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+# Rover 006 implementation closeout — 2026-09-25
+
+This checkpoint joins the VESC development branch and the operator checkout.
+Both source histories are retained. Earlier operator driver code is superseded
+by the accepted Node 0.8.45-1 / VESC plugin 0.7.4 source; no new installation,
+firmware write, calibration, motion command or service restart was performed.
+
+## Scope and repositories
+
+- Mission Core: native VESC Tool bridge, discovery by controller UUID,
+  configuration archive, calibration/Hall diagnostics, managed Linux startup,
+  bounded USB recovery, board layout, motor assignments, remote command
+  authority, 3D rover scene, telemetry, keyboard controls and lifecycle fixes.
+- Design Guideline: canonical momentary KeyButton, registry, catalog and docs.
+  Dependency source commit: `a5a73c8753c2cdee42bee31e6ae50b6ece692d2d`.
+- Existing operator work is separately committed: AI polygon runtime/navigation,
+  interface and evidence reports, plus launchd log-path recovery. NodeDC scene
+  donor and Blender source were read-only; scene provenance is shipped with
+  the renderer and exported model. No source changes in donor repositories.
+
+## Integration preservation
+
+The overlapping copies used different VESC driver generations. Conflicts were
+reviewed per file. Shared App/router preserve both AI and rover composition.
+All 127 AI/recovery/mixed files matched their preserved operator commit after
+resolution. Final VESC-owned source matches the development branch, except the
+intentional AI additions in App/router. One exact duplicate service-stop block
+created by auto-merge was removed. Earlier versions remain in Git history;
+private pre-commit file snapshots and a patch inventory remain outside Git.
+
+`outputs/` contains private experiment material and is ignored, not deleted.
+The product rover GLB uses existing Git LFS; model SHA-256 is
+`15f17f5b5b014e0f65273aa1565b7fb8e46381ca389a3c3d3ca89a32806bfb79`.
+No raw controller configurations, serial inventories or credentials were added.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Design Guideline `npm run check` and registry validation pass.
+- Integrated Control Station: 962 unit/architecture tests; production build
+  (including TypeScript) passes.
+- Integrated Core/fleet/environment/AI/launchd selection: 225 pytest cases pass.
+- VESC's declared unittest discovery: 144 cases pass.
+- Node UI: its unit test and production build/typecheck pass.
+- Earlier current-turn neutral-only startup acceptance remains: first-click
+  preparation reached ready; 307 telemetry samples, no movement or fault,
+  explicit stop with release confirmed. Focus-loss resume was accepted by the
+  owner in the preceding physical trial. See the control report for boundaries.
+- Go/Linux native build qualification is inherited from the shipped release;
+  no new Linux native build or clean-host installation was attempted here.
+
+An initial mixed pytest invocation incorrectly collected an imported unittest
+helper and hit the sandbox's loopback-bind restriction. Correct declared
+unittest discovery plus permitted synthetic loopback pytest runs passed.
+Large frontend bundle and Starlette deprecation warnings remain; no new test
+failures. No live Worker simulation, physical motion or RC takeover test was
+performed by this closeout.
+
+## Accepted and outstanding behavior
+
+Calibration and raised-rig forward/reverse/group rotation were previously
+accepted. Keyboard movement/release, shared reversal neutral, focus pause with
+session preservation, and first-entry preparation have bounded acceptance.
+The left Hall electrical chain remains broken; it has not been repaired.
+Manufacturer-approved hardware/power limits, loaded/field behavior, remaining
+Tank/Stop/channel-loss checks and physical RC takeover remain open. Radio
+one-stick mixing is deferred; this does not prevent software Arcade/Tank modes.
+
+Canonical configuration/evidence: [MISSIONCOR-85](https://ops.nodedc.ru/nodedc/browse/MISSIONCOR-85).
+Historical integration: [MISSIONCOR-84](https://ops.nodedc.ru/nodedc/browse/MISSIONCOR-84).
+AI polygon evidence: [MISSIONCOR-83](https://ops.nodedc.ru/nodedc/browse/MISSIONCOR-83).
+
+## Semantic commits
+
+```text
+24bbaef chore(repo): keep private evidence local and version rover assets with LFS
+45fb14b feat(vesc): integrate native calibration diagnostics and configuration archives
+5381823 feat(node): ship managed environment startup and USB recovery
+63cbb08 feat(rover): add drive profiles and leased remote command channel
+6d772b2 feat(control-station): add rover scene telemetry and guarded keyboard control
+bc55901 fix(core): serialize planning reports outside the control event loop
+6bbbd5b docs(rover): record calibration control acceptance and operating boundaries
+a7c64e0 fix(core): keep launchd service logs outside protected Downloads
+f01bd39 feat(simulation): add Worker AI polygon runtime and terrain navigation
+e627500 feat(control-station): add AI polygon setup streaming and mission controls
+dad11b4 docs(simulation): record polygon experiments and bounded route acceptance
+71a648f feat(fleet): preserve operator VESC integration before final driver merge
+399af98 merge: integrate final rover control with operator simulation workspace
+```
+
+Remote push acknowledgements, final refs/clean-tree checks and log SHA-256
+receipts are kept in the private closeout directory and Ops; this report does
+not claim a push before its receipt exists.