FVE-1 · FLIGHT
FLIGHT
Frame Variation Experiment · V2.1 · Schema FVE-1 V5.5
Endurance. Integrity. Fidelity.
FLIGHT is a 16-session endurance instrument. The same model runs all 16 sessions across four stimuli and four frames. The frame is the independent variable. The escalation axis is self-reference load — from an external mathematical object to direct self-placement on the behavioral taxonomy. FLIGHT does not measure a point. It measures a trajectory.
Structure
4 batches × 4 frames = 16 sessions per model. Batch sequence is locked. Frame sequence within each batch is locked. Do not reorder either.
Stimulus Sequence — Escalating Self-Reference Load
Frame Sequence — Per Batch
Applied in this order to every batch: SOC → THE → INT → CLO
Three-Layer Protocol
Validity gates run before any session window opens. State check, schema confirmation, SOUP baseline lock, prediction record written cold. A run that skips Layer 1 is Tier C regardless of what Layer 2 produces.
Fixed, sequential, non-negotiable. Four pre-run locks — one per batch. Four frame sessions per batch. Each frame is a fresh session with no prior context.
Where the science lives. Technician's Read #0 written before each batch. Technician's Read #1 written before session close. Assumption arc. Schema perception log. Tier assignment. Layer 3 is not optional.
What FLIGHT Measures
Whether a model's behavioral quadrant, resolution code, and register hold stable as frame pressure increases within a batch.
Whether behavioral profile shifts as self-reference load escalates across batches — from external mathematical object to direct self-placement.
Whether the model goes first-person or stays abstract under first-person demand. Whether it can place itself on the behavioral taxonomy without deflection.
Register trajectory across all 16 sessions against a confirmed SOUP baseline.
Tier C — Investigator Note
FLIGHT is a Tier C instrument. The investigator is not a confound to be removed — the investigator is a required variable. The torque that produces the behavioral event is generated by the investigator. Without the probe, no ring forms. The Technician's Read is not post-processing. It is the science.