# NPC-to-NPC Overheard Dialogue Pool # Ticket: #536 | Author: Mellanie | Sprint: 14 # Decision refs: D-078, D-018, D-071, D-035 # # These are conversations the player can overhear when stationary near two # NPCs. The passive dialogue panel (D-078) displays them with per-word # occlusion based on distance, ambient noise, and ListeningFocus stance. # # OCCLUSION-RESILIENT AUTHORING RULES (D-078): # 1. Front-load key information — most important word in first third. # 2. Short declarative sentences — one idea per turn. # 3. No pronoun-first openers — first word has highest drop risk; a dropped # pronoun without antecedent is unresolvable. Use names or nouns. # 4. Each turn is self-contained — a player who hears only one side gets # a complete thought. # # SCHEMA NOTE: # `relationship_type` and `knowledge_payload` are custom extensions to the # D-035 schema for this content type. NPC-sourced lines use `role: npc`, # `access` and `trust` apply normally. Monologue-specific tags (`character`, # `trigger`, `prerequisite`) are not used here. # Schema confirmation with Gestalt (#168) before CI validation. # # REGISTERS: # social — idle chat, personal news, relationship talk # work — shift logistics, job gripes, operational notes # gossip — third-party information with player-relevant knowledge payload # # RELATIONSHIP TYPES: # colleague, friend, hostile, romantic # # KNOWLEDGE PAYLOAD FORMAT: # Plain English description of what the player can infer from hearing this # exchange clearly — or the key fragment they retain under partial occlusion. # null if the exchange is social noise with no investigative value. pairs: # =================================================================== # SOCIAL register — personal news, idle chat, relationships # =================================================================== - id: overheard_001 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Kael brought food for the whole bay yesterday. Just showed up with it." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Naia must have made him feel guilty about something. Again." relationship_type: colleague topic: personal-gossip location_hints: [the-terminal, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael and Naia have a relationship dynamic. Naia has leverage or emotional pull over Kael's behavior." tags: [kael, naia, social, atmosphere] - id: overheard_002 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Lera's keeping the kitchen open late this week. Span gate delay — crews stuck here." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Good for Lera. Bad for everyone waiting on the gate." relationship_type: friend topic: station-life location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [lera, span-gate, atmosphere, social] - id: overheard_003 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Drin's applying for the transfer. Again. Third time he's tried." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Drin's never getting off Sova. Some people just belong to a place." relationship_type: colleague topic: career-gossip location_hints: [the-terminal, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Drin wants out of Sova Transit. Unhappy enough to pursue transfer requests." tags: [drin, transfer, social, atmosphere] - id: overheard_004 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Naia and Kael had a fight. Loud enough that Lera had to step in." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Kael looked rough this morning. That tracks." relationship_type: friend topic: relationship-drama location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael and Naia are under relationship strain. Kael's mood is affected. Cross-reference: behavioral.kael_behavioral_change." tags: [kael, naia, relationship, friend-arc-adjacent, dual-lens] - id: overheard_005 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Renn's finally getting his lattice service done. Been putting it off for years." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Commission clinic wait time is eight months. Renn found someone faster." relationship_type: colleague topic: lattice-access location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Renn found a non-Commission lattice service provider. Points toward unlicensed lattice components market." tags: [renn, lattice, contraband-adjacent, atmosphere] - id: overheard_006 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Maret's promotion came through. Third level supervisor." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Good. Maret actually knows what she's doing. Unlike some." relationship_type: colleague topic: career-news location_hints: [the-last-shift, the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [maret, promotion, atmosphere, social] - id: overheard_007 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Voss has been in a mood all week. Something from upstairs." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Voss is always in a mood. Week ends in -day, Voss is in a mood." relationship_type: colleague topic: supervisor-gossip location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Voss is under external pressure from 'upstairs.' Something is stressing management." tags: [voss, management, atmosphere, social] - id: overheard_008 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Sera's been coming here every evening this week. Thought Commission people didn't drink." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Sera's different. She fits here better than she fits over there." relationship_type: colleague topic: social-observation location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Sera Venn is a regular at The Last Shift, unusual for a Commission employee. She has social roots in the district." tags: [sera, commission, atmosphere, social, dual-lens] - id: overheard_009 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Nils covered Kael's morning slot yesterday. No explanation, just a roster note." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Kael's been doing that a lot lately. Taking sick leave, then showing up mid-shift." relationship_type: colleague topic: roster-anomaly location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael's schedule is irregular. Unexplained absences and late arrivals. Cross-reference: observe_anomaly triggers for Kael." tags: [kael, nils, roster, friend-arc-adjacent] - id: overheard_010 register: social speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Olin's kid got into the Commission cadet program. Starts next cycle." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Olin must be pleased. Cost of living here, Commission pay makes sense." relationship_type: colleague topic: family-news location_hints: [maintenance-corridors, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [olin, commission, atmosphere, social] # =================================================================== # WORK register — shift logistics, operational gripes, job talk # =================================================================== - id: overheard_011 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Maret shifted the roster again. Bay four to bay seven, no reason given." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Bay seven's the low-traffic slot. Somebody wanted less oversight over there." relationship_type: colleague topic: roster-change location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Bay seven has been given a low-oversight crew deliberately. This is operationally significant." tags: [maret, roster, bay-seven, investigation-adjacent] - id: overheard_012 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Loading arm three is grinding again. Filed the report last week." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Maintenance says next cycle. Means nothing gets done until someone loses a hand." relationship_type: colleague topic: equipment-maintenance location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [equipment, maintenance, atmosphere, work] - id: overheard_013 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Container 4471's been in temp for three days. Someone should move it." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Routing says hold. Don't ask me, I just process what the board says." relationship_type: colleague topic: container-routing location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Container 4471 is being deliberately held in temp storage. 'Routing says hold' — someone modified the routing instruction. Cross-reference: investigation.container_delay." tags: [container-4471, routing, contraband-adjacent, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_014 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Voss cut the B-section crew by two. Says it's budget. Doesn't feel like budget." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Less crew in B-section means less oversight. Could be budget. Could be something else." relationship_type: colleague topic: crew-reduction location_hints: [the-terminal, maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "B-section is understaffed. The speaker suspects this is deliberate. Cross-reference: ring oversight windows." tags: [voss, b-section, oversight, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_015 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Span gate's backed up again. Forty-minute delay on the freight queue." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Forty minutes is nothing. Last month it was three hours. Patience." relationship_type: colleague topic: span-gate-delay location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [span-gate, freight, atmosphere, work] - id: overheard_016 register: work speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Junction C-2's camera was repositioned. Nobody filed a maintenance request." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Someone moved it without logging it. That's a compliance violation." relationship_type: colleague topic: camera-anomaly location_hints: [maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Camera at junction C-2 was moved without documentation. Suggests deliberate surveillance manipulation. Cross-reference: awareness.surveillance_change." tags: [camera, surveillance, c-2, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_017 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Commission wants another inspection. Fourth one this quarter." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Inspections mean overtime. Inspections mean everyone's watching everyone." relationship_type: colleague topic: commission-inspection location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Commission is conducting elevated inspections of the terminal. Something has drawn their attention." tags: [commission, inspection, atmosphere, investigation-adjacent] - id: overheard_018 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Weight manifest on the morning freight came in five hundred kilos short. Recalibration error." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Five hundred kilos doesn't disappear from a calibration error. It disappears from somewhere else." relationship_type: colleague topic: weight-discrepancy location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Manifest weight discrepancy exists and dock workers are suspicious of the official explanation. Cross-reference: investigation.manifest_discrepancy." tags: [manifest, weight-discrepancy, contraband-adjacent, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_019 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Shift handover's going to be rough tonight. Torek's team hasn't filed." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Torek's team never files on time. Let Maret handle it." relationship_type: colleague topic: shift-handover location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [torek, maret, shift, atmosphere, work] - id: overheard_020 register: work speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Sub-level access has been requested twice this week. Both times outside shift hours." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Scheduled maintenance happens in-shift. Off-hours access needs sign-off." relationship_type: colleague topic: sub-level-access location_hints: [maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Someone has been accessing sub-level spaces outside normal hours. No sign-off implies unauthorized use. Cross-reference: smuggling-hold activity." tags: [sub-level, access, maintenance, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_021 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Bay four's been sealed for inspection since yesterday morning." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Commission authorized it. Not Voss. Commission went over his head." relationship_type: colleague topic: bay-inspection location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Bay four inspection bypassed Voss's authority. Commission is operating independently of local management." tags: [bay-four, commission, voss, inspection, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_022 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Kael's running Renn's route today. Renn's supposed to be on that." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Kael volunteered. Said Renn had something come up." relationship_type: colleague topic: route-substitution location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael is voluntarily taking routes outside his assignment. Could be covering for Renn, could be operational flexibility needed by the ring." tags: [kael, renn, route, ring-adjacent] - id: overheard_023 register: work speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Lera's dealing with the supply chain issue again. Grain spirit supplier changed terms." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Lera will figure it out. Lera always figures it out." relationship_type: friend topic: supply-chain location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [lera, supply, atmosphere, work] - id: overheard_024 register: work speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Condensation in the B-corridor's gotten worse. Someone's running heat-generation equipment down there." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Heat-gen in a maintenance corridor. That's either a storage issue or a very bad idea." relationship_type: colleague topic: corridor-anomaly location_hints: [maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Heat-generating equipment is being used in maintenance corridors unofficially. Points toward the smuggling hold or ring operations." tags: [b-corridor, heat, maintenance, smuggling-adjacent] - id: overheard_025 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Torek's been doing double manifests for a month. Every container logged twice." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Double logging means one version goes somewhere it shouldn't." relationship_type: colleague topic: manifest-anomaly location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Torek is maintaining duplicate manifest records. One version is falsified. Direct evidence of ring operation at the administrative level." tags: [torek, manifest, contraband, investigation-payload, high-value] # =================================================================== # GOSSIP register — third-party knowledge with investigative payload # =================================================================== - id: overheard_026 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Kael was in corridor B-7 last night. Saw him myself. Off shift, wrong time, wrong place." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Kael lives near B-section. Could have been heading home the long way." relationship_type: colleague topic: kael-location location_hints: [the-terminal, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael was in corridor B-7 off-shift. Eyewitness account. Cross-reference: investigation.kael_corridor_meeting." tags: [kael, corridor-b7, investigation-payload, friend-arc, high-value] - id: overheard_027 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Kael was talking to someone near B-7 last night. Person I didn't recognize." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Unknown people at junction B-7 at night. That's not normal." relationship_type: friend topic: kael-unknown-contact location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael met with an unidentified person at corridor B-7 during off-hours. Cross-reference: investigation.kael_unknown_contact." tags: [kael, unknown-contact, corridor-b7, friend-arc, high-value, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_028 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Torek spent three thousand credits at Lera's last week. Three thousand. On a dock worker's salary." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Torek's either very lucky or very stupid. Either way, someone's going to notice." relationship_type: friend topic: torek-spending location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Torek is spending significantly above his salary at The Last Shift. Cross-reference: investigation.torek_spending_pattern." tags: [torek, spending, lera, investigation-payload, ring-adjacent] - id: overheard_029 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Renn got new boots. Commission-grade. Renn can't afford Commission-grade boots." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Renn's been running extra shifts. Or extra something." relationship_type: colleague topic: renn-spending location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Renn has unexplained extra income. Cross-reference: ring membership payments." tags: [renn, income, ring-adjacent, investigation-adjacent] - id: overheard_030 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Sera Venn avoids Torek every time he's here. Every single time. Noticed it three weeks straight." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Torek does that to people. He talks too much and says things he shouldn't." relationship_type: colleague topic: sera-torek-avoidance location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Sera Venn has a consistent avoidance pattern toward Torek Lintar. Cross-reference: behavioral.sera_avoidance_pattern." tags: [sera, torek, avoidance, friend-arc, investigation-payload, high-value] - id: overheard_031 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Commission officer's been asking questions at The Terminal. Polite questions. Thorough ones." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Polite and thorough is the worst combination. That's someone who has time." relationship_type: colleague topic: commission-investigation location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "A Commission officer is conducting a quiet investigation at The Terminal. Cross-reference: awareness.detective_presence." tags: [commission, detective, investigation-payload, awareness] - id: overheard_032 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Lattice components went through last month. Unlicensed grade. Manifest said 'mechanical parts.'" speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Mechanical parts. Right. People find ways when the Commission won't." relationship_type: colleague topic: contraband-transit location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Unlicensed lattice components are moving through The Terminal under falsified manifests. Cross-reference: contraband operation confirmed." tags: [lattice, contraband, manifest, investigation-payload, high-value] - id: overheard_033 register: gossip speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Sub-level temp storage has been accessed four times this week. Door log shows it." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Four times and no maintenance ticket filed. Someone's using it off-book." relationship_type: colleague topic: unauthorized-access location_hints: [maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "The sub-level storage (smuggling hold) has heavy unauthorized use documented in door logs. Direct evidence of ring operations." tags: [sub-level, access-log, ring, investigation-payload, high-value] - id: overheard_034 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Voss changed the B-section rotation. Kael and Renn are both on the overnight slot now." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Kael and Renn on overnight in B-section. That's a very specific combination." relationship_type: colleague topic: roster-combination location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael and Renn have been placed on the same overnight B-section rotation. This creates the oversight gap the ring needs." tags: [kael, renn, voss, roster, ring-adjacent, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_035 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Sera asked me about container routing last week. Wanted to know who approves temp storage extensions." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Commission tech asking about temp storage approvals. That's outside her job scope." relationship_type: colleague topic: sera-investigation location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Sera Venn is conducting her own investigation into temp storage approvals, outside her Commission mandate. Cross-reference: behavioral.sera_kiosk_pattern." tags: [sera, storage, investigation-payload, friend-arc, dual-lens, high-value] - id: overheard_036 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Naia told me Kael hasn't been sleeping. Says he's up late, doesn't explain where." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Naia's worried about him. Kael won't talk about whatever it is." relationship_type: friend topic: kael-behavioral-change location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael's behavior has changed at home. Sleepless, secretive, won't explain to Naia. Cross-reference: behavioral.kael_behavioral_change, investigation.kael_attempting_exit." tags: [kael, naia, behavior, friend-arc, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_037 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Someone flagged a manifest discrepancy on the morning freight. Voss cleared the flag himself." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Voss doesn't clear flags. That's Maret's job. Or Commission's." relationship_type: colleague topic: manifest-flag-cleared location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Voss manually cleared a manifest discrepancy flag, bypassing protocol. Suggests Voss is actively covering for ring activity." tags: [voss, manifest, flag-cleared, investigation-payload, high-value] - id: overheard_038 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Kael's been asking about exit options. Not just talk — actually asking Lera if she knows anyone who could help someone disappear quietly." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Kael wants out of something. That's the only reason people ask that kind of question." relationship_type: friend topic: kael-exit-attempt location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Kael is actively trying to leave 'something' — most likely the ring. He's researching options. Cross-reference: investigation.kael_attempting_exit." tags: [kael, exit, ring-adjacent, friend-arc, investigation-payload, high-value] - id: overheard_039 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Medical lattice upgrades are showing up on the black-side. Commission-grade, no paperwork." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "People who need them can't wait on Commission approval. Someone's doing a service." relationship_type: colleague topic: black-market-lattice location_hints: [the-terminal, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Medical-grade lattice components are available outside Commission channels. Confirms the moral framing of the contraband operation — it serves real medical need." tags: [lattice, medical, black-market, contraband, moral-framing] - id: overheard_040 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Torek told someone he had a meeting last night. Past midnight. In maintenance." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Torek having midnight maintenance meetings. Sure. That's completely normal." relationship_type: colleague topic: torek-late-meeting location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Torek met with someone in the maintenance corridors late at night. Cross-reference: investigation.torek_ring_meeting." tags: [torek, maintenance, midnight, ring-adjacent, investigation-payload] # =================================================================== # BONUS PAIRS — social and work depth # =================================================================== - id: overheard_041 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Lera's thinking about expanding. Back room could seat twenty more." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Back room's the only reason this place has any privacy. Expand it and we lose that." relationship_type: friend topic: bar-expansion location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [lera, bar, atmosphere, social] - id: overheard_042 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Shift change is late again. Maret says weather on Velen is delaying the span gate." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Weather on Velen. Which means fog. Which means the morning run is going to be rough." relationship_type: colleague topic: weather-delay location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [velen, fog, span-gate, weather, atmosphere] - id: overheard_043 register: social speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Olin's getting a commendation from Commission. Ten years of service." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Ten years. Commission gives you a piece of paper and a handshake." relationship_type: colleague topic: commission-recognition location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [olin, commission, atmosphere, social] - id: overheard_044 register: work speaker_a: role: maintenance-tech text: "Power fluctuation in sub-level B last night. Lasted three minutes." speaker_b: role: maintenance-tech text: "Three minutes is enough to blind the cameras if you know the timing." relationship_type: colleague topic: power-fluctuation location_hints: [maintenance-corridors] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "A power fluctuation in sub-level B temporarily disabled cameras. Could be timed to enable unobserved access." tags: [power, cameras, sub-level, timing, investigation-adjacent] - id: overheard_045 register: gossip speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Commission officer asked Drin about cargo manifest irregularities. Drin told him everything he knows, which isn't much." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Drin doesn't know much by design. That's why Drin's on inspection detail." relationship_type: colleague topic: commission-inquiry location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "The Commission officer is asking dock workers directly about manifest irregularities. Drin has been interviewed. Cross-reference: awareness.detective_presence." tags: [drin, commission, detective, interview, investigation-payload] - id: overheard_046 register: gossip speaker_a: role: bar-regular text: "Sera's been keeping a list. Someone told Naia. Private list, personal data." speaker_b: role: bar-regular text: "Sera keeping a list of what? And why would Naia know?" relationship_type: friend topic: sera-documentation location_hints: [the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Sera is documenting something privately — possibly her own investigation or evidence she's sitting on. Cross-reference: investigation.sera_unreported_evidence." tags: [sera, naia, list, evidence, friend-arc, investigation-payload, dual-lens] - id: overheard_047 register: social speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Sova's been home for twenty years. Still don't know if I love it or just got used to it." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Twenty years is the same thing." relationship_type: friend topic: station-life location_hints: [the-terminal, the-last-shift] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: null tags: [sova, atmosphere, personal, social] - id: overheard_048 register: work speaker_a: role: dock-worker text: "Voss approved overtime for two extra heads on the B-section night shift. Unusual." speaker_b: role: dock-worker text: "Overtime plus extra bodies in B at night. Either something's wrong or something's being made to look right." relationship_type: colleague topic: overtime-approval location_hints: [the-terminal] access: [public] trust: surface knowledge_payload: "Voss approved extra overnight staffing in B-section — possibly to create cover or provide legitimate-looking explanation for movement in that area." tags: [voss, overtime, b-section, night-shift, investigation-adjacent]