Denial of Service

Fully automated, super smart... and deadly

In the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany's first crypto-billionaire has privatized the military, police, transportation and city administration. An artificial neural network supports all institutions and is also part of the brain-city interface: implanted chips that allow intuitive interaction with the city (its buildings, machines, streets, transportation system). The ANN develops its own code of ethics, which it never deviates from, and ensures the smooth functioning of the infrastructure. When a homeless teenager dies, a group of coders and a bot set out to find the cause of the accident. They uncover something monstrous, but before they can tell anyone about it, the military intervenes.