It's 2063. Zefram Cochrane has just invented Faster Than Light travel, transforming Earth's society into an interstellar civilization. Humanity is celebrating this groundbreaking technology. The TV broadcasts a live feed from a new spaceship that can reach Mars in just 12 minutes. As Mars appears on the screen, humanity cheers, and the broadcast is shown on screens worldwide, including Times Square. Thousands of onlookers burst into cheers.

Simultaneously, crowds in Red Square, Moscow, and Tian'anmen Square, China, cheer and watch fireworks light up the sky.

But nobody is prepared for the horrible fate that awaits humanity the next day...