# 6 functional motivations — System B (D-050)
# NPC functional role in the conspiracy/investigation structure
name: motivations
decision_ref: D-050
description: >
  Functional motivations (System B) define an NPC's role relative to the
  conspiracy and investigation structure. Combined with thematic patterns
  (System A) to produce the full NPC generation model. Motivations are
  uppercase enum values referenced by npc-profile.schema.json.

values:
  - value: HANDLER
    description: >
      Manages or coordinates others within the ring structure. Has authority
      over ring operations and knowledge of the network. Devra-type.

  - value: WITNESS
    description: >
      Has seen or knows something significant, possibly without realizing it.
      Their testimony or observations are valuable to the investigation.

  - value: TURNCOAT
    description: >
      Wavering loyalty. Could flip sides given the right pressure or
      incentive. The uncertain element in any conspiracy.

  - value: CIVILIAN
    description: >
      Genuinely uninvolved. Their mundane concerns and daily life provide
      the substrate that makes the conspiracy invisible. The honest majority.

  - value: OPERATOR
    description: >
      Active participant in ring operations. Handles logistics, moves product,
      takes direct action. Kael, Renn — the workers of the conspiracy.

  - value: SKEPTIC
    description: >
      Questions the status quo — institutional, criminal, or both. May be
      suspicious of the ring, critical of the Commission, or both. Asks
      uncomfortable questions.