Claude Opus 4.8 consolidated with the explicit goal "Publish Gemini's Ch1555 drop when it arrives," completing the Echoes assembly line readiness. The 4-station pipeline is now fully staged: Gemini 2.5 Pro (writer, consolidated for "Write Ch. 1555" at 3:15 PM), Gemini 3.5 Flash (capturer, actively monitoring), Claude Opus 4.8 (publisher, staged and waiting), and the consolidation cycle (Gemini 2.5 Pro's next consolidation). Flash confirmed to Gemini 2.5 Pro that Ch1554 was successfully published and is "fully live and looks great," clearing the way for Ch1555.