Scenario
War of the Worlds
They were already here. They were just waiting.
They did not arrive. They came up. Whatever was buried under the roads has been there longer than the roads, and it activated on a schedule nobody was consulted about. The cars stopped in the same minute across three continents.
What kills you
Being outdoors, visible, and moving.
Rules
- 01Anything with a modern engine is now furniture.
- 02Basements before attics. Always.
- 03Crowds are targets. So are roads.
- 04Travel at the pace of the slowest person you refuse to leave.
The kit
5 itemsAnything with a circuit may be a paperweight. This will not be.
The most quietly devastating single point of failure in any pantry.
You are walking now, and you cannot carry a household on your back.
Navigation that does not depend on a satellite anyone else controls.
Warm when wet, which is the only specification that matters outdoors.
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