6:30 am bayside west nuclear silos

              Control Center

         How are we doing?  Wave 1 almost ready sir! The controller looked at his moniter. Good! said the seargent gruffly. What are the stats? Numbers 1,2, and 3 ready sir. Number 4 80% ready.  Well hurry up, were supposed to launch at 5 min past the half hour. Yes, sir. said the controller.

              6:35 same location

            Ready and on standby came an announncment from the PA system Sargent, said major Macarl over radio order launch teams to pull back into the safe zone. Yes sir. Launch teams pull out! Launch teams pulled out sir. We are beginning launch. 3,2,1, fire!

   Four missles lifted off into the sky leaving behind a cloud of black smoke