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	EXEMPLAR — Tier 1 NPC quality target for generator pipeline (D-122)			character	exemplar	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD	1				Entangled			generator-exemplar	D-024 D-034 D-122

{Name} — {Pattern} ({Role})

Tier 1 Production-Level NPC | {social_sites} | Entangled

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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 — often in tension with primary}

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2. Secret / Vulnerability

Surface secret (some know, others suspect): {what is partially visible}

Deep secret (nobody knows): {what is entirely concealed}

Vulnerability: {what breaks them — the lever that can be pulled}

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3. Relationships

Relationship 1: {Name} ({connection type})

• Type: {relationship nature}
• History: {how it formed}
• Current tension: {what is straining it}
• Mechanical relevance: {how this relationship matters to gameplay}

Relationship 2: {Name} ({connection type})

• Type: {relationship nature}
• History: {how it formed}
• Current tension: {what is straining it}
• Mechanical relevance: {how this relationship matters to gameplay}

Relationship 3: {Name/Player} ({connection type})

• Type: {relationship nature}
• History: {how it formed}
• Current tension: {what is straining it}
• Mechanical relevance: {how this relationship matters to gameplay}

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4. Tolerance Threshold

{Low | Moderate | High} — {1-line summary}

What they tolerate: {list}

What pushes them toward breaking: {list}

What breaks them: {list — the hard limits}

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5. Daily Routine

{Time-stamped routine. Mark ring/operation deviations as tells.}

Routine deviations (tells):

• {deviation}: {what it signals}

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6. Information Inventory

Knows (KnowsDetails or Direct):

• {fact}: {what they know about it}

Doesn't know:

• {fact}: {the gap in their knowledge}

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7. Contentment

{Level descriptor} ({D-024 thematic axis}).

{Expansion: why they're at this level, what's raising or lowering it, trajectory.}

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8. Personality Traits

Primary: {Trait} — {how it manifests}

Secondary: {Trait} — {how it manifests}

Tertiary: {Trait} — {how it manifests}

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9. Tell System

Tell	Trigger	Observable To	Mechanical Flag
{tell description}	{what causes it}	{who can observe}	behavior_flags: {flag}

Tell progression:

1. Phase 1 (baseline): {normal behavior}
2. Phase 2 (first crack): {first observable deviation}
3. Phase 3 (pattern): {repeated tell}
4. Phase 4 (contradiction): {the observable contradiction — THE moment}

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10. Skill Set

Occupational: {skills} Ring-relevant: {operational skills, if applicable} Combat tag: {Yes | No} Lattice capability: {tier and functional description}

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Backstory

{2-3 sentences: origin, how they ended up in this situation, what they want that got them here.}

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Voice Sample

Mood: Casual (baseline)

• "{line}"

Mood: Protective / Deflecting

• "{line}"

Mood: Evasive (post-contradiction)

• "{line}" [{the tell, if visible}]

Mood: Desperate (cornered)

• "{line}"

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Dual-Lens Notes

How Archetype A Sees {Name}

Access tier: {tier} Relationship: {state → state} Monologue tone (baseline): {register descriptor}. "{example line}" Monologue tone (post-contradiction): {register shift}. "{example line}"

What Archetype A knows that Archetype B doesn't: {information asymmetry}

Emotional weight: {Low | Medium | High | Maximum} — {why}

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How Archetype B Sees {Name}

Access tier: {tier} Relationship: {state → state} Monologue tone (baseline): {register descriptor}. "{example line}" Monologue tone (post-contradiction): {register shift}. "{example line}"

What Archetype B knows that Archetype A doesn't: {information asymmetry}

Emotional weight: {Low | Medium | High | Maximum} — {why}

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Triangle Roles

{Triangle Name} ({NPC 1} - {Name} - {NPC 3})

{Name}'s function: {role in the triangle}

Pressure: {what forces are acting on this character through the triangle}

Player relevance: {how each archetype engages with this triangle through this character}

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Contradiction Arc

Phase 1: {Name} (Friendly, baseline)

Timing: {minutes} Observable behavior: {what is visible} Monologue (Archetype A): "{line}" Color: {relationship color} Tell: {none | which tell}

Phase 2: First Crack

Timing: {minutes} Observable behavior: {first deviation from baseline} Monologue (Archetype A): "{line}" Tell: {which tell fires}

Phase 3: The Observation ({Friendly} → {PersonOfInterest})

Timing: {minutes} Trigger: {what the player observes} Monologue (Archetype A): "{line}" Color shift: {color A → color B}. This is the emotional moment.

Phase 4: Confrontation Opportunity

Timing: {minutes} Trigger: {player action that opens dialogue} {Name}'s response: "{deflection line}" [{tell, if visible}] Monologue: "{player's recognition line}"

Phase 5: New Equilibrium

Timing: {minutes} Observable behavior: {surface normalcy, new underlying state} Monologue: "{player's contaminated-trust line}"

Dialogue branches:

• Path A ({choice}): {outcome}
• Path B ({choice}): {outcome}
• Path C ({choice}): {outcome}

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Authoring Notes

• Voice: {speech pattern, sentence length, vocabulary register}
• The tell: {which tell, why it works, how to establish it early}
• {Key relationship} references: {how to seed this relationship in casual dialogue}
• Operational dialogue: {register for work/role-specific lines}
• Deflection dialogue: {how they evade rather than lie outright}
• Dual-lens discipline: {what must work for both archetypes — and why}

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Pattern / Motivation

Pattern (System A): {PATTERN} — {what this pattern means for the character} Motivation (System B): {MOTIVATION} — {what this motivation drives} Composition read: {how pattern + motivation interact to define the character's dramatic function}