diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad5d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	/**
+	 * ObservatoryStage — the full Cognitive Observatory experience as a
+	 * reusable, props-driven component so it can live in TWO places:
+	 *
+	 *   1. The MAIN dashboard graph page (primary integration): launched from
+	 *      the graph control bar next to Dream / Memory Cinema, full-bleed
+	 *      overlay, with the on-screen demo switcher + exit control.
+	 *   2. The /observatory route (thin wrapper): deep-linking + ?frame=N
+	 *      capture workflow for recordings stays byte-compatible.
+	 *
+	 * All engine/plan/overlay wiring moved verbatim from the route page —
+	 * behavior is identical; only the input source changed (props, not URL).
+	 */
+	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+	import { api } from '$stores/api';
+	import type { GraphResponse } from '$types';
+	import TelemetryStrip from '$lib/observatory/overlays/TelemetryStrip.svelte';
+	import TimelineSpine from '$lib/observatory/overlays/TimelineSpine.svelte';
+	import RescueVerdict from '$lib/observatory/overlays/RescueVerdict.svelte';
+	import ObservatoryCanvas from '$lib/components/ObservatoryCanvas.svelte';
+	import { DEMO_MODES, type DemoMode } from '$lib/observatory/types';
+	import type { ObservatoryEngine } from '$lib/observatory/engine';
+	import { NodeRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/node-renderer';
+	import { BirthRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/birth-renderer';
+	import { RescueRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/rescue-renderer';
+	import { buildRescuePlan, type RescuePlan } from '$lib/observatory/rescue-plan';
+	import { ForgettingRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/forgetting-renderer';
+	import { buildForgettingPlan } from '$lib/observatory/forgetting-plan';
+	import { FirewallRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/firewall-renderer';
+	import { buildFirewallPlan, type FirewallPlan } from '$lib/observatory/firewall-plan';
+	import type { PathStepMeta } from '$lib/observatory/path-builder';
+
+	interface Props {
+		demo: DemoMode;
+		seed?: string;
+		/** ?frame=N capture freeze — null runs the live loop. */
+		freezeFrame?: number | null;
+		/** Recording mode: hides EVERY DOM instrument (pure canvas). */
+		capture?: boolean;
+		/** Show the on-screen demo switcher (the 5 moments). */
+		showSwitcher?: boolean;
+		/** Called when the user picks another demo moment. */
+		ondemochange?: (demo: DemoMode) => void;
+		/** When provided, renders the exit control (× back to the dashboard). */
+		onexit?: () => void;
+	}
+
+	let {
+		demo,
+		seed = 'vestige-observatory-v1',
+		freezeFrame = null,
+		capture = false,
+		showSwitcher = true,
+		ondemochange,
+		onexit
+	}: Props = $props();
+
+	// Human labels for the switcher chips — short, mono, uppercase (visual DNA §7.3).
+	const DEMO_LABELS: Record<DemoMode, string> = {
+		'recall-path': 'RECALL',
+		'engram-birth': 'BIRTH',
+		'salience-rescue': 'RESCUE',
+		'forgetting-horizon': 'HORIZON',
+		firewall: 'FIREWALL'
+	};
+
+	// Intentional initial-value capture: `capture` is fixed for the lifetime of
+	// a mount ({#key} remounts on change) and the H key mutates showHud freely
+	// afterward — a $derived would fight the toggle.
+	// svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
+	let showHud = $state(!capture);
+
+	function onKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+		if (e.key === 'h' || e.key === 'H') showHud = !showHud;
+		if (e.key === 'Escape' && onexit) onexit();
+	}
+
+	let graphData: GraphResponse | null = $state(null);
+	let loading = $state(true);
+	let error = $state('');
+
+	// Telemetry state — frames come from the engine's deterministic DemoClock.
+	let frameCount = $state(0);
+	let fpsEstimate = $state(0);
+	let nodeCount = $state(0);
+	let edgeCount = $state(0);
+	let centerId = $state('');
+
+	// Engine + renderer handles (upload happens once both are ready).
+	let engine = $state<ObservatoryEngine | null>(null);
+	let renderer: NodeRenderer | null = null;
+	let birthRenderer: BirthRenderer | null = null;
+	let rescueRenderer: RescueRenderer | null = null;
+	let rescuePlan = $state<RescuePlan | null>(null);
+	let forgettingRenderer: ForgettingRenderer | null = null;
+	let firewallRenderer: FirewallRenderer | null = null;
+	let firewallPlan = $state<FirewallPlan | null>(null);
+	let uploaded = false;
+	let pathSteps = $state<PathStepMeta[]>([]);
+
+	async function loadGraph() {
+		loading = true;
+		error = '';
+		try {
+			// Pull the DENSE real subgraph (the well-connected hotspot), not the
+			// newest-memory neighborhood — 'recent' centers on a lonely fresh node
+			// (~12 nodes), while 'connected' surfaces the populous, edge-rich field
+			// (~150 real memories, thousands of edges) so the Observatory reads as
+			// a living brain doing real work, not a sparse placeholder.
+			const data = await api.graph({
+				max_nodes: 200,
+				depth: 3,
+				sort: 'connected'
+			});
+			graphData = data;
+			nodeCount = data.nodeCount;
+			edgeCount = data.edgeCount;
+			centerId = data.center_id;
+		} catch (e) {
+			error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Failed to load graph data';
+		} finally {
+			loading = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function handleFrame(frame: number, fps: number) {
+		frameCount = frame;
+		fpsEstimate = fps;
+	}
+
+	function handleReady(e: ObservatoryEngine) {
+		// A fresh engine (first boot or HMR re-create) always needs an upload.
+		uploaded = false;
+		engine = e;
+		renderer = new NodeRenderer(e);
+	}
+
+	// Upload the memory field once the engine AND the graph are both ready.
+	$effect(() => {
+		if (engine && renderer && graphData && !uploaded) {
+			uploaded = true;
+			const isBirth = demo === 'engram-birth';
+			const isRescue = demo === 'salience-rescue';
+			const isHorizon = demo === 'forgetting-horizon';
+			const isFirewall = demo === 'firewall';
+			renderer.upload(graphData, seed, {
+				recallPath: !isBirth && !isRescue && !isHorizon && !isFirewall
+			});
+
+			if (isBirth) {
+				// Moment B: violet dust converges into a newborn memory.
+				birthRenderer = new BirthRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, seed });
+				birthRenderer.upload(seed);
+
+				// B6: the engrave steps ride the proven recall wavefront system —
+				// pulses travel outward from the newborn, neighbors bloom on landing.
+				const engrave = birthRenderer.engraveSteps;
+				const engraveMetas = [];
+				for (let i = 0; i < engrave.length / 4; i++) {
+					engraveMetas.push({
+						sourceIndex: engrave[i * 4],
+						targetIndex: engrave[i * 4 + 1],
+						beatFrame: engrave[i * 4 + 2],
+						kind: engrave[i * 4 + 3],
+						beatKind: 'engrave',
+						nodeId: `engrave-${i}`,
+						label: 'edge engraved'
+					});
+				}
+				renderer.setPathSteps(engrave, engraveMetas);
+
+				// Spine shows the birth beats (converge → flash → engrave).
+				pathSteps = birthRenderer.timeline.map((b, i) => ({
+					sourceIndex: 0,
+					targetIndex: 0,
+					beatFrame: b.startFrame,
+					kind: 0,
+					beatKind: 'birth',
+					nodeId: `birth-${i}`,
+					label: b.label
+				}));
+			} else if (isRescue) {
+				// Moment C: Retroactive Salience Backfill — vector search fails on
+				// camera, then Vestige reaches backward through time and ignites
+				// the true cause. All choreography is a pure CPU plan; the
+				// RescueRenderer overwrites the demo lanes AFTER recall_sim
+				// (construction order = pass order — load-bearing for the seam).
+				const plan = buildRescuePlan(graphData, renderer.graph!, seed);
+				rescuePlan = plan;
+				if (plan.viable) {
+					rescueRenderer = new RescueRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
+					rescueRenderer.upload();
+					// Probe beams + backward wave tree + causal arc ride the proven
+					// path-ribbon machinery. Metas are 1:1 with the GPU steps
+					// (setPathSteps sets params[4] + draw count from META length).
+					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
+				}
+				// Spine shows the curated story beats (unique beatFrames), never
+				// the raw GPU steps.
+				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
+			} else if (isHorizon) {
+				// Moment D: the forgetting horizon — FSRS as a visible living
+				// system. The lowest-retention memories dim and fall; three are
+				// recalled back on camera; the rest sink to a 6% floor (never
+				// deleted). Pure CPU plan; the ForgettingRenderer overwrites the
+				// demo lanes AFTER recall_sim (construction order = pass order).
+				const plan = buildForgettingPlan(renderer.graph!);
+				if (plan.viable) {
+					forgettingRenderer = new ForgettingRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
+					forgettingRenderer.upload();
+					// The 3 rescue ribbons ride the proven path-ribbon machinery.
+					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
+				}
+				// No verdict overlay for this moment — the spine narrates.
+				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
+			} else if (isFirewall) {
+				// Moment E: the immune response — a suspicious memory flares,
+				// a crimson shockwave crosses the field, its edges sever one by
+				// one, a membrane rings it, the verdict card lands. Pure CPU
+				// plan; the FirewallRenderer overwrites the demo lanes AFTER
+				// recall_sim (construction order = pass order).
+				const plan = buildFirewallPlan(renderer.graph!, seed);
+				firewallPlan = plan;
+				if (plan.viable) {
+					firewallRenderer = new FirewallRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
+					firewallRenderer.upload();
+					// The sever probe-beams ride the proven path-ribbon machinery.
+					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
+				}
+				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
+			} else {
+				pathSteps = renderer.pathSteps;
+			}
+
+			// Start the story at frame 0 now that the field exists — where the
+			// loop begins must never depend on how long the API call took.
+			engine.demoClock.reset();
+		}
+	});
+
+	onMount(() => {
+		loadGraph();
+	});
+</script>
+
+<svelte:window onkeydown={onKeydown} />
+
+<!-- Full-bleed void stage: #05060a -->
+<div class="fixed inset-0 overflow-hidden bg-[#05060a]" class:cursor-none={capture}>
+	<!-- Canvas layer (z-index 0) — the living memory field -->
+	<div class="absolute inset-0 z-0">
+		<ObservatoryCanvas
+			{demo}
+			{seed}
+			{freezeFrame}
+			onframe={handleFrame}
+			onready={handleReady}
+		/>
+	</div>
+
+	<!-- DOM overlay layer (pointer-events:none) — instruments only.
+	     capture hides it all (pure canvas for recording); H toggles. -->
+	{#if showHud}
+	<div class="absolute inset-0 z-10 pointer-events-none">
+		<!-- Top telemetry strip -->
+		<TelemetryStrip
+			demoMode={demo}
+			{seed}
+			{nodeCount}
+			{edgeCount}
+			{centerId}
+			{frameCount}
+			{fpsEstimate}
+			{freezeFrame}
+			{loading}
+			{error}
+		/>
+
+		<!-- Exit control — back to the dashboard graph. Esc works too. -->
+		{#if onexit}
+			<button
+				onclick={onexit}
+				class="absolute top-10 right-4 pointer-events-auto font-mono text-xs tracking-widest
+					text-[#5dcaa5]/70 hover:text-[#5dcaa5] border border-[#5dcaa5]/25 hover:border-[#5dcaa5]/60
+					bg-[#05060a]/70 rounded px-3 py-1.5 transition-colors"
+				title="Exit Observatory (Esc)"
+			>
+				× EXIT
+			</button>
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Demo moment switcher — the 5 cognitive moments, one click each. -->
+		{#if showSwitcher}
+			<div class="absolute top-10 left-4 pointer-events-auto flex flex-col gap-1.5">
+				{#each DEMO_MODES as mode (mode)}
+					<button
+						onclick={() => ondemochange?.(mode)}
+						class="font-mono text-[11px] tracking-widest text-left rounded px-3 py-1.5 border transition-colors
+							{mode === demo
+								? 'text-[#05060a] bg-[#5dcaa5] border-[#5dcaa5]'
+								: 'text-[#5dcaa5]/60 hover:text-[#5dcaa5] bg-[#05060a]/70 border-[#5dcaa5]/20 hover:border-[#5dcaa5]/50'}"
+						title="Play the {DEMO_LABELS[mode]} moment"
+					>
+						{DEMO_LABELS[mode]}
+					</button>
+				{/each}
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Loading state -->
+		{#if loading}
+			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
+				<div class="text-[#5dcaa5] font-mono text-sm tracking-widest animate-pulse">
+					LOADING MEMORY FIELD...
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Error state -->
+		{#if error && !loading}
+			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
+				<div class="text-red-400 font-mono text-sm border border-red-900/50 bg-red-950/30 px-4 py-2 rounded">
+					{error}
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Timeline spine: beat ticks + playhead riding the loop -->
+		<TimelineSpine steps={pathSteps} frame={frameCount} />
+
+		<!-- Salience-rescue verdict card (frame-driven opacity) -->
+		{#if demo === 'salience-rescue' && rescuePlan?.viable}
+			<RescueVerdict frame={frameCount} verdict={rescuePlan.verdict} />
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Firewall quarantine verdict card (frames 480-620, crimson tone) -->
+		{#if demo === 'firewall' && firewallPlan?.viable}
+			<RescueVerdict
+				frame={frameCount}
+				tone="quarantine"
+				fadeWindow={[480, 495, 605, 620]}
+				verdict={{
+					headline: firewallPlan.verdict.headline,
+					causeLabel: firewallPlan.verdict.intruderLabel,
+					receipt: firewallPlan.verdict.receipt
+				}}
+			/>
+		{/if}
+
+		<!-- Empty graph state -->
+		{#if !loading && graphData && graphData.nodeCount === 0}
+			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
+				<div class="text-[#5dcaa5] font-mono text-sm tracking-widest">
+					NO MEMORIES IN FIELD
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+	</div>
+	{/if}
+</div>
+
+<!-- VISUAL DNA §7: void #05060a is the base (bg utility above) — no exceptions -->
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/graph/+page.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/graph/+page.svelte
index fe9f6d5..d45c4dd 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/graph/+page.svelte
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/graph/+page.svelte
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 	import type { GraphMutation } from '$lib/graph/events';
 	import { AHAGRAPH_COLORS, AHAGRAPH_DESCRIPTIONS, type ColorMode } from '$lib/graph/nodes';
 	import { filterByDate } from '$lib/graph/temporal';
+	// Cognitive Observatory — the WebGPU cinematic moments, launched from THIS
+	// page (its primary home) as a full-bleed takeover, like Memory Cinema.
+	import ObservatoryStage from '$lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte';
+	import type { DemoMode } from '$lib/observatory/types';
 
 	let graphData: GraphResponse | null = $state(null);
 	let selectedMemory: Memory | null = $state(null);
@@ -54,6 +58,12 @@
 	let liveNodeCount = $state(0);
 	let liveEdgeCount = $state(0);
 
+	// Observatory takeover state — opens full-bleed over the graph; Esc or
+	// × EXIT returns here. {#key obsDemo} remounts the stage per moment so
+	// every demo starts deterministically from frame 0.
+	let showObservatory = $state(false);
+	let obsDemo = $state<DemoMode>('recall-path');
+
 	// Filtered graph data based on temporal mode
 	let displayNodes = $derived.by((): GraphNode[] => {
 		if (!graphData) return [];
@@ -389,6 +399,18 @@ disown</code>
 				{isDreaming ? 'Dreaming…' : 'Dream'}
 			</button>
 
+			<!-- Observatory — the WebGPU cognitive moments, full-bleed takeover.
+			     Lives HERE on the main graph, beside Dream and Memory Cinema. -->
+			<button
+				onclick={() => (showObservatory = true)}
+				class="shrink-0 inline-flex items-center gap-2 min-h-10 px-4 py-2 rounded-xl bg-[#5dcaa5]/15 border border-[#5dcaa5]/40 text-[#7fe6c0] text-sm
+					hover:bg-[#5dcaa5]/25 transition-all backdrop-blur-sm"
+				title="Open the Cognitive Observatory"
+			>
+				<Icon name="sparkle" size={16} />
+				Observatory
+			</button>
+
 			<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 			     MEMORY CINEMA — PROTECTED · DO NOT MODIFY
 			     The AI-narrated flythrough. Its trigger + props are flawless
@@ -544,3 +566,21 @@ disown</code>
 		</div>
 	{/if}
 </div>
+
+<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+     COGNITIVE OBSERVATORY — full-bleed takeover, part of the MAIN graph.
+     z-50 lifts it above all app chrome; the {#key} remounts the stage per
+     moment so every demo runs deterministically from frame 0. × EXIT / Esc
+     returns to this graph exactly as it was.
+     ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -->
+{#if showObservatory}
+	<div class="fixed inset-0 z-50">
+		{#key obsDemo}
+			<ObservatoryStage
+				demo={obsDemo}
+				ondemochange={(d) => (obsDemo = d)}
+				onexit={() => (showObservatory = false)}
+			/>
+		{/key}
+	</div>
+{/if}
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/observatory/+page.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/observatory/+page.svelte
index 78dc362..3c38166 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/observatory/+page.svelte
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/(app)/observatory/+page.svelte
@@ -1,291 +1,49 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
-	import { api } from '$stores/api';
-	import type { GraphResponse } from '$types';
-	import TelemetryStrip from '$lib/observatory/overlays/TelemetryStrip.svelte';
-	import TimelineSpine from '$lib/observatory/overlays/TimelineSpine.svelte';
-	import RescueVerdict from '$lib/observatory/overlays/RescueVerdict.svelte';
-	import ObservatoryCanvas from '$lib/components/ObservatoryCanvas.svelte';
+	/**
+	 * /observatory route — thin wrapper over ObservatoryStage.
+	 *
+	 * The full experience lives in $lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte so
+	 * the MAIN dashboard graph page can host it too (its primary home). This
+	 * route keeps the deep-link + recording contract byte-compatible:
+	 *   ?demo=recall-path&seed=vestige-observatory-v1  — pick the moment
+	 *   ?frame=N                                       — deterministic freeze
+	 *   ?capture=1 (&hud=1)                            — chrome-free recording
+	 */
+	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
+	import { base } from '$app/paths';
+	import ObservatoryStage from '$lib/observatory/ObservatoryStage.svelte';
 	import { isDemoMode, type DemoMode } from '$lib/observatory/types';
-	import type { ObservatoryEngine } from '$lib/observatory/engine';
-	import { NodeRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/node-renderer';
-	import { BirthRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/birth-renderer';
-	import { RescueRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/rescue-renderer';
-	import { buildRescuePlan, type RescuePlan } from '$lib/observatory/rescue-plan';
-	import { ForgettingRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/forgetting-renderer';
-	import { buildForgettingPlan } from '$lib/observatory/forgetting-plan';
-	import { FirewallRenderer } from '$lib/observatory/firewall-renderer';
-	import { buildFirewallPlan, type FirewallPlan } from '$lib/observatory/firewall-plan';
-	import type { PathStepMeta } from '$lib/observatory/path-builder';
 
-	// URL contract: ?demo=recall-path&seed=vestige-observatory-v1
 	const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
 	const demoParam = params.get('demo') ?? 'recall-path';
-	const demoMode: DemoMode = isDemoMode(demoParam) ? demoParam : 'recall-path';
+	let demo = $state<DemoMode>(isDemoMode(demoParam) ? demoParam : 'recall-path');
 	const seedValue = params.get('seed') ?? 'vestige-observatory-v1';
 	// Capture mode: ?frame=N freezes the sim at one loop frame (identical pixels).
 	const frameParam = params.get('frame');
 	const freezeFrame = frameParam !== null && frameParam !== '' ? Number(frameParam) : null;
-	// Recording mode: ?capture=1 hides EVERY DOM instrument — pure canvas for
-	// clips/stills. &hud=1 keeps the instruments; H toggles at runtime.
-	let showHud = $state(!(params.get('capture') === '1' && params.get('hud') !== '1'));
-	const isCapture = params.get('capture') === '1';
+	// Recording mode: ?capture=1 hides EVERY DOM instrument — pure canvas.
+	const isCapture = params.get('capture') === '1' && params.get('hud') !== '1';
 
-	function onKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
-		if (e.key === 'h' || e.key === 'H') showHud = !showHud;
+	function switchDemo(next: DemoMode) {
+		if (next === demo) return;
+		demo = next;
+		// Keep the URL shareable — same contract as arriving via deep link.
+		const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+		url.searchParams.set('demo', next);
+		history.replaceState(history.state, '', url);
 	}
-
-	let graphData: GraphResponse | null = $state(null);
-	let loading = $state(true);
-	let error = $state('');
-
-	// Telemetry state — frames come from the engine's deterministic DemoClock.
-	let frameCount = $state(0);
-	let fpsEstimate = $state(0);
-	let nodeCount = $state(0);
-	let edgeCount = $state(0);
-	let centerId = $state('');
-
-	// Engine + renderer handles (upload happens once both are ready).
-	let engine = $state<ObservatoryEngine | null>(null);
-	let renderer: NodeRenderer | null = null;
-	let birthRenderer: BirthRenderer | null = null;
-	let rescueRenderer: RescueRenderer | null = null;
-	let rescuePlan = $state<RescuePlan | null>(null);
-	let forgettingRenderer: ForgettingRenderer | null = null;
-	let firewallRenderer: FirewallRenderer | null = null;
-	let firewallPlan = $state<FirewallPlan | null>(null);
-	let uploaded = false;
-	let pathSteps = $state<PathStepMeta[]>([]);
-
-	async function loadGraph() {
-		loading = true;
-		error = '';
-		try {
-			// Pull the DENSE real subgraph (the well-connected hotspot), not the
-			// newest-memory neighborhood — 'recent' centers on a lonely fresh node
-			// (~12 nodes), while 'connected' surfaces the populous, edge-rich field
-			// (~150 real memories, thousands of edges) so the Observatory reads as
-			// a living brain doing real work, not a sparse placeholder.
-			const data = await api.graph({
-				max_nodes: 200,
-				depth: 3,
-				sort: 'connected'
-			});
-			graphData = data;
-			nodeCount = data.nodeCount;
-			edgeCount = data.edgeCount;
-			centerId = data.center_id;
-		} catch (e) {
-			error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Failed to load graph data';
-		} finally {
-			loading = false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	function handleFrame(frame: number, fps: number) {
-		frameCount = frame;
-		fpsEstimate = fps;
-	}
-
-	function handleReady(e: ObservatoryEngine) {
-		// A fresh engine (first boot or HMR re-create) always needs an upload.
-		uploaded = false;
-		engine = e;
-		renderer = new NodeRenderer(e);
-	}
-
-	// Upload the memory field once the engine AND the graph are both ready.
-	$effect(() => {
-		if (engine && renderer && graphData && !uploaded) {
-			uploaded = true;
-			const isBirth = demoMode === 'engram-birth';
-			const isRescue = demoMode === 'salience-rescue';
-			const isHorizon = demoMode === 'forgetting-horizon';
-			const isFirewall = demoMode === 'firewall';
-			renderer.upload(graphData, seedValue, {
-				recallPath: !isBirth && !isRescue && !isHorizon && !isFirewall
-			});
-
-			if (isBirth) {
-				// Moment B: violet dust converges into a newborn memory.
-				birthRenderer = new BirthRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, seed: seedValue });
-				birthRenderer.upload(seedValue);
-
-				// B6: the engrave steps ride the proven recall wavefront system —
-				// pulses travel outward from the newborn, neighbors bloom on landing.
-				const engrave = birthRenderer.engraveSteps;
-				const engraveMetas = [];
-				for (let i = 0; i < engrave.length / 4; i++) {
-					engraveMetas.push({
-						sourceIndex: engrave[i * 4],
-						targetIndex: engrave[i * 4 + 1],
-						beatFrame: engrave[i * 4 + 2],
-						kind: engrave[i * 4 + 3],
-						beatKind: 'engrave',
-						nodeId: `engrave-${i}`,
-						label: 'edge engraved'
-					});
-				}
-				renderer.setPathSteps(engrave, engraveMetas);
-
-				// Spine shows the birth beats (converge → flash → engrave).
-				pathSteps = birthRenderer.timeline.map((b, i) => ({
-					sourceIndex: 0,
-					targetIndex: 0,
-					beatFrame: b.startFrame,
-					kind: 0,
-					beatKind: 'birth',
-					nodeId: `birth-${i}`,
-					label: b.label
-				}));
-			} else if (isRescue) {
-				// Moment C: Retroactive Salience Backfill — vector search fails on
-				// camera, then Vestige reaches backward through time and ignites
-				// the true cause. All choreography is a pure CPU plan; the
-				// RescueRenderer overwrites the demo lanes AFTER recall_sim
-				// (construction order = pass order — load-bearing for the seam).
-				const plan = buildRescuePlan(graphData, renderer.graph!, seedValue);
-				rescuePlan = plan;
-				if (plan.viable) {
-					rescueRenderer = new RescueRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
-					rescueRenderer.upload();
-					// Probe beams + backward wave tree + causal arc ride the proven
-					// path-ribbon machinery. Metas are 1:1 with the GPU steps
-					// (setPathSteps sets params[4] + draw count from META length).
-					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
-				}
-				// Spine shows the curated story beats (unique beatFrames), never
-				// the raw GPU steps.
-				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
-			} else if (isHorizon) {
-				// Moment D: the forgetting horizon — FSRS as a visible living
-				// system. The lowest-retention memories dim and fall; three are
-				// recalled back on camera; the rest sink to a 6% floor (never
-				// deleted). Pure CPU plan; the ForgettingRenderer overwrites the
-				// demo lanes AFTER recall_sim (construction order = pass order).
-				const plan = buildForgettingPlan(renderer.graph!);
-				if (plan.viable) {
-					forgettingRenderer = new ForgettingRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
-					forgettingRenderer.upload();
-					// The 3 rescue ribbons ride the proven path-ribbon machinery.
-					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
-				}
-				// No verdict overlay for this moment — the spine narrates.
-				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
-			} else if (isFirewall) {
-				// Moment E: the immune response — a suspicious memory flares,
-				// a crimson shockwave crosses the field, its edges sever one by
-				// one, a membrane rings it, the verdict card lands. Pure CPU
-				// plan; the FirewallRenderer overwrites the demo lanes AFTER
-				// recall_sim (construction order = pass order).
-				const plan = buildFirewallPlan(renderer.graph!, seedValue);
-				firewallPlan = plan;
-				if (plan.viable) {
-					firewallRenderer = new FirewallRenderer({ engine, nodeRenderer: renderer, plan });
-					firewallRenderer.upload();
-					// The sever probe-beams ride the proven path-ribbon machinery.
-					renderer.setPathSteps(plan.pathData, plan.pathMetas);
-				}
-				pathSteps = plan.spineBeats;
-			} else {
-				pathSteps = renderer.pathSteps;
-			}
-
-			// Start the story at frame 0 now that the field exists — where the
-			// loop begins must never depend on how long the API call took.
-			engine.demoClock.reset();
-		}
-	});
-
-	onMount(() => {
-		loadGraph();
-	});
 </script>
 
-<svelte:window onkeydown={onKeydown} />
-
-<!-- Full-bleed void stage: #05060a -->
-<div class="fixed inset-0 overflow-hidden bg-[#05060a]" class:cursor-none={isCapture}>
-	<!-- Canvas layer (z-index 0) — the living memory field -->
-	<div class="absolute inset-0 z-0">
-		<ObservatoryCanvas
-			demo={demoMode}
-			seed={seedValue}
-			{freezeFrame}
-			onframe={handleFrame}
-			onready={handleReady}
-		/>
-	</div>
-
-	<!-- DOM overlay layer (pointer-events:none) — instruments only.
-	     ?capture=1 hides it all (pure canvas for recording); H toggles. -->
-	{#if showHud}
-	<div class="absolute inset-0 z-10 pointer-events-none">
-		<!-- Top telemetry strip -->
-		<TelemetryStrip
-			demoMode={demoMode}
-			seed={seedValue}
-			nodeCount={nodeCount}
-			edgeCount={edgeCount}
-			centerId={centerId}
-			frameCount={frameCount}
-			fpsEstimate={fpsEstimate}
-			{freezeFrame}
-			loading={loading}
-			error={error}
-		/>
-
-		<!-- Loading state -->
-		{#if loading}
-			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
-				<div class="text-[#5dcaa5] font-mono text-sm tracking-widest animate-pulse">
-					LOADING MEMORY FIELD...
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		{/if}
-
-		<!-- Error state -->
-		{#if error && !loading}
-			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
-				<div class="text-red-400 font-mono text-sm border border-red-900/50 bg-red-950/30 px-4 py-2 rounded">
-					{error}
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		{/if}
-
-		<!-- Timeline spine: beat ticks + playhead riding the loop -->
-		<TimelineSpine steps={pathSteps} frame={frameCount} />
-
-		<!-- Salience-rescue verdict card (frames 600-660, frame-driven opacity) -->
-		{#if demoMode === 'salience-rescue' && rescuePlan?.viable}
-			<RescueVerdict frame={frameCount} verdict={rescuePlan.verdict} />
-		{/if}
-
-		<!-- Firewall quarantine verdict card (frames 480-620, crimson tone) -->
-		{#if demoMode === 'firewall' && firewallPlan?.viable}
-			<RescueVerdict
-				frame={frameCount}
-				tone="quarantine"
-				fadeWindow={[480, 495, 605, 620]}
-				verdict={{
-					headline: firewallPlan.verdict.headline,
-					causeLabel: firewallPlan.verdict.intruderLabel,
-					receipt: firewallPlan.verdict.receipt
-				}}
-			/>
-		{/if}
-
-		<!-- Empty graph state -->
-		{#if !loading && graphData && graphData.nodeCount === 0}
-			<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center pointer-events-auto">
-				<div class="text-[#5dcaa5] font-mono text-sm tracking-widest">
-					NO MEMORIES IN FIELD
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		{/if}
-	</div>
-	{/if}
-</div>
-
-<!-- VISUAL DNA §7: void #05060a is the base (bg utility above) — no exceptions -->
+<!-- {#key} forces a full remount on demo switch: fresh engine, plans, clock —
+     deterministic from frame 0, no partial-state carryover. -->
+{#key demo}
+	<ObservatoryStage
+		{demo}
+		seed={seedValue}
+		{freezeFrame}
+		capture={isCapture}
+		showSwitcher={freezeFrame === null}
+		ondemochange={switchDemo}
+		onexit={() => goto(`${base}/graph`)}
+	/>
+{/key}