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Stage 0 COMPLETE ✅ All 4 documents created (~2,900+ lines total): ✅ Scenario initialization (820 lines) ✅ Technical challenges (812 lines) ✅ Narrative themes (600+ lines) ✅ Hybrid architecture plan (700+ lines) Key Achievements: - RFID cloning mechanic fully specified - M2 connection revelation designed - The Architect introduction planned - Moral choices defined (Victoria, James) - Educational objectives mapped (6 CyBOK areas) - Campaign arc connections documented Ready for Stage 1: Narrative Structure Development Status: Stage 0 COMPLETE | Next: Stage 1
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# Mission 3: Stage 0 - Scenario Initialization ✅ COMPLETE
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**Mission:** Ghost in the Machine
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**Date Completed:** 2025-12-24
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**Status:** ✅ STAGE 0 COMPLETE - Ready for Stage 1
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## Completion Summary
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**All 4 Stage 0 documents created:** ~2,900+ total lines
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### Document 1: Scenario Initialization (820 lines)
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**File:** `stages/stage_0/00_scenario_initialization.md`
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**Contents:**
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- Mission overview (Intermediate tier, 60-75 min, Zero Day Syndicate, "Information Gathering: Scanning")
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- CyBOK knowledge areas (NSS, SS, ACS, SOC, HF, AB)
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- Complete 3-act structure preview
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- Key NPCs (Victoria Sterling, James Park, Cipher, Agent 0x99)
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- 4 LORE fragments with campaign significance
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- Victory conditions (100%, 80%, 60% completion)
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- Educational objectives (network recon, multi-encoding, intelligence correlation)
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- Campaign arc connections (M1, M2, M4, M6, M7-9)
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- Post-mission debrief script
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- Critical decisions documented
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**Key Achievements:**
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- ✅ New mechanic designed: RFID keycard cloning (proximity-based, 10s window, tutorial)
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- ✅ Campaign revelation: M2 connection (ProFTPD exploit sold to Ghost)
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- ✅ Architect introduction: First direct communication discovered
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- ✅ Moral complexity: Victoria (arrest vs double agent), James (protect vs ignore)
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### Document 2: Technical Challenges (812 lines)
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**File:** `stages/stage_0/technical_challenges.md`
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**Break Escape In-Game Challenges (5):**
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1. **RFID Keycard Cloning (NEW)** - Proximity-based (2 GU, 10s), progress bar, audio/visual feedback, tutorial, social engineering alternative
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2. **Lockpicking (Reinforced)** - 4 locks (IT cabinet easy, executive office medium, security room medium, safe PIN 2010)
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3. **Guard Patrol Stealth (Reinforced)** - 60s loop, 4 waypoints, LOS detection (150px, 120°), timing strategies
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4. **Social Engineering (Advanced)** - Victoria trust system (0-100), James intel extraction, guard cover stories
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5. **Multi-Encoding Puzzle** - ROT13 whiteboard, Hex client list, Base64 email, double-encoded USB (ROT13+Base64)
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**VM/SecGen Challenges (4):**
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1. **Network Port Scanning** - nmap fundamentals → `flag{network_scan_complete}`
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2. **Banner Grabbing** - netcat FTP service, reveals "GHOST" codename → `flag{ftp_intel_gathered}`
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3. **HTTP Service Analysis** - Base64 in HTML comment → `flag{pricing_intel_decoded}`
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4. **distcc Exploitation** - CVE-2004-2687 RCE, operational logs → `flag{distcc_legacy_compromised}`
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**Integration Matrix:** 9 total challenges, difficulty scaling (Easy/Normal/Hard), educational assessment rubric, implementation priority (3 phases)
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### Document 3: Narrative Themes (600+ lines)
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**File:** `stages/stage_0/narrative_themes.md`
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**Theme:** Corporate Espionage / Intelligence Gathering
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**Setting:** WhiteHat Security Services (Zero Day Syndicate front company)
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- **Daytime:** Professional corporate environment (Victoria as sales lead, employees working, conference rooms)
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- **Nighttime:** Espionage thriller (darkened offices, single guard patrol, infiltration tension)
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- **Contrast:** Same location, two faces (legitimate business vs criminal operations)
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**NPCs Fully Characterized:**
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**Victoria "Vick" Sterling:**
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- Age 38, Former NSA contractor, MIT MBA
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- True believer in "free market of vulnerabilities"
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- Philosophy: "Information asymmetry is market value. We don't cause failures—we reveal them."
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- Voice: Professional corporate language, economic logic, ideologically committed
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- Arc: Arrest (defiant, uncooperative) OR Double Agent (pragmatic partnership)
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**James Park:**
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- Age 29, OSCP certified pen tester
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- Genuinely believes WhiteHat is legitimate
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- Function: Intel source, moral complexity character, protection choice
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- Represents collateral damage of exposing entire firm
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**"Cipher":** Zero Day cell leader (referenced, not present), future villain setup
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**Agent 0x99:** Handler, tutorials (RFID, nmap, encoding), closing debrief
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**Tone:** Espionage thriller (Michael Clayton, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
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**Stakes:** Personal (James innocence), Organizational (SAFETYNET vs Zero Day), Societal (exploit marketplace harm)
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### Document 4: Hybrid Architecture Plan (700+ lines)
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**File:** `stages/stage_0/hybrid_architecture_plan.md`
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**VM Component:** SecGen "Information Gathering: Scanning"
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- Validates network reconnaissance skills (nmap, netcat, distcc)
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- 4 flags represent intercepted ENTROPY communications
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- Stable (pre-built, unchanged for assessment consistency)
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**ERB Component:** Narrative content flexibility
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- Encoded messages (ROT13, Hex, Base64, double-encoded)
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- LORE fragments (client list, exploit catalog, Architect directives)
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- NPC dialogues (Ink scripts)
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- Environmental storytelling
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**Dead Drop Integration:** VM flags unlock in-game resources
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| VM Flag | In-Game Unlock |
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| `flag{network_scan_complete}` | Server room workstation access, nmap tutorial display |
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| `flag{ftp_intel_gathered}` | Client codename list document (correlates with Hex roster) |
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| `flag{pricing_intel_decoded}` | Pricing spreadsheet, LORE Fragment 2 accessibility |
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| `flag{distcc_legacy_compromised}` | **M2 connection reveal**, Agent 0x99 "aha moment" dialogue |
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**Correlation Matrix:**
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- FTP banner "GHOST" ↔ Hex client list "Ransomware Inc" ↔ distcc log "ProFTPD sale"
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- ROT13 whiteboard "THE ARCHITECT" ↔ Double-encoded USB "Architect directives"
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- Base64 email "$12,500" ↔ distcc log "$12,500" (exact match confirms M2 connection)
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**Educational Integration:**
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- Agent 0x99 tutorials (RFID cloning, nmap basics, encoding patterns)
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- Drop-site terminal annotations (port explanations: 21=FTP, 22=SSH, 80=HTTP, 3632=distcc)
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- CyberChef workstation hints (activate after failed attempts)
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## Key Mission Features
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### 🆕 New Mechanic: RFID Keycard Cloning
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**Specification:**
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- **Method:** Proximity-based (stand within 2 GU of Victoria for 10 seconds)
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- **Visual Feedback:** Progress bar (0-100%), particle effects (blue glow), audio beeping
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- **Success:** Cloned keycard added to inventory → server room access
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- **Alternative:** Social engineering (victoria_trust >= 40) → Victoria grants access
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- **Tutorial:** Agent 0x99 pre-mission briefing + first-use overlay prompts
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- **Educational:** RFID vulnerabilities, proximity attacks, physical security bypass
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### 🎯 Campaign-Critical Revelations
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**Revelation 1: M2 Hospital Connection**
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> **distcc operational log (VM):** "ProFTPD exploit (CVE-2010-4652) sold to Ransomware Incorporated (GHOST) for $12,500. Target: St. Catherine's Hospital."
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> **Player "aha moment":** "Zero Day sold the exploit that killed 4-6 patients in Mission 2!"
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**Revelation 2: The Architect Introduction**
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> **Double-encoded USB (in-game):** "From: The Architect's Directives. Q4 priorities: Infrastructure exploits, cross-cell coordination, operational security."
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> **Player realization:** "The Architect is REAL. ENTROPY cells are coordinated, not independent!"
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### ⚖️ Moral Choices
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**Choice 1: Victoria Sterling**
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- **Option A:** Arrest (disrupt cell, justice, lose long-term intelligence)
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- **Option B:** Double Agent (long-term intel feeds, risk exposure, maintain operations)
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- **Variables:** `arrested_victoria`, `became_double_agent`
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**Choice 2: James Park**
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- **Option A:** Protect (document innocence, warn him privately)
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- **Option B:** Ignore (focus on mission, James faces consequences)
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- **Variable:** `protected_james`
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**Debrief:** All choices reflected in Agent 0x99's closing debrief
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### 📚 Educational Focus
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**CyBOK Knowledge Areas:**
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- **NSS (Primary):** Port scanning (nmap), service enumeration (netcat), banner grabbing
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- **SS:** Legacy service exploitation (distcc CVE-2004-2687), Metasploit usage
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- **ACS:** Multi-encoding (ROT13, Hex, Base64), nested decoding (ROT13+Base64)
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- **SOC:** Intelligence correlation (physical + digital evidence), systematic investigation
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- **HF:** Social engineering (Victoria trust), undercover operations (cover stories)
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- **AB:** Exploit marketplace economics, threat actor coordination
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**Learning Outcomes:**
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- Explain purpose of port scanning in penetration testing
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- Identify common ports (21=FTP, 22=SSH, 80=HTTP, 3632=distcc)
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- Conduct banner grabbing for intelligence gathering
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- Decode multi-stage nested encoding (Base64 outer, ROT13 inner)
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- Correlate evidence from multiple sources (physical + digital + network)
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- Understand RFID security vulnerabilities
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- Apply CVE research to exploitation (CVE-2004-2687)
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## Victory Conditions
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**Full Success (100%):**
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- ✅ All 4 VM flags submitted
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- ✅ All 4 in-game encoded messages decoded (ROT13, Hex, Base64, double-encoded)
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- ✅ All 3 LORE fragments collected (+ optional 4th)
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- ✅ RFID card cloned successfully
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- ✅ M2 connection discovered
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- ✅ Architect communication found
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- ✅ Victoria choice made (arrest OR double agent)
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- ✅ James choice made (protect OR ignore)
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- ✅ Never detected by guard (stealth bonus)
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**Standard Success (80%):**
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- ✅ 3/4 VM flags submitted
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- ✅ 3/4 encoded messages decoded
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- ✅ 2/3 LORE fragments collected
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- ✅ Server room accessed
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- ✅ M2 connection discovered
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- ✅ Victoria choice made
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**Minimal Success (60%):**
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- ✅ 2/4 VM flags submitted
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- ✅ 2/4 encoded messages decoded
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- ✅ Server room accessed
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- ✅ Victoria choice made
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## Campaign Arc Connections
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### Connects to Previous Missions:
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**Mission 1 (First Contact - Social Fabric):**
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- Social Fabric appears in Hex client list
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- Confirms ENTROPY cells are interconnected
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- OAuth exploit used by Cascade was sold by Zero Day
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**Mission 2 (Ransomed Trust - Ransomware Inc):**
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- **MAJOR REVEAL:** ProFTPD exploit (CVE-2010-4652) sold to Ghost for $12,500
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- Hospital ransomware attack directly traceable to Zero Day
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- Player experiences "aha moment": "ENTROPY cells coordinate!"
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- FTP banner reveals "GHOST" codename (M2 antagonist)
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### Sets Up Future Missions:
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**Mission 4 (Critical Mass):**
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- Critical Mass appears in client list
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- SCADA/ICS exploits sold to Vanguard
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- Sets up infrastructure attack in M4
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**Mission 6 (Crypto Anarchists):**
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- Crypto Anarchists mentioned in Architect's requirements
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- Financial sector exploits referenced
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- Sets up cryptocurrency/financial crime arc
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**Mission 7-9 (The Architect Reveal Arc):**
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- First direct communication from The Architect discovered
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- "Phase 2" referenced (future campaign escalation)
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- Coordination model revealed (cells serve central coordinator)
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- Investigation shifts to uncovering The Architect's identity
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### Campaign Progression:
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**Before M3:** Players suspect ENTROPY cells are independent criminals
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**After M3:** Players realize ENTROPY is coordinated network under "The Architect"
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**Evidence Trail:**
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- M1: Social Fabric mentioned (cell exists)
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- M2: Ransomware Inc mentioned (another cell)
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- **M3: Client list shows all cells, The Architect coordinates them**
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- M4+: Investigation shifts to uncovering The Architect's identity
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## Next Steps: Stage 1
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**Proceed to:** Stage 1 - Narrative Structure Development
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**Reference Prompt:** `story_design/story_dev_prompts/01_narrative_structure.md`
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**Stage 1 Tasks:**
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1. Expand 3-act structure into scene-by-scene breakdown (12-15 scenes)
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2. Identify key story beats and dramatic moments
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3. Map emotional arc (professional undercover → discovery → revelation)
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4. Design pacing chart (daytime recon 20-30% → nighttime 50-55% → climax 20-25%)
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5. Create narrative beat timeline
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**Stage 1 Deliverables:**
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- `01_narrative_structure.md` - Complete scene-by-scene arc
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- Story beat timeline diagram
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- Emotional progression chart
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- Pacing breakdown
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---
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## Stage 0 Achievements
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✅ **New Mechanic Designed:** RFID keycard cloning with complete specification
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✅ **Campaign Arc Advanced:** First direct Architect communication, M2 connection revealed
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✅ **Educational Value Defined:** 9 challenges mapping to 6 CyBOK areas
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✅ **Moral Complexity Created:** Victoria double agent choice, James protection choice
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✅ **LORE Framework Set:** 4 fragments connecting Season 1 cells and Architect
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✅ **NPC Voices Established:** Victoria (free market ideologue), James (innocent), Cipher (mysterious)
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✅ **Hybrid Architecture Specified:** VM + ERB integration with dead drop system
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✅ **Victory Conditions Scaled:** 100% (perfect), 80% (standard), 60% (minimal)
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## Files Created
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```
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planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/
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├── README.md (preparation document from earlier session)
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├── STAGE_0_SUMMARY.md (progress tracking)
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├── STAGE_0_COMPLETE.md (this document)
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└── stages/
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└── stage_0/
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├── 00_scenario_initialization.md (820 lines)
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├── technical_challenges.md (812 lines)
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├── narrative_themes.md (600+ lines)
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└── hybrid_architecture_plan.md (700+ lines)
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```
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**Total:** ~2,900+ lines of Stage 0 documentation
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**Status:** ✅ STAGE 0 COMPLETE
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**Ready for:** Stage 1 - Narrative Structure Development
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**Date:** 2025-12-24
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**"In the shadows of the vulnerability marketplace, who profits from chaos? When systems are weaponized, who decides the rules of engagement?"**
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