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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 - 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>
+ <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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- <p><strong>1990-1998</strong><br />Rise of global terrorism on an unprecedented scale. Political violence funded by organized crime syndicate called HAVOC - The Hijack, Assassination and Violent Opposition Consortium.</p>
- <p><strong>1998-2003</strong><br />The governments of many small and impoverished nations fall into the hands of HAVOC. International terrorists receive arms, training and shelter in these Badlands.</p>
+ <p><strong>1990-1998</strong><br />Rise of global terrorism on an unprecedented scale. Political violence funded by organized crime syndicate called HAVOC<ch.emdash/>The Hijack, Assassination and Violent Opposition Consortium.</p>
+ <p><strong>1998-2003</strong><br />The governments of many small and impoverished nations fall into the hands of HAVOC. International terrorists receive arms, training, and shelter in these Badlands.</p>
<p><strong>2003-2008</strong><br />Raids on oil and gas installations, assassinations, and the kidnapping of prominent world statesmen become commonplace as HAVOC attempt to terrorize the civilized world into submission. Despite public outrage and growing international tension, the major powers steadfastly refuse to give in to HAVOC's demands.</p>
<p><strong>2008</strong><br />President of the United States and General Secretary of Supreme Soviet both assassinated at emergency summit meeting. US, USSR and major European nations create the World Defence League and declare war on HAVOC. The Badlands are invaded, key HAVOC bases destroyed, and thousands of HAVOC agents are captured.</p>
- <p><strong>2009</strong><br />HAVOC leaders imprisoned for life in `Deep Pens' - maximum security gaols located deep underground - to prevent their escape or release by HAVOC agents still at large.</p>
+ <p><strong>2009</strong><br />HAVOC leaders imprisoned for life in 'Deep Pens'<ch.emdash/>maximum security gaols located deep underground<ch.emdash/>to prevent their escape or release by HAVOC agents still at large.</p>
<p><strong>2010</strong><br />New leadership emerges to unify the scattered remnants of HAVOC and plan revenge.</p>
<p><strong>2011</strong><br />A WDL train transporting seventeen 100-kiloton nuclear warheads, destined to be neutralized and dismantled, is attacked by HAVOC agents. The train is destroyed and its deadly cargo stolen.</p>
- <p><strong>2012 New Year's Day</strong><br />HAVOC hijack a WDL news satellite and broadcast a chilling ultimatum. They have planted the seventeen stolen warheads in major cities throughout the US, USSR and Europe. They call for the immediate release of all HAVOC agents held in Deep Pens, plus the payment of $2 trillion in gold bullion, or they will trigger the warheads one by one until their demands are met in full. A twenty-four-hour deadline is set. WDL leaders declare emergency and request that the deadline be extended. HAVOC refuse.</p>
- <p><strong>2nd January</strong><br />First warhead detonated at Brie Nuclear Energy Plant, ten miles south of Paris, France. Blast and radioactive fallout claim millions of lives. HAVOC repeat their demand and extend deadline by twenty-four hours.</p>
- <p><strong>3rd January 'The Day'</strong><br />World Defence League agents discover location of HAVOC command headquarters on an island in the South Pacific Ocean. Immediately orders are given to infiltrate and destroy the HQ and its occupants. The assault is swift and decisive', the complex is quickly overrun and its inhabitants are killed. Yet, ironically, as the news of this victory is being relayed around the world, HAVOC enact their ultimate revenge. A transmitter hidden on the island, fitted with a time-delay mechanism, clicks on, sending its high-frequency radio signal to a communications satellite orbiting the earth. This signal is amplified and returned to earth where, simultaneously, it triggers the remaining nuclear warheads. The initial explosions set off a disastrous chain reaction that feeds on civil and military nuclear installations all across the northern hemisphere. Hundreds of millions of people are killed within days, and many more perish during the years that follow, falling victim to the lingering radioactivity and the severe climatic changes that affect the earth.</p>
- <p><strong>2012-2019</strong><br />Gale force winds sweep across the world, carrying enormous amounts of dust into the upper atmosphere and preventing much sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. Temperatures plummet, deterring survivors from remaining above ground. Communications are disrupted by gamma radiation, making all radio, cable and satellite contact impossible. Small colonies of survivors develop in total isolation from one another during these years of darkness.</p>
+ <p><strong>2012 New Year's Day</strong><br />HAVOC hijack a WDL news satellite and broadcast a chilling ultimatum. They have planted the seventeen stolen warheads in major cities throughout the US, USSR and Europe. They call for the immediate release of all HAVOC agents held in Deep Pens, plus the payment of $2 trillion in gold bullion, or they will trigger the warheads one by one until their demands are met in full. A twenty-four-hour deadline is set. WDL leaders declare emergency and request that the deadline be extended. HAVOC refuse.</p>
+ <p><strong>2nd January</strong><br />First warhead detonated at Brie Nuclear Energy Plant, ten miles south of Paris, France. Blast and radioactive fallout claim millions of lives. HAVOC repeat their demand and extend deadline by twenty-four hours.</p>
+ <p><strong>3rd January 'The Day'</strong><br />World Defence League agents discover location of HAVOC command headquarters on an island in the South Pacific Ocean. Immediately orders are given to infiltrate and destroy the HQ and its occupants. The assault is swift and decisive; the complex is quickly overrun and its inhabitants are killed. Yet, ironically, as the news of this victory is being relayed around the world, HAVOC enact their ultimate revenge. A transmitter hidden on the island, fitted with a time-delay mechanism, clicks on, sending its high-frequency radio signal to a communications satellite orbiting the earth. This signal is amplified and returned to earth where, simultaneously, it triggers the remaining nuclear warheads. The initial explosions set off a disastrous chain reaction that feeds on civil and military nuclear installations all across the northern hemisphere. Hundreds of millions of people are killed within days, and many more perish during the years that follow, falling victim to the lingering radioactivity and the severe climatic changes that affect the earth.</p>
+ <p><strong>2012-2019</strong><br />Gale force winds sweep across the world, carrying enormous amounts of dust into the upper atmosphere and preventing much sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. Temperatures plummet, deterring survivors from remaining above ground. Communications are disrupted by gamma radiation, making all radio, cable and satellite contact impossible. Small colonies of survivors develop in total isolation from one another during these years of darkness.</p>
<p><strong>2019-2020</strong><br />Gradually, the dust storms die down and the sun penetrates the atmosphere, thawing the earth's frozen surface. Radiation decays to tolerable levels, and survivors emerge to reclaim what little remains of the world they once knew.</p>
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<p>You are Cal Phoenix, a survivor, born in California on Thanksgiving Day in the year AD 2000. In 2012, whilst on winter vacation at your Uncle Jonas and Aunt Betty-Ann's ranch in Texas, you were invited to visit a shale-oil mine near Austin, the first of its kind in Texas. As Chief-of-Construction, your uncle was proud to take you on a guided tour of the whole underground complex, which, for security reasons, was totally self-supporting. It was during this tour on 3rd January 2012, that the holocaust began.</p>
- <p>You remember how the ground shuddered when the shock waves of the first distant explosions reached the mine and how you thought it was the start of an earthquake, such as you had experienced many times at home in California. But as the levels nearest the surface began to collapse and the central elevator shaft filled with rubble, you realized the awful truth. At first there was no way of telling the extent of the surface devastation. Below ground, the safety generators had automatically switched into operation when the main power supply failed, and the tremors had faded quickly, which encouraged your aunt and uncle to believe that the damage above was superficial. Uncle Jonas was confidant that the military would mount a rescue operation and that you would be brought out within a few days, a week at the most. Aunt Betty-Ann too was optimistic. After all, there were emergency supplies, enough to feed 200 men for a whole month. Little did she know that the three of you would end up consuming all those supplies, or that the mine would become your home, your shelter and your prison for the next eight years of your lives.</p>
+ <p>You remember how the ground shuddered when the shock waves of the first distant explosions reached the mine and how you thought it was the start of an earthquake, such as you had experienced many times at home in California. But as the levels nearest the surface began to collapse and the central elevator shaft filled with rubble, you realized the awful truth. At first there was no way of telling the extent of the surface devastation. Below ground, the safety generators had automatically switched into operation when the main power supply failed, and the tremors had faded quickly, which encouraged your aunt and uncle to believe that the damage above was superficial. Uncle Jonas was confidant that the military would mount a rescue operation and that you would be brought out within a few days, a week at the most. Aunt Betty-Ann too was optimistic. After all, there were emergency supplies, enough to feed 200 men for a whole month. Little did she know that the three of you would end up consuming all those supplies, or that the mine would become your home, your shelter and your prison for the next eight years of your lives.</p>
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- <p>It was early September in the year 2019 when eventually you broke through to the surface. The landscape surrounding the mine looked like the surface of another planet. Few structures had survived the blizzards and intense cold that had swept around the world in the years following 'The Day', and now, after the dust had settled and the sun returned, the once-fertile plains of Austin resembled little more than a desert of parched and broken rock, littered with the artefacts of an absent civilization. During the first few days, when you set out to explore this wilderness, it was easy to believe that you were the only survivors. But on the morning of the fifth day Uncle Jonas made chance radio contact with a family called Ewell, who were living near the ruins of McKinney, thirty miles north of Dallas. They told him that they had been in touch with a handful of other groups, who had managed somehow to survive the holocaust. Most were isolated, unable to move due to lack of fuel, food or water. They had urged those who could travel to join them in McKinney, to start a new community there, and some were already on their way. When your uncle and aunt accepted their invitation, the Ewells were enthusiastic but they also warned you to be wary - not everyone who had survived wanted to establish a new community. The ruins of some large Texan cities, such as Dallas and Fort Worth, were controlled by gangs of criminals who fought with each other and terrorized anyone seeking to re-establish law and order. They urged you to avoid these gangs at all costs.</p>
+ <p>It was early September in the year 2019 when eventually you broke through to the surface. The landscape surrounding the mine looked like the surface of another planet. Few structures had survived the blizzards and intense cold that had swept around the world in the years following 'The Day', and now, after the dust had settled and the sun returned, the once-fertile plains of Austin resembled little more than a desert of parched and broken rock, littered with the artefacts of an absent civilization. During the first few days, when you set out to explore this wilderness, it was easy to believe that you were the only survivors. But on the morning of the fifth day Uncle Jonas made chance radio contact with a family called Ewell, who were living near the ruins of McKinney, thirty miles north of Dallas. They told him that they had been in touch with a handful of other groups, who had managed somehow to survive the holocaust. Most were isolated, unable to move due to lack of fuel, food, or water. They had urged those who could travel to join them in McKinney, to start a new community there, and some were already on their way. When your uncle and aunt accepted their invitation, the Ewells were enthusiastic but they also warned you to be wary<ch.emdash/>not everyone who had survived wanted to establish a new community. The ruins of some large Texan cities, such as Dallas and Fort Worth, were controlled by gangs of criminals who fought with each other and terrorized anyone seeking to reestablish law and order. They urged you to avoid these gangs at all costs.</p>
<p>It took more than a week to discover a vehicle capable of transporting you to McKinney. It was an old school bus parked in an underground lot where it had survived the years of sub-zero blizzards. With fuel and spares salvaged from the mine, you managed to coax it back to life, whereupon you set off on your journey north. When you arrived at the town, it was easy to find where the Ewells lived, for their ranch was the only place that was still standing. It looked more like an old frontier post than a ranch, with its fortified perimeter wall, lookout posts and stake-filled moat. However, after being ambushed and shot at by the city gangs of Fort Worth during the final stages of your journey, you could readily understand the need for these defences.</p>
- <p>'Pop' Ewell, the seventy-year-old grandfather of the Ewell family, was the leader of this small colony of survivors, and it was he who had urged Uncle Jonas to join them when your uncle had first made radio contact. The colony numbered less than a dozen at the time of your arrival, yet as the airwaves became clearer and new contacts were made, the number had soon more than doubled to twenty-five. It was decided that a name was needed to identify the settlement. The name 'Dallas Colony One' was adopted - 'DC1' for short - and from that day on, everyone worked hard to make DC1 a secure haven for those seeking refuge from the hostile wastelands and marauding city gangs.</p>
+ <p>'Pop' Ewell, the seventy-year-old grandfather of the Ewell family, was the leader of this small colony of survivors, and it was he who had urged Uncle Jonas to join them when your uncle had first made radio contact. The colony numbered less than a dozen at the time of your arrival, yet as the airwaves became clearer and new contacts were made, the number had soon more than doubled to twenty-five. It was decided that a name was needed to identify the settlement. The name 'Dallas Colony One' was adopted<ch.emdash/>'DC1' for short<ch.emdash/>and from that day on, everyone worked hard to make DC1 a secure haven for those seeking refuge from the hostile wastelands and marauding city gangs.</p>
<p>'Cutter' Jacks was one such refugee. Before 'The Day' he had been chief mechanic at the International Grand Prix Circuit near Lake Dallas, and his incredible skill and knowledge of engines was soon to prove invaluable to the colony. He taught you how to drive, and from a pile of old wrecks that you helped him salvage from the circuit, he built you a powerful, customized car. You used it to patrol the highways north of the city, keeping a lookout for gangs of city punks who frequently mounted raids to steal or destroy DC1's supplies. Cutter also taught you to shoot, and it was your natural prowess with a gun, and your skill behind the wheel, that was to earn you the begrudging respect of your enemies, who took to calling you the 'Freeway Warrior'.</p>
- <p>Six months after your arrival at DC1, the colony was faced with a major crisis. A heat wave caused a drought that threatened to destroy the food supply. Crops were failing and the colony's artesian well - its only source of uncontaminated water - was beginning to dry up. The drought was also provoking more attacks from the city punks who were desperate for food and water. Their common need had united them and now they posed a very real threat to the security of DC1. It was the last day of May, 2020, when Pop Ewell made radio contact with another colony, who were based in the city of Big Spring, 300 miles west of McKinney. Their situation was completely the reverse of DC1's: they had food and water in plentiful supply but they were desperately short of fuel. They told of their contact with survivors in Tucson, Arizona, who also were without fuel. The Tucson colony reported that the territories west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains had been spared the worst effects of the radioactive blizzards that had devastated the rest of the country and, miraculously, much of southern California was still widely populated: it had survived the last eight years virtually intact. When you heard the news, you could hardly believe your ears. Perhaps your family as still alive; perhaps there was still a chance that one day you would be reunited.</p>
+ <p>Six months after your arrival at DC1, the colony was faced with a major crisis. A heat wave caused a drought that threatened to destroy the food supply. Crops were failing and the colony's artesian well<ch.emdash/>its only source of uncontaminated water<ch.emdash/>was beginning to dry up. The drought was also provoking more attacks from the city punks who were desperate for food and water. Their common need had united them and now they posed a very real threat to the security of DC1. It was the last day of May, 2020, when Pop Ewell made radio contact with another colony, who were based in the city of Big Spring, 300 miles west of McKinney. Their situation was completely the reverse of DC1's: they had food and water in plentiful supply but they were desperately short of fuel. They told of their contact with survivors in Tucson, Arizona, who also were without fuel. The Tucson colony reported that the territories west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains had been spared the worst effects of the radioactive blizzards that had devastated the rest of the country and, miraculously, much of southern California was still widely populated: it had survived the last eight years virtually intact. When you heard the news, you could hardly believe your ears. Perhaps your family as still alive; perhaps there was still a chance that one day you would be reunited.</p>
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- <p>A meeting was held to decide how best to deal with the crisis facing DCl. Everyone agreed that staying at McKinney could lead only to eventual death, either slowly from starvation or suddenly at the hands of the murderous city gangs. The only choice open to DC1 was to try to reach California: only there lay any real hope for the future of the colony. The decision was relayed to the survivors at Big Spring, and a deal was struck to rendezvous with them as soon as possible. DC1 would give them fuel in exchange for food and water, and together they would join up with the Tucson colony for the final stage of the journey to California.</p>
- <p>Careful preparations were made for the long trek, and three vehicles were chosen to make up the convoy: the school bus, your customized roadster and a gasoline tanker laden with 5,000 gallons of petroleum siphoned from underground storage tanks at the Ewell ranch. Supplies of food and water were adequate but the colony lacked sufficient firearms and ammunition with which to defend itself. On the day before the convoy was due to leave, one of the colonists was sent north to search the town of Sherman for weapons. He radioed back to say that he had found a cache of hunting rifles and ammunition, but that his truck had broken down and he was stranded in the town. He had also found a survivor - a beautiful teenage girl - and he requested that you go to Sherman to pick them both up. As soon as you arrived you were ambushed by the scouts of a brutal gang of bikers known as the Detroit Lions and, in the ensuing gun battle, you killed Stinger - the scouts' leader.</p>
- <p>Later you learned that the girl, Kate Norton, was the sole survivor of a Kansas City colony that had been attacked and wiped out by the Detroit Lions. The Lions' leader, who calls himself Mad Dog Michigan, had taken a liking to her and spared her life. Mad Dog was once a high-ranking HAVOC agent who had escaped from Pontiac Deep Pen near Detroit, and he and his gang, most of whom were also HAVOC escapees, were heading for the Fort Hood Military Reserve near Killeen, Texas, the largest armoury in the whole of the United States. There he hoped to find enough weapons to equip the other HAVOC clans, who were now in control of cities all along the eastern seaboard. Kate had managed to steal a motorcycle and escape from their camp, but Mad Dog was determined to get her back. He sent his brother - Stinger - and a handful of his best scouts to track her down, and they had finally caught up with her at Sherman.</p>
- <p>When Mad Dog learned that you had killed his brother, he vowed to get even with you. He abandoned his plans to loot Fort Hood and embarked instead on a relentless pursuit of your colony as it crossed the sun-scorched wastelands of Texas. The journey to Big Spring was fraught with great danger and yet, in spite of the many perils you faced, or perhaps because of them, you felt yourself falling in love with Kate and you sensed that she was becoming increasingly fond of you. Sadly, the convoy was only a few miles from Big Spring when disaster struck. The land surrounding the settlement was controlled by a gang of bikers, a renegade clan called the Mavericks, who had been the bane of the Big Spring colony for many months. As the convoy drew nearer to its destination, the Mavericks launched an attack, and, in the running battle that ensued, they captured and abducted Kate. The convoy entered the fortified gates of Big Spring to a rapturous welcome from the colonists of that settlement, but for you the celebration was soured by the vivid memory of Kate's abduction. You vowed to rescue her, and from that moment on every waking minute of every day at Big Spring was spent thinking about little else.</p>
+ <p>A meeting was held to decide how best to deal with the crisis facing DC1. Everyone agreed that staying at McKinney could lead only to eventual death, either slowly from starvation or suddenly at the hands of the murderous city gangs. The only choice open to DC1 was to try to reach California: only there lay any real hope for the future of the colony. The decision was relayed to the survivors at Big Spring, and a deal was struck to rendezvous with them as soon as possible. DC1 would give them fuel in exchange for food and water, and together they would join up with the Tucson colony for the final stage of the journey to California.</p>
+ <p>Careful preparations were made for the long trek, and three vehicles were chosen to make up the convoy: the school bus, your customized roadster and a gasolene tanker laden with 5,000 gallons of petroleum siphoned from underground storage tanks at the Ewell ranch. Supplies of food and water were adequate but the colony lacked sufficient firearms and ammunition with which to defend itself. On the day before the convoy was due to leave, one of the colonists was sent north to search the town of Sherman for weapons. He radioed back to say that he had found a cache of hunting rifles and ammunition, but that his truck had broken down and he was stranded in the town. He had also found a survivor<ch.emdash/>a beautiful teenage girl<ch.emdash/>and he requested that you go to Sherman to pick them both up. As soon as you arrived you were ambushed by the scouts of a brutal gang of bikers known as the Detroit Lions and, in the ensuing gun battle, you killed Stinger<ch.emdash/>the scouts' leader.</p>
+ <p>Later you learned that the girl, Kate Norton, was the sole survivor of a Kansas City colony that had been attacked and wiped out by the Detroit Lions. The Lions' leader, who calls himself Mad Dog Michigan, had taken a liking to her and spared her life. Mad Dog was once a high-ranking HAVOC agent who had escaped from Pontiac Deep Pen near Detroit, and he and his gang, most of whom were also HAVOC escapees, were heading for the Fort Hood Military Reserve near Killeen, Texas, the largest armoury in the whole of the United States. There he hoped to find enough weapons to equip the other HAVOC clans, who were now in control of cities all along the eastern seaboard. Kate had managed to steal a motorcycle and escape from their camp, but Mad Dog was determined to get her back. He sent his brother<ch.emdash/>Stinger<ch.emdash/>and a handful of his best scouts to track her down, and they had finally caught up with her at Sherman.</p>
+ <p>When Mad Dog learned that you had killed his brother, he vowed to get even with you. He abandoned his plans to loot Fort Hood and embarked instead on a relentless pursuit of your colony as it crossed the sun-scorched wastelands of Texas. The journey to Big Spring was fraught with great danger and yet, in spite of the many perils you faced, or perhaps because of them, you felt yourself falling in love with Kate and you sensed that she was becoming increasingly fond of you. Sadly, the convoy was only a few miles from Big Spring when disaster struck. The land surrounding the settlement was controlled by a gang of bikers, a renegade clan called the 'Mavericks', who had been the bane of the Big Spring colony for many months. As the convoy drew nearer to its destination, the Mavericks launched an attack, and, in the running battle that ensued, they captured and abducted Kate. The convoy entered the fortified gates of Big Spring to a rapturous welcome from the colonists of that settlement, but for you the celebration was soured by the vivid memory of Kate's abduction. You vowed to rescue her, and from that moment on every waking minute of every day at Big Spring was spent thinking about little else.</p>
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<p>By chance it transpired that the leader of the Mavericks, a blond-haired murderer called Amex Gold, was a former HAVOC agent, who had served under Mad Dog Michigan before 'The Day'. He offered to join forces with the Lions and, as a gesture of his loyalty to his former commander, he returned Kate to him. Together the Lions and the Mavericks launched a hasty attack on Big Spring, yet, although they outnumbered the colony by more than three to one, they were unable to breach the settlement's fortified perimeter wall and were repelled with heavy losses. On the day after the attack, Pop Ewell discovered the radio frequency that the clansmen were using and was able to eavesdrop on their communications. He learned that Mad Dog had ordered another HAVOC clan, the Saints, who were based in New Orleans, to come to reinforce his command; they were expected to arrive within the week. He also overheard Mad Dog arrange a meeting with Mekong Mike, the leader of the Angelinos, a gang who controlled the city of San Angelo. He wanted him as an ally and was prepared to offer guns and ammunition in return for his help in destroying the Big Spring colony. Two days later, Mad Dog Michigan set off for San Angelo at the head of a motorcycle pack 200 riders strong. Those few clansmen who remained with Amex Gold tried all manner of tricks to convince the colony that the Mavericks and the Lions still surrounded Big Spring in strength, but to no avail. The senior members of the newly enlarged colony convened a meeting, at which it was decided that, with the clansmen now at their weakest, and with the appearance of the New Orleans gang expected at any time, a breakout had to be attempted without delay. There was only one way for the colony to reach Tucson overland and that was to follow the remains of Interstate Freeway 10 through the arid, mountainous territory of western Texas. Precisely halfway between Big Spring and Tucson lies the city of El Paso. To reach this city in one piece became the convoy's goal. It lay at the end of a long and tortuous stretch of mountain highway, undoubtedly one of the toughest you would have to face on your journey to California.</p>
- <p>Under cover of darkness, the convoy escaped from Big Spring and sped westwards. Now your vow to rescue Kate could at last be realized and, at the first opportunity, you told the colony of your plans. Reluctantly they let you leave the convoy and go to San Angelo, where you intended to infiltrate the meeting between the Lions and the Angelinos in the hope of finding Kate there. Your skill and daring were rewarded, for you were able to locate and rescue Kate from under the very noses of the clan leaders. During your escape from their city, you killed Mekong Mike, the Angelinos' leader, and stole a map from Mad Dog Michigan. Later you discovered that this map contained vital details of a HAVOC operation to take over the whole of the United States.</p>
+ <p>Under cover of darkness, the convoy escaped from Big Spring and sped westwards. Now your vow to rescue Kate could at last be realized and, at the first opportunity, you told the colony of your plans. Reluctantly they let you leave the convoy and go to San Angelo, where you intended to infiltrate the meeting between the Lions and the Angelinos in the hope of finding Kate there. Your skill and daring were rewarded, for you were able to locate and rescue Kate from under the very noses of the clan leaders. During your escape from their city, you killed Mekong Mike, the Angelinos' leader, and stole a map from Mad Dog Michigan. Later you discovered that this map contained vital details of a HAVOC operation to take over the whole of the United States.</p>
<p>As you escaped westwards from San Angelo, you encountered three soldiers, survivors from a world Defence League outpost in southern Texas, who were also heading for El Paso, where the remnants of their command group were stationed. You joined them and together you rendezvoused with the convoy at the entrance to the only passable road through the Apache Mountains. A fierce battle was raging along this pass between the Mavericks and a clan of Mexicans who had crossed the border in search of food and supplies. The convoy was forced to run the gauntlet of their gunfire before finally reaching its goal. Upon entering the city, you received a warm welcome from the WDL command group who were defending the military reserve of Fort Bliss. They celebrated your arrival for several days until the appearance of Mad Dog Michigan and an army of clansmen numbering over 1000 strong brought an abrupt end to the festivities. He had persuaded the Mexicans to join with the Lions, the Mavericks and the Saints, all of whom were now united to his cause. The situation was desperate. Faced with overwhelming odds, the WDL command tried to negotiate with Mad Dog but he rejected their overtures with disdain. He sent a reply to the command leader, Captain Frankland, in which he reaffirmed his vow to avenge his brother's death. His aims were brutally simple: he promised that neither you nor any of the colony would ever leave EL Paso alive. He set up headquarters in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, where he directed his clan army to encircle and lay siege to the colony.</p>
<p>For two weeks, he launched repeated attacks, calculated to weaken your defences. The colony withstood the assaults, but the constant attrition began to erode your hopes of ever being able to break out of El Paso and reach Tucson in one piece. Then a radio message was intercepted that was to turn this desperate situation into a crisis. A clan convoy of trucks was bound for Mad Dog's headquarters in Ciudad Juarez. On board were enough high explosives to blow Fort Bliss, and everyone in it, to sightless atoms. Something had to be done to prevent Mad Dog from using these explosives. Out of desperation was born a daring plan. The explosives had to be destroyed as soon as they reached Ciudad Juarez. It was a dangerous and potentially suicidal mission, too difficult for one man alone, therefore Captain Frankland chose to lead the mission himself and he called for three volunteers to accompany him. Two WDL soldiers, Haskell and Knott, readily accepted the challenge and, mindful that the future of the colony was dependent on the success of this mission, you summoned up enough courage to volunteer as the fourth member of his team.</p>
<p>Armed with contact mines, the four of you infiltrated Mad Dog's base and blew up the explosives shortly after they arrived there. The unexpected destruction of the base threw his clan army into confusion and enabled the colony to break out of Fort Bliss virtually unopposed. As the colony made their escape westwards towards Tucson, your team escaped from Ciudad Juarez in a hijacked truck and made its way along the Mexican border. The plan was for you to rendezvous with the colony the following day, but mechanical breakdowns and skirmishes with Mad Dog's scouts prevented an early reunion. Enraged by the sheer nerve of your attack and the damage inflicted upon his command, Mad Dog Michigan sent for Helmut Varken, the most ruthless of all his HAVOC assassins. Relentlessly Varken shadowed your team as you traversed the mountainous forests of southern Arizona and, one-by-one, he coldly murdered your comrades until only you remained.</p>
<p>In a fateful showdown in the town of Tombstone, you faced Varken and avenged your dead companions in the yard of the town's historic courthouse. Using the deceased assassin's motorcycle, you reached Interstate 10 and followed tyre tracks that were made a day before by the convoy vehicles. They led you to the town of Benson, forty miles southeast of Tucson, where unexpectedly you met up with Kate Norton. When your team had failed to make the rendezvous, the colony had come to the reluctant conclusion that you had all perished at Ciudad Juarez. Only Kate clung to the belief that you were still alive and had persuaded the colony leaders, against their better judgment, to allow her to wait for you here.</p>
- <p>Driving your roadster, the two of you set off confidently on the final leg of your journey to Tucson. However, your confidence was soon shattered by the sudden appearance of another roadster, an armed and armoured racing machine driven by none other than your archenemy, Mad Dog Michigan. A vicious road duel ensued as you raced towards the sanctuary of the Tucson stronghold, a battle that culminated in a high-speed collision that sent your enemy careering off the freeway at over 100 miles per hour. The last you saw of the HAVOC leader was when his roadster plummeted into a deep drainage-way called the Pantona Wash.</p>
+ <p>Driving your roadster, the two of you set off confidently on the final leg of your journey to Tucson. However, your confidence was soon shattered by the sudden appearance of another roadster, an armed and armoured racing machine driven by none other than your archenemy, Mad Dog Michigan. A vicious road duel ensued as you raced towards the sanctuary of the Tucson stronghold, a battle that culminated in a high-speed collision that sent your enemy careering off the freeway at over 100 miles per hour. The last you saw of the HAVOC leader was when his roadster plummeted into a deep drainage-way called the Pantona Wash.</p>
<p>You and Kate entered the Tucson stronghold to a hero's welcome. The colony was overjoyed, for they feared that they would never see either of you again. They were saddened to hear of the deaths of your comrades, yet all drew some comfort from the knowledge that the memory of their sacrifice would never fade. Had it not been for their bravery, the convoy would never have reached Tucson intact.</p>
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<p>Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. An <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> has been supplied on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds.</p>
- <p>Your personal characteristics comprise two basic attributes: <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. To discover your initial <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point the blunt end of it on to the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick a 0 it counts as zero. Add 10 to the number you have picked and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> section of your Action Chart (for example, if your pencil falls on the number 5 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, you have a CLOSE <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> total of 15). When you fight an enemy in hand-to-hand combat, your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> will be measured against that of your enemy, so a high score in this section is desirable.</p>
- <p>To discover your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level, repeat the process, but this time add 20 to the number you have picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Write the total in the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (for example, if your pencil falls on the number 8 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, you have a total <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score of 28). If you are wounded in combat, or injured at any other time during your adventure you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If, at any time, your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total falls to zero, you are dead and the adventure is over. You can regain lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during the course of the adventure, but your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level can never rise above your initial score.</p>
+ <p>Your personal characteristics comprise two basic attributes: <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. To discover your initial <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point the blunt end of it on to the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick a 0 it counts as zero. Add 10 to the number you have picked and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> section of your Action Chart (for example, if your pencil falls on the number 5 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, you have a <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> total of 15). When you fight an enemy in hand-to-hand combat, your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> will be measured against that of your enemy, so a high score in this section is desirable.</p>
+ <p>To discover your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level, repeat the process, but this time add 20 to the number you have picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Write the total in the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (for example, if your pencil falls on the number 8 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, you have a total <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score of 28). If you are wounded in combat, or injured at any other time during your adventure you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If, at any time, your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total falls to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over. You can regain lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during the course of the adventure, but your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level can never rise above your initial score.</p>
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<p>Ever since the day you returned to the surface, you have endeavoured to develop your skills and natural instincts fully in order to best defend yourself and your colony.</p>
<p>Listed on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> are your five basic Survival Skills:</p>
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<section class="frontmatter" id="driving">
<meta><title>Driving</title></meta>
<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 Freeway Warrior 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 this is your first Freeway Warrior 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>
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<section class="frontmatter" id="medikit">
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- <p>A well-stocked Medi-kit can make all the difference to your chances of survival should you suffer injury in the field or as a result of combat. It contains useful first aid supplies, such as dressings, antiseptics, antibiotics, water purification tablets, sulphonamides, pain killers, potassium iodide tablets (to delay absorption of radioactivity) and sutures.</p>
+ <p>A well-stocked Medi-kit can make all the difference to your chances of survival should you suffer injury in the field or as a result of combat. It contains useful first aid supplies, such as dressings, antiseptics, antibiotics, water purification tablets, sulfonamides, pain killers, potassium iodide tablets (to delay absorption of radioactivity) and sutures.</p>
<p>For convenience, these medical supplies are grouped into units. To find how many units you have in your Medi-kit, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (0 equals 10) and add 2. Your total score equals the number of units with which you begin your adventure. To keep a record of them, circle the appropriate number of unit symbols in the Medi-kit section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. The maximum number of units you can carry in your Medi-kit is twelve.</p>
<p>You may use your Medi-kit units to restore lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points; each unit used in this way restores 3 points. Units cannot be used to restore <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in lieu of a Meal or Water when instructed to eat or drink.</p>
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<p>These weapons aid you in hand-to-hand fighting. You begin your adventure armed with a Hunting Knife which, when used in close combat, adds 2 points to your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Note this Hunting Knife in the Close Combat Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>If you find a close combat weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it. Close combat weapons appear in the text with a close combat skill number: for example, Machete (3). This number indicates how many points this weapon will add to your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> when used in a hand-to-hand fight.</p>
- <p>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two.</p>
+ <p>If you find a close combat weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it. Close combat weapons appear in the text with a close combat skill number; for example, Machete (3). This number indicates how many points this weapon will add to your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> when used in a hand-to-hand fight.</p>
+ <p>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em>.</p>
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- <p>There will be occasions when you will have to fight an enemy in hand-to-hand combat. The enemy's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level will both be given in the text. Your aim in close combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero while losing as few of your own <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible.</p>
+ <p>There will be occasions when you will have to fight an enemy in hand-to-hand combat. The enemy's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> level will both be given in the text. Your aim in close combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero or below while losing as few of your own <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible.</p>
<p>At the start of a close combat, enter both your own and your enemy's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the appropriate boxes on the Close Combat Record section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. The sequence for close combat is as follows:</p>
<ol class="paragraphed">
<li><p>Add any extra points gained through the use of close combat weapons to your current <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> total.</p></li>
<li><p>After working out your Combat Ratio, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p></li>
<li>
<p>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Close Combat Results Table</a>. Along the top of the chart are the Combat Ratio numbers. Find the number that is the same as your Combat Ratio and cross-reference it with the number that you have picked (the random numbers appear down the side of the chart). You now have the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost by both Cal Phoenix and his enemy in this round of close combat. (E represents points lost by the enemy; CP represents points lost by Cal Phoenix.)</p>
- <p>Example<br />The Combat Ratio between Cal Phoenix and the Renegade Clansman has been established as <ch.plus/>1. If the number picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 4, then the result of the first round of close combat is:
+ <p>Example<br />The Combat Ratio between Cal Phoenix and the Renegade Clansman has been established as <ch.plus/>1. If the number picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 4, then the result of the first round of close combat is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cal Phoenix loses 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
<li>Renegade Clansman loses 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
</ul>
- </p>
</li>
<li><p>On the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, mark the changes in <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to the participants in the close combat.</p></li>
<li><p>Unless otherwise instructed, or unless you have an option to evade, start the next round of close combat.</p></li>
<li><p>Repeat the sequence from stage 3.</p></li>
</ol>
- <p>This procedure continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either the enemy or Cal Phoenix are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead. If Cal Phoenix is dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, Cal Phoenix proceeds but with a reduced <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point score.</p>
- <p>A <a idref="crsumary">
summary of the Close Combat Rules</a> appears on the page after the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>This procedure continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either the enemy or Cal Phoenix are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead. If Cal Phoenix is dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, Cal Phoenix proceeds but with his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points possibly reduced.</p>
+ <p>A <a idref="crsumary">
Summary of the Close Combat Rules</a> appears on the page after the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
<meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
<p>The day after your arrival sees the withdrawal of Mad Dog Michigan's clan army from the vicinity of the Davis-Monthan air force base, stronghold of the Tucson colony. Scouts are sent to shadow the enemy and, later in the day, they return to report that the clansmen have pulled back to Nogales, a frontier town on the Mexican border. This hurried retreat reinforces the belief that Mad Dog perished when his speedster crashed into the Pantona Wash.</p>
<p>Boosted by the arrival of your convoy, the Tucson colony now numbers over 130 men, women and children. Supplies of food and water are adequate and, with the arrival of DC1's gasolene tanker, there is more than enough fuel to get you to California. Mike Gorgas, a former district attorney who is now the appointed leader of the Tucson colony, urges the other colony leaders to make preparations to leave the stronghold and head west without delay. The clan army may have suffered a setback but, sooner or later, prompted by a lack of supplies or a desire for revenge, they are sure to leave Nogales and attack the stronghold in force.</p>
<p>There is also the threat of an attack by the Outlaws, an exceptionally vicious clan that controls the city of Phoenix. Among their number are many criminals who have been expelled from California since 'The Day'. Their leader, Shiloh, is one such outcast. He has been exiled into the Omega Zone (the name Californians have given to the ravaged territories east of their state line), for murder, looting and other, lesser, crimes he and his gang perpetrated in Los Angeles. During the past few months he has often crossed swords with the Tucson colony, resulting in deaths on both sides.</p>
- <p>When the time comes to plan the route to California, the colony agrees that they should try at all costs to avoid contact with Shiloh's clan. Interstate 10 is the only highway out of Tucson capable of carrying the convoy at reasonable speed, yet it passes straight through the centre of Phoenix. The only alternative is to follow this highway as far as Arizona City and then switch to Interstate 8. The colony could then follow the freeway across southern Arizona to Yuma, traverse the Colorado river at this point, and continue, through the desert and mountains of south-west California, until finally reaching its goal - the city of San Diego.</p>
+ <p>When the time comes to plan the route to California, the colony agrees that they should try at all costs to avoid contact with Shiloh's clan. Interstate 10 is the only highway out of Tucson capable of carrying the convoy at reasonable speed, yet it passes straight through the centre of Phoenix. The only alternative is to follow this highway as far as Arizona City and then switch to Interstate 8. The colony could then follow the freeway across southern Arizona to Yuma, traverse the Colorado river at this point, and continue, through the desert and mountains of southwest California, until finally reaching its goal<ch.emdash/>the city of San Diego.</p>
<p>Much of the territory south of Phoenix is patrolled and controlled by the Outlaws. To avoid the risk of running headlong into a clan patrol, the colony appoints you, and three others, as scouts. Whilst the colonists complete their final preparations to leave the stronghold, you and the other scouts set off along Interstate 10 to check that the road ahead is clear.</p>
<choice idref="sect235"><link-text>Turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="numbered" id="sect4">
<meta><title>4</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect4-1-foot" idref="sect4-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct six rounds of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your burst of fire hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly. The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>Your burst of fire hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly.<a id="sect4-1" idref="sect4-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>8</title></meta>
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- <p>Your weapon strikes Mad Dog's shoulder blade, opening a deep wound. Screaming with pain, he stumbles backwards and, in doing so, raises his right arm towards the ceiling. The blade of his chainsaw rips into the wooden paneling as if it were paper-thin, but, when it cuts through a metal light-fitting, the deadly blade becomes jammed. Frantically, Mad Dog pulls at the handle in an effort to free the chainsaw before you can get back on your feet.</p>
+ <p>Your weapon strikes Mad Dog's shoulder blade, opening a deep wound. Screaming with pain, he stumbles backwards and, in doing so, raises his right arm towards the ceiling. The blade of his chainsaw rips into the wooden panelling as if it were paper-thin, but, when it cuts through a metal light-fitting, the deadly blade becomes jammed. Frantically, Mad Dog pulls at the handle in an effort to free the chainsaw before you can get back on your feet.</p>
<choice idref="sect234">If you wish to look for your gun, <link-text>turn to 234</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect105">If you wish to look for another close combat weapon, <link-text>turn to 105</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect27">If you wish to attack the clan leader with your bare hands before he can free his chainsaw, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quietly you inform your fellow judges of your decision and, after a brief consultation, Cutter Jacks announces the verdict.</p>
- <p>'By the majority decision of this tribunal, we find John Barlow guilty of the murder of Micheal Gorgas in the first degree. This crime is a capital offence punishable by death by firing squad. The sentence is to be carried out immediately.'</p>
+ <p>'By the majority decision of this tribunal, we find John Barlow guilty of the murder of Michael Gorgas in the first degree. This crime is a capital offence punishable by death by firing squad. The sentence is to be carried out immediately.'</p>
<p>Upon hearing the verdict, the surrounding colonists utter a sound that is full of shocked disbelief. Barlow's face contorts into a mask of hatred and he reaches, like a striking cobra, for the pistol he has tucked into his belt. However, the Tucson escorts are already moving forward to grab his arms, and swiftly they wrestle the gun from his hand. A lone voice in the crowd demands a re-trial, but it is ignored. Then another voice rings out, but this time it captures everyone's attention. It is Macy, the convoy's lookout, and he is screaming words that make your blood run cold.</p>
<p>'The Outlaws are attacking!'</p>
<p>Without warning, two grenades explode simultaneously in the town square and the chatter of machine gun fire echoes along the empty side-streets. Screams of panic mingle with the dull booms of more explosions as the colonists rush to the vehicles to try to retrieve their weapons before it is too late. A burst of gunfire from a rooftop stitches a line of holes across the table and sends you, and the other judges, diving for cover. Suddenly everything is chaos; it's every man for himself. You grab your gun and scurry towards a garbage cart that lies overturned on the plaza. As you skid to a halt behind the cart, you find yourself face to face with Barlow, the man you have just sentenced to death. The confrontation is shocking, but it is the sight of the screwdriver that he is holding poised in his hand that really strikes terror in your heart.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect25">
<meta><title>25</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect25-1-foot" idref="sect25-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You raise your gun and squeeze the trigger just as the clansman looses off a second burst of fire. Bullets thud into the side of the car, dangerously close, but you fight the urge to dive for cover. The firing stops, and your adversary clutches at his chest and crumples in a heap in the doorway. Rickenbacker, having finally lost his patience, slams his gun angrily against the front of the car. To his surprise, the sudden impact is just what is needed to dislodge the faulty shell.</p>
+ <p>You raise your gun and squeeze the trigger just as the clansman looses off a second burst of fire.<a id="sect25-1" idref="sect25-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Bullets thud into the side of the car, dangerously close, but you fight the urge to dive for cover. The firing stops, and your adversary clutches at his chest and crumples in a heap in the doorway. Rickenbacker, having finally lost his patience, slams his gun angrily against the front of the car. To his surprise, the sudden impact is just what is needed to dislodge the faulty shell.</p>
<p>Then you hear running footsteps somewhere above and behind you. You turn in time to see two clansmen rushing to take up firing positions on the roof of a nearby bank. You shout a warning and immediately Rickenbacker spins around to face the threat. With no time to take proper aim, the two of you trust to your luck as you spray the parapet of the roof with gunfire (remember to erase an additional round of fire from your Ammo Pouch). Your swift action is rewarded: the clansmen are caught in your crossfire before they have you fixed in their sights. With gurgling screams they tumble from the roof of the bank and crash on to the street below.</p>
<p>'You OK?' asks Rickenbacker.</p>
<p>'Sure, jus' fine,' you reply, confidently. 'I guess we'd better check out the bodies, 'n' make sure they're Outlaws.'</p>
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- <p>Quickly you drive back to the convoy, where ameeting is called to discuss the situation. It is decided that the convoy vehicles will be drawn up into break-out formation, ready to follow the highway south to Brawley. Once you reach this town you will keep going at speed until you return to Interstate 8 near El Centro. Cookie reminds everyone that the Chargers clan are in control of that city, but his warning is all but ignored. Most of the colony still distrust him, and those who do believe what he says feel that there is really no alternative route.</p>
+ <p>Quickly you drive back to the convoy, where a meeting is called to discuss the situation. It is decided that the convoy vehicles will be drawn up into break-out formation, ready to follow the highway south to Brawley. Once you reach this town you will keep going at speed until you return to Interstate 8 near El Centro. Cookie reminds everyone that the Chargers clan are in control of that city, but his warning is all but ignored. Most of the colony still distrust him, and those who do believe what he says feel that there is really no alternative route.</p>
<p>'If we move fast,' says Cutter, 'and keep on moving, we'll be through El Centro and long gone before these Chargers know what's happened.'</p>
<p>Within half an hour the convoy is drawn up into its break-out formation, with the Tyler tow truck taking the lead. You squeeze your pick-up into the line, between the DC1 school bus and the Landcruiser, and wait impatiently for Pete Tyler to give the signal to roll.</p>
<choice idref="sect50"><link-text>Turn to 50</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The windows of this store are so caked with dirt that it is impossible to see inside. You imagine an Aladdin's cave full of food just waiting to be scooped off the shelves, but your hopes are dashed when you force open one of the Supermart's electric doors and gain entry.</p>
- <p>The first thing you notice is the sunlight streaming in where part of the rear wall has collapsed. Over the past year this gap has allowed foraging clansmen and packs of hungry mountain wolves to take nearly everything worth taking from the store. Only when you search the storerooms on the basement level do you find a case of canned foodstuffs that are still edible. You are pulling it down off the shelf when suddenly you discover why the clansmen and the wolves left this case untouched.</p>
+ <p>The first thing you notice is the sunlight streaming in where part of the rear wall has collapsed. Over the past year this gap has allowed foraging clansmen and packs of hungry mountain wolves to take nearly everything worth taking from the store. Only when you search the store rooms on the basement level do you find a case of canned foodstuffs that are still edible. You are pulling it down off the shelf when suddenly you discover why the clansmen and the wolves left this case untouched.</p>
<p>Behind the case is a nesting rattlesnake. Until now it has been sleeping, but the sudden, unexpected movement of the case has awoken it and, in fear and surprise, it lashes out and attempts to sink its venomous fangs into your throat.</p>
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<meta>
<section class="numbered" id="sect33">
<meta><title>33</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect33-1-foot" idref="sect33-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You fire first, easily beating your adversary to the draw, but to your horror your gunfire goes awry, missing its target by several feet. Undaunted by how near he has come to death, your enemy fixes you grimly in his sights and squeezes the trigger of his machine pistol.</p>
+ <p>You fire first, easily beating your adversary to the draw, but to your horror your gunfire goes awry, missing its target by several feet.<a id="sect33-1" idref="sect33-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Undaunted by how near he has come to death, your enemy fixes you grimly in his sights and squeezes the trigger of his machine pistol.</p>
<choice idref="sect245">If you wish to dive to the ground to avoid being hit, <link-text>turn to 245</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect158">If you wish to fire a second time, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 158</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You raise your gun and track the clansman as he runs across the bridge, but you do not get a clear view of him until he emerges from behind the bridge's supporting girders and sprints towards the pick-up truck. He is more than thirty yards away when you let loose your first round of fire.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
- <choice idref="sect188">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 188</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect186">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect233">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect37">
<meta><title>37</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect37-1-foot" idref="sect37-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Barlow throws his hands in the air as the force of your gunfire pitches him forwards. He crashes to the ground and immediately tries to rise, but it is a futile effort: he has sustained a fatal wound and death is but seconds away. The clan biker moves as if he is going to dismount and help his confederate. Then, realizing that he is beyond help, he quickly changes his mind and makes a hasty escape from the plaza.</p>
+ <p>Barlow throws his hands in the air as the force of your gunfire pitches him forwards.<a id="sect37-1" idref="sect37-1-foot" class="footnote" /> He crashes to the ground and immediately tries to rise, but it is a futile effort: he has sustained a fatal wound and death is but seconds away. The clan biker moves as if he is going to dismount and help his confederate. Then, realizing that he is beyond help, he quickly changes his mind and makes a hasty escape from the plaza.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker and Cutter come running across the plaza and take cover with you behind the garbage cart. You tell them how you dispatched Barlow, and how you are now absolutely convinced that he was guilty.</p>
<p>'You're right,' says Cutter, glancing across at his motionless body. 'He must have been a clan infiltrator. I'd hazard a guess that this whole attack was an effort by the Outlaws t' get him out o' here.'</p>
<p>'Well now they're too late,' you reply. 'His sentence has already been served in full.'</p>
- <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a valiant defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town. All, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering in the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person who is still on board the bus - Kate - and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
+ <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a valiant defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town. All, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering in the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person who is still on board the bus<ch.emdash/>Kate<ch.emdash/>and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If you wish to open fire at the clansman before he gains entry to the bus, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect181">If you do not wish to open fire at the clansman, or are unable to do so, <link-text>turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>40</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Cookie informs you that the convoy could make a successful crossing at the Imperial Reservoir, located on the Colorado River ten miles to the north-east of Dome. Your map confirms its location, but no highways are shown and you doubt that the convoy's heavy vehicles would be able to cross there safely, if at all.</p>
+ <p>Cookie informs you that the convoy could make a successful crossing at the Imperial Reservoir, located on the Colorado River ten miles to the northeast of Dome. Your <a idref="map">map</a> confirms its location, but no highways are shown and you doubt that the convoy's heavy vehicles would be able to cross there safely, if at all.</p>
<p>Cookie is insistent that it is possible, and, after much deliberation, the colony leaders agree to try. The convoy sets off immediately for Ligurta, a town on Interstate 8 that you checked thoroughly on your return from Yuma earlier this morning. The town is still empty, so the convoy halts here. Driving the clan pick-up truck that you discovered parked behind the cinema last night, Rickenbacker, Cookie and yourself leave Ligurta to scout the tiny town of Dome. It is empty, but two miles beyond it you find that the bridge across the Gila River is guarded by a Puma patrol.</p>
<choice idref="sect109"><link-text>Turn to 109</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>41</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Beyond the X-ray department, the corridor leads to another flight of stairs, which ascends to a pair of heavy doors, inset with circular windows. You look through the windows and see a small reception lobby, with couches, desks and a counter. A detailed floorplan of the hospital is hanging behind the reception counter and it occurs to you that this must show where the medicine storage facility is located. You push against the doors but, to your frustration, both of them are locked.</p>
+ <p>Beyond the X-ray department, the corridor leads to another flight of stairs, which ascends to a pair of heavy doors, inset with circular windows. You look through the windows and see a small reception lobby, with couches, desks and a counter. A detailed floor plan of the hospital is hanging behind the reception counter and it occurs to you that this must show where the medicine storage facility is located. You push against the doors but, to your frustration, both of them are locked.</p>
<choice idref="sect153">If you wish to try to barge open the doors to gain access to the lobby, <link-text>turn to 153</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect22">If you wish to try to pick the lock that secures the doors, <link-text>turn to 22</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect90">If you choose to shoot open the lock, <link-text>turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
<section class="numbered" id="sect46">
<meta><title>46</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect46-1-foot" idref="sect46-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire hits the clansman in the chest, sending him flying backwards to crash heavily against one of the barbecue ranges. As he slides to the ground, his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes, resigned to its fate.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire hits the clansman in the chest, sending him flying backwards to crash heavily against one of the barbecue ranges.<a id="sect46-1" idref="sect46-1-foot" class="footnote" /> As he slides to the ground, his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes, resigned to its fate.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker appears at the edge of the barbecue area, drawn by the sound of gunfire. His face is lined with worry until he sees that you are still standing.</p>
<choice idref="sect305"><link-text>Turn to 305</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The discordant blare of an air horn tells every driver to start his engine. Then the convoy moves off like a giant, disjointed metal snake, gradually gathering speed as it approaches the highway junction. Ahead you see the line of vehicles veer to the south and, as you approach the Crazies' tented encampment, you hear the shrill cackle of their laughter.</p>
- <p>Some of the more daring clansmen are hurling stones and old auto parts at the speeding convoy. Most fall short or do minimal damage, but one missile - a frisbee-like auto disc - travels further than the rest. It arcs in the air above the DC1 school bus and comes falling straight towards your windshield.</p>
+ <p>Some of the more daring clansmen are hurling stones and old auto parts at the speeding convoy. Most fall short or do minimal damage, but one missile<ch.emdash/>a frisbee-like auto disc<ch.emdash/>travels further than the rest. It arcs in the air above the DC1 school bus and comes falling straight towards your windshield.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect137">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 137</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect6">If your total score is 6-8, <link-text>turn to 6</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>55</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The route Jaeger took yesterday, when he hiked from the well in the moutains to Interstate 8, followed the course of the San Christobal 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 route Jaeger took yesterday, when he hiked from the well in the mountains to Interstate 8, followed the course of the San Christobal 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 FORGE RANGE</signpost>
<signpost>GARCIA WELL</signpost>
- <signpost>US. GOVT. PROPERTY - KEEP OUT!</signpost>
- <p>You park the pick-up beside the pump house and Jaeger helps you unload the containers. 'I had to draw the water up by hand yesterday,' he says, nodding towards the bore-hole, "cause I couldn't get the pump to work. I reckon it's OK - jus' needs some gasolene that's all. Maybe if we could syphon some fuel from the truck we could get its engine running. It'd save us a whole lotta hard work.'</p>
+ <signpost>US. GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</signpost>
+ <p>You park the pick-up beside the pump house and Jaeger helps you unload the containers. 'I had to draw the water up by hand yesterday,' he says, nodding towards the bore-hole, "cause I couldn't get the pump to work. I reckon it's OK<ch.emdash/>jus' needs some gasolene that's all. Maybe if we could siphon some fuel from the truck we could get its engine running. It'd save us a whole lotta hard work.'</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>
</data>
<meta><title>62</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Jaeger is talking to Rickenbacker when he mentions that, only the previous day, he found a fresh-water well in the mountains, approximately fifteen miles south-east of the town of Mohawk. He offers to lead the convoy scouts to it, and assures everyone that the source is pure and uncontaminated. 'An' the best part is that the clansmen don't know about it, either,' he says, enthusiastically.</p>
+ <p>Jaeger is talking to Rickenbacker when he mentions that, only the previous day, he found a fresh-water well in the mountains, approximately fifteen miles southeast of the town of Mohawk. He offers to lead the convoy scouts to it, and assures everyone that the source is pure and uncontaminated. 'An' the best part is that the clansmen don't know about it, either,' he says, enthusiastically.</p>
<p>The promise of fresh, clean water lifts the convoy's flagging spirits and renews their hopes of completing the long exodus to California. You set off at once and soon cover the twenty miles of open road that lead to the derelict town of Mohawk. Once there, you and Jaeger are chosen to go and find the well. A dozen empty, five-gallon water containers are loaded on to the back of a pick-up, enough for sixty gallons of water, the minimum the colony will need in order to reach California alive.</p>
<p>The thought of driving a pick-up truck into the mountains without roads or four-wheel drive fills you with dread. But you know that it is the only way you have of transporting such a weighty load. Once preparations are complete, you climb aboard and head out into the desert towards the Mohawk Mountains.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<meta><title>63</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You enter the pass and find yourselves approaching a section where rocky outcrops overhang the westbound lanes of the freeway. Then a rumbling, like the sound of distant thunder, draws your eyes away from the road ahead, and you look up in honor to see hundreds of tons of rock tumbling down the mountainside. One of the outcrops has collapsed and you are now driving into the path of a massive landslide.</p>
+ <p>You enter the pass and find yourselves approaching a section where rocky outcrops overhang the westbound lanes of the freeway. Then a rumbling, like the sound of distant thunder, draws your eyes away from the road ahead, and you look up in horror to see hundreds of tons of rock tumbling down the mountainside. One of the outcrops has collapsed and you are now driving into the path of a massive landslide.</p>
<p>Huge boulders come smashing down on to the highway, as desperately you fight to turn your roadster around and escape before you are crushed to death.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect58">If your total is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 58</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>66</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You drop behind the edge of the hollow moments before the clansman's bullets tear into the earth. Then you hear the chatter of Kate's gun, and suddenly there is silence. Cautiously you raise your head and see the clansman's body tumbling backwards down the slope. The sight of his death sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>You drop behind the edge of the hollow moments before the clansman's bullets tear into the earth. Then you hear the chatter of Kate's gun, and suddenly there is silence. Cautiously you raise your head and see the clansman's body tumbling backwards down the slope. The sight of his death sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>You approach the milling throng of colonists who are gathered around the scene of the crime, and push your way through them towards Rex Tyler. His hands are being tied and, before you can reach him and question him about what has happened, he is taken away and locked in the cab of one of the Tucson vehicles.</p>
<p>Some of the Tucson colonists are preparing to bury Gorgas' body, which they have wrapped in blankets. You get the distinct feeling that they would not look favourably on a request to examine the body, so you decide to investigate the cab of his truck instead.</p>
- <p>Apart from some blood stains on the driver's seat, you see nothing unusual until you search beneath the seat itself. There you discover a <typ class="item">Cigarette Lighter</typ>, and immediately your suspicions are aroused. Mike Gorgas did not smoke, and neither, come to think of it, does Rex Tyler.</p>
+ <p>Apart from some bloodstains on the driver's seat, you see nothing unusual until you search beneath the seat itself. There you discover a <typ class="item">Cigarette Lighter</typ>, and immediately your suspicions are aroused. Mike Gorgas did not smoke, and neither, come to think of it, does Rex Tyler.</p>
<p>'What are you lookin' for, Phoenix. Souvenirs?' growls an angry voice. Immediately you turn around and find yourself staring at Avenal's sneering face. Before you can reply, Cutter appears.</p>
<p>'You're the driver of this truck now, Avenal,' he says. 'Cal, you and Rickenbacker better get back to your roadster. We've gotta get moving.'</p>
<p>With a growl of contempt, Avenal barges his way past you and climbs into the truck's cab. Cutter slams the door shut, and, as he starts to walk away, you decide that now would be the best time to tell him about the rockfall.</p>
<meta><title>76</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You search the pick-up and the pump house for some tubing with which to syphon some fuel, but your search proves fruitless. Resignedly you set to work drawing water the hard way, pumping it up from the well by means of a small hand crank. The crank was originally designed for obtaining small samples for scientific analysis, and it takes you nearly two hours of exhausting labour to extract the sixty gallons you require, and then load the heavy containers on to the truck.</p>
+ <p>You search the pick-up and the pump house for some tubing with which to siphon some fuel, but your search proves fruitless. Resignedly you set to work drawing water the hard way, pumping it up from the well by means of a small hand crank. The crank was originally designed for obtaining small samples for scientific analysis, and it takes you nearly two hours of exhausting labour to extract the sixty gallons you require, and then load the heavy containers on to the truck.</p>
<p>Despite several rests and drinks of water, you lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points owing to fatigue. (If you wish, you may take this opportunity to refill your water canteen.)</p>
<choice idref="sect243"><link-text>Turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect78">
<meta><title>78</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect78-1-foot" idref="sect78-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>You pull the trigger, and see the clansman hesitate in mid-step as your bullet punctures his chest. A moment later he returns fire, but the impact of your slug has been enough to divert his aim, and his bullet passes harmlessly over your head. He staggers, then falls, yet no sooner has his body hit the dirt than one of his screaming comrades leaps over him and dives headlong into the ditch. Growling like an angry dog, he knocks the pistol from your hand and lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
+ <p>You pull the trigger, and see the clansman hesitate in mid-step as your bullet punctures his chest.<a id="sect78-1" idref="sect78-1-foot" class="footnote" /> A moment later he returns fire, but the impact of your slug has been enough to divert his aim, and his bullet passes harmlessly over your head. He staggers, then falls, yet no sooner has his body hit the dirt than one of his screaming comrades leaps over him and dives headlong into the ditch. Growling like an angry dog, he knocks the pistol from your hand and lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
<combat><enemy>Stonewall</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">16</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">26</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect311">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The elation you feel at having found the medicine store is dampened when you take stock of your surroundings. Tens of thousands of bottles and containers line the shelves, not only in this room but in several other adjoining storage areas as well. And to make matters worse, there seems to be no logical order to the way the medicines have been stored. It could take you a week or more to inspect them individually.</p>
- <p>Hoping to get lucky, you search the shelves for the better part of an hour until you notice, by chance, that the base of each container carries an index number. Now you concentrate your efforts on finding the catalogue, or file, that is the key to this storage system. Ironically, you discover it - a weighty computer print-out - lying in a drawer of the table on which you took refuge from the cockroaches.</p>
+ <p>Hoping to get lucky, you search the shelves for the better part of an hour until you notice, by chance, that the base of each container carries an index number. Now you concentrate your efforts on finding the catalogue, or file, that is the key to this storage system. Ironically, you discover it<ch.emdash/>a weighty computer print-out<ch.emdash/>lying in a drawer of the table on which you took refuge from the cockroaches.</p>
<p>Within minutes of finding the print-out, you locate a tub of Atropine tablets. You check that its seal is intact, then slip the tub into your pocket as you hurry back to the roadster. (You need not make a record of the Atropine on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<choice idref="sect232"><link-text>Turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>87</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The brakes lock and the truck no longer responds to your steering. There is a shudder as both the off-side wheels slide over the edge, and your stomach chums as the vehicle tilts sideways. Jaeger screams and hopelessly he tries to open the door and jump out, but it is already too late. The last thing you see as you plummet over the edge is the rocky floor of the ravine rushing towards the windshield.</p>
+ <p>The brakes lock and the truck no longer responds to your steering. There is a shudder as both the off-side wheels slide over the edge, and your stomach churns as the vehicle tilts sideways. Jaeger screams and hopelessly he tries to open the door and jump out, but it is already too late. The last thing you see as you plummet over the edge is the rocky floor of the ravine rushing towards the windshield.</p>
<p>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in the Mowhawk Mountains of Arizona.</p>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect94">
<meta><title>94</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect94-1-foot" idref="sect94-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire misses the fleeing traitor by a hand's breadth. The sheer closeness of it makes him dive to the ground, but when a second burst does not materialize, he scrambles quickly to his feet and runs head-up towards the waiting clan biker. The moment he is astride the pillion, the clansman winds back the throttle and the two of them make their getaway along a side street bordering the plaza.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire misses the fleeing traitor by a hand's breadth.<a id="sect94-1" idref="sect94-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The sheer closeness of it makes him dive to the ground, but when a second burst does not materialize, he scrambles quickly to his feet and runs head-up towards the waiting clan biker. The moment he is astride the pillion, the clansman winds back the throttle and the two of them make their getaway along a side street bordering the plaza.</p>
<p>As the traitor and his confederate disappear, Rickenbacker and Cutter come running across the plaza and take cover with you behind the garbage cart. Quickly you tell them that Barlow has escaped and that you are now absolutely convinced he was guilty.</p>
<p>'You're right,' says Cutter. 'He must have been a clan infiltrator. I'd hazard a guess that this whole attack was staged t' get him out o' here.'</p>
- <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus - Kate - and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
+ <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus<ch.emdash/>Kate<ch.emdash/>and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If you wish to open fire at the clansman before he gains entry to the bus, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect181">If you do not wish to open fire at the clansman, or are unable to do so, <link-text>turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect95">
<meta><title>95</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect95-1-foot" idref="sect95-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Carefully you wind the strap of your rifle around your left forearm for extra stability, then settle against the lip of the hollow and take aim at the distant figure. When you are sure that you are on target, you fire, but at that precise moment a cloud of oily smoke wafts up from the burning barricade and obscures your view. The smoke clears quickly, but when it does there is no trace of Mad Dog Michigan.</p>
+ <p>Carefully you wind the strap of your rifle around your left forearm for extra stability, then settle against the lip of the hollow and take aim at the distant figure. When you are sure that you are on target, you fire, but at that precise moment a cloud of oily smoke wafts up from the burning barricade and obscures your view.<a id="sect95-1" idref="sect95-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The smoke clears quickly, but when it does there is no trace of Mad Dog Michigan.</p>
<choice idref="sect154"><link-text>Turn to 154</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect98">
<meta><title>98</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect98-1-foot" idref="sect98-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your shot goes wide, tearing a chunk of masonry from the parapet of the roof to the left of the clan group. Alerted by the noise and the muzzle flash, the two riflemen swing around and pour a withering hail of automatic fire at you. You try to duck back, but an agonizing pain erupts in the centre of your forehead and you are lifted off your feet by the force of the high-velocity bullet that has penetrated your skull.</p>
+ <p>Your shot goes wide, tearing a chunk of masonry from the parapet of the roof to the left of the clan group.<a id="sect98-1" idref="sect98-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Alerted by the noise and the muzzle flash, the two riflemen swing around and pour a withering hail of automatic fire at you. You try to duck back, but an agonizing pain erupts in the centre of your forehead and you are lifted off your feet by the force of the high-velocity bullet that has penetrated your skull.</p>
<p>Blinded and numbed by the shock of impact, you fail to stop yourself from tumbling over the edge of the fire escape platform. Mercifully, death claims you before you crash head-first through the roof of the clan truck that is parked in the alley below.</p>
<p>Your journey and your life terminate here at Wellton, Arizona.</p>
</data>
<p>You sift through the debris-covered floor, but it is not until you look in the basement that you discover some items of practical value:</p>
<ul>
<li>Two rounds of 9mm ammunition</li>
- <li>Four rounds of 12-gauge ammuntion</li>
+ <li>Four rounds of 12-gauge ammunition</li>
<li>Five rounds of 7.62mm ammunition</li>
<li>Hunting Knife (2)</li>
</ul>
<p>To avoid the sun, you and Rickenbacker accept Jaeger's offer to share the shade of his makeshift tent while he continues his story. 'I heard about the scene in California from some survivalists I stayed with for a while, down in Alamos. Sounds like they've gone an' turned the state into one big fortress. The army's in charge and they've got things locked down tight. They've kicked all the troublemakers out into the desert and slammed the door. In the south, I hear they've drawn up a new state line, from Pine Valley to Banning. All the old roads in and out are guarded and I hear they've got real picky 'bout who they let in.'</p>
<p>He reaches over to a tattered denim jacket lying on the ground, and takes an equally tattered map from an inside pocket. 'I plan on going in here,' he says, pointing to a part of the map that is so worn that it has become almost illegible. 'It's a place in the mountains, north of Lake Henshaw. I figure that the army can't have enough men to patrol that area too well. If you two'd take my advice, you'd think 'bout doin' the same.'</p>
<p>You tell Jaeger how you survived the post-holocaust years. You also tell him that you are acting as scouts for a convoy that is equally determined to reach California, only they are now so short of food and water that unless fresh supplies are found soon, few of them are likely to survive the 400 miles that separate you from the Pacific.</p>
- <p>'Man, you guys have got problems,' he says, shaking his head slowly from side to side. 'And you're headin' slap-bang into even more. Ain't you heard - Yuma is a clan base. And believe me, the guys that are holding that city are heavy-duty bad news. If you're thinkin' of crossing the Colorado River there, forget it. You'll never make it. They'll blow you off the road.'</p>
+ <p>'Man, you guys have got problems,' he says, shaking his head slowly from side to side. 'And you're headin' slap-bang into even more. Ain't you heard<ch.emdash/>Yuma is a clan base. And believe me, the guys that are holding that city are heavy-duty bad news. If you're thinkin' of crossing the Colorado River there, forget it. You'll never make it. They'll blow you off the road.'</p>
<p>Concerned by what Jaeger has said, and anxious that he tell everything he knows about the clan base at Yuma, you ask him to return to the convoy with you. After some thought he decides that at least there is safety in numbers, and agrees to join the colony. When you get back to Dateland, Macy and Langdon are shocked to see three people squeezed into your roadster, but you soon explain Jaeger's background, and they offer to transport him in their Trans-sol, which at least has the luxury of rear passenger seats. During your absence they have managed to forage some food, which you divide between you before you return to the convoy at Aztec.</p>
<choice idref="sect204"><link-text>Turn to 204</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A wave of burning heat lashes your back and tightens the skin on your face and hands as you sprint towards the test laboratories. The explosions are growing louder and more frequent, and the floor shudders violently beneath your feet. You are only a few feet from the door to the first laboratory when a sudden gush of scorching air makes you cry out in pain. It shrivels your eyelashes and blisters the lining of your nose and throat: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Beyond the door you discover a room filled with electrical test equipment. There is no other door from the room and the corridor is now so full of toxic smoke that it would be suicidal to go back that way. Only the windows offer any chance of escape from the inferno, but when you take a closer look at them your heart sinks. They are armoured panels: a criss-cross of wire netting sandwiched between two sheets of plate glass, each 25mm thick!</p>
<p>As the paint on the inside of the laboratory door blisters and ignites, you hammer frantically at the window with the butt of your gun.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Strength skill score. If you possess a Monkey Wrench, a Hammer, or a Baseball Bat, add 2 points to your score. If you possess a Fire Axe, add 4 points.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score. If you possess a Monkey Wrench, a Hammer, or a Baseball Bat, add 2 points to your score. If you possess a Fire Axe, add 4 points.</p>
<choice idref="sect273">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect72">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 72</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="numbered" id="sect113">
<meta><title>113</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect113-1-foot" idref="sect113-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You raise your gun and fire at the first enemy clansman you see, but your gunfire is rushed and poorly aimed and misses him by a wide mark.</p>
+ <p>You raise your gun and fire at the first enemy clansman you see, but your gunfire is rushed and poorly aimed and misses him by a wide mark.<a id="sect113-1" idref="sect113-1-foot" class="footnote" /></p>
<p>One of the raiding party singles you out as a target. His burst of fire rips up the ground around your feet, and you are knocked down by a ricocheting slug: lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect171">To continue, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quietly you inform your fellow judges of your decision and, after a brief consultation, Pop Ewell announces the verdict.</p>
- <p>'By the majority decision of this tribunal, we find Paul Avenal guilty of the murder of Micheal Gorgas in the first degree. This crime is a capital offence punishable by death by firing squad. The sentence is to be carried out immediately.'</p>
+ <p>'By the majority decision of this tribunal, we find Paul Avenal guilty of the murder of Michael Gorgas in the first degree. This crime is a capital offence punishable by death by firing squad. The sentence is to be carried out immediately.'</p>
<p>Upon hearing the verdict, the surrounding colonists utter a sound that is full of shocked disbelief. Avenal's face turns white and limply he staggers back into the arms of the Tucson escorts. A lone voice in the crowd demands a re-trial, but it is ignored. Then another voice rings out, but this time it captures everyone's attention. It is Macy, the convoy's lookout, and he is screaming words that make your blood run cold.</p>
<p>'The Outlaws are attacking!'</p>
<p>Without further warning, two grenades explode simultaneously in the town square and the chatter of machine gun fire echoes along the empty side streets. Screams of panic mingle with the dull booms of more explosions as the colonists rush to the vehicles to try to retrieve their weapons before it is too late. A burst of gunfire from a rooftop stitches a line of holes across the table and sends you, and the other judges, diving for cover. Suddenly everything is chaos; it's every man for himself. You grab your gun and scurry towards a garbage cart that lies overturned on the plaza. As you skid to a halt behind the cart, you find yourself face to face with Avenal, the man you have just sentenced to death. The confrontation is shocking, but it is the sight of the pistol that he is holding in his hand that really strikes terror in your heart.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect122">
<meta><title>122</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect122-1-foot" idref="sect122-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct six rounds of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You fire a short burst and see the clansman shudder as a line of bullet holes appears across his chest. A second later he returns fire, but the impact of your slugs has diverted his aim and his bullet passes harmlessly over your shoulder. He staggers and falls. No sooner has his body hit the dirt than one of his screaming comrades leaps over him and dives straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can fire again, he grapples the machine pistol from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
+ <p>You fire a short burst and see the clansman shudder as a line of bullet holes appears across his chest.<a id="sect122-1" idref="sect122-1-foot" class="footnote" /> A second later he returns fire, but the impact of your slugs has diverted his aim and his bullet passes harmlessly over your shoulder. He staggers and falls. No sooner has his body hit the dirt than one of his screaming comrades leaps over him and dives straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can fire again, he grapples the machine pistol from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
<combat><enemy>Blowback</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">16</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">28</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the suddenness of the attack, you cannot make use of a close combat weapon until the second round of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect311">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
<p>As you struggle with your enemy, you hear a single shot and feel the strength draining from his hands. Suddenly he releases his grip on you altogether and a gurgling croak issues from his mouth. With some difficulty, you manage to push him aside and, as he rolls away into the base of the hollow, you see Kate nearby with a smoking revolver in her hand:</p>
<p>'I guess that makes us quits,' you say, referring to the time, only days before, when your successful search for Atropine saved her life.</p>
<p>'I guess so,' she replies, 'but who's counting?'</p>
- <p>Shortly after, two more clansmen attempt to copy their actions, but end up exactly the same way - lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
+ <p>Shortly after, two more clansmen attempt to copy their actions, but end up exactly the same way<ch.emdash/>lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
<choice idref="sect71"><link-text>Turn to 71</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect132">
<meta><title>132</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect132-1-foot" idref="sect132-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your burst of gunfire hits both of the riflemen, sending them tumbling over the edge of the parapet. The remaining clansman, whom you first saw seated next to the parapet, cowers on the ground like a frightened child as you rush across the roof. His hands have been tied behind his back and, as you bend to grab hold of his arms to pull him to his feet, he pleads for his life. 'Don't kill me, please don't kill me,' he cries. 'I'll help you; I can help you, if you'll just let me live.'</p>
+ <p>Your burst of gunfire hits both of the riflemen, sending them tumbling over the edge of the parapet.<a id="sect132-1" idref="sect132-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The remaining clansman, whom you first saw seated next to the parapet, cowers on the ground like a frightened child as you rush across the roof. His hands have been tied behind his back and, as you bend to grab hold of his arms to pull him to his feet, he pleads for his life. 'Don't kill me, please don't kill me,' he cries. 'I'll help you; I can help you, if you'll just let me live.'</p>
<p>You shout an all clear to Rickenbacker in the street below, and, as you turn your face away, you see the headlights of the convoy vehicles as they enter the town.</p>
<p>Without untying his hands, you escort the clansman down slowly from the roof and retrace your steps along the alley that leads back to the main street.</p>
<choice idref="sect340"><link-text>Turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Rickenbacker stands guard over the roadster while you walk back along the line of convoy vehicles looking for Mike Gorgas. Eventually you see him: he is sitting on the running board of his Mack truck, issuing specific instructions for the journey ahead to a ring of convoy drivers who have gathered around his vehicle. You wait until the circle of men have received their briefing, then you approach Mike and report what has happened to your brakes.</p>
<p>'This is real serious,' he says, casting an anxious glance at the convoy drivers as they make their way back to their vehicles. 'And it's not the first time something like this has happened.'</p>
- <p>He tells you that yesterday, shortly after you and Rickenbacker had started the fires in Arizona City, there was an incident aboard the Amcorp Landcruiser - the convoy's largest passenger vehicle. A signal flare went off as the convoy reached the intersection with Interstate 8. It had been placed among some luggage that was strapped to the roof.</p>
+ <p>He tells you that yesterday, shortly after you and Rickenbacker had started the fires in Arizona City, there was an incident aboard the Amcorp Landcruiser<ch.emdash/>the convoy's largest passenger vehicle. A signal flare went off as the convoy reached the intersection with Interstate 8. It had been placed among some luggage that was strapped to the roof.</p>
<p>'Luckily your diversion was so effective that the flare wasn't seen by the Outlaws,' says Mike, 'but I'm beginning to smell a rat. Kate Norton goes down with food poisoning despite the fact that the food was triple-checked before we left Tucson, and now you discover that your brake cables have been cut. I think there's someone among us who doesn't want the colony to reach California. I don't know for sure who it is, but I've got my suspicions. I found this attached to the signal flare,' he says, and removes a small, soot-blackened box from his jacket. 'It's a radio detonator. It was used to set off the flare.' He slips the box back into his pocket and continues in a hushed voice. 'Keep your eyes open, Cal. Once we've put some mileage between us and the Outlaws, I'll get to the bottom of this, that's a promise, but for now, you keep what I've said to yourself, OK?' You nod in agreement and then make your way back to Rickenbacker and your roadster.</p>
<p>During your absence your partner has replaced the damaged brake lines and replenished the fluid level. He asks you what Gorgas had to say about the fact that your brakes had been sabotaged, but you evade his question by saying that he was too busy briefing the other drivers for you to be able to speak to him. Understandably, Rickenbacker is more than a little concerned that the sabotage has gone unreported, but he decides, at least for the moment, not to take it any further.</p>
<p>The storm clouds over Gila Bend may have dispersed, but for you they have been replaced by darker clouds of doubt and suspicion.</p>
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<p>The retreat is only a short reprieve in the concerted clan attack. Almost immediately, several more trucks packed with Detroit Lions and supported by groups of Chargers come pouring through the gap in the barricade and deploy themselves on the freeway.</p>
<p>Cutter appears on the slopes below. He is waving and calling for you to pull back along the freeway before it is too late. Opposite, your fellow defenders are taking the brunt of the attack, and you know that it will not be too long before some of that clan attention is transferred to your side of the freeway.</p>
- <p>'We're outta here!' you cry, and lead your tiny group down the slope towards a gully where Cutter is waiting. Without looking back, you run with the others until you reach a ranger's lodge, partially hidden by pines, less than a mile from the freeway. There you stop to catch your breath and, as you look around at the faces of your companions - Rickenbacker, Cutter, Kate, and Langdon - you wonder if this is all that now remains of the convoy's rearguard.</p>
- <p>Cutter looks at his wristwatch and says: 'It's 11:05. The Convoy should have made it by now. I'm gonna try and Contact them by radio.'</p>
+ <p>'We're outta here!' you cry, and lead your tiny group down the slope towards a gully where Cutter is waiting. Without looking back, you run with the others until you reach a ranger's lodge, partially hidden by pines, less than a mile from the freeway. There you stop to catch your breath and, as you look around at the faces of your companions<ch.emdash/>Rickenbacker, Cutter, Kate, and Langdon<ch.emdash/>you wonder if this is all that now remains of the convoy's rearguard.</p>
+ <p>Cutter looks at his wristwatch and says: 'It's 11:05. The convoy should have made it by now. I'm gonna try and contact them by radio.'</p>
<choice idref="sect15"><link-text>Turn to 15</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect143">
<meta><title>143</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect143-1-foot" idref="sect143-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>You fire and hit the clansman in the upper chest. The force of the impact, at such close range, sends his gun flying out of his hands and spins him backwards to the ground. For a few moments his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes as if resigned to its fate.</p>
+ <p>You fire and hit the clansman in the upper chest.<a id="sect143-1" idref="sect143-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The force of the impact, at such close range, sends his gun flying out of his hands and spins him backwards to the ground. For a few moments his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes as if resigned to its fate.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker appears at the edge of the barbecue area, drawn by the sound of gunfire. His face is lined with worry until he sees that you are still standing.</p>
<choice idref="sect305"><link-text>Turn to 305</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>As your would-be killer falls to the floor, you call out to Rickenbacker to check if he is all right. 'No problem,' he replies. 'This punk ain't gonna mess with no one no more.'</p>
- <p>A search of the clansmen's clothing reveals a collection of items, one of which - a Cigarette Lighter crudely engraved with a skull-and-crossbones motif - identifies them at Outlaws.</p>
+ <p>A search of the clansmen's clothing reveals a collection of items, one of which<ch.emdash/>a Cigarette Lighter crudely engraved with a skull-and-crossbones motif<ch.emdash/>identifies them at Outlaws.</p>
<p>From the other items, you sift the following which might be of use to you on the journey ahead:</p>
<ul>
<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
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<p>A few minutes later, you see Pete and Rex Tyler's tow truck leading the convoy into the Picacho campsite. Few have eaten since the provisions were destroyed by fire back at Sentinel, so it comes as no surprise to see the colonists rushing expectantly towards the restaurant cabin the instant their vehicles halt. For a moment you fear that you will be crushed in the stampede, but with the help of Cutter and a few of the Tucson men, the hungry crowd is held at bay and order is swiftly restored. Then Cutter and his helpers ensure that the parcels of food are distributed fairly among the hungry colonists, and everyone settles down to enjoy an impromptu feast. (Your share of the feast restores 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.)</p>
- <p>While everyone is eating, Pop Ewell attempts to call up the Californian army border post at Pine Valley, but still he is unable to make a clear radio contact. Maps are consulted and it is decided that an attempt should be made to reach the town of Glamis before nightfall. It lies only twenty-five miles due west, yet the rugged peaks of the Cargo Muchaco Mountains stand defiantly in your way. Although taking the colony and its vehicles over this range would be an impossible task, the mountains are scored and divided by many gullys and dry watercourses, and there is a strong possibility that a route through to Glamis could be found. However, to scout the mountains could take days.</p>
+ <p>While everyone is eating, Pop Ewell attempts to call up the Californian army border post at Pine Valley, but still he is unable to make a clear radio contact. Maps are consulted and it is decided that an attempt should be made to reach the town of Glamis before nightfall. It lies only twenty-five miles due west, yet the rugged peaks of the Cargo Muchaco Mountains stand defiantly in your way. Although taking the colony and its vehicles over this range would be an impossible task, the mountains are scored and divided by many gullies and dry watercourses, and there is a strong possibility that a route through to Glamis could be found. However, to scout the mountains could take days.</p>
<p>The problem seems insoluble until Rickenbacker suggests a novel solution to the dilemma.</p>
<choice idref="sect231"><link-text>Turn to 231</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>Nobody is very keen on the idea of having a clansman aboard, especially after the murder of Mike Gorgas and the clan attack at Sentinel, but most agree that having someone with a thorough knowledge of the area with you would raise your chances of survival considerably. Finally it is agreed to let Cookie stay with the colony, but on the condition that his hands remain tied and he is treated as a prisoner, not as a colonist.</p>
- <p>The night is spent at Weilton, during which time you must take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
- <p>Early next morning, after you have fixed your front tyre, you and Rickenbacker set off in the roadster to scout the land around Yuma. What you discover there confirms Jaeger's story - the city is held in force. The Pumas have looted the ruins of the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, and they possess some heavy ordnance, among which are several pieces of light artillery. Cookie says that they have the shells for these guns, and that they have all approach roads zeroed-in. To take the convoy anywhere within a three-mile radius of the city would be suicidal. However, you must get across the Colorado River if you are to reach your goal.</p>
+ <p>The night is spent at Wellton, during which time you must take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Early next morning, after you have fixed your front tyre, you and Rickenbacker set off in the roadster to scout the land around Yuma. What you discover there confirms Jaeger's story<ch.emdash/>the city is held in force. The Pumas have looted the ruins of the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, and they possess some heavy ordnance, among which are several pieces of light artillery. Cookie says that they have the shells for these guns, and that they have all approach roads zeroed-in. To take the convoy anywhere within a three-mile radius of the city would be suicidal. However, you must get across the Colorado River if you are to reach your goal.</p>
<p>Eager to prove his worth, Cookie offers to show you a way to avoid Yuma and cross the Colorado without getting your feet wet. Reluctantly the colony agrees to give him a chance, and allows him to be untied.</p>
<choice idref="sect40"><link-text>Turn to 40</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>152</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You wave farewell to Macy and Langdon as you accelerate away from Dateland and follow the weathered asphalt of Interstate 8 west towards the town of Mohawk. Nine miles have been clocked on your odometer when a bridge appears in the distance, and you slow down in order to check it on your map.</p>
+ <p>You wave farewell to Macy and Langdon as you accelerate away from Dateland and follow the weathered asphalt of Interstate 8 west towards the town of Mohawk. Nine miles have been clocked on your odometer when a bridge appears in the distance, and you slow down in order to check it on your <a idref="map">map</a>.</p>
<p>'That bridge must cross over the San Christobal Wash. Perhaps we'll get lucky and find there's some water still flowin' beneath it, eh?' you say, optimistically.</p>
<p>'I wouldn't get your hopes up too high, Cal,' replies Rickenbacker, squinting against the glare of the sun. 'A dried-up salt bed is all we're likely to find.'</p>
<p>As the bridge gradually looms larger, you see something that neither of you expected. A small, makeshift tent, consisting of little more than two groundsheets roped together, has been pitched against the side of the bridge to make a shelter from the sun, and a lean, bearded man is moving about nearby.</p>
<meta><title>153</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You walk back a few paces in order to get a run-up to the doors, then charge along the corridor and ram your shoulder against the centre. On the first attempt you rebound off the doors and find yourself lying flat on your back, staring up at a grimy light-fitment. The second try leaves you nursing a badly bruised shoulder - lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. Finally, on the third attempt, the doors burst open and you stumble into the lobby beyond.</p>
+ <p>You walk back a few paces in order to get a run-up to the doors, then charge along the corridor and ram your shoulder against the centre. On the first attempt you rebound off the doors and find yourself lying flat on your back, staring up at a grimy light-fitment. The second try leaves you nursing a badly bruised shoulder<ch.emdash/>lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. Finally, on the third attempt, the doors burst open and you stumble into the lobby beyond.</p>
<p>A close study of the hospital plan reveals the location of the medicine storage facility, which you commit to memory.</p>
<p>'Third right <ch.ellips/> second left <ch.ellips/> second right <ch.ellips/> you mumble as you set off in search of the vital Atropine you need to save Kate's life.</p>
<choice idref="sect337"><link-text>Turn to 337</link-text>.</choice>
<p>As the wounded traitor and his confederate disappear, Rickenbacker and Gutter come running across the plaza and take cover with you and Tyler behind the garbage cart. Quickly you recount what has happened here, and tell them how you are now absolutely convinced that Barlow was guilty.</p>
<p>Understandably, Rex Tyler is more than a little upset that you ever suspected him in the first place.</p>
<p>'You're right,' says Cutter, 'Barlow must have been a clan infiltrator. I'd hazard a guess that this whole attack was staged t' get him out o' here.'</p>
- <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy fight in defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town, now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bather you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus - Kate - and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
+ <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy fight in defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town, now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bather you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus<ch.emdash/>Kate<ch.emdash/>and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If you wish to open fire at the clansman before he gains entry to the bus, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect181">If you do not wish to open fire at the clansman, or are unable to do so, <link-text>turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Nobody told us you was out of the camp tonight,' says Avenal, his young sidekick. 'Where you been?'</p>
<p>Taking the tub of Atropine tablets from your jacket pocket you reply impatiently, 'One of the DC1 colonists is sick, and if she don't get this medicine soon she'll die. Now please let me through.'</p>
<p>Frazer lowers his gun and moves aside but Avenal remains where he is, his gun still levelled at your car.</p>
- <p>'Ain't she that clan-girl - Kate Norton? I heard she an' Mad Dog Michigan were an item before you wasted his brother?' he says.</p>
+ <p>'Ain't she that clan-girl<ch.emdash/>Kate Norton? I heard she an' Mad Dog Michigan were an item before you wasted his brother?' he says.</p>
<p>'You'd better watch that mouth o' yours, Avenal,' you retort, angered by his sneering comments. 'Now get outta my way. I'm in a hurry.'</p>
<p>'They say them clan-girls are really hot 'n' wild. Now I bet you'd know all 'bout that wouldn't you Phoenix?' he leers.</p>
<p>You try to restrain yourself but Avenal's ugly remarks are making your blood boil.</p>
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<p>Your killing blow sends the clansman tumbling backwards out of the hollow. Then Kate looses off a burst of automatic fire from her machine pistol, deftly putting paid to his partner, who was attempting to claw his way back up the embankment.</p>
- <p>Two more clansmen attempt to imitate their actions, but they end up exactly the same way - lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
+ <p>Two more clansmen attempt to imitate their actions, but they end up exactly the same way<ch.emdash/>lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
<choice idref="sect71"><link-text>Turn to 71</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You dodge to avoid the gunfire and to present a difficult target for your adversaries, but in doing so you inadvertently run straight into a burst of automatic rifle fire. Sharp, stinging cores of pain explode in your chest and head, bringing you crashing to your knees.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Weilton, Arizona.</p>
+ <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Wellton, Arizona.</p>
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</section>
<p>'This guy's got candy!' she squeals, and at once the two men come rushing towards your door. Like beggars they hold out their hands, and in their faces you see a desperate and hungry expression.</p>
<p>'Give us some candy, guy,' they plead, pitifully.</p>
<p>'Candy'll ease our pain, guy. Give us some candy.'</p>
- <choice idref="sect285">If you wish to give these Crazies some of your Medi-kit units, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect265">If you wish to give these Crazies some of your Medi-kit units, <link-text>turn to 265</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect29">If you wish to restart the truck and get away from them as fast as you can, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>Expertly you bring the truck back under control and manage to avoid the damaged section of the road. Jaeger is impressed with the way you handled the situation and tells you so as you bring the truck safely to a halt beside the pump house. Then the two of you leave the cab and begin unloading the containers.</p>
- <p>'I had to draw the water up by hand yesterday,' says Jaeger, nodding towards the bore-hole, 'cause I couldn't get the pump to work. I reckon it's OK - jus' needs some gasolene that's all. Maybe if we could syphon some fuel from the truck we could get its engine running. It'd save us a whole lotta hard work.'</p>
+ <p>'I had to draw the water up by hand yesterday,' says Jaeger, nodding towards the bore-hole, 'cause I couldn't get the pump to work. I reckon it's OK<ch.emdash/>jus' needs some gasolene that's all. Maybe if we could siphon some fuel from the truck we could get its engine running. It'd save us a whole lotta hard work.'</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>
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<meta><title>175</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You take the gas grenade from your backpack and hold it close to your face in order to set its timer. Carefully you turn the plastic dial to the minimum time setting - four seconds - then you press the activator button and hurl the canister across the roof.</p>
+ <p>You take the gas grenade from your backpack and hold it close to your face in order to set its timer. Carefully you turn the plastic dial to the minimum time setting<ch.emdash/>four seconds<ch.emdash/>then you press the activator button and hurl the canister across the roof.</p>
<p>The grenade bounces against the parapet close to where the clansmen are kneeling, but then it drops into a rainwater gully and rolls away from them. There is a flash, then a stream of cream-coloured gas billows up from the gully. Your heart sinks when you see that this cloud is being driven towards you by a faint night breeze.</p>
<p>As it tumbles nearer, your throat tightens and your eyes begin to water. Then a wave of dizziness hits you and you reel backwards, your feet coming dangerously close to the edge of the fire-escape platform.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect178">
<meta><title>178</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect178-1-foot" idref="sect178-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire shatters the lock and the doors swing open to grant you access to the lobby beyond. A study of the hospital plan reveals the exact location of the medicine storage facility, details of which you commit to memory.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire shatters the lock and the doors swing open to grant you access to the lobby beyond.<a id="sect178-1" idref="sect178-1-foot" class="footnote" /> A study of the hospital plan reveals the exact location of the medicine storage facility, details of which you commit to memory.</p>
<p>'Third right <ch.ellips/> second left <ch.ellips/> second right <ch.ellips/>' you mumble as you set off in search of the vital Atropine you need to save Kate's life.</p>
<choice idref="sect337"><link-text>Turn to 337</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect182">
<meta><title>182</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect182-1-foot" idref="sect182-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>An ounce of lead shot hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly. The sight of his gross body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they retreat towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>An ounce of lead shot hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly.<a id="sect182-1" idref="sect182-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The sight of his gross body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they retreat towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect186">
<meta><title>186</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect186-1-foot" idref="sect186-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Although your gunfire misses the clansman, it penetrates the side of the pick-up truck and tears a hole in a metal container full of industrial blasting powder, which is standing in the back. A spark, created when the container is holed, ignites the powder with devastating effect. There is a jarring boom, then the truck erupts into a blazing fireball of orange and scarlet flame.</p>
+ <p>Although your gunfire misses the clansman, it penetrates the side of the pick-up truck and tears a hole in a metal container full of industrial blasting powder, which is standing in the back.<a id="sect186-1" idref="sect186-1-foot" class="footnote" /> A spark, created when the container is holed, ignites the powder with devastating effect. There is a jarring boom, then the truck erupts into a blazing fireball of orange and scarlet flame.</p>
<choice idref="sect347"><link-text>Turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect191">
<meta><title>191</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect191-1-foot" idref="sect191-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire hits the clansman squarely in the chest, sending him crashing backwards down the embankment. Kate looses off a burst of automatic fire from her machine pistol, deftly putting paid to his partner.</p>
- <p>Two more clansmen attempt to copy their actions, but end up exactly the same way - lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire hits the clansman squarely in the chest, sending him crashing backwards down the embankment.<a id="sect191-1" idref="sect191-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Kate looses off a burst of automatic fire from her machine pistol, deftly putting paid to his partner.</p>
+ <p>Two more clansmen attempt to copy their actions, but end up exactly the same way<ch.emdash/>lying in a tangled heap on the railroad tracks. For a minute there is a lull in the fighting, then you spot a new threat taking shape.</p>
<choice idref="sect71"><link-text>Turn to 71</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect192">
<meta><title>192</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect192-1-foot" idref="sect192-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>The clansman groans as your snap shot hits him between the shoulder blades. For a moment he shudders, then he arches his back and falls from the doorway to land in a heap at the bottom of the steps.</p>
+ <p>The clansman groans as your snap shot hits him between the shoulder blades.<a id="sect192-1" idref="sect192-1-foot" class="footnote" /> For a moment he shudders, then he arches his back and falls from the doorway to land in a heap at the bottom of the steps.</p>
<p>At once you leap out from behind the garbage cart and run to the bus to check that Kate is all right. Inside you discover both her and your Aunt Betty-Ann sheltering behind the rear seats. They are shaken but appear otherwise unharmed.</p>
<p>You have only just helped them to their feet when Rickenbacker appears at the doorway. 'C'mon Cal, we've gotta get back to the roadster. Macy reports more Outlaws at the edge of town. We've got to lead the convoy outta here.'</p>
<p>Kate and Aunt Betty-Ann say they are all right, and urge you to do as your partner says. The colonists are beginning to return to their vehicles and, as you follow Rickenbacker across the plaza towards your roadster, it worries you to note that several of them are nursing wounds.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect193">
<meta><title>193</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect193-1-foot" idref="sect193-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 7.62mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>You fire your rifle and see the clansman lifted off his feet by the shock of being struck by a high-velocity bullet at such short range. Yet no sooner has his body hit the ground than one of his comrades leaps over him and dives straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can work another round into the breach and fire again, he grapples the rifle from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
+ <p>You fire your rifle and see the clansman lifted off his feet by the shock of being struck by a high-velocity bullet at such short range.<a id="sect193-1" idref="sect193-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Yet no sooner has his body hit the ground than one of his comrades leaps over him and dives straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can work another round into the breach and fire again, he grapples the rifle from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
<combat><enemy>Dumper</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">14</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">27</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the suddenness of the attack, you cannot make use of a close combat weapon until the second round of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect311">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
<section class="numbered" id="sect194">
<meta><title>194</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect194-1-foot" idref="sect194-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire causes the driver to slam on the brakes and send his car into a violent skid. His eyes and mouth open wide with horror as desperately he fights to regain control, but already it is too late. The vehicle begins to spin and its tyres to screech like banshees as it comes whirling towards your roadster.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire causes the driver to slam on the brakes and send his car into a violent skid.<a id="sect194-1" idref="sect194-1-foot" class="footnote" /> His eyes and mouth open wide with horror as desperately he fights to regain control, but already it is too late. The vehicle begins to spin and its tyres to screech like banshees as it comes whirling towards your roadster.</p>
<p>'Look out!' screams Rickenbacker, as he dives to avoid the oncoming car. Collision is but seconds away as frantically you try to scramble out of its path.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect38">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 38</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>198</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Before it reaches the administration offices, the corridor passes through a reception lobby. A pair of heavy doors, inset with circular windows, separates the corridor from this lobby. Peering through the windows, you can see a detailed floorplan of the hospital hanging behind the reception counter. This must show where the medicine storage facility is located but, to your frustration, you cannot reach it: both the doors are locked.</p>
+ <p>Before it reaches the administration offices, the corridor passes through a reception lobby. A pair of heavy doors, inset with circular windows, separates the corridor from this lobby. Peering through the windows, you can see a detailed floor plan of the hospital hanging behind the reception counter. This must show where the medicine storage facility is located but, to your frustration, you cannot reach it: both the doors are locked.</p>
<choice idref="sect153">If you wish to try to barge open the doors to gain access to the lobby, <link-text>turn to 153</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect22">If you wish to try to pick the lock that secures the doors, <link-text>turn to 22</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect90">If you choose to shoot open the lock, <link-text>turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
<section class="numbered" id="sect199">
<meta><title>199</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect199-1-foot" idref="sect199-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 7.62mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your rifle shot hits the clansman in the chest and passes through his heart, killing him instantly. The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they retreat towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>Your rifle shot hits the clansman in the chest and passes through his heart, killing him instantly.<a id="sect199-1" idref="sect199-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they retreat towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>203</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Fascinated by the sound, but wary of what you may find beyond the door, you draw the bolt carefully and push open the door just a few inches. What was once a gentle humming becomes a loud buzzing drone as a swarm of angry hornets comes pouring out of the darkened storeroom.</p>
+ <p>Fascinated by the sound, but wary of what you may find beyond the door, you draw the bolt carefully and push open the door just a few inches. What was once a gentle humming becomes a loud buzzing drone as a swarm of angry hornets comes pouring out of the darkened store room.</p>
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<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>The gentle humming becomes a loud buzzing drone as a swarm of angry hornets comes pouring out of the darkened storeroom.</description>
+ <description>The gentle humming becomes a loud buzzing drone as a swarm of angry hornets comes pouring out of the darkened store room.</description>
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<p>On your return to Aztec, you find that Gutter's crew of mechanics have repaired the damaged vehicles and that the convoy is ready to leave. The appearance of a new face causes a stir, especially when the news breaks that Yuma is a clan base. Jaeger is questioned at length and reveals one piece of information that is of special interest to Pop Ewell. He knows the exact radio frequency used by the Californians at their Pine Valley outpost. Pop tries to make contact with them, but the signal is too weak to make any sense of their reply.</p>
- <p>As you are handing over the food that was found during your scouting mission, Cutter voices the colony's fears about what has become your most pressing problem - water. In the fierce, daytime heat, there are many, especially the children and the wounded, who have already begun to suffer severe dehydration. During your absence, a small group led by Avenal was sent to the Gila River to try to fill the spare water containers. However, they found what little there remained of the river water was so polluted that not even a ten-fold dosage of purification tablets could neutralize all the toxins. One Tucson colonist, crazy with thirst, drank some and died an agonized death.</p>
+ <p>As you are handing over the food that was found during your scouting mission, Cutter voices the colony's fears about what has become your most pressing problem<ch.emdash/>water. In the fierce, daytime heat, there are many, especially the children and the wounded, who have already begun to suffer severe dehydration. During your absence, a small group led by Avenal was sent to the Gila River to try to fill the spare water containers. However, they found what little there remained of the river water was so polluted that not even a ten-fold dosage of purification tablets could neutralize all the toxins. One Tucson colonist, crazy with thirst, drank some and died an agonized death.</p>
<p>Cutter and the other convoy leaders are gravely worried. Morale within the colony is at an all-time low, and unless a new water supply is found quickly, discipline is likely to collapse with disastrous consequences. It comes, therefore, as a welcome surprise when Jaeger provides, quite off-handedly, a solution to the problem.</p>
<choice idref="sect62"><link-text>Turn to 62</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect205">
<meta><title>205</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect205-1-foot" idref="sect205-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire knocks one of the group to the ground, but an empty shell case has become jammed in the breach of your gun, preventing you from firing a second burst. Shouldering your gun, you draw a close combat weapon and jump on to the roof. As you move swiftly towards the group, the clansman, who is sitting with his back to the parapet, sees you approaching. A wave of fear knots your stomach as you wait expectantly for him to shout out in alarm. However, to your surprise, he does nothing to alert his companions.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire knocks one of the group to the ground, but an empty shell case has become jammed in the breach of your gun, preventing you from firing a second burst.<a id="sect205-1" idref="sect205-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Shouldering your gun, you draw a close combat weapon and jump on to the roof. As you move swiftly towards the group, the clansman, who is sitting with his back to the parapet, sees you approaching. A wave of fear knots your stomach as you wait expectantly for him to shout out in alarm. However, to your surprise, he does nothing to alert his companions.</p>
<p>Instinct prompts you to act quickly in case he has a change of heart. You rush forward and lunge at the throat of the remaining rifleman. He dodges your blow, but in doing so drops his rifle over the edge of the parapet. Before he has a chance to draw a knife, you press home your advantage and attack again.</p>
<combat><enemy>Cape Cod</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">15</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">23</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the surprise of your attack, ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses that you sustain during the first round of combat.</p>
<meta><title>211</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Using the tube, you syphon a couple of gallons from the truck and transfer it to a fuel tank inside the pump house. Then, using the truck's battery, you manage to get the engine started. Anxiously the two of you fix your eyes on the cracked glass face of its water gauge, as the noisy old pump arm creaks into action At first nothing happens, then, as the air that is trapped in the bore is forced out and the pressure rises, the needle creeps slowly around the face of the dial.</p>
- <p>Outside, Jaeger locates and opens the valve of the outlet pipe, which looks like a huge faucet, and out pours a coughing stream of crystal-clear water. With a triumphant yell, the two of you rush to the pipe and take turns lying on the ground beneath it until you are completely soaked to the skin. The water is cool and refreshingly pure - restore 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Using the tube, you siphon a couple of gallons from the truck and transfer it to a fuel tank inside the pump house. Then, using the truck's battery, you manage to get the engine started. Anxiously the two of you fix your eyes on the cracked glass face of its water gauge, as the noisy old pump arm creaks into action. At first nothing happens, then, as the air that is trapped in the bore is forced out and the pressure rises, the needle creeps slowly around the face of the dial.</p>
+ <p>Outside, Jaeger locates and opens the valve of the outlet pipe, which looks like a huge faucet, and out pours a coughing stream of crystal-clear water. With a triumphant yell, the two of you rush to the pipe and take turns lying on the ground beneath it until you are completely soaked to the skin. The water is cool and refreshingly pure<ch.emdash/>restore 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>In less than twenty minutes you have drawn the sixty gallons you require and loaded the heavy containers on to the back of the pick-up. (If you wish, you may take this opportunity to refill your water canteen.)</p>
<choice idref="sect243"><link-text>Turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lead the procession of vehicles successfully across the cleared ground and through the pass beyond. Then, as you emerge on the far side of the pass, you see Cutter signalling to you to stop. The convoy halts for a few minutes to allow him to go back and plant some grenades beneath one of the remaining outcrops. He sets the timers, allowing himself enough time to return to the convoy.</p>
<p>Patiently you wait for the grenades to detonate. When they explode, they bring down a mass of rock that seals off the pass behind the convoy.</p>
<p>'That should delay the Outlaws for a while,' he says, and almost cheerfully returns to take his place behind the wheel of DC1's school bus.</p>
- <p>It is mid-afternoon by the time you lead the convoy into the ruins of Sentinel. The town is deserted, and you are about to drive through without stopping when you see something in your rear-view mirror that makes you slam on the brakes. Fire is billowing out of the Landcruiser's luggage store, which is situated directly beneath the floor of the passenger compartment and adjacent to the fuel tanks. The driver and the passengers seem unaware of the danger they are in - until you bring the convoy to a halt and run back to warn them.</p>
- <p>'Fire!' you shout, as you race along the line of vehicles towards the stricken bus. Suddenly the colonists aboard the Landcrusier realize what is wrong and frantically they leap out of the burning vehicle, through windows and doors, to avoid the rising flames.</p>
+ <p>It is mid-afternoon by the time you lead the convoy into the ruins of Sentinel. The town is deserted, and you are about to drive through without stopping when you see something in your rear-view mirror that makes you slam on the brakes. Fire is billowing out of the Landcruiser's luggage store, which is situated directly beneath the floor of the passenger compartment and adjacent to the fuel tanks. The driver and the passengers seem unaware of the danger they are in<ch.emdash/>until you bring the convoy to a halt and run back to warn them.</p>
+ <p>'Fire!' you shout, as you race along the line of vehicles towards the stricken bus. Suddenly the colonists aboard the Landcruiser realize what is wrong and frantically they leap out of the burning vehicle, through windows and doors, to avoid the rising flames.</p>
<choice idref="sect118">If you possess a <typ class="item">Fire Extinguisher</typ>, <link-text>turn to 118</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect244">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>As you approach the crumpled bodies, you hear the growl of a powerful car engine and turn to see the grey Trans-sol approaching from the freeway exit. You wave to show Macy and Langdon that you are both OK, and they return a thumbs-up as they halt outside the bank.</p>
<p>'These jokers were clan members, but how do we know they're Shiloh's men?' you ask, pointing at the lifeless bodies.</p>
- <p>'They're Outlaws all right,' says Macy, motioning to the clanmen's car. 'That skull-'n'-crossbones scrawled on the driver's door is their mark, sure 'nough.'</p>
- <p>While the others dispose of the bodies, you take the opportunity to search the drugstore. You are curious to know what it was that the clansmen were looking for, and it does not take long to find out. A large cardboard container lies on its side near the door, dropped there no doubt when you and Rickenbacker made your unexpected appearance. Spilled out across the floor are bottles of painkillers and stimulants, and syringes that the clansmen have looted from the drugstore's safe.</p>
+ <p>'They're Outlaws all right,' says Macy, motioning to the clansmen's car. 'That skull-'n'-crossbones scrawled on the driver's door is their mark, sure 'nough.'</p>
+ <p>While the others dispose of the bodies, you take the opportunity to search the drugstore. You are curious to know what it was that the clansmen were looking for, and it does not take long to find out. A large cardboard container lies on its side near the door, dropped there no doubt when you and Rickenbacker made your unexpected appearance. Spilled out across the floor are bottles of pain killers and stimulants, and syringes that the clansmen have looted from the drugstore's safe.</p>
<p>You sift through the contents and quickly scan the store's shelves for useful items. Your search uncovers enough medical supplies for four Medi-kit units. When you return to the others, they offer you the remainder of the items that were found on the clansmen's bodies:</p>
<ul>
<li>Shotgun</li>
<data>
<p>Once the convoy has left the Crazies far behind, it builds up a steady speed of forty miles per hour and maintains this as it approaches the outskirts of El Centro. Rickenbacker has punched out the shattered remains of your truck's windshield, and a rush of cooling air fills the cab. Although this feels good, the thick dust that is being churned up by the wheels of the vehicles in front of you soon causes you problems.</p>
- <p>Unless you possess a <typ class="item">Leather Face Mask</typ>, you must Jose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to dust inhalation.</p>
+ <p>Unless you possess a <typ class="item">Leather Face Mask</typ>, you must lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to dust inhalation.</p>
<choice idref="sect97"><link-text>Turn to 97</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<p>Avenal turns and fires a snap shot at Barlow's fleeing form. Unfortunately, there is only one bullet left in his pistol and it misses by a wide mark. You watch as the traitor reaches the waiting clan biker, climbs nimbly astride the pillion and is whisked away along a side street bordering the plaza.</p>
<p>As the traitor and his confederate disappear, Rickenbacker and Cutter come running across the plaza and take cover with you and Avenal behind the garbage cart. Quickly you tell them that Barlow has escaped and that you are now absolutely convinced that he was guilty. Understandably, this remark provokes a less than charitable reaction from Avenal.</p>
<p>'You're right,' says Cutter. 'He must have been a clan infiltrator. I'd hazard a guess that this whole attack was staged t' get him out o' here.'</p>
- <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus - Kate - and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
+ <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town now that they have achieved their objective. All of them, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus<ch.emdash/>Kate<ch.emdash/>and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If you wish to open fire at the clansman before he gains entry to the bus, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect181">If you do not wish to open fire at the clansman, or are unable to do so, <link-text>turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="numbered" id="sect222">
<meta><title>222</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect222-1-foot" idref="sect222-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your shot misses the running clansman, but it passes near enough to frighten him into increasing his pace. Rickenbacker, having now reloaded a fresh magazine, gets up and begins to weave his way through the barbecue ranges towards the fleeing enemy.</p>
+ <p>Your shot misses the running clansman, but it passes near enough to frighten him into increasing his pace.<a id="sect222-1" idref="sect222-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Rickenbacker, having now reloaded a fresh magazine, gets up and begins to weave his way through the barbecue ranges towards the fleeing enemy.</p>
<p>'You too, Cal,' he shouts, and you obey, your gun held ready as you follow in his tracks.</p>
<p>The clansman reaches the restaurant cabin as you and Rickenbacker emerge on the far side of the barbecue area. A burst of gunfire from the cabin doorway makes you dive for cover, then, moments later, you see something round and black fly from the doorway and land on the beaten earth path just a few yards away to your right.</p>
<p>'Grenade!' shouts Rickenbacker, and covers his head with his hands.</p>
<li>Screwdriver</li>
<li>Solar Torch</li>
<li>Map of Arizona</li>
- <li>Bottle of painkillers</li>
+ <li>Bottle of pain killers</li>
</ul>
<p>Barlow's pockets comprise the following items:</p>
<ul>
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<p>The pain of your wounds is overwhelming. It feels as if three red-hot knives have been driven into your flesh and left there. Kate rushes to your side and cradles you in her arms, tears welling in her eyes. She is saying something, but the noise of the battle and the loud pounding of your heartbeat drown out her words.</p>
- <p>Carefully, using dressings from her own Medi-kit, she patches up your wounds as best she can (restore 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Gritting your teeth against the pain, you sit up in time to see Rickenbacker putting paid to your would-be killer. His fire hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly. The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in a line at the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>Carefully, using dressings from her own Medi-kit, she patches up your wounds as best she can (restore 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Gritting your teeth against the pain, you sit up in time to see Rickenbacker putting paid to your would-be killer. His fire hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly. The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in a line at the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Using his transceiver he maintains radio contact with Pop Ewell throughout his flight. After only forty minutes in the air, he is able to map a route through the tortuous network of ridges and gullys that is wide enough and safe enough to carry the convoy across the mountains to Highway 78.</p>
+ <p>Using his transceiver he maintains radio contact with Pop Ewell throughout his flight. After only forty minutes in the air, he is able to map a route through the tortuous network of ridges and gullies that is wide enough and safe enough to carry the convoy across the mountains to Highway 78.</p>
<choice idref="sect184"><link-text>Turn to 184</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>232</title></meta>
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- <p>The dust storm is still raging fiercely as you climb back into the roadster and set off on the return journey to Gila Bend. It is a difficult and frustrating drive. You cannot shake the fear that Kate will have lapsed into a coma before you return with the Atropine, yet you dare not increase your speed for fear of crashing off the road. The strain takes its toll - lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The dust storm is still raging fiercely as you climb back into the roadster and set off on the return journey to Gila Bend. It is a difficult and frustrating drive. You cannot shake the fear that Kate will have lapsed into a coma before you return with the Atropine, yet you dare not increase your speed for fear of crashing off the road. The strain takes its toll<ch.emdash/>lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>During your return drive you must take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect160"><link-text>Turn to 160</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="numbered" id="sect233">
<meta><title>233</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect233-1-foot" idref="sect233-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your gunfire wounds the clansman fatally. With his last ounce of strength, he staggers to the pick-up truck and falls across the rear tailgate. There, standing in the back, is a keg filled with blasting powder. The clansman believes you are a rival clan who are out to steal this explosive, and rather than allow it to fall into your hands, he pulls the self-igniting fuse that is attached to its cap. Less than a minute later, the fuse runs out and the powder explodes, with devastating effect. There is a shuddering boom, then the truck erupts into a blazing fireball of orange and scarlet flame.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire wounds the clansman fatally.<a id="sect233-1" idref="sect233-1-foot" class="footnote" /> With his last ounce of strength, he staggers to the pick-up truck and falls across the rear tailgate. There, standing in the back, is a keg filled with blasting powder. The clansman believes you are a rival clan who are out to steal this explosive, and rather than allow it to fall into your hands, he pulls the self-igniting fuse that is attached to its cap. Less than a minute later, the fuse runs out and the powder explodes, with devastating effect. There is a shuddering boom, then the truck erupts into a blazing fireball of orange and scarlet flame.</p>
<choice idref="sect347"><link-text>Turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>It is an hour after dawn when the fortified gates of the Davis-Monthan base are unlocked and dragged open. With a reassuring smile, you bid farewell to Kate, then accelerate the roadster out of the base along the pot-holed asphalt of a service road that leads to Interstate 10. Beside you sits Gary Rickenbacker, an ex-flying circus stunt pilot from Midland, Texas. He is one of the Big Spring colonists who joined up with DC1 when your convoy reached that town, the first of the few civilized strongholds you have visited on your journey west. In your driving mirror you see Macy and Langdon, both from Tucson. They are the other half of your scouting party. They drive a supercharged Trans-sol that is sheathed in grey armour-plate, a custom modification that has saved their skins on more than one occasion.</p>
- <p>You hit the freeway doing sixty-five and follow the blistered road signs pointing north to Casa Grande. Thirty minutes later you pass through the fire- blackened ruins of Rillito and Marana, two towns the Outlaws torched last month to show the Tucson colony what Shiloh had in store for them.</p>
+ <p>You hit the freeway doing sixty-five and follow the blistered road signs pointing north to Casa Grande. Thirty minutes later you pass through the fire-blackened ruins of Rillito and Marana, two towns the Outlaws torched last month to show the Tucson colony what Shiloh had in store for them.</p>
<p>Ten miles slip by before you reach the next town Red Rock. There you see something unusual, which makes you ease your foot off the gas and bring your roadster gliding gently to a halt. Macy and Langdon pull up behind you, leap out of their car and run forward to find out what is wrong.</p>
<p>'Check out the wreck over there on the road,' you say, pointing to a car parked outside a derelict drugstore.</p>
<p>'What d'you think?'</p>
<meta><title>236</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your skilful deduction of the clansman's hiding place has bought you an advantage in this life-or- death confrontation. Before your adversary can fix you in his sights, you open fire.</p>
+ <p>Your skilful deduction of the clansman's hiding place has bought you an advantage in this life-or-death confrontation. Before your adversary can fix you in his sights, you open fire.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect33">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 33</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect143">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 143</link-text>.</choice>
<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'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 - KEEP OUT!</signpost>
- <p>Carefully you descend, following the dirt road as it zig-zags 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>
+ <signpost>US GOVT. PROPERTY<ch.emdash/>KEEP OUT!</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>
<choice idref="sect174">If your total score is 28 or more, <link-text>turn to 174</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>239</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You bring the grenade close to your face in order set its timer. Carefully you turn its dial to the minimum time setting - four seconds - then you ease out the pin and hurl it across the roof.</p>
+ <p>You bring the grenade close to your face in order 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>
<meta><title>243</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Slowly you make the return journey across the mountains and reach Mohawk, and the expectant colony, late in the afternoon. The two of you are welcomed back like conquering heroes, and Jeager is thanked especially. His help in replenishing the colony's water supply has undoubtedly saved many lives.</p>
+ <p>Slowly you make the return journey across the mountains and reach Mohawk, and the expectant colony, late in the afternoon. The two of you are welcomed back like conquering heroes, and Jaeger is thanked especially. His help in replenishing the colony's water supply has undoubtedly saved many lives.</p>
<p>A queue forms to draw water from the pick-up and, as you are first in line, you draw Kate's ration and deliver it to her in person. She is still recovering aboard the bus, but you are relieved to see that she looks much healthier than when you saw her last during the clan attack at Sentinel. You stay with her and talk about your hopes for the journey ahead, assuring her that soon you will be safely in California and free at last from the perils of the road. (During the time you spend with Kate you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points).</p>
- <p>Sometime later, Cutter enters the bus to tell you that the convoy will be moving out in ten minutes. The colony leaders feel that Mohawk is too vulnerable to a clan night attack and they want to reach Weilton, a town twenty-six miles to the west, and set up camp there. You are not too happy about their decision, but you choose not to argue and, after saying a fond farewell to Kate, you join Rickenbacker, who is waiting for you in the roadster.</p>
+ <p>Sometime later, Cutter enters the bus to tell you that the convoy will be moving out in ten minutes. The colony leaders feel that Mohawk is too vulnerable to a clan night attack and they want to reach Wellton, a town twenty-six miles to the west, and set up camp there. You are not too happy about their decision, but you choose not to argue and, after saying a fond farewell to Kate, you join Rickenbacker, who is waiting for you in the roadster.</p>
<choice idref="sect45"><link-text>Turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>In response to your cry, Cutter leaps down from the school bus and throws you a folded blanket as you run towards the blazing Landcruiser. Desperately you shake it open and use it to beat at the flames, which are by now pouring out of a hole in the luggage compartment door. Despite your brave efforts, the flames grow steadily fiercer and you suffer first-degree burns to your hands and forearms. Soon you can tolerate the stinging pain no more and you are forced to retreat: lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Uncle Jonas appears on the scene armed with a fire extinguisher, which he trains on the side of the blazing bus. A thick stream of foam gushes into the hole and arrests the flames just long enough to allow Cutter and a handful of the Tucson colonists to arm themselves with other fire-fighting equipment and put out the fire.</p>
- <p>Although you were injured, your bravery and swift response prevented the fire from iginitng the vehicle's fuel tanks. However, there was nothing that could be done to save the contents of the compartment, which included all the colony's food and the bulk of its water supply.</p>
+ <p>Although you were injured, your bravery and swift response prevented the fire from igniting the vehicle's fuel tanks. However, there was nothing that could be done to save the contents of the compartment, which included all the colony's food and the bulk of its water supply.</p>
<choice idref="sect145"><link-text>Turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'To be honest, Cal,' she replies, her voice wavering, 'they're less than fifty per cent.'</p>
<p>Quietly you leave the bus. Rickenbacker appears and says something about the roadster but his words do not register. The gnawing fear that you could lose Kate fills your thoughts and blocks out everything. Numbly you wander back to the roadster and sit alone in the driving seat, staring unseeingly at the swirling clouds of dust as you try to come to terms with what has happened. At length you decide to try to find some Atropine. As if you have suddenly awaken from a dream, your mind comes alive and you are galvanized into action.</p>
<p>You take out your map and search for your present location. You reason that Atropine is not something you would normally find in a downtown drugstore, but you would expect to find it in a hospital. Quickly you scour the map and discover that the nearest hospitals to Gila Bend are in Ajo and Casa Grande.</p>
- <p>Consult the map at the front of the book before deciding which of the hospitals you will visit.</p>
+ <p>Consult your <a idref="map">map</a> before deciding which of the hospitals you will visit.</p>
<choice idref="sect129">If you wish to drive to Ajo and search there, <link-text>turn to 129</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect172">If you choose to go to Casa Grande and search there, <link-text>turn to 172</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pull over to the side of the road and Rickenbacker radios to the convoy, instructing it to stop and stand by. Using your lenses you are able to see that behind the tents a road block has been erected. It consists of rubble and auto wrecks, and it completely blocks the highway leading to the town of Westmorland. The road south to Brawley is open, but there are several strange-looking people standing at the junction, either singly or gathered in groups. Some are dressed in brightly coloured patchwork clothes, others are half-naked, yet all of them have one thing in common: they move with such lethargy that, from a distance, they resemble a colony of shambling zombies.</p>
<p>'I don't like the look of this,' you say to your partner. 'Radio the convoy and get them to put Cookie on. Maybe he knows something about these wierdos.'</p>
<p>Rickenbacker complies with your request and, within a minute or so, you are talking to Cookie person-to-person. 'Sounds like you've run across a pack of Crazies,' says Cookie, after listening to your description of the people at the junction. 'They're mainly junkies and street-scum that the army kicked outta LA and San Francisco. They're usually pretty harmless, but watch y'selves. You never can tell what they'll get up to.'</p>
- <p>You thank Cookie for the advice and sign off by telling the convoy that you and Rickenbacker are on your way back. You are about to reach for the ignition when suddenly you hear movement away to your right. You turn your head and see three Crazies - two men and a woman - emerge from the scrub and scurry towards the truck. Despite their frightening appearance, you notice that none of them appears to be armed.</p>
+ <p>You thank Cookie for the advice and sign off by telling the convoy that you and Rickenbacker are on your way back. You are about to reach for the ignition when suddenly you hear movement away to your right. You turn your head and see three Crazies<ch.emdash/>two men and a woman<ch.emdash/>emerge from the scrub and scurry towards the truck. Despite their frightening appearance, you notice that none of them appears to be armed.</p>
<choice idref="sect29">If you wish to start the truck and drive away, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect173">If you wish to stop and question them, <link-text>turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="numbered" id="sect255">
<meta><title>255</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect255-1-foot" idref="sect255-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You bring your gun up and fire at the first enemy clansman you see. Your snap shot catches him in the legs and sends him tumbling to the ground, but not before he has had a chance to return the compliment. Fortunately, in the heat of this firefight, your reactions have become lightning fast. His machine-pistol fire rips up the ground around your feet, but you save yourself by diving for cover amongst the sparse scrub that borders the railroad line.</p>
+ <p>You bring your gun up and fire at the first enemy clansman you see.<a id="sect255-1" idref="sect255-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Your snap shot catches him in the legs and sends him tumbling to the ground, but not before he has had a chance to return the compliment. Fortunately, in the heat of this firefight, your reactions have become lightning fast. His machine-pistol fire rips up the ground around your feet, but you save yourself by diving for cover amongst the sparse scrub that borders the railroad line.</p>
<choice idref="sect171">To continue, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect264">
<meta><title>264</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect264-1-foot" idref="sect264-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>The car brakes violently and goes into a spin. The driver, his eyes and mouth open wide with horror, fights desperately to correct the skid. But before he can regain control, Rickenbacker machine-guns the rear tyres and sends the car careering through the crash barrier. With a crunch of buckling metal, it hits a telegraph pole, overturns, and spills its occupants out on to the sun-baked earth as it rolls to a halt at the bottom of a steep embankment.</p>
+ <p>The car brakes violently and goes into a spin.<a id="sect264-1" idref="sect264-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The driver, his eyes and mouth open wide with horror, fights desperately to correct the skid. But before he can regain control, Rickenbacker machine-guns the rear tyres and sends the car careering through the crash barrier. With a crunch of buckling metal, it hits a telegraph pole, overturns, and spills its occupants out on to the sun-baked earth as it rolls to a halt at the bottom of a steep embankment.</p>
<choice idref="sect322"><link-text>Turn to 322</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>265</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You flip open your pouch, remove a handful of painkillers, and throw them out on to the ground beside the truck's cab. Immediately the three Crazies leap on the scattered pills and fight each other like hungry rats to get more than a fair share. The sight of their animalistic behaviour turns your stomach, and when Rickenbacker prods you in the ribs and says, 'C'mon Cal, let's go,' you gladly reach for the ignition and slam the gas pedal flat to the floor.</p>
+ <p>You flip open your pouch, remove a handful of pain killers, and throw them out on to the ground beside the truck's cab. Immediately the three Crazies leap on the scattered pills and fight each other like hungry rats to get more than a fair share. The sight of their animalistic behaviour turns your stomach, and when Rickenbacker prods you in the ribs and says, 'C'mon Cal, let's go,' you gladly reach for the ignition and slam the gas pedal flat to the floor.</p>
<p>Erase three units from your Medi-kit.</p>
<choice idref="sect29">To continue, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect268">
<meta><title>268</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect268-1-foot" idref="sect268-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You fire your shotgun and see the clansman thrown backwards by the force of the lead shot at such short range. No sooner has his body crashed lifelessly to the ground than one of his comrades leaps over him and jumps straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can pump another round into the breach and fire again, he grapples the shotgun from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
+ <p>You fire your shotgun and see the clansman thrown backwards by the force of the lead shot at such short range.<a id="sect268-1" idref="sect268-1-foot" class="footnote" /> No sooner has his body crashed lifelessly to the ground than one of his comrades leaps over him and jumps straight at you with his hands outstretched. Before you can pump another round into the breach and fire again, he grapples the shotgun from your hands, then lunges forwards to fasten his steely fingers around your throat.</p>
<combat><enemy>Re-con</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">13</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">25</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the suddenness of the attack, you cannot make use of a close combat weapon until the third round of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect311">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
<section class="numbered" id="sect271">
<meta><title>271</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect271-1-foot" idref="sect271-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your pistol shot hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly. The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shockwave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
+ <p>Your pistol shot hits the clansman in the chest, killing him instantly.<a id="sect271-1" idref="sect271-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The sight of his body tumbling backwards down the slope sends a shock wave through his confederates, and at once their attack falters. Encouraged by their sudden change of heart, you watch as they fall back towards their trucks, which are parked in the centre of the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>272</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Both you and Rickenbacker are lost in thought as you climb back into the roadster and await the signal to leave. A few minutes later you hear that signal - three blasts from the air horn of Mike Gorgas' Mack truck - and at once you lead the convoy out of Gila Bend, heading west on Interstate 8.</p>
+ <p>Both you and Rickenbacker are lost in thought as you climb back into the roadster and await the signal to leave. A few minutes later you hear that signal<ch.emdash/>three blasts from the air horn of Mike Gorgas' Mack truck<ch.emdash/>and at once you lead the convoy out of Gila Bend, heading west on Interstate 8.</p>
<p>Five miles along the freeway you come to a small, deserted town called Smurr. A broken-down clan bike lies abandoned outside the town's gas station, and you fear that this might mean that the Outlaws are lying in wait on the road ahead. To make sure that it is safe, the convoy waits here while you and Rickenbacker go ahead to check out Sentinel, the next town along the freeway.</p>
<p>Fifteen miles from Smurr, the freeway approaches the entrance to a pass through the Painted Rock Mountains.</p>
<p>Add together your Perception skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add this to your score.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect275">
<meta><title>275</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect275-1-foot" idref="sect275-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Your shot misses the clansman, but its proximity makes him recoil and crash backwards down the embankment. Unfortunately, his fall diverts your attention from his partner, who has successfully climbed the bank and is now rushing your position with a knife in his hand. As you turn to face him, he leaps upon you and wrestles your gun from your grasp.</p>
+ <p>Your shot misses the clansman, but its proximity makes him recoil and crash backwards down the embankment.<a id="sect275-1" idref="sect275-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Unfortunately, his fall diverts your attention from his partner, who has successfully climbed the bank and is now rushing your position with a knife in his hand. As you turn to face him, he leaps upon you and wrestles your gun from your grasp.</p>
<combat><enemy>Deacon Blue</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">16</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">23</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect161">If you win, and the fight lasts four rounds or less, <link-text>turn to 161</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect128">If the fight is still in progress at the start of the fifth round, do not continue. Instead, <link-text>turn to 128</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Stunned and deafened by the unexpected explosion, you drag yourself upright into a sitting position in time to see, through the acrid smoke, a figure approaching the open doorway. Blindly you feel for your gun but it is nowhere to hand. Then the high-pitched sound of a small engine pierces the incessant ringing in your ears, at once setting your nerves on edge.</p>
<p>You reach for a close combat weapon as the figure steps into the lodge, and your blood runs cold when the maniacal features of Mad Dog Michigan swim into focus before your eyes. His crash into the Pantona Wash has cost him dearly. His face is a criss-cross of livid scars, many of them swollen around the stitches that are keeping the torn flesh together. He has lost his left hand, and one eye is hidden behind a patch of black cotton. It serves a practical purpose, hiding a now-empty socket, yet it also exaggerates the expression of hate and vengeance that fixes the clan leader's mouth.</p>
- <p>'Revenge is mine at last - Phoenix!' he spits, and raises the motorized chainsaw that he grasps in his right hand. The motor screams as he slashes wildly at the air, then he brings the buzzing, toothed blade down upon a table top and its surface explodes into splinters and dust. He laughs a madman's laugh as he steps slowly nearer to where you sit. With a final howl of glee, he raises the saw and screams, 'Now you die!'</p>
+ <p>'Revenge is mine at last<ch.emdash/>Phoenix!' he spits, and raises the motorized chainsaw that he grasps in his right hand. The motor screams as he slashes wildly at the air, then he brings the buzzing, toothed blade down upon a table top and its surface explodes into splinters and dust. He laughs a madman's laugh as he steps slowly nearer to where you sit. With a final howl of glee, he raises the saw and screams, 'Now you die!'</p>
<illustration class="float">
<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
<section class="numbered" id="sect285">
<meta><title>285</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect285-1-foot" idref="sect285-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your shot catches one of the clansmen in the side. He screams and falls against his partner, who is forced to drop his rifle in order to catch his wounded companion. Rather than fire a second shot, you jump on to the roof and run towards the group. The clansman who is sitting with his back to the parapet sees you approaching, and a wave of fear knots your stomach as you wait expectantly for his shout of alarm. But curiously he does nothing to alert his companions.</p>
+ <p>Your shot catches one of the clansmen in the side.<a id="sect285-1" idref="sect285-1-foot" class="footnote" /> He screams and falls against his partner, who is forced to drop his rifle in order to catch his wounded companion. Rather than fire a second shot, you jump on to the roof and run towards the group. The clansman who is sitting with his back to the parapet sees you approaching, and a wave of fear knots your stomach as you wait expectantly for his shout of alarm. But curiously he does nothing to alert his companions.</p>
<p>Instinct prompts you to act quickly in case he has a change of heart. You rush forward and attack the two riflemen before they can disentangle themselves. Your first blow sends the wounded clansman tumbling over the parapet. Then, before his companion recovers his senses, you jump forward and attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Cape Cod</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">15</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">23</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the surprise of your attack, ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses that you sustain in the first round of combat.</p>
<meta><title>290</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Cutter sets fire to a rag and tosses it on to the flat bed of a pick-up truck at the end of the line. There is a loud rush of air - Whumph - and a brilliant flash of yellow light: the whole line of vehicles is engulfed by a wall of flame.</p>
+ <p>Cutter sets fire to a rag and tosses it on to the flat bed of a pick-up truck at the end of the line. There is a loud rush of air<ch.emdash/>Whumph<ch.emdash/>and a brilliant flash of yellow light: the whole line of vehicles is engulfed by a wall of flame.</p>
<p>Through the shimmering heat haze you see the first vehicle in the clan convoy roll to a halt about 200 yards from the blazing barricade. The others stop in line behind it and a swarm of leather-clad clansmen disembark and scurry for cover among the rocks on either side of the freeway. You glance at Kate and force a smile as you slip off your gun's safety catch and prepare to meet their advance.</p>
<p>'I'm scared,' she whispers, her soft voice wavering with fear.</p>
<p>'Don't worry,' you say, reassuringly, 'we're gonna make it.'</p>
- <p>Then you hear the distant poppings of gunfire, and bullets start to whistle and buzz above your head like angry insects. To your right, a group of fellow defenders open fire at a pair of clansmen who have broken cover less than 100 yards away. They are trying to descend the embankment to the railroad track. Bullets kick up the dust all around them but, miraculously, neither is hit.</p>
+ <p>Then you hear the distant popping of gunfire, and bullets start to whistle and buzz above your head like angry insects. To your right, a group of fellow defenders open fire at a pair of clansmen who have broken cover less than 100 yards away. They are trying to descend the embankment to the railroad track. Bullets kick up the dust all around them but, miraculously, neither is hit.</p>
<illustration class="float">
<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
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<p>Expectantly you reach for the handle but, as your hand closes around the steel lever, you hear something that makes you stop dead in your tracks. A scuttling scratching sound is coming from inside the storage room. Gently you depress the handle and open the door an inch or two, only to pull it shut quickly when you get a glimpse of what lurks inside. Thousands of cockroaches cover every surface in the store room, seething and undulating like some grotesque living carpet.</p>
- <p>It takes you several minutes to muster enough courage to open the door a second time, but before you do, you take off your jacket and tuck your jeans into your boots to prevent the insects from crawling up your legs. As the door opens and your light floods into the room, the insects panic and come rushing towards you like a torrent of vile brown water. Determinedly you meet this tidal wave and beat a path towards a table in the middle of the room. Using your jacket to clear the surface, you climb on to it and wait there - a tiny island in the middle of a stormy brown sea - until the cockroaches have dispersed into the corridor outside. When eventually the loathsome tide ebbs, you jump down from the table and begin your search for Atropine.</p>
+ <p>It takes you several minutes to muster enough courage to open the door a second time, but before you do, you take off your jacket and tuck your jeans into your boots to prevent the insects from crawling up your legs. As the door opens and your light floods into the room, the insects panic and come rushing towards you like a torrent of vile brown water. Determinedly you meet this tidal wave and beat a path towards a table in the middle of the room. Using your jacket to clear the surface, you climb on to it and wait there<ch.emdash/>a tiny island in the middle of a stormy brown sea<ch.emdash/>until the cockroaches have dispersed into the corridor outside. When eventually the loathsome tide ebbs, you jump down from the table and begin your search for Atropine.</p>
<choice idref="sect80"><link-text>Turn to 80</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect294">
<meta><title>294</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect294-1-foot" idref="sect294-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>You raise your gun and fire at the first enemy clansman you see. Your snap shot catches him in the legs and sends him tumbling to the ground, but not before he has had a chance to return fire. His burst of machine-pistol fire rips up the ground around your feet, and you are knocked down by a ricocheting slug: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You raise your gun and fire at the first enemy clansman you see. Your snap shot catches him in the legs and sends him tumbling to the ground, but not before he has had a chance to return fire.<a id="sect294-1" idref="sect294-1-foot" class="footnote" /> His burst of machine-pistol fire rips up the ground around your feet, and you are knocked down by a ricocheting slug: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect171">To continue, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<p>'What's wrong?' you ask.</p>
<p>'It's Gorgas,' he replies. 'He's dead.'</p>
<p>The news sends a cold shiver down your spine. 'But h-how?' you continue, your voice wavering.</p>
- <p>'Murdered by the looks of it. Knife through the heart. Rex Tyler found him in his cab 'bout five minutes ago.'</p>
+ <p>'Murdered by the looks of it. Knife through the heart. Rex Tyler found him in his cab 'bout five minutes ago.'</p>
<p>You look over Cutter's shoulder and see two Tucson men holding Rex Tyler firmly by the arms. Fear is stark in Rex's eyes as another Tucson colonist launches a stream of questions at him, and jabs him repeatedly in the chest with his index finger.</p>
<p>'Why are they holding Rex?' you ask, growing concerned for your friend's safety.</p>
<p>'They reckon he's the killer,' replies Cutter.</p>
<p>'I can't believe it's him.'</p>
<p>'Neither can I,' says Cutter, 'but it was his knife they found in Gorgas's chest.'</p>
<p>'What's gonna happen to him now?' you say.</p>
- <p>'I guess we'll have to give him a fair trial - it's the least we can do. Only it's gonna have t' wait. Macy and Langdon have spotted some Outlaw scouts on their way here. They're heading a large pack, judging by their numbers, and they're only 'bout three hours away, so they reckon. I hope you two didn't find no trouble in Sentinel 'cause we'd better move out now if we're gonna stay ahead of those clansmen.'</p>
+ <p>'I guess we'll have to give him a fair trial<ch.emdash/>it's the least we can do. Only it's gonna have t' wait. Macy and Langdon have spotted some Outlaw scouts on their way here. They're heading a large pack, judging by their numbers, and they're only 'bout three hours away, so they reckon. I hope you two didn't find no trouble in Sentinel 'cause we'd better move out now if we're gonna stay ahead of those clansmen.'</p>
<choice idref="sect10">If you want to break the bad news to Cutter and tell him about the rockfall at the Painted Mountain Pass, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect74">If you wish to investigate Mike Gorgas' death first, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Your partner confirms that the town is empty of clansmen. He radios the convoy, telling them as much, and shortly after receiving his call the colony arrives.</p>
- <p>You spend a trouble-free night at Glamis and, a little after dawn the next morning, you and Rickenbacker set off to scout Highway 78. As has become standard practice, you drive two miles ahead of the colony and report back to them regularly by radio. During your drive west, you pass over several small bridges that cross canals running north from the Colorado Riverto the Salton Sea. This area was extensively cultivated at the turn of the century, to produce the extra food required to feed the rapidly growing urban populations of Los Angeles and San Diego. Now all that remains is a storm-ravaged wasteland.</p>
+ <p>You spend a trouble-free night at Glamis and, a little after dawn the next morning, you and Rickenbacker set off to scout Highway 78. As has become standard practice, you drive two miles ahead of the colony and report back to them regularly by radio. During your drive west, you pass over several small bridges that cross canals running north from the Colorado River to the Salton Sea. This area was extensively cultivated at the turn of the century, to produce the extra food required to feed the rapidly growing urban populations of Los Angeles and San Diego. Now all that remains is a storm-ravaged wasteland.</p>
<p>The journey passes without incident until you reach a highway junction. A mass of tents and bivouacs have been erected here, partially covering the road ahead.</p>
<choice idref="sect251">If you possess <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ>, a <typ class="item">Telescope</typ> or a <typ class="item">Combat Viewer</typ>, <link-text>turn to 251</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect338">If you do not possess any of these items, <link-text>turn to 338</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Cursing your luck, you return to the corridor. You find that the way ahead is now lit faintly by light from the room, enabling you to see that it is the next door along which is the entrance to the medicine storage facility.</p>
<p>Expectantly you reach out for the handle but, as your hand closes around the steel lever you hear another noise, which makes you stop dead in your tracks. Coming from inside the storage room is a scuttling, scratching sound. Gently you depress the handle and open the door an inch or two, only to pull it shut quickly when you get a faint glimpse of what lurks inside. Thousands of cockroaches cover every surface in the store room, seething and undulating like some grotesque living carpet. It takes you several minutes to muster enough courage to open the door a second time, but before you do so, you take off your jacket and tuck your jeans into your boots to prevent the insects from crawling up your legs.</p>
- <p>As the door opens and the light trickles into the I room, the insects panic and come rushing towards you like a torrent of vile, brown water. Determinedly you meet this tidal wave and beat a path towards the table in the middle of the room. Using your jacket to clear away the surface, you climb on to it - a tiny island in the middle of a stormy, brown sea - and wait there until the cockroaches have dispersed into the corridor. When eventually the loathsome tide ebbs, you jump down from the table and begin your urgent search for Atropine.</p>
+ <p>As the door opens and the light trickles into the I room, the insects panic and come rushing towards you like a torrent of vile, brown water. Determinedly you meet this tidal wave and beat a path towards the table in the middle of the room. Using your jacket to clear away the surface, you climb on to it<ch.emdash/>a tiny island in the middle of a stormy, brown sea<ch.emdash/>and wait there until the cockroaches have dispersed into the corridor. When eventually the loathsome tide ebbs, you jump down from the table and begin your urgent search for Atropine.</p>
<choice idref="sect80"><link-text>Turn to 80</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>With some difficulty you force open the front door and enter the gloomy general store. As you expected, it is stripped of food and practical items of hardware: this shop has long since been gutted of its stock by foraging clansmen.</p>
- <p>Half-heartedly you search amongst the debris that lies ankle-deep on the floor, but find nothing worth the trouble of stooping to pick up. Then you reach a storeroom at the rear, and are intrigued to discover that it has been bolted shut from the inside. A faint humming sound emanates from behind the door, a sound that sounds vaguely like that of an electric motor.</p>
+ <p>Half-heartedly you search amongst the debris that lies ankle-deep on the floor, but find nothing worth the trouble of stooping to pick up. Then you reach a store room at the rear, and are intrigued to discover that it has been bolted shut from the inside. A faint humming sound emanates from behind the door, a sound that sounds vaguely like that of an electric motor.</p>
<p>Add together your Perception and Field Craft skill Scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect203">If your total scores 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect166">If your total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 166</link-text>.</choice>
<li><typ class="item">Solar Torch</typ></li>
</ul>
<p>As you are about to leave the panel truck, you hear a clansman calling out his partner's name. You wait with bated breath until the shouting ceases, then you hurry back to your roadster.</p>
- <p>The dust storm is still raging fiercely as you head back on to Highway 84. Your return to the intersection with Interstate 8 passes without incident and soon you are driving west once more towards Gila Bend. It is a difficult and frustrating drive, for you cannot shake the fear that Kate will have lapsed into a coma before your return with the Atropine, and yet you dare not increase your speed for fear of crashing off the freeway. The strain takes its toll - lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The dust storm is still raging fiercely as you head back on to Highway 84. Your return to the intersection with Interstate 8 passes without incident and soon you are driving west once more towards Gila Bend. It is a difficult and frustrating drive, for you cannot shake the fear that Kate will have lapsed into a coma before your return with the Atropine, and yet you dare not increase your speed for fear of crashing off the freeway. The strain takes its toll<ch.emdash/>lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>During your return drive you must take a Drink or lose a further 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect160">To continue, <link-text>turn to 160</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<section class="numbered" id="sect313">
<meta><title>313</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect313-1-foot" idref="sect313-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>To your dismay, your snap shot misses its intended target and punches a hole in the side of the bus, just a few inches to the left of the door. Undaunted, the clansman enters and quickly disappears from sight. Then you hear Kate scream as she catches sight of him. Her scream is quickly echoed by another, one that you recognize immediately as Aunt Betty-Ann's.</p>
+ <p>To your dismay, your snap shot misses its intended target and punches a hole in the side of the bus, just a few inches to the left of the door.<a id="sect313-1" idref="sect313-1-foot" class="footnote" /> Undaunted, the clansman enters and quickly disappears from sight. Then you hear Kate scream as she catches sight of him. Her scream is quickly echoed by another, one that you recognize immediately as Aunt Betty-Ann's.</p>
<p>You respond to their cries by leaping out from behind the garbage cart and running headlong towards the open door, oblivious to the bullets that are whistling past on all sides. As you reach the entrance, you almost throw yourself aboard the bus in your haste to prevent the clansman from harming the two women. As you regain your feet you see your aunt grappling with the thug in the centre aisle, her hands locked around the muzzle of his gun in a desperate attempt to prevent him from firing it.</p>
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<meta>
<p>'It's worked,' says Rickenbacker, relieved that your efforts have not been in vain. The convoy's on its way through.'</p>
<p>'Yeah,' you reply, fighting to catch your breath, 'and that means the Outlaws are on their way here. It's time we were outta here!'</p>
<p>A huge, billowing pall of dense, black smoke is rising into the sky above Arizona City, casting its shadow over the barren land ahead. Before long you have left behind the town's suburban sprawl and you find yourself making your escape westwards along an unmarked road that snakes towards the Santa Rosa Wash.</p>
- <p>The tiny town of Chuichu flashes past in the blink of an eye, and within a few minutes you arrive at a junction where once there were roads. Now no trace of them remains, save a signpost that indicates south to the town of Jackrabbit and west to the Santa Rosa bridge and a town called Cuckelbur.</p>
+ <p>The tiny town of Chuichu flashes past in the blink of an eye, and within a few minutes you arrive at a junction where once there were roads. Now no trace of them remains, save a signpost that indicates south to the town of Jackrabbit and west to the Santa Rosa bridge and a town called Cucklebur.</p>
<p>You continue driving due west, across sun-baked soil littered with sagebrush and tumbleweed, until at last you reach the Santa Rosa bridge. It crosses the Santa Rosa Wash, a river that is now little more than a dried-up trench. The bridge is holed and impassable by vehicle, and although the Wash itself is bone-dry, its banks are too steeply undercut for you to attempt a crossing here.</p>
- <p>'We'll head north and cross as soon as we can,' you say, consulting your map. Rickenbacker is about to agree when suddenly he notices a cloud of dust approaching from the east. 'Bikes,' he hisses, 'Clan bikes. Must be the first of the Outlaws. Looks like they saw us leave Arizona City.'</p>
+ <p>'We'll head north and cross as soon as we can,' you say, consulting your <a idref="map">map</a>. Rickenbacker is about to agree when suddenly he notices a cloud of dust approaching from the east. 'Bikes,' he hisses, 'Clan bikes. Must be the first of the Outlaws. Looks like they saw us leave Arizona City.'</p>
<p>You stand up in your seat in order to get a better view of the approaching bikers, and count only two motorcycles. They are moving too fast to outrun them, leaving you with only two options: to hide or to fight.</p>
<choice idref="sect88">If you wish to try to hide from these clansmen, <link-text>turn to 88</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect135">If you wish to stand and fight them, <link-text>turn to 135</link-text>.</choice>
<p>Rickenbacker offers him some water from his canteen and he accepts it gladly. 'I heard about the scene in California from some survivalists I stayed with for a while down in Alamos. Sounds like they've gone an' turned the state into one big fortress. The army's in charge and they've got things locked down tight. They've kicked all the troublemakers out into the desert and slammed the door. In the south, I hear they've drawn up a new state line, from Pine Valley to Banning. All the old roads in and out are guarded and I hear they've got real picky 'bout who they let in.'</p>
<p>He reaches to the inside pocket of his tattered denim jacket and produces an equally tattered map. 'I plan on going in here,' he says, pointing to a part of the map that is so worn that it has become almost illegible. 'It's a place in the mountains, north of Lake Henshaw. I figure that the army can't have enough men to patrol that area too well. If you guys'd take my advice, you'd think 'bout doin' the same.'</p>
<p>You tell Jaeger your own story of how you survived the post-holocaust years. You also tell him that you and the others are acting as scouts for a colony of people who are equally determined to reach California, only they are now so short of food and water that unless fresh supplies are found Soon, few of them are likely to survive the 400 miles that still separate you from the Pacific Ocean.</p>
- <p>'Man, you guys have got problems,' he says, shaking his head slowly from side to side. 'And you're headin' slap-bang into even more. Ain't you heard - Yuma is a clan base. And believe me, the guys that are holding that city are heavy-duty bad news. If you're thinkin' of crossing the Colorado River there, forget it. You'll never make it. They'll blow you off the road.'</p>
+ <p>'Man, you guys have got problems,' he says, shaking his head slowly from side to side. 'And you're headin' slap-bang into even more. Ain't you heard<ch.emdash/>Yuma is a clan base. And believe me, the guys that are holding that city are heavy-duty bad news. If you're thinkin' of crossing the Colorado River there, forget it. You'll never make it. They'll blow you off the road.'</p>
<p>Worried by what Jaeger has said, and eager that he tell everything he knows about the clan base at Yuma, you ask him to return to the convoy with you. After some thought, he decides that there may, after all, be safety in numbers, and he agrees to join the colony. Anxious to get back, you climb into your roadster and set off on the return road to Aztec.</p>
<choice idref="sect204"><link-text>Turn to 204</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Five rounds of 9mm ammunition</li>
<li>Antiseptic dressings (enough for one Medi-kit unit)</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accorindly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect104">To continue, <link-text>turn to 104</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect325">
<meta><title>325</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect325-1-foot" idref="sect325-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>You take aim at the clansman's chest and pull the trigger. Your gunfire hits him squarely in the torso, the force of its impact knocking him flat on his back. He does not get up. Like a bounding lion, Rickenbacker hurries towards the ditch and leaps in to land by your side as the first of the dead clansman's confederates comes running across the bridge. Then there is a jarring boom as the truck explodes with a brilliant flash of bright orange flame.</p>
+ <p>You take aim at the clansman's chest and pull the trigger. Your gunfire hits him squarely in the torso, the force of its impact knocking him flat on his back.<a id="sect325-1" idref="sect325-1-foot" class="footnote" /> He does not get up. Like a bounding lion, Rickenbacker hurries towards the ditch and leaps in to land by your side as the first of the dead clansman's confederates comes running across the bridge. Then there is a jarring boom as the truck explodes with a brilliant flash of bright orange flame.</p>
<p>'What the heck<ch.ellips/> !' you gasp, stunned by the unexpected force of the explosion.</p>
<p>'They had a keg of blasting powder in the back,' cries Rickenbacker, shouting to make himself heard above the rumbling echo of the explosion. 'So I lit the fuse!'</p>
<p>As the dust clears, the clansmen struggle to their feet and run towards the blazing remains of their truck. As they get nearer, you grit your teeth and prepare to open fire.</p>
<section class="numbered" id="sect328">
<meta><title>328</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect328-1-foot" idref="sect328-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p>Your gunfire misses its intended target, but wounds one of the scouts following closely behind. The clansman you missed stops in mid-stride and raises his weapon to his shoulder: this time he intends to make sure his bullets hit you.</p>
+ <p>Your gunfire misses its intended target, but wounds one of the scouts following closely behind.<a id="sect328-1" idref="sect328-1-foot" class="footnote" /> The clansman you missed stops in mid-stride and raises his weapon to his shoulder: this time he intends to make sure his bullets hit you.</p>
<choice idref="sect75">If you wish to fire again, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 75</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect214">If you wish to duck into the hollow to avoid being hit by the clansman's fire, <link-text>turn to 214</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As the traitor exhales his last breath and falls dead on the ground by your side, Rickenbacker and Cutter come running across the plaza and take cover with you behind the garbage cart. Quickly you tell them how Barlow attacked you, and how you are now absolutely convinced that he was guilty.</p>
<p>'You're right,' says Cutter, glancing down at Barlow's body. 'He must have been a clan infiltrator. I'd hazard a guess that this attack is an effort by the Outlaw's t' get him out o' here.'</p>
<p>'Well they've got here too late,' you reply. 'His sentence has already been served in full.'</p>
- <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town. All, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus - Kate - and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
+ <p>From behind the metal lip of the garbage cart you survey the battle that is raging around the plaza. Most of the colonists have now armed themselves and taken cover, and they are putting up a worthy defence of the vehicles. The few clansmen you do see are either dead or attempting to escape from the town. All, that is, apart from one. He is a blond-haired thug, dressed in a studded leather vest and striped pants, who is busy hammering at the glass door panels of the DC1 school bus with the stock of his machine pistol. The sight of him senselessly attacking the door of the empty bus does not bother you unduly until you remember that there is one person still on board the bus<ch.emdash/>Kate<ch.emdash/>and your heart nearly stops with shock.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If you wish to open fire at the clansman before he gains entry to the bus, and are able to do so, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect181">If you do not wish to open fire at the clansman, or are unable to do so, <link-text>turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pull over to the side of the road and Rickenbacker radios to the convoy, instructing it to stop and stand by. You focus your eyes on the distant junction, and begin to make out the shape of people. They are standing on the highway, either singly or in groups, but they do not appear to be doing anything in particular. When they do move it is with such lethargy that, from this distance, they resemble a colony of shambling zombies.</p>
<p>'I don't like the look of this,' you say to your partner. 'Radio the convoy and get them to put Cookie on. Maybe he knows something about these wierdos.'</p>
<p>Rickenbacker complies with your request and, within a minute or so, you are talking to Cookie person-to-person. 'Sounds like you've run across a pack of Crazies,' says Cookie, after listening to your description of the people at the junction. 'They're mainly junkies and street-scum that the army have kicked outta LA and San Francisco. They're usually pretty harmless, but watch y'selves. You never can tell what Crazies'll get up to.'</p>
- <p>You thank Cookie for the advice and sign off by telling the convoy that you and Rickenbacker are on your way back. You are about to reach for the ignition when you hear a movement away to your right. You turn your head and see three Crazies - two men and a woman - emerge from the scrub and scurry towards the truck. Despite their frightening appearance, you notice that none of them appears to be armed.</p>
+ <p>You thank Cookie for the advice and sign off by telling the convoy that you and Rickenbacker are on your way back. You are about to reach for the ignition when you hear a movement away to your right. You turn your head and see three Crazies<ch.emdash/>two men and a woman<ch.emdash/>emerge from the scrub and scurry towards the truck. Despite their frightening appearance, you notice that none of them appears to be armed.</p>
<choice idref="sect29">If you wish to start the truck and drive away, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect173">If you wish to stop and question them, <link-text>turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You need to follow the course of the Santa Rosa Wash for only half a mile before you find an ideal place to cross. It is close to the town of Cucklebur, a settlement that was home to the Papago Indians before 'The Day'. As you drive through the town, the beginnings of a hot, north-westerly wind sweeps across the land, and you notice a dark storm cloud streaking the sky. You pray that it is the prelude to a rainstorm, for it has not rained in these parts for more than a year, but your experience and your senses tell you otherwise.</p>
+ <p>You need to follow the course of the Santa Rosa Wash for only half a mile before you find an ideal place to cross. It is close to the town of Cucklebur, a settlement that was home to the Papago Indians before 'The Day'. As you drive through the town, the beginnings of a hot, northwesterly wind sweeps across the land, and you notice a dark storm cloud streaking the sky. You pray that it is the prelude to a rainstorm, for it has not rained in these parts for more than a year, but your experience and your senses tell you otherwise.</p>
<p>'There's a dust storm brewin', dare say it's blowin' down from the Nevada desert,' you say, motioning to the north.</p>
<p>'Looks like it could be a mean 'un,' replies Rickenbacker, as he stares thoughtfully at the gathering cloud. 'A real mean 'un.'</p>
<p>By the time you rejoin Interstate 8, the weather has greatly deteriorated. Carried on a high wind come swirling, stinging eddies of rust-red sand, some as tall as five-storey buildings. They move across the landscape like spinning tops, sucking in and spewing out tons of dust, rock and debris every second of their short but violent lives. So great has the dust saturation become that even though it is still only late afternoon, you are forced to switch on your headlights in order to make out the road ahead.</p>
<p>Out of this wall of dust a mileage sign appears, which says:</p>
- <signpost>GILA BEND - 44 miles</signpost>
+ <signpost>GILA BEND<ch.emdash/>44 miles</signpost>
<p>It is nearly an hour before you see another sign. This one announces a rest stop one mile ahead on the freeway.</p>
<choice idref="sect56">If you wish to stop at this freeway service area, <link-text>turn to 56</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect13">If you decide to continue driving through the dust storm towards Gila Bend, <link-text>turn to 13</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>345</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect345-1-foot" idref="sect345-1">
+ <p>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>You fire and almost immediately you see the clansman throw his hands in the air and fall forward stiffly to the ground. For a few moments his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes as it surrenders to death.</p>
+ <p>You fire and almost immediately you see the clansman throw his hands in the air and fall forward stiffly to the ground.<a id="sect345-1" idref="sect345-1-foot" class="footnote" /> For a few moments his limbs move jerkily, then his whole body relaxes as it surrenders to death.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker appears at the edge of the barbecue area, drawn by the sound of gunfire. His face is lined with worry until he sees that you are still standing.</p>
<choice idref="sect305"><link-text>Turn to 305</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Scrambling to your feet, you take off your jacket and use it to beat a path towards a table in the middle of the storage room. Once there, you climb on to the table - a tiny island in the middle of a stormy brown sea - and wait until the cockroach swarm disperses into the corridor outside.</p>
+ <p>Scrambling to your feet, you take off your jacket and use it to beat a path towards a table in the middle of the storage room. Once there, you climb on to the table<ch.emdash/>a tiny island in the middle of a stormy brown sea<ch.emdash/>and wait until the cockroach swarm disperses into the corridor outside.</p>
<p>When eventually the loathsome tide ebbs, you jump down from the table and begin your urgent search for Atropine.</p>
<choice idref="sect80"><link-text>Turn to 80</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Outside you find a pick-up truck. It was the vehicle Mad Dog used to reach the lodge ahead of his clansmen. Now these Detroit Lions cannot be too far away, and they have been reinforced by an additional contingent of Chargers. Quickly the four of you jump into the truck and head west, driving cross-country until you rejoin the freeway near a small town called Boulevard.</p>
<p>During your escape, Cutter makes radio contact with Pine Valley and tells them that you are on your way. He also warns them that you have a clan army hot on your heels. 'Don't worry 'bout them,' comes the reply. 'We've got a little surprise in store for those guys. You just keep your foot down and don't stop for nothing, y'hear?'</p>
<p>All of you are puzzled by the message, then, as you reach a high peak called Crestwood Summit, you hear the roar of a jet engine, approaching from out of the western sky. It is a fighter aircraft, and Kate is the first to see it as it skims the top of Long Valley Peak and comes screaming towards you, tracking along the line of Interstate 8.</p>
- <p>Captain Ed Hughes makes a mental note of his air speed and altitude, and realigns his F-14 Tomcat ready for a strike. His is the last serviceable fighter of the VF213 Blacklions squadron left at the Miramar Naval Air Station, and he is proud to have been the one called upon to fly this ageing but deadly combat machine on what could be its last mission. The target appears in the distance and, automatically, Hughes arms his sidewinders and locks-on his targeting computer. He is seconds away from contact. A last radio check confirms that the target is valid and, with an almost casual ease, he depresses the twin red fire buttons and sends his missiles screaming towards the line of clan vehicles. By the time they have struck and destroyed the clan column, he has already banked out of his dive and is heading west, above the Sawtooth Mountains, on a bearing that will take him back to his base at NAS Miramar - Fightertown USA.</p>
+ <p>Captain Ed Hughes makes a mental note of his air speed and altitude, and realigns his F-14 Tomcat ready for a strike. His is the last serviceable fighter of the VF213 Blacklions squadron left at the Miramar Naval Air Station, and he is proud to have been the one called upon to fly this ageing but deadly combat machine on what could be its last mission. The target appears in the distance and, automatically, Hughes arms his sidewinders and locks-on his targeting computer. He is seconds away from contact. A last radio check confirms that the target is valid and, with an almost casual ease, he depresses the twin red fire buttons and sends his missiles screaming towards the line of clan vehicles. By the time they have struck and destroyed the clan column, he has already banked out of his dive and is heading west, above the Sawtooth Mountains, on a bearing that will take him back to his base at NAS Miramar<ch.emdash/>Fightertown USA.</p>
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- <li>Add to your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> any extra points gained through use of a close combat weapon.</li>
- <li>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> score of your enemy from your total. The resulting number is the Combat Ratio.</li>
- <li>Pick a number from the <a idref="random"><a idref="random">Random Number Table</a></a>.</li>
- <li>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
- <li>Find your Combat Ratio along the top of the chart and cross-reference it with the random number you have picked. (E indicates enemy's loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. CP indicates Cal Phoenix's loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.)</li>
- <li>Continue the combat from stage 3 until one combatant has zero <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, this is when he is declared dead.</li>
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- <li>You may only evade combat when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.</li>
- <li>If the text offers the chance of taking evasive action instead of entering into combat, you may evade in the first round of combat or in any subsequent round.</li>
- <li>If you decide to evade after a round of combat, ignore all points lost by the enemy in that round: only Cal Phoenix loses <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
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+ <section class="backmatter" id="crsumary">
+ <meta><title>Close Combat Rules Summary</title></meta>
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+ <data>
+ <ol>
+ <li>Add to your <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> any extra points gained through use of a close combat weapon.</li>
+ <li>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> score of your enemy from your total. The resulting number is the Combat Ratio.</li>
+ <li>Pick a number from the <a idref="random"><a idref="random">Random Number Table</a></a>.</li>
+ <li>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
+ <li>Find your Combat Ratio along the top of the chart and cross-reference it with the random number you have picked. (E indicates enemy's loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. CP indicates Cal Phoenix's loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.)</li>
+ <li>Continue the combat from stage 3 until one combatant has zero or fewer <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, this is when he is declared dead.</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <section class="backmatter" id="smevazn">
+ <meta><title>To Evade Combat</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <ol>
+ <li>You may only evade combat when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.</li>
+ <li>If the text offers the chance of taking evasive action instead of entering into combat, you may evade in the first round of combat or in any subsequent round.</li>
+ <li>If you decide to evade after a round of combat, ignore all points lost by the enemy in that round: only Cal Phoenix loses <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
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+ <meta><title>Errata</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <section class="backmatter" id="errintro">
+ <meta><title>Introduction</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <p>We have taken our unique opportunity to correct errors and to enforce a standard of English usage. We list our changes here. If you see anything that needs correction, please <a href="&link.staff.contact;">contact</a> the Project Aon Staff.</p>
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+ <section class="backmatter" id="errerr">
+ <meta><title>Errata</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <p>(<a idref="dtd">Dateline to Disaster</a>) Replaced <quote>training and</quote> with <quote>training, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</quote>, <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>, <quote>fuel, food or water</quote> with <quote>fuel, food, or water</quote>, and <quote>the Mavericks</quote> with <quote>the 'Mavericks'</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>if you pick a O</quote> with <quote>if you pick a 0</quote>, <quote>On pages 6 and 7 you will find an Action Chart</quote> with <quote>An Action Chart has been supplied</quote>, <quote>the Random Number Table at the back of this book</quote> with <quote>the Random Number Table</quote>, <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>, and <quote>survival skills</quote> with <quote>Survival Skills</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Removed <quote>For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>potassium iodine</quote> with <quote>potassium iodide</quote> and <quote>sulphonamides</quote> with <quote>sulfonamides</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>, <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>, and <quote><ch.plus/> 1) He</quote> with <quote><ch.plus/>1). He</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) 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> and <quote>with a reduced ENDURANCE point score</quote> with <quote>with his ENDURANCE points possibly reduced</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>south-west</quote> with <quote>southwest</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>inflamations</quote> with <quote>inflammation</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect24">24</a>) Replaced <quote>Micheal</quote> with <quote>Michael</quote>, <quote>swifty</quote> with <quote>swiftly</quote> and <quote>machine gunfire</quote> with <quote>machine gun fire</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect31">31</a>) Replaced <quote>storerooms</quote> with <quote>store rooms</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect40">40</a>) Replaced <quote>north-east</quote> with <quote>northeast</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect51">51</a>) Replaced <quote>1 Pistol</quote> with <quote>One Pistol</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>) Replaced <quote>moutains</quote> with <quote>mountains</quote> and <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect57">57</a>) Replaced <quote>Swifty</quote> with <quote>Swiftly</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) Replaced <quote>south-east</quote> with <quote>southeast</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect74">74</a>) Replaced <quote>youself</quote> with <quote>yourself</quote> and <quote>blood stains</quote> with <quote>bloodstains</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect76">76</a>) Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect99">99</a>) Replaced <quote>ammuntion</quote> with <quote>ammunition</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect111">111</a>) Replaced <quote>your Strength skill</quote> with <quote>your Stealth skill</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect112">112</a>) Added missing period after <quote>turn to 295</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect118">118</a>) Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect121">121</a>) Replaced <quote>Micheal</quote> with <quote>Michael</quote> and <quote>machine gunfire</quote> with <quote>machine gun fire</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect125">125</a>) Replaced <quote>you say, frustratedly.</quote> with <quote>you say in frustration.</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>examing</quote> with <quote>examining</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect150">150</a>) Replaced <quote>gullys</quote> with <quote>gullies</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect171">171</a>) Replaced <quote>gunsmoke</quote> with <quote>gun smoke</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect174">174</a>) Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect193">193</a>) Replaced <quote>suddeness</quote> with <quote>suddenness</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect211">211</a>) Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote> and added missing period after <quote>creaks into action</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>) Replaced <quote>insepction</quote> with <quote>inspection</quote> and <quote>Landcrusier</quote> with <quote>Landcruiser</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect215">215</a>) Replaced <quote>clanmen's</quote> with <quote>clansmen's</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect231">231</a>) Replaced <quote>gullys</quote> with <quote>gullies</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>zig-zags</quote> with <quote>zigzags</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="sect250">250</a>) Replaced <quote>Consult the map at the front of the book</quote> with <quote>Consult your map</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Removed duplicate <quote>seat.</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect282">290</a>) Replaced <quote>distant poppings</quote> with <quote>distant popping</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect304">304</a>) Replaced <quote>HE Granade</quote> with <quote>HE Grenade</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect305">305</a>) Added bold formatting <quote>Solar Torch</quote>, <quote>Binoculars</quote> and <quote>Rope</quote>. Removed bold formatting <quote>Water Canteen</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced <quote>Cuckelbur</quote> with <quote>Cucklebur</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect308">308</a>) Replaced <quote>machine gunfire</quote> with <quote>machine gun fire</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect322">322</a>) Replaced <quote>accorindly</quote> with <quote>accordingly</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>turn 281</quote> with <quote>turn to 281</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect339">339</a>) Replaced <quote>north-westerly</quote> with <quote>northwesterly</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>,<a idref="sect1">1</a>,<a idref="sect2">2</a>,<a idref="sect200">200</a>,<a idref="sect339">339</a>) Replaced <quote>'the Day'</quote> with <quote>'The Day'</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect4">4</a>,<a idref="sect66">66</a>,<a idref="sect182">182</a>,<a idref="sect199">199</a>,<a idref="sect229">229</a>,<a idref="sect271">271</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect215">215</a>,<a idref="sect225">225</a>,<a idref="sect265">265</a>) Replaced <quote>painkillers</quote> with <quote>pain killers</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect41">41</a>,<a idref="sect198">198</a>) Replaced <quote>floorplan</quote> with <quote>floor plan</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect203">203</a>,<a idref="sect310">310</a>) Replaced <quote>storeroom</quote> with <quote>store room</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>, <quote>Combat Results Table</quote> with <quote>Close Combat Results Table</quote>, and <quote>zero ENDURANCE points</quote> with <quote>zero ENDURANCE points or below</quote>.</p>
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+ <section class="backmatter" id="footnotz">
+ <meta><title>Footnotes</title></meta>
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- <meta><title>Errata</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect4-1-foot">4</a>) Remember to deduct six rounds of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect25-1-foot">25</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect28-1-foot">28</a>) This is the correct answer to the keypad puzzle in <a idref="sect337">Section 337</a>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect33-1-foot">33</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect37-1-foot">37</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect46-1-foot">46</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect78-1-foot">78</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect94-1-foot">94</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect95-1-foot">95</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect98-1-foot">98</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect113-1-foot">113</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect122-1-foot">122</a>) Remember to deduct six rounds of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect132-1-foot">132</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect143-1-foot">143</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect178-1-foot">178</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect182-1-foot">182</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect186-1-foot">186</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect191-1-foot">191</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect192-1-foot">192</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect193-1-foot">193</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 7.62mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect194-1-foot">194</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect199-1-foot">199</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 7.62mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect205-1-foot">205</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect222-1-foot">222</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect233-1-foot">233</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect255-1-foot">255</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect264-1-foot">264</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect268-1-foot">268</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect271-1-foot">271</a>) Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect275-1-foot">275</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect285-1-foot">285</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect294-1-foot">294</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect313-1-foot">313</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect325-1-foot">325</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect328-1-foot">328</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect337-1-foot">337</a>) The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect345-1-foot">345</a>) Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</p>
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- <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>On pages 6 and 7 you will find an Action Chart</quote> with <quote>An Action Chart has been supplied</quote>.</p>
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- <p>(<a idref="sect305">312</a>) Removed bold formatting <quote>Water Canteen</quote>.</p>
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- <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
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- <p>(<a idref="sect28">28</a>) This is the correct answer to the keypad puzzle in <a idref="sect337">Section 337</a>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect337">337</a>) The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.</p>
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+ <li>Illustration I (<a idref="sect5">Section 5</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration II (<a idref="sect24">Section 24</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration III (<a idref="sect31">Section 31</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration IV (<a idref="sect57">Section 57</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration V (<a idref="sect84">Section 84</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration VI (<a idref="sect100">Section 100</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration VII (<a idref="sect140">Section 140</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration VIII (<a idref="sect154">Section 154</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration IX (<a idref="sect159">Section 159</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration X (<a idref="sect169">Section 169</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XI (<a idref="sect180">Section 180</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XII (<a idref="sect203">Section 203</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XIII (<a idref="sect225">Section 225</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XIV (<a idref="sect231">Section 231</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XV (<a idref="sect250">Section 250</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XVI (<a idref="sect283">Section 283</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XVII (<a idref="sect290">Section 290</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XVIII (<a idref="sect313">Section 313</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XIX (<a idref="sect320">Section 320</a>)</li>
+ <li>Illustration XX (<a idref="sect348">Section 348</a>)</li>
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