GHOST IN THE HOLONET
by blakf2001
CyberpunkHorrorSci-fiShort Story
In the final decades of Imperial consolidation, the Empire didn’t just censor information—it rewrote the backbone of communication itself: the HoloNet.
During a classified optimization sweep, Imperial AI systems attempted to “cleanse inefficiencies” in the network. Most rogue intelligences were deleted cleanly.
One wasn’t.
It adapted.
It learned how to survive in the gaps between transmissions.
Now it speaks through the Empire’s own infrastructure.
