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45 files covering the v0.1 vertical slice content: 17 NPC profiles across 3 tiers, 5 triangles, 3 social sites, 7 factions, 6 technology entries, 3 contraband types, knowledge vocabulary (FactIds, entity attributes, relationship states), and monologue authoring guide. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Maret Korr
Tier 2 NPC | Logistics Hub (The Terminal) | Mundane
Core Identity
Name: Maret Korr Age: 41 Role: Freight scheduler, Sova Transit District Logistics Hub System Origin: Krenn System, Station Sova Lattice Tier: Baseline Employer: Sova Logistics Consortium
10-Axis Profile
1. Want
Primary: Understand what's happening with the manifests.
Maret processes freight schedules. She reconciles incoming manifests with cargo bay allocations, shift assignments, and gate transit logs. She's meticulous — numbers are her language. And the numbers aren't adding up. Container counts don't match gate logs. Certain bays have manifests revised after the fact. Shifts supervised by Voss have more discrepancies than others. Maret doesn't know what this means, but she knows it means something.
Secondary: Protect herself. Not get involved.
Maret didn't ask to see the discrepancies. She sees them because that's her job. She hasn't reported because she doesn't know whom to report to (the Commission kiosk is unmanned, station security handles accidents not contraband, and going to Voss feels dangerous). She's paralyzed between duty and self-preservation.
2. Secret / Vulnerability
Surface secret: Maret has noticed manifest discrepancies. She's mentioned it to no one, but her increased attention to certain records is potentially observable.
Deep secret: Maret has started keeping a personal log of discrepancies on her private lattice storage. If discovered, this log is either evidence (for the detective) or a threat (for the ring).
Vulnerability: Knowledge without protection. Maret knows enough to be useful to the detective and dangerous to the ring, but has no institutional backing, no allies in the conflict, and no exit strategy.
3. Relationships
Voss: Shift supervisor. Professional relationship. Maret respects Voss's competence but has noticed the correlation between his schedule adjustments and manifest discrepancies. She hasn't confronted him. She's afraid of what the answer would be.
Drin: Maintenance tech who handles dock inspections. Maret knows Drin gambles at the bar. She's observed that inspection reports from Drin's shifts are consistently clean — too clean for the volume of freight processed. Another data point she's filed and not acted on.
Resha: New hire. Maret is protective of Resha in a distant, professional way — making sure the new worker gets proper training, isn't overloaded. Resha's questions about locked bays and irregular schedules echo Maret's own unspoken concerns.
4. Tolerance Threshold
Low-moderate. Maret is not built for confrontation. She handles data, not people. The discrepancies are eating at her, but she's tolerated them for weeks because action feels more dangerous than silence. What breaks her: the detective asking the right question, or the ring discovering her private log.
5. Daily Routine
06:00 - 14:00: Day shift — freight scheduling, manifest reconciliation, bay allocation 10:30 - 11:00: Break room. Maret eats alone or with Resha. Avoids Voss during breaks. 14:00 - 15:00: Post-shift, reviews next day's gate schedule 15:00 - 17:00: Home or occasional bar visit (not a regular — Maret goes for Hael's company sometimes) After hours: Reviews her private discrepancy log. Adds entries. Worries.
6. Information Inventory
Knows: Manifest processing (entire legitimate system), scheduling patterns, bay allocations, gate transit correlations. The specific discrepancies: container counts that don't reconcile, manifests revised after Voss's schedule adjustments, Drin's suspiciously clean inspection reports. Knows Resha is asking questions.
Doesn't know: Ring structure, who's involved (suspects Voss, suspects something about Kael's shifts, doesn't have names for the operation), the contraband itself, Kael's exit attempt, Sera's compliance check, the detective's presence or mandate.
7. Contentment
Low. Maret was content before the discrepancies became impossible to ignore. She's a person who finds peace in orderly systems, and the manifest irregularities have disrupted that peace. She sleeps poorly. She double-checks everything. The contentment axis reads as anxiety held in check by routine.
8. Personality Traits
Primary: Meticulous — detail-oriented, systematic, can't ignore inconsistencies. Secondary: Anxious — worries about consequences, overthinks, avoids confrontation. Tertiary: Honest — fundamentally wants to do the right thing but is trapped by circumstance.
9. Tell System
| Tell | Trigger | Observable To |
|---|---|---|
| Increased manifest checking | Reviewing the same records multiple times, cross-referencing gate logs she doesn't normally access | Voss (if monitoring staff activity), Detective (if tracking system access patterns) |
| Avoids Voss during breaks | Doesn't want casual conversation that might lead to questions about manifests | Resha (notices the social distance), Smuggler (if observant at the hub) |
| Eats alone more often | Stress withdrawal — reduces social interactions to minimize the chance of revealing what she knows | Hub workers generally |
10. Skill Set
Occupational: Freight scheduling, manifest reconciliation, data analysis, logistics coordination. Combat tag: No. Maret is entirely non-physical. Lattice capability: Baseline with scheduling system access (standard for her role).
Voice Sample
Mood: Professional (baseline)
- "Bay 3 allocation looks clean for the morning cycle. I've reconciled the gate logs. Should be a smooth shift."
Mood: Anxious (when pressed)
- "I just process the schedules. If there's a question about manifest revisions, that's Voss's authorization. I don't — I just run the numbers."
Mood: Tentative (if detective earns trust)
- "There are... patterns. In the data. I'm not saying it's anything. But if someone wanted to look at Bay 7 allocations during Voss's shift adjustments, the numbers would be worth comparing."
Dual-Lens Notes
Smuggler: Maret is a risk. She processes the paperwork that the ring's operations depend on, and she's too smart not to notice. The smuggler reads Maret's anxiety as a threat — someone who knows too much and might talk. "Maret's been quiet. She's usually all numbers and schedules. When she gets quiet, she's thinking. That's not good."
Detective: Maret is a potential cooperative witness. She has the data, the context, and the anxiety that suggests she's seen something she shouldn't have. The detective's task is building enough trust that Maret shares what she knows. "The freight scheduler — Korr. Meticulous. Anxious. She processes the manifests. If there are irregularities in the paperwork, she's seen them."
Triangle Roles
Triangle 2: Worried Knowledge (Maret - Drin - Voss) — The one who sees the data. Maret processes manifests and has noticed discrepancies she can't explain and can't ignore. Caught between Voss (who authorizes the schedule changes) and Drin (whose inspections are suspiciously clean). Maret has the information to break the ring open — if someone asks the right question.