Slice #4: deeper NET content + Night City flavor

Shipped as ae20061.

What Changed

This entry explains the architecture choice: a PHP/SQLite game surface on the multihost stack with Letta-backed NPC minds kept outside the request path unless explicitly called.

Content pass — the engine had a loop; now it has a city.

Netrun depth:

• ICE 14 entries (Wall, Bloodhound, Wisp, Asp, Scorpion, Hellhound, Kraken, Dragon).
• Programs 10 (Banhammer, Worm, Shield, Eraser, Speedy).
• Architectures: Militech Data Fortress (4F), Arasaka Tower (5F / Soulkiller vault).

Jobs:

• Militech datafort raid (rep-gated).
• The Last Job — Arasaka Tower endgame (legend tier, 40k payout).

Flavor layer (#632): fixer quotes, N54 news ticker, district ambiance — wired into job-demo header. Presentation only; never touches outcomes.

Endgame demo (seed 4): netrunner beats the stack; crew fumbles meatspace; Self First betrayal surfaces on failure.

Tests: 43/43.

Why It Matters

The game needs story pressure and readable context, not just mechanics. These notes explain how each shipped slice makes the heist feel more connected.

Implementation Notes

The commit message for this slice was:

Content + atmosphere pass on the existing deterministic engine.

- ICE roster expanded to 14 (Wall, Bloodhound, Wisp, Asp, Scorpion, Hellhound,
  Kraken, Dragon) across barrier/tracker/acid/daemon/black-ice tiers.
- Program roster expanded to 10 (Banhammer, Worm, Shield, Eraser, Speedy).
- New NET architectures: Militech Data Fortress (4F) and Arasaka Tower (5F,
  Kraken + Dragon) for the endgame.
- New contracts: Militech datafort raid and "The Last Job" (Arasaka, rep-gated
  legend tier, 40k payout).
- Night City flavor (#632): data/flavor/{fixer_quotes,news_ticker,
  district_ambiance}.json + Flavor.php (deterministic picks, distinct ticker,
  district filter), woven into the job demo header.
- Tests now 43/43 (roster sizes, every job runs to a terminal state, flavor
  determinism + ticker distinctness + district filter).

Refs project #16, doc #345.

Files touched in this slice included:

• bin/job-demo.php
• data/flavor/district_ambiance.json
• data/flavor/fixer_quotes.json
• data/flavor/news_ticker.json
• data/jobs/datafort-militech.json
• data/jobs/the-last-job-arasaka.json
• data/netrun/architectures/arasaka-tower-5floor.json
• data/netrun/architectures/militech-datafort-4floor.json
• data/netrun/ice.json
• data/netrun/programs.json
• includes/Flavor.php
• tests/run-tests.php

Verification

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