Anomaly in the Grid
A corporate forensic specialist is summoned to a high-security data-haven to investigate a hardware failure incident. The cyberdeck, a critical piece of evidence, shows signs of physical repair. Five mid-level employees are present, each with their own documented professional and personal activities that have contaminated the digital and physical evidence trail.
Initial Crime Scene
The smell of ozone and warm plastic hangs in the recycled air. A low, constant thrum vibrates up from the server racks through the floor tiles. Cooling vents exhale dust and thermal residue onto fiber-optic cable junction boxes. Blinking green and amber status lights shift across the surfaces of multiple data-terminals.
Crime Scene Environment
Lighting is a mix of overhead fluorescent panels and the shifting glows from server rack indicators. The air is dry, climate-controlled, and carries an acoustic density dominated by the hum of cooling systems and the occasional, distant chime of a biometric scanner. All systems are manually operated and log-dependent.
Investigation Constraints
Biometric security scanners (retinal/palm-print), corporate data-terminals with restricted network access, personal cyberdecks for neural-interface work, encrypted internal comms (text/voice), thermal imaging scanners for hardware diagnostics, physical keycards for sector access, and basic holographic display projectors for meetings. No advanced AI or autonomous drones; all digital systems are manually operated and log-dependent.
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