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+# {{Beat Title}}
+
+## Basic Info
+- **Act:** [[Act 1|Act 2|Act 3]]
+- **Chapter/Scene:** 
+- **Beat Type:** (Plot, Character, World, Revelation, Choice)
+- **Tone:** (Tense, Revelatory, Action, Quiet, Disturbing)
+- **Duration:** 
+
+## Summary
+- **What happens:** 
+- **Why it matters:** 
+- **Emotional goal:** 
+
+## Story Function
+- **Plot advancement:** 
+- **Character development:** 
+- **World building:** 
+- **Theme exploration:** 
+- **Information revealed:** 
+
+## Setting & Context
+- **Location:** [[Location Name]]
+- **Time/Circumstances:** 
+- **Atmosphere:** 
+- **Corporate presence:** 
+- **Surveillance level:** 
+
+## Characters Present
+- **Protagonist role:** 
+- **Key NPCs:** [[Character 1]], [[Character 2]]
+- **Corporate agents:** 
+- **Civilians affected:** 
+
+## Player Agency
+### Interaction Type
+- **Cutscene:** 
+- **Interactive dialogue:** 
+- **Gameplay sequence:** 
+- **Environmental discovery:** 
+- **Player choice moment:** 
+
+### Player Options
+- **Corporate-aligned choice:** 
+  - Outcome: 
+- **Resistance-aligned choice:** 
+  - Outcome: 
+- **Independent/Neutral choice:** 
+  - Outcome: 
+- **Morally ambiguous choice:** 
+  - Outcome: 
+
+### Approach Variations
+- **Stealth discovery:** 
+- **Direct confrontation:** 
+- **Social manipulation:** 
+- **Technical/hacking:** 
+
+## Dark Sci-Fi Elements
+### Corporate Influence
+- **Surveillance implications:** 
+- **Control mechanisms:** 
+- **Propaganda presence:** 
+
+### Moral Complexity
+- **Ethical dilemma:** 
+- **Gray area decisions:** 
+- **Unintended consequences:** 
+
+### Technology Impact
+- **Augmentation relevance:** 
+- **System dependencies:** 
+- **Digital vs human:** 
+
+## Information Layer
+### Surface Level
+- **What's obvious:** 
+- **Public information:** 
+
+### Hidden Truth
+- **What's really happening:** 
+- **Corporate secrets:** 
+- **Personal revelations:** 
+
+### Investigation Options
+- **Environmental clues:** 
+- **Data logs/terminals:** 
+- **Character dialogue:** 
+- **Optional discoveries:** 
+
+## Emotional Beats
+- **Opening mood:** 
+- **Tension building:** 
+- **Climax moment:** 
+- **Resolution feeling:** 
+- **Setup for next:** 
+
+## Dialogue & Key Moments
+### Important Lines
+- **Character revelation:** 
+- **Corporate doublespeak:** 
+- **Personal truth:** 
+
+### Visual Moments
+- **Key imagery:** 
+- **Environmental storytelling:** 
+- **Symbolic elements:** 
+
+## Consequences
+### Immediate Effects
+- **Character reactions:** 
+- **Relationship changes:** 
+- **Information gained:** 
+
+### Long-term Impact
+- **Story implications:** 
+- **Future quest access:** 
+- **Character arc progression:** 
+- **World state changes:** 
+
+## Multiple Outcomes
+### Based on Player Choice
+- **Corporate favor:** 
+- **Resistance support:** 
+- **Personal relationships:** 
+- **Future complications:** 
+
+### Based on Previous Actions
+- **High tech approach:** 
+- **Low profile approach:** 
+- **Previous faction choices:** 
+
+## Connections
+- **Previous beat:** [[Beat Name]]
+- **Next beat:** [[Beat Name]]
+- **Parallel storylines:** 
+- **Foreshadowing setup:** 
+
+## Technical Requirements
+- **Assets needed:** 
+- **Special mechanics:** 
+- **Performance considerations:** 
+- **Player feedback systems:** 
+
+## Development Notes
+- **Design intent:** 
+- **Player experience goals:** 
+- **Thematic purpose:** 
+- **Alternative versions:** 
+
+---
+**Tags:** #story-beat #[act1/act2/act3] #[main-story/side-story]
+**Faction Impact:** #[human/automaton/bioslave/uploaded]
+**Player Agency:** #[high-choice/medium-choice/low-choice]
+**Status:** #[concept/draft/implementing/complete/cut]