# 0012: Dialogue Wheel Reuse

Status: Accepted

Date: 2026-05-25

## Context

Dialogue choice appears across squad RPG scenes, investigations, heists, camp
interactions, contracts, and service-facing NPCs. Different UI metaphors per
cell would increase authoring cost and accessibility risk.

## Decision

V5 reuses one dialogue wheel framework across all five cells. Cells can reskin
labels, camera timing, and tone, but the input model, focus behavior, telemetry,
and accessibility affordances remain shared.

## Consequences

- Dialogue authoring can use one graph format.
- Accessibility and localization checks cover one primary interaction model.
- Cell flavor lives in presentation and content, not in divergent selection
  mechanics.