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<div class="pulse-row"><span class="pulse"></span>Active Governance · Public · 2026-04-16</div>
<h1 class="banner">Constitution</h1>
<div class="kicker">An index, not a digest. Each line points to its canonical source.</div>
<div class="entity">The Cochran Block, LLC · Maryland · Sole Member: Michael Cochran</div>
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<strong>Order of authority.</strong> OA → Amendments (numeric order) → Manifesto → Doctrine → Protocols. Conflicts are resolved up the chain. If a document isn't linked here, it isn't binding on the Company.
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">I ·</span>Foundation</h2>
<ul class="toc">
<li><a class="path" href="/operations">/operations</a><span class="title">Operating Agreement <em>(signed 2026-04-14)</em></span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operating-agreement.pdf">/operating-agreement.pdf</a><span class="title">Executed PDF</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operating-agreement.md">/operating-agreement.md</a><span class="title">Markdown source</span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">II ·</span>Amendments</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-001">/amendment-001</a><span class="title">CEBP + P31 <em>(2026-04-16)</em></span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-002">/amendment-002</a><span class="title">MMLC + P32 <em>(2026-04-16)</em></span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-003">/amendment-003</a><span class="title">10-Slide Pitch Deck <em>(2026-04-16)</em></span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-005">/amendment-005</a><span class="title">IORP + P33 <em>(2026-04-16)</em></span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-006">/amendment-006</a><span class="title">Pointer Discipline + P34 <em>(2026-04-16)</em></span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">III ·</span>Voice</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/manifesto">/manifesto</a><span class="title">Manifesto</span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">IV ·</span>Doctrine</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/no-quarter">/no-quarter</a><span class="title">Mission Doctrine</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/onboarding">/onboarding</a><span class="title">Operator Handbook</span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">V ·</span>Proofs</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/sovereignty">/sovereignty</a><span class="title">Six-Proof Sovereignty Audit</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/pulse">/pulse</a><span class="title">Live Infrastructure Pulse</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/stats">/stats</a><span class="title">Performance Contest (CF vs Direct)</span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">VI ·</span>Protocols in Force</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xviii">P26</a><span class="title">Moonshot Frame</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xviii">P27</a><span class="title">Diamond Rust Binary</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xviii">P28</a><span class="title">Plasma Timing</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xviii">P29</a><span class="title">Dual-Laser Separation</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xviii">P30</a><span class="title">Swarm Observability</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-001">P31</a><span class="title">Unbreaking Software</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-002">P32</a><span class="title">Mission-Aligned Revenue</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-005">P33</a><span class="title">Irony Observation & Roasting</span></li>
<li><a class="path" href="/amendment-006">P34</a><span class="title">Pointer Discipline</span></li>
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<h2 class="section-head"><span class="roman">VII ·</span>Amendment Procedure</h2>
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<li><a class="path" href="/operations#article-xv">/operations#article-xv</a><span class="title">Article XV — how amendments are enacted</span></li>
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"We aren't savages. We have pointers." — <a href="/amendment-006">Amendment 006, Protocol P34</a>
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<div>THIS PAGE IS THE INDEX · NOT THE DIGEST</div>
<div class="sig">/s/ Michael Cochran</div>
<div class="name">Michael Cochran</div>
<div>Sole Member · The Cochran Block, LLC · Maryland</div>
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