Proxy Defection Break / 代理人倒戈破口

Proxy Defection Break is the event emitted when a human carrier of pressure is missed, betrayed, suppressed badly, traded without scar, exposed without protection, or claimed by another faction before the player secures them.

It is the failure and aftershock event for 代理人姿态链机制 and 代理人姿态听证.

Event triggers

Trigger or record this event when any of the following are true:

• a 代理人姿态案卷 row remains unresolved while its source pressure resolves or defaults;
• the proxy was promised protection, payment, lawful cover, public cover, edit credit, room access, or route share and the promise is absent or broken;
• suppression is discovered by public, fan, inspector, archive, sponsor, artist, witness, pirate, or rival claimant;
• the proxy is traded to a faction without a future route cost;
• the proxy is exposed publicly with no protection branch;
• a faction claims the proxy before the player does;
• the implementation attempts to recruit the proxy cleanly with no scar.

No trigger may be based on a fixed numbered turn.

Required event payload

event: storyteller.event.proxy_defection_break.v1
source_proxy_row:
  proxy_id: <stable id>
  proxy_name: <display name or role>
  proxy_family: manager | editor | inspector_aide | archive_clerk | fan_organizer | witness | runner | performer | sponsor_agent | pirate_relay | security | unknown
  source_pressure_id: <ledger, docket, receipt, route asset, ticket, or event id>
  source_session_id: <session id if inherited>
  source_seed: <seed if inherited>
break_cause: missed | unpaid | unprotected | suppression_exposed | faction_claimed_first | traded_cleanly | public_exposure_without_cover | clean_recruit_attempted | double_promised
claimant_who_gains: sponsor | inspector | archive | fan_public | editor | artist | witness | pirate | producer | blackout_system | none
claimant_who_loses: player | sponsor | inspector | archive | fan_public | editor | artist | witness | pirate | producer | split | none
proxy_posture_before: unclaimed | approached | retained | suppressed | exposed | faction_bound | recovery_only
proxy_posture_after: hostile | missing | faction_bound | recovery_only
future_route_effect: blocked | costlier | captured | hostile | public_only | lawful_only | recovery_only

Outcome families

Outcome A — Hostile counterclaim

The proxy leaks, testifies against the player, joins a rival, opens a public counterclaim, or makes a private faction version stronger.

Expected deltas:

proxy_posture_after: hostile
cost_any:
  - hostile_counterclaim_up
  - claimant_hostility_up
  - public_receipt_distrust_up
future_route_effect_any:
  - hostile_proxy_branch_armed
  - route_costlier

Outcome B — Missing proxy

The proxy disappears through panic, arrest, sponsor extraction, fan flight, archive seizure, or route collapse.

Expected deltas:

proxy_posture_after: missing
cost_any:
  - proof_custody_down
  - staffing_capacity_down
  - route_asset_pressure_up
future_route_effect_any:
  - recovery_search_required
  - route_blocked_until_substitute

Outcome C — Faction-bound proxy

A non-player faction secures the proxy first and uses them as a gate.

Expected deltas:

proxy_posture_after: faction_bound
relief_any:
  - immediate_pressure_down
  - lawful_use_possible
  - private_default_delayed
cost_any:
  - faction_gate_required
  - contract_capture_up
  - bureau_favor_debt_up
future_route_effect_any:
  - faction_route_costlier
  - public_or_lawful_only

Outcome D — Recovery-only proxy

The proxy can still be rescued or used, but only with public debt, legal debt, protection cost, facility scar, or route asset sacrifice.

Expected deltas:

proxy_posture_after: recovery_only
relief_any:
  - terminal_loss_prevented
cost_any:
  - protection_debt_up
  - facility_access_pressure_up
  - black_screen_slots_up
future_route_effect_any:
  - recovery_only_route_remains
  - clean_recruit_blocked

Future play mutation

The event must mutate at least one durable surface:

• proxy posture;
• route asset state;
• proof custody;
• public receipt legitimacy or distrust;
• staffing capacity or handler fatigue;
• faction posture;
• facility access;
• broadcast reality or black-screen pressure.

The event fails if it only displays a warning or removes a card without a later route effect.

Recovery hooks

Recovery is allowed, but never clean:

• public apology plus protection debt;
• legal appeal plus bureau favor debt;
• sponsor buyback plus contract capture;
• fan oxygen shelter plus witness exposure;
• edit checksum plus edit debt;
• facility extraction plus watched room or burned corridor;
• substitute proxy plus source ambiguity.

Non-goals

• Not a random betrayal.
• Not a punishment for passage of time.
• Not flavor-only drama.
• Not a generic morale drop.
• Not an irreversible deletion unless a route explicitly reaches terminal state.
• Not valid unless the event names proxy, source pressure, break cause, gaining claimant, losing claimant, posture before/after, and future route effect.