Case Reference: GC–FIR–003
Report by: Inspector Tomas Reed
Associated Incident: Brassveil Railway Station Rail Fatalities
Status: Closed (Administrative) / Open (Personal)
This report consolidates the identities and circumstances of the fourteen deceased individuals struck during the Brassveil Railway Station incident on the 19th Day of Ashwane.
Due to the nature of the incident, victims are recorded collectively. Individual profiles were compiled only where documentation survived intact.
Several records were incomplete at intake.
Total Fatalities: 14
Total Injured (Survived): 7
Victim Categories (per transit records):
Railway Clerks: 4
Dock / Goods Loaders: 3
Municipal Messengers: 2
General Commuters: 4
Minor (with guardian): 1
No victims held senior administrative or security positions.
Name: Kestel Rowe
Age: 38
Occupation: Rail Schedule Clerk
Residence: Whistle Row Apartments
Status: Deceased
Notes:
Reported to work early due to previous day’s delay. Familiar with platform routines. Trusted clearance announcements.
Assessment:
Killed by reliance on correct procedure.
Name: Ansel Merr
Age: 52
Occupation: Dock Loader (Goods Platform)
Residence: White Row Railway Workers’ Block
Status: Deceased
Notes:
Crossed passenger platform as shortcut. This was a common, unofficial practice tolerated during peak hours.
Assessment:
Killed by tolerated deviation intersecting with enforced precision.
Name: Lira Fenwick
Age: 24
Occupation: Municipal Messenger
Residence: White Row Hotel Block (temporary)
Status: Deceased
Notes:
Carried sealed pneumatic canisters scheduled for Crownrise delivery. Contents never recovered.
Assessment:
Killed while ensuring information moved faster than people.
Name: Oren Valt
Age: 7
Occupation: N/A
Residence: Whistle Row Apartments
Status: Deceased
Notes:
Accompanied guardian to station. Guardian survived with critical injuries.
Assessment:
Killed by adult systems with no child-facing safeguards.
The remaining ten victims share the following characteristics:
Employed in time-dependent labor
Present due to adherence to published schedules
Exhibited no unsafe behavior prior to impact
Positioned correctly according to platform rules as understood
Several records list “stood within designated waiting zone.”
None list “warned.”
Cause of death across all victims:
Massive blunt force trauma due to high-speed rail impact
Time of death varied by seconds.
No evidence of intoxication, panic, or disorderly conduct was found in any victim.
Three victims’ names were initially misrecorded due to timestamp overlap.
Two personal effects inventories were merged under a single identifier.
One victim was temporarily classified as “non-fatal” due to delayed reporting.
All errors were corrected within acceptable administrative windows.
Notification was conducted in staggered intervals to prevent congestion at Watch offices.
Compensation documentation was provided simultaneously with death confirmation.
Several families signed acknowledgment forms before receiving full explanations.
The victims of GC–FIR–003 were not selected.
They were present.
They complied with instructions.
They trusted the time.
They waited where they were told.
The system records this incident as an accident because:
No rule was broken
No mechanism failed
No individual deviated
From the city’s perspective, the dead were aligned correctly—
until time was not.
Fourteen lives have been condensed into one number.
The platform has been cleaned.
The schedule has been corrected.
The clock remains accurate.
If this is what an accident looks like,
then intention is no longer required for harm.
Victim Classification: Incidental
Statistical Impact: Minimal
Case Status: Closed