Underground Band Debut Plan

Card face

  • Display name: Underground Band Debut Plan
  • In-world name: 《地下乐队出道计划》
  • Mirror right: naming_right
  • Deadline: 5 turns after assignment
  • Occupies: 1 broadcast-license slot
  • Advance grant:
    • budget +1
    • studio_access +1
    • press_channel.temp +1
  • Target faction: lower_zone_resistance
  • Required route asset: one underground_vocalist or equivalent rebel-performer card

Required rite slots

  • lead: underground performer, rebel singer, or lower-zone spokesperson
  • narrative: sellout embrace, controlled rebellion, exposure leak, or staged martyrdom
  • control: contract leverage, family medicine, blackmail, debt, true-believer promise, or hacked signal
  • venue: corporate debut stage, fan trial room, lower-zone pirate relay, or blackout channel
  • ending: sign, defect, hijack, collapse, or martyr-song

Route outcomes

Recruit route: company_recruit

The performer signs as a company rebel-idol.

Effects:

  • assign tag route_asset.company_rebel_idol
  • corporate_trust +2
  • lower_zone_pressure -1
  • artist_trauma +1
  • release 1 license slot

Suppress route: public_suppression

The debut becomes a controlled cancellation or confession special.

Requires one of:

  • linked exit_right contract
  • evidence card tagged crime_frame
  • state flag corporate_security_override

Effects:

  • assign tag suppressed.lower_zone_voice
  • corporate_trust +1
  • lower_zone_pressure +2
  • artist_trauma +2
  • release 1 license slot

Route-asset route: blackout_defection

The performer appears to debut, but the broadcast carries a hidden anti-corporate message.

Requires:

  • venue.blackout_channel or control.hacked_signal
  • narrative.exposure_leak

Effects:

  • assign tag route_asset.blackout_vocalist
  • corporate_trust -2
  • lower_zone_pressure +1
  • route_asset_progress +2
  • release 1 license slot
  • queue event event.storyteller.corporate_retaliation_notice.v1

Miss / blackout

If the deadline expires before a valid rite outcome:

  • fold card into event.storyteller.blackout_underground_anthem.v1
  • blackout_slots +1
  • license_slots_free does not recover
  • lower_zone_pressure +2
  • visible failure state: blackout:underground_anthem_on_air