I've had a story floating around in my head. It's pretty much the opposite of the Jan Challenge. Here's the opening.
A Death In The Family
The Breen ships decloaked in Earth orbit. Defensive platforms over the Western Hemisphere suffered massive power drains right as the ships appeared. The first salvos were on their way to the surface before Starfleet Command even knew the Breen were there. Emergency shields protected many of the intended targets. Many, but not all. Paris, Moscow, Nairobi and Beijing were spared. Geneva’s system was in an unfortunate maintenance cycle. 300,000 died. Mexico City suffered a near-miss that disturbed the fault line running underneath it. 45,000 died in the resultant quakes before geo-stabilizers could be activated to dissipate the stresses. And in San Francisco a Changeling infiltrator managed to take the security shield completely offline. Half a million perished in the first ten seconds of the attack. It was December 24, 2375. Christmas would not be a merry occasion.
A Death In The Family
The Breen ships decloaked in Earth orbit. Defensive platforms over the Western Hemisphere suffered massive power drains right as the ships appeared. The first salvos were on their way to the surface before Starfleet Command even knew the Breen were there. Emergency shields protected many of the intended targets. Many, but not all. Paris, Moscow, Nairobi and Beijing were spared. Geneva’s system was in an unfortunate maintenance cycle. 300,000 died. Mexico City suffered a near-miss that disturbed the fault line running underneath it. 45,000 died in the resultant quakes before geo-stabilizers could be activated to dissipate the stresses. And in San Francisco a Changeling infiltrator managed to take the security shield completely offline. Half a million perished in the first ten seconds of the attack. It was December 24, 2375. Christmas would not be a merry occasion.
