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Just a quick stop, then we hit the road, promise.

Saturday, Uncle Robin and his minion offspring

will beat us there and

we'll get the worst camping spot again.

There are no worst spots.

There's just slightly less desirable ones.

There are bad, terrible spots, and we always get them

because we keep making these quick stops.

Honey, new observatory, new boss, new responsibilities.

Could have turned the job down.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, how is that new and very expensive phone

working out for you? Huh, kiddo?

Point taken.

I liked it better when you worked at George Washington U.

My in there was pretty much guaranteed.

Still is, champ. I left on good terms.

I thought you hated the people there.

No, no, I hate the politics, not the people.

I liked being a professor at the Space Policy Institute.

I didn't care for their politics around their policies.

I prefer to get science done efficiently.

How does that help me?

I'm still friends with all the smart people.

That combined with your straight As should do the rest.

Besides, now we got way more time for camping.

Do we?

Because we're not getting to that campsite for at least

another three hours.

And you still have to go in and grab those papers.

And I'll be really quick.

Hey, pinky swear.

Wait, I'm going to go with you.

What? I have to pee.

Ugh.

Hey. Let's wait in the car, okay?

-You remember the code, right? -Of course I do.

I'm just making sure.

It's got to be here.

Ah... Woo!

I feel much better.

I just need two files, then we're gone.

I can keep myself occupied.

Found them.

Could have waited until Tuesday.

No one else is working until then.

No way. You're going to be doing nothing but staring

at wide open night skies.

What better time to corroborate our new findings?

Dad, look at this.

Probably just something on the lens.

No, it's advancing with each image.

Come on here, take a look.

Slide over.

What is it?

I've never seen any space junk or spaceship like this,

at least that you've shown me before.

Do you think this has anything to do

with the fast burst anomaly signal

that you picked up last year?

I mean, it's coming from the same direction.

-The Rubicon signal? -Yeah.

I don't know what we're looking at,

but maybe I can figure out the trajectory.

Hey, it's probably just private sector, maybe even military.

You know, we're not always made privy to their builds,

especially the international ones.

We're usually made aware of a launch date.

Dr. Devlin, this is Dr. Morrow at the Maryland Observatory.

We have a UAP sighting, possibly military or maybe private,

but I'm not seeing anything on the schedule.

Yeah, sending images of coordinates now.

Adam, go wait outside.

But I want to listen.

Go. Change of plans. Go back to the farmhouse.

-I'll be out in a minute. -But I'm the one who found it.

Go. Now.

Yes, I'm still here.

Of course.

First sighting was at 0813.

Thank you, Dr. Morrow. We'll be in touch.

Get me on the phone with President McCoy

or SECDEF Greer, now.

Mr. President, sir, I just confirmed the UAP

with Dr. Kate Devlin at NASA.

Are you sure it's not just a failed satellite

that's falling out of orbit?

No, sir. It appears to be a nearly perfect sphere.

No known configuration matches this.

Russia and China deny involvement.

They're watching it, too.

What's the trajectory?

NASA and our military placed it directly

towards the East Coast, sir, near New York City.

All right. All right, let's put the National Guard on standby.

We'll issue a shelter in place from Manhattan

that surrounds an area.

-That should do it. -Will do, sir.

I'll also divert AWAC to intercept the monitor.

No, Ashe. I want a lot of eyeballs on this.

President McCoy saves the world.

Copy, sir.

Hello, chief?

Yes, put all carrier strike groups on alert.

Everybody's sufficiently scienced out.

Can we go have fun now?

Wait till you hear what we found.

Is it more important than camping?

Hey, I'm really sorry, honey,

but we gotta follow up on something we found.

I found it.

Yes, champ. You found.

Damn it.

Shouldn't gotten rid of the 250.

No way. EV all the way.

You made the right choice, Dad.

What's wrong with that?

What am I doing wrong?

Whoa. We're zapped and we have no idea how to fix it.

-Right, Dad? -Hey, hey, we can fix this.

See?

Told you.

All right.

Seat belts.

Mr. President.

It's half the size of the capital rotunda.

The estimate is 40 feet in diameter.

And it's just sitting there?

Yeah.

Well, sir, this is our science advisor,

Dr. Grace Whitney.

Thank you, Secretary.

There's no detectable activity in the UAP

since its arrival. It's an anomaly.

Why is it an anomaly?

Mr. President, it's a perfect sphere.

That's not natural, except in geodes

and those would shatter like glass on impact.

Couple with the fact that no agency,

military intelligence, or the scientific community

believes this is of terrestrial origin.

Okay, we know what it isn't. But what is it?

No, we can't ignore the possibility

of an extraterrestrial hostile threat.

We need to swiftly assess the situation, sir.

Agreed.

We get an investigative team on the ground right away.

Doctor, the scientist who originally spotted the anomaly,

do you have any background on him?

Yes, sir.

Dr. Jeff Morrow, widower, two kids,

he is an astrophysicist with a PhD from Caltech,

specializing in astrobiology.

He was at that space policy institute just a few months ago.

He discovered that fast radio anomaly,

the one that he nicknamed the Rubicon signal.

You met him last year.

Yes, and you dismissed his theory then.

He thought it was an attempt at communication.

First contact.

That's why he named it what he did.

Our entire universe would change if this was extraterrestrial.

And no scientific community ever confirmed that.

It was radio signals emitted by hydrogen.

Unusual, yes, but not completely unheard of.

In fact, most likely some are saying

that it would be a neutron star in its final death throws.

Or a precursor of a giant metal ball falling from the sky.

He obviously knows his stuff. He's not afraid to speak up.

And if we had listened to him then,

we'd be in a better position now.

I want him on the team.

Yes, sir.

Sir, we must consider the potential dangers here.

I recommend full mobilization.

Ashe, I understand your concern,

but we need more answers before we start pointing guns at it.

No answer.

I told him it was urgent and to call me back.

We don't have time for this. Have them send a chopper.

Sir, there's got to be people available

with similar or better qualifications.

Maybe, but clearly, Morrow has a clarity that they don't have.

And we need that now.

Grace, I want you to coordinate the military and NASA.

Ashe, you have to make sure that our troops

are prepared for any scenario.

Yes, sir.

Really, Adam? A whole box of beef jerky?

When the aliens attack, you'll be thanking me.

Dad, it's not really aliens, right?

Why don't you kids go inside and make some lunch, okay?

I'll finish up here.

Dad, it's only 9:30.

And I know when you're dodging a question.

Going in the house.

Dad, what's going on?

I don't know. You stay here.

Dr. Morrow?

Yes, I'm Dr. Morrow.

Captain Jaffe, Patrick Space Force Base.

Kids, hey, go back to the car.

Is this about that dot I found at the observatory?

Adam...

Well, is my son right?

I have orders from President McCoy

to fly you directly to New York.

Fly me? No, it's...

I'm sorry, Captain, I can't. I'm on vacation with my kids.

Wait, why New York?

That object you found?

It's sitting in the East River.

Wait, but if it landed...

I mean, you have teams to excavate that.

So you haven't excavated?

Why haven't you excavated?

What do you... What do you need from me?

I'll explain to you in the air. Let's go.

Leanne, is your cell phone working yet?

No.

Our car lost power.

Then, suddenly, our cell phones died,

and the car came back, but...

Maybe whatever's in New York,

hit one of our satellites went into our orbit.

What's going on?

Okay, I'll go.

But under one condition.

Go where?

You leave a frequency modulation radio with my kids.

You know, the old-school kind?

That way, I can stay in constant communication with them,

especially if another satellite goes down.

Dad, where are you going?

I'll get one.

I have to go to New York.

I'm going.

No, you're staying here with your sister, okay?

If this is about that dot that we found at the observatory,

then I'm the one that found it.

Leanne, Adam, Captain Jaffe is going to

set you up with the radio.

We'll be in constant communication.

Hope to be back before tonight, okay?

This is all set up.

All you need to do is power it on, push that button,

you can talk to your dad in the helo.

Can we go now?

This sucks, and you know it.

I know. I'm sorry.

I love you guys.

-Love you, too. -Okay.

I'll be back tonight, okay? I promise.

Stay safe.

I don't suppose we can drive there, right?

Soldier up, Doc.

The kids are watching.

You're going to save the world for them.

Let's go.

Dad hates to fly.

It must really be important.

Now, we've established a solid perimeter around the East River

and evacuated the press and any civilians.

In the meantime, we've deployed

surveillance drones around the anomaly.

But there's been no activity from the object?

Our reconnaissance team have reported no change.

It's just sitting there.

No reaction whatsoever. No signal, no light?

What is it, a ship and the crew died on impact?

Or are they in hypersleep? Or...

Or worse, are they readying for an attack?

All good questions we hope Dr. Morrow can help us answer.

What's the status of Morrow?

Somewhere over Pennsylvania.

Dr. Morrow is en route with Captain Jaffe.

They should be here shortly.

But until they arrive, as Secretary Greer mentioned,

we've deployed surveillance drones.

National Guard is evacuating Manhattan

and surrounding boroughs.

We cannot allow this to turn into a circus.

No matter what, that's going to take time.

New Yorkers will not be told what to do.

It's a good idea to get started though.

Thank you, sir.

We've also reached out to key allies

and are sharing what little information we have,

as well as coordinating response strategies.

Are we the only country with the UAP?

So far, there's been no indication

of similar craft elsewhere.

I guess that's a good thing.

All right, gentlemen. Keep me posted.

So you're telling me the President's team at NASA

think the Rubicon signal and this UAP are related?

Mm-hmm.

-So my son was right? -Yep.

You were right predicting it was some kind of communication.

Now we're hoping you can figure out a way

to communicate with it.

Wait, do they think there's life forms on board?

That's another reason you're here, Doc.

You're a xenobiologist.

You look for any life, I look for any trouble.

It's a perfect team-up.

It's for you, Doc.

Hello?

Hey, Dad.

You got the radio to work.

Dad, we're watching the news about that sphere in New York.

Isn't that where you're going?

Dad, they don't know what it is.

I don't think you're safe.

Listen, you stay inside, okay?

Do not leave unless you hear directly from me

or Captain Jaffe, okay?

Okay, be careful.

Love you.

Leanne?

Leanne, I can't hear you, honey. Honey?

I don't suppose there's any way I can get you

to airlift my kids to the West Coast?

If it comes to that, we can look at our options.

Listen, Doc.

My folks live in Pennsylvania, near the Ohio border.

It's not exactly the West Coast,

but if we need to do something immediate,

we can make sure all the right phone calls are made, all right?

Take care of your family.

Thank you, Captain.

We're in uncharted territory.

Yeah, that's why the President wants us

to gather information on this thing,

especially while it's still unmoving.

Oh... That reminds me.

What do you know about drones?

I mean, a little.

I bought one for my son.

I play with that thing more than he does.

Well, that's good.

We need to launch some at the sphere.

I need you to take readings and gather information while I fly.

Think you can handle that?

Okay.

You okay there, cowboy?

Captain Jaffe, what's your location?

ETA, three minutes, sir.

Do you have all the equipment you need?

We're readying the drone protocol put in place

by Dr. Whitney, sir.

Where's the setup device?

It's a laptop in back.

You okay to get it?

You okay, Doc?

Okay...

We need to get the sensor readings

before we use any of the more destructive equipment.

Okay, you get that started.

I'm gonna make sure we're good elsewhere.

Copy.

Mr. President, we have all the equipment

the Doc asked for.

Spectral analyzer, infrared cameras,

sonic drones, red, green, and UV lasers.

Good.

Gentlemen, stand by.

NASA has found no evidence of further vehicular anomalies.

-Yet. -Yet.

This may be the only one,

but they'll continue to scan until

we give them the all-clear.

Let's hope so.

Situation report?

Should the anomaly react in a hostile manner,

we are prepared to contain or destroy it.

Destroy it?

We'll be ready, Mr. President.

We have a Trident sub in the harbor.

All torpedoes are fully locked and loaded.

We have 10 fully-armed Blackhawks in close proximity.

A phalanx of tanks and mobile cannons

will be stationed offshore.

Five F-35s will be circling at 20,000 feet. We're ready.

That's fine for the immediate area, but what about the city?

What about Manhattan?

The National Guard is overseeing EVACs out of the city,

and they're doing their best to maintain order, sir.

Mr. President, do you concur

that sufficient precautions are in place for this operation?

I concur.

Captain Jaffe, did you copy all that?

I did, sir.

Proceed.

Loud and clear.

Approaching the anomaly now, sir.

We're heading in.

Gentlemen, if you'll excuse me.

-You good? -Mm-hmm.

FLIR cams are operational.

FLIR cams?

Forward looking infrared cameras.

They see heat.

They work great in smoke or dust.

Basically the brass is seeing everything

we're seeing right now.

Okay.

Let's go say hello.

Passive scans are done.

No reaction from the UAP.

Telemetry readings are flat across the board.

No additional heat.

Cold, radiation of any kind.

It's like it's not even there.

But we can see it so we know it reflects light.

That makes me want to see what a laser can do to it.

We should move on to the physical testing.

This is physical testing.

Oh!

Mr. President, did you see that?

We all did. The UAP is hostile.

General Vargas, send in the Blackhawks.

Engage.

Sir, there's a chance it was just maybe

reacting to what--

Captain, you may want to get out of the way.

Copy that, sir. I'm on it.

Shrapnel!

We're hit! Hang on!

We lost Jaffe's FLIR cam signal.

Get me a picture, people.

On it, sir.

Mr. President, it attacked us again.

General, give it hell.

All forces, authorization Alpha-Bravo-5-5.

Fire at will!

Where's that picture?

Network is down, sir. I'm working on it.

Captain Jaffe, do you report?

Commander Chow, do you copy?

Somebody give me some eyeballs on this now.

Hello? Report.

Aw, come on.

Can we get satellite imagery of New York?

We're blind here.

-All forces, status reports. -Commander Chow, sitrep.

Can anybody hear us?

Captain Jaffe, report.

We have communication.

Lost the FLIR cam, sir.

The enemy engaged and...

defeated our entire defensive line.

Colonel, how soon can you get them in the air?

Good. Do it.

Details, soldiers, we lost visuals.

Sir, it extruded weapons

and fire directed energy blasts at us.

Our armor and weapons were just entirely ineffective against it.

Captain, are you in position to observe and report

on the enemy's activities?

Affirmative, sir.

We'll maintain a flight status.

We've got three quarters of a tank of fuel left to preserve.

Maintain an open radio channel.

You're our eyes and ears until we get back up.

We're scrambling ten raptors from McGuire.

They're about ten minutes out.

Excited to see some payback, sir.

Let's get this son of a bitch.

Ashe, we need more fighters from bases further out.

-Make it happen. -Yes, sir.

Where the hell are my visuals?

We're working on it, sir.

Thank you. We appreciate it.

Yes. Confirmed.

Captain Jaffe, are you still with us?

Sir, the UAP has retracted its weapons

and it's headed towards the city.

We believe it's trying to avoid our counter strikes

by hiding amongst a civilian structures.

I don't think that's its plan, sir.

It's plowing through buildings like their made of cardboard.

Ask them where it's headed.

Do you have any idea where the sphere is headed?

We don't know its intended destination.

It's headed inland in a straight line,

ignoring all obstacles.

Just going right through them, sir.

Captain, listen to me.

Protect yourself, but we have to know

where that damn thing is headed, you understand?

Understood. Copy that.

Loud and clear, Mr. President.

This thing is clearly headed somewhere.

It's had no deviation whatsoever to its path.

Is the sphere firing any sort of ordnance?

It doesn't need to.

It's just driving right through everything.

General, let's call the mayor, have him issue

a shelter in place order for all the people

who didn't leave when we told them to before.

Leaving now would be like walking into a death trap.

Yes, sir.

We'll activate the Civil Defense Network.

All the people on the street

could take shelter in the subway.

We've got to have the streets clear.

Already on it, sir.

National Guard troops have begun civilian evacs

for all cities along the eastern seaboard.

We're telling everyone to move far inland as possible.

All right. Include all the neighboring states

because the whole east coast is a war zone now.

Yes, sir.

Sir, I don't want to talk out of turn,

but maybe it's time to address the nation.

There might be a lot of misinformation

going on out there.

Dr. Morrow!

Perhaps you should tend to your own affairs.

No, no, he's right.

We need to tell the people what's happening.

They are in the middle of it,

and there's no getting around that.

The news stations are all over it.

I need to address the nation.

What are you going to say?

I'm going to tell them the truth.

Is this helicopter okay after being hit by shrapnel?

Should we be following the sphere?

Do we need to land?

We're fine, Doc. Relax.

You handled yourself pretty well back there

for someone who was afraid of flying.

It's not that I'm afraid.

I... I just know the safety percentages.

Sure.

That's fine, Doc.

I mean, everyone's afraid of something, right?

What are you afraid of?

Me?

I'm a soldier.

I'm not allowed to be afraid of anything.

I still see a lot of people trying to get out.

Evacuating a city is never a fast process.

Are they firing guns at the sphere?

We have to get them out of there.

No. We're too far away. There's no time.

We have our orders.

They never had a chance.

Listen, that's going to be all of us.

if we don't figure out a way to stop that thing.

How? It destroys everything that gets near it.

We observe, we report,

we work smart, and we find a weakness.

If it has one.

Listen to me, Doc.

That's your job, is to find a weakness in that thing.

Where did it come from?

What is that thing?

Captain, clear that area.

I got ten raptors coming in weapons hot.

There's still thousands of people out there

trying to get out.

Negative, General.

Massive civilian casualties if you engage. Repeat....

Massive civilian casualties if you engage.

Abort!

Your call, sir.

This is strike team leader. Approaching the sphere.

Standing by.

Sir...

I may not have much of a legacy after today,

but it won't be over this. Abort.

Raptor commander, abort strike.

I say again, abort strike.

Copy that, General. Breaking off attack.

Bravo Alpha 10-10 confirmed.

Sir, you realize a day will come

when you won't have that option.

And if that day comes,

if there is no option, I will make that call.

Thank you, sir.

And I'll pray to God it doesn't come to that.

Did you see that?

It slowed down for the first time.

Okay, that's something.

But is it good or is it bad?

I don't know. I can't tell if it slowed

because it liked the electricity or if it didn't like it.

Either way, we need to find out, though.

General Vargas...

We heard, it stopped.

Let's try and get closer without attracting its attention.

And get us more intel now.

Copy that, sir. Will do.

I'm going to call my kids before we get too close.

Yeah.

The UAP is continuing to move inland.

The amount of devastation in its wake is staggering.

Here, you can see military helicopters firing on it,

but there seems to be little or no effect on the UAP.

It seems to have some sort of shield...

Dad? Where are you?

Did you see those explosions on the news?

What's going on?

Get Adam.

He's here.

Dad? Are you okay?

I'm still in the helicopter.

Listen...

Are the phones working yet?

Yes.

Okay, good. That's good.

Everything might be back.

Listen, I want you to load up the car.

Pack up the cases of water.

The food, battery chargers, this radio...

All of it.

Are we leaving? I thought you said to stay.

No, I know.

I know, but I just want you to be ready.

You got it?

Aren't we safe here? You told us to stay here.

Yes, but I...

Just be ready for anything.

Get the car ready.

Listen, honey, I gotta go.

I love you guys.

I'll check back in later.

That was weird, right?

I'll pack the food, you take care of the water?

Yeah.

Do you have any kids?

Yeah, I did.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry.

Yeah.

Hey, how low can we get this thing?

I want to look on the other side

and see what the electricity did to it.

I don't want to get so close

that it'll see us as a threat, but...

Let me see what I can do, Doc.

Where'd they come from? They shouldn't be here.

Civilian helicopter, leave the area immediately.

You are in danger. Repeat.

They're too close. They're too close.

Autogyro!

Brace yourself, Doc!

We're going down!

Hang on!

Sir, President Alexei Buryakov has initiated a call

on the Moscow-Washington Line.

Fidelity checks confirmed?

Confirmed, vetted and secure, sir.

We've also had an urgent request from the General Secretary

of the Chinese Military Commission.

Well, this could be offers of assistance

or simply a situation update.

Regardless, I will take my leave temporarily.

Orders, sir?

Standing orders.

Continue operations I've currently established.

Yes, sir.

Give me General Trowell on the line.

-Wait, my equipment! -Leave it, Doc, let's move!

Easy, easy, soldier!

You guys are the luckiest bastards I've ever seen,

because that thing,

that thing just took out the rest of those news choppers

right after y'all went down.

There were more?

Private, where's your commanding officer?

I'm it, sir.

I'm sorry about that.

We were securing an evacuation when all of a sudden

that damn bowling ball breached our positions in seconds.

Do you have a sat phone?

No, sir.

I was hoping maybe you guys might...

Wait, there's one on the chopper.

No, Doc, wait, no!

Doc, you okay?

Hang on, Shepherd, hang on.

Oh!

I'm okay.

Oh! Oh!

Easy.

Damn!

Easy, easy, easy, easy.

-Oh my God. -Doc, are you hit?

No, I'm okay.

All right.

That should hold for now. Stop the bleeding.

Captain, your vest.

Well, guess he was right.

I guess we're the lucky ones.

How's he doing?

He's all right for now,

but we got to get him some real medical attention.

This phone's toast.

Where's your phone?

Okay...

Come on.

There we go. There we go.

All right.

Wait, you don't know the password.

Don't need one.

You can dial 911 from every cell phone, even if it's locked.

Once I get an operator, we'll be good to go.

Hopefully the cell towers are still up.

Don't worry, Doc.

I'll have us in a helo back to Washington as soon as possible.

Gentlemen, welcome to Washington, D.C.

President McCoy is temporarily engaged

in affairs of this state.

At ease, Captain.

-Thank you, sir. -What does that mean?

It means when world leaders call asking questions

about our situation, he has to be the one to answer.

Understood.

Um... Who do we report to?

You're talking to him.

Secretary of Defense Ashe Greer.

Dr. Morrow, Captain Jaffe,

we're grateful for the firsthand intelligence you provided.

Thank you, sir.

Hopefully it's something you can use.

Actually, a news helicopter did.

Really?

They captured a moment just before it was shot down.

Well, let's take a look.

Dr. Morrow, we're about to being a major operation.

It's something we can discuss after this next engagement,

should it prove necessary.

Where is the sphere now?

About to enter the upper bay, just north of the Jersey Shore.

Where we have four Navy destroyers

waiting for it to clear the civilian quadrant.

And once it enters the water,

it'll be subjected to a fuselage of 10-inch shells,

as well as a simultaneous missile aerial strike

from 10 F-22 Raptors.

We have a battery of tanks on the Jersey side

to prevent its egress from the bay.

Sir, conventional weapons don't seem to work against it

it just destroys whatever is perceives as a threat.

Nothing beats a try but a failure, Dr. Morrow.

Satellite imaging on screen.

Mr. Secretary?

Spearhead, Talon. You are weapons-free.

Fire at will.

This is Spearhead, reading you loud and clear.

Commencing fire, sir.

General, sitrep.

The attack appears to be working, sir.

The sphere slowed down.

It could be adapting.

Tankers, stand down! Do not engage!

I repeat, do not engage! All units, retreat!

Do not engage! Get the hell out of there!

Analysis. We just lost a lot of good people.

I need to know why.

It changed tactics.

It didn't even use its beam weapons.

At all.

It took our own missiles and used them against us.

They either just tested that tactic for the first time,

or they just wanted us to know they could do it.

Either way...

General, what are we dealing with here?

I don't know.

But we need to find out.

So this is the footage from the news helicopters?

Yes.

That's the last footage that the news helicopter sent back.

There. That's where it paused.

Do you see how the electricity flows around the sphere?

We saw this in person.

It's like the electricity is holding it there.

Or it's choosing to hold there.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. And do you see how

the ripple effects on the sphere right before

it plows into the power station?

We saw the same effect when it got hit by the 10-inch guns.

Yeah, but we didn't see that ripple effect

when the drone pointed the laser at it.

No, that first beam was the equivalent of a cat toy.

It's essentially harmless,

but I believe it may have been interpreted as a hostile act.

So, what's going on here, Doctor?

And you are a doctor, right?

So is this an it, or is it a they?

Is it a machine that we have to break,

or is it some kind of alien soldier that we need to kill?

I honestly don't know, sir, but I'm not sure how that matters.

It matters to me.

Well, if there are lifeforms on board,

they're very well protected.

And if it is akin to a drone,

then it's just going to keep doing what it does

until it runs out of power.

We figured that out for ourselves, Dr. Morrow.

Mr. President.

Mr. Secretary, Dr. Morrow has the floor.

Yes, sir.

We have enough problems without issues of respect.

Yes, sir.

Were your discussions productive?

As much as they can be with world leaders

who have access to nuclear weapons

and are more concerned about our lack of progress.

We appreciate your candor, sir.

The good news is that they have offered access

to their military and university science divisions.

Good. That's a lot of extra brain power

and potential firepower to bring to the table.

Well, let's make use of it.

Your respective counterparts will be linking to you shortly.

Thank you, sir.

I'm looking forward to it, sir.

Let's go.

Dr. Whitney, has NASA reported any further spheres or objects?

No, but they've got all available observatories

and satellites watching the skies.

Okay.

I believe we should follow up on this observation

that electricity or electromagnetic energy

in the power station affected it.

I agree. But completely correlating this data

is going to take a lot of time.

Which is the one thing we have precious little of.

Thank you.

You aren't the only people who have scientists on speed dial.

I've just received an alternate plan

from the CERN think tank in Geneva.

CERN?

The European Council for Nuclear Research?

No, they run the Collider.

They run the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

They deal exclusively with cutting-edge technology.

Yes, that's true, sir, but...

-Mr. Morrow. -Doctor.

Doctor Morrow.

They have a workable plan. Do you?

No.

Not as of yet, but that's why we need more time

to analyze the data.

CERN has analyzed the data,

and they have a proposal which we can implement now.

Doctor, sit down, please.

Mr. Secretary, proceed.

Thank you.

I've just received confirmation that my colleagues

in CERN have designed a definitive strike.

Why are we just hearing about this now?

They're working out the math, sir,

which you can appreciate, doctor.

At any rate, they fill a direct payload of liquid nitrogen

would freeze at least a portion of the sphere

before it has a chance to attack,

whereupon repetitive direct hits

should crack it open like an eggshell.

Yeah, it's like putting a rubber ball in liquid nitrogen.

Drop it, it'll shatter like glass.

What do you think, Dr. Morrow?

I mean, it's technically viable, but...

But how the hell are you going to get liquid nitrogen on it?

Are you going to drop it from a tree?

General?

The Sikorsky King Stallion can easily carry a tanker

full of liquid nitrogen.

Yeah, and the Warthog A-10s have the precision accuracy

to pound that thing over and over again,

'til they get the job done.

Get me Colonel Watt at the 87 Air Base Wing in the line.

Sir, you're going to need somebody

to lase that target and guide those gunners.

You've done enough, soldier.

You know that's never the answer, sir.

Take care of yourself, Captain.

I'll try, sir.

Can I just be the voice of reason and point out

that we don't know what's going to spill out

of that Easter egg when you crack it open?

This is why we'll need a trained observer in the field.

Thank you for volunteering, Doctor.

Volunteering?

Yeah, come on, Doc.

Don't break up the team now.

Let's do this.

Let's go.

Good trick.

I'm glad they were able to evacuate.

Me, too.

If we're pointing another laser at the sphere,

we need to make sure we do not miss.

Why?

We have to keep it pinpointed on the coat of ice

formed by the liquid nitrogen, not the sphere's surface.

If we do, it might...

it might notice us.

I'm keeping us at a distance that seems to be safe, Doc.

We stay at least 200 feet away, it's ignoring us.

Okay. Okay.

I'm trusting you.

I'll keep the bird steady. You do your part.

Ice, guns, shatter.

The hogs are locked in on the beam.

This will be over in no time. Trust me.

You know what I don't understand?

Where is it going?

Why is it going there so slowly?

It's like it...

it's like they want us to shoot at it.

Look, I don't have a problem with that, Doc.

This thing has killed thousands of people.

It needs to be stopped, put down hard, now.

This thing just doesn't make sense.

Look, it doesn't need to. It just needs to be dead.

Hammer, this a sky watch. We're in position.

Drop the payload.

Please work.

Come on.

-Yeah, direct hit! -Yes!

Lase the target, Doc.

Right there, top of the sphere.

Strike team, target is lit. Take this bastard out, now.

Damn it!

The ice is disintegrated, but...

The sphere looks undamaged.

It's not moving, though.

Maybe it was affected.

All right. I'm going to call for them to make another run.

Wait, wait. Hold on. Do not fire.

Look. There. At the bottom.

It's beginning to ripple.

Just like it did before the last attacks.

All right. I'm backing off to give the Warthogs clearance.

Call off the second wave!

We all need to evac now.

Abort! Abort!

Hang on!

Land this thing right now.

We're the only other target in the sky.

Good call, Doc. Hang on!

Whoa, whoa whoa!

Oh, I'm gonna be sick!

Stow it, doctor. Do it outside.

We got a long ride back.

Ugh...

McGuire, this is Skywatch.

The operation was a total failure.

Repeat, total failure.

Returning to base.

Damn it!

The sphere is now firing beams and destroying power stations.

There's parts of New Jersey without power.

Did the sphere change course?

No, on the same course, south through New Jersey.

But electrical power stations within

a 20-mile radius are blowing up.

It's crippling our infrastructure.

We need other options.

This damn metal ball cannot be impervious

to everything we have.

It's either deflected or defeated

every single conventional weapon that we've thrown at it.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is dispatching

a squadron of CE-145C vigilance aircraft,

ETA is four hours out.

Having more eyes on the sky is a good thing,

but we need superior firepower.

Has anybody else offered anything?

We've shared every bit of intel with the scientific community

and the military of all nations.

They're working on their own data analysis.

They'll all help in their own way,

but they're all worried they might be next,

so they don't want to draw attention to themselves,

and I can't say that I blame them.

CERN is working out another plan.

When Dr. Morrow returns, have him integrate himself

with all of these scientific agencies.

This is no longer just an American problem.

Yes, sir.

Make sure he gets access to that video he's been asking about.

If he's on to something, we're going to need it pronto.

Assembling it now.

Let's have that video sent up to the SATCOM room,

have copies sent over to JPL, NASA, and Space Lab,

and any other armchair space nerd that Morrow trusts.

Absolutely, sir.

Let's go, people. We're not living in a vacuum.

Let's get some eyeballs on this.

Where's Captain Jaffe now?

He should be landing in McGuire by now.

All right, Doc.

Coming up on the base.

Thank God.

We're setting down.

I am never, ever getting back on one of those things ever again.

Truth is, I've done much worse,

so you need to walk it off, Doc.

We've got way bigger problems to deal with.

You're right, Captain. I'm... I'm sorry.

Look at you. Starting to rub off on you.

Make a soldier out of you yet.

I got to check in. Let's go.

Captain, I know we lost a lot of people.

I know we're missing something.

I'm missing something.

Hey, do not go down that path, Doc.

NASA and CERN haven't figured out a way

to stop that damn thing.

Do not do that to yourself.

You know what I keep going back to?

I keep thinking about that incident at the power plant.

I mean, you saw it, right? It stopped for a reason.

Yeah.

Just, I just need to figure out why.

Okay.

What do you need?

I need to look at all the available data.

Wait, do we have access to that footage here?

Yeah, I can get it.

Okay.

I also need to talk to Dr. Devlin at NASA.

Okay, there's a phone in the office. Come on.

There you go.

I'll be back.

Devlin here.

Dr. Devlin, it's Dr. Morrow.

Has your agency detected any other spheres in orbit?

No.

Well, anyone else?

ESA? Ruscosmos?

No, no one's reported anything.

Would you be able to backtrack

and give an estimate on its point of origin?

Already on it.

We detected a faint radiation trail

that we've been backtracking.

Well, where's it leading back to?

Deep space.

Jeff, your, um...

Your fast radio burst theory.

Your Rubicon signal.

We said it was a random burst of noise.

You said it was an attempt at first contact.

Okay, it doesn't...

We have concluded the source of the radiation trail

and the FRB have the same point of origin.

Oh.

Hang on, Jeff, we may have something for you.

No.

No? No, what?

Dr. Morrow, your FRB was a warning.

We found even more spheres.

And they're in our solar system close to Jupiter.

Dr. Morrow we may have...

a doomsday situation on our hands.

Ten spheres situated around Jupiter.

Are you kidding me?

NASA tracked the origin of the first sphere.

It's the same exact location of Dr. Morrow's fast radio burst.

The Rubicon signal.

That he said was extraterrestrial communication.

The origin point led us to these.

Ten more spheres.

Ready to attack at a moment's notice.

Jesus, we're struggling with one.

Sir, we need to alert our allies.

I'm very sorry, sir, but there's more.

What am I looking at here?

In addition to the ten spheres,

Dr. Morrow and Dr. Devlin believe that it's actually

a fleet.

Extraterrestrial ships ready to finish the job.

Has this been verified?

It's the same exact location as Dr. Morrow's FRB.

It doesn't make any sense.

Why would ET give us a roadmap to where they're hiding?

Well, we don't think that's what they did.

We think that the last planet that they destroyed

was a warning to us.

A bit of a jump in logic there.

Possibly.

But NASA is retargeting the Hubble and the James Webb,

so we will know soon enough.

This is an extraterrestrial fleet.

It is the most logical conclusion

given the available data, sir.

Now, is this fleet en route?

We don't know, but NASA is checking as we speak.

If they start to advance...

We think that they're going to send the 10 ships

near Jupiter first.

I mean, it could just be more drones.

But I guess we shouldn't rule out

something like a first wave of alien soldiers.

Either way, Mr. President,

it would be prudent to assume that

we are facing an imminent hostile invasion.

Get me Captain Jaffe and Dr. Morrow on the horn.

Come on.

Patch me through to Captain Jaffe.

All right, let's go.

This is Captain Jaffe.

Captain Jaffe, do you have Dr. Morrow there with you?

Yes, sir.

It's the President.

Sir, may I put you on speakerphone?

Please.

Dr. Morrow, are there any further details

you can provide me with regarding this fleet?

You seem to be the only one who had any idea

that there was potentially something out there

three months ago.

I see you talked to Dr. Whitney.

Sir, after studying this sphere,

I am fully convinced that it is a probe.

A probe?

Yeah, it's collecting our data, sir.

Probing our defenses.

I kept asking myself why.

Why is it moving so slowly?

Like it wants us to shoot at it.

Which we have been.

Just like we're supposed to, sir.

Every time we attack it,

it just relays our defenses to its main fleet.

The units we discovered near Jupiter.

That's the real invading force.

And they'll destroy us all.

Whether through unmanned weaponry

or full-on alien soldiers.

We need to be prepared for it all.

What is this based on?

It's empirical, sir.

But Dr. Devlin thinks it's a possibility, too.

But that's it. That's all I got.

Anyone else?

Mr. President, I concur with Dr. Devlin

and Dr. Morrow.

I do, too, sir.

This is a basic military strategy.

It's assembling its forces.

It's sending out its scouts to verify

enemy position and strength.

It's going to soften up its targets

and invade when the resistance has been eliminated.

Where is this sphere now?

It's just outside of Baltimore, sir.

Where it's been systematically targeting

our electrical power substations.

I have family in Baltimore.

All of Baltimore has been evacuated.

Half the Eastern seaboard is without power.

They've obviously been studying us

and our power grid in great detail.

How long before the sphere is in DC?

We've extrapolated this all based on its movement

since its arrival.

How did you figure out the path?

All right.

I believe that it is slow walking to the people's house,

which is the real seat of power in this country,

and is going to be gathering data all along the way.

As you said, Dr. Morrow.

Two hours and seven minutes until it reaches

this exact location, sir.

And then?

That'll be the showdown.

Captain Jaffe, Dr. Morrow.

the CERN plan is a failure.

We need you here in DC to formulate

a new plan of attack if you are willing.

Yes, sir.

Marine 1 is en route to pick you up over and out.

I know. We have to be in DC ASAP.

My house might be in the direct line of the sphere's path.

I've got to get my kids.

You told them to pack up the truck and be ready to go.

I'm sure they can clear the area.

You heard those guys.

Half the Eastern seaboard is without power.

All right. I'll send a detail to secure your kids

on the way to DC.

Captain, I have to get my kids.

No. We need to get to Washington.

I will send soldiers to retrieve your family.

That's not good enough.

Those Army guys are out there doing Army stuff.

I need to guarantee my kids are safe.

Fine. I'll go.

You get into that chopper to Washington right now.

And I'll get your kids, I swear.

Thank you, Captain Jaffe.

It's Sean.

Thank you, Sean.

It's approaching the outskirts of the city, sir.

All of DC has been evacuated.

All non-essential personnel have been moved to a safer location.

Mr. President, we should consider moving

to a secure location as well.

I agree, sir.

Dr. Morrow, Captain Jaffe just checked in.

He's about to pick up your kids.

Thank you, sir. I'm very grateful.

-You're welcome. -Family first.

That's the motto I ran on.

That's why I voted for you, sir.

Dr. Devlin reports that the fleet hasn't moved,

nor have the 10 spheres near Jupiter.

So they're definitely waiting for the sphere

to reach the capital.

Sir, joint special operations

have arranged for experimental railguns

to be deployed within five hours.

Five hours?

They're installed on our destroyers.

That's how long it's going to take to unmount them

and fly them to this location.

How long until the sphere gets here?

An hour and 52 minutes, sir.

Is there any branch of the military

that can deploy something?

No, sir.

Nothing that wouldn't hurt us as much as it hurt them.

You've got to give me something.

Anything. There's got to be something.

You are missing something, General.

Give me 15 minutes, sir.

I believe I may have something.

Leanne, something's coming.

It's the sphere. We've got to go now.

It's not the sphere.

It's Dad!

Adam!

Dad! Dad!

Hang on. Don't get too close.

-We've got to move. -Where's Dad?

He's doing his job. Mine is to keep you safe.

Move. Let's go. Come on. Go!

Let's go, kids. Come on. Move!

Wait. We need to go back.

-We left our stuff. -Strap in and hold on.

Adam, it doesn't matter.

We'll buy new stuff.

Should be a fun ride.

Now remember, up until this point,

the sphere plowed through a dozen buildings

without even blinking.

And then suddenly, it slows down at a power station.

Why?

The electrical discharge from the transformers.

Yes.

Why there?

Because of this.

Now it took me forever to notice this,

but we may have found a potential weakness.

Doc, what are we looking for?

So, frame two.

There's a blur distortion here.

And then frame A, it's gone.

Now it's easy to miss, but the fact is,

the sphere is sharp up until here,

and then it goes soft at this point,

right as it plows through the buildings.

And this means what exactly?

It means it has a force field.

That's the attenuation of light

through an intense magnetic field.

Yes. And that's the critical point.

Not only does it have a force field,

it doesn't have it on all the time.

Why not?

I can answer that.

It's a major power drain.

Precisely.

It's needs something strong enough to shrug off

all the stuff you've been throwing at it.

But that requires massive amounts of energy.

So I've combed through all the available video footage

I could find between every interaction with the sphere.

Watch.

On, off. On, off.

On, off.

Now it's subtle, but it's unmistakably there.

The clear interaction between photons

and an electromagnetic field

strong enough to pull them off course.

But why didn't we see this before?

We were too far away.

Frankly, too busy evading explosions.

Well, we wouldn't have caught it at all

if you and Captain Jaffe

hadn't risked your lives to report the attack.

Footage those news helicopters captured was instrumental.

Sir, I believe we might have a possible turning point.

Explain, you gotta explain that, Doctor.

Sir, every time we attack this thing,

it turns on its force field.

Any time it wants to bulldoze something,

it turns on its force field.

I think that maybe... Maybe...

It's vulnerable when its field is not on.

Well, what about New York when you hit it with a laser pointer?

No, you already had all your assault weapons on the field.

All I did was ring the bell up for round one.

He's right.

That sphere engaged every piece of ordnance we threw at it.

Took out our Blackhawks, our F-35s,

our tanks, our mobile artillery.

And it kept moving inland for more.

Everything that this thing does is either a weapons test

or an assets crippler.

Our power grid infrastructure.

Correct.

All right, so how do we use this knowledge?

Okay, we know the unexpected surge

from the power plant caught it by surprise.

And it stopped short before it could turn

the field back on and protect it.

So it's only active when a threat is perceived?

Otherwise it conserves power.

So we need to isolate it and throw something

it can't see and prepare for?

We might be able to penetrate its defenses.

What can we throw at this that we haven't already?

What about an EMF?

Yes.

Yes, our own electromagnetic field.

I mention that because the White House

has a lot of pulse generators

in its surrounding buildings in case of unknown attacks.

Well, if we could use those, we could possibly set up a trap.

Find an area where we can bombard it with EMF pulses

and hopefully we catch it by surprise.

Weaken its shielding and disrupt it.

How do you get it into the trap?

What's the bait?

That's the easy part, sir.

We know exactly where it's going and how it's getting there.

Speaking of coming and going, where are my kids?

Dr. Whitney, has the captain checked in?

Yes. The captain has brought your kids

to his parents' home in Pennsylvania.

And then they're going to head to Tobyhanna Army Depot.

Thank you.

Okay, commandeer all resources necessary

to implement this plan, Mr. Secretary.

Yes, sir.

What do we do once the sphere has been stunned?

Blow it up.

No, nothing you've hit it with affects it.

We don't know what will work.

We haven't thrown everything at it yet.

Are you suggesting we go nuclear on it?

No, absolutely not.

We need to isolate it and throw everything we got left at it.

Cluster, combustible, chemical, whatever.

How do you isolate a floating ball?

I don't know, Dr. Morrow. Why don't you tell me?

Enough. We need ideas, okay?

In the meantime, let's just work on getting this EMF in place.

The bunkers.

The underground bunkers in the White House.

Are they... Do we have access to those here?

It's not like that, Dr. Morrow.

Okay, but if we can find a place along the sphere's path

that aligns with the underground maze of bunkers,

then we can spring...

I'm not following you, Doctor.

Okay.

Look, I know I'm not from here,

but I know there are bunkers here.

Some place where the senators and the president go to be safe.

Right?

Yes, there is.

Okay, we find a place along the sphere's path,

then we open one up, create a hole,

and then we bombard it with the EMF blast.

It falls into this concrete area,

and then you, General, you just, you go at it.

You just hit it with everything you got, all right?

Full court press, kitchen sink,

whole nine yards, everything,

everything you got, but no nukes.

That's your plan, huh?

Yeah.

All right, let's make this happen.

Really?

Hey, good, bad, it's the only plan

I'm hearing in this room right now.

You're right, Mr. President.

We'll survey the area for the best site right away.

Good. You have only about 80 minutes.

Get the demolition team ready.

About three would do it.

Four to be sure.

Once it's in, we isolate it,

then we throw everything we got at it.

Dr. Morrow?

That simultaneous attack combined

with the EMF bombardment?

Even in its battle mode, we might stand a chance.

But we'll only have seconds,

if that much before it turns back on its defenses.

We should move to the fallout shelter

beneath the Capitol building.

We'll be much safer there.

Agreed.

Let's go, everyone, now.

Good job, Dr. Morrow.

Come on, move it, soldier.

It's right at Lafayette Square, it's the perfect place.

It's so damn close to the White House.

It's in direct path, so we're going to have plenty of room.

All right, look, no one is going to miss

Andrew Jackson's statues, so go ahead, blow that up.

Our EMF generators will be deployed

here, here, here, and here.

Now, the sphere is going to destroy the White House.

We're going to weaken the sphere with the EMF pulse blast

and then blow a crater open,

drop the sphere into the hole, and then what?

A squadron of F-15s from Langley and Seymore Johnson

will target the sphere with side-winder missiles.

But the sphere has been turned to ballistic missiles

back on themselves.

Yes, sir. It's why we're using multiple waves, sir.

The hope is that the sphere will be weakened by the EMF field.

Our fighters will be able to launch their missiles

then retreat to a safe distance.

Attention!

Yes, sir.

As you were.

So four squadrons consisting of five F-15s each

will attack, then circle back for a second pass?

There will be a continuous barrage of bullets and shells,

as well, from our ground forces.

So the combined barrage with the EMF pulse blasts

will weaken it and hopefully burn out the force field?

That's our hope, sir.

Projected casualties, General?

For our ground troops, 80 percent, sir.

Oh, God.

Yes.

This is our last stand, sir.

Every man and woman on that line

understands what will happen here today.

And they all showed up for duty.

Well, let's make sure that this day

is a day we can all be proud of,

no matter the outcome.

Yes, sir.

History will judge.

Now, we ignored the Rubicon's signal when it first appears.

But we will not ignore it now.

Now, where is the sphere and how soon can we be ready to go?

It's in direct route for the capital, sir.

It's one click out.

And it doesn't know that we are here.

I hope not.

Another question I have is, why us?

Well, why D.C.?

Well, why doesn't it attack New York or Los Angeles,

London, Tokyo, Sao Paulo?

Why doesn't it attack the major population centers?

It's testing us.

It knows that if it can take us down in D.C.,

then it can take the whole world down with it.

Doctor, are you not sure about all this?

No, sir. Not entirely.

But there has to be a reason

why they haven't unleashed their full army yet.

Dr. Morrow might be on to something, Mr. President.

They could be trying to eliminate

their biggest threat to assert their dominance.

Sir, the EMFs are in position.

Thank you. It's time.

Here we go.

All teams ready.

Standing by, sir.

The field is yours, General.

Demolition team, confirm target coordinates.

T minus 35 seconds.

-35 seconds. -35 seconds. Copy that.

Sky team, land team on one.

10, 9,

8, 7, 6,

5, 4, 3,

2, 1.

Engage.

Fire in the hole.

It's rippling.

It's analyzing the attack.

Keep it off balance.

Keep hitting it.

Increase the EMF pulses. Just keep it overwhelmed.

Get it in the hole, Morales.

It missed. That means it's working, right?

It missed.

It's in the hole.

Blow that damn thing up!

Captain, status report.

Captain, do you copy?

We lost visuals. There's too much smoke.

Did we get it?

Spotter, target status.

Negative, sir, no visual.

Sanders, updates.

Ordinance confirmed and deployed.

Did we get it?

Can't tell.

Is there a spectral graph? Anything?

It's too much damn smoke.

Screw it. Hit it again.

All units, resume attack. Fire at will.

Blackhawks, EMFs on. Converge on sphere.

All teams, danger close. Exercise extreme caution.

Anything?

Nothing yet, sir.

Com line 32 down. 43 down.

Captain, hello.

113, 264 down.

Captain, status report.

What was that?

Status report, Captain.

Did it work? Does that mean we won?

We don't know.

You saw how it destroyed everything around it.

That was the final death throes of a once formidable enemy.

The brave men and women who sacrificed their lives

to see it finally destroyed will not soon be forgotten.

On this day, that would be written

as a new chapter in American history.

One where Americans showed what they do best.

We do not bow to those who wish to see us destroyed.

You're goddamn right, sir.

Mr. President, our contact in Moscow

says they're getting some odd readings.

-Mr. President. -Yes.

I got a message from the strategic air defense, Norad.

10?

10 spheres just dropped into our atmosphere?

This is far from over. It's just begun.

How did they get here so fast?

Weren't they at Jupiter?

It doesn't matter. They're here already.

That's what that red flash was.

They were summoning backup.

A beacon.

What did we do now? We could barely handle one.

All right, Ashe, you got to get down the horn

and alert all the world leaders that at least the EMF

will potentially stun the sphere.

Yes, sir. I'll have my people call right away.

We have a few more options on the table, sir.

All right, let's explore the least extreme first.

We'll have time for the others later.

Sir, we start lobbing nukes at this thing,

the entire planet will be uninhabitable.

We're not lobbing nukes anywhere, okay?

We're not lobbing nukes.

Relaying our EMF strategy every military force is a good start.

There's not enough EMFs on the planet.

Sir, another sphere is headed this way.

Sir, we should evacuate while there's still time.

No. No, there's no way to run. There's no time.

I wouldn't leave anyway.

But you should all leave now.

Not a chance, sir.

We have a chance to stop it while we're here, sir.

For the sake of the entire planet, I'm...

I'm staying, too.

Okay. What do we do now?

Well, about six years ago in the previous administration,

we approved an orbital satellite carrying munitions to ISS.

Are you telling me we have a weapons platform in orbit?

That's a violation of every International Space Treaty

and agreement, Ashe.

Understood.

But we had reason to suspect the Russians

were already doing this.

What kind of weapons are we talking about?

Missiles? Nukes? EMFs?

-Lasers. -Not EMFs.

No.

But lasers can be used to generate

electromagnetic radiation within a specific wavelength frequency.

We might get lucky.

Okay. So where are they?

On the International Space Station?

No, sir. We never got that far.

They're circling the Earth, waiting to be docked.

Or launched? We're going to talk about this later, Ashe.

Can you communicate with these satellites?

I need to make a few calls.

I'm going to call my kids.

Moscow, Paris, and London.

They've just reported the sphere's made landfall.

They've initiated combat, sir.

God...

God help us.

There's no tentative probing anymore.

Any engagement is final.

Doctor, what's the ETA in the sphere targeting all DC?

Honestly, any moment.

Unless they're targeting higher population centers

like Los Angeles or New York.

Listen to me. We are Earth's last hope.

We don't get those satellites online,

it is over, people.

Yes, sir. We call it in our last fighters.

We're setting up a perimeter of tanks and mobile utilities.

What about the EMF units?

We're not sure if they'll still be effective.

We have no way to coordinate with the EMFs once they arrive.

Skywatch, to Talon. Over.

Sean?

Get him up on comms.

Skywatch, Talon here. What's your 20?

Ready to land, Talon.

I got a job for you, son.

I thought I missed the party.

Looks like I'm right on time.

Sean, it's so good to hear your voice.

My kids?

On the outskirts of Pittsburgh right now.

With my parents.

Probably eating some cookies.

Thank you.

We take care of our own, Doc.

General, how can I be of service?

Stand by, Captain.

Copy that, sir.

We're going to zap it first with the EMFs.

Then all batteries, fire on incoming bogies,

all interceptors, fire on incoming bogies.

Take this out of my sky.

We just knocked it off course, that's all.

It just bought us some time.

Devlin here.

We've initiated contact with the orbital platform

and are attempting to activate the laser targeting systems.

Are we ready?

We believe all satellite targeting systems

have been successfully activated.

What do you mean, believe?

They've never been tested, sir.

Some diagnostics did not respond fully.

How many?

All of them think they're on.

They just never fully passed a weapons check.

What does that even mean?

If it fails, we'd be alerting the enemy.

Now, are we a go, sir?

The timing on this is very critical.

Every affected country has to know exactly

when to blast the sphere and we will zap them then.

Are these satellites in the correct orbital positions

to target the spheres?

The satellites are in a geostationary orbit

and their weapons are aimed at the same capital cities

that the spheres chose to target.

We've given every military commander

all the info we've learned.

I hope it's sufficient.

Sir, the sphere is active.

We're not ready yet.

We need to fire the lasers now, sir.

No, you can't defeat the spheres with normal weapons.

We need those lasers. We need the EMFs.

Have you alerted all the leaders?

Russian and Italy are the last ones.

Wait. I've got Italy's coordinates.

Still waiting on Russia.

Sir!

Sir, the sphere is three minutes away and closing fast.

Hold.

Give me the President of Russia on the phone.

Give me Captain Jaffe on the line.

-Line four. -Captain Jaffe.

What do you need, Doc?

Do you still have those portable EMFs from your last skirmish?

We have three Blackhawks in the vicinity with the EMFs.

Great. Use them to stall the sphere.

We just need a little more time.

You hear that, Captain?

Loud and clear.

You stall them, but you do not engage.

Copy that.

Man, this thing just won't give up.

EMFs are engaged.

Is it slowing down?

Target locked.

Missile away.

-Contact. -Result?

Shaken, but not stirred.

The sphere is still headed in this direction.

How many more missiles do you got?

One more.

I'm going to close for this one.

Sean, remember, no less than 200 feet.

No can do, Doc.

I'm taking this one right into its heart.

Take care of your family, Doc.

Got some great kids there.

Charge and ready to deploy, sir.

Missile locked.

Fire the jam laser.

Missile away.

-Fire! -Fire!

Attack it with everything we've got left!

Fire!

It's getting closer.

Oh, this will work. It has to.

I hope you're right, doctor.

This whole place is coming down.

Out, out, everyone out.

Get the president out of here, now.

Everyone, let's go!

Everybody out, let's go!

Move, move, move!

Let's go. Let's go, now.

Doctor, now, let's go!

Hey, I think we found someone!

Over here, hurry!

I can't believe you two got here so fast.

We were right by an air base, Dad.

It was easy to hitch a ride.

Especially since everyone wanted to make sure

we got here before you woke up.

It was all over the news.

There were aliens inside the ship.

Wait, those weren't drones?

No, at least the ones near Jupiter weren't.

But the news said that it was likely

the first wave of alien soldiers.

But the ships have all been destroyed,

and everything inside of them.

The president said you did that? You blew them all up?

No, we did that. Our team.

Well, you guys kicked ass.

What about Captain Jaffe?

He, uh...

He kicked the most ass out of any of us.

This way, sir. He's just through these curtains.

I'll tell you about it later.

Hello, uh, president and, uh, doctor.

Are we supposed to salute?

Is everyone...

Everyone made it out of the bunker.

Everything is fine, son.

We wanted to show you this.

What's this?

That is your Rubicon signal. You were right all along.

You were also right it didn't matter that

there were aliens inside.

But as soon as they realized that we could break their toys,

they left the playground and went straight home.

Let's go.

I'm just sorry it took me

so long to figure out how to beat them, sir.

But you did it.

And I want you on my staff, Dr. Morrow.

Well, that's...

it's very flattering, sir, but, um...

I actually wanted to stay out of politics.

Well, maybe part-time consultant.

You think about it. The country needs you.

Okay. Thank you, sir.

I'll... I'll think about it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Sean! -Captain Jaffe?

You're alive?

Yeah.

You're kidding me, right?

POTUS, president of the United States,

offers you a full-time position and you'll think about it?

What's there to think about?

Well, I didn't say no, sir. I...

It's a big decision.

Come on, man.

So, you must be the young man who first spotted the UAP.

On behalf of a grateful country, I want to thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President.

You know, I could do a lot more if I had a job at NASA.

Sir.

Well, the word intern comes to mind.

Paid, of course.

What about you, young lady?

Oh, um, I've had enough space drama

to last me a lifetime, so...

I understand.

Um, however, Earth and environmental studies...

Oh, my area of interest.

I am in need of an assistant.

Oh, a job offer?

Mm-hmm.

Then I accept.

Well, looks like we're going to be in D.C. for a while.

Yes, we are.