## What this is A 3D recreation of R/V Wayfarer, a fictional research vessel that simultaneously hosts THREE expeditions from three different eras (1957 / 2024 / 2089) on the same hull. The era visuals cycle every 28 seconds — hull/sea/sky tint shifts and the deck gear morphs between the three eras. In 1957 the deck has rope rigging, sextants, brass instruments, and sepia-gold light. In 2024 the deck has cyan buoys, GPS, spectrometers, and bright daylight. In 2089 the deck has a violet submersible, holographic readouts, and a softer violet-blue sea. All three are visible simultaneously through the cycle. Five ship sub-worlds: Bridge (helm + nav charts), Main Deck (where the era gear morphs), Galley (warm-amber wood tables that don't change much because cozy is timeless), Lab Bay (microscope vs spectrometer vs holo-array), Crew Quarters (bunks + sea-chest). 21 named crew members = 7 roles × 3 eras: Captain (Whitford-1957 / Brennan-2024 / Vega-2089), Lead Scientist (the Carrow LINEAGE — Wendell Carrow in 1957 sketches the creature in his journal, his daughter Esme Carrow in 2024 photographs it from a buoy, his great-grandkid Sora-Quist Carrow in 2089 holographs it from the submersible — same family, three eras, same creature), Bosun, Cook (recurring), Chief Engineer, Diver/Submersible Pilot, Radio/Comms Officer. Plus Bytes the cat in all three eras (because cats are timeless). Plus Pip across eras (Hatcher in 1957, Halloran-off-duty in 2024, Pip-7 in 2089 — same lineage, three roles). 80 instanced ambient + 30 name pool = 130 named souls. Nineteen director cameras include helm POV, deck-stroll, submersible-pilot, galley-warmth, lab-bench, crew-bunks, and splitscreen 3-era. The Timeline Fork Panel is a live 3-era badge UI (1957/2024/2089) that pulses with the canon era. The vessel *remembers*. localStorage saves `research_vessel_v1` (cycle, drama meter, naming arc rung, twist fired) AND read-only loads FIVE other demo keys (`kepler9_orbit_v1`, `whitfield_memorial_v1`, `meridian_cruise_v1`, `echo_base_v1`, `stillwater_hold_v1`) for crossover chyron. Each ten-minute reseed advances the naming arc — the deep-sea creature, observed across three expeditions, is eventually named "Old Bramble" (NEVER captured). You don't play it. You watch it. And it remembers across five other demos. ## Why this is mind-blowing The chyron is the secret weapon: "1957 — Wendell Carrow sketches the creature in his lab journal. 2024 — his daughter Esme photographs the same creature with the buoy mounted on the same gunwale. 2089 — his great-grandkid Sora-Quist Carrow holographs it from the submersible, naming it 'Old Bramble' in honor of grandfather's notes." That single line stitches three eras AND the multi-generational lineage in one beat — Wendell on the 1957 Lab Bay close camera with sepia light catching his pencil tip and the journal page (drama ladder rung 1 of 5 "first sighting", recurring cast carrow_wendell +1), Esme on the 2024 Main Deck close camera with the buoy GPS pinging and the camera shutter clicking on the same gunwale (drama ladder rung 3 of 5 "confirmed the same species", recurring cast carrow_esme +1, chyron pulls grandfather's journal from prior reseed history), and Sora-Quist on the 2089 Submersible POV close camera with the violet holographic readout zooming on the creature and the submersible's lights catching its bioluminescent fronds (drama ladder rung 5 of 5 "OLD BRAMBLE NAMED", recurring cast carrow_sora +1, chyron pulls Esme's photo from prior reseed history). The mid-cycle twist is the heart: at minute 5, ALL THREE Carrows simultaneously sketch / photograph / holograph the same creature. Three pencil tips / shutter clicks / holo-pulses touch paper at the same tick. The chyron fires "THREE GENERATIONS, ONE CREATURE". Bytes the cat in all three eras meows simultaneously from the bridge windowsill. Multiply that by 130 named souls each with brain panels, 5 ship sub-worlds with era-cycling deck gear, 19 director cameras with 3-era splitscreen, a TIMELINE FORK PANEL that pulses with the canon era, a DRAMA LADDER that's a cozy NAMING arc (creature becomes "Old Bramble", NEVER captured), a CROSSOVER CHYRON reading five other demos, and a three-generations-sketch-simultaneously mid-cycle twist, and you've got a Cousteau-meets-Expanse-meets-Schitt's-Creek stream that genuinely earns its multiverse scope. ALL FICTIONAL.