Desk Liaison Counteroffer Hearing / 桌间联络人反报价听证

Desk Liaison Counteroffer Hearing is the assignable management rite for resolving a counteroffer carried by a human liaison between sponsor, inspector, archive, editor, public, and management desks.

It is used after a drift audit, custody ruling, sponsor containment, editorial patch, public receipt, or route asset settlement has created a first desk position and another desk attempts to rewrite it before hardening.

Compatibility and runtime specialization

This six-option hearing remains the broad compatibility surface and keeps its existing option IDs, order, repeatability, loose assignment vocabulary, and action results because prior durable Storyteller sessions already cite it. It does not require the new Ning Zhe packet’s positive flags or exact cards. Runtime enforcement adds only reciprocal strict/disposition guards: the hearing is blocked after the strict review is selected or resolved. After this compatibility hearing resolves, the strict review reads the engine’s existing complete_rite.storyteller.desk_liaison_counteroffer_hearing.v1 flag and refuses to stack on top.

The concrete Ning Zhe recruit/miss proof is handled by 宁折桌间联络人去留复核. That review consumes five exact source-produced cards and exposes two exclusive character outcomes while this page continues to define the wider accept/reject/expose/suppress/trade/defer/default vocabulary. Resolving either rite gates out the other, so their costs and route flags cannot be double-stacked without narrowing the legacy hearing’s independent compatibility entry.

Entry requirements

The rite may be offered only when:

1. 桌间联络人反报价案卷 or equivalent is active;
2. first desk terms and counteroffering desk terms are both visible;
3. a liaison is present, hostile, missing, faction-bound, or explicitly absent;
4. a handler, proof, protection, price, or explicit absence can be assigned;
5. the selected response can mutate future route access, proof custody, public receipt, desk posture, route asset state, or broadcast reality.

This rite must not be triggered by a fixed turn count or generic escalation level.

Required assignment slots

assignment_slots:
  docket: storyteller.card.desk_liaison_counteroffer_docket.v1 | equivalent
  source_surface: <drift/custody/sponsor/editor/public/route-asset surface>
  first_desk_terms: <terms>
  counteroffer_terms: <terms>
  liaison: <person id or explicit_missing_liaison>
  liaison_state_before: <state>
  handler_or_absence: han_yanshuang | yu_lan | baiya | shen_luo | security | fan_public | inspector | editor | sponsor_liaison | explicit_absence | equivalent
  proof_or_absence: <receipt, checksum, audit seal, source tape, public witness, sponsor letter, alias, payroll support, explicit_absence>
  protection_or_price: cash | oath | public_shelter | edit_mask | sponsor_retainer | route_share | safehouse | favor | explicit_absence | equivalent
  selected_response: accept_counteroffer | reject_and_protect_first_terms | expose_counteroffer | suppress_liaison | trade_liaison | defer_with_debt | miss_or_default

A handler alone is insufficient. The rite must also name the quote, proof/support or absence, and future route effect.

Branches

Branch A — Accept counteroffer

The player accepts the second desk’s terms and lets the liaison carry revised authority.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: counteroffer_accepted_with_scar | liaison_retained_one_quote
relief_any:
  - second_desk_pressure_down
  - immediate_route_opened
  - proof_bridge_repaired
  - selected_solution_cost_down
cost_any:
  - first_desk_hostility_up
  - public_receipt_distrust_up
  - inspection_heat_up
  - contract_capture_up
future_effect_any:
  - first_terms_reopened
  - faction_gate_required
  - follow_up_hearing_required

Branch B — Reject and protect first terms

The player shields the original desk solution and refuses the counteroffer.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: first_terms_protected
relief_any:
  - original_solution_remains_usable
  - selected_drift_or_custody_patch_survives
cost_any:
  - counteroffering_desk_hostile
  - liaison_exposure_up
  - future_blackmail_cost_up
future_effect_any:
  - counteroffer_watchlist_armed

Branch C — Expose counteroffer

The player publishes or files the counteroffer as proof of bad faith, hidden capture, unlawful pressure, or public contradiction.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: counteroffer_exposed_publicly
relief_any:
  - public_receipt_legitimacy_up
  - false_owner_pressure_down
  - private_capture_blocked
cost_any:
  - sponsor_stop_loss_pressure_up
  - inspection_heat_up
  - liaison_exposure_up
  - witness_retaliation_risk_up
future_effect_any:
  - protection_or_payroll_required

Branch D — Suppress liaison

The player hides, edits, intimidates, legally freezes, or cuts around the liaison.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: liaison_suppressed_or_traded | suppressed_with_debt
relief_any:
  - immediate_contradiction_down
  - desk_noise_paused
cost_any:
  - liaison_hostility_armed
  - public_receipt_distrust_up
  - edit_debt_up
  - archive_debt_up
future_effect_any:
  - clean_recruit_blocked
  - hostile_leak_possible

Branch E — Trade liaison

The player gives the liaison, quote, alias, or proof bridge to one desk in exchange for pressure relief.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: faction_bound_liaison
relief_any:
  - immediate_pressure_down
  - lawful_use_possible
  - sponsor_or_editor_route_opened
cost_any:
  - route_capture_up
  - contract_capture_up
  - bureau_favor_debt_up
  - source_ambiguity_up
future_effect_any:
  - faction_gate_required
  - counterparty_claim_reopens

Branch F — Defer with debt

The player preserves both desks’ ability to claim the liaison later.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: counteroffer_deferred_with_debt
relief_any:
  - immediate_decision_pressure_down
cost_any:
  - desk_counteroffer_pressure_up
  - future_blackmail_cost_up
  - handler_burden_up
future_effect_any:
  - later_hearing_forced
  - no_clean_universal_closure

Branch G — Miss or default

The player lacks handler, proof, support, price, liaison, or response.

Expected outcomes:

state_after: counteroffer_defaulted
emitted_or_armed_event: storyteller.event.liaison_defection_counteroffer.v1
cost_any:
  - hostile_liaison
  - missing_liaison
  - recovery_only_route
future_effect_any:
  - blocked_or_costlier_route

Cost rule

Every non-default branch must show at least one relief and one cost. Every branch must mutate at least three counters or durable states, and at least one mutation must affect a later route, rite, proof object, public receipt, desk posture, or route asset.

Non-goals

• Not a generic bargaining UI.
• Not a faction reputation meter.
• Not a free way to shop for the cheapest desk.
• Not a fixed sequence chapter.
• Not valid unless a concrete liaison state changes.