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GAME MECHANIC

ALLEGIANCE ANALYSIS // PLAYER PROTOCOL

Loyalty Lattice

Map institution, sponsor, ideology, money, family, handler, debt, coercion, affection, and temporary alliance as directional obligations.

OBJECTIVEPredict which obligation will govern the next irreversible choice without assuming current obedience equals loyalty.
GAME MECHANIC

Operational sequence

  1. List every party that can reward, punish, protect, expose, or receive information.
  2. Record what the character says they owe each party and what behavior demonstrates.
  3. Distinguish voluntary loyalty from dependency, coercion, fear, and lack of alternatives.
  4. Create one decision where two obligations cannot both be satisfied.
  5. Update the lattice from action and consequence rather than confession alone.

Failure states

  • One faction label for the whole person
  • Assuming love cancels tradecraft
  • Assuming coercion removes all agency
  • Confusing betrayal of an institution with betrayal of every person in it