Coalition Council HQ, Terra II Coalition Council HQ, Terra IIPresident Takashi Harada was still in the Situation Room waiting with all the others in the Council. Those present were the heads of the CDF, the Chief of Staff and various other advisors. Since the first message had come in, they had been waiting to see what else would happen. Harada knew whoever had the missiles would be calling again soon after what had happened to their secret base. He was crippled with doubt. Had he made the wrong decision when he sanctioned the attack on the base? How many more would die because of his failure? To his right and down the table sat Ibrahim Yusef, Director of the Coalition Intelligence Agency. “Okay Ibrahim, tell me you have something for me, anything,” he said, his eyes boring into the

