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The clansmen are pointing their spotlight at the jeep’s windscreen, effectively blinding Captain Frankland. Valiantly he struggles to control the vehicle, but he is fractionally too slow to avoid the truck completely and it clips the rear wheel arch as it flashes past.
You are shaken and bruised (lose 1 ENDURANCE point) by the collision, and, as you fight to bring the heavy gun to bear on the pick-up, you swing too far and your first burst misses by several yards. With a screech of tyres, the pick-up completes a spectacular 180-degree turn and comes racing back towards the jeep. This time you are ready for them. They are thirty yards away when you draw back the cocking lever and open fire.
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The heavy-calibre rounds riddle the engine and tear the cab to shreds. The truck starts to skid, and then there is a tremendous bang as the fuel tank explodes. As the captain accelerates away onto the freeway you watch in silence as a huge ball of billowing orange flame engulfs the remains of the truck and its passengers.
