Everyone:
All is quiet for about an hour and a half. The onboard computer beeps, displaying a wall of nothing on the radar...the Brownout is less than a mile ahead.
Then, without any warning, it's as if day has come. Lights from behind flare up and a loudspeaker anounces:
"Unidentified vehicle, you are in direct violation of Emergency Defense Act One-Three-Three-Nine-Seven. Immediately stop and exit the vehicle with your hands in the air. If you do not comply in 10 seconds, we will be forced to fire."
The lights behind you resolve into the headlights of three vehicles, and the searchlights from two blackhawk helicopters.