Solar Strike AKA Solar Attack Page #4

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Captain, that's going to take us

closer to the international boundaries.

That is correct, Lieutenant.

Aye, Sir.

Ten degrees south, five degrees west,

increase speed five knots,

take us to three hundred meters.

Captain, what is going on?

Officially? Nothing.

Unofficially?

We're going to show the world

that Russia will not be intimidated.

Anyone believe you?

I don't know.

But at least the President isn't

just getting Stamp's version.

Oh yeah, where'd you lose him?

Right around the part

where the sky catches fire.

That's the tough part, all right.

So what do we do now?

I'm the big-money loud-mouth guy

that gets us into trouble, Jim.

I pay you to come up with the answers

that get us out of trouble.

Then we're in a lot of trouble.

We can do this, Jim. Come on.

Yuri, our experts tell us

that a huge solar flare

is heading directly for

your main communications satellite.

Now, when they collide,

it's gonna knock your satellite

right out of the sky.

Our scientists have not been

able to verify these claims.

Well, you've got all the data we have,

Yuri, what more do you want?

Our satellites could also be knocked out.

Do you know what'll happen then?

We will all be in the dark.

Now I don't have to tell you

what'll happen when uh,

our two fleets are operating

in close proximity with one another

without the ability

to get direct commands from us?

I agree.

Call back your fleet

and we will do the same.

On the contrary, Yuri,

you're the one who's operating with armed

submarines near the international border.

It is you who must pull back first.

I have full permission from the other

members of the Security Council

for these exercises.

If and when we are convinced of

the "authenticity" of this "threat",

we will join you in taking

the appropriate measures.

Authenticity. Yuri,

four hours ago, a satellite

dropped in downtown Detroit.

If you want to know about casualties,

it's on every major network.

I am deeply sorry

for the tragedy in Detroit.

But my first responsibility

is to my country.

Yuri, there's an old saying,

"after pride, comes a fall".

Now why don't we both

put our pride aside

and work together to prevent

further casualties, how 'bout that?

OK, Ryan.

I will order my subs to pull back.

I trust you will do

the same with your fleet.

You have my word, Yuri.

It will be done.

Thank you, Yuri.

Colonel? Is there any way to prevent

that satellite from coming down?

No, sir.

Its orbit is directly

in the path of the CME.

Ah. Admiral Lawrence, what's your take?

If we position ourselves

in a perimeter in the north Atlantic,

our subs can monitor any breach of

international waters by their subs.

During the communication blackout.

Then do it.

But alert our commanders that

we may also lose communication

and that they should keep their cool.

Yes, sir.

I don't want any trigger-happy

idiots out there.

No one is going to believe us.

- Not a word.

- Yep.

No one will ever give me as much

as a dime for future projects.

Yep.

You're gonna be working fast food

for the rest of your life.

Yep.

You think there could possibly

be another way?

No. No, once the CMEs clear the ozone,

the methane will ignite.

There won't be a lot of time

to put it out.

I agree.

Maybe 24 hours before total flashover.

Yup.

- Well? We better get going.

- Where?

Back to the space agency.

We need to put this matrix

through some real simulations.

We don't have the processing power here.

Lucas, they just kicked you out of there.

Jim, it's a space agency.

It ain't the Kremlin.

Come on.

Joanna, we're a team here.

All of us.

We're part of one big team.

If a member of that teams

starts screaming

like Chicken Little

that the sky is falling,

then the whole team stands to lose.

And that could mean

millions of dollars in funding.

I can't believe that you're talking

about funding at a time like this.

Have you seen the data?

We have an obligation...

First and foremost to your job,

to your co-workers,

to the people that pay your salary.

Not to some crazed radical who thinks he's

important just because he has some money.

Not to some pseudo-scientist,

and not to an ex-husband who you may

or may not still have feelings for.

How dare you say that

I would let my relationship

with Lucas sway my opinions

or my actions.

- You know what, Brad?

- What?

You're being blinded by jealousy.

The only one whose judgment is

being compromised here is you.

- Dr. Parks, you are...

- Excuse me!

The next of the CMEs has started to hit.

I... I think the Russian primary combat

is about to be annihilated.

It is not going to stay up there.

It's too much.

We're going to have to

get NORAD on the phone.

This satellite's coming down.

NORAD confirms the probable point of impact

of the satellite just east of Lake Erie.

Copy that.

We have 2 F-15's on intercept.

This is Delta Patrol.

We've got cloud cover

but I have the object on my radar.

- We see it. Can you intercept?

- I think so, Sir.

If you can't, we're going to

lose a section of Downtown Buffalo.

- Let's do it, Delta Two.

- Copy that.

Bogey 10 miles from Buffalo-inbound.

Presently at 18,000 feet and climbing.

Satellite at 40,000 feet.

Satellite at 33,000 feet.

Roger that. We're at 27,000 feet.

Satellite's coming in hard

at 29,000 feet. Take your shot.

I've got visual!

Arming.

Missile away.

It's not a clean kill. We've got debris.

There's still debris? Get it Delta Two.

I'm on it.

It's into the clouds

but I've got a signal.

Roger that, Delta 2.

Satellite at twenty-five three.

Tracking target.

Missile away.

I don't have impact.

Repeat. I do not have impact.

Come on, gentlemen. You can do it!

You've only got one shot to do this.

Satellite at seven four.

I've got visual.

Missile away.

- Yeah!

- He got it!

Yes!

This is the second satellite

that's been destroyed by a CME, Brad.

Damn! There is no way to know

how many others will be affected.

As the rest of the CME's hit.

We need to get better- informed.

I want a direct feed from every

observatory that you can get a hold of.

And I want them patched in here

as soon as possible!

Anchorage? Norikura? Las Campanas?

I don't care if it's my nephew in his

back yard with a pair of binoculars.

I want them all online.

I want to know if so much

as a bottle rocket goes off.

All right.

Anchorage.

It makes perfect sense.

Yeah, even a lunatic would never buy it.

I know Bradley will.

- How?

- Because he trusts me.

Because I lost a small fortune

to his compete.

And because he is a religion man

like myself

What's the religion

get to do with anything?

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom

and upon Gomorrah brimstone

and fire from the Lord out of heaven

I see the Old Testament.

You think this thing

never happened before?

You think they made that up?

It is based on the fact.

I really learned from the ancient history

and that history is to repeat itself.

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