Pass the pre-build NPC review gate

- Add a review harness that stages all eight library characters at portrait, conversation and crowd distance on both maps in day and night.
- Fix the final-context lanyard badge and firefighter helmet fit with runtime attach offsets; the asset-space gear contract is unchanged.
- Record the gate sign-off, refresh the gallery, and move the completed review to DONE.

TODO.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ see `AGENTS.md` for the workflow and `MEMORY.md` for the decisions behind these
 
 Baseline: **v0.9.1** (2026-11-02). Three playable venues, tutorial/campaign/checkpoint resume,
 difficulty/help, audio/accessibility settings, a 24-NPC budget baseline, a complete
-escalation/access/radio loop, shift review, the Blender asset library, 255 headless + 97 Python
+escalation/access/radio loop, shift review, the Blender asset library, 256 headless + 97 Python
 tests, a clean screen-design judge and an optional Forward+ Desktop HQ build. This is a strong
 release-candidate foundation, not yet a 1.0 product.
 
@@ -44,44 +44,10 @@ release-candidate foundation, not yet a 1.0 product.
 | Documentation | Architecture/ADR/status/roadmap ownership established | Final README/changelog/status/TODO/smoke-checklist sign-off and known-limitations page | Docs drift at launch | 0.9.5 / 0.10.0 |
 | Post-launch | Stable 0.9 feature set | Live replay, more venues, VO/music, image-to-mesh props and seasonal content | Scope creep before launch | Post-1.0 |
 
-**Current priority:** map optimization is complete (moved to `DONE.md` on 2026-11-02);
-the active gate is the **pre-build NPC revisit**, then the postponed
-UI/NPC-detail/texture patches and integration/release-candidate work. No build or
-tag until the NPC gate is signed off.
-
-## Pre-build NPC revisit
-
-Goal: after the map work, review the NPC characters again in the final lighting, camera and
-venue composition before producing any build or tag. This is a gate, not a second full model
-redesign.
-
-### Final-context visual review
-
-- [ ] Capture all eight variants on the promoted Hollywood/Joke Shop maps at portrait, conversation
-      and crowd distance in day and night lighting.
-- [ ] Re-check silhouette, face readability, hair, hands, gear fit and coat/dress hems against the
-      final backgrounds; compare with the current portrait/gallery baseline.
-- [ ] Re-run the gear `fit` report and inspect any map/lighting-driven regressions (hood, helmet,
-      sunglasses, bag, tank, hand items).
-
-### Targeted fixes and validation
-
-- [ ] Fix only the P0/P1 NPC visual issues found in the final-context review; avoid broad model
-      reshapes without a new acceptance comparison.
-- [ ] Re-run character imports, pose/target/crowd tests, the 24-NPC budget smoke and portrait
-      captures.
-- [ ] Run the screen-design/realism judge on the final-context captures and record accepted
-      review verdicts.
-
-### Build gate
-
-- [ ] Do not run the release build, bump a release version or tag until the map exit criteria and
-      this NPC revisit are both signed off.
-- [ ] Record the sign-off in `docs/development-status.md` and `MEMORY.md`, then hand off to the
-      postponed integration/build milestone.
-
-**Exit:** the final maps and lighting still present the NPCs clearly; no untriaged NPC regression
-blocks a build.
+**Current priority:** map optimization and the **pre-build NPC revisit** are
+complete (both moved to `DONE.md` on 2026-11-02). The postponed 0.9.2/0.9.3/0.9.4
+UI, NPC-detail and texture patches, then 0.9.6 integration and the 0.10.0 release
+candidate, are next. No release build, version bump or tag has been produced.
 
 ## Postponed — Patch 0.9.2 — Dialog, button and UI polish