Scar Convergence Docket / 伤痕汇流案卷

Scar Convergence Docket is the route-asset card for a mid/late campaign moment where several previous scarred successes now converge on the same future use.

It is not a generic backlog, scar counter, or governance report. It enters play only when the current route asks for a clean stabilizer and the preserved campaign history says that stabilizer is no longer clean.

A stabilizer can be a handler, proof object, public wording, lawful seal, sponsor release, edit checksum, artist boundary, facility room, route asset, or broadcast slot.

When this card exists

Create or update this card when all of the following are true:

  1. a current route, rite, reader, ending posture, license surface, public statement, or asset use requests a stabilizer;
  2. at least two preserved source rows materially touch that stabilizer;
  3. each source row carries a scar, debt, narrowed reader state, harmed claimant, collateral lien, false owner risk, recovery-only state, or explicit unsettled cost;
  4. the requested stabilizer cannot be used cleanly without hiding or flattening one of those source rows;
  5. the player can choose how the convergence is handled rather than receiving a passive penalty;
  6. entry is driven by state pressure, not fixed turn count, day count, chapter quota, page count, or lens health.

Row schema

Each docket must expose the convergence and all source rows needed to understand it.

scar_convergence_id: <stable id>
current_surface:
  surface_id: <route/rite/reader/license/ending/public statement/asset use>
  requested_clean_use: <what the current surface wants>
shared_stabilizer:
  stabilizer_id: <handler/proof/seal/release/checksum/boundary/room/slot/asset>
  stabilizer_type: handler | proof | public_wording | lawful_seal | sponsor_release | edit_checksum | artist_boundary | facility_room | route_asset | broadcast_slot | equivalent
  current_state_before: clean_claimed | scarred | narrowed | contested | captured | public_only | lawful_only | recovery_only | contradiction_pending | equivalent
source_scar_rows:
  - source_row_id: <stable source row>
    source_surface: settlement_aftershock | dormant_claim | adverse_coalition | ruling_reader_collision | broadcast_insolvency | evidence_carryover | ending_scar | handler_burden | equivalent
    source_session_id: <durable session id or explicit in-world source id>
    scar_state: paid_with_debt | narrowed_reader | pawned_collateral | false_owner_risk | public_only | lawful_only | sponsor_only | recovery_only | hostile | captured | equivalent
    claimant_who_paid: <claimant/faction/person>
    claimant_harmed_or_deferred: <claimant/faction/person>
    future_reader_owed: <reader or explicit_absence>
    route_effect_carried: <effect>
    conflict_with_stabilizer: <why this row prevents clean use>
convergence:
  conflict_kind: same_handler_overpromised | proof_claims_incompatible_truths | public_wording_vs_lawful_seal | sponsor_release_vs_artist_boundary | edit_checksum_vs_archive_truth | facility_room_vs_public_safety | route_asset_vs_false_owner | broadcast_slot_vs_unpaid_creditor | equivalent
  impossible_clean_use: true
  default_narrator_if_hidden: sponsor | inspector | archive | editor | fan_public | artist | route_claimant | blackout_system | public_audience | equivalent
  future_reader: producer_license | route_asset | public_table | lawful_reader | sponsor_gate | ending_scar | correction_slot | broadcast_reality | equivalent
available_responses:
  - consolidate_with_sacrifice
  - appoint_scar_trustee
  - split_future_readers
  - pawn_clean_route
  - retire_stabilizer
  - quarantine_convergence
  - suppress_and_collapse

The card fails its purpose if it only records scar_count, debt_total, late_game_pressure, or risk_level without naming source rows, stabilizer, harmed claimants, conflict kind, and future reader.

State vocabulary

Valid card states include:

  • scar_convergence_watchlisted
  • scar_convergence_open
  • scar_convergence_under_hearing
  • consolidated_with_sacrifice
  • scar_trustee_appointed
  • future_readers_split
  • clean_route_pawned
  • stabilizer_retired
  • convergence_quarantined
  • convergence_collapsed
  • false_clean_stabilizer_hardened

A clean state is intentionally absent. The card exists because clean use has become impossible or dishonest.

Counters and durable surfaces

A valid resolution or collapse must touch at least three surfaces with at least one relief and one cost unless collapse/default is selected.

Relevant surfaces:

  • scar_convergence_pressure
  • shared_stabilizer_integrity
  • future_reader_acceptance
  • producer_license_pressure
  • route_asset_pressure
  • public_receipt_legitimacy
  • public_receipt_distrust
  • inspection_heat
  • bureau_favor_debt
  • sponsor_stop_loss_pressure
  • contract_capture
  • artist_refusal_respected
  • voice_integrity_risk
  • edit_debt
  • archive_debt
  • source_ambiguity
  • handler_burden
  • facility_access_pressure
  • broadcast_slot_scar
  • future_recovery_cost
  • black_screen_pressure

Integration notes

Non-goals

  • Not a raw count of scars.
  • Not a fixed-turn late-game event.
  • Not a save-log viewer.
  • Not a generic backlog card.
  • Not a universal penalty meter.
  • Not valid unless source rows, stabilizer, harmed claimants, conflict kind, branch response, and future reader are visible.