Chapters (62)
- Prologue
- Part 1
- Chapter 2: Rude Awakening
- Chapter 3: Well-Lit Corridors
- Chapter 4: Their Eyes Upon Us
- Chapter 5: Blissfully Ignorant
- Chapter 6: Over Arching Introduction
- Chapter 7: Improbable vs. Immovable
- Chapter 8: Communicating with Hammers
- Chapter 9: Mr. Precedent
- Chapter 10: Testing the Waters
- Chapter 11: Tested But Not Found Wanting
- Chapter 12: Mind if I Come In?
- Chapter 13: With Utmost Dispatch
- Chapter 14: A Black Spot
- Chapter 15: An Indiscretion
- Chapter 16: The Wrath of God
- Part 2
- Chapter 18: Friends in High Places
- Chapter 19: Conference of Equals
- Chapter 20: Playing the Fool
- Chapter 21: It’s Bad to be Home
- Chapter 22: HMS Dauntless
- Chapter 23: The Setting Sun
- Chapter 24: Origami’s Antithesis
- Chapter 25: History of Travel
- Chapter 26: Leaps and Bounds
- Chapter 27: Hiring Decisions
- Chapter 28: Enemy Within
- Chapter 29: Willing and Able
- Chapter 30: A Very, Very, Very Fine House
- Chapter 31: Officer’s Club
- Chapter 32: Excess
- Part 3
- Chapter 34: Rough Hewn
- Chapter 35: Nobility Overall
- Chapter 36: Suppression
- Chapter 37: Hans On
- Chapter 38: Little Princess
- Chapter 39: Newborn
- Chapter 40: Guilt Plating
- Chapter 41: A Higher Echelon
- Chapter 42: Sowing the Seed
- Chapter 43: On the Street Where You Live
- Chapter 44: London Calling
- Part 4
- Chapter 46: Spread Your Arm(ament)s
- Chapter 47: Little Dutch Boy
- Chapter 48: Catalyst
- Chapter 49: A Dark Night
- Chapter 50: Hidden Pathways
- Chapter 51: Launch Protocols
- Chapter 52: Flash Exposure
- Chapter 53: Consequential
- Chapter 54: Well Done
- Chapter 55: Violent Reactions
- Chapter 56: Thermobaric Defense
- Chapter 57: Red Sky at Night
- Chapter 58: Showdown
- Chapter 59: To the Heart of the Matter
- Chapter 60: Fallen
- Epilogue
<The latest update on the situation in Pakistan is that Agent Shahim has clearly lost control of the insurgent forces there. While most are dead, some clearly made it into the bunkers. We are unclear how they managed to bypass the security or obtain the launch codes, but they clearly have, and they have managed to launch six HATF-VI Long-Range Nuclear Missiles. We are tracking response protocols in China, America, England, France, Turkey, Iran, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. There have been no additional launches as of yet, but Indian forces are on high alert and their missiles have been put on launch ready status, as have the Russian, Israeli, and Chinese offensive and defensive missile systems. The Pakistani government has reached out to key global leaders saying the launch is accidental and that it is not possible that the weapons have active warheads as the terrorists do not have the activation codes.>
<As of now, most countries’ internal communications indicate that they believe the launch is not government sanctioned, but also that they do not believe the warheads are definitively inactive. The fact that the launch occurred at all clearly diminishing their faith in Pakistan’s pleas.>
<Our analysis of the missiles’ trajectories shows a likely projected target of Moscow. Although Moscow is outside the missiles’ tested range, some tests have shown that it is inside their theoretical limit.>
<Based on our analysis, we have two response options to disable the missiles, and three options for gaining further information on the status of Agent Shahim Al Khazar:>
<The missiles’ flight path will intersect with the orbit of one of our orbital satellites in four hours’ time, as we are adjusting our orbits to allow for optimal viewpoints in the coming hours and days. When we cross paths with the missiles, we would be able to use our onboard defense systems to destroy them. However, with the ground-based and satellite surveillance of the world’s superpowers focused on the missiles, there is a disconcertingly high chance that our intervention would be spotted by the humans.>
<Russia has already initiated response protocols and placed its A-135 missile defense system on high alert. With the Pakistani HATF-VI missiles apparently aimed in Russia’s direction, Agent Mikhail Kovalenko could be provided with additional analysis information with which he can encourage a prompt Russian response using their midrange Gorgon Interceptors. These have been retro-fitted with relatively advanced laser guided non-nuclear warheads and would have an 89% probability of destroying the inbound missiles while they are still exo-atmospheric.>