Destruction of London

The Destruction of London took place during the Arrival in 1859.

Prelude
During the 1859 Solar Storm, a fleet of alien vessels was passing by the planet. All the ships were disabled and crashed in various regions around Earth.

Destruction
During the Arrival, a warship known as the Avitus suffered extensive damage to their drive core as a result of the solar storm.

The captain of the Ulixes soon ordered the drive core to be ejected in order to save his ship, not knowing her was above the island of Great Britain at the time. The drive core soon landed and exploded in the city of London. The explosion not only destroyed the city, it also killed Queen Victoria and most of the members of Parliament as well as contaminated most of southern England with radiation.

Aftermath
The destruction of London effectively sent the British Empire into total chaos. In the months that followed, both Ireland and Scotland declared home rule and seceded from the United Kingdom.