Inside the S.W.O.R.D. space station in Earth orbit of Universe 19999, Nick Fury froze.
Just moments ago, New York had detected terrifying energy fluctuations—far greater than the energy produced during Thanos's invasion!
An entire army had appeared out of nowhere. Right before their eyes, a starship over five kilometers long had emerged in Earth orbit, followed by military and civilian ships of all sizes, and immediately began clearing out the orbit.
These Engineering Ships could even carry out construction directly in space. In less than an hour, they had completed a space station section several hundred meters long...
Yet according to the Skrulls at the base, this was not a space station section at all. It was likely just a component of some colossal structure...
"Thank goodness... it doesn't look like they've noticed us." Nick Fury muttered as he stood before the observation window.
Who could possibly resist such powerful uninvited guests?
"I need to contact Carol..."
Before he could finish, the observer monitoring the Battleship's movements shouted, "They're turning! I repeat, that starship is turning! It's turning toward us!"
The enormous Battleship slowly rotated—the ship carried an old-style terawatt-class electromagnetic cannon, its barrel stretching twelve hundred meters. With such a thing aimed at them, everyone in S.W.O.R.D. felt a chill race up their spines.
If that thing fired at them... they probably would not even get the chance to become space debris.
Everyone held their breath, hoping the turn had merely been a coincidence. But they quickly abandoned that unrealistic illusion:
The cannon barrel stopped precisely in front of the observation window—they had been locked on.
"...It doesn't seem like they intend to start fighting right away. Drop the cloaking field and open a communications channel." Nick Fury felt like meat on an Anvil, at their mercy.
Just as