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<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>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</signpost>
- <signpost>GARCIA WELL</signpost>
- <signpost>US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</signpost>
+ <signpost>
+ <line>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</line>
+ <line>GARCIA WELL</line>
+ <line>US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</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>
<choice idref="sect76">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
<p>The route Jaeger took yesterday, when he hiked from the well in the mountains to Interstate 8, followed the dry watercourse of the San Cristobal Wash. For him it was a difficult trail to follow on foot, and you soon discover that it is even harder to negotiate in a pick-up truck. The broken ground is deeply rutted and littered with boulders, and progress is painfully slow.</p>
<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>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</signpost>
- <signpost>GARCIA WELL</signpost>
- <signpost>US GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</signpost>
+ <signpost>
+ <line>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</line>
+ <line>GARCIA WELL</line>
+ <line>US GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</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>
<choice idref="sect87">If your total score is 27 or less, <link-text>turn to 87</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You are lost in thought when, unexpectedly, a mileage sign and an exit ramp loom out of the dusty darkness. Unfortunately, you overshoot the ramp, but you know by the tachometer on the dashboard, which you re-set to zero before leaving Gila Bend, that you are near the correct freeway exit for Casa Grande, so you stop your car and reverse it for several hundred yards.</p>
- <p>The sign points to Highway 84 and lists the towns of Stanfield (ten miles) and Casa Grande (twenty-three miles). Night has now fallen, although visibility has been so poor that you hardly notice the transition from day to night. With one eye on the tachometer, you follow Highway 84 until, ten miles later, the buildings of Stanfield start to appear on either side of the road. They are little more than fuzzy grey silhouettes, featureless and indistinguishable from each other.</p>
+ <p>You are lost in thought when, unexpectedly, a mileage sign and an exit ramp loom out of the dusty darkness. Unfortunately, you overshoot the ramp, but you know by the milometer on the dashboard, which you re-set to zero before leaving Gila Bend, that you are near the correct freeway exit for Casa Grande, so you stop your car and reverse it for several hundred yards.</p>
+ <p>The sign points to Highway 84 and lists the towns of Stanfield (ten miles) and Casa Grande (twenty-three miles). Night has now fallen, although visibility has been so poor that you hardly notice the transition from day to night. With one eye on the milometer, you follow Highway 84 until, ten miles later, the buildings of Stanfield start to appear on either side of the road. They are little more than fuzzy grey silhouettes, featureless and indistinguishable from each other.</p>
<p>Suddenly up ahead you see a light. You sense it could spell danger, so you bring your roadster quickly to a halt.</p>
<choice idref="sect67">If you possess a <typ class="item">Combat Viewer</typ>, <link-text>turn to 67</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect332">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 332</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>AJO FIRE STATION</signpost>
- <signpost>PIMA COUNTY</signpost>
+ <signpost>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect60">If you wish to search the room beyond the door, <link-text>turn to 60</link-text>.</choice>
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+ <instance class="text" src="none" width="none" height="none" >
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td><ch.nbsp/></td>
+ <th scope="col">First Number</th>
+ <th scope="col">Second Number</th>
+ <th scope="col">Third Number</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="row">First Group</th>
+ <td>8</td>
+ <td>104</td>
+ <td>13</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="row">Second Group</th>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>54</td>
+ <td>9</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="row">Third Group</th>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>[adjustable numbers]</td>
+ <td>7</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </instance>
</illustration>
<choice idref="sect164">If you cannot solve the security code, <link-text>turn to 164</link-text>.</choice>
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<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
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<p>The sound of the F14<ch.apos/>s attack hits you like a clap of thunder behind the ears. There is a massive explosion, followed by a long and heavy rumble that echoes for minutes among the surrounding peaks. The suddenness and awesome power of the strike leaves all four of you stunned into open-mouthed silence, and it is not until you reach Pine Valley, and see your fellow colonists waiting expectantly beyond the fenced checkpoint, that you recover your senses fully and comprehend what has happened. You have survived the journey of a lifetime and, at last, you have reached your goal.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect265">265</a>) Replaced <quote>painkillers</quote> with <quote>pain killers</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect268">268</a>) Replaced <quote>hands, then</quote> with <quote>hands, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>breach</quote> with <quote>breech</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect271">271</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect274">274</a>) Replaced <quote>bale out</quote> with <quote>bale out</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect274">274</a>) Replaced <quote>bale out</quote> with <quote>bail out</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>win, and</quote> with <quote>win and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect276">276</a>) Replaced <quote>pause, then</quote> with <quote>pause, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>You bring your lenses to</quote> with <quote>You bring your magnifying device to</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect277">277</a>) Replaced <quote>click</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Removed duplicate <quote>seat.</quote>. Replaced <quote>holes, then</quote> with <quote>holes, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>or choose</quote> with <quote>or if you choose</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect283">283</a>) Replaced <quote>air, then</quote> with <quote>air, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Michigan, in</quote> with <quote>Michigan in</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>) 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="sect289">289</a>) Replaced two occurrences of <quote>tachometer</quote> with <quote>milometer</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>) Replaced <quote>distant poppings</quote> with <quote>distant popping</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>reassuringly, <ch.lsquot/>we<ch.apos/>re</quote> with <quote>reassuringly. <ch.lsquot/>We<ch.apos/>re</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>scuttling scratching</quote> with <quote>scuttling, scratching</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect294">294</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Ammo Pouch</a>.)</quote>.</p>
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