chore(meta): cascade refocus — supersede v0.2 cluster, re-home backlog tree, capture workshop WIP
Governance: - D-166 amendment (2026-06-12): outside-in build order (geo → econ-on-world → building templates → door boundary contracts → NPC/interiors → gameplay); Phase 5 ramps in parallel once outsides are walkable (gate: T-962) - D-114/D-115/D-117/D-118/D-120 marked superseded by D-166 (inbound anchors fixed) - D-221 amended: milestones retired, cascade-hierarchy gating is canonical - Q-077/Q-068/Q-036 resolved (answered by events); Q-110 (scale anchoring) and Q-111 (live-econ coupling) opened from cascade grounding Ticket tree (147 stray backlog tickets dispositioned): - New parents: T-1036 (post-cascade gameplay parking), T-1037 (maintenance initiative) - Re-homed: 15 → Phase 4 (T-750), 30 → Phase 5 (T-749), 11 → Phase 6 (T-751), 21 → gameplay parking, 28 → maintenance; children follow their epics - Cancelled 12 administrative shells (mirror tickets, emptied pre-cascade umbrellas, v0.2 pivot shell T-603); T-9/T-28 closed done; T-745 in_progress - New grounded tickets T-1038..T-1044: inter-settlement road/rail graph, L3→L4 dispatch threading, river-channel-anchor bug, 64m landform-repeat bug, region seam blending, road-entry octants, drainage re-run fix Docs: - CLAUDE.md cascade paragraph updated to the amended rule - 20 v0.1-era docs/design files marked superseded with pointers; content-structure-canonical retitled (v0.2 label dropped) Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **Rationale:** A galaxy-spanning game needs content architecture that scales without hand-crafting everything. The life-sim substrate creates attachment that gives conspiracies emotional weight. Pool-based Tier 1 modules enable replayability and DLC expansion.
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- **Raised by:** Team Leader (Jeroen), with full team endorsement across 3 rounds
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- **Dissent:** None
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** Tier 1 "authored drama modules" concept is deferred for v0.2. [D-114](scope.md#d-114-v02-proof-of-life--generator--graphics-not-hand-built-slice) (generator-first proof-of-life) and [D-127](#d-127-player-choices-are-the-content--rimworld-model-job-as-rails) (player choices are the content) establish that v0.2 ships zero authored drama modules. The three-tier architecture remains valid for the full game, but the Tier 1 pool is empty by design in v0.2 — generator-first validates Tier 2 and Tier 3 before Tier 1 modules are authored. Tier 1 will be authored after the generator spike (D-119) proves legible characters and readable relationships.
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** Tier 1 "authored drama modules" concept is deferred for v0.2. [D-114](scope.md#d-114-v02-proof-of-life--generator--graphics-not-hand-built-slice-superseded) (generator-first proof-of-life) and [D-127](#d-127-player-choices-are-the-content--rimworld-model-job-as-rails) (player choices are the content) establish that v0.2 ships zero authored drama modules. The three-tier architecture remains valid for the full game, but the Tier 1 pool is empty by design in v0.2 — generator-first validates Tier 2 and Tier 3 before Tier 1 modules are authored. Tier 1 will be authored after the generator spike (D-119) proves legible characters and readable relationships.
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### D-024: NPC generation model — 10 axes + combat component
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- **Date:** 2026-02-10
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- **Rationale:** If every NPC is suspicious, investigation collapses. The mundane triangles ARE the life-sim game — hours of play that never touch conspiracy. Variable entanglement rate defeats metagaming across playthroughs. Quiet life must feel genuinely good, not empty.
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- **Raised by:** Gore (thematic), Paula (30/50/20 split), Nigel (anti-metagaming), Team Leader (majority unentangled)
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- **Dissent:** None
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** The 30/50/20 population split rationale survives but implementation context changes. [D-122](#d-122-all-npcs-generated--no-named-hand-authored-characters) (all NPCs generated) means no NPC is hand-authored. The "entangled 20%" are generated NPCs whose triangles happen to be flagged for intrigue content. For the tycoon v0.2 bookmark ([D-117](scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content)), the split applies to economic, social, and mundane triangles rather than investigation-intrigue triangles. The specific ratios will be revisited after the generator spike ([D-119](scope.md#d-119-generator-spike-confirmed-for-sprint-25--critical-path)) proves what population density the generator can sustain.
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** The 30/50/20 population split rationale survives but implementation context changes. [D-122](#d-122-all-npcs-generated--no-named-hand-authored-characters) (all NPCs generated) means no NPC is hand-authored. The "entangled 20%" are generated NPCs whose triangles happen to be flagged for intrigue content. For the tycoon v0.2 bookmark ([D-117](scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded)), the split applies to economic, social, and mundane triangles rather than investigation-intrigue triangles. The specific ratios will be revisited after the generator spike ([D-119](scope.md#d-119-generator-spike-confirmed-for-sprint-25--critical-path)) proves what population density the generator can sustain.
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### D-032: Separate monologue pools per character [SUPERSEDED — deferred to Phase 6]
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- **Date:** 2026-02-11
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- **Cross-reference:** Vertical slice ([D-027](scope.md#d-027-vertical-slice--smuggler--detective-two-character-proof)), contraband ([D-037](#d-037-contraband-specification))
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- **Raised by:** Miri (Sova setting brief, Round 1; Van Maanen's Star profile, Round 2), project lead (confirmed as worldbuilding milestone, directive T-6)
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- **Dissent:** None
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** Station Sova / Van Maanen's Star confirmed as the v0.2 setting. [D-128](#d-128-culture-implicit-in-starting-location--van-maanens-star-system-equals-van-maanens-star-culture) makes Van Maanen's Star culture the cultural context for the tycoon bookmark — Van Maanen's Star IS Van Maanen's Star culture by default. The setting details (naming conventions, atmosphere, sensory palette) survive as generator inputs and culture profile content. However, the Sova Transit District spatial layout (D-093) was designed for the v0.1 hand-built slice. v0.2 generates the location via the generator ([D-114](scope.md#d-114-v02-proof-of-life--generator--graphics-not-hand-built-slice)); the Van Maanen's Star culture profile (Miri prerequisite for [D-119](scope.md#d-119-generator-spike-confirmed-for-sprint-25--critical-path)) captures the setting identity as generator inputs. Sova remains the canonical example system and the first culture profile to author.
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- **Amendment (2026-03-05, Where's the Fun? Workshop):** Station Sova / Van Maanen's Star confirmed as the v0.2 setting. [D-128](#d-128-culture-implicit-in-starting-location--van-maanens-star-system-equals-van-maanens-star-culture) makes Van Maanen's Star culture the cultural context for the tycoon bookmark — Van Maanen's Star IS Van Maanen's Star culture by default. The setting details (naming conventions, atmosphere, sensory palette) survive as generator inputs and culture profile content. However, the Sova Transit District spatial layout (D-093) was designed for the v0.1 hand-built slice. v0.2 generates the location via the generator ([D-114](scope.md#d-114-v02-proof-of-life--generator--graphics-not-hand-built-slice-superseded)); the Van Maanen's Star culture profile (Miri prerequisite for [D-119](scope.md#d-119-generator-spike-confirmed-for-sprint-25--critical-path)) captures the setting identity as generator inputs. Sova remains the canonical example system and the first culture profile to author.
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### D-037: Contraband specification — unlicensed lattice components
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- **Date:** 2026-02-11
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### D-090: PC voice registers — smuggler and detective speech patterns `[SUPERSEDED]`
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- **Date:** 2026-02-12
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- **Superseded by:** [D-117](scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content) (2026-03-05). The smuggler/detective dual-lens frame is eliminated for v0.2. The tycoon is the single playable character. Voice register design for v0.2 follows culture-driven voice (D-121) applied to the player character, not the smuggler/detective partition below.
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- **Superseded by:** [D-117](scope.md#d-117-tycoon-is-the-v02-bookmark--zero-investigation-content-superseded) (2026-03-05). The smuggler/detective dual-lens frame is eliminated for v0.2. The tycoon is the single playable character. Voice register design for v0.2 follows culture-driven voice (D-121) applied to the player character, not the smuggler/detective partition below.
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- **Decision:** Each playable character has a defined voice register for monologue and dialogue:
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- **Smuggler:** Feeling-first. Sentence fragments. Concrete/physical vocabulary. Notices bodies, spaces, exits. Emotional baseline: wary comfort. Lies by omission. Relationship to authority: avoidance.
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- **Detective:** Analysis-first. Complete sentences. Institutional vocabulary. Notices patterns, inconsistencies, procedural gaps. Emotional baseline: professional detachment. Lies by reframing. Relationship to authority: representative.
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