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Silent Heavens Author _space_bottom vfill by Garst R. Reese Right Address _bottom
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Garst R.
Reese
284 Sydney Street
Charlottetown, PE
CANADA C1A 1H2
(902) 566-3565
reese@isn.net
WGA/c
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RURAL NEW ZEALAND ROADSIDE DURING METEOR STORM - NIGHT Narrative
Earth is colliding with the first meteor storm of the space age. The sky is filled with meteor trails. As credits role we here (0.S.) OOH's AHH's, the occaisional _inset Quotes eld inset
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY - DAY Narrative
War-room like setting. Gathering of Generals, scientists and politicos. Big wall computer display showing satellite orbits. Speaker
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_inset LatexCommand GENERAL BULLMOOSE
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How many we gonna loose?
Can anybody here make a wild guess?
Speaker
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Pick a number between none and all. Speaker
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Fuck you smartass. I don't need your humor, I need information. I got men depending on those goddamned satellites. And you better believe that Saddam knows that. He knows that's the only reason our tanks were able to sneek around his defenses. They go, he comes, we die. Speaker
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My apologies general. It was not my intention to make light of your situation. My own frustrations pale in the light of your responsibilites. The estimates I have received all fall into the category of wild guesses. I'll do my best to tell you what we know we can expect. Speaker
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From the look on your face, I can tell you are not going to be bearer of good news. Don't worry, we no longer shoot bearers of bad news. Go ahead. Speaker
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Even if the satellites are not hit directly, the atomospheric ionization is likely to disrupt communications for several hours, and possibly several days. During that period we will not know how many survived. _end