Berlin

Berlin functions as a vital T-Mat reception center in Earth's instant-transport grid, hit by a pod explosion that spews lethal smoke-like particles. Technicians die from instant oxygen starvation as the toxin foams and drifts through the hub. Eldred flags it alongside London, Ottawa, Oslo, and Hamburg in a pattern of cold-climate strikes, screens in Earth Control lighting up with death reports and sabotage alerts. Operators track the fallout, tension mounting as the attack cripples global logistics.