NOUS_ONE–UNSKernel: Integrated Onboard Intelligence, Authenticated Navigation and Proposed Isomer Power

NOUS_ONE–UNSKernel: Integrated Onboard Intelligence, Authenticated Navigation and Proposed Isomer Power Chloe Tully Independent Researcher Engineer https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5661-7332 System-design paper · 7th November 2026 Abstract This paper presents an integrated underwater vehicle architecture, combining NOUS_ONE for onboard planning, local inference and persistent memory with UNSKernel for independent deterministic navigation and command admission. Restricted, typed, versioned local messages separate planning intent from control authority: an AI-generated proposal cannot directly actuate the vehicle or override navigation constraints. Co-located inference removes the requirement for a surface or internet connection to complete each planning request; it does not guarantee availability under local power, compute, bus or sensor faults. The architecture retains a TIT BIT–inspired Quasi-Equivalence Index (QEI), conventional authenticated telemetry and a proposed isomer-derived onboard electrical subsystem with an optional dock. NOUS_ONE’s signed packaging and affective continuity are adapted to mission operation without treating relational memory as navigation truth. Existing classical reference-software checks are separated from the unimplemented NOUS_ONE integration, author-reported manuscript metrics and unvalidated physical power concept. The contribution is a system specification supported by limited software evidence; onboard integration and physical feasibility remain to be validated. Keywords: NOUS_ONE; local inference; mission continuity; underwater navigation; UNSKernel; dead reckoning; authenticated telemetry; QEI; TIT BIT; Ed25519; ML-KEM; ML-DSA; nuclear isomer; system architecture.