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ACTIVE // A RESPONSE ACTION RECORDED BEFORE THE SUPPOSEDLY LEAKED BRIEFING WAS DELIVERED.

Alliance Leak

A temporary counterintelligence alliance loses compartmented information before all members receive it.

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PLAYER OBJECTIVEFind the leak without allowing the investigation itself to become the weapon that destroys the alliance.
GAME MECHANIC

OPERATIONAL STAKES

What changes when the player acts

Anika’s credibility, Caleb’s access, Nia’s privacy boundary, and the Accord’s survival.

Decision points

  1. Use a canary disclosure that may endanger a real source.
  2. Accuse a person, a process, or a planted evidence channel.
Compartmented finding withheld

The elevated source set changes how this operation is interpreted.

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GAME MECHANIC

HUMANS UNDER OPERATIONAL PRESSURE

The objective is the same. The threatened self is different for each person.

Each principal enters the operation with a different need, feared loss, loyalty pattern, moral boundary, and recovery requirement.

CI-009

Anika Voss

Leak Investigator

Protecting
Reach a defensible conclusion without institutional panic
Fearing
Becoming certain too early and creating the traitor she was supposed to find
Under pressure
Stops taking notes and memorizes exact phrasing
Will not cross
Will use treatment access logs when they establish physical opportunity, with strict scope
Agency restored by
Independent chain-of-custody review and a colleague who can veto her
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EMP-031

Caleb Rook

Security Supervisor

Protecting
Certainty that his protection is protecting the right person
Fearing
Becoming the instrument of an unseen command
Under pressure
Controls space, removes options, positions himself between people and exits
Will not cross
Will not deliver a frightened person to someone who refuses to identify themselves
Agency restored by
A verifiable chain of custody and permission to protect rather than interrogate
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EMP-044

Nia Okafor

Day Room Facilitator

Protecting
Preserve dignity and mutual intelligibility
Fearing
Becoming an instrument of coercive observation
Under pressure
Voice becomes quieter; she moves toward exits while increasing structure
Will not cross
Will break confidence to prevent imminent harm, then accept accountability
Agency restored by
Peer review, clear consent boundaries, ordinary conversation
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CON-208

Sofia Marín

Forensic Accountant

Protecting
Make hidden obligations visible
Fearing
Mistaking elegant fraud for proof and destroying an innocent person
Under pressure
Recalculates basic totals and stops making eye contact
Will not cross
Will freeze funds on a lower threshold when lives are at immediate risk
Agency restored by
Independent replication and a witness willing to challenge her model
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