Add Mission 3 Stage 6 LORE fragments (Part 1: Fragment 1)

- Created lore_fragments.md with overview
- LORE Fragment 1: Zero Day - A Brief History (178 words)
- Historical document establishing founding philosophy
- Victoria Sterling's economic rationalization
- Revenue model showing criminal vs. legitimate split
- Variable tracking: found_zero_day_history

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# Mission 3: LORE Fragments - "Ghost in the Machine"
**Mission ID:** m03_ghost_in_the_machine
**Title:** Ghost in the Machine
**Stage:** 6 - LORE Fragments Creation
**Date Created:** 2025-12-27
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## Overview
**ENTROPY Cell:** Zero Day Syndicate
**LORE Fragment Count:** 3
**Fragment Type Distribution:**
- Historical/Background: 1 (Fragment 1)
- Evidence Documents: 2 (Fragments 2 & 3)
**Narrative Purpose:**
Mission 3 LORE fragments reveal Zero Day Syndicate's role as ENTROPY's "arms dealer" - the cell that provides exploits to other cells for targeted attacks. The fragments expose the calculated harm-for-profit business model and The Architect's coordination of multi-cell operations.
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## LORE Fragment 1: Zero Day - A Brief History
**ID:** `lore_fragment_1`
**Category:** Historical / Organization Background
**Type:** Internal Company Document
**Length:** 178 words
**Discovery Location:** Executive Office - Filing Cabinet (lockpicking required)
**Difficulty:** Medium (requires accessing locked executive office + lockpicking filing cabinet)
### Content
```
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ZERO DAY SYNDICATE - INTERNAL COMPANY HISTORY
WhiteHat Security Services (Founded 2010)
For Internal Use Only
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FOUNDING PHILOSOPHY (Victoria Sterling, CEO):
"The traditional security industry operates on a flawed
model: discover vulnerabilities, report them, wait for
patches. This creates a power imbalance. Vendors control
the timeline. Researchers are underpaid.
We recognized a market inefficiency. Vulnerabilities have
inherent value. Why give that value away?
WhiteHat Security provides legitimate penetration testing
services to maintain our business facade. But our true
revenue stream: the Zero Day marketplace.
We discover. We price according to market demand. We sell
to interested parties. What they do with our research isn't
our concern—we're security professionals, not moralists.
Think of us as liquidity providers for the vulnerability
market. Every system tends toward disorder. We simply
monetize that entropy."
REVENUE MODEL:
- Front business: $2.3M/year (pen testing services)
- Zero Day sales: $18.7M/year (exploit marketplace)
- Sector premiums: Healthcare +30%, Energy +40%, Finance +25%
MOTTO: "Security Through Economics"
```
### Design Notes
**Narrative Function:**
- Establishes Victoria Sterling's "free market" rationalization
- Shows dual business model (legitimate facade + criminal operations)
- Introduces "monetize entropy" philosophy (connects to ENTROPY mythology)
- Reveals revenue comparison (criminal operations 8x more profitable)
**Voice:** Corporate-professional with ideological underpinning, Victoria's economic rationalization
**Player Value:**
- Understand Zero Day's business model
- See Victoria's philosophy in her own words
- Recognize the calculated nature of their operation (not chaotic criminals)
- Historical context for WhiteHat Security's founding
**Evidence Quality:** Background document (not direct evidence of specific harm, but establishes premeditation)
**Variable on Discovery:** `found_zero_day_history = true`
**Debrief Acknowledgment:**
```ink
{found_zero_day_history:
Agent 0x99: You found Zero Day's founding document.
Agent 0x99: "Monetize entropy." They turned suffering into a business model.
}
```
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**Status:** 🔄 IN PROGRESS (Part 1/3 - Fragment 1 complete)
**Next:** LORE Fragment 2 (Q3 2024 Exploit Catalog - EVIDENCE)