: (a) New corridor treaty needs emerge; (b) A corridor crisis requires scenario reactivation; (c) Fresh quorum approval, Indigenous FPIC, and updated fallback DAGs are secured; (d) DSS logs revival lineage and updates DOI and RDF records for continued treaty compliance.

1.10.10 Continuous Amendment Protocols and Audit Trails Amendments during any lifecycle stage must follow: (a) DAO quorum approval; (b) Indigenous Board re-validation for culturally sensitive edits; (c) Civic Lab public commentary period where relevant; (d) DSS updates version control; RDF scenario ID remains consistent for traceability; SPDX licenses are revised, and DOI version increments reflect amendment history. (e) GRIX recalibrates corridor treaty alignment risk scores upon significant amendments, and EWS issues corridor impact notifications.