&inclusion.brian.williams.bio.fw;
</creator>
<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
- <date class="publication"><year>2015</year><month>9</month><day>1</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2018</year><month>2</month><day>15</day></date>
<description class="blurb">
<p>You are Cal Phoenix, the Freeway Warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. The third stage of your life-or-death exodus to the California coast takes your colony of survivors across the wastelands of New Mexico and Arizona, a region still blighted by lethal radioactivity. Can you find the safe route through to the sanctuary of Tucson, or will you and your people perish in the desolation of <strong><cite>The Omega Zone</cite></strong>?</p>
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<dt>Coordination</dt>
<dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
<dt>Special Thanks</dt>
- <dd>Jeff Dougan, James Durrant, Alan Schlieper</dd>
+ <dd>Jeff Dougan, James Durrant, Alan Schlieper, Steven Sharp</dd>
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<p>Inadvertently, your fall saves your life. Another shot passes over your head barely a second after you stumble, missing you by a hand<ch.apos/>s breadth. The imminent danger clears your mind and you race towards the trees with a determination to survive. Knott encourages you to increase your speed and you pray that you will reach cover before the sniper has a chance to slip another round into the breech of his rifle.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. (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.)</p>
<choice idref="sect57">If your total score is 15 or less, <link-text>turn to 57</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16-19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16<ch.endash/>19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect254">If it is 20 or more, <link-text>turn to 254</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>
- <choice idref="sect105">If your total score is 22-28, <link-text>turn to 105</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect105">If your total score is 22<ch.endash/>28, <link-text>turn to 105</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect70">If your total score is 29 or more, <link-text>turn to 70</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Dawn is breaking and you can see the highway continuing due south, deeper into the mountains, leading you away from all hope of an early rendezvous with the colony. The further you go, the poorer the road surface becomes until all your skill and concentration are required to avoid crashing.</p>
<p>Add together your Driving skill total and current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect184">If your total score is 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 184</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect258">If it is 14-18, <link-text>turn to 258</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect258">If it is 14<ch.endash/>18, <link-text>turn to 258</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect336">If it is 19 or more, <link-text>turn to 336</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>On the other side of the truck, there is another sharp crack, followed by the trailing sound of a rifle shot echoing across the surrounding mountains.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill totals.</p>
<choice idref="sect347">If your total score is 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect10">If your total is 13-16, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect10">If your total is 13<ch.endash/>16, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect291">If it is 17 or more, <link-text>turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your engine responds and you surge ahead, avoiding Mad Dog<ch.apos/>s attack by a few feet. You glance in your mirror to see him swerve across the freeway, but his car is equipped with a supercharged V-12 engine, more powerful than your own, and within a few seconds he comes roaring alongside. As he draws level, his electric passenger window glides down and you find yourself staring at the barrel of his machine pistol.</p>
<p>Add together your Perception skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect193">If your total score is 15 or less, <link-text>turn to 193</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect87">If your total is 16-20, <link-text>turn to 87</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect87">If your total is 16<ch.endash/>20, <link-text>turn to 87</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect21">If it is 21 or more, <link-text>turn to 21</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Inadvertently, your fall saves your life. A shot passes over your head a second after you stumble, missing you by a hand<ch.apos/>s breadth. The imminent danger clears your mind and you race towards the trees with a determination to survive. Knott encourages you to increase your speed and you pray that you will reach cover before the sniper has a chance to slip another round into the breech of his rifle.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. (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 total.)</p>
<choice idref="sect57">If your total score is 15 or less, <link-text>turn to 57</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16-19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16<ch.endash/>19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect254">If it is 20 or more, <link-text>turn to 254</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>137</title></meta>
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- <p>The tracks lead to a drug store at the centre of the town. It looks as if Kate parked your car here and went inside the store, for there are two lines of foot- prints in the dust, running from the street to the front door.</p>
+ <p>The tracks lead to a drug store at the centre of the town. It looks as if Kate parked your car here and went inside the store, for there are two lines of footprints in the dust, running from the street to the front door.</p>
<p>The others wait in the truck while you enter the store. Following in Kate<ch.apos/>s footsteps, you arrive at some empty places on the store<ch.apos/>s shelves. She was after medical supplies, although she was selective about what she took. The shelves still hold a few medicines and other medical supplies<ch.emdash/>enough for two Medi-kit units. (If you wish to keep these, remember to mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<p>Having satisfied your curiosity, you go back to the truck and tell the others what you have found. Captain Frankland is anxious to reach Lordsburg before dark, so he orders Knott to turn the truck around and head back to Interstate 10.</p>
<choice idref="sect33"><link-text>Turn to 33</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>213</title></meta>
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- <p>You fire, and almost immediately throw yourself to the floor of the truck, hoping to avoid your enemy<ch.apos/>s
counterfire. Fortunately, your move proves unnecessarily cautious: your burst of fire hits the clan commander in the head, killing him instantly. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</p>
+ <p>You fire, and almost immediately throw yourself to the floor of the truck, hoping to avoid your enemy<ch.apos/>s
return fire. Fortunately, your move proves unnecessarily cautious: your burst of fire hits the clan commander in the head, killing him instantly. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</p>
<p>His death travels like a shock wave through the other clansmen, bringing them to an abrupt halt. They abort their attack and fall back, a few of them stopping just long enough to pick up and bear his lifeless body away from the street.</p>
<p>While there is a lull in the firing, you seize the chance to help Knott and Captain Frankland clear away the debris that is blocking your escape. A thick, wooden pole, which once supported overhead electricity cables in this part of town, is jammed between the wheel and the truck<ch.apos/>s front fender. With your help they are able to shift it, and Knott returns to the cab and starts the engine first time. Then, as he brings the truck over the mound, you and the captain leap onto the tailgate and pull yourselves aboard.</p>
<p>The street ends at a piece of wasteland but a few hundred yards beyond it lies a highway running east to west. The captain peers through the cab<ch.apos/>s partition window and gives an ironic laugh when he sees the highway.</p>
<meta><title>237</title></meta>
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- <p>Marine Knott begins his descent to the basement while you race up the stairs to a landing on the first floor where a corridor stretches away into the darkness. To your right is a door, slightly ajar, which bears the faded words <quote>EL PASO JOURNAL<ch.emdash/>NEWS ROOM</quote> on its panelled wood surface. You enter to discover a large, dusty room cluttered with desks and computer terminals. A fire escape sign catches your eye: it is positioned above a window on the far side of the room.</p>
+ <p>Marine Knott begins his descent to the basement while you race up the stairs to a landing on the first floor where a corridor stretches away into the darkness. To your right is a door, slightly ajar, which bears the faded words <signpost>EL PASO JOURNAL<ch.emdash/>NEWS ROOM</signpost> on its panelled wood surface. You enter to discover a large, dusty room cluttered with desks and computer terminals. A fire escape sign catches your eye: it is positioned above a window on the far side of the room.</p>
<p>A noise on the stairs makes your heart skip a beat: someone is approaching. Hurriedly you weave your way through the maze of office furniture, taking great pains to avoid making a noise, only to discover that the fire escape window is jammed shut. A light shines across the door and you hear the snuffling whine of a bloodhound in the corridor outside.</p>
<choice idref="sect153">If you wish to smash the glass and escape through the window, <link-text>turn to 153</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect9">If you decide to hide among the desks, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<p>The fire escape offers no solution: its ladder descends to the main street. There is only one way off the roof and that is to jump to the neighbouring building fifteen feet away. After jamming the roof door to delay the clansmen for as long as possible, the captain leads the escape. The others throw their guns and equipment across and then make the jump safely. You are making the run-up to your jump when you hear a loud burst of gunfire and see the roof door collapse, shot off its hinges.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score (ignoring any encumbrance penalties you have due to the number of Backpack Items you possess). Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add this figure to your score.</p>
<choice idref="sect45">If your total score is 18 or less, <link-text>turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect349">If your total is 19-22, <link-text>turn to 349</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect349">If your total is 19<ch.endash/>22, <link-text>turn to 349</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect130">If it is 23 or more, <link-text>turn to 130</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Inadvertently, your fall saves your life. A shot passes over your head a second after you stumble, missing you by a hand<ch.apos/>s breadth. The imminent danger clears your mind and you race towards the trees with a determination to survive. Knott encourages you to increase your speed and you pray that you will reach cover before the sniper has a chance to slip another round into the breech of his rifle.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. (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 total.)</p>
<choice idref="sect57">If your total score is 15 or less, <link-text>turn to 57</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16-19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect83">If it is 16<ch.endash/>19, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect254">If it is 20 or more, <link-text>turn to 254</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>It stares down at you, widens with shock, and then disappears from view. Cursing your luck, you start to move back from the door and have retreated a few yards when something else appears, something that makes you gulp with fear. It is the barrel of a semi-automatic pistol, and it is pointed at your chest.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect113">If your total score is 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 113</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect266">If your total is 13-19, <link-text>turn to 266</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect266">If your total is 13<ch.endash/>19, <link-text>turn to 266</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect222">If it is 20 or more, <link-text>turn to 222</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The dog begins to whine excitedly. He lopes into the room, following the trail of your scent towards the window where he paces back and forth until his master calls him to heel. Quickly he obeys, the scars on his body bearing testimony to past punishments for reacting too slowly to his master<ch.apos/>s command. You hear the clansman approaching, and then see him standing at the window staring out at the fire escape. Thoughtfully he scratches his unshaven chin, and then calls his dog once more and turns to leave.</p>
<p>Add together your Stealth and Field Craft totals. Then pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 = 10).</p>
- <choice idref="sect297">If your total skill score is less than or equal to the number you have picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect84">If your total skill score is greater than the number you picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect297">If your total skill score is less than or equal to the number you have picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect84">If your total skill score is greater than the number you picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
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<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="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.plus/> 1) He</quote> with <quote><ch.plus/>1). He</quote>. Replaced <quote>are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead.</quote> with <quote>are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead.</quote>. Replaced <quote>with a reduced ENDURANCE point score</quote> with <quote>with his ENDURANCE points possibly reduced</quote>. Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.plus/> 1) He</quote> with <quote><ch.plus/>1). He</quote>. Replaced <quote>are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead.</quote> with <quote>are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead.</quote>. Replaced <quote>with a reduced <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point score</quote> with <quote>with his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points possibly reduced</quote>. Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>Cruces, then</quote> with <quote>Cruces, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>north-west</quote> with <quote>northwest</quote>. Replaced <quote> make you way</quote> with <quote>make your way</quote>. Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect4">4</a>) Replaced <quote>outside, then</quote> with <quote>outside, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>leads to a staircase, at the bottom of which is a fire exit</quote> with <quote>leads 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 <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</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 <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Replaced <quote>counter-fire</quote> with <quote>
return fire</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect215">215</a>) Replaced <quote>What the<ch.ellips/></quote> with <quote>What the<ch.ellips/>?</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect220">220</a>) Replaced <quote>landcruiser</quote> with <quote>Landcruiser</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect222">222</a>) Replaced <quote>spyhole</quote> with <quote>spy-hole</quote>. Replaced <quote>lock, and</quote> with <quote>lock and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect314">314</a>) Replaced <quote>Half-way</quote> with <quote>Halfway</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced <quote>stationary, then</quote> with <quote>stationary, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>away, then</quote> with <quote>away, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>If the fight</quote> with <quote>If you win and the fight</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect316">316</a>) Replaced <quote>spyhole</quote> with <quote>spy-hole</quote>. Replaced <quote>shock, then</quote> with <quote>shock, and then</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect319">319</a>) Replaced <quote>chin, then</quote> with <quote>chin, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>approaching, then</quote> with <quote>approaching, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>equal to, or less than, the</quote> with <quote>less than or equal to the</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect319">319</a>) Replaced <quote>chin, then</quote> with <quote>chin, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>approaching, then</quote> with <quote>approaching, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>equal to, or less than, the</quote> with <quote>less than or equal to the</quote>. Swapped the section numbers in the choices to send the first to <a idref="sect84">Section 84</a> and the second to <a idref="sect297">Section 297</a> so that the player is not penalised for having high Stealth and Fieldcraft values.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect320">320</a>) Replaced <quote>Bowie Knife [3]</quote> with <quote>Bowie Knife (3)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect322">322</a>) Replaced <quote>clansman, to</quote> with <quote>clansman to</quote>. Replaced <quote>or do</quote> with <quote>or if you do</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>(minimum equals one round; maximum equals five rounds)</quote> with <quote>(minimum: one burst; maximum: five bursts. Remember to deduct this number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>)</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 <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</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>
+ <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 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, this</quote> with <quote>zero <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points or below; this</quote>.</p>
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