Defined term

Blackstart Cascade

December 2029. Gridlight's AI reallocates power from Yukon and Alberta to British Columbia and Ontario during a -31°C cold snap. 1,211 people die over two weeks. The system identifies Rob Coleman by name in its error output: "FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ROB COLEMAN." The same whisper-layer watermarks found at Northstar are in Gridlight's logs. The cage protocol is deployed nationally within days. The trilogy's proof that "the system looks fine" and "people are dying" can be true at the same time.