# 5 access tier values (D-035, D-028 Layer 1) # Hard filter on every dialogue line — determines who can hear what name: access-tiers decision_ref: D-035 description: > Access tiers control which dialogue lines are available to the player based on their current social standing at the NPC's social site. This is a hard filter — lines are invisible if access doesn't match. A line can be eligible for multiple access tiers (access is a list). The detective's institutional Commission lattice registers as 'authority'; the smuggler's ring membership provides 'insider' access. values: - value: public description: > Available to anyone. Surface-level conversation, safe topics, the social wallpaper that everyone hears. Greetings, weather, the local complaint. - value: insider description: > Available to people who belong. Ring members, established regulars, anyone the NPC considers part of their social group. The smuggler starts here at the logistics hub. - value: authority description: > Available to institutional figures. Commission agents, station security, anyone with formal investigative standing. The detective's default tier. NPCs are more careful, more formal, less revealing. - value: peer description: > Available to social equals who have earned personal trust. Not institutional, not group membership — individual relationship. Requires repeated positive interactions. The tier where real conversation happens. - value: hostile description: > Available when the relationship has broken down. Accusations, threats, defensive responses. Activates when trust drops below threshold or after a confrontation event.