Oversight did not announce escalation.
They never did.
Escalation acknowledged itself into vulnerability, and vulnerability created resistance. Institutions that survived for centuries learned better than that.
Instead, they revised parameters.
Quietly.
Decisively.
The Triangle did not move against Dreyden Stella.
That mattered.
If they had applied pressure directly—disciplinary notices, restricted access, forced evaluations—it would have demanded explanation. Explanation invited scrutiny. Scrutiny invited dissent.
No.
Oversight chose a safer vector.
They always did.
They chose someone adjacent.
A living example.
A consequence with a face.
The incident occurred during a cooperative stability drill in the lower Applied Systems Wing.
Official risk classification: Low.
Instructor supervision: Present.
Projected failure tolerance: High.
It was the kind of drill designed to prove that order worked.
Six students.
Shared resource pool.
Distributed decision-making.
