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 - `/`
 - `/materials/`
 - `/readiness/`
+- `/partner/`
+- `/golden-age/`
 - `/privacy/`
 
 ## Direct preview
 
-Extract the repository and double-click `index.html`. The pages open directly without a command. Materials, Readiness, Privacy, and the root 404 page also support direct local preview.
+Extract the repository and double-click `index.html`. The pages open directly without a command. Materials, Readiness, Partner, Golden Age, Privacy, and the root 404 page also support direct local preview.
 
 ## Validation
 

diff --git a/assets/images/partner-social-preview.png b/assets/images/partner-social-preview.png
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 - Keep language minimal, calm, selective, and quietly premium.
 - Preserve precise public boundaries through elegant channel guidance rather than alarm-heavy wording.
 - Avoid unnecessary repetition, urgency, hype, and theatrical luxury language.
+
+
+## Protected Partner page qualities
+
+- Route: `/partner/`
+- Repository-native, self-contained HTML with no ordinary executable JavaScript
+- Shared Bridge Node 7 header, global navigation action, footer, focus treatment, and direct-preview behavior
+- Large gradient hero language and Materials-to-Mission pathway
+- Balanced capital-facing composition with present-moment momentum and no manufactured urgency
+- Approved copy markers remain stable unless a verified production defect or new external evidence requires change
+- No internal-strategy leakage, private technical detail, financing terms, or unsupported maturity claims
+- Responsive single-column mobile transformation
+
+## Protected Golden Age page qualities
+
+- Route: `/golden-age/`
+- Concise strategic narrative distinct from the operational Partner page
+- Approved narrative markers: The Golden Age is being built; Science Becomes Strength; A Disciplined Path Forward; Discover · Verify · Build; Advance what comes next
+- Shared Partner navigation and a contextual Partner with Bridge Node 7 pathway
+- Independent-policy disclosure remains adjacent to the policy reference
+- No ordinary executable JavaScript, remote runtime dependencies, or protected company information
+- Responsive single-column mobile transformation and direct-preview behavior
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+<section aria-labelledby="hero-title" class="hero"><div class="shell">
+<p class="eyebrow">Science · A New Golden Age</p>
+<h1 id="hero-title"><span class="gradient-text">The Golden Age</span><br/>is being built.</h1>
+<p class="lead">Bridge Node 7 connects frontier research, critical materials, AI-enabled exploration, and strategic invention through trusted pathways to American capability.</p>
+<p class="framework-line">Discover · Verify · Build</p>
+</div></section>
+<section aria-labelledby="capability-title"><div class="shell">
+<div class="section-head"><h2 id="capability-title">Science Becomes Strength</h2><p>Progress compounds when research, engineering, manufacturing, and capital move together.</p></div>
+<div class="prose"><p>Bridge Node 7 connects consequential problems to evidence, protected invention, qualification, and dependable system use.</p></div>
+</div></section>
+<section aria-labelledby="path-title"><div class="shell">
+<div class="section-head"><h2 id="path-title">A Disciplined Path Forward</h2><p>From frontier opportunity to trusted capability.</p></div>
+<div class="sequence">
+<article class="panel card"><div class="num">01</div><h3>Discover</h3><p>Use AI to expand human inquiry across consequential technical problems.</p></article>
+<article class="panel card"><div class="num">02</div><h3>Verify</h3><p>Ground each claim in evidence, provenance, qualification, and independent review.</p></article>
+<article class="panel card"><div class="num">03</div><h3>Build</h3><p>Advance protected invention from source to system.</p></article>
+</div>
+</div></section>
+<section aria-labelledby="aligned-title"><div class="shell"><div class="panel cta-panel">
+<p class="section-kicker">Aligned for What Comes Next</p>
+<h2 id="aligned-title">Advance what comes next.</h2>
+<p>Our strategy reflects priorities articulated in <em>Science: A New Golden Age</em>: critical and emerging technologies, AI for science, rigorous verification, public-private partnerships, advanced manufacturing, and domestic translation.</p>
+<p>Bridge Node 7 is opening focused conversations with mission-aligned organizations and strategic capital.</p>
+<div class="actions"><a class="btn primary" href="mailto:contact@bridgenode7.com?subject=Bridge%20Node%207%20%7C%20Strategic%20Inquiry&amp;body=I%20would%20like%20to%20explore%20strategic%20fit%20with%20Bridge%20Node%207.%0A%0AName%3A%0AOrganization%3A%0AProfessional%20role%3A%0AArea%20of%20interest%3A%0ADesired%20next%20step%3A%0A%0APlease%20use%20this%20channel%20for%20ordinary%20professional%20correspondence.">Discuss Alignment</a><a class="btn" href="../partner/index.html">Partner with Bridge Node 7</a></div>
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+<p class="source-note"><strong>Policy reference.</strong> Bridge Node 7 is an independent private organization. The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">July 2026 OSTP report</a> is referenced for policy context. This does not imply federal endorsement, designation, funding, partnership, or affiliation.</p>
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