The reason for Vanessa's urgent orders was that the fleet surrounding the meteor in Sydney's bay was being destroyed. Ship after ship mysteriously exploded without any warning. Helicopters came along and dropped bombs into the ocean. Suddenly they were all destroyed too. Tanks and rocket launcher along the coast began firing into the water. Soon they were also destroyed by the mysterious force.
"What is going on out there?" Vanessa wondered.
"Chief, considering this unexpected attack it may be wise to evacuate this base," one of the generals suggested.
"You may be right. Everyone, to the secondary command plane," Vanessa said. "Tell everyone in this base not needed on the command plane to get as far away from here as quickly as possible, and evacuate the city."

The citizens of Sydney were already evacuating themselves when the sirens came on. Now the buildings around the city were inexplicably collapsing and melting. The city was in total confusion as the destruction expanded the unexpectedly stopped. The people continued running away as the destroyed area around the bay entered a state of calm.