User blog comment:TheAlphatheOmega/Grath/@comment-12161342-20150130004301/@comment-10700122-20150130005032

The TEO Shard Command loses contact with the forces on the surface, and frantically tries to radio them. No response. Finally, a Cinere lowers itself through the atmosphere, and views a devastating sight. The surface is wiped clean, with only the huge central mineshaft, excavated from orbit with weaponry of unimaginable power, still recognizable. The rest is buried under dust and rock.

{Thank the Makers we didn't put too much infrastructure down there.}

{Yes, but we lost 50% of our tunnelers and a good deal of our combat engineers.}

{No matter. Bring everything unaffected back to orbit. We need to figure out how we can predict thse things.}