Dramatis Personae

The following entries are drawn from debrief files, interviews, and cross-agency reports. They exist here as context, not confession. Each record has been cleared for limited release.

Knox Ramsey — Systems Engineer

Former process-control architect turned reluctant investigator. Built the frameworks he’s now trying to unlearn.

Maya Chen — Asset Seven

Data-science prodigy whose algorithms became the scaffolding of FarmLytics. Her code reads more like poetry than logic.

SAC William “Bill” Steele — Federal Agent

Career counter-intel officer assigned to bridge civilian tech with national-security oversight. Believes bureaucracy can still be moral.

“They weren’t heroes or villains; just people whose expertise outlived their control.”