Story Planner

IdleSpectator commits to short multi-beat stories instead of channel-surfing ranked tips.

Feeds, sticky ensembles, presentability, and InterestDirector stay in place. StoryPlanner sits above the director and owns which story the next 30–90s belongs to.

Pipeline

Feeds → InterestRegistry → StoryPlanner (boost / inject)
       → InterestVariety.Pick → InterestDirector → CameraDirector

Director still owns camera, sticky maintain, and switch margins. Planner never calls MoveCamera.

Arc model

Kind	Climax	Hard hold
CombatDuel	sticky pair	only notable pairs (2+ notables)
CombatMass	Skirmish+	yes
WarFront / Plot / Love / Grief	existing sticky / life	yes

Phases: Climax → Aftermath → Epilogue → Done.

Aftermath injects on climax cold (quiet grace), or claims natural death_* grief.
Epilogue once after aftermath if a living lover/friend resolves.
Soft anonymous duels still get aftermath tips; they do not use raised arcHoldMargin.

Selection discipline

InterestVariety.Pick takes #1 when score gap ≥ story.nearTieEpsilon (default 8).
Near-ties still roll among top-3.
Causal heat + Character Ledger heat add into RecalcTotal.

Knobs

scoring-model.json → story block (loaded by InterestScoringConfig.Story).

Catalog policy ids live under event-catalog.json → story (aftermath_survivor, aftermath_mourner, aftermath_war_linger, …).

Harness

Scenario	Proves
`story_aftermath_combat`	duel cold → aftermath tip
`story_aftermath_war`	war sticky cold → aftermath
`story_near_tie`	large gap always picks #1
`story_arc_combat`	climax → aftermath ownership
`story_arc_preempt_resume`	epic cut then fresh scrap aftermath
`story_ledger_revisit`	featured unit wins near-tie

./scripts/harness-run.sh --repeat 3 story_aftermath_combat
./scripts/harness-run.sh --repeat 3 story_near_tie
./scripts/harness-run.sh --repeat 3 story_arc_combat
./scripts/harness-run.sh --repeat 3 story_ledger_revisit

Files

IdleSpectator/Story/StoryPlanner.cs - ownership, cold-hook, inject
IdleSpectator/Story/CausalHeat.cs - decaying cast heat
IdleSpectator/Story/CharacterLedger.cs - watched lives (cap 16)
IdleSpectator/Story/StoryReason.cs - presentable aftermath Labels

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