“since the last time they Ascended” may not cover the very first time. Could you add, “or if they have never Ascended, since the beginning of this dynasty”

I don’t hate this at all, although I think it should probably be a tier ascension criteria rather than a universal.

per Josh

Josh: There’s no reason why some agenda items can’t be level specific.

what does this represent, thematically? doing enough stuff that the people one level up pluck you out of their simulation & give u a new body themselves?

I’m starting to think that we already physically exist at all levels, and just need to wake up out of our simulations one at a time. So the “doing enough stuff” would just be general clue-gathering or wire-cutting, enough to find your way out of the current level of simulation.

Kevan convinced me.