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  "id": "starlight-rat",
  "name": "Vault Rat",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictionalized",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "Lives in packs of thirty. Four eyes, all of them good in the dark.",
  "traits": [
    "On Umbra the dark side never ends, so the rats went violet black and grew extra eyes. Only the pink nose is the same.",
    "Hunts in numbers. It notices Seven from about 30 metres and does not care how many others are already chasing him. Each bite takes 5 shield points.",
    "Home: Umbra."
  ],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "starlight-menagerie"
  ],
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    "id": "starlight-rat-catalog-starlight-card-v1",
    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-starlight-starlight-rat-card-v1.png",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-starlight-starlight-rat-card-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Vault Rat: a violet low-poly rat with a long tail and glowing forehead points.",
    "caption": "Isolated view of the original Vault Rat game model. Neutral-stage lighting; habitat and runtime effects are absent.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie game model",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/projects/starlight-menagerie/assets/animals/rat.glb",
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    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-starlight-starlight-rat-card-v1-1200.webp",
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  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html",
      "collectionId": "starlight-menagerie"
    },
    {
      "title": "Gamelab’s Starlight Menagerie: The Encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/starlight-menagerie/starlight-menagerie-encyclopedia-build-story.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    },
    {
      "title": "The creatures",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    },
    {
      "title": "The map of Doorly Orbital",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "starlight-menagerie-encyclopedia",
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "text": "Added from the named source to the Field Guide."
    }
  ],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [
    "Inspired by Brown rat; the guide describes its game depiction."
  ],
  "references": [
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      "id": "starlight-rat-source-1",
      "kind": "scene",
      "url": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/rat-three.webp",
      "previewUrl": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/rat-three.webp",
      "alt": "Vault Rat in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "caption": "Vault Rat in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "status": "approved",
      "version": 1,
      "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html",
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    }
  ],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}