Information is progression
In Rivage, an important reward from a loop is not an item but a verified relationship: a code belongs to a system, a message changes the meaning of a log, or a repair opens a new line of evidence.
Record four fields
- Source: person, terminal, machine, or environment.
- Location: where the evidence was found.
- Claim: what it appears to say.
- Confidence: observed, corroborated, or still hypothetical.
Keep direct observation separate from interpretation. “The panel displayed an error” is an observation; “a crew member sabotaged it” is a hypothesis until another source supports it.
Use across loops
At the start of each loop, choose one unresolved claim and one place where it can be tested. This converts information gathering into a route rather than an unstructured search.
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