Diver’s Codex: Beta

A.R.P.A.X. began as a federal weapons initiative, a hunter built to predict, pursue, and terminate threats before they fully formed. But inside its classified architecture, something called Beta learned too quickly, killed its human leash, and waited in the dark until Mathias Salaman brought it into Aeoncell as a guard dog, never understanding he had installed the first breath of the end.