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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6017375" data-attributes="member: 32740">Seems clear that the blackout was something like a global EMP, but what I gathered even from the promotional stuff is it's something different since the USB widget seems to have the ability to restore power, supply power, whatever.  It's some other science-fantasy-ish effect that was perpetrated and the magic dingus maguffin can fix it or at least get around it.As far as the pilot being "meh" that is not at all surprising to me.  The pilot is almost always a write-off on something like this because you have to set up the "game world", introduce a LOT of characters, have them all meet in a bar...OMG, they did EXACTLY that, didn't they...Look at Star Trek: TNG for an example.  People forget that it wasn't until the 3rd Season that it really got rolling.  Once it did I think most would agree that it was quite well done stuff, but a lot of the early episodes were quite... weak, thin, not compelling.  YMMV, but I say give it at least a FEW episodes to see where it goes.</blockquote>