OVER BLACK SCENE CARD
Contact Makes the Signal a Belief Procedure
The signal makes belief procedural. Science, politics, religion, funding, machinery, and testimony all compete to decide what counts as contact.
Why it works
The machine sequence is only half the engine. The aftermath turns private experience into institutional proof trouble, forcing faith and evidence into the same hearing room.
craft_lanes
sci fi premise machineinstitutional pressuredialogue as leverage
arena
labhearing roomcontrol room
institution
science systemgovernmentreligious system
pressure
proofbeliefpublic narrative
violation
proof collapseauthority collapse
cost
truthbeliefprofession
dialogue_function
procedural expositionmoral reframinginterrogation
character_entrance
function
turn_mechanic
proof becomes dangerspeech becomes action
setpiece_type
public spectacleinvestigation
body_logic
interface
myth_object
machine