Tech tree with 21 research nodes across 5 categories (infrastructure,
efficiency, generation, specialization, safety). Research page with
category-grouped cards, progress tracking, prerequisite gating.
Event engine with 34 events across industry/regulatory/PR/internal/market
categories, weighted random firing, cooldowns, expiry, and choice modal
with consequence preview. Events auto-expire with default choice.
Competitor system with 3 rival AI labs (Prometheus AI, Nexus Labs, Titan
Computing), personality-driven milestone progression, and comparison UI.
Talent page with department hiring, headcount management, and key hire
recruitment from a pool of 10 named characters with special abilities.
Data marketplace with 8 purchasable datasets, user data flywheel from
subscribers, and data system processing in tick loop.
Era transition system checks revenue/capability/reputation thresholds.
All new systems integrated into tick processor with notifications.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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