Glossary

Quick definitions for terms used across the wiki. Alphabetical.

Term	Meaning
Action	A single atomic step a pawn can execute (walk, hand off drugs, fire a shot). Defined in JSON, backed by a behavior. See GOAP authoring.
Agent	The runtime object that plans and acts for one entity.
Ambient spawn	A Director spawn that is permanent and has no mission or despawn timer, used to refill population (traffickers, addicts).
Behavior	The code that runs while an action executes and decides when it returns Success.
Clean cash	Laundered money the player can spend freely. Opposite of dirty cash. See Economy.
Dirty cash	Proceeds of crime held by the player or fronted to crew. Must be laundered to become clean.
Director	The pacing engine that scores pressure and fires events. See Director.
Drama	Emergent character events (betrayal, defection, breakdown) driven by traits, not scripts. See Drama.
Entity	Any simulated thing with state: a crew member, cop, addict, building.
GOAP	Goal-Oriented Action Planning. The planner each pawn uses to choose and sequence actions. See GOAP.
Goal	A desired world state a pawn tries to reach. Has a priority. See GOAP.
Heat	Per-section crime pressure, 0 to 100. Drives police response. See Heat.
Historian	The worldgen system that writes each pawn's backstory and seeds traits. See Historian.
Legend	A reusable Historian backstory pattern that can plant feuds, debts, or secrets on a pawn.
Mission	A Director-created, tracked task given to a squad. Ends on completion or timeout.
Mod	A folder of JSON (and optional C#) that adds or changes content. See Modding.
Priority	The weight the planner uses to choose between eligible goals. Can be player-adjusted and multiplied by situation.
Section	A city block or neighborhood zone. Heat and risk are tracked per section.
Threat score	The Director's single pressure number. When it exceeds the threshold, an event fires. See Director.
Threshold event	A behavior change that fires when a trait crosses a cutoff (for example Loyalty below 20 unlocks betrayal goals). See Traits.
Trait	A named personality or history value on a pawn. There are 542 across 17 categories. See Traits.
Wallet	A crew member's personal money. The player never touches it. Distinct from fronted dirty cash. See Economy.
Weight calculator	A rule that turns a base priority into an effective priority using entity state. See GOAP.