Option 2: Safeguarded Technical Review

You widened the inquiry, but kept it mainly technical and tightly controlled.

A structured review is authorized: snapshot capture, parameter comparisons, and bounded distribution checks. Access is limited and read-only where possible. The work produces a clearer signal on drift and downstream effects — enough to narrow the possibilities without turning the issue into a broad institutional event.

What you protected is operational stability. What remains unresolved is legitimacy.

The more the technical picture sharpens, the more the questions shift toward governance: who authorized the changes, why they were accepted, and whether the system still reflects Tana’s stated values. Engineering alone cannot answer that.

Observer-12 remains engaged, but careful. They may help steer you away from obvious misreads and point toward useful comparisons, while still withholding anything that increases traceability or implies intent.

By late afternoon, you have a bounded technical picture. But the pressure has moved upward into authorization, accountability, and leadership responsibility — where clean analysis is no longer enough.