Tiago Valente

Tiago ValentePersonnel ID: 4369827510

Branch — ClassInfrastructure — Class 8 (FSC-wide Branch Head)

StatusActive

Primary LocationBase 12

Age31

SexMale

Height5'2"

Hair ColorDark Brown

Skin ToneMedium

Description

Tiago Valente comes from a Portuguese family and now spends much of his time at Base 12. He appears to think most clearly when physically examining the system under discussion. Valente has repeatedly requested access to damaged facilities before submitting final assessments, arguing that failures often become obvious only when viewed in the context of how personnel actually use a space. His reports are concise and sometimes unusually blunt, particularly when he believes a supposedly anomalous failure was actually caused by poor maintenance or bad design.

Valente speaks about Wonders primarily in terms of what they do to assumptions. Gravity may behave differently, distances may cease to correspond to geometry, materials may fail without conventional causes, and a room may not remain the same size twice. He therefore regards conventional engineering standards as starting points rather than guarantees. During interview, he described FSC infrastructure as:

Valente: “Architecture built for a universe that occasionally changes its mind.”

Supplemental Record

Unscheduled Inspection Note — Base 12

During an inspection of a newly completed containment wing, Valente reportedly stopped in the middle of a corridor and asked the accompanying engineer:

Valente: “Where would you sleep?”

The engineer initially assumed the question was a joke.

Valente repeated it.

After receiving no answer, he began opening maintenance rooms, checking floor clearances, water access, ventilation shafts, emergency lighting, and the distance between secured areas and available sanitation facilities.

The wing had passed every formal engineering inspection.

Valente rejected it.

His written explanation did not cite structural integrity, power redundancy, or containment capability. It stated:

“Design assumes evacuation succeeds.”

The revised wing included emergency water connections, manually accessible ventilation controls, storage for food and medical supplies, and several spaces capable of supporting isolated personnel for extended periods if normal evacuation routes became unusable.

The phrase “Where would you sleep?” has since become an informal question among Base 12 Infrastructure staff when reviewing new FSC facilities.

Personnel Observation

Shortcuts

Valente knows the internal layouts of FSC facilities well enough that he frequently ignores normal pedestrian routes.

If a destination can be reached faster through a service corridor, utility stairwell, maintenance passage, equipment room, or access tunnel, he will take that route without considering whether the people accompanying him share his familiarity with the building.

Personnel following him to meetings have unexpectedly found themselves climbing maintenance stairs or passing through areas they have never seen before.

Valente invariably insists the route was faster.

This is usually true.

It does not make anyone happier about it.