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If you're lucky there's a reverse protection diode that's blown which probably also took out a fuse. But understanding the symptoms better, such as what jkeaton requested, will help to hopefully get you pointed in the correct direction.
So the entire dash was black and the car was 'dead'....after reading on another thread I jumped again (with the CORRECT terminal placement!) and it sprung back to life. From what I ascertained the truck had a "brown out" in order to protect itself. So thankfully it appears no harm no foul!