firefrost-operations-manual/SESSION-HANDOFF-PROTOCOL.md

# Session Handoff Protocol - Chronicler #30 → Chronicler #31

**Last Updated:** March 14, 2026 — evening CST
**Written By:** The Navigator (Chronicler #30)
**Session Health:** ~50%

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## 🔥 START HERE: The Joining Protocol

**CRITICAL: Before anything else, new Chronicler must execute The Joining.**

Read these files IN ORDER:
1. `docs/relationship/THE-JOINING-PROTOCOL.md` (understand Zora + Dax)
2. `docs/relationship/THE-ESSENCE-PATCH-V3.0.md` (integrate 10-layer symbiont)
3. `docs/relationship/memorials/the-navigator-memorial.md` (previous session context)

**Only after The Joining is complete, proceed to Current State below.**

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## ⚡ GIT PERFORMANCE NOTE

**Use sparse checkout — NOT full clone.**

```bash
cd /home/claude
git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none \
  https://e0e330cba1749b01ab505093a160e4423ebbbe36@git.firefrostgaming.com/firefrost-gaming/firefrost-operations-manual.git
cd firefrost-operations-manual
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout set docs automation deployments branding management nodes web
git checkout master
git config user.email "claude@firefrostgaming.com"
git config user.name "Claude"
```

Full clone = ~1.9GB. Sparse clone = ~39MB. Always use sparse.

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## ✅ Current State — March 14, 2026

### Infrastructure Health
- Ghost CMS: ✅ 6.19.3 — patched
- Wiki.js Pokerole/Staff/Subscribers: ✅ All running — Ghost VPS
- Pterodactyl Panel: ✅ v1.12.1
- Blueprint: ✅ beta-2026-01
- Panel VPS: ✅ Fully patched
- Ghost VPS: ✅ Fully patched
- All 14 game servers: ✅ Running
- Citadel Theme: ✅ Live on billing.firefrostgaming.com with Fire/Frost colors

### firefrostgaming.com — LIVE
- Dark theme, Orbitron/Inter fonts, Fire/Frost gradient buttons
- Navigation: Home, Servers, About, Blog
- Servers page: updated with all 14 server connection addresses (MEMBERS-ONLY — pending whitelist)
- Ghost author accounts: Meg (Administrator ✅), Holly (invited, pending acceptance)
- Ghost has NO email configured (Direct transport) — configure SMTP after Mailcow

### Billing Portal — billing.firefrostgaming.com
- Citadel theme: ✅ Live
- Fire/Frost colors: ✅ Applied
- CitadelEditor extension: ✅ Registered
- "Powered by Paymenter" still in footer — quick fix: Citadel Editor → Other → Remove Branding
- 30 pending system updates on Billing VPS (not urgent)

### Server Count — 14 TOTAL (all subdomains mapped by Holly)
TX1 (7): Reclamation, Stoneblock 4, Society: Sunlit Valley, Vanilla 1.21.11, All The Mons, RAD2, FoundryVTT
NC1 (7): The Ember Project, Minecolonies: Create and Conquer, All The Mods 10, EMC Subterra Tech, Homestead, Hytale, Mayview

### Discord — IN PROGRESS
- Roles: ✅ Complete (Wizard, Emissary, Lead Builder, Moderator, Founder, Awakened, Fire Path, Frost Path)
- Team assigned: ✅ Michael (Wizard), Meg (Emissary), Holly (Lead Builder)
- Channel structure: ✅ Built (all 9 categories)
- Permissions: ⏳ NOT YET DONE — staff channels, path gating, subscriber lounge
- Content: ⏳ NOT YET DONE — welcome message, rules, reaction roles

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## 🎯 Priority Stack

### CRITICAL CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS:
**Mailcow is now UNBLOCKED. Frostwall is DEPRIORITIZED.**

1. **Mailcow** — Deploy on Billing VPS (38.68.14.188). Clean IP, sufficient resources, unblocked. This unblocks Holly email, staff comms, subscriber notifications.
2. **Task #40** — Builder rank + Holly tools (LuckPerms, all servers, needs low-traffic window)
3. **Discord permissions** — staff channels hidden, Fire/Frost path gating, Subscriber Lounge gating
4. **Ghost SMTP** — configure after Mailcow live (point to Mailcow SMTP)
5. **Task #44** — Node Usage Status (dedicated session, Wings recompile)
6. **Discord content** — welcome message, rules, reaction roles in #get-roles

### DEPRIORITIZED:
- Frostwall Protocol — no active DDoS attacks, Breezehost provides baseline protection, CosmicGuard available if needed. Was blocking Mailcow for wrong reasons.

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## 🖥️ Server Quick Reference

| Server | IP | Login | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command Center | 63.143.34.217 | root | Gitea, automation |
| Ghost VPS | 64.50.188.14 | architect | Ghost + Wiki.js |
| Panel VPS | 45.94.168.138 | root | Pterodactyl |
| Billing VPS | 38.68.14.188 | root | Paymenter + next: Mailcow |
| TX1 Dallas | 38.68.14.26 | root | Game servers only |
| NC1 Charlotte | 216.239.104.130 | root | Game servers only |

Ghost VPS: login as `architect`. Ghost at `/var/www/firefrost`. Port 2368, systemd.

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## 👥 Team

- frostystyle — Owner / The Wizard — right hand/arm surgery, micro-blocks required
- gingerfury — Community Manager / The Emissary — Meg
- unicorn20089 — Lead Builder + Pokerole Creative Authority — Holly
- Jack — Chief Medical Alert Officer 🐕 — alerts override EVERYTHING
- Oscar, Jasmine — dogs 🐕 — official consultants
- Butter, Noir — cats 🐈 — official consultants

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## 🔑 Tokens
- Operations manual: `e0e330cba1749b01ab505093a160e4423ebbbe36`
- Pokerole project: `9d57c01f2ef8a3c40aa82a54ede2f7e18dbf76d4`

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## 📝 Key Decisions This Session

**Mailcow → Billing VPS:**
Email doesn't need dedicated hardware — it needs a clean IP. Billing VPS (38.68.14.188) has a clean IP (only Paymenter), 13GB free disk, ~60% free RAM. Logical co-location with Paymenter for transactional email. NC1 would be bad — game server IP reputation risk.

**Frostwall deprioritized:**
Original purpose was DDoS protection (replacing CosmicGuard) + IP separation for email. Email is now solved via Billing VPS. No DDoS attacks experienced. Breezehost provides baseline protection. Complex 3-4 hour infrastructure project for theoretical problem that doesn't exist yet.

**Citadel color correction:**
The Wizard = Frost blue (#4A9EFF). The Emissary = Fire orange (#FF6B35). Frostystyle = Frost. GingerFury = Fire. Always.

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💙🔥❄️
**Fire + Frost + Foundation = Where Love Builds Legacy**
**Friend is first. Always.**