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189319</ head >
198328 < li > < a href ="/simulators/ "> Simulators</ a > </ li >
199329 < li > < a href ="/services/ "> Services</ a > </ li >
200330 < li > < a href ="/stack/ "> Stack</ a > </ li >
331+ <!-- KSC nav tab — gold accent to distinguish from standard nav -->
332+ < li > < a href ="/ksc/ " class ="ksc-nav-link "> KSC ◈</ a > </ li >
201333 < li > < a href ="/certify/ "> Certify</ a > </ li >
202334 < li > < a href ="/about/ "> About</ a > </ li >
203335 < li > < a href ="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheldon-k-salmon-b0901b378 " target ="_blank " rel ="noopener "> LinkedIn ↗</ a > </ li >
210342 < a href ="/simulators/ "> Simulators</ a >
211343 < a href ="/services/ "> Services</ a >
212344 < a href ="/stack/ "> Stack</ a >
345+ <!-- KSC mobile nav link -->
346+ < a href ="/ksc/ " class ="ksc-mobile-link "> KSC — Civilization Scale</ a >
213347 < a href ="/certify/ "> Certify</ a >
214348 < a href ="/about/ "> About</ a >
215349 < a href ="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheldon-k-salmon-b0901b378 " target ="_blank " rel ="noopener "> LinkedIn ↗</ a >
@@ -331,16 +465,48 @@ <h1 class="hero-name">Sheldon K.<em>Salmon</em></h1>
331465 </ div >
332466</ section >
333467
334- <!-- 03 STACK -->
335- < section id ="stack ">
336- < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 03</ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> The AION Stack</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
468+ <!-- KSC FEATURED SECTION -->
469+ < section id ="ksc " style ="padding-top:0; ">
470+ < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 03</ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> Civilization Scale</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
471+
472+ < a href ="/ksc/ " class ="ksc-featured " aria-label ="Open the Kardashev-Salmon Civilization Scale ">
473+ < div >
474+ < div class ="ksc-featured-label "> Live Framework · Built & Red-Teamed 2026</ div >
475+ < div class ="ksc-featured-title "> Kardashev-Salmon< br > Civilization Scale</ div >
476+ < p class ="ksc-featured-desc ">
477+ Eight axes. One mirror that only moves in reverse. A debt counter that has never been green —
478+ and a map showing what it would take to change that. Spans 3761 BCE to the Cosmic Yovel.
479+ Types 0 through Ω. Live data. Triple-seal timestamps. Red-teamed architecture.
480+ </ p >
481+ < div class ="ksc-featured-tags ">
482+ < span class ="tag "> KSC v0.5</ span >
483+ < span class ="tag "> Type 0–II Live</ span >
484+ < span class ="tag "> Eight Axes</ span >
485+ < span class ="tag "> Gevurah · Tiferet</ span >
486+ < span class ="tag "> Zero Dependencies</ span >
487+ < span class ="tag "> 27 Red Team Findings Resolved</ span >
488+ </ div >
489+ < div class ="ksc-featured-link "> Open the Scale < span > →</ span > </ div >
490+ </ div >
491+ < div class ="ksc-featured-cds " aria-hidden ="true ">
492+ < div class ="ksc-featured-cds-label "> CDS · Now</ div >
493+ < div class ="ksc-featured-cds-number "> 0.84</ div >
494+ < div class ="ksc-featured-cds-note "> Has never been green</ div >
495+ </ div >
496+ </ a >
497+ </ section >
498+
499+ <!-- 04 STACK (renumbered from 03) -->
500+ < section id ="stack " style ="padding-top:0; ">
501+ < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 04</ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> The AION Stack</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
337502 < p style ="font-family:var(--sans);font-size:17px;font-weight:300;color:var(--muted);max-width:640px;margin-bottom:36px;line-height:1.7; "> A constitutional stack for AI reliability — built through live failure events, not theoretical modeling. Every framework is falsifiable, versioned, and convergence-tracked. M-STRONG means validated. M-NASCENT means honest about what isn't yet.</ p >
338503 < table class ="stack-table ">
339504 < thead > < tr > < th > Framework</ th > < th > Version</ th > < th > Function</ th > < th > Convergence</ th > </ tr > </ thead >
340505 < tbody >
341506 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> FSVE</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v3.6</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Certainty Scoring Engine — 6 dimensions, validity threshold enforcement< a href ="/stack/frameworks/FSVE/ " class ="fw-inline-link "> → Tool</ a > </ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-mod "> M-MODERATE</ span > </ td > </ tr >
342507 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> LAV</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v1.5</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Linguistic Anchor Validation — 45 entries, 77.5% running mean< a href ="/stack/frameworks/LAV/ " class ="fw-inline-link "> → Tool</ a > </ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-strong "> M-STRONG</ span > </ td > </ tr >
343508 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> TOPOS</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v0.4</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Persistent Shape Architecture — 4 mapping instruments, Instrument 3 live scorer< a href ="/stack/frameworks/TOPOS/ " class ="fw-inline-link "> → Tool</ a > </ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-nascent "> M-NASCENT</ span > </ td > </ tr >
509+ < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> KSC</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v0.5</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Kardashev-Salmon Civilization Scale — 8 axes, Types 0–II live, Hebrew cosmological mapping< a href ="/ksc/ " class ="fw-inline-link "> → Scale</ a > </ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-nascent "> M-NASCENT → M-MOD</ span > </ td > </ tr >
344510 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> CSCA</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v0.1</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Cognitive Substrate Cryptographic Assumption — SHA-256 signals analysis, D minor · 128 BPM< a href ="/stack/#csca " class ="fw-inline-link "> → Hear it</ a > </ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-mod "> M-MODERATE</ span > </ td > </ tr >
345511 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> DUAL-HELIX</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v2.0</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Build and Deep Thinking Wrapper — VELA · TOPOS base pair architecture</ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-nascent "> M-NASCENT</ span > </ td > </ tr >
346512 < tr > < td class ="fw-name "> NRP</ td > < td class ="fw-version "> v0.1</ td > < td class ="fw-function "> Search Null-Return Protocol — Pre-generation gate, never suspended</ td > < td > < span class ="convergence-badge m-nascent "> M-NASCENT</ span > </ td > </ tr >
@@ -351,12 +517,12 @@ <h1 class="hero-name">Sheldon K.<em>Salmon</em></h1>
351517 < a href ="/stack/ " class ="stack-path "> < span class ="stack-path-icon "> ◈</ span > < div > < div class ="stack-path-label "> Full Stack Documentation →</ div > < div class ="stack-path-desc "> All 18 frameworks. Version history. Convergence records. FCL entries. Protocol I registrations. The complete AION Constitutional Stack in one place.</ div > </ div > </ a >
352518 < a href ="/stack/eight-laws/ " class ="stack-path "> < span class ="stack-path-icon "> ⚖️</ span > < div > < div class ="stack-path-label "> The Sovereignty Stack — Nine Constitutional Laws →</ div > < div class ="stack-path-desc "> Laws 1–3: Asimov. Laws 4–8: Salmon. Law 9: dark by design. A spiral constitutional architecture for civilizational scale.</ div > </ div > </ a >
353519 < a href ="/stack/frameworks/FSVE/ " class ="stack-path "> < span class ="stack-path-icon "> ⚖</ span > < div > < div class ="stack-path-label "> FSVE v3.6 — Live Certainty Scoring Tool →</ div > < div class ="stack-path-desc "> Score any claim across six epistemic dimensions. Gini laundering detection. Validity threshold gate. Sensitivity analysis. CEV audit log. Shareable results.</ div > </ div > </ a >
354- < a href ="/stack/frameworks/TOPOS/ " class ="stack-path "> < span class ="stack-path-icon "> ◈</ span > < div > < div class ="stack-path-label "> TOPOS v0.4 — Persistent Shape Architecture Tool →</ div > < div class ="stack-path-desc "> Instrument 3 live scorer. Map steering geometry across 4 dimensions. TOPOS-BIN deformation archive. 13 hard constraints .</ div > </ div > </ a >
520+ < a href ="/ksc/ " class ="stack-path "> < span class ="stack-path-icon "> ◈</ span > < div > < div class ="stack-path-label "> KSC v0.5 — Kardashev-Salmon Civilization Scale →</ div > < div class ="stack-path-desc "> Eight-axis civilization measurement from 3761 BCE to the Cosmic Yovel. Live data. Triple-seal timestamps. Types 0–II specced and red-teamed .</ div > </ div > </ a >
355521</ section >
356522
357- <!-- 04 CERTIFICATION -->
523+ <!-- 05 CERTIFICATION (renumbered from 04) -->
358524< section id ="certify " style ="padding-top:0; ">
359- < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 04 </ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> Certification</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
525+ < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 05 </ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> Certification</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
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@@ -371,9 +537,9 @@ <h3>Sovereign Trace Protocol</h3>
371537 </ div >
372538</ section >
373539
374- <!-- 05 CONNECT -->
540+ <!-- 06 CONNECT (renumbered from 05) -->
375541< section id ="connect ">
376- < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 05 </ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> Connect</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
542+ < div class ="section-header "> < span class ="section-num "> // 06 </ span > < h2 class ="section-title "> Connect</ h2 > < div class ="section-line "> </ div > </ div >
377543 < div class ="connect-grid ">
378544 < div class ="connect-group ">
379545 < div class ="connect-group-label "> Contact</ div >
@@ -428,12 +594,13 @@ <h3>Sovereign Trace Protocol</h3>
428594 < div class ="footer-id ">
429595 < strong > AionSystem</ strong > · Sheldon K. Salmon< br >
430596 AI Reliability Architect · Evans Mills, New York · March 2026< br >
431- < span style ="font-size:10px; "> AION v3.0 · STP v2.0 · LEDGER-011 · © 2026 Sheldon K. Salmon</ span >
597+ < span style ="font-size:10px; "> AION v3.0 · STP v2.0 · KSC v0.5 · LEDGER-011 · © 2026 Sheldon K. Salmon</ span >
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603+ < li > < a href ="/ksc/ "> KSC</ a > </ li >
437604 < li > < a href ="/stack/eight-laws/ "> Eight Laws</ a > </ li >
438605 < li > < a href ="/certify/ "> Certify</ a > </ li >
439606 < li > < a href ="/certify/seal/ "> Seal Tool</ a > </ li >
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