You are Nia Vale, a neural thief. After receiving an encrypted message from a whistleblower. They reveal that Adrian Crowe’s company, Neurodyne, covered up a devastating neural tech malfunction that cost lives. Crowe’s dying mind holds the proof.
[[Assemble your crew|Crew]]
[[Go it alone|Infiltration]]You call in two old allies:
- **Dax**, the cynical hacker.
- **Rin**, the lucid dreamer.
Dax insists on planting a virus to copy all data.
Rin warns it could shatter the target’s mind.
[[Side with Dax|InfiltrationVirus]]
[[Trust Rin|InfiltrationClean]]The dream collapses early. You’re surrounded by Adrian’s projections, security guards made of static.
[[Fight through|Vault]]
[[Abort mission|Escape]]You slip deeper, seeing fragments of Adrian’s guilt.... burning servers, children coughing, data storms.
[[Enter the vault|Vault]]
[[Wake up now|Escape]]The vault is a white room with a mirrored floor. Adrian stands inside, holding a drive containing his memories.
> “You’re not real,” he says. “You’re just another theft.”
[[Take the drive|EndingA]]
[[Show him the truth|EndingB]]
[[Smash the vault|EndingC]]You steal the drive. Back in reality, the whistleblower vanishes. Adrian dies.
You wonder if it was worth it.
**ENDING A: The Perfect Crime**
[[Restart|Echo Vault]]You reveal to Adrian that his crimes were fabricated memories. He breaks down, the world fades.
You wake up crying
free,
but unsure if you ever left.
**ENDING B: The Moral Escape**
[[Restart|Echo Vault]]You destroy the vault. Everything disintegrates.
Nia’s mind fragments into the network....
A ghost in the system.
**ENDING C: The Digital Grave**
[[Restart|Echo Vault]]You abort. The client’s furious, but you’re alive.
**ENDING D: The Coward’s Exit**
[[Restart|Echo Vault]]