feat(content): smuggler inventory item specs (#441)
Three physical inventory items for the smuggler archetype per D-065: manifest copy, corridor access token, personal comm log. Each item links to KG FactIds, defines confrontation leverage mechanics, and creates risk/reward carry decisions. All flagged contraband. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Smuggler Physical Inventory — v0.1 Item Specs
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# Ticket: #441 | Sprint: 6 | Decision: D-065
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# Author: Mellanie (copy), covering Paula (narrative systems) + Gestalt (content architecture)
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#
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# D-065: Knowledge is the primary "inventory" for all characters. The smuggler
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# additionally gets 3 physical items because the smuggler's word doesn't carry
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# institutional weight — they need tangible proof for leverage.
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#
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# All items are contraband. All items are private (information boundary, D-010).
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# Not visible to other entities unless revealed via search, scan, or confrontation.
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#
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# Server reads these specs via CarriedBy component + Take/Place verbs (#424).
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# Client renders via inventory UI (#438) — 3x3 grid UI, bottom-right, mapped to 1-9 hotkeys.
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#
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# Voice: smuggler internal perspective. Descriptions are diegetic — the character
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# is looking at an item in their pocket. Not neutral game text.
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#
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# Cross-references:
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# Sprint 5: #297 Kael FRIEND pack, #298 Sera FRIEND pack
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# NPC profiles: npcs/kael-davan.yaml, npcs/sera-venn.yaml
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# Knowledge graph: global/knowledge/investigation.yaml, contraband.yaml
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# Smuggler voice: docs/design/smuggler-voice-card.md, docs/design/voice-patterns.md
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archetype: smuggler
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capacity: 9
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items:
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# ================================================================
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# ITEM 1: Manifest Copy
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# Proves cargo discrepancy. The paper trail the ring can't deny.
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# ================================================================
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- item_id: "item:manifest-copy"
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display_name: "Manifest Copy"
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description: >
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Cargo manifest from last cycle. Three containers that don't match
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the dock log. Kael's handwriting on the margins — weight corrections
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that never got filed.
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flavor_text: "Should've burned this weeks ago."
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contraband: true
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portable: true
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knowledge_links:
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- fact_id: "investigation.manifest_discrepancy"
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relationship: "proves"
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confidence_granted: "knows_details"
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notes: >
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Physical proof of cargo routing irregularities. The manifest shows
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three containers rerouted during shift transition with weights that
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don't reconcile. Cross-ref: Kael dialogue the-terminal_d_008
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("Manifest says this one's forty kilos over") and the-terminal_d_018
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("Manifest's clean on my end").
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- fact_id: "investigation.cargo_anomaly"
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relationship: "corroborates"
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confidence_granted: "knows_of"
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notes: >
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The weight discrepancies on this manifest are consistent with
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unlicensed lattice components hidden in standard freight containers.
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confrontation:
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usable_against:
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- target: "npc:kael-davan"
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leverage_type: "evidence"
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notes: >
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Kael's handwriting is on the manifest. Presenting this forces
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acknowledgment of ring involvement. Gentle confrontation: "I've
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got the manifest, Kael. Your handwriting." Harsh: "Want to explain
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the weight corrections, or should I show Nils?"
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- target: "npc:voss"
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leverage_type: "pressure"
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notes: >
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Voss cleared the schedule windows that made the rerouting possible.
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The manifest doesn't name Voss directly, but the timing proves
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complicity. Leverage for information, not confession.
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- target: "npc:nils-davan"
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leverage_type: "insurance"
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notes: >
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If Nils pushes for higher volume or threatens the smuggler,
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the manifest is proof that the operation exists. Mutually
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assured destruction — Nils can't deny it without denying Kael.
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risk_if_found: >
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A copied manifest with annotated discrepancies is direct evidence
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of smuggling awareness. If security or the detective finds this,
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it links the smuggler to cargo irregularities immediately.
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gameplay:
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acquisition: "Starting inventory. The smuggler copied this last cycle as insurance."
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take_verb: true
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place_verb: true
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place_contexts:
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- "dead_drop_location"
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- "personal_space"
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notes: >
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Risk/reward: carrying it means evidence walks with you. Placing it
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means it could be found by anyone who accesses the location. The
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smuggler copied it because trust in the ring is eroding — Nils is
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pushing volume, Kael is distracted, Voss is getting nervous.
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# ================================================================
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# ITEM 2: Corridor Access Token
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# Proves ring membership. The key that opens doors you shouldn't enter.
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# ================================================================
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- item_id: "item:access-token"
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display_name: "Access Token"
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description: >
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Maintenance corridor keycard. Kael slipped it to me three weeks ago.
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Gets you past the service hatches into B-7. No legitimate reason to
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have this.
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flavor_text: "Hope it still works."
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contraband: true
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portable: true
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knowledge_links:
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- fact_id: "location.corridor_b7_restricted"
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relationship: "proves_access"
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confidence_granted: "direct"
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notes: >
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Physical proof of unauthorized access to restricted maintenance
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corridors. Corridor B-7 is where the ring operates during shift
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transitions and night cycles. Cross-ref: Kael FRIEND arc phase 3
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(smuggler observes Kael in Corridor B-7).
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- fact_id: "relationship.ring_membership"
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relationship: "corroborates"
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confidence_granted: "knows_details"
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notes: >
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Possessing this token proves connection to the ring's infrastructure.
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Legitimate maintenance workers use Commission-issued access.
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This is a copied token — ring-internal distribution.
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confrontation:
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usable_against:
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- target: "npc:kael-davan"
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leverage_type: "shared_guilt"
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notes: >
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Kael gave this to the smuggler. Both are implicated. Not leverage
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against Kael so much as proof of shared position — "We're in this
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together." Useful for demanding honesty about the exit attempt.
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- target: "npc:devra"
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leverage_type: "proof_of_standing"
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notes: >
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Showing the token to Devra proves operational involvement. Opens
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ring-internal dialogue that would otherwise require vouching.
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The token is a credential, not a weapon.
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risk_if_found: >
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Unauthorized corridor access token found on a dock worker. Security
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would flag this immediately. The detective's analytical lattice would
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connect it to Corridor B-7 activity patterns. No plausible cover.
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gameplay:
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acquisition: "Starting inventory. Kael provided it three weeks before session start."
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take_verb: true
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place_verb: true
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place_contexts:
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- "dead_drop_location"
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- "personal_space"
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functional: true
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functional_notes: >
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The access token actually opens Corridor B-7 service hatches. Carrying
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it grants physical access to restricted maintenance corridors. Without
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it, the smuggler cannot enter ring operating spaces. Gameplay tension:
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you need it to do ring work, but carrying it is incriminating.
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# ================================================================
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# ITEM 3: Personal Comm Log
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# Bridge between knowledge and provable leverage. The receipts.
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# ================================================================
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- item_id: "item:comm-log"
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display_name: "Comm Log"
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description: >
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Three months of messages. Times, names, drop schedules. Nils
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arranging volumes, Kael confirming routes, Renn reporting handoffs.
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Everything the ring said it never said.
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flavor_text: "Should've wiped these. Didn't."
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contraband: true
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portable: true
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knowledge_links:
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- fact_id: "contraband.supply_chain"
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relationship: "proves"
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confidence_granted: "knows_details"
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notes: >
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The comm log contains operational messages about lattice component
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shipments — arrival windows, container IDs, handoff confirmations.
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This is the full supply chain in text. Cross-ref: D-037 (contraband
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is unlicensed lattice components, not weapons).
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- fact_id: "relationship.trust_network"
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relationship: "proves"
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confidence_granted: "knows_details"
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notes: >
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Messages between Nils, Kael, Renn, Devra, and the smuggler. The comm
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log maps the ring's social structure — who coordinates with whom,
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who reports to whom. Cross-ref: triangle hub-power (Voss-Kael-Nils)
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and triangle worried-partner (Naia-Kael-Sera).
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- fact_id: "investigation.shift_mismatch"
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relationship: "corroborates"
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confidence_granted: "knows_of"
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notes: >
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Several messages reference shift timing — "window's clear at 14:15"
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or "Voss moved the rotation, new window at 14:30." Corroborates
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the pattern that shift manipulations enable smuggling operations.
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confrontation:
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usable_against:
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- target: "npc:nils-davan"
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leverage_type: "mutually_assured"
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notes: >
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Nils's name is in the messages. Arranging volumes, setting
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schedules, confirming drops. If Nils tries to cut the smuggler
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out or shift blame, the comm log proves his coordination role.
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The nuclear option.
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- target: "npc:kael-davan"
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leverage_type: "evidence"
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notes: >
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Kael's route confirmations are in the log. But more importantly,
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the log shows Kael's messages STOPPING three weeks ago — silence
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that correlates with the exit attempt. The absence is evidence.
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"You stopped answering, Kael. I noticed."
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- target: "npc:renn"
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leverage_type: "pressure"
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notes: >
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Renn's handoff reports are recorded. Leverage for cooperation
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or information if the smuggler needs to pressure a ring member
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without going through Nils.
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risk_if_found: >
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Three months of incriminating communications naming ring members,
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shipment details, and operational timing. This is the single most
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damaging item the smuggler carries. If the detective finds it,
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the entire ring is compromised. If Nils finds it, the smuggler
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kept records against explicit protocol.
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gameplay:
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acquisition: "Starting inventory. The smuggler has been saving messages as insurance."
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take_verb: true
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place_verb: true
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place_contexts:
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- "dead_drop_location"
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- "personal_space"
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notes: >
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The comm log is the smuggler's most powerful and most dangerous item.
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It proves the supply chain, maps the trust network, and corroborates
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shift manipulation. It's also the item that most clearly differentiates
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the smuggler from the detective — the detective builds a case from
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observation and institutional access. The smuggler already HAS the case.
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The question is what to do with it.
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# ================================================================
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# SCHEMA NOTES (for Gestalt / content pipeline)
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# ================================================================
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#
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# Item spec schema (proposed for content/_schema/item-spec.schema.json):
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# required: item_id, display_name, description, contraband, portable
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# optional: flavor_text, knowledge_links[], confrontation{}, gameplay{}
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#
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# knowledge_links[]:
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# fact_id: string (matches global/knowledge/*.yaml fact_id)
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# relationship: enum [proves, corroborates, suggests]
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# confidence_granted: enum [suspects, knows_of, knows_details, direct]
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# notes: string (authoring context, not displayed in-game)
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#
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# confrontation.usable_against[]:
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# target: string (canonical NPC id)
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# leverage_type: enum [evidence, pressure, shared_guilt, insurance,
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# proof_of_standing, mutually_assured]
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# notes: string (authoring context)
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#
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# confrontation.risk_if_found: string (consequence description)
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#
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# gameplay:
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# acquisition: string (how the player gets this item)
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# take_verb: bool (can be picked up)
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# place_verb: bool (can be placed in world)
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# place_contexts: list<string> (valid placement locations)
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# functional: bool (does the item DO something beyond evidence?)
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# functional_notes: string (what it does)
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#
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# Display constraints (per D-065):
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# - description: max 2 sentences, ~30 words, smuggler voice
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# - flavor_text: max 1 sentence, ~10 words
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# - UI: 3x3 grid, bottom-right, mapped to 1-9 hotkeys
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