alarmed by the threat, the government establishes a special theater command for the southeastern united states with the headquarters in atlanta, georgia. at the command center, all 50 state governors and military officials meet to stop the terror attacks. the fbi takes hunter into custody for vigilantism against the terrorists, and he is taken to the command center, where he goads rostov on national television to come out and kill him. rostov orders all the guerrillas to assault the center in a mass attack, but they find no one inside; hunter's arrest was a trap, and the national guard arrives with tanks and troops, hemming the assailants in. while the battle rages outside, hunter finally comes face-to-face with rostov and kills him with a m72 law. the terror crisis ends when the few remaining guerrillas on the street surrender to the national guard.