Zone Designation: GLITCH MAW

Code: ZN-GM-00
Zone Type: Digital Echo Environment
Status: Stabilized / Monitored
Threat Class: Signal Interference / Contained Cognitive Drift
Classification: ACCESS RESTRICTED — ADMINISTRATIVE OVERRIDE REQUIRED

Bureau Public Briefing

Glitch Maw is a synthetic anomaly field located at the Bureau’s original establishment site. While initially classified as a hazardous signal rupture, extensive containment architecture has rendered the Zone functionally stable for over 45 years.

The terrain exhibits minor visual distortions, electromagnetic fluctuations, and atmospheric interference. These effects are entirely non-lethal and pose no significant risk to approved field staff.

Recent civilian sightings of “flickering” creatures or “glitching” environments in the outer Maw region are visual illusions caused by magnetic lensing and do not indicate a structural breach.

Key Zone Features

• Occasional visual anomalies (static bursts, looping shadows)
• Audible signal wash ("digital wind")
• Terrain realignment (“refreshing”) behavior is an aesthetic phenomenon, not structural instability
• Creatures in the Maw are stable biomechanical entities, monitored via Bureau subdermal tagging

Bala Presence

There is no current Bala emergence originating from Glitch Maw.
Reports of flickering or phased entities are legacy projection errors.

Access Directives

• Zone entry restricted to senior technicians and calibration teams
• Civilians located within 4km of the Glitch Field must comply with all data integrity scans
• Communication from within the Zone may experience harmless data smear

Closing Remarks

Glitch Maw remains a historic and foundational site in Bureau operations.
There is no danger.
There has never been a breach.
Everything is functioning as expected.