The Hangar Audit
An independent forensic specialist enters a sealed corporate hangar containing a private executive jet. Six senior employees of Meridian Dynamics are present following an in-flight incident. The objective is to reconcile system logs, physical evidence, and personal statements to establish a factual sequence of events.
Initial Crime Scene
The hangar air tastes of ozone and filtered sterility. A low, persistent hum from the jet's auxiliary power unit vibrates through the concrete floor. Before you, the jet's hatch gapes like a metal wound. To your left, biometric access logs scroll on a wall-mounted display. To your right, the faint, sharp scent of a proprietary chemical cleaning agent clings to the hangar door's rubber seal. Ahead, the main cabin window is a dark, reflective rectangle.
Crime Scene Environment
Lighting is a uniform, shadowless corporate glare from industrial overheads. The humidity is tightly controlled, creating a dry, static-prone atmosphere that crackles against synthetic fabrics. Acoustic density is low, dominated by the background hum of climate control systems and the occasional, distant echo of a tool or footstep on the polished concrete, making every deliberate sound unnaturally clear.
Investigation Constraints
Corporate biometric scanners, encrypted internal network logs (intranet), secure satellite phones, proprietary flight data recorders, key-card access systems with timestamped entries, centralized climate control with zone logs, encrypted email servers, and private forensic toxicology labs. No public internet or social media.
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