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<dd>Philip Baccus</dd>
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+ <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
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<line>Jonathan Blake</line>
<p>Your ability in each of these five individual skills is measured in skill points. You begin with 3 points per skill. Before starting the adventure, you may allocate an additional 4 skill points to your list of five Survival Skills. These 4 extra points can be used to improve one or more of your five skills. During your adventure, all five skills will be severely tested; therefore the higher the individual skill level, the better your chances of survival. You may allocate your 4 additional points entirely how you like.</p>
<p>When you have decided where to allocate your 4 additional skill points, make a note of the totals in the Survival Skills section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>(If this is your first <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> adventure, your total number of skill points should be 19: five skills x 3 points each = 15, plus 4 additional skill points = 19 points.)</p>
- <p>If you complete successfully the mission set in Book 3 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 4. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 3, may then be used in the next <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> adventure, which is called: <bookref series="fw" book="04cc"><cite>California Countdown</cite></bookref>.</p>
+ <p>If you complete successfully the mission set in Book 3 of the <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 4. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 3, may then be used in the next <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> adventure, which is called: <bookref series="fw" book="04cc"><cite>California Countdown</cite></bookref>.</p>
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+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="equipmnt-1-foot" idref="equipmnt-1">
+ <p>If you have already completed any of the the previous <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> adventures, it is unclear whether you may replenish your supplies before starting this adventure or whether you can only carry over the supplies you carried at the end of the previous adventure. It seems reasonable that you would be able to restock your supplies while in El Paso.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
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- <p>Apart from your clothing, a number of useful items form your basic equipment. This comprises a Backpack and a belt on which hang your Ammo Pouch, Medi-kit, Water Canteen, and Hunting Knife. In addition to these items, you possess a <a idref="map">Map of New Mexico/Arizona</a>, which you carry tucked inside your leather jacket.</p>
+ <p>Apart from your clothing, a number of useful items form your basic equipment. This comprises a Backpack and a belt on which hang your Ammo Pouch, Medi-kit, Water Canteen, and Hunting Knife. In addition to these items, you possess a <a idref="map">Map of New Mexico/Arizona</a>, which you carry tucked inside your leather jacket.<footref id="equipmnt-1" idref="equipmnt-1-foot"/></p>
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<li>Shotgun</li>
<li>Rifle</li>
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- <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous
Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous
<cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>In order to be able to use a missile weapon, you must have sufficient ammunition of the correct calibre. The following list shows the calibre of each weapon, the amount that is used every time the weapon is fired, and the number of rounds that you possess at the start of your adventure:</p>
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<p>Collision with the barrier has damaged Mad Dog<ch.apos/>s car: a section of the front fender is buckled against the wheel, slowing it considerably. In your deadly duel, his supercharged car no longer has the advantage of speed. However, even though it is damaged, it still possesses enough power to enable him to catch you.</p>
- <p>In the distance a bridge is fast approaching. It crosses a channelled drainageway, fed by the Pantona Wash. An Amcorp Landcruiser, one of the colony<ch.apos/>s vehicles, has broken down and been abandoned on its approach ramp. The bus blocks two lanes of the freeway, leaving just enough room for one vehicle to pass.</p>
+ <p>In the distance a bridge is fast approaching. It crosses a channelled drainageway, fed by the Pantano Wash. An Amcorp Landcruiser, one of the colony<ch.apos/>s vehicles, has broken down and been abandoned on its approach ramp. The bus blocks two lanes of the freeway, leaving just enough room for one vehicle to pass.</p>
<p>The two of you speed towards this narrow gap, neck and neck, each determined to be the first to get across. Desperate to beat you, Mad Dog brings his speedster dangerously close. You are three seconds away from the gap when he rams your door.</p>
<p>Add your Driving skill total to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect220">If your total score is 21 or less, <link-text>turn to 220</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The west side of the rockfall is far less steep and you have no difficulty descending to the road. Repeatedly you glance over your shoulder as you escape along the broken highway, cursing your pursuer and the lack of cover. You attempt to maintain a fast pace but the heat, the dust, and the fear, which is gnawing at your insides, all conspire to sap your strength. Four hundred yards from the mound, the best you can achieve is a lumbering shuffle.</p>
<p>You are turning to glance over your shoulder once more when a shot rings out and an agonizing pain pierces your left temple. The pain fills your head and courses down your spine, bringing you crashing to the ground. Then it disappears, to be replaced by a numbness that clouds your vision and drains the last of your strength from your unfeeling limbs. An overwhelming desire to sleep assails your senses, and, although you fight to stay awake, it is a fight you have no hope of winning.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>A fraction of a second before you fire your weapon, a spurt of yellow flame leaps from the muzzle of the clan commander<ch.apos/>s rifle. Almost simultaneously a terrific force hits you in the chest and sends you reeling backwards to crash against the cab. You feel no pain, for two of the seven armour-piercing rounds that have passed through your body pierced your heart. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Columbus.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Columbus.</deadend>
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<p>You fight to control the skid, but before you can bring the roadster back onto a straight course, Mad Dog fires another burst, and the heavy-calibre bullets tear into your rear tyres, ripping them to shreds. Your roadster slews across the freeway and smashes into the central crash barrier, transforming it into a blazing fireball. With a scream of triumph, Mad Dog Michigan passes your burning car, happy in the knowledge that at last he has wrought his revenge.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</deadend>
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<p>You make the leap, but your legs are tired and you are too fatigued to reach the opposite ledge. With a numbing crunch, you slam face-first into the wall of the neighbouring building and fall three storeys to your death in the alley below.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here in Lordsburg.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here in Lordsburg.</deadend>
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<p>You spin the steering wheel to the right, hoping to avoid the barrier, which is racing towards you at a terrific speed, but Mad Dog anticipates your move and rams you again, sending you to certain doom. Your car slews off the freeway and smashes into the central crash barrier, transforming it into a blazing fireball. With a scream of triumph, Mad Dog passes your burning car, happy in the knowledge that at last he has wrought his revenge.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</deadend>
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<p>Something hits you at the base of the neck, flinging you to the ground with the sheer force of its impact. A sudden, short-lived pain in your chest and a reddening of your vision is all that you sense of the assassin<ch.apos/>s full metal-jacketed round, which has severed your spinal column and passed clean through your breastbone.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You are within a few feet of firm ground when the bark of the tree you are grasping tears loose in your hands. Desperately you throw out your arms in an attempt to find new purchase, but you are already falling and your flailing hands claw only air.</p>
<p>For a few seconds your senses are scrambled as you somersault backwards through the empty sky. Then you hit an outcrop of rock and instantly all feeling deserts your body, saving you from experiencing the pain of your shattered bones when finally you crash to the valley floor below.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in the Pedregosa Mountains.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in the Pedregosa Mountains.</deadend>
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<p>You sleep deeply but not for very long: the truck comes to a stop barely an hour after you closed your eyes, and you are woken by the sudden lack of movement. <quote>Where are we?</quote> you ask, shielding your bleary eyes from the glare of the early morning sunlight.</p>
<p><quote>Bout a mile from the border,</quote> says the captain, as he pulls open the tailgate latch and lets the heavy section swing down noisily. <quote>There<ch.apos/>s trouble up ahead. You two had better take a look for y<ch.apos/>selves.</quote></p>
<p>You and Sergeant Haskell stretch your aching limbs, and then ease yourselves down from the truck to take a look at your surroundings. You have stopped on a boulder-strewn highway that descends towards a town occupying a narrow mountain pass. North, beyond the sun-bleached buildings, the peaks of the Florida Mountains dominate the skyline. To the west of the town, another highway branches away at a junction that is marked with a battered road sign.</p>
- <choice idref="sect126">If you possess a pair of <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ>, <link-text>turn to 126</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect232">If you do not possess this Backpack Item, <link-text>turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect126">If you possess a pair of <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ> or a <typ class="item">Telescope</typ>, <link-text>turn to 126</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect232">If you possess neither of these Backpack Items, <link-text>turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The muzzle of the gun belches flame, and in the close confines of the corridor the noise of its discharge is deafening. Something stabs you in the chest, and an instant later you are lying on your back, staring at one of the dim electric bulbs in the ceiling. You sense Knott moving past you, but you can no longer hear clearly, or feel anything save the numbness that has engulfed your body.</p>
- <p>Powerless to resist, you slip gently into a sleep from which you will never awaken. Sadly, your life and your mission end here.</p>
+ <deadend>Powerless to resist, you slip gently into a sleep from which you will never awaken. Sadly, your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>Suddenly a terrible pain explodes in the nape of your neck and you are thrown forward by the impact of something heavy hitting you between the shoulders. You crash to the ground face-first but feel very little as the pain quickly gives way to a chilling numbness. You have been hit in the back by the clansman<ch.apos/>s crowbar, which has severed your spinal cord.</p>
- <p>You are helpless, unable to move or defend yourself as the clansman enacts a swift but brutal revenge for the death of his dogs. Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</p>
+ <deadend>You are helpless, unable to move or defend yourself as the clansman enacts a swift but brutal revenge for the death of his dogs. Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</deadend>
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<meta><title>126</title></meta>
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- <p>You retrieve your Backpack from the truck and rummage through the contents for your binoculars. It takes you a few moments to focus your lenses on the sign, but when you do, you see that it says: Mimbres<ch.emdash/>9 Miles.</p>
+ <p>You retrieve your Backpack from the truck and rummage through the contents for your magnifying device. It takes you a few moments to focus on the sign, but when you do, you see that it says: Mimbres<ch.emdash/>9 Miles.</p>
<p>You inform the captain then bring your glasses to bear on the town. At once you see why he has halted the truck.</p>
<choice idref="sect232"><link-text>Turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>An agonizing pain erupts in the middle of your forehead. You have been hit by your enemy<ch.apos/>s bullet and the impact lifts you off your feet and sends you sprawling against the courthouse wall. The pain disappears to be replaced by a numbness that darkens your vision and bleeds the last ounce of strength from your unfeeling limbs. An overwhelming urge to sleep assails your senses, and, although you fight to stay awake, it is a fight you have no hope of winning.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here at Tombstone, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here at Tombstone, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>Your weapon arcs towards the clansman, but your aim is poor and it misses him by an arm<ch.apos/>s length. Alerted by the sound of it hitting the steps, he immediately screams a warning to the guards on the bridge.</p>
<p><quote>What the<ch.ellips/>?</quote> hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face the shouting Mexican. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
<p>The clansmen who are guarding the toll bridge rush to their searchlights and train them on the walkway entrance. Within seconds the whole area is bathed in white light, revealing the team and the bodies of the two dead clan sentries. Swiftly the area is surrounded by the enemy, who open fire mercilessly. Unable to find cover or escape from this deadly ambush, all four of you fall victim to the clansmen<ch.apos/>s guns.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here on the banks of the Rio Grande.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here on the banks of the Rio Grande.</deadend>
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<p>The clan commander<ch.apos/>s bullets hit you in the side, sending you rolling backwards to crash against the cab. You feel no pain, for two of the seven rounds that hit you pierced your heart. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Columbus.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Columbus.</deadend>
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<p>The highway weaves its way towards a high pass, beyond which there is a hairpin bend. Fatigue is making it increasingly difficult for you to concentrate, and you take the sharp bend too fast, causing the jeep<ch.apos/>s left side wheels to skid on the loose shale that borders the road. Desperately you try to control the skid but you run out of road. The last thing you see as the jeep plummets into a canyon is the tops of the stunted pine trees that line the canyon floor, 300 feet below.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>Suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your back, and your vision swims in and out of focus. You have been hit by a pistol bullet, and, although you fight to hang on to life, it is a struggle you cannot win. Gradually, your fingers weaken and you fall three storeys to your death in the alley below.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here in Lordsburg.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here in Lordsburg.</deadend>
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<p>The barrel of Mad Dog<ch.apos/>s machine pistol spits flame and you feel red-hot cores of pain erupt in your shoulder, neck, and head. In an instant your vision is transformed into a kaleidoscope of swirling colours, the most predominant being red.</p>
<p>With breathtaking suddenness your car slews off the freeway and smashes into the central crash barrier, transforming it into a blazing fireball. With a scream of triumph, Mad Dog passes your burning car, ecstatic in the knowledge that at last he has wrought his revenge.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than thirty miles from Tucson.</deadend>
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<p>Your gunfire wounds the clansman but does not prevent him from returning fire, and, as he staggers back, he empties his magazine into your hiding place. The bullets rip through the table and hit your chest and legs. You try to move but cannot. Colours swim before your eyes and the sharp pain that fills your body at first quickly gives way to a numbness that clouds your mind. You try to fight the overwhelming urge to close your eyes, but eventually you drift off into a sleep from which you will never awaken.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</deadend>
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<meta><title>201</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You focus your lenses to see a figure moving among the gnarled grey pine trunks less than thirty yards away. A bearded man in his mid-forties, he is dressed in a plaid shirt and patched blue jeans. He is carrying a clutch of dead rabbits in one hand and a small axe in the other. Quietly you tell Knott exactly what you can see, and he replies: <quote>He doesn<ch.apos/>t sound much like a HAVOC assassin. What d<ch.apos/>you think we should do, Cal?</quote></p>
+ <p>You focus your view to see a figure moving among the gnarled grey pine trunks less than thirty yards away. A bearded man in his mid-forties, he is dressed in a plaid shirt and patched blue jeans. He is carrying a clutch of dead rabbits in one hand and a small axe in the other. Quietly you tell Knott exactly what you can see, and he replies: <quote>He doesn<ch.apos/>t sound much like a HAVOC assassin. What d<ch.apos/>you think we should do, Cal?</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect325">If you wish to call out to the man, <link-text>turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect159">If you decide to stalk him, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>205</title></meta>
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- <p>Blinded by the glare of their spotlight, you struggle to avoid the oncoming truck and swerve sharply to the right. Captain Frankland, who is manning the heavy machine gun, is poised to fire when you make your move. Not only does the sudden change of direction ruin his aim, it hurls him out of the jeep into the path of the pick-up truck. The loss of your commander distracts your attention from the road, and you fail to see the steep ravine that is looming out of the darkness. The last thing you hear, as the jeep plummets sixty feet into an empty reservoir, are the terrified screams of Haskell and Knott.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here.</p>
+ <p>Blinded by the glare of their spotlight, you struggle to avoid the oncoming truck and swerve sharply to the right. Captain Frankland, who is manning the heavy machine gun, is poised to fire when you make your move. Not only does the sudden change of direction ruin his aim, it hurls him out of the jeep into the path of the pick-up truck. The loss of your commander distracts your attention from the road, and you fail to see the steep ravine that is looming out of the darkness. The last thing you hear, as the jeep plummets sixty feet into an empty reservoir, is the terrified screams of Haskell and Knott.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>You aim and fire at the approaching clansman, the rising barrel of your weapon blocking your target for just an instant. As your gun comes down from its recoil you see him staggering on the steps, his eyes bulging and his hands clamped to his chest. Then his legs buckle and he falls from the stairs to land, with a dull, heavy thud, on the dried-up bank of the Rio Grande.</p>
<p><quote>What the<ch.ellips/>?</quote> hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face you. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
<p>Alerted by the sound of your gunfire, the clansmen who are guarding the toll bridge immediately rush to their searchlights and train them on the walkway entrance. Within seconds the whole area is bathed in white light, revealing the team, and the bodies of the two dead clan sentries. Swiftly the area is surrounded by the enemy who open fire mercilessly. Unable to find cover or escape from this deadly ambush, all four of you fall victim to the clansmen<ch.apos/>s guns.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>The unexpected ramming sends you to your doom. Your car veers off to the right and collides with the stationary Landcruiser at over 100 miles an hour, transforming it into a blazing fireball. With a scream of triumph, Mad Dog crosses the bridge, happy in the knowledge that at last he has wrought his revenge.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than twenty miles from Tucson.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here, less than twenty miles from Tucson.</deadend>
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<p>You are within a few feet of the foliage when a shot rings out and an agonizing pain in your left temple brings you crashing to the ground. Swiftly the pain is replaced by a numbness that clouds your vision and drains the strength from your limbs. An overwhelming desire to sleep assails your senses, and, although you fight to stay awake, it is a fight you cannot win.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in the Pedregosa Mountains of Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in the Pedregosa Mountains of Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You are five miles out of Benson when you notice in your driving mirror a cloud of dust rising in the distance. You tell Kate and she turns around to take a look.</p>
<p><quote>Clan scouts, a pack of them,</quote> she reports. <quote>Looks like twenty bikes, but they<ch.apos/>re not on their own. They<ch.apos/>re tailin<ch.apos/> a car. Well, I think it<ch.apos/>s a car<ch.emdash/>it<ch.apos/>s got four wheels.</quote> She continues to stare into the distance for several minutes; then she says: <quote>I don<ch.apos/>t like the look of it, Cal. Let<ch.apos/>s not hang around to say hi to these dudes, OK?</quote></p>
<p>You respond by flooring the gas pedal until the roadster<ch.apos/>s speedometer registers 100 miles an hour. <quote>The pack<ch.apos/>s dropping back,</quote> shouts Kate, her voice barely audible above the noise of the rushing wind. <quote>But that car is gaining on us.</quote></p>
- <p>You are speeding over a girder bridge, across a water-course known locally as the Pantona Wash, when you see the car in your mirror. It is black and bullet-shaped, with an enclosed driver<ch.apos/>s compartment and a roaring lion<ch.apos/>s head emblazoned on the hood. It accelerates to within twenty yards of your trunk, and you catch sight of the driver<ch.apos/>s snarling face. A shiver runs down your spine when you recognize the manic features of Mad Dog Michigan.</p>
+ <p>You are speeding over a girder bridge, across a water-course known locally as the Pantano Wash, when you see the car in your mirror. It is black and bullet-shaped, with an enclosed driver<ch.apos/>s compartment and a roaring lion<ch.apos/>s head emblazoned on the hood. It accelerates to within twenty yards of your trunk, and you catch sight of the driver<ch.apos/>s snarling face. A shiver runs down your spine when you recognize the manic features of Mad Dog Michigan.</p>
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<p>Confident that the clansmen are too shaken to be able to shoot straight, you laugh with disdain at their attempt to hit the truck. Unfortunately, they are armed with high-powered, M-10 assault rifles that are fitted with telescopic sights. Moreover all three men are expert shots.</p>
<p>A withering hail of bullets hits you in a line across your chest and sends you tumbling backwards to crash against the cab. You feel no pain, for two of the rounds have pierced your heart. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here on Highway 9.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here on Highway 9.</deadend>
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<meta><title>263</title></meta>
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- <p>Through your lenses you watch as the black-clad rider casually withdraws a bulky pair of binoculars from a saddlebag, flips back the visor of his full-face crash helmet, and raises them to his eyes. After a few seconds, he kneels behind the motorcycle and rests his elbows on the seat in order to steady his hands as he scans the landscape. You are in no doubt that he is looking for you.</p>
+ <p>Through your magnifying device you watch as the black-clad rider casually withdraws a bulky pair of binoculars from a saddlebag, flips back the visor of his full-face crash helmet, and raises them to his eyes. After a few seconds, he kneels behind the motorcycle and rests his elbows on the seat in order to steady his hands as he scans the landscape. You are in no doubt that he is looking for you.</p>
<choice idref="sect203"><link-text>Turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You freeze for an instant, and then raise your hands above your head slowly in a desperate attempt to save yourself by surrendering to the assassin. Unfortunately, your actions do not impress the cold-hearted murderer.</p>
<p>With horror you see the muzzle of his rifle spit a core of yellow flame, and then an agonizing pain erupts in the middle of your forehead. The impact lifts your feet off the ground, sending you sprawling against the courthouse wall. The pain disappears to be replaced by a numbness that clouds your vision and drains the last of your strength from your unfeeling limbs. An overwhelming desire to sleep assails your senses, and, although you fight to stay awake, it is a fight you have no hope of winning.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Tombstone, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Tombstone, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p><quote>You ain<ch.apos/>t goin<ch.apos/> no-place!</quote> screams the clansman, fixing you with his flashlight. He stands silhouetted in the doorway, as his bloodhound lopes across the desks towards you. Automatically you reach for your gun, unaware that the clansman has taped his torch to the barrel of his machine pistol. Callously he watches as you struggle to free your weapon; then he pulls the trigger and cuts you down with a lethal hail of lead. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in El Paso.</deadend>
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<p>Your gunfire catches the Angelino clansman in the side and sends him tumbling from his machine. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.) Simultaneously, however, you are hit by his burst of machine pistol fire, which knocks you off your feet. Pain fills your chest and a terrifying greyness clouds your vision. You hear voices, those of Sergeant Haskell and Marine Knott, but you cannot make out what they are saying.</p>
<p>Swiftly the pain subsides and, despite your efforts to stay conscious, you drift off into a sleep from which you will never awaken.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</deadend>
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<p>You gun the motorcycle along the wide trench until you find a rocky slope that offers a way back onto the highway. The ascent is difficult, and when you reach the crest of the gully, you fall and become pinned beneath your motorcycle. As you struggle to free yourself you notice that the cloud of dust has stopped less than half a mile distant. The outline of a man<ch.apos/>s head and shoulders can be seen leaning across the saddle, which is supporting a rifle.</p>
<p>Chilled by the thought of your murdered companions, you renew your efforts to get free. You are pulling yourself upright when a shot rings out and an agonizing pain explodes in your left temple. The pain fills your head and courses down your spine, bringing you crashing back to the ground. The pain disappears, to be replaced by a numbness that dims your vision and drains the last of your strength from your unfeeling limbs. An overwhelming desire to sleep assails your senses, and, although you fight to stay awake, it is a fight you have no chance of winning.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You realize too late that the biker is already dead, killed as he sped over the bridge by a ricocheting bullet. He is slumped forward over the handlebars in a racing pose, his right hand locked on the throttle and his weight balanced to keep the machine upright and fixed in a straight line.</p>
<p>You try to get clear but in your panic you mistime your dive. With a fearful crash, the motorcycle ploughs into the gas pump and explodes in a ball of bright flame, catching you in mid-leap. The last thing you see is a blinding yellow flash as you are engulfed by the blazing inferno. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</deadend>
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<p>Your gunfire is accurate<ch.emdash/>it hits the biker in the head<ch.emdash/>but it does not divert his machine. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.) The fact is, the biker is already dead, killed by a ricocheting bullet as he sped over the bridge. He is slumped forward over the handlebars in a racing pose, his right hand locked on the throttle and his weight balanced to keep his machine upright and fixed in a straight line.</p>
<p>In desperation you scramble to your feet to throw yourself out of the path of the bike, but you have left it too late. With a fearful crash, the motorcycle ploughs into the gas pump and explodes in a ball of bright flame. The last thing you see is a blinding yellow flash as you are engulfed by the blazing inferno. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here in Mexico.</deadend>
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<p>The shock of being fired at by the captain and Sergeant Haskell freezes you with fear. You are unable to react quickly enough to avoid the first wave of bullets and, as they slam into the front of the motorcycle and tear the wheel to shreds, you lose control of the machine. Without the tyre to absorb the bumps and holes that litter the road, the machine becomes a bucking bronco. The bars twist in your hands and you are flung head-first into a gully at the side of the highway.</p>
<p>Marine Knott survives the crash but you are not so fortunate. You suffer fatal head injuries on impact and death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>A sudden, short-lived pain in your head and a reddening of your vision is all that you sense as the assassin<ch.apos/>s full metal jacketed round pierces your forehead and passes clean through your skull. Mercifully, death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here in Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You and Kate enter the Tucson stronghold to receive a hero<ch.apos/>s welcome. The colony is overjoyed; they feared they would never see either of you alive again. They are saddened to hear your account of how Captain Frankland, Sergeant Haskell, and Marine Knott met their deaths, yet they draw comfort from the knowledge that their memory will live on in the hearts of the colonists. If it were not for their ultimate sacrifice, the colony would never have reached Tucson intact.</p>
- <p>After celebrating your successful return, the colony leaders set about planning the last stage of the journey to California, confident that now Mad Dog Michigan is no longer around, his army will be disinclined to continue the pursuit of the convoy. But a nagging doubt remains in your mind. Did Mad Dog Michigan really meet his doom at the Pantona Bridge?</p>
- <p>For you, Cal Phoenix, the answer to that question<ch.emdash/>and the final part of your exodus to California<ch.emdash/>await you in book four of the Freeway Warrior series, entitled:</p>
+ <p>After celebrating your successful return, the colony leaders set about planning the last stage of the journey to California, confident that now Mad Dog Michigan is no longer around, his army will be disinclined to continue the pursuit of the convoy. But a nagging doubt remains in your mind. Did Mad Dog Michigan really meet his doom at the Pantano Bridge?</p>
+ <p>For you, Cal Phoenix, the answer to that question<ch.emdash/>and the final part of your exodus to California<ch.emdash/>await you in book four of the <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> series, entitled:</p>
<p><cite><bookref series="fw" book="04cc">California Countdown</bookref></cite></p>
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<p>(<a idref="sskills">Survival Skills</a>) Replaced <quote>motorcycles and</quote> with <quote>motorcycles, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>shotguns and</quote> with <quote>shotguns, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>reflexes and</quote> with <quote>reflexes, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>education and</quote> with <quote>education, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>tested, therefore</quote> with <quote>tested; therefore</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Freeway Warrior</quote> with <quote><cite>Freeway Warrior</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote> with <quote>Map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote>. Replaced <quote>potassium iodine</quote> with <quote>potassium iodide</quote>. Replaced <quote>sulphonamides</quote> with <quote>sulfonamides</quote>. Replaced <quote>Canteen and</quote> with <quote>Canteen, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>radioactivity) and</quote> with <quote>radioactivity), and</quote>. Replaced <quote>SOLAR TORCH</quote> with <quote>Solar Torch</quote>. Replaced <quote>GRENADE</quote> with <quote>Grenade</quote>. Replaced <quote>BINOCULARS</quote> with <quote>Binoculars</quote>. Replaced <quote>COMPASS</quote> with <quote>Compass</quote>. Replaced <quote>RADIO</quote> with <quote>Radio</quote>. Replaced <quote>ROPE</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>. Replaced <quote>THREE MEALS</quote> with <quote>3 Meals</quote>. Replaced <quote>FLEXIBLE SAW</quote> with <quote>Flexible Saw</quote>. Replaced <quote>BOX OF MATCHES</quote> with <quote>Box of Matches</quote>. Replaced <quote>on which hangs</quote> with <quote>on which hang</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack, and</quote> with <quote>Backpack and</quote>. Replaced <quote>items) your</quote> with <quote>items), your</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote> with <quote>Map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote>. Replaced <quote>potassium iodine</quote> with <quote>potassium iodide</quote>. Replaced <quote>sulphonamides</quote> with <quote>sulfonamides</quote>. Replaced <quote>Canteen and</quote> with <quote>Canteen, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>radioactivity) and</quote> with <quote>radioactivity), and</quote>. Replaced <quote>SOLAR TORCH</quote> with <quote>Solar Torch</quote>. Replaced <quote>GRENADE</quote> with <quote>Grenade</quote>. Replaced <quote>BINOCULARS</quote> with <quote>Binoculars</quote>. Replaced <quote>COMPASS</quote> with <quote>Compass</quote>. Replaced <quote>RADIO</quote> with <quote>Radio</quote>. Replaced <quote>ROPE</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>. Replaced <quote>THREE MEALS</quote> with <quote>3 Meals</quote>. Replaced <quote>FLEXIBLE SAW</quote> with <quote>Flexible Saw</quote>. Replaced <quote>BOX OF MATCHES</quote> with <quote>Box of Matches</quote>. Replaced <quote>on which hangs</quote> with <quote>on which hang</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack, and</quote> with <quote>Backpack and</quote>. Replaced <quote>items) your</quote> with <quote>items), your</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Freeway Warrior</quote> with <quote><cite>Freeway Warrior</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="weapons">Weapons</a>) Replaced <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em></quote> with <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em>, though you may only wield one at any time</quote>. Replaced <quote>possess rounds of the wrong calibre</quote> with <quote>possess only rounds of the wrong calibre</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect8">8</a>) Replaced <quote>head over heals</quote> with <quote>head over heels</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect10">10</a>) Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>. Altered the brackets around <quote>Note: If your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score is low and you are heavily encumbered, it may be advisable to discard some of your Backpack Items in order to increase your Stealth skill level.</quote> to parentheses.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>antispetics</quote> with <quote>antiseptics</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>. Replaced <quote>units or</quote> with <quote>units, or</quote>. Replaced <quote>Knife [2]</quote> with <quote>Knife (2)</quote>. Replaced <quote>Hammer [2]</quote> with <quote>Hammer (2)</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect12">12</a>) Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Replaced <quote>nearby, then</quote> with <quote>nearby; then</quote>. Replaced <quote>If the fight lasts</quote> with <quote>If you win and the fight lasts</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>) Replaced <quote>plateau, towards</quote> with <quote>plateau towards</quote>. Replaced <quote>plateau, under</quote> with <quote>plateau under</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect19">19</a>) Replaced <quote>over, then</quote> with <quote>over, and then</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect71">71</a>) Replaced <quote>breach</quote> with <quote>breech</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect72">72</a>) Replaced <quote>clear, then</quote> with <quote>clear, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) Replaced <quote>days or</quote> with <quote>days, or</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote>limbs, then</quote> with <quote>limbs, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack item</quote> with <quote>Backpack Item</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote>limbs, then</quote> with <quote>limbs, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>If you possess a pair of <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ></quote> with <quote>If you possess a pair of <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ> or a <typ class="item">Telescope</typ></quote>. Replaced <quote>If you do not possess this Backpack item</quote> with <quote>If you possess neither of these Backpack Items</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect81">81</a>) Replaced <quote>Haskell and</quote> with <quote>Haskell, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Replaced <quote>silently and</quote> with <quote>silently, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Bowie Knife [3]</quote> with <quote>Bowie Knife (3)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect85">85</a>) Replaced <quote>sideways, then</quote> with <quote>sideways, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect123">123</a>) Replaced <quote>motorcyle</quote> with <quote>motorcycle</quote>. Replaced <quote>rockface, then</quote> with <quote>rock-face, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>limbs, then</quote> with <quote>limbs, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect124">124</a>) Replaced <quote>As the team are preparing</quote> with <quote>As the team prepares</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect125">125</a>) Replaced <quote>(minimum equals one round; maximum equals three rounds)</quote> with <quote>(minimum: one round; maximum: three rounds. Remember to deduct this number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch)</quote>. Replaced <quote>breach</quote> with <quote>breech</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect126">126</a>) Replaced <quote>your binoculars</quote> with <quote>your magnifying device</quote> since you might also be using a Telescope (cf. <a idref="sect80">Section 80</a>). Replaced <quote>to focus your lenses on</quote> with <quote>to focus on</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect129">129</a>) Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect131">131</a>) Replaced <quote>them, then</quote> with <quote>them, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>equipment then</quote> with <quote>equipment and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>segeant, I<ch.apos/>ll</quote> with <quote>sergeant. I<ch.apos/>ll</quote>. Added a paragraph break between <quote>understood?<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>Sargeant Haskell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect133">133</a>) Replaced <quote>you Shooting</quote> with <quote>your Shooting</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect196">196</a>) Replaced <quote>spyhole</quote> with <quote>spy-hole</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect199">199</a>) Replaced <quote>stationary, then</quote> with <quote>stationary; then</quote>. Replaced <quote>ascend, then</quote> with <quote>ascend, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect200">200</a>) Replaced <quote>OK Jack</quote> with <quote>OK, Jack</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect201">201</a>) Replaced <quote>You focus your lenses</quote> with <quote>You focus your view</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect205">205</a>) Replaced <quote>are the terrified screams</quote> with <quote>is the terrified screams</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect208">208</a>) Replaced <quote>Backpack, then</quote> with <quote>Backpack and belt, and then</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect306">Section 306</a>).</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect209">209</a>) Replaced <quote>much-needed</quote> with <quote>much needed</quote>. Replaced <quote>to the west</quote> with <quote>to the east</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Replaced <quote>counter-fire</quote> with <quote>counterfire</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect241">241</a>) Replaced <quote>binouclars</quote> with <quote>binoculars</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect242">242</a>) Replaced <quote>flash, then</quote> with <quote>flash, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect243">243</a>) Replaced <quote>a handful of faded family photographs stands</quote> with <quote>a handful of faded family photographs stand</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect252">252</a>) Replaced <quote>machine gunfire</quote> with <quote>machine gun fire</quote>. Replaced <quote>minutes, then</quote> with <quote>minutes; then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect252">252</a>) Replaced <quote>machine gunfire</quote> with <quote>machine gun fire</quote>. Replaced <quote>minutes, then</quote> with <quote>minutes; then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect258">258</a>) Replaced <quote>blood-stained</quote> with <quote>bloodstained</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect259">259</a>) Replaced <quote>torchbeam</quote> with <quote>torch<ch.apos/>s beam</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect262">262</a>) Replaced <quote>spins, then</quote> with <quote>spins, and then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect263">263</a>) Replaced <quote>your lenses</quote> with <quote>your magnifying device</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect264">264</a>) Replaced <quote>encumberance</quote> with <quote>encumbrance</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect265">265</a>) Replaced <quote>pistol; the</quote> with <quote>pistol, the</quote>. Replaced <quote>alerting its handler</quote> with <quote>alerting his handler</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect266">266</a>) Replaced <quote>spyhole</quote> with <quote>spy-hole</quote>. Replaced <quote>lock, and</quote> with <quote>lock and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect341">341</a>) Replaced <quote>attack, then</quote> with <quote>attack, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect345">345</a>) Replaced <quote>commotion (erase</quote> with <quote>commotion. (Erase</quote>. Replaced <quote>fire).</quote> with <quote>fire.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect346">346</a>) Replaced <quote>come to a flight of stairs that descends to a fire exit</quote> with <quote>come to a fire exit</quote> as you can only reach this section by <em>not</em> climbing the stairs in <a idref="sect298">Section 298</a>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>) Replaced <quote>Haskell and</quote> with <quote>Haskell, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>CALIFORNIA COUNTDOWN</quote> with <quote><cite><bookref series="fw" book="04cc">California Countdown</bookref></cite></quote>. Replaced <quote>question, and the final part of your exodus to California, await</quote> with <quote>question<ch.emdash/>and the final part of your exodus to California<ch.emdash/>await</quote>. Replaced <quote>colony are</quote> with <quote>colony is</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>) Replaced <quote>Haskell and</quote> with <quote>Haskell, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>CALIFORNIA COUNTDOWN</quote> with <quote><cite><bookref series="fw" book="04cc">California Countdown</bookref></cite></quote>. Replaced <quote>question, and the final part of your exodus to California, await</quote> with <quote>question<ch.emdash/>and the final part of your exodus to California<ch.emdash/>await</quote>. Replaced <quote>colony are</quote> with <quote>colony is</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Bridge</quote> with <quote>Pantano Bridge</quote>. Replaced <quote>Freeway Warrior</quote> with <quote><cite>Freeway Warrior</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>. Replaced <quote>Combat Results Table</quote> with <quote>Close Combat Results Table</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero ENDURANCE points, this</quote> with <quote>zero ENDURANCE points or below; this</quote>.</p>
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