settled-reach/wiki/_templates/character.md

title, slug, canonical_id, category, status, created, updated, tier, pattern, motivation, social_sites, entanglement, triangles, home_district, tags, decision_refs, cross_refs

title	slug	canonical_id	category	status	created	updated	tier	pattern	motivation	social_sites	entanglement	triangles	home_district	tags	decision_refs	cross_refs
			character	proposed	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD	2

{Title}

Tier {tier} NPC | {social_sites} | {entanglement}

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Core Identity

Name: {full name} Age: {age} Role: {occupation/function} System Origin: {home system and station} Cultural Group: {cultural group slug} Lattice Tier: {Baseline | Enhanced | Analytical} Employer: {employer(s)}

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10-Axis Profile

1. Want

Primary: {1-line want statement}

{Expansion: why they want this, how it manifests, trajectory.}

Secondary: {1-line secondary want}

2. Secret / Vulnerability

Surface secret: {what most people suspect or know vaguely}

Deep secret: {what nobody knows}

Vulnerability: {what breaks them}

3. Relationships

{3 named relationships with type, history, current tension, mechanical relevance.}

4. Tolerance Threshold

{Low | Moderate | High} — {summary}

{What they tolerate. What pushes them. What breaks them.}

5. Daily Routine

{Time-stamped routine with ring/operation deviations noted.}

6. Information Inventory

Knows: {bulleted list of FactIds and knowledge} Doesn't know: {bulleted list of gaps}

7. Contentment

{Level descriptor} — {summary and trajectory}

8. Personality Traits

Primary: {trait} — {description} Secondary: {trait} — {description} Tertiary: {trait} — {description}

9. Tell System

Tell	Trigger	Observable To
{tell}	{trigger}	{who can see it}

10. Skill Set

Occupational: {skills} Combat tag: {Yes | No} Lattice capability: {tier}

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Voice Sample

{3-5 lines covering different moods}

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Dual-Lens Notes

Smuggler: {how the smuggler reads this character} Detective: {how the detective reads this character}

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Triangle Roles

{Per-triangle: function, pressure, player relevance}

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Pattern / Motivation

Pattern (System A): {PATTERN} — {explanation} Motivation (System B): {MOTIVATION} — {explanation} Composition read: {how pattern + motivation interact}

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Cross-References:

• {faction_name} — {affiliation}
• {location_name} — {social site}