# Crisis Simulation Library: Generic Situations & Crisis Components

This library provides a collection of smaller, more generic situations and crisis components. These can be mixed and matched, or used as building blocks to create more complex and customized user scenarios for the main `crisis_simulation.md` prompt.

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### Component SIT-C-01: Key Person Event

**Description:** A key executive (e.g., CEO, CFO, Head of R&D) is suddenly incapacitated and unable to perform their duties for an extended period. The succession plan for this role is either undocumented or outdated.

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### Component SIT-C-02: Negative Media Exposé

**Description:** A major, reputable news organization publishes a well-researched, highly damaging investigative report about the company, alleging unethical practices (e.g., labor violations, environmental damage, product safety cover-ups).

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### Component SIT-C-03: Critical System Outage

**Description:** A core IT system (e.g., the corporate ERP, customer-facing website, payment processing system) suffers a complete and unexpected outage. The root cause is unknown, and the estimated time to recovery is measured in days, not hours.

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### Component SIT-C-04: Major Regulatory Investigation

**Description:** A primary regulator (e.g., SEC, DOJ, EPA) announces a formal investigation into the company's practices. They issue a subpoena for a massive volume of internal documents and communications.

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### Component SIT-C-05: Wildfire / Hurricane / Flood

**Description:** A large-scale natural disaster directly impacts a region containing one of the company's major operational centers (e.g., a headquarters building, a large data center, a primary manufacturing plant). Physical access is impossible and utilities are down.

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### Component SIT-C-06: Unexpected Activist Investor Campaign

**Description:** A well-known activist investor announces they have taken a significant stake in the company and are launching a proxy battle to replace the board and change the company's strategic direction.

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### Component SIT-C-07: Intellectual Property Theft

**Description:** Evidence emerges that a hostile state-sponsored actor has successfully breached the company's network and exfiltrated the complete source code and design documents for its next-generation product.

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### Component SIT-C-08: Viral Social Media Failure

**Description:** A poorly-conceived marketing campaign or a negative customer service interaction goes viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. The company's brand is subjected to widespread public ridicule and condemnation.