Unexplained technological/operational alarm: a Space Command radar contact/unknown object (Bob Engler) vs. White House protocol and institutional skepticism (Samuel as gatekeeper) — procedural alarm vs de‑escalation.
Unexplained technological/operational alarm: a Space Command radar contact/unknown object (Bob Engler) vs. White House protocol and institutional skepticism (Samuel as gatekeeper) — procedural alarm vs de‑escalation.
Events in This Arc
A nervous Space Command officer, Bob Engler, awkwardly pitches unexplained radar contacts to Sam in a compact, tonal exchange that undercuts panic with banter. Bob delivers a specific, alarming sighting …
A nervous Space Command officer, Bob Engler, delivers an unsettling, specific report of an unidentified object moving across the Pacific. Sam responds with procedural deflection—insisting on chain-of-command and the political …