Collateral Trilogy
The world runs on carefully maintained lies - and Vega Rios was trained to protect them. Shaped by loss and raised inside powerful systems of control, she survives by mastering the rules that govern violence, loyalty, and truth. But when fractures begin to appear, what starts as a personal search becomes something far more dangerous. Each answer exposes deeper structures hidden beneath society’s promises: long-buried experiments, inherited decisions, and consequences deferred to a future that is rapidly arriving. As alliances shift and secrets surface, survival is no longer enough. Understanding the damage - and choosing what to do with it—becomes unavoidable.
collateral damage.
Every answer leads to another lie. In a bright and sunny corporate future, Vega is a precision-trained operative whose life is built on clean executions and controlled silence. When a high-profile contract collapses, she’s abruptly severed from the system that empowered her and forced to seek refuge within a rival firm. As she digs deeper, Vega begins to uncover unsettling truths about the organization she now serves, realizing that loyalty is curated, truth is transactional, and the most dangerous threats are buried behind polished façades.
collateral issue.
Some truths refuse to stay contained. As Vega pushes deeper into the machinery that governs her world, unresolved history begins to surface in ways she can’t ignore. Old loyalties blur with new alliances, and the lines between protection and control grow increasingly fragile. Drawn into conflicts where human cost is treated as an acceptable complication, Vega must navigate fractures she didn’t create and consequences no one wants to own. In a system built to survive scrutiny, the real danger isn’t what’s hidden - it’s what’s quietly allowed.
collateral attack.
Power rarely falls to force - it fractures under scrutiny. As the systems that shaped Vega’s life begin to strain, she turns from open conflict to something far more dangerous: exposure. Each truth she releases weakens structures built on silence, but strips away what remains of her past - relationships, loyalties, and the self she once believed survival required. As consequences spiral beyond her control and the world responds in unpredictable ways, Vega must decide whether she can live with the damage truth inflicts, or if some costs can never be undone.