OBJECTIVE the records annex/ 90 seconds, no pause, no undo
THE CELL FOUR. ALWAYS FOUR.
A Cell at three is degraded. At two it is withdrawn. These are named people with files
that append, and the file is the entire reason a death here lands differently from
losing a unit.
BEAT 0BRIEF90s remaining · cannot be paused
WHAT ANALYSIS KNOWS AND HOW SURE
Guard rotation
55s cycle
2 SOURCES
Annex staffing
2 to 4 overnight
UNCORROBORATED
Grid segment
isolated
CONTESTED
Roof access
NO ASSESSMENT
NEVER LOOKED
Their doctrine
NO ASSESSMENT
NEVER LOOKED
Analysis has been wrong here before. Twice, in this world, on this city.
The complication in beat 2 is drawn from the province's real hidden state, so an op you
prepared for has genuinely fewer surprises. This one was prepared for at Depth 3.
THE DEFENDER
The defender is not present. The defender's doctrine is.
Standing counterintelligence orders written days ago, by somebody who is asleep,
are what this op is actually fighting. They do not adapt and they do not need to.
OUTCOME LADDER
CLEANobjective, low exposure, no attribution
SUCCESSFULobjective, exposure raised, attribution possible
PARTIALsome of it, usually the expensive half missing
FAILEDnothing, plus exposure
BURNEDnetwork rolled up, high attribution risk
LOSTdead or captured. Captured is worse.
RUNNING STATE
Noise
0
Seconds burned
0
Asset burned
no
There is no map on this screen and there never will be. The op is five text and choice
beats. Procedural city generation was evaluated and rejected: see
docs/research/city-generation.md.
Standing doctrine resolves the op without the scene, at a penalty. That option has to
exist. Almost everybody watches the first one and almost nobody delegates the second.
THE GAME NEVER COMMENTS. NOTHING HERE SAYS "DARK CHOICE".