Project Rooftop (short story)

Project Rooftop, prefixed as Operations Board: Project Rooftop on the story's page, was the seventh and final short story released on the U.N.I.T. website as part of the Operations Board series of in-universe, narrative chat logs betwen UNIT personnel.

This story tied into the television story The Christmas Invasion, and PROSE: Guinevere One, the previous Operations Board story.

Plot
On a secure operations board on the UNIT website, Sgt Catherine Petts tells everyone everything is back to normal... if they discount the two billion lives in danger, a government in crisis, and the official existence of aliens. She tells the other UNIT officers of reports she's received of the clean up, where the armed forces helped with the mass cleaning of broken glass, however she admits that they overlooked that the lack of windows enabled people to loot shops for last minute Christmas presents, but at least the police who weren't helping people off rooves helped mitigate the damage. She concludes that the snow isn't melting.

Major Jenny Maguire mournfully confirms the death of Major Blake, and Sgt A. Frederick informs them that the press situation is difficult as the only staff on duty is a skeleton crew of office juniors trying to put out the "story of their lives" and their editors calling her in a state of "festive-spirit-fuelled rage". She tells them that Blackberry devices have been temporarily disabled, and that they should only tell them "as much of the truth as they can handle". She tells them that a directive has come from the PM's office, that the spaceship blew up of its own accord. Petts asks what it was, and Frederick responds by saying "nope".

Major Jenny Maguire tells them that Major Blake's family have been contacted, and that a memorial service is being arranged, and that the PM wishes to speak at it.

Characters

 * Sgt Catherine Petts
 * Major Jenny Maguire
 * Sgt A. Frederick

Referenced only

 * Major Richard Blake
 * The PM

Continuity

 * This story is set during TV: The Christmas Invasion, and is following the events of PROSE: Guinevere One.