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<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
- <date class="publication"><year>2015</year><month>10</month><day>13</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2018</year><month>2</month><day>15</day></date>
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<p>You are Cal Phoenix, the Freeway Warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. The final stage of your life-or-death exodus to the California coast is fraught with extraordinary dangers<ch.emdash/>breakdowns, rockfalls, and unexplained deaths. Can you unravel the mystery that surrounds your journey, or will you perish without trace in the wastelands of Arizona?</p>
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<p>Internet Edition published by <a href="&link.project.website;">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
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<rights class="copyrights">
- <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1989 Joe Dever.</line>
- <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1989 Brian Williams.</line>
+ <line>Text <ch.copy/> 1989 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Illustrations <ch.copy/> 1989 Brian Williams.</line>
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<rights class="license-notification">
- <p>
- <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1989 Joe Dever.</line>
- <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1989 Brian Williams.</line>
- <line>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</line>
- </p>
+ <p>Text <ch.copy/> 1989 Joe Dever. Illustrations <ch.copy/> 1989 Brian Williams.</p>
+ <p>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</p>
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<p>The first you see of Ajo is a battered city-limits sign looming out of the dusty darkness. Night has now fallen, although visibility was already so poor that you hardly notice the transition from day to night. Buildings appear as grey silhouettes, featureless and indistinguishable from one another. Suddenly the fear strikes you that you may never find the Ajo hospital, and therefore the vital Atropine, in time to save Kate<ch.apos/>s life.</p>
<p>You have no idea where the hospital is located, so you decide to try to find a town map. You bring your car around and point it at the nearest building so that the headlights illuminate a sign that is fixed to the wall. It reads:</p>
- <signpost>AJO RANGER STATION</signpost>
+ <signpost>Ajo Ranger Station</signpost>
<choice idref="sect228">If you wish to enter this building, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect327">If you decide to continue along the highway, <link-text>turn to 327</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You search through the debris, but it is not until you prise open the trunk of a derelict auto that you discover some items that may be of practical value:</p>
<ul>
<li><typ class="item">Tool Kit</typ></li>
- <li><typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ> (10ft length)</li>
+ <li><typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ> (10 ft. length)</li>
<li><typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ></li>
</ul>
<p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>The route Jaeger took yesterday, when he hiked from the well in the mountains to Interstate 8, followed the course of the San Cristobal Wash. For him it was a difficult trail to follow on foot, and you soon discover that it is an even harder one to negotiate in a pick-up truck. The broken ground is deeply rutted and littered with boulders, and it takes more than an hour to make the fifteen-mile climb to the well.</p>
<p>The well itself is located at the bottom of a bowl-shaped gully, shaded from the sun by two peaks of the Mohawk Mountains. A pump house stands beside the bore-hole, to which is affixed a sign that reads:</p>
<signpost>
- <line>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</line>
- <line>GARCIA WELL</line>
- <line>US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</line>
+ <line>Luke Air Force Range</line>
+ <line>Garcia Well</line>
+ <line>US. Govt. Property<ch.emdash/><em>keep out!</em></line>
</signpost>
<p>You park the pick-up beside the pump house and Jaeger helps you unload the containers. <quote>I had to draw the water up by hand yesterday,</quote> he says, nodding towards the bore-hole, <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.apos/>cause I couldn<ch.apos/>t get the pump to work. I reckon it<ch.apos/>s OK<ch.emdash/>jus<ch.apos/> needs some gasolene, that<ch.apos/>s all. Maybe if we could siphon some fuel from the truck we could get its engine running. It<ch.apos/>d save us a whole lotta hard work.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect211">If you possess some Plastic Tube, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With a roar, the drums start to explode, showering the warehouse with liquid fire that triggers yet more explosions. With terror in your heart you look for a way to escape from the raging inferno. All you can see, through the billowing smoke and flame, is a staircase leading to an office on the first floor and a corridor marked by a sign that says:</p>
- <signpost>TEST LABORATORIES THIS WAY</signpost>
+ <signpost>Test Laboratories This Way</signpost>
<choice idref="sect343">If you wish to climb the stairs to the office, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect111">If you wish to follow the corridor to the test laboratories, <link-text>turn to 111</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Rather than continue in this direction, you decide to try a more indirect route that takes you west, away from the Wash, across an expanse of desert. By chance you happen upon the remains of a dirt road that winds southwards into the mountains. You stay with this track and, although its surface is far from perfect, you make good time.</p>
<p>At length you reach a ridge that overlooks the well. The site itself is located at the bottom of a bowl-shaped gully, shaded from the sun by two of the Mohawk<ch.apos/>s highest peaks. A pump house stands beside the bore-hole, to which is affixed a sign that reads:</p>
<signpost>
- <line>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</line>
- <line>GARCIA WELL</line>
- <line>US GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</line>
+ <line>Luke Air Force Range</line>
+ <line>Garcia Well</line>
+ <line>US. Govt. Property<ch.emdash/><em>Keep Out!</em></line>
</signpost>
<p>Carefully you descend, following the dirt road as it zigzags towards the site. You are within a few hundred yards of your destination when you are faced by an unexpected hazard. You take a sharp right bend to find that a section of the road beyond has collapsed. You brake, but the wheels skid on the loose stones and the rear of the truck starts to slide out towards the edge. Frantically you fight to correct the skid as the truck slides nearer and nearer to the edge of the steep ravine.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score. Add to this total your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<p>You bring the grenade close to your face in order to set its timer. Carefully you turn its dial to the minimum time setting<ch.emdash/>four seconds<ch.emdash/>then you ease out the pin and hurl it across the roof.</p>
<p>A searing, yellow flash is followed by a dull, percussive boom, which makes your ears pop. As the smoke clears, you see that one of the shooters lies dead, and the other is leaning against the parapet, clutching at his wounded thigh with his free hand. The seated clansman appears to have survived without injury. You draw a close combat weapon and move stealthily towards the group before the shock wears off. The seated clansman sees you approaching but, curiously, he does nothing to alert his wounded companion.</p>
<p>You act quickly. The clansman may have a badly wounded leg, but his finger is uninjured and it is curled around the trigger of his assault rifle. You rush him and kick the gun out of his hands, sending it sailing over the parapet. Before it hits the ground, you press home your advantage and attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Cape Cod (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">13</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">13</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Cape Cod <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">13</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">13</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the surprise of your attack and the weakened state of your adversary, ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses that you sustain during the first two rounds of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect210">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 210</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You follow the highway for a quarter of a mile until you come to a junction. Directly ahead you see a large building with a sign that says:</p>
<signpost>
- <line>AJO FIRE STATION</line>
- <line>PIMA COUNTY</line>
+ <line>Ajo Fire Station</line>
+ <line>Pima County</line>
</signpost>
<p>You feel sure that the local fire department would have a map of the local area, so you drive onto the forecourt and park near the main door. Covering your face against the stinging wind, you leave your roadster and run towards the building. Inside the lobby, bathed in the light from your vehicle<ch.apos/>s headlamps, you find a laminated town map fixed to the counter. You grab a pen lying nearby and hurriedly note directions to the hospital on the back of your left hand.</p>
<p>As you turn to leave you notice an open door off to your left.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect28">28</a>) Replaced <quote>tracks, then</quote> with <quote>tracks, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>click</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect29">29</a>) Replaced <quote>Most of the colony still distrust</quote> with <quote>Most of the colony still distrusts</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Chargers clan are in control</quote> with <quote>the Chargers clan is in control</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect31">31</a>) Replaced <quote>storerooms</quote> with <quote>store rooms</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>AJO RANGER STATION</quote> with <quote>Ajo Ranger Station</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect33">33</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>time, and</quote> with <quote>time and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>) Replaced <quote>or are</quote> with <quote>or if you are</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect37">37</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>bus, and</quote> with <quote>bus and</quote>. Replaced <quote>or are</quote> with <quote>or if you are</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect43">43</a>) Replaced <quote>reopens</quote> with <quote>re-opens</quote>. Replaced <quote>perspex</quote> with <quote>Perspex</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect45">45</a>) Replaced <quote>town to Tacna</quote> with <quote>town of Tacna</quote>. Replaced <quote>bang</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>bang</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect46">46</a>) Replaced <quote>jerkily, then</quote> with <quote>jerkily; then</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect47">47</a>) Replaced <quote>10ft</quote> with <quote>10 ft.</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>Macy and</quote> with <quote>Macy, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect49">49</a>) Replaced <quote>You focus your lenses on</quote> with <quote>You focus on</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect50">50</a>) Replaced <quote>frisbee-like</quote> with <quote>Frisbee-like</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect51">51</a>) Replaced <quote>1 Pistol</quote> with <quote>Pistol</quote>. Replaced <quote>stiffen, then</quote> with <quote>stiffen, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect52">52</a>) Replaced <quote>head east</quote> with <quote>head west</quote>. Replaced <quote>C<ch.apos/>mon Cal, we<ch.apos/>ve</quote> with <quote>C<ch.apos/>mon, Cal. We<ch.apos/>ve</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect54">54</a>) Replaced <quote>Avenal and</quote> with <quote>Avenal, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>) Replaced <quote>moutains</quote> with <quote>Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>. Replaced <quote>Mohawk mountains</quote> with <quote>Mohawk Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>gasolene that<ch.apos/>s all</quote> with <quote>gasolene, that<ch.apos/>s all</quote>. Replaced <quote>San Christobal Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobal Wash</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>) Replaced <quote>moutains</quote> with <quote>Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>. Replaced <quote>Mohawk mountains</quote> with <quote>Mohawk Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>gasolene that<ch.apos/>s all</quote> with <quote>gasolene, that<ch.apos/>s all</quote>. Replaced <quote>San Christobal Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobal Wash</quote>. Replaced <quote>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE GARCIA WELL US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</quote> with <quote>Luke Air Force Range Garcia Well US. Govt. Property<ch.emdash/><em>Keep Out!</em></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect56">56</a>) Replaced <quote>freeway and follow the service road towards a diner, the largest building in the rest-stop complex, and park your roadster</quote> with <quote>freeway, follow the service road towards a diner<ch.emdash/>the largest building in the rest-stop complex<ch.emdash/>and park your roadster</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect57">57</a>) Replaced <quote>Swifty</quote> with <quote>Swiftly</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect59">59</a>) Replaced <quote>holes, then</quote> with <quote>holes, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>me Cal</quote> with <quote>me, Cal</quote>. Replaced <quote>or choose</quote> with <quote>or if you choose</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) Replaced <quote>light, then</quote> with <quote>light, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote>intact, then</quote> with <quote>intact, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Replaced <quote>you Shooting skill</quote> with <quote>your Shooting skill</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect84">84</a>) Replaced <quote>TEST LABORATORIES THIS WAY</quote> with <quote>Test Laboratories This Way</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect85">85</a>) Replaced <quote>take two Drinks or lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</quote> with <quote>take two Drinks or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points per drink missed</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect86">86</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect87">87</a>) Replaced <quote>Mowhawk Mountains</quote> with <quote>Mohawk Mountains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect128">128</a>) Replaced <quote>fighting, then</quote> with <quote>fighting; then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect130">130</a>) Replaced <quote><typ class="item">HE Grenade</typ>, and</quote> with <quote><typ class="item">HE Grenade</typ> and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect131">131</a>) Replaced <quote>Quick Cal, let<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Quick, Cal. Let<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect132">132</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect136">136</a>) Replaced <quote>briefing, then</quote> with <quote>briefing, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>flare,<ch.rsquot/> he says, and removes</quote> with <quote>flare.<ch.rsquot/> He removes</quote>. Replaced <quote>a promise, but</quote> with <quote>a promise; but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect139">139</a>) Replaced <quote>your life, and the case of food, intact</quote> with <quote>your life<ch.emdash/>and the case of food<ch.emdash/>intact</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect141">141</a>) Replaced <quote>try and</quote> with <quote>try to</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect233">233</a>) Replaced <quote>boom, then</quote> with <quote>boom, and then</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) Replaced <quote>Kate, then</quote> with <quote>Kate, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>their car and run</quote> with <quote>their car, and run</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect237">237</a>) Replaced <quote>hesitates, then</quote> with <quote>hesitates, and then</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>zig-zags</quote> with <quote>zigzags</quote>. Replaced <quote>San Christobal Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobal Wash</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>zig-zags</quote> with <quote>zigzags</quote>. Replaced <quote>San Christobal Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobal Wash</quote>. Replaced <quote>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE GARCIA WELL US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</quote> with <quote>Luke Air Force Range Garcia Well US. Govt. Property<ch.emdash/><em>Keep Out!</em></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect239">239</a>) Replaced <quote>in order set</quote> with <quote>in order to set</quote>. Replaced <quote>yellow flash, is</quote> with <quote>yellow flash is</quote>. Replaced <quote>attack, and the</quote> with <quote>attack and the</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect243">243</a>) Replaced <quote>Jeager</quote> with <quote>Jaeger</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect244">244</a>) Replaced <quote>iginitng</quote> with <quote>igniting</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>turn 281</quote> with <quote>turn to 281</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect325">325</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect326">326</a>) Replaced <quote>C<ch.apos/>mon Cal, let<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>C<ch.apos/>mon, Cal. Let<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect327">327</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect327">327</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>AJO FIRE STATION PIMA COUNTY</quote> with <quote>Ajo Fire Station Pima County</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect328">328</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>again, and</quote> with <quote>again and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect330">330</a>) Replaced <quote>sound, then</quote> with <quote>sound; then</quote>.</p>
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