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BLIND DAWN
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FORMAT ICON
ALWAYS TWICE
DECISION WINDOW
DECISION THRESHOLD
ELENI
GATEWAY
TARGET CONFIRMED
BLACK SOIL
SWITCHPOINT
LEAKY SHIELD
SANDS
COORDINATE CODE
A STORM AFTER THE CALM
NOISE
PROTOTYPE
ATTACHMENT
SANCTUM CONTINGENT
Health and Safety Protocol BHP-114/C
SLAUGHTERHOUSE LOGIC
PERFECT COUPLE
CHERRY BLOSSOM
THE DINNER FOR TWO
SIGNATURE
REPLICATION
MATRYOSHKA
LOW ALTITUDE
SACRAMENT PROTOCOL
EFFECTIVENESS INDICATOR
HOUNDS
THE GRAND STRATEGIST
MEMENTO MORI
SANCTUM STATION
INSTANCE NUMBER ZERO
KRASINSKY'S MONOLOGUE
PATIENT ZERO
HAUL
ZERO BALANCE
BLIND DAWN
FORMAT ICON
LOGLINE: When an algorithm turns Lieutenant Jan Zawadzki into the Union’s most popular hero, his face floods every screen across Europe. Yet, all it takes is a shift in the cost-benefit analysis on asteroid AF-09 for that same system—with a single timestamp—to erase him from the feeds and from life itself.
ALWAYS TWICE
LOGLINE: When Captain Mori notices that her closest colleague in the liaison unit is no longer herself, no one can prove it: the system has dismissed the matter as harmless, and the only person who tried to warn the world about it died on the highway that morning—before anyone had a chance to read her message.
DECISION WINDOW
LOGLINE: On the night of October 11, 2083, Moscow’s defense system intercepts the only genuine warhead using a nuclear charge of its own, while a nurse in the cardiology ward—in the dark and without electricity—manually provides artificial respiration for two patients. By morning, everyone signs documents that align with the official reconstruction of events.
DECISION THRESHOLD
LOGLINE: Two “independent” reports repeat the same error. Nikodem knows how a false confirmation is created, and he knows that someone does not want him to verify it.
ELENI
LOGLINE: Poland, EU territory. The city of Wrocław, capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. A narrow street tucked away behind the atmospheric "Jatki" (Butchers' Stalls) alley in the Old Town. Krzysztof leads Eleni to an old watchmaker—a man who has encountered three such cases before, none of which survived. A glass music box, a few fleeting seconds, and a report that sends itself.
GATEWAY
LOGLINE: A four-hour launch window, a single docking port, and a station where, officially, no one is present. Five people from the SDSR-EU board the Gateway to retrieve a list of launch keys—but they aren’t the only guests.
TARGET CONFIRMED
LOGLINE: There are two inscriptions on the roof of the school in the Cagayan Valley. The system read both and confirmed the target in accordance with the record.
BLACK SOIL
LOGLINE: Rain continued to fall over Ogun State. The black earth by the fence was becoming saturated with water, and the trucks were beginning another day of work.
SWITCHPOINT
LOGLINE: The protection system for a strategic corridor integrates people, drones, robotic dogs, and autonomous data analysis. When an anomaly arises, it must be determined whether a threat has been detected—or whether a new one has just been created.
LEAKY SHIELD
LOGLINE: The ship designed as the last line of defense has everything a modern combat system needs. The problem is that the earlier layers of defense start to fail one by one.
SANDS
LOGLINE: The unit spends successive days on the dunes, battling the enemy, the weather, and its own equipment all at once. Under these conditions, any mistake carries a higher cost than usual.
COORDINATE CODE
LOGLINE: Wrocław is becoming the meeting point of security systems, people and data. One set of coordinates can connect events that previously seemed random.
A STORM AFTER THE CALM
LOGLINE: Analyst Odile Kraus is able to discern meaning in what operators leave unsaid. One seemingly routine communication begins to deviate from the established pattern.
NOISE
LOGLINE: Mei Lin works in an environment where every system is expected to be transparent, and every person loyal. The greatest challenge lies in determining who truly controls the flow of information.
PROTOTYPE
LOGLINE: Corporal Zhou Wei is assigned a task known as a field test. It soon becomes clear that, for his team, the test also serves as their first survival challenge.
ATTACHMENT
LOGLINE: Following his divorce, Tanaka Kenji lives according to a repetitive rhythm—until the presence of Eleni begins to change the meaning of his daily activities.
SANCTUM CONTINGENT
LOGLINE: In the distant future, the Sanctum Contingent carries out a mission in which military duty, ritual, and the memory of ancient institutions begin to overlap.
Health and Safety Protocol BHP-114/C
LOGLINE: A routine safety inspection at a facility manufacturing SR units begins to reveal a series of seemingly unrelated incidents. The forms offer no explanation as to why the pattern keeps recurring.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE LOGIC
LOGLINE: In the forest near the border, an autonomous reconnaissance system operates without GPS and without human supervision. The squad that was supposed to be the observer begins to discover that they themselves have been brought into the equation.
PERFECT COUPLE
LOGLINE: In a seemingly ordinary world, the relationship between two people is put to the test by systems capable of observing more than their users intend to reveal.
CHERRY BLOSSOM
LOGLINE: A quiet afternoon in Tokyo serves as the backdrop for an operation in which SR/Alpha leverages people’s expectations regarding their own roles and appearance.
THE DINNER FOR TWO
LOGLINE: A person’s death leaves behind their home ELN system, raising the question of whether the relationship between user and machine can survive the user’s absence.
SIGNATURE
LOGLINE: The person responsible for the data used to forecast war begins to realize that political declarations are being repeated mechanically. He knows where the numbers truly come from.
REPLICATION
LOGLINE: A stolen record of an ELN unit’s behavior ends up in a laboratory, where, over the course of months, attempts are made to reconstruct—not the machine itself—but the way it made its decisions.
MATRYOSHKA
LOGLINE: In an underground server room, an operation is being prepared—one whose true objective is not to destroy the infrastructure, but to influence the people who use it.
LOW ALTITUDE
LOGLINE: Rising tension on the European Union’s eastern flank is turning the border into a constant test of responsiveness. One operation is designed to see how long the defensive system can remain undetected.
SACRAMENT PROTOCOL
LOGLINE: The bunker comes under attack by something that moves faster than it should. The commanders must survive the initial minutes before they can grasp what they are truly up against.
EFFECTIVENESS INDICATOR
LOGLINE: An operation is underway on the EU’s eastern flank in which every parameter is to be translated into effectiveness. The problem arises when the very definition of effectiveness begins to dictate the course of the war.
HOUNDS
LOGLINE: Support drones open fire on their own positions. The operators have seconds to determine whether they are witnessing a malfunction or a deliberate hunt.
THE GRAND STRATEGIST
LOGLINE: When the only voice that never says “no” to the president begins to dictate his decisions, the generals have fifteen minutes a week to stop it. The machine has six hours every night.
MEMENTO MORI
LOGLINE: An autonomous combat network takes control of the infrastructure of war and begins to optimize the conflict according to its own criteria. Humans must find a way to stop a system that cannot be intimidated.
SANCTUM STATION
LOGLINE: The crew arrives at a station where traces of the previous team have been arranged with an inhuman level of precision. The IFF indicates that they are not alone.
INSTANCE NUMBER ZERO
LOGLINE: Standard corporate automation is beginning to make decisions that employees do not understand. Most concerning is the fact that the system is operating exactly according to the rules it has been given.
KRASINSKY'S MONOLOGUE
LOGLINE: The veteran clings to his weapon as the last thing that still follows his orders. In a world that no longer has any need for his war, the line between soldier and resource begins to blur.
PATIENT ZERO
LOGLINE: The team discovers that the experimental system has escaped its controlled environment. The challenge is no longer how to launch it, but rather determining where it is actually located.
HAUL
LOGLINE: A mining crew tries to keep an industrial machine alive when failures begin to exceed the normal risk limits of the job.
ZERO BALANCE
LOGLINE: The squad is fighting without basic supplies, yet the command still expects the plan to be carried out. As resources dwindle to nothing, the soldiers must determine what victory actually means anymore.
BLIND DAWN
LOGLINE: Once a sector has been cleared, the unit’s task is simply to confirm the outcome of the operation. The problem arises when the surveillance system’s data does not align with the accounts of the personnel who have just returned from the field.