The Phantom is a playable CEO archetype in Silly Con Valley who operates exclusively in stealth mode. This protects the company from features being cloned by competitors but restricts public hype to 0% until exiting stealth.
THE PHANTOM
Operating entirely in stealth mode, The Phantom believes that publicity is a vulnerability. They build products behind closed doors, using encrypted repositories and double-blind NDA hiring policies. Competitors have no idea what you do—partly because your own developers don’t either.
What is the protection of Stealth Mode?
While in stealth, rival startups cannot copy your features, steal your developers, or mount hostile takeovers against your patents. You are completely invisible to the market browser.
What are the growth trade-offs of the Phantom?
Your public hype is locked at 0%. This makes growing valuation impossible until you exit stealth mode, forcing you to time your grand public release perfectly before your cash runway runs dry.
