Solar Strike AKA Solar Attack Page #3

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space launch has turned tragic.

Half an hour after launch,

these images were filmed over California

detailing the doomed mission.

Foster Aeronautics won't comment on

the status of pilot Joe Johnson

and whether he was able to

safely jettison...

Oh my God! What happened?

Lucas lost the MAV, Joanna.

An explosion.

What about Joe?

We don't know.

There's no sign of an ejection pod.

Here he comes. Here he comes.

No comment.

A statement. Please!

What happened to the MAV, Dr. Foster?

I don't have any comments at this time.

Lucas?

Hello, Joanna.

Lucas, I just heard. I'm so sorry.

Did Joe get out?

Is there any way he could have ejected?

It doesn't appear so.

We're assuming the worst.

If there's anything that I can do...

Thanks, but for now uh, there isn't.

Lucas, I'm just trying to

help you out here. Please.

What do you need?

Access to all the data that you have,

uh, tracking, flight logs, Sims...

All right.

Just before the explosion,

there was... a brief power loss.

A power loss?

I have no idea what caused it,

or if it's related.

But it just cut out for a second.

- Joanna?

- Yeah?

This isn't a Brad thing, is it?

It's you that's asking?

Yeah, Lucas, it's me.

And I am so sorry.

Thanks.

It's a hell of a time

for something like this.

In a Russian-built vehicle as well.

Gonna do wonders for

the President's stress level.

Excuse me, Admiral.

I fail to see the relationship.

The Russian submarine fleet is running

maneuvers off the Greenland coast,

Colonel Alby.

They got twelve submarines in the water.

It's a Security

Council-approved exercise, Admiral.

Exercise, sure.

See the thing is, we don't want 'em

backsliding into Communism,

so we say, "sure, go ahead, have fun".

I still don't see what that

has to do with the MAV explosion.

If they so much as float a boat

even an inch over approved lines,

I want to know about it.

- Do you all hear me?

- Yes, sir.

I want to know because

the President expects me to know.

Now these exercises aren't "hostile"

but we have good reason to suspect that

three of their subs

are carrying nuclear missiles.

Now. If a Russian-built space vehicle

blows up in mid-air.

Colonel, are you going to be the one to

trust Russian subs, with onboard nukes?

I see what you mean

about stress levels, Admiral.

Lucas! I've been lookin' all over for you!

You need to see this.

What is it?

We just started gettin'

the feeds from the MAV.

We picked up a methane spike.

It's off the charts.

Sensors must've failed in the explosion.

This can't be.

Yeah, but look at all the other data,

it's right on.

This is crazy. This can't be right.

Joanna, this transmission

just came in from Japan.

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