Guardian Star
Review packet · 23 Sep 2026 · Unclassified

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7 warnings · 14 watches · 1 open scored forecast (F1 / W7) · capabilities by actor

A warning is a next rung that has not occurred. A watch is a standing topic with a bar. Capabilities bound whether fired indicators can produce the outcome. Intent is usually the assumption; the files say so on each warning.

Warnings

Likelihood as of 23 Sep 2026. I / D = indicator count / disconfirming count. Open a row for the full card.

IDWarned outcomeLikelihoodWindowI / D
W1Russia opens a new ground axis in the northW1a roughly even chance low
W1b very unlikely low
through 2027-03-3111 / 3
W2Direct Russia–NATO military clashW2 very unlikely lowthrough 2027-03-319 / 2
W3PRC coercive military action against TaiwanW3a unlikely low
W3b very unlikely low
W3c very unlikely low
through 2027-12-3113 / 3
W4Sustained disruption of the advanced chip supply chainW4a unlikely low
W4b roughly even chance low
through 2027-12-318 / 2
W5Government restriction on open-weight AI models or local inferenceW5 unlikely lowthrough 2027-12-316 / 1
W6Iran/Gulf: dual-chokepoint energy cutoff, Iran–Saudi war, or NPT withdrawalW6a roughly even chance low
W6b unlikely low
W6c unlikely moderate
through 2027-12-3114 / 5
W7US diesel export embargoW7 likely moderatethrough 2026-10-235 / 3

Watches

No likelihood. Most days most of these produce nothing.

IDTopicBar (first test)
T1Ukraine warChange of control of an operationally significant town, line, or crossing, confirmed by geolocated evidence or by both sides.
T2Taiwan and the Western PacificTaiwanese domestic politics that change defense policy, budgets, or cross-Strait posture.
T3Semiconductor supply chainProcess-node, packaging, or memory milestones reaching volume production, or slipping, at any leading producer.
T4Significant AI eventsA capability result that is new in kind, with a reproducible evaluation or independent replication: sustained autonomous work, automated research and engineering, novel science,…
T5Quantum computingError correction: logical qubits below threshold at increasing code distance, logical gate operations, growth in logical qubit count, with a paper or data.
T6US/Israel–Iran war and the GulfChange in Hormuz commercial transits or in the blockade's scope, with a tracking source or an official order.
T7Arctic and northern maritime routesNew security, basing, or investment-veto agreements covering Greenland or other Arctic territory, with a text, a date, or a head-of-government announcement.
T8US homeland: immigration enforcement and legal-immigration policyA death in an ICE/CBP encounter or in an anti-ICE protest, or regular US armed forces deployed for immigration enforcement.
T9Korean PeninsulaFire across the Military Demarcation Line, or a DMZ/MDL incident with casualties that ROK JCS, MND, UNC, or USFK attributes as a hostile act.
T10Plausibly deniable industrial accidents (sabotage-team activity)A cluster: three or more such events in 30 days in one country, or three or more in 30 days against the same infrastructure class (energy, rail, ATC/telecom, ports, chemicals, u…
T11US–Canada trade ruptureCanadian oil or potash redirected to a third country (especially the PRC) as replacement for lost US share.
T12US Western Hemisphere cartel-military campaignAcknowledged US land combat in Mexico or Venezuela, or operations without host-nation consent.
T13Drone, TBM, and C-UAS capability developmentA named system, effector, or scale that is new for that actor: organic swarm, TBM C-UAS effector, CCA/loyal wingman, program-of-record fielding, or a stated inventory or product…
T14TCO kinetic/drone capability (Western Hemisphere)Government-acknowledged new class, scale, or effector for a named TCO: payload weight, FPV/OWA, RF-hopping or fiber, or lift at or above about 150 lb, with the actor's own relea…

Scored forecast

Time-bounded claims frozen at issuance. A warning’s live rung can move during the window; the scored card does not. Resolution is binary on the warned outcome inside the window.

Kyle 2026-09-23: W7 is the first real-world test of GUARDIAN STAR predictive capabilities. A miss at window close is a process failure, not “likely misses sometimes.” Miss → retool (after-action and framework changes in the same turn), not a log line and a lowered rung.

Open a card when a warning is issued at likely or higher with a window of 30 days or less, or when Kyle marks a call as scored.


Open

F1 — W7 US diesel export embargo inside 30 days

Frozen: 2026-09-23 Claim: The US administration imposes a full or partial ban, embargo, or equivalent export restriction on diesel fuel by proclamation, IEEPA / DOE / Commerce order, or a completed floor vote (W7 warned outcome / W7-I4) on or before 2026-10-23. Issued likelihood: likely, moderate confidence Source of the call: FO Early Warning 23 Sep (R.C.), adopted as W7 Window: 2026-09-23 through 2026-10-23, America/Los_Angeles (FO 23 Sep: “likely within the next 30 days”; WARNINGS.md window). Hit: W7-I4 fires inside the window. Resolve immediately; do not wait for close. No retool from this test. Miss: 2026-10-23 ends without I4. Congressional calls, cabinet studies, the president’s urging, voluntary refiner cuts, SPR / heating-oil actions, and a gasoline-only restriction are not a hit. On miss (Kyle 2026-09-23): retool prediction frameworks. Apply W7-D3. Do not treat as within-error-bar. Write the after-action and the framework changes in the same turn (skill: scored-forecast resolution). Status: open Resolution job: cron W7/F1 window close (job id omitted), 2026-10-24 07:00 PDT


Resolved

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