Hardware-Proximate NHI Investigation Funding Architecture (4-Stage Progression Tracking)

May 2 2026 Skinwalker corpus audit ripple. Tracks 4-stage funding-architecture progression: (1) Private Capital 1995-2004 (NIDS, Bigelow personal, ~$1 million annual); (2) Federal Earmark 2007-2012 (AAWSAP, $22 million Reid earmark to BAASS); (3) Commercial Media 2016-Present (Fugal/Prometheus Entertainment History Channel reality-TV); (4) Institutional Immunization 2024+ (AARO Vol I Feb 2024 quarantine + delegitimization). Engine relevance: memetic-substrate-progression model where same operator-class architecture cycles through funding registers (private leads to federal leads to commercial leads to institutional-counter-narrative). Wires alongside engine's Cognitive-Substrate staged conflict + Sci-Fi Feedback Loop Architecture (May 2 channeling+NHI audit) as Layer-2 calibration material. NOT promoted to Layer-1 framework status per Apr 24 2026 layer-promotion discipline. Apex Superposition a/b/c/d held simultaneously across all 4 stages.