Hypostasis: Run Zero

In the not-so-distant times to come, the heavily corporatized and militarized Future Continuous has only frontiers (and some dismal little hamlets, barely anything really) left to conquer before expanding off-world. The might of their Anthropogenic Defense-Advance Mandate, or ADAM, holds much of this dark world in its iron fist — and will only continue to conquer, thanks to its new program, Project ARCHON. The visionaries of the Autonomic Resonance Capture and Harmonization Oversight Network discovered how to harness the strategic might of cosmic flaws and anomalies, referred to as Sources. Sources may be channeled by a Blue paired with a Green (in a matched frequency-pair, the blue channels and the green enacts) or by a Red (who both channels and enacts). Yellows, who bear an uncommon immunity to these powers, act as guards, secretaries, and other necessary functions. While these people go by other names, it’s easiest to refer to them by the colors forced on them as they’re delivered to Project ARCHON’s conscription black sites in the wilderness. They come traumatized, hopeful, and confused. This is the story of their onboarding.