Ottawa

Controllers in Ottawa's T-Mat reception center process incoming pods until one detonates, spewing lethal smoke-like substance that foams and drifts through the facility. Technicians gasp and collapse from instant oxygen starvation, screens flickering red amid humming booths and stacked capsules. Eldred flags the city in Earth Control as part of Ice Warriors' cold-climate strike pattern—London, Oslo, Hamburg, Berlin similarly hit—exposing global hubs' vulnerability to sabotage. Panic grips the space as toxin lingers, operators' final breaths underscoring invasion's ruthless precision.