5. The Decision

October 2024 to June 2025. Iranian missiles strike Tel Aviv, triggering eight months of impossible calculations by three world leaders. Prime Minister Weiss authorizes military planning while President Mitchell pursues diplomacy. Both discover that Iran is using negotiations to buy time for nuclear completion.

As the window for preventing nuclear war closes, Marcus coordinates final preparations knowing the operation will consume everyone who makes it possible. Dr. Tehrani provides final targeting intelligence. Colonel Karimi transmits his last message. The infiltration network prepares to be destroyed by its own success.Sometimes preventing catastrophe requires becoming people who no longer deserve to live in the world they saved. The decision to save the world has been made.

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