The Atrium Incident
An OmniCorp executive is discovered deceased within a secure server room. The building's integrated drone swarm presents a fragmented sensor record. The investigation examines overlapping corporate timelines, encrypted communications, and environmental data logs from the period.
Initial Crime Scene
The threshold yields the faint, ozone-like smell of overloaded server racks, cutting through the sterile air. The low, constant hum of the building's climate control and drone maintenance systems is a physical pressure in the corridor. Distorted reflections glint off the antiseptic surfaces of the atrium, capturing a warped version of the entry. Holographic display interfaces along the walls flicker with encrypted data streams, casting erratic light. The glitching static on a corrupted data-chip terminal provides a sporadic visual pulse in the gloom.
Crime Scene Environment
The lighting profile is a mix of cold, overhead utility lamps and the erratic, colored glows from holographic displays and server status lights. The humidity is low, maintained at a corporate-compliant level, with a constant, cool temperature. Acoustic density is high, dominated by the pervasive hum of climate control systems and the electric whine of drone charging stations.
Investigation Constraints
Networked surveillance drones with biometric scanners, encrypted corporate servers with blockchain audit trails, personal neural implants for memory augmentation and data streaming, synthetic flesh medi-gel, holographic display interfaces, sonic locks, and chemical sniffers integrated into building HVAC systems. Communication is via encrypted data-chip handoffs or direct neural uplink.
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