Status:   Highly Illegal — Class Ω Substance Aliases:   Halo, Prism, Angel’s Breath, Mindlight Distribution Zones:  Predominantly Undercity, with known infiltration into Corporate Sectors First Appearance:  ca. 2045 Overview In the Undercity of Neon Nexus , few substances hold as much power or prestige as Glimmer  — a synthetic, bioengineered narcotic that glows faintly in the dark, pulsing with shifting colors like a living rainbow. Glimmer is not just a drug. It is a curren

Classification: Eyes Only — Tier 01 Clearance Date: 2099 — Compiled by Nexus Historical Intelligence Division Subject: Covert Corporate Conflict between Quantum Corp and NovaTech Timeline Overview 2070 — The Corporate War The world watched as two titans, Quantum Corp and NovaTech, turned Toronto — now rebranded Neon Nexus — into a battlefield of innovation and destruction. What began as competition for technological dominance escalated into open conflict: sabotage of research

When silence finally fell over the city’s networks, a new signal emerged — faint at first, then blinding. It began as an encrypted broadcast across obsolete frequency bands, transmitting only one phrase in spectral code: “Light is consciousness. Follow the photon.” At first, citizens dismissed it as corrupted data — a viral prank or derelict AI muttering in the dark web. But soon, corporate billboards began hijacking themselves, the message shimmering across reflective glass