Q4 (Θ estimate) and Q8 (κ description) are required. The more specific your answers, the more precise the structural diagnosis. The math runs on your numbers, not your words.
Q1 · System Boundary
What exactly is the system?
Name it precisely. Vague boundary → vague diagnosis.
Q2 · Failure Definition
What does failure actually mean here?
Concrete. Not "things get worse" — what specifically breaks?
Q3 · User Regime Estimate
What regime do you believe this system is in?
Elastic · Plastic · Late Plastic · Residual — and briefly why.
Q4 · Θ Estimate — Required ★
Estimate remaining structural capacity (0–100)
0 = no capacity left. 100 = full capacity. This is the core input to all equations.
If you have prior periods: enter up to 3 earlier Θ values (oldest → newest → now)
Q5 · D — Irreversible Damage
What damage is accumulating that cannot be quickly reversed?
Q6 · σ — Stress Engine & Self-Reinforcing Loop
What is the self-amplifying stress? How does it compound?
Not the initial pressure — the feedback that makes it nonlinear.
Q7 · ρ — True Restoration (estimate 0–100)
What genuinely rebuilds future tolerance? Estimate ρ rate.
Not symptom suppression. Only actions that increase real Θ.
Q8 · κ — Displacement Channel — Required ★
Where is stress being hidden or exported? Estimate κ_a, κ_c, κ_i.
If you cannot name this, you don't yet understand why the system still appears alive.
κ_a accumulated (FIX)
κ_c conscripted (MITIGATE)
κ_i intentional (ACCEPT)
Q9 · κ_max — Saturation Point
When does the displacement channel run out? Estimate κ_max.
Q10 · Lying Metric — y(t)
Which metric looks fine while the system worsens? This is y(t).
Q11 · Earliest Θ Proxy
What is the earliest real warning signal — before y(t) moves?
Q12 · Earliest κ-Saturation Proxy
What is the first observable sign that displacement is failing?
Q13 · Transition Boundary
What condition flips the system into a worse regime?
Q13.5 · κ-Cap — Critical
What displacement MUST be capped before restoration can work?
⚠ Building ρ while κ is fully active is usually ineffective — the system re-routes back into masking.
Q14 · Correct Rail
What is the right intervention — Buffer · Export · Pulse · Reset · Truth?
Q15 · Payer & Sink
Who pays when this breaks? Who is the current sink?