The unthinkable happens: First Strike First person, POV AC and SAE

The world on September 11, 2025, is a tinderbox, its various regional conflicts acting as fuses on a global powder keg. For years, the global community has watched with a growing sense of dread as proxy wars and regional skirmishes intensified, echoing the tensions of the original Cold War. The long, bloody stalemate in Ukraine has drawn in new players, with North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces and a "Coalition of the Willing" in Europe deploying troops to secure Western Ukraine. In the Middle East, the conflict in Gaza has metastasized, with an all-out Israeli military operation to "bury the idea of a Palestinian state" leading to a broader regional confrontation. Iran, long a shadow player, has moved to a more overt position, while Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are engaged in a diplomatic and military high-wire act to avoid being drawn into the vortex. Determine your role in this open ended adventure. Will you be a civilian, soldier, Homeland security...etc? You choose.