Gabe Porter

April 17, 2025

By Grace Steinmetz

🛑 YOU ARE NOT THE MURDERER.

But your drone saw it happen.
And you scrubbed the feed.


Additional Backstory:

Drone #027 wasn’t scheduled for flight. But the night of Red’s death, it launched itself. You found a log entry it shouldn’t have created:

Destination: Shaft 13C
Return status: Full visual.
Final frame: A figure, barely visible.
Initials on vest: S.T.

You deleted the frame from public logs. But not from your private backup.

You’ve watched it ten times.
Every time, the figure looks closer.


New Motivation:

Track who else accessed the drones.
Keep the truth from collapsing morale — or weaponize it.
You’re not a hero. You’re not a villain.
You’re just the one with the footage.


Clue You Possess:

  • The last 10 seconds of Drone #027’s flight — corrupted, but partially visible

  • A burned-in data string:

    Symbol.detected :: USER_OVERRIDE: VALE_01

  • A QR code in your notes. When scanned, it says:

    “Footage unavailable. User privileges revoked. Try again later…”

You know how to unlock it.
You just haven’t decided who gets to see it.