B.5.2:15.2 - Opportunity-driven materials inquiry

A research group sees an opportunity rather than a failure: a new fabrication method appears to create a micro-structure with useful thermal behavior. The prompt species is OpportunityCuePrompt rather than anomaly.

Candidate hypotheses include:

• the effect is caused by surface geometry,
• it is caused by composition gradients,
• or it is an effect of one measurement regime.

The geometry explanation is the prime conjecture because it fits more of the initial observations and suggests a clearer discriminating experiment. Keep the composition and measurement rivals visible. The possible experiment can inform a separate research choice; its description neither funds it nor makes it mandatory. Long-horizon research can be worthwhile on its own declared contribution, without treating the conjecture as an established thermal-performance result.