Rebel Trap: Science Fiction

The rebels were coming, the war was not won. They'd lied--why had they lied to them? They'd said the rebels were defeated, soundly, and that was why the brigade was withdrawing. It had been on all the newsfeeds, local and system-wide. But here came the rebels, and not some raggle-taggle survivors, but a full wave of what looked like most of their strength. He swore and slammed the emergency evacuation button. The alarm went out, the people went to their lifepods or into the deep reclamation shelters, fat lot of good it would do them with the rebels and their tin-can openers there to pry them out. And then he saw another bank of lights switch to red on his board, the instant he'd hit the evac order. The power plant faults. They couldn't all go at once--


Inspiration: "Rebel Waltz" - The Clash
Story Potential: Medium
Notes: Oooh, a baited trap, how evil!