"What happened? I blinked, and the screen went black?"
"I saw a blinding flash of Lightning, then the screen filled with static and went black. Did Thor's Lightning hit Satellite? That's impossible. Our Satellite is in space, thousands of kilometers above where they're fighting. How could it be hit from that far away, with the atmosphere in between?"
"Nothing's impossible. Don't forget, they're gods. You can't judge gods by ordinary rules. Last time, a projection of a god from the East could have crushed Blue Star just by closing its hand. And God himself made our universe collapse without breaking a sweat. A Satellite getting caught in the aftermath of a battle between gods is nothing. Besides, the Great Serpent's Tsunami and Thor's lightning both covered the entire Pacific Ocean. Given the range of their attacks, I wouldn't be surprised if the shockwaves destroyed a Satellite."
"And people online were pushing conspiracy theories that the gods were fake, that our government had created some kind of illusion. If we could pull off something like this, why would we bother with economic dominance? We'd have conquered the world already."
In America's White House, a group of theologians, experts, and professors discussed the black screen. Ever since gods had appeared in the Living World, they had become regular visitors. No one knew when a god might appear, and summoning the theologians afterward would be too late. A video link, meanwhile, risked leaking information.
"Mr. President, sorry for the trouble, but please order a nearby Satellite moved over there."
Someone made the request, and it quickly gained support.
Judging by the battle, no one knew how long a Satellite sent over there would last before some stray blast turned it into space debris. With Blue Star's current technology, retrieving and repairing a Satellite