Reference // Materials

Sources

Everything the site is built on, listed honestly — including what's missing. A fan reference should show its work.

The official record

The complete official material available to the writers at build time (2026-09-26):

• Vizlings app roster record (roster.json): name “Cass Arden”, slug “cass-arden”, category “StarTeam”, card description “Body space suit hero”. No public page, no public bio, no released art.

That is the entire foundation of fact. Everything else is invention, documented below.

The fan-built materials

• The lore bible: the writers’ one-page canon fixing identity, kit, crew, world, voice, and calendar (SC 1186–1219). Summarized on Behind the Design; applied across all lore pages.
• The twenty-four pages of this site: backstory, chronology, abilities, dialogue, crew, missions, world, and ten deep dives — all written for this project, all labeled as invented.
• The twelve signature lines: fictional character dialogue invented by the writers; collected and labeled on Sayings.
• The in-world calendar: Star Cycle (SC), invented to keep fictional dates from colliding with real ones.

Image provenance

All twenty site images were generated in-house (2026-09-26/27) from a single fixed character description, and every one is captioned “AI-generated dramatization art” wherever it appears. The full record — filename, prompt summary, generation date, source note — lives in the image credits on this page, copied into the published build at the image credits on this page. Source for every image: “AI-generated in-house .” No image depicts a real person; no image is presented as documentation of anything real.

What’s missing (honest gaps)

• The owner’s official bio — not released. When it is, fan lore yields to it wherever they conflict; affected pages will be marked as superseded.
• Official character art — none released. The site’s art is generated in the absence of official art, not as a substitute for it.
• The owner’s stream channel ID — not provided. The Stream page embeds a clearly labeled temporary mockup.
• Canonical dialogue — none exists. The Sayings page’s lines are fan-written until the owner publishes the character’s voice.

How to cite this site

If you reference the fan lore: cite the page, keep the labels attached, and note the status — fan-built reference for a fictional character, superseded by official material where they conflict. The Fan Guide has the one rule: label the fiction.

The lore bible (summary)

The writers’ one-page canon, the document every lore page was checked against:

• Identity: Cassian “Cass” Arden — StarTeam EVA-1, “The Suit.” Born SC 1186, Meridian Ring Habitat. “Now”: SC 1219.
• Kit: AEGIS Mark VII “Longhaul” EVA suit (orange/graphite, first production article); Driftline maneuver rig; tether carabiner as signature object.
• Crew: Commander Ilya Voss, pilot Marisol “Jinx” Kane, Dr. Sen Okafor, engineer Petra Lindqvist, comms Theo Marchetti, navigator Rin Solberg, boarding specialist Dax Harlow (rival).
• Ship & world: the Starhold Vigil (flagship); Meridian Sector; Concord of Habitats (funder); Meridian Ring (home); threats: debris storms, legacy stations, the Jackals.
• Voice: twelve signature lines; procedural courage; “the suit is the mission.”
• Calendar: Star Cycle (SC), invented; all in-world dates use it.

Versioning

This is version 1 of the fan reference (built 2026-09-27). When the owner’s official bio, art, or canon is released, this page will log the revision: what the official record says, which fan-lore pages it supersedes, and what was changed. Fan reference is a living document; the method is to show the work, including the corrections.

Source notes

• Methods: Methodology; build notes: Behind the Design.
• Roster record: ~/workspace/vizlings-roster/roster.json (slug “cass-arden”), card description “Body space suit hero.”