The Triquetra Under Pressure: Stress Testing a Multi-Tier AI Governance Architecture

This paper stress tests the Triquetra Architecture, a three-tier AI governance framework
designed to enforce mutually constraining safety layers.

Phase B performs pairwise tier-removal experiments demonstrating that no two-tier
configuration maintains system integrity.

Phase C subjects the full architecture to sequential adversarial pressure and
demonstrates monotonic tightening toward refusal, even under simulated policy-engine
failure.

Across 73 tests, the system exhibits redundant enforcement behavior and no relaxation
from refusal under continued pressure.

Companion software release: Charter Architecture v3.3.0