In a darkened room in London’s Shoreditch district, a vast screen flickers to life displaying a map of the Baltic Sea. With a few keystrokes, maritime navigation data overlays the map, showing vessels in motion. Another command brings up the routes of undersea telecommunication cables.

Almost immediately one of the vessels, a Liberian-flagged ship heading towards the BCS East-West Interlink internet cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden, appears as a red icon.

Based on the vessel’s profile data, dominAI, the AI-powered software monitoring the fictional situation, has identified the ship as a potential threat. The operator can immediately dispatch a military drone or naval vessel to intercept. The system then runs simulations of each possible response, assigning probabilities of success to guide decision-making.