A command, like an invisible lightning bolt, silently rolled over the entire satellite network.
At first, no one took the minor error that suddenly appeared seriously.
In that instant, the attitude adjustment thrusters of nearly every satellite were activated. Although this minor bug was rare, it had happened in the past.
Away from the center of gravity, the thrusters with huge rotational torque caused the spacecraft to spin chaotically.
The condition of the small satellites was not discovered immediately. Only the larger orbital units—including the space-based weapon launchers and orbiting space stations—were detected by maintenance personnel right away.
Internal Martial Artists immediately linked directly to the control system, while engineers directly accessed their extravehicular prosthetic bodies, rushing towards the malfunctioning subsystems.
