Chapter 795

Section 3, Chapter 17 of the Night City Public Security Code clearly states: “The NCPD shall maintain direct authority over the management of MaxTac.”

In practice, that clause had long since become a hollow formality—but it remained, carved in legal stone.

According to regulations written years ago, to prevent these heavily augmented lunatics from slipping their leash, MaxTac was supposed to be staffed and supervised by NCPD’s most elite officers—those who’d passed political vetting and genetic screening—and monitored around the clock under a rotating command structure.