feat(copy): Sprint 12 Wave 1 — flat NPCs, environmental text, insert flavor

Completes three unblocked Sprint 12 copy tickets: #307 — Flat NPC memorable trait pass (3 NPCs) - npcs/pael.yaml: maintenance tech, NOBODY/CIVILIAN tier 3 - npcs/ren.yaml: drifter, NOBODY/CIVILIAN tier 3 - npcs/tev.yaml: transit worker (looks like lookout), NOBODY/CIVILIAN tier 3 - dialogue/the-terminal/maintenance-tech.yaml: Pael's 6 lines incl. "seems important but isn't" B-7 seal complaint (the-terminal_d_040-045) - dialogue/the-last-shift/day-worker.yaml: Ren's 6 lines incl. night-rotation job-seeking line (the-last-shift_d_001-006) - dialogue/maintenance-corridors/transit-worker.yaml: Tev's 5 lines incl. corridor-watching-but-waiting-for-partner line (maintenance-corridors_d_001-005) #262 — Environmental text content - environmental/the-terminal.yaml: 7 items — shift board, manifest terminal (4471 discrepancy), maintenance clipboard (Pael's B-7 log), compliance notice, Drin/Maret work order note, safety placard, bay status board - environmental/the-last-shift.yaml: 7 items — drink menu, Lera's rules (Torek named), notice board (Vessels Tamm missing), graffiti (bathroom), specials board, lattice-free zone notice, cargo workers' association flyer - environmental/maintenance-corridors.yaml: 6 items — access restriction, Meridian scan schedule (14:20-14:45 window documented), maintenance log (Pael's anomaly report), routing diagram (pencil annotation), air quality notice, C-4 temporary storage log (container 4471 thread) #331 — Diegetic insert flavor text - insert/smuggler.yaml: POI labels (first-name, state-dependent), operational notifications (Meridian window, drop point, ring check-in, Commission patrol), system status strings, examination labels - insert/detective.yaml: POI labels (surname-first, first-name shift for allies is the relationship marker), Commission/case-file notifications, field logging strings, examination labels Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Dialogue: transit-worker at Maintenance Corridors
+# NPC: Tev Osel (Tier 3, NOBODY/CIVILIAN)
+# Voice: patient, mildly distracted, confused why anyone is asking him anything.
+# KEY LINE: maintenance-corridors_d_001 — sounds like surveillance positioning inquiry
+# Actually: Tev missed Kosse at the corridor junction and is looking for them
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: maintenance-corridors
+role: transit-worker
+lines:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # "SEEMS IMPORTANT BUT ISN'T" LINE
+  # Sounds like Tev is checking who came through a surveillance point.
+  # Actually: Tev missed his partner at the regular meeting spot.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: maintenance-corridors_d_001
+    text: "You see which way Kosse went? Should've been through here twenty minutes ago."
+    role: transit-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine, observation]
+    topic: [colleague, personal]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [tev, seems-important-but-isnt, waiting, kosse]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Someone asking who came through the corridor. Tev. Harmless — checking for a partner."
+      detective: "NPC at corridor junction, tracking who passed through. Possible lookout. Follow up: who is Kosse?"
+    notes: >
+      THE key flat NPC line for Tev. Sounds like Tev monitors corridor traffic
+      for operational reasons. Is someone who missed a meeting time with their
+      partner. The detective's suspicion is reasonable; it resolves to nothing.
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ROUTINE LINES
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: maintenance-corridors_d_002
+    text: "They shifted the freight route again. Always forget which junction."
+    role: transit-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine, cargo]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [tev, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: maintenance-corridors_d_003
+    text: "Just on break. Out of your way in a minute."
+    role: transit-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [tev, incidental]
+
+  - id: maintenance-corridors_d_004
+    text: "Late freight route runs long. Can't do anything about it."
+    role: transit-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine, night_shift]
+    topic: [routine, cargo]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [tev, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: maintenance-corridors_d_005
+    text: "Waiting for someone. Shouldn't be long."
+    role: transit-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine, observation]
+    topic: [personal]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [tev, waiting]
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+# Dialogue: day-worker at The Last Shift
+# NPC: Ren Tosse (Tier 3, NOBODY/CIVILIAN)
+# Voice: casual-observant, asks questions without social friction. Just drifting.
+# KEY LINE: the-last-shift_d_001 — sounds like intel gathering on night operations
+# Actually: asking about after-hours freight work availability
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: the-last-shift
+role: day-worker
+lines:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # "SEEMS IMPORTANT BUT ISN'T" LINE
+  # Sounds like Ren is casing night shift operations.
+  # Actually: asking if there's paid after-hours freight work available.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_001
+    text: "Night rotation still short-handed? Heard the after-hours freight pays decent."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [bar_evening, social]
+    topic: [money, cargo]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, seems-important-but-isnt, job-seeking, night-shift]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Someone asking about the night rotation. Probably nothing. Watch them anyway."
+      detective: "Interest in night shift freight operations. Drifter, irregular schedule. Logging."
+    notes: >
+      THE key flat NPC line for Ren. Sounds like Ren is interested in the
+      night operation window for operational reasons. Is standard day-worker
+      job-seeking: which shift has openings, which shift pays best.
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ROUTINE LINES
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_002
+    text: "Bay seven any better this cycle? The super was a problem last time."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [social, bar_evening]
+    topic: [routine, colleague]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, job-seeking]
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_003
+    text: "Sova's decent. Station layout makes sense once you learn it."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [social, bar_evening]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_004
+    text: "Just passing through. Maybe not. Depends on the work."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [social]
+    topic: [personal, routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, drifter]
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_005
+    text: "Cheap drink here's better than most stations I've stopped at."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [bar_evening, social]
+    topic: [personal]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: the-last-shift_d_006
+    text: "Any idea when the manifest deadline runs? Trying to time when the work window opens."
+    role: day-worker
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [social, bar_evening]
+    topic: [cargo, routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [ren, seems-important-but-isnt, job-seeking]
+    notes: >
+      Second "seems important" line. Asking about manifest deadlines sounds
+      like operational intelligence. Is logistics scheduling for day work.
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+# Dialogue: maintenance-tech at The Terminal
+# NPC: Pael Varren (Tier 3, NOBODY/CIVILIAN)
+# Voice: tired-competent, minimal, dry. Knows the infrastructure. Knows nothing else.
+# KEY LINE: the-terminal_d_040 — sounds like surveillance knowledge, is a maintenance complaint
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: the-terminal
+role: maintenance-tech
+lines:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # "SEEMS IMPORTANT BUT ISN'T" LINE
+  # Sounds like Pael monitors corridor traffic for a reason.
+  # Actually: the B-7 seal fails when people use the corridor too much. Pael notices load.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_040
+    text: "B-7's had three seal failures this cycle. Someone's been through there more than they should."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, seems-important-but-isnt, maintenance, b7]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Pael knows the corridor's been used. But Pael knows nothing — this is an HVAC complaint."
+      detective: "Corridor B-7 traffic. A maintenance tech noticing irregular use. Unreliable but worth noting."
+    notes: >
+      THE key flat NPC line for Pael. Sounds like environmental intelligence.
+      Is a complaint about a recurring seal failure caused by foot traffic.
+      Pael doesn't know what the traffic is from. Never will.
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ROUTINE LINES
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_041
+    text: "Air recycler's running hot again. Third deferred ticket this week."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_042
+    text: "Loading arm three's been on my list for a month. Management keeps deferring it."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, atmospheric]
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_043
+    text: "If the gate tone shifts, stay clear of bay six. She needs recalibration."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, warning, helpful]
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_044
+    text: "Not me. I just fix them."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine, social]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, response]
+
+  - id: the-terminal_d_045
+    text: "Gate hum's been three cycles off-spec. Nobody cares until it stops completely."
+    role: maintenance-tech
+    access: [public]
+    trust: surface
+    situation: [routine]
+    topic: [routine]
+    mood: [comfortable]
+    tags: [pael, atmospheric]
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+# Environmental Text: Maintenance Corridors
+# Signs, terminals, documents, readable objects.
+# Investigation-heavy. This is where the operational evidence lives.
+# Ticket: #262 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: maintenance-corridors
+items:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ACCESS RESTRICTION SIGN — corridor entrance
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_001
+    type: sign
+    label: "Restricted Access Notice"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      RESTRICTED ACCESS — MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ONLY
+
+      B-CORRIDOR SECTOR — AUTHORIZED ENTRY REQUIRED
+
+      Unauthorized entry subject to Sova Station Authority review.
+      Commission Order 7741-B applies.
+
+      Report unauthorized personnel to: Station Security (Lattice: SovaStation/Security)
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Nobody calls Station Security for corridor access. Everyone goes through here."
+      detective: >
+        Restricted zone, active posting. Unauthorized entry is a violation
+        of Commission Order 7741-B. If the ring is using this corridor,
+        they're committing a documented infraction on every run.
+    tags: [atmospheric, b7-corridor]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # MERIDIAN COVERAGE SCHEDULE — posted on corridor wall
+  # Most investigation-relevant item in the game.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_002
+    type: document
+    label: "Meridian Scan Schedule"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      MERIDIAN SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE — SOVA TRANSIT DISTRICT
+      MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR SECTOR — CURRENT CYCLE
+
+      Active coverage windows (full corridor monitoring):
+        06:00-07:30 | 10:00-11:00 | 14:00-15:30 | 22:00-23:00
+
+      Reduced coverage (perimeter only):
+        07:30-10:00 | 11:00-14:00 | 15:30-22:00 | 23:00-06:00
+
+      NOTE: Span gate maintenance cycles create signal interference.
+      Coverage gaps during gate calibration: approx 14:20-14:45.
+
+      Posted by: Sova Meridian Network Maintenance Division
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        14:20-14:45. That's the window. Twenty-five minutes of clean dead zone
+        during the shift transition. The ring didn't find this. It's posted.
+      detective: >
+        Posted surveillance schedule with documented gap. 14:20-14:45 during
+        shift transition. The ring isn't sophisticated — they're using
+        publicly posted maintenance data. That means anyone could have
+        identified this gap.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, meridian, surveillance-gap, critical]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "location.surveillance_gaps"
+      confidence: knows_details
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # MAINTENANCE LOG SHEET — handwritten clipboard at corridor junction
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_003
+    type: document
+    label: "Maintenance Log (B-7 Corridor)"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      B-7 CORRIDOR — MAINTENANCE LOG
+      Logged by: Pael Varren
+
+      [Month 11, Day 4]
+      Air scrubber pressure variance. Reset. Source unclear.
+
+      [Month 11, Day 12]
+      Seal failure B-7 junction. Third occurrence. Replaced again.
+      Noted: floor wear pattern inconsistent with posted traffic.
+      Possible deferred maintenance backlog creating additional load.
+
+      [Month 11, Day 22]
+      Recurring seal failure. Escalated to deferred queue.
+      NOTE: Pressure sensors reading elevated load during 14:00-15:00
+      window. Does not match shift transition foot traffic.
+      Filed maintenance anomaly report — awaiting management review.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        Pael's logged the pressure anomaly. It'll sit in the queue.
+        Management never reviews the anomaly reports.
+      detective: >
+        Maintenance anomaly report filed, awaiting management review.
+        The report documents irregular pressure load during exact operation
+        window. If management reviews it, the window closes.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, b7-corridor, pael, critical]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
+      confidence: knows_of
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ROUTING DIAGRAM — cargo flow map posted at junction
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_004
+    type: sign
+    label: "Cargo Routing Diagram"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      SOVA TRANSIT — MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR ROUTING
+      [Technical diagram showing freight flow paths]
+
+      Standard freight path: Bay > Terminal > Surface Storage
+      Emergency reroute: Bay > B-corridor > Temporary Hold (C-4)
+      Maintenance access: B-corridor > Service Lift > Environmental Systems
+
+      [Someone has drawn a thin pencil line from Bay 4 to C-4 to
+      the service lift, bypassing the standard terminal route]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Someone mapped the reroute. That's not how we were shown it. That's cleaner."
+      detective: >
+        Pencil annotation on the official diagram. Whoever added it knows
+        the layout and took time to trace an alternative route. Not vandalism.
+        Operational planning.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, b7-corridor, smuggling-route]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "location.smuggling_route"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # ENVIRONMENTAL WARNING — recycled air quality
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_005
+    type: sign
+    label: "Environmental Quality Notice"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      CORRIDOR ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS — CURRENT READINGS
+
+      CO2: 0.12% [ACCEPTABLE — upper threshold 0.15%]
+      Particulate: ELEVATED — see maintenance queue
+      Temperature: 19.4°C [nominal]
+      Recycled air freshness: 73% [minimum recommended: 80%]
+
+      If recycled air quality falls below 70%, report to maintenance.
+      Current status: Monitor.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Recycled air's worse than the terminal. You get used to it."
+      detective: "Air quality below recommended. Maintenance deferred. Nobody's prioritizing this corridor."
+    tags: [atmospheric, environmental]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # TEMPORARY STORAGE MANIFEST SHEET
+  # At the C-4 temporary hold point
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_corridor_006
+    type: document
+    label: "Temporary Storage Log (C-4)"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      C-4 TEMPORARY HOLD — CONTENTS LOG
+      [Printed manifest, partial, two pages visible]
+
+      Container 4466 — Cleared — removed Month 11 Day 1
+      Container 4467 — Cleared — removed Month 11 Day 3
+      Container 4468 — Cleared — removed Month 11 Day 3
+      Container 4469 — [NO ENTRY]
+      Container 4470 — Cleared — removed Month 11 Day 8
+      Container 4471 — [PENDING — entered Month 11 Day 15, no removal logged]
+      Container 4472 — Cleared — removed Month 11 Day 18
+
+      [Gap in numbering between 4469-4470 has no explanation column]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        4471 is still logged as pending. It should have been moved during
+        last transition. Either it wasn't, or the log wasn't updated.
+        Either is a problem.
+      detective: >
+        Container 4471 in the C-4 hold log, entered Month 11, no removal
+        logged. Same container flagged in the terminal manifest. And 4469
+        is a gap with no explanation. This is the thread.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, container-4471, critical]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "investigation.cargo_anomaly"
+      confidence: knows_of
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+# Environmental Text: The Last Shift (Bar)
+# Signs, terminals, documents, readable objects.
+# Atmosphere-heavy. Some investigation relevance through social texture.
+# Ticket: #262 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: the-last-shift
+items:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # DRINK MENU — handwritten, scratched-out prices
+  # Above the bar. Visible to anyone.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_001
+    type: sign
+    label: "Drink Menu"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      THE LAST SHIFT
+      (Lera's)
+
+      Krenn grain spirit — 4c
+      Pale station brew — 3c  ~~2c~~
+      Dark station brew — 3c
+      Import (off-station) — 8c
+      Sova standard water — 1c
+      Meal (hot, whatever's running) — 6c
+
+      No tabs. No Commission business at the bar.
+      House rules posted.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Import's doubled since last year. Everything's tighter."
+      detective: >
+        "No Commission business at the bar." That's Lera's personal policy.
+        She'll have opinions about why.
+    tags: [atmospheric]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # LERA'S RULES — above the bar
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_002
+    type: sign
+    label: "House Rules"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      LERA'S — HOUSE RULES
+
+      1. Pay before you're too drunk to remember.
+      2. Arguments outside. Always.
+      3. What's said at the bar stays at the bar.
+      4. No job talk after 20:00.
+      5. Torek Lintar runs his own tab. Don't ask.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Rule 5. Lera's been running Torek's tab for years. Old arrangement."
+      detective: >
+        Rule 5 is specific. Named. Torek Lintar has a standing arrangement
+        here. That's the third time his name has come up without context.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, torek-lintar, lera]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "relationship.torek_bar_arrangement"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # NOTICE BOARD — general community notices
+  # Examine to read individual notices.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_003
+    type: readable_object
+    label: "Notice Board"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      [NOTICE BOARD — various papers pinned over each other]
+
+      MISSING: Vessels Tamm, last seen Sova Transit District, Month 11.
+      Contact: Lattice Commission Sova liaison or speak to Lera.
+
+      CARGO WORKERS' ASSOCIATION — Monthly meeting, back room, Month 12,
+      evening shift. All Sova Transit workers welcome. Bring your own.
+
+      ROOM AVAILABLE: Residential pod B-3, lower level. Quiet. Short-term.
+      Speak to Harek at the bar.
+
+      [handwritten, pinned over the others:]
+      ANYONE KNOW WHO LEFT A TRANSIT BAG IN THE STORAGE ROOM?
+      IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        Vessels Tamm. Missing person notice. That name's from the Tamm family —
+        Naia's connection? Or coincidence. Probably coincidence.
+      detective: >
+        Missing persons notice. Vessels Tamm. Sova Transit District. Cross-reference
+        Tamm with case file — possible Naia Tamm relation. Flag for follow-up.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, naia-tamm-adjacent, harek]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "relationship.tamm_family"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # GRAFFITI — bathroom wall
+  # Examine to read.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_004
+    type: readable_object
+    label: "Graffiti (Bathroom Wall)"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      [scratched into the wall surface over several years]
+
+      Voss doesn't check bay 4. Never has. Never will.
+
+      The Commission sees what it wants to see.
+
+      Lera knows.
+
+      [someone added in different handwriting:]
+      Lera doesn't know anything. She just sells drinks.
+
+      [original hand, below:]
+      Keep telling yourself that.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Graffiti's been here since before I started. The Voss line is right, though."
+      detective: >
+        "Lera knows." Someone believes the bar owner has information.
+        Someone else pushes back. The debate is years old.
+    tags: [atmospheric, voss, lera, investigation-adjacent]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # TONIGHT'S SPECIALS — chalkboard near the kitchen
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_005
+    type: sign
+    label: "Tonight's Specials"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      TONIGHT:
+      Hot grain porridge (Velen style) — 5c
+      Station fish fry — 7c
+
+      Ask Lera what Velen style means.
+      She'll tell you about it for twenty minutes.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Lera's from Velen originally. She makes everyone ask."
+      detective: "Lera Sessik. Originally from Velen surface. Personal detail noted."
+    tags: [atmospheric, lera-backstory]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # LATTICE-FREE ZONE SIGN — near the entrance
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_006
+    type: sign
+    label: "Lattice-Free Zone Notice"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      VOLUNTARY LATTICE-FREE ZONE
+
+      By Lera's request: please disable active lattice scanning
+      and recording functions while at the bar.
+
+      Conversation here is conversation. Not data.
+
+      This is not a Commission-recognized designation.
+      Lera doesn't care.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        Everyone honors this. It's one of the reasons the bar works for
+        what it works for.
+      detective: >
+        Not legally enforceable. But anyone who honors it voluntarily is
+        actively choosing to reduce their surveillance footprint here.
+        Who honors it and who doesn't is worth noting.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, lera, lattice-free]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # CARGO WORKERS' ASSOCIATION FLYER — pinned to the bar
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_bar_007
+    type: document
+    label: "Association Meeting Flyer"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      SOVA TRANSIT CARGO WORKERS' ASSOCIATION
+      Monthly Meeting
+
+      Topic: Shift change protocols — the thirty-minute handoff window
+      and why it isn't long enough.
+
+      Also on agenda: Updated manifest compliance requirements from
+      the Commission (new reporting window: 6 hours, down from 8).
+
+      Back room. Evening shift. All welcome.
+      Bring your concerns, bring a drink.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        Commission shortened the reporting window to six hours. That's
+        tighter than the eight-hour buffer. Someone noticed the gap.
+      detective: >
+        Agenda item: thirty-minute handoff window. Workers complaining
+        about it publicly means the window is known beyond the ring.
+        Or is being discussed for reasons that are less innocent.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, shift-transition, commission]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "world.shift_schedule"
+      confidence: knows_of
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+# Environmental Text: The Terminal (Logistics Hub)
+# Signs, terminals, documents, readable objects.
+# Both characters can examine these. Interpretation differs.
+# Ticket: #262 | Sprint: 12
+
+location: the-terminal
+items:
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # SHIFT BOARD — posted schedule
+  # Always visible. High-traffic reference point.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_001
+    type: sign
+    label: "Shift Schedule Board"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      SOVA TRANSIT DISTRICT — LOGISTICS HUB
+      CURRENT ROTATION — CYCLE 47
+
+      BAY 1-4: Day Shift 06:00-14:00 (Voss, K. — Supervisor)
+      BAY 5-8: Day Shift 06:00-14:00 (Maret, K. — Scheduler)
+      TRANSITION: 13:45-14:15 (30-min handoff window)
+      Night Shift 22:00-06:00 — ROSTER PENDING
+      [Bay 6: MAINTENANCE HOLD — see Pael Varren]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Thirty-minute transition window. That's the window. Posted for everyone to see."
+      detective: "Night roster blank. Either unassigned or deliberately obscured. Logging the gap."
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # MANIFEST TRACKING TERMINAL — cargo status display
+  # Active terminal. Can be read from appropriate distance in investigation mode.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_002
+    type: terminal
+    label: "Cargo Tracking Terminal"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      ACTIVE MANIFEST QUEUE — SOVA LOGISTICS
+      Last updated: 06:23
+
+      Container 4471 — [PENDING REVIEW] — Bay 4
+      Container 4472 — CLEARED — Bay 2
+      Container 4473 — CLEARED — Bay 2
+      Container 4474 — [WEIGHT DISCREPANCY — 47kg] — Bay 4
+      Container 4475 — CLEARED — Bay 3
+      Container 4476 — PROCESSING — Bay 7
+      [8 additional items — scroll to continue]
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "4471 is still in the queue. Kael hasn't cleared it yet. On schedule."
+      detective: >
+        4471 pending review with a 4474 weight discrepancy in the same bay.
+        Two anomalies, same location. Not random.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, manifest-discrepancy]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # MAINTENANCE REQUEST CLIPBOARD
+  # Physical clipboard near loading arm 3. Examine to read.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_003
+    type: document
+    label: "Maintenance Request Log"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      DEFERRED MAINTENANCE — CURRENT QUEUE
+      (Submitted: Pael Varren, Maintenance)
+
+      Loading arm 3 — Grinding during lift cycle — DEFERRED x4
+      Bay 6 environmental seal — Recurring failure — DEFERRED x3 (HOLD)
+      B-7 corridor air scrubber — Pressure variance — DEFERRED x1
+      Gate calibration bay 5-6 — Off-spec hum — DEFERRED x2
+      Recycling unit C-4 — Thermal spike — DEFERRED x1
+
+      Note: B-7 corridor showing irregular pressure load on sensor.
+      Traffic heavier than logged shift count explains. Investigating.
+      — P. Varren
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Pael's noticed the B-7 pressure log doesn't match posted traffic. Nothing they can do about it."
+      detective: >
+        Maintenance log records irregular pressure load in B-7.
+        The tech attributes it to unlogged foot traffic. That's exactly right.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, b7-corridor]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # COMMISSION COMPLIANCE NOTICE
+  # Standard posting. Required by regulation. Two years old.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_004
+    type: sign
+    label: "Commission Compliance Notice"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      LATTICE COMMISSION — FREIGHT OPERATIONS COMPLIANCE
+
+      All manifest discrepancies exceeding 15kg must be reported
+      within 8 hours of discovery.
+
+      All cargo flagged PENDING REVIEW must be cleared by assigned
+      inspector before shift transition.
+
+      Unauthorized access to restricted maintenance corridors
+      will result in immediate suspension pending review.
+
+      Posted: Lattice Commission, Sova Station Authority
+      Reference: Commission Order 7741-B
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        Eight-hour window on discrepancy reporting. In practice, the window
+        to move anything is the thirty-minute shift transition.
+      detective: >
+        8-hour reporting window. If discrepancy 4474 was logged at 06:23,
+        compliance deadline is 14:23. I have time.
+    tags: [atmospheric, institutional]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # WORK ORDER NOTE — handwritten, coffee-stained
+  # Personal communication between dock workers. Examine to read.
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_005
+    type: document
+    label: "Handwritten Note (Coffee-Stained)"
+    visibility: examine_only
+    text: >
+      Kael —
+
+      Bay 4 queue backed up again. Maret says it's a weight issue
+      but she's not flagging it officially. If it's still there when
+      you come in, just route it through 7 like last time. Voss
+      won't check.
+
+      — D.
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: >
+        "D." is Drin. Route it through 7 like last time — dock-side
+        workaround, happens constantly. Probably nothing operational.
+      detective: >
+        Unsigned note, initial D. Maret not flagging a weight discrepancy
+        officially. Voss complicit or uninformed. Follow up with Maret.
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, maret, drin, voss]
+    knowledge_grant:
+      fact_id: "investigation.drin_inspection_pattern"
+      confidence: suspects
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # SAFETY PROCEDURES PLACARD — standard, faded
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_006
+    type: sign
+    label: "Emergency Procedures"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      IN CASE OF EMERGENCY:
+
+      1. Activate hull breach alarm (red panel, every 20m)
+      2. Proceed to nearest designated shelter (yellow markers)
+      3. Do not use freight lifts during emergency protocols
+      4. Await station authority clearance before resuming operations
+
+      Last safety review: Month 4, Year 312 (Krenn calendar)
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Two years out of date. Nobody bothers."
+      detective: "Last review was two cycles ago. Standard compliance lag for a district this size."
+    tags: [atmospheric]
+
+  # ==========================================
+  # BAY STATUS BOARD — current bay availability
+  # ==========================================
+
+  - id: env_terminal_007
+    type: sign
+    label: "Bay Status Board"
+    visibility: always
+    text: >
+      BAY STATUS — CURRENT CYCLE
+
+      BAY 1: ACTIVE
+      BAY 2: ACTIVE
+      BAY 3: ACTIVE
+      BAY 4: ACTIVE — PENDING REVIEW (2 items)
+      BAY 5: ACTIVE
+      BAY 6: MAINTENANCE HOLD — Est. clear: next cycle
+      BAY 7: ACTIVE
+      BAY 8: SCHEDULED DOWNTIME 13:00-15:00
+    dual_lens:
+      smuggler: "Bay 8 scheduled downtime 13:00-15:00. That overlaps the transition window. Useful."
+      detective: "Bay 8 downtime during transition window. Reduced oversight at peak movement time."
+    tags: [investigation-relevant, operational]
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+# Diegetic Insert Flavor Text — Detective Character
+# Neural lattice interface strings: POI labels, notifications, system status.
+# Ticket: #331 | Sprint: 12 | Owner: Mellanie + Araminta
+#
+# Voice principle: the detective's insert is issued Commission equipment.
+# Institutional, precise, surname-first. The vocabulary is the job.
+# When personal breaks through, it's notable — the first name appears
+# only for allies. Shift to first name IS a relationship marker.
+
+character: detective
+
+# ==========================================
+# POI LABELS — displayed in perception mode overlay
+# Appears on NPCs when viewed through insert interface.
+# State-dependent: shifts as relationship changes.
+# ==========================================
+
+poi_labels:
+  defaults:
+    unknown: "Unknown subject"
+    known: "{surname}, {initial}."
+    friendly: "{first_name}"
+    person_of_interest: "{surname} — POI"
+    hostile: "{surname} — AVOID"
+
+  npc_overrides:
+    kael_davan:
+      phase_1_unknown: "Unknown subject"
+      phase_1_known: "Davan, K."
+      person_of_interest: "Davan, K. — POI"
+      flagged: "Davan, K. — FLAGGED"
+    sera_venn:
+      friendly: "Sera"
+      phase_3_poi: "Sera — ?"
+      phase_4_poi: "Venn — REVIEW"
+    voss:
+      default: "Voss, K. — Supervisor"
+      cooperative: "Voss — cooperative"
+    torek_lintar:
+      default: "Lintar, T."
+      flagged: "Lintar, T. — FLAG"
+    commission_personnel:
+      default: "{surname} — Commission"
+    ring_member_suspected:
+      default: "{surname} — suspect"
+
+# ==========================================
+# NOTIFICATIONS — status strings, message previews
+# Displayed as brief overlay text. 40 char max per line.
+# ==========================================
+
+notifications:
+  case_file:
+    - id: insert_d_001
+      trigger: case_file_update
+      template: "Case update: {subject_name}"
+      example: "Case update: Davan, K."
+      tags: [investigation]
+
+    - id: insert_d_002
+      trigger: evidence_logged
+      text: "Evidence logged"
+      tags: [investigation]
+
+    - id: insert_d_003
+      trigger: manifest_discrepancy_filed
+      text: "Discrepancy filed"
+      tags: [investigation, manifest]
+
+    - id: insert_d_004
+      trigger: knowledge_updated
+      template: "KG updated: {fact_category}"
+      example: "KG updated: relationship"
+      tags: [investigation]
+
+    - id: insert_d_005
+      trigger: poi_status_change
+      template: "{surname} — status updated"
+      example: "Davan — status updated"
+      tags: [investigation]
+
+    - id: insert_d_006
+      trigger: tell_logged
+      template: "{surname} — behavior logged"
+      example: "Davan — behavior logged"
+      tags: [investigation, tell]
+
+    - id: insert_d_007
+      trigger: pattern_confirmed
+      template: "{surname} — pattern confirmed"
+      example: "Venn — pattern confirmed"
+      tags: [investigation, pattern]
+
+  commission:
+    - id: insert_d_008
+      trigger: commission_advisory
+      text: "Commission advisory"
+      tags: [institutional]
+
+    - id: insert_d_009
+      trigger: commission_advisory_urgent
+      text: "Commission advisory — urgent"
+      tags: [institutional, priority]
+
+    - id: insert_d_010
+      trigger: clearance_required
+      template: "{zone} — clearance required"
+      example: "Sector B — clearance required"
+      tags: [institutional]
+
+    - id: insert_d_011
+      trigger: clearance_confirmed
+      template: "{zone} — clearance confirmed"
+      example: "B-7 — clearance confirmed"
+      tags: [institutional]
+
+    - id: insert_d_012
+      trigger: case_status_active
+      template: "Case #{case_id}: active"
+      example: "Case #4471: active"
+      tags: [institutional, investigation]
+
+  field:
+    - id: insert_d_013
+      trigger: observation_mode_active
+      text: "Observation: logging"
+      tags: [field]
+
+    - id: insert_d_014
+      trigger: restricted_area_entered
+      text: "Restricted zone — logged"
+      tags: [field, institutional]
+
+    - id: insert_d_015
+      trigger: anomaly_detected
+      template: "Anomaly: {location}"
+      example: "Anomaly: B-7 corridor"
+      tags: [field, investigation]
+
+    - id: insert_d_016
+      trigger: no_anomaly
+      text: "Sector: nominal"
+      tags: [field]
+
+# ==========================================
+# SYSTEM STATUS — persistent interface text
+# Small-print labels in perception mode corners.
+# ==========================================
+
+system_status:
+  - id: insert_d_100
+    context: default
+    text: "Analytical lattice: active"
+
+  - id: insert_d_101
+    context: perception_mode_active
+    text: "Perception mode: on"
+
+  - id: insert_d_102
+    context: fog_layer_present
+    text: "Reduced visibility"
+
+  - id: insert_d_103
+    context: meridian_active
+    text: "Meridian: nominal"
+
+  - id: insert_d_104
+    context: meridian_inactive
+    text: "Meridian: offline"
+
+  - id: insert_d_105
+    context: investigation_active
+    text: "Case: active"
+
+  - id: insert_d_106
+    context: case_status_flagged
+    text: "Case: flagged subjects present"
+
+  - id: insert_d_107
+    context: case_status_critical
+    text: "Case: escalation threshold"
+
+  - id: insert_d_108
+    context: lattice_scan_complete
+    text: "Scan: complete"
+
+# ==========================================
+# EXAMINATION LABELS — text shown when examining environmental objects
+# ==========================================
+
+examination_labels:
+  - id: insert_d_200
+    object_type: document
+    text: "Examine"
+
+  - id: insert_d_201
+    object_type: terminal
+    text: "Query manifest"
+
+  - id: insert_d_202
+    object_type: container_flagged
+    text: "Container 4471 — discrepancy logged"
+
+  - id: insert_d_203
+    object_type: restricted_area
+    text: "Restricted — B-7 sector"
+
+  - id: insert_d_204
+    object_type: surveillance_gap
+    text: "Coverage gap — logged"
+
+  - id: insert_d_205
+    object_type: evidence_item
+    text: "Log as evidence"
+
+  - id: insert_d_206
+    object_type: known_meeting_point
+    text: "Meeting point — flagged"
+
+notes: >
+  Voice: institutional, precise, Commission equipment. Surname-first for
+  targets and unknowns. First name appears only for allies (Sera).
+  That shift IS the relationship marker — the player notices when
+  "Venn" becomes "Sera" and knows it means something.
+  Araminta coordinates on visual presentation constraints (#331 co-owner).
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+# Diegetic Insert Flavor Text — Smuggler Character
+# Neural lattice interface strings: POI labels, notifications, system status.
+# Ticket: #331 | Sprint: 12 | Owner: Mellanie + Araminta
+#
+# Voice principle: the smuggler's insert is slightly informal, modified hardware.
+# It's a tool that's been lived with, not issued equipment. Short labels.
+# Uses first names and operational shorthand, not institutional vocabulary.
+
+character: smuggler
+
+# ==========================================
+# POI LABELS — displayed in perception mode overlay
+# Appears on NPCs when viewed through insert interface.
+# State-dependent: shifts as relationship changes.
+# ==========================================
+
+poi_labels:
+  defaults:
+    unknown: "Unknown"
+    known: "{first_name}"
+    friendly: "{first_name} — OK"
+    person_of_interest: "{first_name} — WATCH"
+    hostile: "{first_name} — AVOID"
+
+  npc_overrides:
+    kael_davan:
+      phase_1: "Kael"
+      phase_2: "Kael — ?"
+      phase_3: "Kael — WATCH"
+      phase_4: "Kael — LYING"
+      phase_5: "Kael — COMPROMISED"
+    voss:
+      default: "Voss"
+      hostile: "Voss — PROBLEM"
+    commission_personnel:
+      default: "Commission"
+      investigation_active: "Commission — ACTIVE"
+    ring_member:
+      default: "{first_name}"
+      operational: "{first_name} — RING"
+
+# ==========================================
+# NOTIFICATIONS — status strings, message previews
+# Displayed as brief overlay text. 40 char max per line.
+# ==========================================
+
+notifications:
+  messages:
+    - id: insert_s_001
+      trigger: message_from_contact
+      template: "Msg: {contact_name}"
+      example: "Msg: Kael"
+      tags: [ring-operational]
+
+    - id: insert_s_002
+      trigger: message_from_contact_urgent
+      template: "Msg: {contact_name} — urgent"
+      example: "Msg: Nils — urgent"
+      tags: [ring-operational, priority]
+
+    - id: insert_s_003
+      trigger: drop_point_update
+      text: "Drop point updated"
+      tags: [ring-operational]
+
+    - id: insert_s_004
+      trigger: drop_point_confirmed
+      text: "Drop point confirmed — proceed"
+      tags: [ring-operational]
+
+    - id: insert_s_005
+      trigger: meridian_window_opening
+      template: "Window: {duration}m"
+      example: "Window: 25m"
+      tags: [operational, timing]
+
+    - id: insert_s_006
+      trigger: meridian_window_closing
+      template: "Window closing — {time_remaining}m"
+      example: "Window closing — 3m"
+      tags: [operational, timing, priority]
+
+    - id: insert_s_007
+      trigger: ring_checkin_overdue
+      text: "Check-in overdue"
+      tags: [ring-operational, concern]
+
+    - id: insert_s_008
+      trigger: contact_unavailable
+      template: "{contact_name} — no response"
+      example: "Kael — no response"
+      tags: [ring-operational, concern]
+
+    - id: insert_s_009
+      trigger: commission_patrol_detected
+      text: "Commission in sector"
+      tags: [caution, operational]
+
+    - id: insert_s_010
+      trigger: commission_patrol_cleared
+      text: "Sector clear"
+      tags: [operational]
+
+  evidence:
+    - id: insert_s_011
+      trigger: observation_logged
+      text: "Logged"
+      tags: [observation]
+
+    - id: insert_s_012
+      trigger: tell_observed
+      template: "{npc_name} — tell logged"
+      example: "Kael — tell logged"
+      tags: [observation, tell]
+
+    - id: insert_s_013
+      trigger: contradiction_observed
+      template: "{npc_name} — anomaly"
+      example: "Kael — anomaly"
+      tags: [observation, contradiction]
+
+# ==========================================
+# SYSTEM STATUS — persistent interface text
+# Small-print labels in perception mode corners.
+# ==========================================
+
+system_status:
+  - id: insert_s_100
+    context: default
+    text: "Lattice: Sova Transit"
+
+  - id: insert_s_101
+    context: perception_mode_active
+    text: "Perception: active"
+
+  - id: insert_s_102
+    context: fog_layer_present
+    text: "Fog layer"
+
+  - id: insert_s_103
+    context: meridian_dead_zone
+    text: "Meridian: inactive"
+
+  - id: insert_s_104
+    context: meridian_active
+    text: "Meridian: active — caution"
+
+  - id: insert_s_105
+    context: ring_status_stable
+    text: "Status: stable"
+
+  - id: insert_s_106
+    context: ring_status_elevated
+    text: "Status: elevated"
+
+  - id: insert_s_107
+    context: ring_status_compromised
+    text: "Status: compromised"
+
+# ==========================================
+# EXAMINATION LABELS — text shown when examining environmental objects
+# ==========================================
+
+examination_labels:
+  - id: insert_s_200
+    object_type: document
+    text: "Read"
+
+  - id: insert_s_201
+    object_type: terminal
+    text: "Check manifest"
+
+  - id: insert_s_202
+    object_type: container_flagged
+    text: "4471 — flagged"
+
+  - id: insert_s_203
+    object_type: restricted_area
+    text: "B-7 — restricted"
+
+  - id: insert_s_204
+    object_type: dead_drop
+    text: "Drop point"
+
+  - id: insert_s_205
+    object_type: safe_location
+    text: "Safe"
+
+notes: >
+  Voice: informal, operational shorthand. This is a modified civilian
+  lattice, not issued equipment. First names, not titles. Short.
+  Labels should feel like something you'd put on your own interface.
+  Araminta coordinates on visual presentation constraints (#331 co-owner).
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# NPC Profile: Pael Varren
+# Tier 3 — NOBODY / CIVILIAN
+# Flat NPC — noise floor. Knows nothing about the ring.
+# Observable presence near B-corridor is legitimate maintenance, not surveillance.
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+canonical_id: "npc:pael"
+display_name: "Pael Varren"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "NOBODY"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Station maintenance tech, early 40s. Has worked Sova Transit District for
+  fifteen years. Knows every duct, every failing seal, every air recycler
+  running off-spec. Appears throughout the district because maintenance is
+  everywhere. Carries a scanner everywhere; hands are perpetually stained with
+  lubricant. Pael has no ring connection, no secrets beyond a quiet resentment
+  of deferred maintenance tickets. Is frequently near B-corridor because the
+  environmental seal there fails on a cycle of roughly three weeks, without
+  fail, regardless of what Pael does about it.
+
+want:
+  primary: "Happiness"
+  description: >
+    To get through a single shift without a new deferred ticket appearing on
+    the queue. Fifteen years of Sova has narrowed the definition of a good day.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Arrives before any shift (05:30 entry), does a diagnostic walk of the
+    full district, starts on the highest-priority deferred tickets during
+    low-traffic windows. Reappears at the B-corridor junction around mid-shift
+    because the environmental seal there is always the problem. Leaves when
+    the shift cycle turns over. Pattern is completely predictable. That's the
+    point — Pael is never where they shouldn't be, they're just always where
+    the problems are.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "tired-competent, dry humor, no interest in drama"
+  social_style: "minimal — answers when addressed, doesn't linger"
+  stress_response: "files a maintenance ticket and moves on"
+
+tells: []
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    maintenance: 9
+    environmental_systems: 8
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Fifteen years of Sova maintenance. "If it breaks, I've seen it break
+    before. Usually the same three things."
+
+notes: >
+  NOBODY + CIVILIAN: pure noise floor. The "seems important but isn't" quality
+  is positional — frequent presence near B-corridor for genuine maintenance
+  reasons. One memorable observable trait: scanner always open, lubricant
+  stains on both hands even at shift start. Paula owns the trait design.
+  Mellanie owns the lines (#307).
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+# NPC Profile: Ren Tosse
+# Tier 3 — NOBODY / CIVILIAN
+# Flat NPC — noise floor. Drifter with no ring connection.
+# Asks too many questions about cargo schedules. Is just looking for work.
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+canonical_id: "npc:ren"
+display_name: "Ren Tosse"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "NOBODY"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Day worker, early 30s. Comes through Sova Transit on irregular rotations —
+  picks up freight work when it's available, moves on when it isn't. Knows the
+  station the way drifters do: which bays are short-handed, which supervisors
+  ask fewer questions, what the bar's cheap nights are. Has a worn transit bag
+  and a slightly too-casual awareness of exits — not operational awareness,
+  just the low-level situational alertness of someone who has moved through
+  too many unfamiliar stations. Genuinely unremarkable. No ring connection,
+  no secrets. Asks too many questions about night rotations and cargo schedules
+  because that's how you find short-handed bays.
+
+want:
+  primary: "Wealth"
+  description: >
+    Regular work. Enough to stop moving for a while. Sova's a decent stop —
+    the freight work is steady when it comes through.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Arrives after 10:00 when the day shift is settled. Checks the job board
+    at the terminal entrance. Wanders to The Last Shift for a drink and
+    whatever bar conversation yields useful shift information. Leaves by late
+    afternoon unless day work came through. Pattern is irregular by design —
+    no fixed schedule because there's no fixed role.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "casual, observant, asks questions as if entitled to answers"
+  social_style: "sociable enough to get information, quiet when there's nothing useful"
+  stress_response: "moves on. There's always another station."
+
+tells: []
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_handling: 6
+    freight_routing: 5
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Passing through, looking for work. "Sova seems decent. Depends on
+    the freight situation."
+
+notes: >
+  NOBODY + CIVILIAN: pure noise floor. The "seems important but isn't" quality
+  comes from drifter behavior patterns that mimic operative reconnaissance:
+  asking about night rotations, checking cargo schedules, casual interest in
+  specific bays. All genuine job-seeking. One memorable observable trait:
+  worn transit bag with tags from three different station systems, slightly
+  too-casual awareness of exits. Paula owns the trait design. Mellanie owns
+  the lines (#307).
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+# NPC Profile: Tev Osel
+# Tier 3 — NOBODY / CIVILIAN
+# Flat NPC — noise floor. Stands like a lookout. Is waiting for his partner.
+# No ring connection. The resemblance to surveillance posture is accidental.
+# Ticket: #307 | Sprint: 12
+
+canonical_id: "npc:tev"
+display_name: "Tev Osel"
+tier: 3
+pattern: "NOBODY"
+motivation: "CIVILIAN"
+
+description: >
+  Cargo staging worker, late 20s. Has an unfortunate habit of positioning
+  himself exactly where someone running corridor surveillance would stand —
+  at junctions, in doorways, facing the approach. This is where he waits for
+  Kosse, his partner, who works the late freight bay and takes the same route
+  back through the maintenance corridors. Tev times his breaks to the late
+  route schedule. He has no idea how this looks to someone tracking corridor
+  traffic. No ring connection. No secrets.
+
+want:
+  primary: "Connection"
+  description: >
+    For Kosse to finish shift on time for once. It never happens on time.
+
+routine:
+  summary: >
+    Works cargo staging 06:00-14:00. During break windows, drifts to corridor
+    junction C-4 to wait for Kosse on the late freight route home. Returns to
+    staging when Kosse doesn't appear within the break window. After shift:
+    walks home with Kosse when schedules align, alone otherwise. The junction
+    positioning is consistent and timing-predictable.
+
+personality:
+  demeanor: "patient, unassuming, mildly distracted when waiting"
+  social_style: "polite if addressed, slightly confused why anyone is talking to him"
+  stress_response: "checks lattice. Waits longer."
+
+tells: []
+
+skills:
+  combat_trained: false
+  skills:
+    cargo_staging: 6
+
+trust_levels:
+  surface: >
+    Waiting for someone. "Kosse's running late again. You know how the freight
+    bay is."
+
+notes: >
+  NOBODY + CIVILIAN: pure noise floor. The "seems important but isn't" quality
+  is entirely positional — standing at corridor junctions, watching approach
+  traffic, checking the time, stationing himself in threshold positions. All
+  of this is to meet a partner after shift. One memorable observable trait:
+  weight always on the wrong foot, perpetually glancing the same direction.
+  Paula owns the trait design. Mellanie owns the lines (#307).