Storm Protocol

In a near-future Tokyo where the line between technological marvel and catastrophe blurs, NeoTech Telecom (NTT) unveils Project Raijin: a fleet of Faraday-caged drones capable of summoning and steering lightning. The city’s skyline becomes a living circuit board, as Dr. Kanji Saitoh—haunted by a past scientific disaster and driven by a need for redemption—leads the charge to tame nature’s most volatile force. Praised as a visionary, Saitoh finds himself caught in a storm of ambition, as government power-broker Minister Reiko Tamura pushes for national dominance while shadowy foreign interests and corporate rivals circle hungrily. But not everyone is dazzled. Nami Shimada, a former physicist turned eco-saboteur, sees Project Raijin as a Pandora’s box—one that could unleash ecological chaos or serve as the ultimate weapon. Her campaign of digital leaks and sabotage threatens to unravel the project just as NTT’s ambitions reach their zenith. When a high-profile demonstration goes disastrously wrong, plunging Tokyo into a blackout that reverberates across the globe, alliances fracture and old wounds resurface. Saitoh must navigate a treacherous landscape of espionage, activism, and political intrigue, forging uneasy truces with those he once trusted least. As drone swarms fill the stormy skies, the world teeters on the edge of wonder and disaster, and the question looms: will humanity’s reach for power over nature spark a new dawn—or ignite a global tempest from which there is no return? Inspired by: Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes - https://newatlas.com/drones/faraday-caged-drone-lightning/