Chain of
Command

Theatre of Operations
Orders look like
Standing by

HQ protocol

What gets sent

Field protocol

How the front reads it
1 · Clean the signal plates run top to bottom
2 · Assemble the order where each symbol is read from
Field Manual — Rediscovered Doctrine
Proving Ground — design your own line

Line 1 defines variables (■=XYZ ▲=123 ●=A-Z), line 2 is the pattern. Repeated shapes must hold the same symbol; anything undefined is a literal.

Kinds: pass drop add swap garble flip smudge burst pad clerk shuffle. Options: p=0.8 set=123 to=ABC len=3 max=2 size=3.