The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Nuclear Detonation

Nuclear Weapons.

One of the most powerful weapon humanity has ever made. These weapons possessed the power to destroy entire cities and wipe out millions in a blink of an eye. Let's not forget about the nuclear fallout from these events. Nuclear weapons have been humanity's one of its most deadly and most inefficient weapon.

Any nation with a nuclear arsenal would know of the concept of MAD. Mutually Assured Destruction. If a state were to launch a nuclear strike against another state, another state with a nuclear arsenal may retaliate and thus, mutual destruction on both sides.

Nuclear war was too stupid for humans to do. Now Artemis was planning on launching a nuclear missile directly at a storm.

The storm that had been brewing over the north of the peninsula has come closer. This time, it threatens the main hub itself.

Artemis and Caitlyn were both inside the bridge. The bridge was at the very top of the machine base tower. It was where both of them stayed when they had nothing to address outside.

"To think you'd ask me about work as soon as you see me after a long time hurts my feelings you know?" Caitlyn teased as she was swiping through a monitor.

"I do not care about your feelings," Artemis replied.

"..." Caitlyn pouted in silence.

"So, what's the status of the storm so far?" Artemis asked. He was sitting on a chair facing the glass walls. He stared blankly into the distance as always.

"All readings are the same," Caitlyn replied.

"How?" Artemis asked.

"The storm is magnetic in nature and indeed maintains its size and power not through natural means or causes but by use of a lot of magical energy," Caitlyn explained.

"Where is it now?" Artemis again asked.

"Current ground tracking shows that the eye of the storm is a good 400 kilometers away but with its speed, the ground instruments project it to arrive in 5 days time. Yes, it is fast," Caitlyn confirmed.

"Not only is it fast, but it also threatens the base itself, what is the status of the drones tasked in monitoring it? have they made any significant breakthrough? what is the aftermath?" Artemis turned his chair around and looked at the direction of Caitlyn, specifically at the monitor she was using.

"There has so far been nothing to report except for the fact that the landscape through which the storm has gone over has so far sustained minimal damage," Caitlyn looked back at Artemis.

"Minimal?" Artemis raised his left eyebrow. He was visibly confused.

"Yes, as you can see through this photograph that was taken not long after the eye made landfall a few days ago, the coast is relatively clear with not trees uprooted," Caitlyn lifted the monitor and showed it to Artemis. The monitor was displaying a photograph of the scene, trees were fine, the beach was also fine. There wasn't really that much damage for an area that was just hit by an abnormally strong storm.

"It's strange, with winds as fast as the instruments measure, those trees should have been flattened. There should be tons of debris from a massive storm surge alone, wasn't there a storm surge?" Artemis was confused further. This raised more questions than answers.