The lead councilor, a man named Vex, was apoplectic. “This is extortion! This is an act of war by a private citizen!”
The ethical hacker, Kael, would breach the Council’s private weather and infrastructure servers. He wouldn’t steal money. He would steal models —their own climate projections showing that the upper-levels’ water recycling plants would fail within 18 months if the lower-levels collapsed completely. Then, he’d leak the models to every news feed in the city. freya von doom private society
The problem: the lower hundred levels of Numinis Vertix were flooding. Rising sea levels and corroded sea-walls had turned entire districts into toxic fens. The upper-level council’s solution was to abandon the poor, wall off the mid-levels, and let the bottom drown. Freya’s solution was more elegant—and illegal. The lead councilor, a man named Vex, was apoplectic
Initiation into the society is shrouded in mystery, but it is whispered that candidates must undergo a series of rigorous tests, designed to assess their loyalty, cunning, and dedication to the society's objectives. He wouldn’t steal money
Each time, they followed the same principles: