Case Zero

The Gatekeeper's Ledger

Welcome to your first day. You are a new analyst at the Office of Personnel Integrity — the last human checkpoint between a high-consequence federal facility and everyone trying to walk through its front door.

People lie. Credentials expire. Timelines collapse under a single follow-up question. Your job is not to be suspicious of everyone. It is to be precise about exactly one or two specific things that do not add up.

Three cases. Each one is a person who wants something. Your job is to observe their story, examine the evidence, ask the right question, and decide: ACCESS GRANTED or ACCESS DENIED.

THREE CASES · SEQUENTIAL REVIEW · ONE SHOT AT EACH