Lieutenant Colonel Benton received a call from London, alerting him of the barrage of Soviet missiles flying over the Northern Hemisphere. He rushed to the control room of the base and was horrified by what he saw on the computers, Soviet missiles flying straight for Great Britain and the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
"What are we going to do, Sir," a young officer asked anxiously.
"Lieutenant Colonel," cried another officer, "we received orders to launch a retaliatory strike."
Benton's subordinates were crying out left and right, fearful for the future and anxious over what to do. Benton himself had hoped to avoid these present events. Now what seemed like the end of the world was unfolding in front of him, and he himself had the decision to fire missiles toward Russia, and henceforth many innocent people would die as a result of his orders. But Benton remembered that it was the Russians that fired first, who would be responsible for the death of many of his countrymen. And he had orders from Her Majesty's government that he must follow.
"Fire at will," he said.
John Benton took a sip of water in a futile attempt to calm himself down, and was left afraid and unsure. He was forced to watch the apocalypse. He was forced to witness the deaths of millions, including his family and friends.