Conflict: Juke discovers the QCD's potential for both good and harm. They start secretly modifying the device to release energy freely, but NovaCorp catches wind and threatens to kill them if they don't cooperate.
Another angle: maybe Juke is not running from the Chrono-Legion but working for them, and "eng work" refers to a project with ethical implications. That could introduce a moral dilemma similar to the first story but from a different perspective. jufe569 eng work
Now, putting it all together into a coherent story. Let me draft a new plot. Conflict: Juke discovers the QCD's potential for both