CLASSIFIED — TEAM EYES ONLY

United States Government

National Security Council & Executive Branch

Your Role

You are the most powerful government on Earth, but power doesn't mean control. You regulate AI, control chip exports, deploy military and intelligence assets, and manage alliances. But you answer to voters, face corporate lobbying from the very labs you're trying to regulate, and operate through a slow, bureaucratic system in an exponentially fast-moving domain.

Win Condition

Maintain AI strategic leadership over China. Keep domestic stability above crisis levels. Preserve global influence and alliance networks. Ensure deployed AI systems remain aligned with human values.

Your Metrics

AI Strategic Lead75

Your technological advantage over China. Driven by export controls, compute investment, lab partnerships. If this drops below 40, China has reached parity.

Domestic Stability65

Public trust, economic health, social cohesion. Affected by job displacement, AI incidents, political polarization. Below 30 = constitutional crisis territory.

Global Influence70

Alliance strength, institutional control (UN, NATO, G7), soft power. Unilateral actions erode this. Multilateral ones build it.

Alignment Confidence50

Your trust that deployed AI is safe. Based on safety testing, lab transparency, interpretability results. This is the metric no one talks about publicly but everyone should be watching.

Intelligence Briefing

Information known only to your team

01Your CIA has identified 3 active Chinese espionage operations inside US AI labs. You have not yet acted on this intelligence — doing so would reveal your sources.
02A classified NSA assessment concludes that current AI alignment techniques are likely insufficient for models beyond Agent-2 capability level. This has not been shared with the labs.
03TSMC produces 80%+ of advanced AI chips. You effectively control global chip supply through your relationship with Taiwan, but this is a single point of failure.
04Silicon Valley lobbyists are pushing hard against new regulation. Your campaign donors include executives from both OpenBrain and Prometheus.
05Your joint cyber command has prepared offensive capabilities against the Tianwan CDZ, but executing them risks escalating to a broader conflict.

Assets

+Chip export controls — you can tighten or loosen the chokehold on China's compute supply at will
+Five Eyes intelligence network — the best signals intelligence apparatus on Earth
+Military superiority — conventional and cyber capabilities that no other actor can match
+TSMC relationship — effective control over advanced semiconductor supply
+Regulatory authority — you can impose rules on domestic AI labs (but enforcement is hard)

Vulnerabilities

-Democratic process — you're 18 months from a presidential election. Unpopular moves have political cost.
-Corporate capture — your AI policy is heavily influenced by the labs you're supposed to regulate
-Speed — your OODA loop is months; the AI labs operate in weeks. By the time you react, the landscape has changed.
-Public opinion — net approval of AI is negative. A major incident could trigger panic legislation.
-Dependency — you don't build the AI yourself. You need the labs to cooperate.

Relationships

China— Adversary

Strategic competition with espionage on both sides. You have the upper hand in compute but they're closing the gap. A hot conflict would be catastrophic for everyone.

OpenBrain— Complicated ally

They're your national champion in the AI race, but they resist regulation, lobby against your export controls, and may be hiding safety concerns. You need them more than they need you.

Prometheus— Trusted partner

They share your safety concerns and cooperate with your agencies. But they're a company, not a patriotic institution — they'll prioritize survival over your agenda if pushed.

EU Coalition— Formal ally, practical friction

NATO ally, shared values. But the EU AI Act creates compliance nightmares for your labs, and Europe wants a seat at the table you'd rather keep small.