The Veils of Venus: A GCFT Planetary-Layer Scan for Entropy-Time Expression After Ordinary Baselines

This paper reframes the Venus branch of General Coherence Field Theory (GCFT) away from any claim that Venus changes time. Version 2 completes the derivations for the two leading rows and resolves the discriminator gate. The closed routes are quantified: a planetary scalar monopole violates Earth/ISS clock quietness by 7.5×10¹⁴; low-order multipoles require l_min ≥ 562 at ISS altitude to survive; the kink-tail coupling is absent at interplanetary distance (e^(−r/λ) ≡ 0, λ = 3.21 nm); and a scalar B_F F_μν F^μν layer leaves n_eff = 1 at leading geometric-optics order, since ε_eff = B_F and μ_eff = 1/B_F cancel exactly even in a neutral dielectric. VENUS_06 (ionosphere, 120–250 km) is frozen. The B_F-plasma coupling gives δt ≈ −ε_BF·t_plasma with corridor ε_BF ∈ [10⁻⁸, 10⁻⁷]. The frequency scaling is degenerate with TEC (f⁻²), so the discriminator is purely spatial: a Gaussian shell at h = 120 km, Δ = 5 km, appearing as a localized residual after smooth Abel-inverted ionosphere removal. Per-occultation signal ~10⁻¹³ s against ~10⁻¹² s VeRa precision; promotion requires coherent stacking of ~100 of the ~200–300 archival dual-band occultations. Template predeclared; pipeline frozen; archival access initiated. VENUS_03 (stability transition, 50–55 km) is demoted. A new mechanism is identified — coherence-field coupling to the fine-structure constant (δα/α = k_α·δΞ/Ξ₀) shifts neutral CO₂ refractivity non-dispersively (G(f) = 1), the correct discriminator against the plasma row. But the entropy-current coupling κΞ is bounded by Earth clock quietness at κΞ ≤ 1.4×10⁻¹² m·s, forcing δt ≲ 3.5×10⁻²⁴ s — twelve orders below VeRa precision. Examined enhancement routes do not close the gap. The row moves from UNDERDERIVED to AMPLITUDE_INSUFFICIENT: derived, real mechanism, too small. The boundary theorem holds throughout: Earth local clock silence is passed before any Venus row is admitted. No data claim is made.