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Complete Mission 3 Stage 5 - Room Layout Design
Stage 5 completion summary: - STAGE_5_COMPLETE.md: Comprehensive summary and metrics - 7 rooms designed with complete specifications - Hub-and-spoke layout with central hallway - Progressive unlocking (5 stages) - Lock variety (5 types, 7 locks) - All technical validation passed Achievement highlights: - 7 rooms (940 lines of design documentation) - 7 containers, 10 interactive objects, 4 NPCs - Hybrid architecture fully integrated - All Stage 0-4 content mapped to rooms - Dual-phase design (daytime/nighttime transformation) Ready for Stage 6: LORE Fragments
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# Mission 3: "Ghost in the Machine" - Stage 5 Complete
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**Mission ID:** m03_ghost_in_the_machine
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**Title:** Ghost in the Machine
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**Stage:** 5 - Room Layout and Challenge Distribution
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**Date Completed:** 2025-12-27
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**Status:** ✅ COMPLETE
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---
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## Stage 5 Deliverables Summary
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**Total Documents Created:** 1 comprehensive design document
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### Document: Room Design (`room_design.md`)
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**Size:** ~940 lines
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**Status:** ✅ Complete, ready for implementation
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**Contents:**
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- Location overview (WhiteHat Security Services)
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- 7 detailed room designs with dimensions, containers, NPCs
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- ASCII map showing room connections
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- Progressive unlocking flow (5 stages)
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- Lock variety analysis (5 types, 7 locks)
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- Container summary (7 containers)
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- NPC placement (4 NPCs)
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- Hybrid architecture integration
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- Technical validation (all compliant)
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- Design notes (pacing, difficulty, atmosphere)
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---
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## Room Layout Summary
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### WhiteHat Security Services Office
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**Location Type:** Corporate Security Consulting Firm
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**Total Rooms:** 7
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**Layout Pattern:** Hub-and-spoke (central hallway with branches)
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**Time Phases:** Daytime (Act 1) → Nighttime (Act 2-3)
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**Security Level:** Medium (RFID locks, guard patrol)
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### Room Inventory
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| # | Room Name | ID | Dimensions | Type | Act | Critical Path |
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|---|-----------|----|-----------| -----|-----|---------------|
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| 1 | Reception Lobby | `reception_lobby` | 8×6 GU | Entrance | 1-3 | Entry point |
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| 2 | Conference Room | `conference_room_01` | 10×8 GU | Meeting | 1 | RFID cloning |
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| 3 | Main Hallway | `main_hallway` | 12×4 GU | Corridor | 1-3 | Navigation, guard patrol |
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| 4 | Server Room | `server_room` | 10×10 GU | IT/Data Center | 2-3 | **PRIMARY HUB** |
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| 5 | Executive Wing Hallway | `executive_wing_hallway` | 8×4 GU | Corridor | 1-3 | Connector |
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| 6 | Executive Office | `executive_office` | 10×8 GU | Private Office | 2-3 | Optional evidence |
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| 7 | James's Office | `james_office` | 8×6 GU | Consultant Office | 2 | Optional moral choice |
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**Total Usable Space:** 464 GU² across all rooms
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**All Rooms Compliant:** ✅ 7/7 within 4×4 to 15×15 GU range
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---
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## Progressive Unlocking Achievement
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### 5-Stage Unlocking Flow
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**Stage 1: Mission Start (Daytime Act 1)**
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- **Accessible:** Reception, Hallway, Conference Room (3 rooms)
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- **Focus:** Victoria meeting, RFID cloning
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**Stage 2: After clone_rfid_card (End Act 1)**
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- **Unlocks:** Server Room via RFID keycard
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- **Transition:** Daytime → Nighttime (time skip)
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**Stage 3: Nighttime Infiltration Begins (Act 2 Start)**
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- **New Challenge:** Night security guard patrol
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- **Accessible:** All previous + Server Room interior
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- **Still Locked:** Executive Office
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**Stage 4: After access_victoria_computer**
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- **Unlocks:** Executive Office (lockpicking OR high trust)
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- **Access:** Victoria's workspace, LORE fragments
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- **Backtracking:** Return to server room for CyberChef decoding
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**Stage 5: After distcc_exploit (Midpoint Twist)**
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- **Event-Unlocked:** Operational logs spawn
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- **Revelation:** M2 hospital connection discovered
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- **All Evidence:** Available for final synthesis
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**Design Achievement:** ✅ Clear progression, strategic backtracking, no soft locks
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## Lock Variety Achievement
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### 5 Different Lock Types
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| Lock Type | Count | Critical Path | Examples |
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|-----------|-------|---------------|----------|
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| **RFID Keycard** | 1 | YES | Server room door (clone from Victoria) |
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| **Physical/Lockpicking** | 3 | NO | Executive office, filing cabinets |
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| **PIN Codes** | 1 | NO | Server room safe (2010) |
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| **Passwords** | 1 | Partial | Victoria's computer |
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| **Hidden Items** | 1 | NO | USB drive in desk drawer |
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**Total Locks:** 7 across 5 types
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**Variety Score:** ✅ Excellent (5 types exceed 3-type minimum)
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### Lock Progression
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**Easy → Medium → Hard:**
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1. Founding year clue (2010) - Easy, visible
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2. RFID cloning - Medium, new mechanic
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3. Lockpicking - Easy-Medium, skill-based
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4. Password finding - Medium, investigation
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5. Hidden USB - Easy, thorough search
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**Validation:**
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- ✅ Multiple lock types (not repetitive)
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- ✅ Discoverable hints (founding year plaque)
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- ✅ New mechanic introduced (RFID cloning)
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- ✅ Supports multiple playstyles (stealth, social, technical)
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---
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## Container and Object Placement
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### Containers Summary
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**Total Containers:** 7
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- **Critical Path:** 2 (Victoria's computer required)
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- **Optional LORE:** 3 (filing cabinets, safe, USB)
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- **Flavor/Atmosphere:** 2 (reception desk, display case)
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**Distribution:**
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- Reception Lobby: 2 containers
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- Server Room: 2 containers (filing cabinet, safe)
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- Executive Office: 2 containers (filing cabinet, desk drawer)
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- James's Office: 1 container (desk drawer)
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**Lock Distribution:**
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- Unlocked: 3 containers
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- Physical locks: 3 containers
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- PIN lock: 1 container
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### Interactive Objects
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**Total Interactive Objects:** 10
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- **VM/Technical:** 3 (VM terminal, CyberChef, drop-site terminal)
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- **Evidence:** 3 (whiteboard, computers, USB drive)
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- **Atmosphere:** 4 (founding plaque, family photo, certifications, display case)
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**Server Room Objects (Investigation Hub):**
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1. VM Access Terminal (2, 4)
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2. CyberChef Workstation (6, 4)
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3. Drop-Site Terminal (4, 4)
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4. Whiteboard with ROT13 (4, 7)
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5. Filing cabinet (1, 7)
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6. Wall safe (7, 7)
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**Design Achievement:** ✅ Clear purpose for each object, narrative justification
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## NPC Placement Achievement
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### 4 NPCs Across 3 Modes
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| NPC | Mode | Room | Position/Route | Phase |
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|-----|------|------|----------------|-------|
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| Receptionist | In-Person | Reception Lobby | (3, 2) desk | Daytime only |
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| Victoria Sterling | In-Person | Conference Room | (4, 3) table | Daytime only |
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| Night Security Guard | Patrol | Main Hallway + Reception | 4 waypoints, 60s loop | Nighttime only |
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| Agent 0x99 | Phone/Event | Remote | N/A | All phases |
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**Guard Patrol Design:**
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- **Waypoint 1:** Reception (3, 2) - 15 tick pause
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- **Waypoint 2:** Main Hallway (2, 1) - 15 tick pause
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- **Waypoint 3:** Main Hallway (6, 1) - 15 tick pause
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- **Waypoint 4:** Main Hallway (9, 1) near server - 20 tick pause
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- **Loop Time:** ~60 seconds
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- **Detection:** 150px LOS, 120° cone
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**Phase Transition:**
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- **Daytime NPCs:** Receptionist + Victoria (professional atmosphere)
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- **Nighttime NPCs:** Guard only (tension, stealth challenge)
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- **Phone Constant:** Agent 0x99 (handler support)
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**Design Achievement:** ✅ Conditional spawning, atmosphere transformation, stealth challenge
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## Hybrid Architecture Integration
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### VM Challenges (4 flags)
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**Location:** Server Room VM Terminal (2, 4)
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**Network:** 192.168.100.0/24 (Zero Day training network)
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| Challenge | Tool | Flag | Difficulty |
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|-----------|------|------|------------|
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| Port Scanning | nmap | `flag{network_scan_complete}` | Easy |
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| Banner Grabbing | netcat | `flag{ftp_intel_gathered}` | Easy |
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| HTTP Analysis | curl + Base64 | `flag{pricing_intel_decoded}` | Medium |
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| distcc Exploitation | Metasploit | `flag{distcc_legacy_compromised}` | Advanced |
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**Submission:** Drop-site terminal (4, 4) in server room
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### CyberChef Decoding (3 tasks)
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**Location:** Server Room CyberChef Workstation (6, 4)
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| Task | Input | Encoding | Output |
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|------|-------|----------|--------|
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| Whiteboard | ROT13 text | ROT13 | "MEET WITH THE ARCHITECT..." |
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| Client Roster | Hex file | Hex | Zero Day client list |
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| USB Drive | Double-encoded | Base64+ROT13 | Architect's directive |
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### Correlation Tasks (2 critical)
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| Task | VM Component | In-Game Component | Result |
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|------|--------------|-------------------|--------|
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| `http_analysis` | HTTP fetch | CyberChef Base64 | Pricing intelligence |
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| `find_operational_logs` | distcc exploit | Spawned file | M2 hospital connection |
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**Design Achievement:** ✅ VM and in-game tightly integrated, backtracking required, correlation meaningful
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## Design Notes Achievement
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### Pacing Design
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**Act 1 (15-25 min):**
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- Limited exploration (3 rooms)
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- Social focus (Victoria meeting)
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- Calm → Building tension
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**Act 2 (30-40 min):**
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- Full exploration (7 rooms)
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- Investigation focus (VM + evidence)
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- Hub-and-spoke (server room central)
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- Tense infiltration rhythm
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**Act 3 (10-15 min):**
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- Evidence synthesis
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- Moral choices
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- Climax → Resolution
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### Difficulty Curve
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**Easy Start:** Reception, Victoria meeting, founding year clue
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**Medium Progression:** RFID cloning, guard stealth, VM port scanning
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**Hard Challenges:** distcc exploitation, password finding, hex decoding
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**Expert Optional:** Double-encoding, perfect stealth, all LORE
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### Atmosphere Transformation
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**Daytime Corporate Facade:**
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- Bright, professional, NPCs present
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- Legitimate business appearance
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- Calm audio/music
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**Nighttime Infiltration:**
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- Dark, emergency lighting, shadows
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- Empty except guard
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- HVAC hum, tension music
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- **Same spaces, completely different feel**
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**Design Achievement:** ✅ Dual-phase design creates variety, atmosphere supports narrative
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## Technical Validation Summary
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### Room Dimensions Compliance
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- ✅ All rooms within 4×4 to 15×15 GU range (7/7)
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- ✅ Usable space correctly calculated (dimensions - 2 GU)
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- ✅ No oversized or undersized rooms
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### Placement Compliance
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- ✅ All containers in usable space (not padding)
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- ✅ All NPCs in usable space
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- ✅ All interactive objects in usable space
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- ✅ Doors at room edges (padding zone)
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- ✅ No items in 1 GU padding zone
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### Connection Compliance
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- ✅ All room connections have ≥ 1 GU overlap
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- ✅ Door positions specified
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- ✅ Locked doors have unlock conditions
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- ✅ No circular dependencies
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### Progression Validation
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- ✅ No soft locks (can't make progress impossible)
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- ✅ Clear critical path (Reception → Conference → Server Room)
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- ✅ Optional content accessible but not blocking
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- ✅ Backtracking intentional and meaningful
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**All Technical Criteria Met:** ✅ 100% compliant
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## Integration with Previous Stages
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### Stage 0 (Technical Challenges) → Room Placement
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**VM Challenges:**
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- ✅ All 4 VM challenges → Server Room VM terminal
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- ✅ Flag submission → Drop-site terminal
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- ✅ Network 192.168.100.0/24 specified
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**In-Game Challenges:**
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- ✅ RFID cloning → Conference Room (Victoria proximity)
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- ✅ Lockpicking → Executive office, filing cabinets
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- ✅ Multi-encoding → CyberChef workstation (server room)
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- ✅ Guard stealth → Main hallway patrol
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**All Stage 0 challenges placed:** ✅
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### Stage 1 (Narrative Structure) → Acts Mapped
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**Act 1 Scenes → Rooms:**
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- Scene 1 (Briefing) → Not in-game (cutscene)
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- Scene 2 (Arrival) → Reception Lobby
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- Scene 3 (Victoria meeting) → Conference Room
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- Scene 5 (Extraction) → Outside (transition)
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**Act 2 Scenes → Rooms:**
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- Scene 6 (Infiltration) → Reception → Hallway
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- Scene 7 (Server room) → Server Room (hub)
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- Scenes 8-11 (Investigation) → All rooms (evidence gathering)
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**Act 3 Scenes → Rooms:**
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- Scene 12 (James choice) → James's Office (optional)
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- Scene 13 (Victoria confrontation) → Executive Office OR Hallway
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- Scene 14 (Exfiltration) → Exit
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**All narrative scenes have locations:** ✅
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### Stage 2 (Characters) → NPC Positions
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**NPCs Placed:**
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- ✅ Victoria Sterling → Conference Room (daytime)
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- ✅ James Park → James's Office (evidence only, not present)
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- ✅ Guard → Main Hallway patrol (nighttime)
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- ✅ Agent 0x99 → Phone/remote (handler)
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**Environmental storytelling:**
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- ✅ Family photos (James's Office)
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- ✅ Certifications (Reception, James's Office)
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- ✅ Corporate achievements (hallways)
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### Stage 3 (Moral Choices) → Choice Locations
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**James's Protection Choice:**
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- ✅ Discovery location: James's Office
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- ✅ Evidence: Performance review, family photo, certifications
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- ✅ Choice trigger: james_innocence_confirmed
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**Victoria's Fate Choice:**
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- ✅ Confrontation location: Executive Office OR Hallway (player choice)
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- ✅ Evidence: All gathered from server room + executive office
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- ✅ Choice trigger: all_evidence_collected
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### Stage 4 (Objectives) → Room Mapping
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**All 17 tasks mapped to rooms:**
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- ✅ Aim 1.1 tasks (2) → Conference Room
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- ✅ Aim 1.2 tasks (4) → Server Room
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- ✅ Aim 1.3 tasks (4) → Server Room + Executive Office
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- ✅ Optional LORE (3) → Server Room + Executive Office
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- ✅ Optional stealth (1) → Main Hallway (guard patrol)
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- ✅ Optional moral (2) → James's Office + Executive Office
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- ✅ Perfect Stealth (1) → Guard avoidance
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**All objectives have room locations:** ✅
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## Next Steps: Stages 6-9
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**Stage 5 provides to Stage 6 (LORE Fragments):**
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- 3 LORE fragment locations specified
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- Container details for each fragment
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- Unlock conditions (safe PIN, lockpicking, hidden search)
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**Stage 5 provides to Stage 7 (Ink Scripting):**
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- NPC positions and dialogue trigger locations
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- Container interactions (what happens when opened)
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- Terminal locations (VM, drop-site, CyberChef)
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- Event triggers (distcc_exploit → M2 revelation)
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**Stage 5 provides to Stage 9 (Scenario Assembly):**
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- Complete room dimensions and connections
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- Container placement with contents
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- NPC spawn conditions (daytime/nighttime)
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- Progressive unlocking logic
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- Technical validation (ready for JSON)
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## Git Commit Summary
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**Commits for Stage 5:**
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1. afa47e1 - Part 1: First 3 rooms (Reception, Conference, Hallway)
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2. 6b9f4c8 - Part 2: Server room (primary investigation hub)
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3. de65cea - Part 3: Executive wing (hallway + office)
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4. 4d7857f - Part 4: Final room (James's Office) + ASCII map
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5. ea56097 - Part 5: Progressive unlocking + lock analysis
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6. 6efceff - Part 6: Final summaries (containers, NPCs, validation)
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**Total Lines Added:** ~940 lines (room_design.md)
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## Stage 5 Completion Metrics
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### Documentation
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- **Room Design Document:** ~940 lines, 12 major sections
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- **Completion Summary:** This document
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### Rooms Designed
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- **Total Rooms:** 7
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- **Critical Path:** 4 (Reception, Conference, Hallway, Server Room)
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- **Optional:** 3 (Executive Wing Hallway, Executive Office, James's Office)
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### Objects Placed
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- **Containers:** 7 (2 flavor, 5 objectives)
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- **Interactive Objects:** 10 (3 terminals, 7 evidence/atmosphere)
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- **NPCs:** 4 (2 daytime, 1 nighttime, 1 remote)
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- **Locks:** 7 across 5 types
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### Integration Points
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- **Stage 0 (Technical):** ✅ All challenges placed
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- **Stage 1 (Narrative):** ✅ All scenes have locations
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- **Stage 2 (Characters):** ✅ All NPCs positioned
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- **Stage 3 (Moral Choices):** ✅ Choice locations specified
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- **Stage 4 (Objectives):** ✅ All 17 tasks mapped to rooms
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- **Stage 6 (LORE):** Ready to receive fragment details
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- **Stage 7 (Ink):** Ready to receive NPC positions and triggers
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- **Stage 9 (Assembly):** Ready for JSON conversion
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### Technical Compliance
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- ✅ All rooms within dimension limits (4×4 to 15×15 GU)
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- ✅ All items in usable space (not padding)
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- ✅ All connections valid (≥ 1 GU overlap)
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- ✅ No circular dependencies
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- ✅ Progressive unlocking designed
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- ✅ Lock variety achieved (5 types)
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**Stage 5 Status:** ✅ **COMPLETE**
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**Mission 3 Progress:**
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- ✅ Stage 0: Scenario Initialization (4 documents, ~2,900 lines)
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- ✅ Stage 1: Narrative Structure (1 document, 1,546 lines)
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- ✅ Stage 2: Storytelling Elements (2 documents, ~2,000 lines)
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- ✅ Stage 3: Moral Choices (1 document, ~630 lines)
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- ✅ Stage 4: Player Objectives (2 documents, ~770 lines)
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- ✅ Stage 5: Room Layout Design (1 document, ~940 lines)
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- 🔄 Stage 6: LORE Fragments (Next)
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- ⏳ Stages 7-9: Ink scripting, review, assembly
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**Total Mission 3 Planning Documentation:** ~9,800 lines across 12 documents
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**Mission 3 "Ghost in the Machine" - Where every room supports the story, and space transforms from corporate facade to tense infiltration.**
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