Blackout: Underground Anthem

Trigger

The Underground Band Debut Plan reaches its deadline without a valid On-Screen Debut Rite.

Effects

• The original contract is folded into a blackout incident.
• The broadcast-license slot remains occupied.
• lower_zone_pressure +2
• corporate_trust -1
• queue encounter encounter.storyteller.lower_zone_chorus.v1
• visible failure state: blackout:underground_anthem_on_air

Visible text

The missing debut airs anyway. No artist appears. The lower zone fills the silence with a song the company does not own.