Post Impact

During a raucous party at the US embassy in Berlin, Gregor Starndorf learns that his comet Bay-Leder 7 is on a direct path to Earth. He proposes SolStar-2, a satellite microwave weapon, as a radical solution to neutralize the threat. The revelation sets the crisis in motion even before any actions take place.

SolStar-2 fires a microwave beam that splits the colossal comet into two fragments. The operation appears to succeed, but tragedy follows when the smaller fragment crashes down in western Russia. The world braces for the consequences of the failed plan.

News broadcasts relay the immediate fallout from the Berlin event, painting a stark picture of a world changed by the crisis. Governments scramble as leaders assess the damage and the looming winter. The narrative shifts from discovery to survival.

Col. Preston Waters issues an order for Captain Tom Parker to evacuate his family, leaving them behind as Parker watches them depart. The moment haunts Waters, a decision that will weigh on him in the years to come. The incident underscores the personal costs of the crisis.

Three years pass and the world is transformed. Debris in the atmosphere darkens the skies and Europe is trapped in a bitter winter. A mass evacuation to North Africa under the New United Northern States reshapes global power and alters the balance of oil dependence.

A NUNS technician discovers that SolStar-2 remains active and can only be controlled from a command center beneath the Reichstag. Starndorf’s project was originally designed as a power source to reduce oil dependence, but it was hijacked by military interests.

The Distributors’ underground complex shelters hundreds, with a blind doctor maintaining contact with the surface. The doctor is Gregor Starndorf, who explains how he and Klaus Hintze built SolStar-2 and how power-brokers corrupted their work.

Hintze reveals a plan to reactivate SolStar-2 to strike Tangier, the NUNS HQ, as revenge for being left behind. The doctor’s account confirms that the weapon was hijacked for geopolitical leverage and profit.

Sarah Henley shoots Hintze, halting the immediate threat. Waters offers Parker a candid apology for his earlier action, while the mission’s leadership remains unsettled by the shifting loyalties.

An intruder alert pulls Parker away and Sarah kills Waters, instructing Anna to retarget SolStar-2 toward Mecca for a lucrative sponsorship. The crew braces for a new phase of the plan.

Anna shoots Sarah and redirects SolStar-2 toward Europe, triggering her late father’s weather-kickstart plan. The final energy drain sends a sweeping microwave torrent that begins to lift the winter from the continent.

Parker and Anna push onward to find Parker’s family, eventually locating his home and discovering his wife’s frozen body with a final message nearby. The moment seals the personal stakes of their mission.

As the storm clears, the skies reveal a rising sun over Germany, signaling a fragile thaw and a possible path to recovery. The film closes on the memory of the crisis and the resilience of those who survived.