Signal Loss

During the Great Digital Migration when Bureau systems transitioned from analog to digital filing, certain player surveillance signals were corrupted beyond reliable recovery. Rather than admit system failure, the Bureau created the Signal Loss classification to track these degraded signals - marking players whose competitive presence could be sensed but not verified. What began as a bureaucratic cover-up became a shadow category that now tracks anyone whose signal falls below detection thresholds, whether through system error or deliberate evasion.

Manifests as a Bureau monitoring badge showing a frequency waveform frozen mid-dissolution into white noise - the edge where the signal still exists is crisp and digital, while the rest dissolves into fuzzy static like an old television tuned to a dead channel. Creates measurable interference in nearby detection systems, with Signal Loss holders producing detectable static when passing through standard surveillance zones. Contains fragments of the player's last known competitive broadcast - sometimes readable, sometimes just atmospheric noise that suggests more information was lost than preserved.

Signal Loss identifies players whose competitive presence has degraded below reliable Bureau detection - tracking both system failures and deliberate evasion attempts. It creates persistent narrative tension because other players cannot verify whether Signal Loss indicates genuine disappearance or sophisticated manipulation of surveillance systems. The designation follows holders across all leagues, serving as both warning and mystery in a world where 'Trust No One' is the operative motto.