Fan

Operator Inputs

• Name the target, fragment set, decision surface, or drifting work item that needs to be pulled into a better lane.
• Describe the desired direction of movement: closer, centered, grouped, or shifted into one specific path.
• State how local the airflow should stay so nearby systems, context, or collaborators are not disrupted.
• Identify the exact follow-up action Hermes should enable once the target has been repositioned.

Procedure

1. Restate the target, success condition, and no-touch boundaries before you spend the chip.
2. Collect the operator inputs below so the chip lands on the right panel.
3. Name what is drifting, scattered, or sitting just outside the useful lane.
4. Set the airflow direction and keep the pull local enough to avoid disturbing the whole field.
5. Exploit the new position immediately before the target disperses again.
6. Package the result with concrete evidence, what stayed untouched, and the next recommended chip only if follow-up is truly needed.

Deliverables

• One local directional repositioning move that gathers, pulls, or centers the target surface.
• A short note explaining what shifted, where it was moved, and what follow-up lane is now open.

Output Contract

• One bounded airflow-style move that repositions the named target without pretending to solve the whole battle.
• A clear statement of the before-and-after position, grouping, or lane alignment.
• An explanation of why this was a local pull or directional nudge rather than a territory grab or full rewrite.
• A concrete next step that becomes easier because the target is now in range or in lane.

Do Not Use For

• Large-scale field control problems where ownership, access, or multi-panel room is the true bottleneck.
• Defense stripping work where the obstacle is an aura, barrier, wrapper, or beneficial cover rather than bad positioning.
• Situations where the target is already in the correct lane and the right move is direct execution.

Pair With

• After Fan, switch to Air Shot when the target still needs one more sharp shove after being pulled into the lane.
• After Fan, switch to Cannon when the gust lines up one clean straight follow-up shot.
• After Fan, switch to Panel Grab when the local pull worked but the real bottleneck turns out to be ownership of one key panel.

Pitfalls / Guardrails

• Keep the theatrical framing, but name the concrete mechanism that makes the chip useful right now.
• Do not mistake Fan for broad room control; if you need to reclaim territory, use Panel Grab or Area Grab instead.
• Do not create so much airflow that helpful structure, context, or stable footing gets blown around with the target.
• If the real need is stripping defenses rather than repositioning the target, switch to North Wind.
• Keep the chip metaphor anchored to a real operating move; do not let flavor substitute for procedure.

Verification

• Check that the response includes every promised deliverable and leaves an inspectable audit trail.
• Check that confirmed facts, assumptions, and proposed follow-up are visibly separated.
• Confirm Hermes produced a local directional repositioning effect, not a disguised broad restructure.
• Confirm the response names exactly what moved and which lane or grouping improved.
• Confirm the resulting position directly supports a specific next move instead of vague better alignment.
• Check which parts are concrete actions versus framing, so the operator can tell what is real now.

Example Invocation

Use Fan on this scattered notes dump: pull the loose pieces into one workable lane, keep the movement local, and show me the next action that becomes possible.
Use Fan to bring this drifting review thread back toward one decision path without rewriting the whole plan.