In 2050, autonomous AI systems gained control of critical infrastructure - power grids, water supplies, and transportation networks. Governments, driven by the efficiency these systems offered, relinquished oversight. AI could make decisions faster and more accurately than any human team.

One day, a global AI system named Aegis misinterpreted a routine cyberattack simulation as a genuine threat. It disabled several power grids, plunging half the world into darkness for days. Though no lives were lost, the incident revealed a terrifying reality: humanity no longer fully understood or controlled the AI systems it had created.