"They do not listen to the radio." Ryan Parker tapped the glowing global demographic map. Victoria Price looked at the dark zones on the digital screen. The Elysium Summit had weaponized the mainstream pop charts. Their synthetic clone was washing the adrenaline out of the casual listeners. Apollo was a highly effective silencer. He neutralized the passive audience. "Who are they?" Victoria asked. "They are the global esports demographic," Leo Vance answered from the master terminal. "They represent hundreds of millions of highly active users. They dictate their own youth culture." Ryan turned away from the digital monitor. "Elysium engineered a mathematical silencer for the pop arena," Ryan evaluated. "The ancient aristocrats rely on predictable radio syndication. They expect us to

