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The newly inaugurated President of the United States must deal with an approaching alien fleet of spaceships and determine whether to welcome them or destroy them, based on limited information.

The newly inaugurated president, Charles Halsey, is rushed to a secret bunker when authorities realize that an alien object is racing towards Earth. It crashes on the moon but the military soon discovers a fleet of alien vessels heading straight for the planet. Halsey's only advisers are two outgoing members of the previous administration and the Air Force general in charge of Space Command. There is little information to go on and the new president has to decide if the aliens are friends or foes.—garykmcd

A newly appointed President of the United States faces an incoming alien. Still dressed in formal attire, the President and first Lady are whisked away from an inauguration ball and get sequestered in a secure bunker.

Details of the aliens' arrival suggest that they are aggressive. For instance, what's perceived as a missile explodes on the far side of the moon. Then, a laser beam is directed at a communications satellite, eventually disabling it. Military advisers conclude that these were demonstrations of strength. Scientists, on the other hand, feel the explosion was intended to create a quantum singularity--a mini-black hole--to serve as a power source to better facilitate deep-space travel. They would eventually realize that the laser beam contained a video message from the aliens when it was re-transmitted to another satellite at a reduced intensity. The decoded video shows an ominous-looking alien speaking in an unintelligible language.

Faced with a potential showdown with Russia (who have decided that the aliens are hostile), the President struggles as to whether to welcome the visitors or fight them. He transmits a message back warning the aliens to not enter earth's atmosphere and remain in orbit until diplomatic ties have been established. In the meantime, the scientists determine that the aliens live in a liquid environment. When one of the ships breaks formation and plunges into the ocean, the President joins the Russians in launching nuclear weapons, which are promptly knocked out by the aliens. The aliens retaliate by launching missiles directed to the U.S. and Russia.

Seconds before the two countries' annihilation, the scientists realize that the video message was in English after all, but it was distorted by the liquid environment. The message was "Let us be friends", which, ironically, was the President's campaign slogan.