VECTOR DATABASE
Official terminology and classifications recognized by the Official Expression Registry. Unauthorized alteration of these records is a Class-A felony.
Vector Cascade
1996 retrovirus event that mutated humanity.
Expressions
Superpowers; treated as heavily taxed biological functions.
Bloom Test
Mandatory, traumatic power-activation test at age 12.
O.E.R.
Official Expression Registry; the ruthless global bureaucracy regulating powers.
O.E.R. Scale
Power ranking (E: Mundane, D: Utility, C: Hazardous, B: Strategic, A: Omega).
V.A.S.T.
Conscripted, heavily drugged elite anti-terror operatives.
Phalanx
4-man V.A.S.T. squads consisting of a Striker, Anchor, Hound, and Tether.
M.E.I. (The Fade)
Autoimmune disease that slowly destroys a person's powers.
Nulls (Blanks)
Powerless citizens legally stripped of human rights.
Trackers
Mandatory subdermal O.E.R. GPS chips.
Ghosting / Bafflers / Statics
Illegal methods, devices, or mutants used to evade O.E.R. tracking.
Chrome / Amp-Rigs
Illegal cybernetics and lethal spinal pumps used to boost powers.
The Monolith
O.E.R.'s indestructible global headquarters in Neo-Geneva.
Sector Nodes
Regional O.E.R. fortress hubs located in major cities.
Null Zones (The Sinks)
Toxic, walled-off slums where Nulls are exiled for cheap labor.
Dust Zones
Barren wastelands between cities.
Angeles Plex
Corporate, glitzy media megacity.
Mumbai-Thane Megaplex
Overpopulated global capital of black markets and cybernetics.
Neo-London
Pristine fortress city obsessed with aristocratic eugenics.
Pearl Sprawl
Smog-choked tech and manufacturing hub.
Neo-Geneva
Sterile, terrifying O.E.R. capital city-state.
Empire Sprawl (NYC)
Dense, vertical melting pot with abandoned, lawless subways.
Texas Grid (Austin)
Suburbia with a quiet, widespread black market for Bafflers.
Kanto Grid (Tokyo)
Hyper-conformist, AI-policed city with offshore exile barges.
Rio-Nova
City split between floating aero-estates and vertical favelas.
New Cairo
Brutalist city damming the Nile in the desert.
Omni-Cell
Pharma corp selling V.A.S.T. narcotics and expensive Fade-Blockers.
K.H.I.
Weapons corp building V.A.S.T. armor and suppression collars.
Prism Omnimedia
Media corp producing V.A.S.T. propaganda and energy drinks.
Soma-Tech
Corrupt cybernetics corp secretly supplying the black market.
Chrome Syndicate
Null mafia controlling the cybernetics and Amp-Rig trade.
Gene-Jackers
Elite cartel kidnapping high-tier mutants for eugenics.
Fade-Runners
Radicalized, dying mutants stealing pharmaceutical shipments.
Rust Coyotes
Wasteland smugglers transporting fugitives between megacities.