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jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.6 abff69a632 chore(meta): Sprint 17 planning — briefings, workshop brief, close Q-025

- Write sprint 17 briefings for server, client, copy, visual, joint
- Add Knowledge Flow & NPC Boundaries workshop brief
- Close Q-025 (KG cap/eviction not needed at current scale)
- Assign 9 tickets to Sprint 17: Tell

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-02-23 23:25:08 +01:00

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Sprint 17: Tell — Copy Tasks

Goal: NPCs volunteer information unprompted and express personality through delivery; the player can read time and orientation at a glance from the insert HUD; POI infrastructure lands on the server.

Branch: copy Agents: Mellanie (author), Paula (narrative), Gestalt (systems)

Carry-over from Sprint 16

None. Sprint 16 copy ticket (#542, line ID migration) will close before Sprint 17.

New Tickets

#	Title	Blocked by
#330	Diegetic tutorial monologue lines — per character	— (blockers #299, #300 done)

Use db/connectors/ticket show <id> for full details.

Key Decisions

decisions/content.md — D-035 (tag taxonomy, monologue prerequisites), D-028 (dialogue architecture)
decisions/perception.md — D-019 (camera and perception), D-011 (fog of perception)

Notes

#330 — Diegetic tutorial monologue lines — per character

What exists: Monologue pools at content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/detective/ and .../smuggler/ contain character-specific internal monologue. Opening monologue files exist (opening.yaml for both characters). The monologue system in server/src/simulation/monologue.rs fires lines based on triggers and prerequisites.

What to deliver: 8-10 monologue lines per character (smuggler + detective) that teach core mechanics diegetically:

Movement and exploration ("These corridors all look the same. Mental note: check the signage.")
Fog of perception ("Can't see past that corner. Might be worth checking.")
Sound model ("Voices down the hall. Can't make out the words from here.")
NPC interaction ("Could ask around. People talk if you give them reason to.")
Insert/HUD usage ("Check the overlay. Should show the time and nearby contacts.")

Lines fire on first-time events (first move, first fog encounter, first sound heard, first NPC proximity, first insert open). Use trigger: first_time_event with appropriate event tags.

Voice consistency: Smuggler lines should be observational, street-smart, practical. Detective lines should be analytical, procedure-oriented, careful. Both stay in-character — tutorials are disguised as natural inner thoughts, not fourth-wall-breaking instructions.

Prerequisite format: Per D-035:

- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_tut_001
  text: "Voices. Down the corridor. Can't tell how many."
  trigger: first_sound_heard
  priority: tutorial
  cooldown: -1

Use _tut_ in IDs to distinguish tutorial lines from narrative monologue.

Note on PC monologue ID collision (Q-028): The review of PR #59 flagged that PC monologue IDs collide across location files. Use the _tut_ discriminator for tutorial lines. Q-028 will resolve the broader scheme.

Dependency Chain

#330 (Tutorial monologue) → standalone, no deps

PR Workflow

When ready to submit, create a PR with tea CLI:

tea pr create --repo jpmschweitzer/settled-reach --login schweitz --title "feat(content): sprint 17 description" --description "body" --base main --head copy

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