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