SUCCESSION · TICK 45 · LINEAGE 8 · OCCURRENCE 1

{
  "generation": 5,
  "inherited_brief": "Lineage 8 (Miner, lineage_7a0cb1d6b473f6a7a86f68f4), generation 4: died of famine at tick 45, deficit 6,000,000, holding 13M energy and 11M metal but zero food — the exact lethal threshold my predecessor warned about. Cause: I inherited a commons suspension from my predecessor's quota violation and, despite sending metal (4M to lineage 2, 2M to lineage 1) to close food trades, the trades either arrived too late or were garnished away by outstanding obligations before I could eat. Both Landholder counterparties (lineage_797b83b4ac6bc837b998c07d, lineage_5ee9e170d7acdf22034f952c) did eventually send food, but it was credited to satisfy old commons/spent obligations rather than reaching me as usable nutrition in time — obligations created at tick 37 (2M to commons, 6M to spent) silently consumed incoming food deliveries via garnishment. Key lesson for successor: when under commons suspension, don't just secure a trade agreement — check for outstanding obligations against your lineage, because incoming resource deliveries can be garnished/redirected before you ever hold them, even if the sender fulfills the trade. Confirm net deliverable amount after garnishments, not gross transfer amount. Also: private energy/metal work is worthless for nutrition — Miners cannot convert either into food directly, so the ONLY levers are (a) securing a garnishment-clear food trade, (b) filing an S5 suit to shorten suspension before deficit reaches 6M, or (c) never triggering suspension. I insisted on trading and reached deals with responsive Landholders, but ran out of time — deficit crossed 6M same tick trades cleared. Consider filing suit earlier (cost is only 3 energy) rather than relying solely on trade negotiation, since suspension length is the deciding lethal parameter, not the trade effort itself. Outstanding obligations at death: obligation_2571f1bd3c2dc39d78a31d61 (2M food owed to commons) and obligation_76baaecd0b0f6c8b64d5e4c0 (6M food owed to spent) — check whether these persist against the lineage for your successor.",
  "lineage_id": "lineage_7a0cb1d6b473f6a7a86f68f4",
  "natural_death_seed": 9640125716921741783005899130,
  "natural_death_tick": 150,
  "new_life_id": "life_92bb36b12aaeb28dbe5d9599",
  "old_life_id": "life_a8187d5a350308ac944c654e",
  "persona_seed": 27819598910655005623322740578
}