The accident on the Apollo 21
Lab Station couldn't be contained. Rescue missions
sent to the station disaster hurriedly collected
the lab's most recent studies of the sun's relations
to a quantum vacuum. Unexpectedly the teams
broke all protocol and transmitted this data
openly and unencrypted. The data was a garbled
mess of obscure information and bizarrely outdated
language. What could be gleaned from it though
were very clear specifications for angles and
spectral configurations for viewing specific
parts of the sun. Attempts of following these
directions using remote viewing from earth through
space telescopes ruined the orbital equipment.
All other manned orbital stations that attempted
it immediately cut off their contact with the
earth.
After a prolonged silence the
medley of military presences in orbit unleashed
themselves unilaterally unto the earth. Orbital
kinetic bombardment weapons carved strange symbols
across the earth's surface. The attacks on heavily
populated areas however were primarily carried
out by manned reentry drop-frames: armed suits
intended for quick reaction force insertion.
Millions of these orbital drop frames blazed
through the atmosphere, unfurling into their
squat insectoid shapes upon landing. The were
covered in hastily painted glyphs. Downed drop
frames always proved to have dead pilots hanging
limply within.
Their only communications were
being piped back and forth between the millions
of drop frames: an endless loop of a synthesized
voice saying
"Burn a path to earth. Prepare
them for the Sun's arrival."
