Pericles One Confirmation Code (launch authorization token)

A terse alphanumeric authorization token — a short string of characters typically spoken aloud or flashed briefly on a secure terminal. It has no lasting physical form in the Situation Room, arriving instead as a clipped, official utterance or display relayed by military staff. The code reads cold and functional; officers nod, communications staff acknowledge receipt, and the President's expression tightens as the token crystallizes the decision into executable orders.

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Purpose

To function as the operational authorization token that validates and triggers execution of the Pericles One military strike.

Significance

The code converts anguished deliberation into irrevocable action, acting as the narrative instrument of commitment and consequence. It marks the administration's moral and strategic turning point by turning presidential assent into a real, consequential military launch.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E3 · A Proportional Response

Reluctant Launch — Pericles One Authorized

The Pericles One confirmation code is referenced as the operational identifier that will formalize the strike; Fitzwallace instructs staff to 'stand by for confirmation code,' making the code the next procedural step that converts the President's verbal go into authenticated orders.

Before: Not yet issued—awaiting final operational processes after the President's authorization.

After: Pending — staff are standing by to receive and transmit it as the operation moves toward execution.

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