In a moment, the United States Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chinese Head of Government, and the President of the French Senate rose far above their station.
In a second, billions of dollars of investment vaporized.
In a breath, the President of the United States of America, Vice President of the United States of America, the President of the People's Republic of China, the President of France, and 5 astronauts died.
In an hour, the last of the debris fell to earth.
In a day the launch site was determined to be an international crime scene by Interpol.
In two days, so was every lab involved in the design and construction of the rocket.
In 5 days the last of the staff involved in the design and construction of the rocket were arrested for suspicion in the assassination of multiple world leaders.
In 7 days all of the new national leaders, borne out of tragedy, were blaming each other for the explosion.
In 10 days Interpol began an investigation into the explosion.
In 2 weeks previously uninvolved nations were taking sides and altering trade patterns.
In 20 days Interpol began to investigate digital records.
In a month the United States of America declared war on China.
In 33 days France declared war on the United States of America and China.
In 2 months alliances were made.
In 65 days the first shot rang out.
In 1 year 40,000 people had died.
In 1 and a half years 4/5 of the people originally accused by Interpol had been declared innocent.
In 2 years the decision was made to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile from the United States towards CFB Suffield in Alberta.
In 2 years the missiles were detected by Britain and were countered, launching missiles at Washington, DC.
In 2 years 173 warheads were being sent to 10 different countries, almost simultaneously.
In 2 years Interpol determined the disaster a consequence of a localized difference in atmospheric pressure.
In 2 years and 1 day the war was over.
In 5 years the abandoned International Space Station fell through a nuclear winter onto Earth, delivering home the corpses of a forgotten crew.
