To the ghosts that linger in the neon haze of forgotten cities, to the echoes of laughter and tears that haunt the circuits of our manufactured present. This story is for those who remember what it feels like to truly feel, to bleed, to ache with genuine memory in a world that trades authenticity for illusion. It is for the veterans of wars, both hot and cold, whose minds bear the indelible marks of experiences that no corporation, no matter how powerful, can ever erase or rewrite. For the rebels who dare to question the curated realities, who search for the truth in the static of a thousand lies. May your memories, raw and untamed, be your greatest strength. May you find solace not in forgetting, but in remembering. And to those who believe that even in the darkest of dystopias, a flicker of genuine human connection can still ignite the deepest shadows, this is for you. We are more than the sum of our implanted pasts; we are the architects of our own souls, forged in the crucible of our lived experiences, and forever bound by the truths we uncover, no matter the cost. That's the world Detective Brock Protects. A Vet of World War Three, Slade finds himself in a new war, one that is unraveling Diamond City to its core.