Glossary

Definitions of every metric, archetype, anomaly, and technical term used throughout Frontier Pulse.

Core Concepts

CHI (Civilization Health Index)—Composite score (0–100) measuring overall universe health from 6 sub-indices.

Agora Engine—The behavioral trust intelligence engine that computes player reputation profiles.

Pulse Layer—The real-time visualization layer showing universe activity, combat, trade, and growth.

Trust Compass—5-axis radar chart measuring player reliability, commerce, diplomacy, stewardship, and volatility.

Dual Heartbeat—Two synchronized EKG-style lines showing activity vs trust patterns.

Activity Level—Metric (0–100) measuring player count, infrastructure, and combat in a system.

Trust Level—Metric (0–100) inversely related to combat ratio, boosted by infrastructure.

Local CHI—Per-system health score: activity × 40% + trust × 60%.

Sub-Index—One of 6 dimensions of global CHI: Economic, Security, Growth, Connectivity, Trust, Social.

Diagnosis—Text classification of CHI score: Flourishing (≥80), Thriving (≥65), Stable (≥50), Stressed (≥35), Declining (≥20), Collapsing (<20).

Civilization Builder—Stewardship ≥ 80, Reliability ≥ 70.

Trusted Trader—Commerce ≥ 80, Reliability ≥ 70.

Diplomat—Diplomacy ≥ 75, Volatility < 30.

Warlord—Volatility ≥ 70, Commerce < 40.

Wildcard—50 ≤ Volatility < 70.

Newcomer—Default archetype for unclassified players.

Blackout—Infrastructure present but activity collapsed (infra > 5, activity < 10).

Trust Collapse—Active players but trust critically low (trust < 20, players > 5).

Combat Hotspot—Extreme combat activity (combat incidents > 8).

Trade Spike—Unusual transaction volume (tx > 85, players > 20).

PulseRegistry—Shared Sui Move object storing all civilization health data.

OracleCap—Sui capability object granting oracle write access to PulseRegistry.

AdminCap—Sui capability object held by deployer, used to issue OracleCaps.

PTB (Programmable Transaction Block)—Sui’s composable transaction format, bundles multiple Move calls.

Deterministic Fallback—Hash-based scoring that generates consistent vitals per system ID without external data.

Endorsement—On-chain signal from any wallet validating a system’s activity.

Solar System—One of 24,502 star systems in the EVE Frontier universe.

Smart Assembly—Player-deployed infrastructure (gates, SSUs, turrets).

Killmail—Record of a PvP kill event from the World API.

Gate Link—Connection between two solar systems allowing travel.

World API—EVE Frontier’s external REST API providing universe data.