Part One: Experiment

The nation knows Titus Tarm as a corporate giant dedicated to changing the world with cutting-edge tech. Kristina Simmons, Tarm Industries' most celebrated engineer, realizes he plans to expand his wealth by launching a civil war with that same ingenuity. After Titus frees her from a suffocating mechanical corset, she agrees to help him make weapons.
Morally conflicted, Kristina quietly starts taking steps to stop the war. She's a certified genius, so she should have what it takes to stop an industrialist from toppling an entire way of life. In theory.