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re: Stage\script.tbl's 11 non-MISSION fields, and the mission dialogue table

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structures/mission-script-ssb.md owns this manifest and names its 40
fields but never read the 11 that are not MISSION<n> = StageNN.ssb.
They are DIALOG_MESSAGE, DIALOG_LOCAL_STRING, FONT (+size), TEXT_POS,
TEXT_LINES and the five pgmsg_*.prt.  Two sibling records were also
unread: GP_TEST (PATH = dat\GP_TEST\, a debug archive not on the disc)
and TEXTS (a second text style).

Probed 7 values x 33 prefixes x 41 archives.  One resolves:
message\MissionDialogMessage.tbl, in all six GP_MAIN_GAME_* paks --
200 records, 25280 bytes, every name S<NN>_P<n>_<KIND> with five kinds
40 each (HINT_PAUSE, HINT, OBJECTIVE, GRAPH, LOSE), fields positional
and tagged 0..3, each value a message key.  An index from (stage,
phase, kind) to the localised strings, on the same S<NN>_P<n> keying
the ISL corpus already uses.

Control: the 40 stage-phases span stages 1-16 and 24-29 -- a subset of
the 28 shipped, and the six with no hints are exactly 18-23, the
tutorials.  A fifth independent route to the story/tutorial split, and
it gives the phase count per stage.

The other six do not resolve, with the control in the same sweep:
MissionDialog_local_string.tbl and all five pgmsg_*.prt are not a pak
entry under any of the 33 prefixes, while
message\MissionDialogMessage.tbl and Stage\script.tbl both resolve in
6 archives.

name_hash is CASE-INSENSITIVE (message\ == Message\); tag_hash is not.

New structure doc, artefact and regenerator; the other five artefacts
regenerate byte-identical.
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@@ -827,6 +827,41 @@ unknown, what evidence exists, and what the first step would be. Move an item in
field; the stat keys in records not opened here (`MegaTons`, `BulletLimit`,
`CrewCount`, `HP_CLASS`); why the roster lists 59 of 131.
* ✅ **(2026-08-27) `Stage\script.tbl`'s 11 NON-`MISSION` FIELDS, READ AT LAST —
and one of them lands on the mission DIALOGUE table.**
[structures/mission-script-manifest](structures/mission-script-manifest.md),
artefact `data/script-manifest.txt`, regenerator
`tools/re-capture/script_manifest.py`.
`structures/mission-script-ssb.md` owns this manifest and names its 40 fields
but never read the 11 that are not `MISSION<n> = StageNN.ssb`. They are
`DIALOG_MESSAGE = MissionDialogMessage.tbl`, `DIALOG_LOCAL_STRING =
MissionDialog_local_string.tbl`, `FONT = dat\fonts.pak+HGRGE00.TTF`,
`FONT_SIZE 15`, `TEXT_POS 128,128,16`, `TEXT_LINES 30`, and the five
`pgmsg_{start,end,update,failed,restart}.prt`. Two sibling records were also
unread: **`GP_TEST` (`PATH = dat\GP_TEST\`, a debug archive NOT on the disc)**
and `TEXTS` (a second text style, 33/3/`296,565,39`).
🔑 Probed 7 values x 33 prefixes x 41 archives. **One resolves:
`message\MissionDialogMessage.tbl`**, in all six `GP_MAIN_GAME_*` paks —
**200 records, 25 280 bytes**, every name `S<NN>_P<n>_<KIND>` with five kinds
40 each (`HINT_PAUSE`, `HINT`, `OBJECTIVE`, `GRAPH`, `LOSE`), fields
**positional, tagged 0..3**, each value a message key
(`S10_P1_HINT_PAUSE` -> `S10_P1_Hint_Pause_00.._03`). An index from
(stage, phase, kind) to the localised strings, on the same `S<NN>_P<n>` keying
the ISL corpus already uses.
🧪 **Control**: the 40 stage-phases span stages **1-16 and 24-29** — a subset
of the 28 shipped, and the six with NO hints are exactly **18-23, the
tutorials**. A fifth independent route to the story/tutorial split, and it
hands over the **phase count per stage** (1 to 3; S02/S03/S06/S09 have 3,
S10/S13 and all of S24-S29 have 1).
🟡 **The other six do not resolve**, with the control in the same sweep:
`MissionDialog_local_string.tbl` and all five `pgmsg_*.prt` are not a pak entry
under any of the 33 prefixes, while `message\MissionDialogMessage.tbl` and
`Stage\script.tbl` both resolve in 6 archives. Same wall
`mission-phase-advance.md` hit for the manifest's KEYS; this closes the VALUES.
⚠️ **`name_hash` is CASE-INSENSITIVE** (`message\` == `Message\`); `tag_hash`
is not. Already noted in `sound-pak-contents.md`; repeated because it doubles
the apparent hit count of a prefix sweep.
* ✅ **(2026-08-27) THE STAGE NUMBERING IS CONSISTENT EVERYWHERE — and the
manifest still declares the cut S17.** Also a **correction to my own claim**
in the entry below.