VAFB/SCM TO SACHQ/SJL
FULL TEAMS OF COMM SPECIALISTS CHECKING FOR PAST THREE HRS. NO INTERFERENCE. THEY ARE JUST NOT ANSWERING. LAST MESSAGE WAS CALL FOR MEDIVAC. CLAIMED INFECTION SPREADING THROUGH ALPHA. POS- SIBLE COMM CENTER PERSONNEL INFECTED AND UN- ABLE TO PERFORM DUTIES?
SACHQ/SJL TO VAFB/SCM
UNLIKELY TO CAUSE BLACKOUT AT BETA AND GAMMA.
WILL QUERY TOPSIDE. STAND BY FOR POSSIBLE RED
ALERT.
VAFB/SCM TO SACHQ/SJL
WHAT ABOUT MEDIVAC MISSION? IT HAS ALREADY
LIFTED FOR ALPHA.
SACHQ/SJL TO VAFB/SCM
CONTINUE MEDIVAC MISSION. IS COMM LINK WITH THEM
OK?
VAFB/SCM TO SACHQ/SJL
READ THEM LOUD AND CLEAR. WILL CONTINUE MISSION
AND STAND BY FOR RED ALERT.
SACHQ/SJL TO AFHQ/SJL, ADC/SCM COMMUNICATIONS WITH ORBITAL STATIONS ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA CUT OFF. HAVE INITIATED STANDBY FOR RED ALERT. AWAIT FURTHER ORDERS.
JSC/SJL TO ALL COMMANDS
RED ALERT. REPEAT, RED ALERT. ARM ALL MISSILES PREPARATORY TO STRIKE ORDER. FULL SECURITY ALL BASES AND SUBMARINES. ALL LEAVES CANCELED. THIS
IS NOT A DRILL. REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ACTIVATE SUBROUTINE 98-00622.
QUERY. QUERY. QUERY. NETWORK REQUIRES AUTHORI- ZATION FOR ACTIVATION OF SUBROUTINE 98-00622.
AUTHORIZATION SUBCODE JCS/AAA 11813175441514.
AUTHORIZATION SUBCODE ACCEPTED. SUBROUTINE 98-00622 ACTIVATED.
ACK. SUBROUTINE 98-00622 BEGINS:
CHIEF OF STAFF TO ALL BASE AND FBMS COMMANDERS:
MEN, WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF THE NATION'S SUPREME TEST. THE WORLD DEPENDS ON US TO FACE DOWN THE AGGRESSORS WHO THREATEN CIVILIZATION. I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU WILL DO HIS DUTY, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS WILL BE PROUD OF YOUR HEROISM AND DEDICATION. GOOD LUCK. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
