Normative requirements
What conforming mission design must express.
Every operation identify the sponsoring authority, customer, mandate, and jurisdiction before player acceptance.
No authority receive a permanent good, evil, hero, or villain flag in canonical game logic.
Conflicting authorities expose different objectives, constraints, and definitions of success without hiding their operational interests.
Authorities cooperate temporarily when requirements overlap, even when their long-term interests conflict.
Mission lifecycle fit
Where this record applies.
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.
