WEATHER THAT WASN'T WEATHER

FORMAT: Coalition comms fragment (blue-channel transcript)
WITNESS: "Maris of the Rim Nets" — bazaar-adjacent aid runner
SERIES: The Witness Who Wouldn't Clap // Fragment 01

BLUE-CHANNEL // TRANSIT LANE 7 // PARTIAL INTERCEPT
Classification: Atmospheric Event (Logged)
Filed under: WEATHER

The incident was not logged as an intervention.
It was not logged as a rescue.
It was not logged as a contact event.

It was logged as weather.

"Maris, what do we call what happened at Rim Net 7?"
"Weather."
"What kind?"
"The kind that passes."

This is the Coalition posture:
Help that doesn't become ownership.
Gratitude that doesn't become debt.
Presence that doesn't become myth.

The Voyager was in the lane for six seconds.
No one saw anything.
The nets held.

INTERACTIVE HOOK — Choose the official report label:
A) "Meteor shear anomaly"
B) "Unauthorized intervention"
C) "Weather" ← Correct response. Reduces Syndicate claim hooks.

NON-SPOILER GUARANTEE: No main plot beats revealed. Ith'Aera and the Voyager remain gravity, not spoilers.