Directive 73-Alpha

A disavowed logistics source appears under protective custody while three organizations issue incompatible instructions for his extraction, arrest, or silence.

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PLAYER OBJECTIVEVerify Darius’s compromise, protect downstream contacts, and choose a future he can actually survive.

GAME MECHANIC

OPERATIONAL STAKES

What changes when the player acts

A support network, a contested burn notice, and the credibility of every handler promise in the game.

Decision points

Extract, negotiate surrender, stage death, or keep him inside Northbridge.
Preserve the network or let Darius expose sponsors.

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.

P-131

Darius Cole

Patient / Witness

Protecting: Proof that he has not been abandoned
Fearing: An extraction plan designed only to expose his contacts
Under pressure: Paces load-bearing walls and asks for exact vehicle capacity
Will not cross: Still protects low-level couriers who never knew the larger network
Agency restored by: A fulfilled small promise, food, sleep, and a plan with named contingencies

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CON-061

Oren Krell

Tactical Medic

Protecting: Absolution through protection
Fearing: That his care only makes coercive operations more survivable
Under pressure: Narrows into triage, controls the room, and postpones grief
Will not cross: Will not use medical care to make a person easier to interrogate, transport, or control
Agency restored by: Clear consent, after-action truth, and care not tied to mission success

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BOARD-002

Vivian Locke

Board Liaison

Protecting: Control that can be remembered as stewardship
Fearing: That suffering is random and her sacrifices purchased no durable order
Under pressure: Centralizes authority, reduces ambiguity to binary choices, and accelerates irreversible action
Will not cross: Will not accept a program whose outcomes cannot be made strategically legible
Agency restored by: Restored hierarchy, measurable outcomes, and a credible successor

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EMP-022

Tobias Venn

Pharmacy Technician

Protecting: Belonging secured through usefulness
Fearing: That nobody would choose him if he stopped being useful
Under pressure: Works faster, agrees too quickly, and quietly removes evidence of conflict
Will not cross: Will not knowingly deliver a substance when informed consent has been fabricated
Agency restored by: Specific gratitude, shared responsibility, and tasks whose purpose is explicit

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