flowchart LR
Earth((Earth)) -->|colonize| Mars((Mars Domes))
Mars -->|life-support| AI[[AI Co-sovereign]]
AI -->|ration| Oxygen[/Oxygen, Water, Light/]
Mars -->|hybrid republic| Senate
Senate -->|drafts| Charter[Constitution of the Domes]
Beyond((Beyond Sol)) --> Contact[First Contact]
Contact --> Protocol[[Protocol-as-handshake]]
Protocol --> Treaty[(Universal Treaty)]
Charter -. inspires .- Treaty
Wormhole((Wormhole Coords)) -->|tokenize| Ledger[Wormhole Ledger]
Ledger --> Currency([Information as Cosmic Currency])
Currency --> Memory[/Memory Guardianship/]
Mars introduces algorithmic sovereignty (AI Senate), then expansion forces first-contact protocols and a universal treaty; in parallel, scarce knowledge (wormhole coordinates, archives) becomes the dominant currency, demanding memory guardianship. Anchored to Chapter 9 and Chapter 10.