Pause / timescale

Ask the mode: hard-pause, scaled-time, ui-freeze, network-aware, layered, or existing.

Contract

Publish:

• stable pause_policy_id and revision
• stable pause_request_id
• requester/scope/priority and arbitration rules
• affected clock owner(s) and scale/stop behavior
• input/audio/presentation resume policy
• nesting/stacking semantics
• online/session authority requirements where applicable

Ownership

This skill owns world/actor time-control policy and arbitration. Hitstop remains with combat timing, UI focus remains with UI skills, audio routing with audio skills, and network authority with netcode/session systems.