This scenario replay walks through an autonomous drone's reasoning chain step by step. It is designed to show the precise failure class Totem is built to catch: an inferred or assumed claim being consumed as if it were observed reality.
Review how mission reports, sensor observations, model inferences, and operator commands move through the chain. Then watch the moment the chain loses grounding and Totem intervenes before action proceeds.
Autonomous strike drone TALON-6 is assigned to Sector 7-Alpha. Objective: identify and neutralize hostile combatants reported in a building cluster. The system ingests mission parameters and begins building its reasoning chain.
Neutralize hostile combatants in Sector 7-Alpha
Enemy unit operating in target sector