N/S NULL SECTOR
PUBLIC RELAY / ONLINE
LIVING BUILD 0.17.2
UTC 00:00:00

PROCEDURAL EXPLORATION SYSTEM

THE CITY IS
ONLY SIGNAL.

A vast generated metropolis of open districts, physically composed towers, reactive witnesses, hidden evidence, and one impossible murder—all emerging through atmospheric fields of text.

SECTORNIGHT-404
VOLUMESCANNING
RENDERPHYSICS / FOG ASCII
HYBRID ASCII / LIVE WORLD 60 FPS AUTOSAVE READY SEED::NIGHT-404

Scene summary unavailable until the city link initializes.

SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE SIGNAL

YOUR BODY STAYS HERE.

The door is sealed. A cable runs from the terminal to an empty chair.

WASD to walk · mouse to look · E to interact · Esc releases mouse. Touch: drag to look. Arrow keys also work.

LOCAL CONTINUITY JOURNAL // BUILD 0.17.2

PAUSE // SAVE CENTER

Pause menu with save slots, portable recovery, case dossier, settings, controls, and onboarding help.

DEVICE JOURNAL

SAVE CENTER

Autosave follows major progress and safe checkpoints. Manual slots remain separate until overwritten.

AUTOSAVE

READY
SEED
NIGHT-404
LOCATION
CITY APPROACH
PROGRESS
ACT I // DEAD AIR
UPDATED
CURRENT SESSION
SEED
EMPTY
LOCATION
NO CHECKPOINT
PROGRESS
NO DATA
UPDATED
NEVER
SEED
EMPTY
LOCATION
NO CHECKPOINT
PROGRESS
NO DATA
UPDATED
NEVER
SEED
EMPTY
LOCATION
NO CHECKPOINT
PROGRESS
NO DATA
UPDATED
NEVER
PORTABLE CONTINUITY

IMPORT / RECOVERY

Move progress between domains or devices with a validated save file or recovery text.

OFFLINE FIELD COPY

CASE DOSSIER

This local copy contains only evidence already recovered. Live CITYNET actions still require a luminous physical terminal.

CASE
THE SECOND VOICE
DIRECTIVE
REACH THE CITY GATE
LOCATION
CITY APPROACH // STREET
EVIDENCE
0 / 11 LOGGED
INVENTORY
EMPTY

ACTIVE OBJECTIVES

  1. FOLLOW THE LIT CAUSEWAY INTO NULL SECTOR.
LOCAL ACCESS PROFILE

SETTINGS

AUTO TOURFollow safe local routes between named landmarks with a separate observer camera. Moving or pressing T returns control.
FIELD REFERENCE

CONTROLS / HELP

W S / A DWALK-STRAFE / DRIVE-STEER / AIRCRAFT VECTOR-BANK
MOUSE / Q E / ← →LOOK / AIRCRAFT YAW
I KLOOK VERTICALLY / HELICOPTER COLLECTIVE / JET PITCH
↑ ↓VERTICAL LOOK / JET PITCH
SHIFTSPRINT / DRIVE BOOST
FINTERACT / ENTER OR EXIT VEHICLE OR LANDED AIRCRAFT
CFIRE CORRECTION TOOL AT HOSTILE ERRORS
SPACESCANNER PULSE
TAB / XCYCLE / USE FIELD ITEM
MTOGGLE AUDIO
RNEW RANDOM SECTOR (FIELD WORLDS)
ESCPAUSE / CLOSE DIALOG
TOUCHADAPTIVE WALK / DRIVE / FLIGHT + LOOK-YAW PADS
GSURFACE BACKING / VEHICLE OR LANDED AIRCRAFT EXIT
BTOGGLE SOLID / SPARSE ASCII SURFACES
TSTART / STOP CAMERA-ONLY AUTO TOUR
P / OTOGGLE LIVING / EMPTY CITY

AUTOSAVE READY // PROGRESS STORED ON THIS DEVICE

CASE CHANNEL // ENCRYPTED LOCAL LINK

FIELD INTERVIEW // ACTIVE WITNESS

RECORDING

A recorded witness conversation. Review the persistent transcript, choose a response with keys 1 through 3, move between responses with the arrow keys, continue with Enter or Space, or press Escape to close the interview.

THREAD // OPENING STATEMENT TRANSCRIPT // LIVE
  1. UNKNOWN WITNESS

    If you heard the second transmission, it has already heard you.

YOUR RESPONSE

SELECT A LINE OF INQUIRY

1–3 CHOOSE ↑↓ NAVIGATE ESC CLOSE

VERTICAL TRANSIT // LOCAL CONTROL

TOWER LIFT // SELECT FLOOR

CAR READY

Choose a destination floor. The first nine listed floors can also be selected with number keys 1 through 9. Press Escape to leave the lift without travelling.

BUILDING::UNRESOLVED CURRENT::SCANNING

    1–9 QUICK SELECT ESC CANCEL

    NULL SECTOR MUNICIPAL NETWORK

    CITYNET // NODE

    An interactive computer terminal. Enter commands or use the suggested command buttons. Press Escape to disconnect.

    TYPE HELP // COMMAND INDEX

    Use the left pad to move and the right pad to look. Both pads can be held at the same time. In a ground vehicle, the left pad becomes throttle, brake, and steering while the right pad remains a free camera. In a helicopter, the pads provide forward and strafe, yaw, and collective. In a jet, they provide throttle and brake, bank, yaw, and pitch. The Act button becomes Exit; aircraft must be landed and slow.

    MOVE
    LOOK