[New story for Community Magazine Contest] Amid the power struggle between powerful corporations and government, citizens of New Polis can hardly expect that anyone will make sure their premature demise is reliably investigated and perpetrators are brought to justice. Although with enough credits to spare, one can use the help of the Post-Death Justice Association and their agents!   Outside the Protocol is a cyberpunk crime-fueled thriller in which seasoned investigator Tex struggles to solve the mysterious deaths of her insured clients while standing against powers that want nothing but silence over the coffins. Can she succeed while balancing on the edge of the boundaries' of transhumanism?