"You are a cyber terrorist."
Julian Vance leveled the accusation into the primary broadcast camera. He sat behind a curved glass desk in a pristine London news studio.
Hundreds of millions of viewers tuned in to the live global telecast. The world halted to watch the cultural execution.
Ryan Parker appeared on the massive digital monitor beside the studio desk. He sat in his Los Angeles penthouse. The bright morning sun illuminated his bespoke midnight blue suit.
He did not look like a fugitive facing international indictments. He possessed the freezing stillness of an apex predator.
"You hijacked international airspace," Julian declared to the global audience. "You seized control of dormant aerospace telemetry. You weaponized military security hardware to deafen innocent corporate gu
