diff --git a/docs/plan/pcsx2-verification.md b/docs/plan/pcsx2-verification.md
index 4b4ac12..6562fd1 100644
--- a/docs/plan/pcsx2-verification.md
+++ b/docs/plan/pcsx2-verification.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The comparison:
 
 ## Result: levels 0 and 1, verified 2026-10-11
 
-Level 0 (Veldin), three inputs -- the live emulator over PINE and two PCSX2
+Level 0 (Aranos), three inputs -- the live emulator over PINE and two PCSX2
 savestates from that level, all agreeing byte for byte:
 
 ```text
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index ca21780..ad7d32f 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ analysis trips their disassembler on two opcodes.
 
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-## Phase 5 — Veldin vertical slice
+## Phase 5 — Aranos vertical slice
 
 **Goal:** one planet, playable start to finish.
 
@@ -744,13 +744,15 @@ analysis trips their disassembler on two opcodes.
 - [ ] Wrench and the camera
 - [ ] Collision and the HUD
 
-**Gate:** Veldin is completable and visually matches PCSX2 frame-for-frame under
+**Gate:** Aranos is completable and visually matches PCSX2 frame-for-frame under
 replayed input.
 
-**This is the go/no-go for the project.** If Veldin works, the other 26 levels
+**This is the go/no-go for the project.** If Aranos works, the other 26 levels
 are content. If it does not, the reason is discovered while it is still cheap.
-Spherical gravity is the thing most likely to break, because it invalidates
-R&C1's movement and camera assumptions wholesale.
+Spherical gravity is the thing most likely to break, because it invalidates the
+movement and camera assumptions the engine inherits from Ratchet & Clank (2002)
+wholesale. That reference is to the *previous game*, not to this disc -- Going
+Commando opens on Aranos, and Veldin appears nowhere in it.
 
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