The commander is pacing the floor of the operations center. Her ops team has been tracking a group of terrorists for several days, but she has just lost the video feed from a small drone inside the building where they were meeting. The last image received was that of two suicide bombers preparing to make their last video. She’s afraid that this will be the last opportunity to carry out a drone strike before the bombers head to their targets. The problem—there’s a young girl just outside of the building who is likely to be killed or injured. The commander calls for her judge advocate general (JAG), who tells her that, based on the likely collateral damage, the strike must be approved by someone higher in the chain of command.
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