IARPG-OPS-1 online Intelligence operations standard Fictional missions · neutral authorities
MISS-02 Current Mission Design Version 1.0.0

Mission Brief Contract

A mission brief is a reviewable contract connecting authority, requirement, roles, constraints, evidence thresholds, abort conditions, and extraction.

Normative requirements

What conforming mission design must express.

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MUST required for conformance

Include title, authority, mandate, intelligence requirement, jurisdiction, roles, known facts, assumptions, constraints, abort condition, extraction plan, and debrief deliverable.

02
MUST required for conformance

Disclose whether rewards are engine-verified, authority-reviewed, or dependent on an unverified sponsor.

03
SHOULD recommended unless a documented reason applies

Expose evidence thresholds for irreversible actions and major consequence states.

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MAY optional supported behavior

Hide compartmented details behind role access while preserving the shared mission contract.

Mission lifecycle fit

Where this record applies.

Task Plan Extract

This list identifies the mission stages where the record is most likely to be implemented or reviewed. It does not prevent the requirement from influencing adjacent phases.

Search and implementation terms

Vocabulary carried by this record.

Supporting research

Deep links into the complete report archive.

The canonical record stays concise. These links preserve the longer argument, design context, limitations, and source lineage in the `/docs/` archive.

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