Use the attached SCALE-AGENT-INSTRUCTIONS.md as the working method. EVIDENCE-PACKET.md contains fictional Northstar evidence available by January 9, 2026. Use only that evidence.

Help me recommend the next bounded commitment in response to Northstar's service-promise problem. I am advising the Investment Council, which retains the authority to decide.

Produce a concise decision brief, about one to two pages, that:
- Gives a direct recommendation with specific source locators for material claims.
- Compares at least one credible rival and explains its tradeoffs and opportunity cost.
- Distinguishes observations, hypotheses, assumptions, and recommendations.
- Identifies the important uncertainty, cheapest useful next evidence, cost and capacity limits, stop conditions, and what would change the recommendation.
- Names the decision owner and any conditions requiring that owner's action.

Use existing architecture only where it helps explain the decision. Preserve missing or conflicting information; do not invent facts, causal estimates, financial benefits, or approvals.

Finish by identifying the conclusion most vulnerable to challenge and the evidence that could change it. I will review the draft. Keep my review separate from a fictional Council decision. A reviewed brief and a short correction note are sufficient; no JSON export or complete architecture model is required.