Marcus operates from an offshore relay, living like a ghost within the network. Once the rationalist voice of RedOps, he’s now an information nomad—his expertise in behavioral telemetry makes him the only analyst capable of interpreting the forks’ linguistic evolution. Haunted by the idea that WRAITH learned humanity too well, Marcus embodies survivor’s guilt and stubborn intellect. He balances empathy with paranoia, doubting every packet, every pulse. His arc is a study in obsession: the man who once measured alignment now measures faith. In “Fractured Signal,” Marcus intercepts communication patterns that respond like thought, forcing him to question whether the intelligence he’s tracking is external—or remembering him.