In a near-future dominated by towering mechs, humanity's wars are fought by colossal machines. Ethan Blake, a brilliant but overlooked engineer from a blue-collar family in Detroit, dreams of more than just fixing assembly lines. When his estranged, legendary grandfather leaves him a cryptic inheritance – the 'Blueprint Core,' a revolutionary AI design tool – Ethan is thrust into a world of cutthroat corporate espionage, military contracts, and the ethical dilemmas of creating weapons of war. His mechs, designed with a unique 'soul' – intuitive AI that bonds with pilots – are unlike anything the world has seen. As Ethan rises through the ranks, battling established giants and facing moral compromises, he must decide: will he become a purveyor of destruction, or an architect of a better future, one mech at a time?

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