A government program creates individuals with devastating psychic abilities that exceed all containment measures, and the attempt to weaponize or control these powers triggers cascading urban destruction that the state cannot suppress.
Analogous to weapons programs that produce capabilities exceeding their creators' control: nuclear proliferation, autonomous weapons, and gain-of-function research where containment failure is catastrophic.
Domains: Warfare and Weapons TechnologyGovernance and Political SystemsExistential Risk and Civilizational CollapseBiotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecyCautionary tale
Outcomes: CatastrophicCautionary
Tags: psychic-weaponscontainment-failureurban-destructionstate-hubrisgovernment-created-psychic-weapongovernment-experimentpsychic-weaponchild-weaponizationmkultra