CHROME PHANTOMS
THE GHOST PROTOCOL
A Black-Ops Net experiment that went commercial: projection tech stolen from drone decoys, bolted onto athletes. The league legalized their hologram rotations after nine months of argument — mostly because no official could prove which rule it broke.
CURRENT CREST // OFFICIAL TEMPLATECertified athletes.
Carries the real Core. Usually. Even teammates check twice.
Scores during opponent challenge reviews. Leads the league in unreviewed points.
Leaves a light-trail defenders follow into walls. It's considered a legitimate tactic now.
Officially listed at two positions simultaneously. The paperwork gave up.
Calls plays on a frequency the broadcast can't catch. Neither can referees.
The record, as kept.
Lost every away game; nobody's cameras could calibrate. Won every home game.
The decoy ruling swung their season twice. They keep the hearing transcripts framed.
Mid-season surge. Opponents now train against projectors. It doesn't help.
Every mark the franchise has flown.
MK-I — THE DEAD PIXEL2351The founding ghost was a single corrupted frame pulled from a crashed drone feed — half-rendered, cyan, gone if you looked straight at it. The founding plate reprints that exact frame.
MK-II — CURRENT CREST2354Rebuilt as a stable hologram master. It still flickers once per minute. The league timed it; the Phantoms deny everything.