Set in early 1900s New York where WW1 breeds paranoia and social unrest, Panoptes Industries has become a pillar of the community, installing a new prototype they’ve coined: The Streetlight Men. The machines were designed to monitor civilians for anti-nationalist behavior and deter retaliation from foreign governments, but that wasn’t enough. When one of their new products escapes before its debut, eleven are dead before it can be dismantled by an officer.

Newly appointed Police Chief, Johnathan Serpico, has blood on his hands; Except it doesn’t belong to his wife like the newspaper claims. His predecessor gives him a choice: Let them bury the evidence of Panoptes Industries involvement or get pinned for his wife’s murder. Refusing to orphan his son, Johnathan opens an investigation agency with the sole purpose of solving one case-The Nuclear Incident of 1918, the coverup that derailed his life.