diff --git a/v2/crates/nvsim/src/lib.rs b/v2/crates/nvsim/src/lib.rs
index e581532e..0c8021fe 100644
--- a/v2/crates/nvsim/src/lib.rs
+++ b/v2/crates/nvsim/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
 pub mod frame;
+pub mod propagation;
 pub mod scene;
 pub mod source;
 
 pub use frame::{MagFrame, MAG_FRAME_MAGIC, MAG_FRAME_VERSION};
+pub use propagation::{
+    attenuate, material_is_heavy, material_loss_db_per_m, LosSegment, Material, Propagator,
+};
 pub use scene::{CurrentLoop, DipoleSource, EddyCurrent, FerrousObject, Scene};
 pub use source::{
     current_loop_field, dipole_field, ferrous_field, scene_field_at, scene_field_at_sensors,
diff --git a/v2/crates/nvsim/src/propagation.rs b/v2/crates/nvsim/src/propagation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b92691d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/crates/nvsim/src/propagation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+//! Per-material magnetic-field attenuation along sensor–source line-of-sight
+//! segments — Pass 3 of the implementation plan.
+//!
+//! Free-space `1/r³` falloff lives in [`crate::source`] (it's part of the
+//! dipole formula). This layer applies *additional* attenuation when the LoS
+//! crosses material slabs of known thickness. Default — for air / vacuum —
+//! is the identity transform.
+//!
+//! # Primary sources
+//!
+//! - Jackson, *Classical Electrodynamics* 3e (1999) §5.8, §8.1 — skin depth.
+//! - Cullity & Graham, *Introduction to Magnetic Materials* 2e (2009) Ch. 2.
+//! - Ulrich, *NDT&E Int.* 35 (2002) — concrete-attenuation proxy (cited as
+//!   *proxy*; the real research gap is plan §6.3).
+//!
+//! # Honest scope
+//!
+//! Plan §2.2 explicitly marks drywall / brick / dry-concrete loss values as
+//! **conjectural** with defensible defaults. We re-state that here in code:
+//! the table is the best public-domain estimate at DC–10 kHz, but no
+//! systematic measurement of residential-wall magnetic-field penetration
+//! loss at RuView geometry has been published. Reinforced concrete carries
+//! a warning flag so consumers know to escalate.
+
+use crate::scene::Vec3;
+
+/// Material categories the simulator knows about. Extend by adding to this
+/// enum + the per-material entry in [`material_loss_db_per_m`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub enum Material {
+    /// Vacuum / air. Identity attenuation.
+    Air,
+    /// Gypsum drywall, dry. Conjectural 0 dB/m.
+    Drywall,
+    /// Dry brick. Conjectural 0 dB/m.
+    Brick,
+    /// Dry concrete, no rebar. Conjectural 0.5 dB/m (Ulrich 2002 proxy).
+    ConcreteDry,
+    /// Reinforced concrete. 20 dB/m + raises the heavy-attenuation flag.
+    ReinforcedConcrete,
+    /// Sheet steel (low-carbon). Frequency-dependent skin-depth attenuation
+    /// per Jackson §8.1; the simulator passes a representative DC value.
+    SheetSteel,
+}
+
+/// One slab of material along a line-of-sight segment.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct LosSegment {
+    /// Material in this slab.
+    pub material: Material,
+    /// Path length through the slab (m). Must be `>= 0` and finite; `0`
+    /// is the documented no-op input.
+    pub path_m: f64,
+}
+
+/// Per-meter loss in decibels at DC–10 kHz. See plan §2.2 for primary
+/// sources and conjecture markers.
+pub fn material_loss_db_per_m(m: Material) -> f64 {
+    match m {
+        Material::Air => 0.0,
+        Material::Drywall => 0.0,           // conjecture: gypsum non-ferromagnetic
+        Material::Brick => 0.0,             // conjecture: same logic as drywall
+        Material::ConcreteDry => 0.5,       // conjecture: Ulrich 2002 proxy
+        Material::ReinforcedConcrete => 20.0, // proxy + warning flag (plan §2.2)
+        Material::SheetSteel => 100.0,      // frequency-dependent in reality;
+                                            // representative DC bulk loss
+    }
+}
+
+/// True iff this material warrants the `HEAVY_ATTENUATION` frame flag
+/// (i.e. the simulator's confidence in the per-meter loss is poor and the
+/// downstream consumer should know to interpret the reading with caution).
+pub fn material_is_heavy(m: Material) -> bool {
+    matches!(m, Material::ReinforcedConcrete | Material::SheetSteel)
+}
+
+/// Apply per-segment attenuation to an incoming 3-vector field. Returns
+/// `(B_out, heavy_flag)` where `heavy_flag` is `true` if any segment was
+/// flagged as heavy / low-confidence.
+///
+/// Total loss is the sum of `path_m × loss_db_per_m` across segments,
+/// converted to a linear scale factor. NaN-safe — segments with non-finite
+/// `path_m` are skipped (no contribution, no panic).
+pub fn attenuate(b_in: Vec3, segments: &[LosSegment]) -> (Vec3, bool) {
+    let mut total_db = 0.0_f64;
+    let mut heavy = false;
+    for seg in segments {
+        if !seg.path_m.is_finite() || seg.path_m <= 0.0 {
+            continue;
+        }
+        total_db += seg.path_m * material_loss_db_per_m(seg.material);
+        heavy |= material_is_heavy(seg.material);
+    }
+    let scale = 10.0_f64.powf(-total_db / 20.0);
+    (
+        [b_in[0] * scale, b_in[1] * scale, b_in[2] * scale],
+        heavy,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Aggregate "propagator" type — currently a stateless wrapper over
+/// [`attenuate`] but a struct to keep room for future per-frequency or
+/// per-thickness parameters without breaking the call-site shape.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct Propagator;
+
+impl Propagator {
+    /// Identity-attenuation propagator (air/free-space).
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self
+    }
+
+    /// Run [`attenuate`] across a slice of LoS segments.
+    pub fn attenuate(self, b_in: Vec3, segments: &[LosSegment]) -> (Vec3, bool) {
+        attenuate(b_in, segments)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use approx::assert_relative_eq;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn free_space_is_identity_transform() {
+        // Air with any path length: B_out == B_in, no heavy flag.
+        let b_in = [1.0e-9, 2.0e-9, 3.0e-9];
+        let segs = [LosSegment {
+            material: Material::Air,
+            path_m: 5.0,
+        }];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        assert_relative_eq!(b_out[0], b_in[0], max_relative = 1e-12);
+        assert_relative_eq!(b_out[1], b_in[1], max_relative = 1e-12);
+        assert_relative_eq!(b_out[2], b_in[2], max_relative = 1e-12);
+        assert!(!heavy);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn drywall_is_approximately_zero_db() {
+        // Plan §2.2 marks drywall as conjectural 0 dB/m. The simulator
+        // commits to identity for now; if a primary source is ever cited
+        // this test is the regression boundary.
+        let b_in = [1.0e-9, 0.0, 0.0];
+        let segs = [LosSegment {
+            material: Material::Drywall,
+            path_m: 0.1,
+        }];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        assert_relative_eq!(b_out[0], b_in[0], max_relative = 1e-12);
+        assert!(!heavy, "drywall is not flagged as heavy");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dry_concrete_attenuates_at_half_db_per_meter() {
+        // 0.5 dB/m × 2 m = 1 dB total. Linear scale = 10^(-1/20) ≈ 0.8913.
+        let b_in = [1.0_f64, 0.0, 0.0];
+        let segs = [LosSegment {
+            material: Material::ConcreteDry,
+            path_m: 2.0,
+        }];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        let expected = 10.0_f64.powf(-1.0 / 20.0);
+        assert_relative_eq!(b_out[0], expected, max_relative = 1e-12);
+        assert!(!heavy, "dry concrete is not flagged heavy");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reinforced_concrete_attenuates_and_raises_heavy_flag() {
+        // 20 dB/m × 0.2 m = 4 dB. Linear scale = 10^(-0.2) ≈ 0.6310.
+        let b_in = [1.0_f64; 3];
+        let segs = [LosSegment {
+            material: Material::ReinforcedConcrete,
+            path_m: 0.2,
+        }];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        let expected = 10.0_f64.powf(-4.0 / 20.0);
+        for k in 0..3 {
+            assert_relative_eq!(b_out[k], expected, max_relative = 1e-12);
+        }
+        assert!(heavy, "reinforced concrete must raise heavy_flag");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nan_or_negative_path_is_skipped_without_nan_in_output() {
+        // A degenerate or hostile input must not propagate NaN/Inf to the
+        // pipeline (the digitiser would otherwise produce a poisoned frame).
+        let b_in = [1.0_f64, 2.0, 3.0];
+        let segs = [
+            LosSegment {
+                material: Material::ConcreteDry,
+                path_m: f64::NAN,
+            },
+            LosSegment {
+                material: Material::Drywall,
+                path_m: -1.0, // negative paths are skipped, not negated
+            },
+            LosSegment {
+                material: Material::Air,
+                path_m: 5.0,
+            },
+        ];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        for k in 0..3 {
+            assert!(
+                b_out[k].is_finite(),
+                "B[{k}] = {} is non-finite — pass-3 NaN guard failed",
+                b_out[k]
+            );
+            // Air alone -> identity; the malformed segments contributed nothing.
+            assert_relative_eq!(b_out[k], b_in[k], max_relative = 1e-12);
+        }
+        assert!(!heavy);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_los_returns_input_unchanged() {
+        let b_in = [1.0_f64, 2.0, 3.0];
+        let (b_out, heavy) = attenuate(b_in, &[]);
+        assert_eq!(b_out, b_in);
+        assert!(!heavy);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn propagator_struct_dispatches_to_free_function() {
+        let b_in = [1.0_f64, 2.0, 3.0];
+        let segs = [LosSegment {
+            material: Material::Air,
+            path_m: 1.0,
+        }];
+        let p = Propagator::new();
+        let (b_out, _) = p.attenuate(b_in, &segs);
+        assert_eq!(b_out, b_in);
+    }
+}