People trying to deliberately keep this below 40k are doing us all a diservice. If you understand who we are fighting, you would understand this was not just military planning that brought this about.
Think about who we are.
Who they are
The game
Worshiping deities
Why is praying significant
What power do we have
Were we being preyed upon
What did we need to awake from
When you understand even a few of the above questions “sci-fi” becomes reality