UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story)

UNIT’s Position on the Skaniska Incident
Main character(s):	Martin Berry, M Osborne
Main setting:	England, January 2005
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC
Writer:	BBC webteam
Release details
Genre:	Science fiction
Release date:	18 April 2005
Website:	U.N.I.T.
Format:	Online short story
U.N.I.T. website fiction
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UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident, prefixed as PRESS STATEMENT: UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident on the story's page, was the third short story exclusively published on the U.N.I.T. website on 18 April 2005 by the BBC webteam. UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident was the second release in the UNIT Press Briefings series of in-universe press briefings.

Plot

In an embargoed press briefing until 31 January 2005, filed by Corp M Osborne, it is sadly reported that thirteen soldiers of a fifty-strong team have died during operational manoeuvres in the Russian Steppes. Their respective families are to be informed before the release of their names, and Captain Martin Berry is quoted, expressing his sadness over their loss while protecting the local population.

Characters

• Captain Martin Berry
• Corp M Osborne

Worldbuilding

• The team was sent in to examine extreme chemical pollution, wearing standard DL/3 class X-hazard chemical survival suits over the course of five days.

Notes

• to be added

Continuity

• Other details of the Skaniska Incident are given in PROSE: UNIT News.

External links

• UNIT’s Position on the Skaniska Incident at unit.org.uk via the Wayback Machine