***Not possible to answer these questions at this time. However, it does seem as if…***

  The comm stream stopped in mid-sentence. Winger shook his head, tried cycling the coupler channel from his wristpad and was about to go to emergency comm when there was a great flash of light in the sky. Wincing, covering his face, Winger involuntarily ducked and let his hypersuit helmet darken to shield his eyes.

  “What the—“ He tried looking up but the sky was filled with a painfully bright, diffuse light that flooded everything around, washed out all detail. It was like being inside of a light bulb.