Black Ice Port
The report says the port inspector slipped and drowned. Her flashlight was bone dry.
A frozen container, a locked door, and a wiped camera
Port inspector Naomi Sato was found at 03:19 inside refrigerated container RFR-4B on Reefer Row. Port security calls it an accident: she slipped on ice melt and drowned.
The details don't fit. Her flashlight was dry. The door was locked from the outside. The reefer's CO₂ system dumped without authorisation minutes before she was found, a gate event was deleted, and fourteen minutes of the aisle camera were purged. Naomi had been auditing temperature logs and routing manifests.
who was on the dock that night
Four suspects. One victim.
Deceased
What makes this case different
The port accountsA deleted gate event, fourteen purged minutes of camera footage and an unauthorised CO₂ dump. Start from what someone tried to remove.
Read the reefer's own logs: temperatures, door events and the suppression system, minute by minute.
Follow the manifest changes, a shell carrier and the payments behind them through the port accounts.
Four people with overlapping motives vouch for each other. Find where the stories stop matching.
The file so far
PR-219 · Meridian PortPartially released
- Deceased: SATO, Naomi. Port inspector.
- Found 03:19 inside refrigerated container .
- Official finding: ACCIDENT. Slipped, drowned.
- CO₂ system dumped at . Not authorised.
- Gate record for 03:07: .
- Door: locked from .
She slipped on ice melt and drowned.
The CO₂ system dumped at 03:09. The door was locked from the outside.
Rebuild the night, recover the tampered gate events and find out who was at Reefer 4B.
"Inspector is in the yard. Handle it."
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