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feat(content): replace overheard.yaml with generator-compatible RON format

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Archives the 48 hand-authored overheard conversations that referenced
deleted named NPCs (Kael, Sera, Torek). New RON pool format is
parameterized by role pair and zone type, culture-neutral, with
knowledge_payload for investigative value. 15 sample conversations
across 5 zone types. Adds content pattern note to decisions/content.md.

Ticket: #664

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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*44 decisions. Last updated: 2026-03-17 (D-147 aesthetic taste trait)*
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### Content Pattern Note: Generator-compatible overheard conversation format (ticket #664)
- **Date:** 2026-03-17
- **Status:** Content pattern noted — pending formal D-record (check with Qatux before claiming ID)
- **Pattern:** `content/npc-conversations/overheard.ron` introduces a new content type: a pool of NPC-to-NPC overheard conversations parameterized by `role_pair` and `zone_types` (matching zone-type template role IDs from D-142). No named NPC references. Culture-neutral text that accepts culture modifier at assembly time. Replaces `overheard.yaml.deprecated` (v0.1 hand-authored pool with named NPCs, superseded by D-122).
- **Format fields:** `id`, `zone_types[]`, `role_pair(a, b)`, `register` (Work|Social|Gossip), `relationship_context` (Colleague|Acquaintance|Friend|Superior|Subordinate), `topic`, `lines[(speaker:A|B, text)]`, `knowledge_payload (Option<String>)`
- **Occlusion authoring rules:** D-078 rules apply unchanged — front-load key info, short declarative sentences, no pronoun-first openers, each turn self-contained.
- **Runtime resolution:** Generator selects conversations where two nearby NPCs match `role_pair` and `zone_types`. Knowledge payload is exposed to player inference layer (partial occlusion reduces but cannot eliminate inference value of a fully-heard payload).
- **Schema location:** `server/src/npc/overheard.rs :: OverheardPool` — TBD pending #663 struct changes.
- **Raised by:** Paula (Sprint 27, ticket #664)
- **Decision needed:** Whether to formalize this as D-NNN or treat as sub-pattern of D-142. Recommend D-record since it introduces the `knowledge_payload` field as a new ambient information delivery mechanism distinct from existing dialogue architecture (D-028).
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*44 decisions. Last updated: 2026-03-17 (D-147 aesthetic taste trait; content pattern note for overheard.ron format added)*