---
uai: "1.0"
type: domain-memory
status: active
project: iarpg.com
updated_utc: "2026-07-19T05:00:00Z"
domain: ai-sources
---
# Synthetic Sources and Mission Validation
Synthetic characters are disclosed sources. Generated language is not authoritative game truth.

## Authority separation

- The authoritative server owns locations, identities, inventories, rewards, access, evidence, contract state, and mission outcomes.
- A generation system can propose dialogue, uncertainty, personality, recollection, or a source claim.
- Structured validation must check any generated claim against the current world state before it can affect a mission.
- Unreliable synthetic reporting is a designed source-quality problem, not a hidden technical failure.

## Player verification loop

- Review source reliability and prior reporting.
- Compare coordinates, entities, timing, relationships, and claimed events against authoritative records.
- Seek independent corroboration.
- Record contradictions and alternative explanations.
- Make acceptance, delay, rejection, or limited-collection decisions with explicit reason codes.
- Fail forward: an unreliable task may still reveal a source condition, new lead, anomaly, or operational risk without silently granting nonexistent rewards.

## Deep links

- Player trust and reputation networks: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/hallucinated-ai-quest-design-in-vr-mmorpgs#player-trust-deception-and-reputation-networks
- Sanity-check and skill-based detection mechanics: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/hallucinated-ai-quest-design-in-vr-mmorpgs#sanity-check-mechanics-and-skill-based-detection
- Economic and engagement impact: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/hallucinated-ai-quest-design-in-vr-mmorpgs#economic-and-engagement-impacts
- Mitigation guidelines: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/hallucinated-ai-quest-design-in-vr-mmorpgs#mitigation-strategies-and-design-guidelines
- NPC behavior, memory, and reputation: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/designing-engaging-fair-npcs-for-an-international-espionage-mmo#behavior-systems-dialogue-memory-reputation-adaptive-tactics