Status: PROVISIONAL — display language is a story motif

HUD Communications

The interface/state language that appears both in prose and in any adaptation. Kept consistent because it carries emotional weight.

Established display strings CANON

• SQUADRON // 4 ACTIVE — and its changes: 3 ACTIVE, 4 ACTIVE, 5 ACTIVE.
• UNKNOWN CONTACT → FRIENDLY (the finale classification by Markus).

Established comms behavior PROVISIONAL

• Loss of Relay connectivity removes Kristina from the squadron's comms — a felt absence, not just a status flag.

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Full HUD vocabulary and visual grammar.