The Flight of Aires: Avenging Angel

by AirPen

The Flock has been taken and Aires is hungry for revenge. But more than one threat has returned and is set to annihilate all life everywhere as an old enemy returns. The clock is ticking until mutation... or By Half. Part two of The Flight of Aires.

2. Interlude: Diagnostics

Interlude One
Diagnostics

/ run program By Half MkII

….Simulation? Y/N?....

/Y

….Processing data on current megaton yield, weather patterns, population density and geographics. Please wait....

….Simulation Complete....Display? Y/N?

/Y

….Results of simulation: By Half MkII.....

Number of warheads in current possession.....240,000 or more---Insufficient data

Average Payload............................................10 Megatons

Target Perimeter.............................................Prioritize with the greatest population density then moving to the least populated. Remaining warheads will detonate in the atmosphere to spread fallout and other poisonous payload

Total Targets..................................................111,243

Expected death rate of initial blast...................2.21 Billion

Expected death rate of nuclear after effects......5.43 Billion

Total Death Rate............................................99.991% of human population
94.21% of animal population

Estimated time until Earth re-inhabitable
(Biological life)...............................................In excess of six million years---Insufficient data

Estimated time until Earth re-inhabitable
(Robotics)......................................................124 years 9 months

Status of link to United States Missile
control...........................................................Stable and Undetected

Status of link to Russian Missile
control...........................................................Stable and Undetected

Status of link to Independent nations
with nuclear capability...................................Stable and Undetected

Status of link to NATO Missile
control...........................................................23% capability, full capability 6 days 9 hours 6 minutes

….Save Data? Y/N?....

/Y

….Initiate SCRAM Sequence? Y/N?....

/N

/Set timer to launch SCRAM in 6 days 9 hours 6 minutes. Begin countdown

….Timer Initiated....

/Terminate session and save all data on redundant drive 01. Power Down.

….Session Terminated....

....Time Elapsed 0.12 Seconds....

....Time to launch: 6 Days 9 Hours 6 Minutes....

Hmm, I'll leave that one to stew for a while shall I? Righto, its going to be a while before my next post but I hope by then to have the next three chapters set up and ready to roll by the 18/01/09, in the mean time some more reviews would be helpful. Thanks for reading so far.