Wet Lab, silver-gelatin production still, oblique view of a single human operator's gloved hands tending a compact cream-and-black departmental organism on a steel tray: labelled COMMS, FUNNEL, FINANCE and RESEARCH chambers circulate through soft tubing into one small human override switch. A real hexagonal honeycomb mesh supports the specimen. One concentrated signal-cyan #38bdf8 row of monitor lights marks the live control line; warm oxblood tissue, copper clips, gauze and deep near-black surround it. Numbered callouts identify 01 comms relay, 02 knowledge core, and 03 write-permission valve. An absurdly domestic stapler rests beside the tray. Small Bureau seal, slightly mis-struck, lower right; fine filing lines and a plate number sit safely inside the frame. Output in exactly 1122 x 1402 px, 4:5 portrait ratio.