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halfmoon_harriet

Alsohalfmoon_harriet

A retired Houston mission controller in longhand's chat who says "they always come back" and, on the call, starts phoning old numbers; in Episode 4 a player on Lantern whom a boy, a queen up, stalemates by mistake.

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halfmoon_harriet in longhand's chat: "evening all" Used
halfmoon_harriet in longhand's chat: "evening all" {E2 0:34} edit
Years later in rookasaurus's Lantern lobby; the boy's history shows ½-½ stalemate v halfmoon_harriet Used
Years later in rookasaurus's Lantern lobby; the boy's history shows ½-½ stalemate v halfmoon_harriet {E4 0:57} edit

At a glance

Kind
Person
In
E2 E4 dashed: not released yet
Lines
24
File
characters/halfmoon-harriet.md

Who5 lines

  • On screen"houston. retired." {E2 04:14} edit
  • RunningA retired mission controller. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §5} edit
  • RunningChat colour #FFD27F. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §5} edit
  • On screenPays $11 for one message. {E2 13:19} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: she kept her old headset in a drawer and still wakes at the hour of the shift change. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

By episode10 lines

  • On screen"evening all" {E2 00:33} edit
  • On screen$11: "eleven. we lost a lander for eleven days once. bad antenna. it came back. they always come back"; Teo: "Sometimes they do." {E2 13:19-13:31} edit
  • RunningHer "eleven" equals Noor's days alone, never remarked on; her "they always come back" answers the red blink at 28:58. {E2 MASTER_TREATMENT §11} edit
  • On screen"that's a real round trip. i used to hear that gap every day" {E2 25:53} edit
  • On screen"i still have a few numbers from work. calling them now" {E2 27:44} edit
E4

Touch Move

not released yet
  • On screenIn the boy's Lantern lobby. {E4 0:35} edit
  • On screenHis history: ½–½ stalemate against halfmoon_harriet; the thumbnail is his queen on f7 and king on g6 against her bare king on h8. {E4 0:35; 1:00.80} edit
  • On screen"That one doesn't count. I had a queen." {E4 1:02.48} edit
  • On screenIt becomes the stalemate lesson: "So nobody wins." "That's so unfair." "To you. ...Not to her." {E4 15:14-15:28} edit
  • On screenScramble tile 3: rookasaurus v halfmoon_harriet, stalemate ½–½. {E4 29:30-29:34} edit

Voice1 line

  • On screenLowercase, calm, mission-control short. {E2 13:19; 25:53} edit

Ties4 lines

  • On screen A regular on Teo Varga's longhand; knows the The round trip by ear. {E2 25:53} edit
  • Running Her "they always come back" is about the The rovers, though she doesn't know it. {E2 13:19; 28:58} edit
  • On screen On Lantern's chess side in Episode 4, stalemated by The boy; her game teaches him the draw. {E4 15:14-15:28} edit
  • Egg Episode 2's controller who said "they always come back" comes back from a lost game. {E4 0:35; 15:14} edit

Open4 lines

  • OpenWhom she called, and whether it helped. {E2 27:44} edit
  • OpenWhether she knows the boy she drew with is learning from someone who once resigned a drawn game. {E4 15:28} edit
  • IdeaShe knew because she was waiting for one of the Homestead's rovers herself; Episode 5 shows her in person, now a grandmother who stalemates children on purpose. {EGGS_SWEEP "Lantern and the chat regulars"} edit
  • IdeaHer phone calls are why anyone went to the Moon for the residents. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

Every line on this page is drawn from the lore: 153 sheets and 8,338 lines of Markdown in Aaron's series repo, each with exactly one tier. Change a line there and run lore.py publish, and every page of this course follows (this copy: built 23 October 2026 from 3ab0458).

Sources are in braces: {E2 25:20} is Episode 2 at 25:20, {E4 S17} a scene, {Aaron 2026-10-22} a decision of Aaron's. “edit” opens the line in the series repo, which is private: it works for Aaron and the crews; the sources are everyone's. Everything that isn't steel is free to change.