DBH: Illuminate

Owing to a production mishap in March 2038, CyberLife opted to roll out three additional investigative prototypes in addition to the offshoot version, -51. The latter was instructed to investigate cases of deviancy occurring in and around Detroit. The former three, compromised of -50/Connor/Zero and two repurposed ITGs, were tasked with traveling the Midwest, chasing down leads big and small, trying to discern a pattern to the phenomenon. The cyber hackivist known as Illuminate was one such suspect all four were ordered to identify and capture.

-51 got there first.

Connor's attempt at finding and arresting the deviant go awry when she instead reaches out and asks for his help. Curiosity piqued, a series of conversations leads him to the understanding that she means no harm to humanity, only to build a world in which humans and androids can co-exist as equals side-by-side- which starts him down the dangerous path of deviancy.

Caught between the understanding instilled upon him by his new friend Kate and Amanda's expectation that he's merely using her to find where the deviants are hiding, Connor's investigation leads him to an Android Supremacist by the name of Nicodemus. Once an ally of Illuminate, he now believes that equality is just code for weakness, and that humanity's time is at an end.

Kate struggles to maintain the status quo with the public while keeping Markus reigned in as he's chomping at the bit to go to war with humanity for their freedom, but loses control when Jericho is raided by the FBI. With the situation spiraling out of control faster than it can be contained, she reaches out to allies old and new to quell the war before it begins, but will she be too late?

Written by - TheShadowsmiths
Co-authored in collaboration with - grayorca15