Failure to Launch

Berengar stood in the middle of the marshal islands, which had been evacuated of all life except for a small number of German scientists and military personnel. In the middle of the island was a launch platform with an exceptionally large rocket.

As the head of rocket design within the German Space Program, Zara was naturally by her father's side, with a wide smile on her pretty face. Her wedding to Brandt was quickly approaching, and during this time she had made great strides towards creating a proper atomic propulsion rocket. 

Zara was more happy than usual today, as she explained to her father exactly what he was looking at. Something which shocked him, perhaps more so than anything had ever done so in his life. The girl's alluring voice spoke aloud, explaining a brief summary about how this rocket functioned.