The threat is inside the house, the relationship, or the protagonist’s own mind. Covers gaslighting narratives, unreliable narrators, domestic danger, and any story where the protagonist can’t trust their own perception. 10 beats across 6 lanes including a dedicated Reality lane and Narrative Frame lane.

Includes:

• Story beats across 6 lanes (the most lanes in the Roadmap)
• Character archetypes (The Entrapped, The Distorting Force, The False Ally, and more)
• Entry models: Captive, Investigator, Complicit
• Location archetypes including the Safe Space That Isn’t and the Escape Route

The technology is the threat, the weapon, or the puzzle. Covers AI systems, cyber warfare, biotech, surveillance states, and any story where a system built by humans threatens to outgrow human control. 8 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated System lane that tracks the technology like a character.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes
• Character archetypes (Defender, Attacker/Infiltrator, Whistleblower)
• Opposition modes: Human Antagonist vs. Emergent System
• The Demonstration beat and the Kinetic Mandate

The conspiracy has layers. The protagonist peels them back and each layer reveals a deeper one. Covers government cover-ups, institutional corruption, shadow organizations, and any story where the truth is buried under power. 9 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated Conspiracy lane with a 3-layer architecture (Operatives, Architects, Apex).

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes
• Character archetypes (Insider, Outsider Drawn In, Reluctant Power Holder, Weaponized Asset)
• The Trust Inversion beat and the Silent Reset option
• Hope as a structural requirement

The mission is clear. The cost is not. Covers special operations, unit-based combat, asymmetric warfare, and any story where trained professionals face a plan that degrades on contact with reality. 9 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated Mission lane that tracks plan degradation.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes
• Character archetypes (Operator, Commander, Reluctant Soldier, Rogue)
• Full unit character templates (Sergeant/NCO, Medic, Comms Specialist, New Member, Torch Bearer)
• The Intelligence Gap: Honest Gap vs. Deliberate Gap
• Three opening structure options

The protagonist races through exotic locations to find the MacGuffin before the villain does. Covers globe-trotting quests, archaeological adventures, treasure hunts, and any story where each new location is a set piece with its own discovery and danger. 8 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated MacGuffin lane.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes
• Character archetypes (Hunter, Hunted, Reluctant Adventurer)
• Chekhov’s Architecture: a skill planted in the Opening must save the protagonist in the Final Location
• The Dual Clock (global + personal) at every location transition
• Fun as a structural requirement

The protagonist discovers something wrong inside their institution. Covers legal thrillers, medical thrillers, forensic investigations, and any story where professional expertise is both the weapon and the trap. One template with Legal, Medical, and Forensic modes. 9 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated Case lane.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes with full Preparation beat expansion
• Character archetypes (Expert Under Fire, Newcomer, Outsider Brought In)
• The False Adversary (red herring decoy within the institution)
• The Domestic Convergence (institutional threat breaches the protagonist’s personal world)

The protagonist operates in a world where deception is the profession. Covers mole hunts, asset recruitment, defection management, counter-intelligence, and any story where the truth is the most dangerous commodity. 9 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated Deception lane that tracks who knows what and who is lying about it.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes
• Character archetypes (Case Officer, Analyst, Asset, Burned Spy)
• The Turn (midpoint where the operation is revealed as compromised)
• The Double Game (protagonist runs counter-operation on multiple deception layers)
• Trust and betrayal cycles built into the structural DNA

The protagonist is inside the criminal world: committing crimes, managing consequences, or trying to get out. Covers heist fiction, street crime, organized crime, white collar crime, and any story where the protagonist’s moral code is tested by the situation they created. 9 beats across 5 lanes including a dedicated Street lane and a dedicated Heat lane that tracks law enforcement closing in.

Includes:

• Story beats across 5 lanes with full scene cards in every lane for every narrative beat
• 6 protagonist models (Reluctant Criminal, Professional, Climber, One Trying to Get Out, Accidental Criminal, Institutional Criminal) plus the Compulsive Criminal configuration
• Three-directional pressure: the law, the criminal hierarchy, and the protagonist’s own moral erosion
• The Domestic Breach (and the Family as Enterprise alternative)
• Digital Street variant for cybercrime and dark web settings
• Midpoint flexibility: literal Betrayal or Paradigm Shift (the reality of the job was a lie)