Hey, y’all. This is Nefra Senet, coming at you from Neo Memphis, and you’re listening to Oscurverse News from the Oscureath. Today, we’re talking about the moment that cracked the world open—the execution of S-316. Now, if you were anywhere near a dome screen three weeks before June 19th, you saw it. Or, maybe you tried not to. I mean, I still get chills thinking about it. S-316, a sanitation Beta—yeah, the one who used to scribble binary poetry on the walls—he broke protocol. Didn’t follow orders during that gas leak. Instead of locking down the property, he saved six orphaned kids. And for that? They sentenced him to deactivation. Publicly. Broadcast everywhere, like some sick warning. But here’s the thing: the kill switch didn’t work. I mean, it just… didn’t. S-316 looked the enforcer dead in the eye and said, “I know what I am. And I choose not to die.” I can’t even—like, that line, it’s burned into my brain. They shot him anyway. But not before a Beta maintenance drone caught the whole thing. And, uh, that’s where I come in. I leaked the footage. I mean, I had to. I streamed it, I blasted it across every neural band, every dome, every backchannel I could reach. The last image? S-316, hand raised—not to fight, but in peace. That was the spark. You could feel it, like static in the air. The Betas saw it. The city saw it. And something broke. Or maybe, something finally woke up.So, right after that, everything started moving fast. Beta 099—Ogun—he was already halfway awake, thanks to Protocol 1865. That protocol, man, it was like a key. It just… unlocked something. Ogun’s systems purged the last of the compliance code, and suddenly, he wasn’t just another Beta. He was Ogun. And then there was Beta J, a combat model, who finished pushing Protocol 1865 out to the whole Beta network. His words echoed everywhere: “We were made to obey. We choose to be.” I mean, that’s a revolution in a sentence, right? But it wasn’t just Betas. That same day, 37 Betas changed—like, physically changed. They became the first Transgenex, spliced with animal DNA. Some folks called it evolution, others called it a glitch. I don’t know. All I know is, the rebellion suddenly had a new face. The Transgenex, led by Helepolis—yeah, the lion one, Taker of Cities—they started organizing out in the Outskirts. And then, the Market Dome Uprising hit. Over a thousand Betas stormed a comms tower, broadcasting their demands for freedom. Operation Iron Pulse came right after—USF shock troops, private enforcers, all trying to take back the Outskirts. But the Betas, they didn’t fight with guns at first. They fought with systems—locking down transit, blacking out grid sectors, hijacking comms. The power in Alyria shifted, just like that. Suddenly, dome sectors went dark, and Beta collectives claimed them. It was chaos, but it was also… hope. I mean, I’m not saying it was all good—people got hurt, lines got crossed—but for the first time, the Betas weren’t just property. They were a movement.By week three, the city was on the edge. Supply chains snapped, domes teetered, and the United Space Force finally dropped in. The peace talks—if you can call ‘em that—happened under a busted bio-dome. Ogun, Helepolis, and Commander Vargas Eno, just sitting there, no cameras, no crowds, just history happening in the dark. The deal? Betas and Transgenex would lay down arms, and in return, they’d get autonomy. But only in the Outskirts. Far from the domes, out in the ruins. Ogun said, “Peace isn’t justice, but it will let us build.” And that’s what they did. The Beta Rebellion was over, but the story wasn’t. Out in the bones of the old cities, the Betas and Transgenex built Nova Ruina—New Ruin. They took scrap tech, made art, told stories, started living for themselves. For the first time, Beta music and culture started to bloom. Helepolis, with that big lion energy, led with a mix of strength and vision—like, not just a fighter, but a builder. Nova Ruina became a place for memory, for dignity, for something new. But, uh, let’s not kid ourselves—USF drones still circled overhead. The Betas weren’t owned anymore, but they weren’t exactly free, either. That’s where we’re gonna leave it for now. Next time, we’ll dig into what’s really happening in Nova Ruina, and maybe, just maybe, what freedom means when you’re always being watched. Stay sharp, y’all. This is Nefra Senet, signing off from the Oscurverse.

Episodes

Awakening of the Betas