You are Cal Phoenix, the Freeway Warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. A murderous gang of HAVOC clansmen, led by the psychotic Mad Dog Michigan, are bent on destroying your fragile colony as it crosses the wastelands of Texas on the first stage of a life-or-death exodus to the California coast. These bike-riding clansmen are a formidable enemy: armed, cunning, and extremely dangerous, capable of launching a lightning raid at any time, day or night. You will need all your wits about you if you are to defend your people and reach your destination intact!
We
you whisper.
I guess you
replies Cutter, but I think I know a quicker way of finding what we need. Follow me.
Intrigued by Cutter
After searching four of the dozen service bays, finally he discovers what he is looking for: a school bus. Cal, you keep y
Nervously you stand guard at the door to the service bay while Cutter works. All is quiet until, forty minutes later, you see something moving among the vehicles on the far side of the parking lot: it is a drunken clansman. Slowly he staggers nearer, taking alternate gulps from bottles clutched in either hand. He is about to pass by when Cutter drops a spanner. The ringing noise pierces his drunken stupor and prompts him to investigate.
Trouble on its way!
you whisper to Cutter, but your warning is too late. The clansman comes lumbering through the open door, brandishing his bottles like clubs. He sees you and screams an oath as he gets ready to launch his attack.
We
you whisper.
I guess you
replies Cutter, but I think I know a quicker way of finding what we need. Follow me.
Intrigued by Cutter
After searching four of the dozen service bays, finally he discovers what he is looking for: a school bus. Cal, you keep y
Nervously you stand guard at the door to the service bay while Cutter works. All is quiet until, forty minutes later, you see something moving among the vehicles on the far side of the parking lot: it is a drunken clansman. Slowly he staggers nearer, taking alternating gulps from the bottles clutched in either hand. He is about to pass on his way when Cutter drops a spanner. The ringing noise pierces his drunken stupor and prompts him to investigate.
Trouble on its way!
you whisper to Cutter, but your warning is too late. A moment later, the clansman comes lurching through the open door, brandishing his bottles like clubs. He sees you and screams an oath as he gets ready to launch his attack.
Two shots are fired almost simultaneously, filling the bar with a deafening explosion of noise. They rip open the front of the counter less than five feet from where you are crouching, bringing down most of the rickety shelves that line the back wall. Amid a cascade of bottles and glasses, you scurry towards the end of the counter, your eyes fixed on a door situated beneath the staircase. Above it, an unlit sign reads:
I reckon this constitutes an emergency,
you mutter, as you get ready to break cover and run towards the door. Just as you are about to leave your hand brushes against the stock of a sawn-off shotgun that is lying on a shelf beneath the counter. Both hammers are cocked and the chamber tags show that both barrels are loaded.
The evil-sounding laughter is cut short by a deafening roar as both barrels of a Browning Citori are discharged at the counter. The heavy loads rip through the front, bringing down most of the rickety shelves that line the back wall. A cascade of bottles and glasses rains down on your head, causing you further injury as you scurry towards the end of the counter: lose 3
Ahead, beneath the staircase, you see a door with an unlit sign above it that reads:
I reckon this constitutes an emergency,
you mutter, as you get ready to break cover and run towards the door. Just as you are about to leave your hand brushes against the stock of a sawn-off shotgun that is lying on a shelf beneath the counter. Both hammers are cocked and the chamber tags show that both barrels are loaded.
In the distance you see the sun resting on the peak of Signal Mountain, and you estimate that no more than an hour of daylight remains. Then a freeway mileage sign looms into view, its paint blistered and barely legible. You slow down and read:
-The sign coaxes a cheer from those aboard the bus and renews your hopes of completing the first stage of your long journey west. A few miles further on you see another sign. This announces that you are approaching the town of Coahoma. With the memory of what happened at Westbrook still fresh in your mind, you decide to bring the convoy to a halt.
(Survival Skills) Replaced motorcycles and
with motorcycles, and
. Replaced shotguns and
with shotguns, and
. Replaced reflexes and
with reflexes, and
. Replaced education and
with education, and
. Replaced tested, therefore
with tested; therefore
. Replaced each occurrence of Freeway Warrior
with Freeway Warrior
when referring to the series.
(Equipment) Replaced map of Central Texas
with Map of Central Texas
. Replaced potassium iodine
with potassium iodide
. Replaced H.E. (High Explosive) Grenade
with HE (High Explosive) Grenade
. Replaced C.B. Radio
with CB RADIO
. Replaced sulphonamides
with sulfonamides
. Replaced Canteen and
with Canteen, and
. Replaced radioactivity) and
with radioactivity), and
. Set in initial capital letters the items in the equipment list, in the missile weapons list, and the table of showing initial ammunition. Replaced The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two
with The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two, though you may only wield one at any time
. Replaced on which hangs
with on which hang
. Replaced Backpack, and
with Backpack and
. Replaced items) your
with items), your
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(Equipment) Replaced map of Central Texas
with Map of Central Texas
. Replaced potassium iodine
with potassium iodide
. Replaced H.E. (High Explosive) Grenade
with HE (High Explosive) Grenade
. Replaced C.B. Radio
with CB Radio
. Replaced sulphonamides
with sulfonamides
. Replaced Canteen and
with Canteen, and
. Replaced radioactivity) and
with radioactivity), and
. Set in initial capital letters the items in the equipment list, in the missile weapons list, and the table of showing initial ammunition. Replaced The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two
with The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two, though you may only wield one at any time
. Replaced on which hangs
with on which hang
. Replaced Backpack, and
with Backpack and
. Replaced items) your
with items), your
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(Weapons) Replaced The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two
with The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is two, though you may only wield one at any time
. Replaced possess rounds of the wrong calibre
with possess only rounds of the wrong calibre
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(50) Replaced colony react
with colony reacts
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(51) Replaced or do
with or if you do
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(55) Replaced thunderbird
with Thunderbird
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(56) Replaced ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING
with Zone 3: Municipal Vehicle Servicing
.
(57) Replaced weapon, and
with weapon and
. Replaced or do
with or if you do
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(58) Replaced drunkenly and
with drunkenly, and
. Added Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.
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(60) Replaced Current Stealth
with current Stealth
.
(269) Replaced Weapons list
with Weapons List
.
(270) Replaced water canteen
with Water Canteen
. Replaced Sabanna River
with Sabana River
. Replaced unit).
with unit.)
. Replaced Comanche county
with Comanche County
.
(271) Replaced A volley of shots ricochet
with A volley of shots ricochets
.
(273) Started a new paragraph between you whisper.
and
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(273) Started a new paragraph between you whisper.
and
. Replaced ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING
with Zone 3: Municipal Vehicle Servicing
.
(275) Added (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)
.
(277) Replaced a iron
with an iron
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(279) Added ONLY
to the end of the sign to properly parallel Section 334.
(279) Replaced EXIT
with Exit
. Replaced USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
with Use in Case of Emergency Only
(added Only
to the end of the sign to properly parallel Section 334).
(280) Replaced bread,
with bread.
. Replaced colony react
with colony reacts
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(284) Replaced the wild west
with the Wild West
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(285) Replaced visible, the
with visible; the
. Replaced A muffled boom and a plume of dust marks
with A muffled boom and a plume of dust mark
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(327) Replaced north-east
with northeast
. Replaced each occurrence of north-west
with northwest
. Replaced each occurrence of south-west
with southwest
. Replaced Freeway 20
with Interstate 20
for accuracy and consistency with later books.
(329) Replaced set in cruel sneer.
with set in a cruel sneer.
. Replaced Stealth and
with Stealth, and
. Replaced smoke and dust that hovers
with smoke and dust that hover
. Replaced total 8 or more, then add
with total 9 or more, add
because the combined value of Shooting, Stealth, and Perception skills is guaranteed to be at least 8. Changing this makes this instruction somewhat meaningful.
(333) Replaced fixing bolt and
with fixing bolt, and
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(334) Replaced EXIT
with Exit
. Replaced USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
with Use in Case of Emergency Only
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(336) Replaced letters,
with letters:
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(337) Replaced crowd grow
with crowd grows
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(338) Replaced bushwacked
with bushwhacked
. Replaced Rickenbaker
with Rickenbacker
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(342) Replaced fusilage
with fuselage
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(343) Replaced Shackelford county sheriff
with Shackelford County Sheriff
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(344) Added (Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.)
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(347) Replaced BIG SPRING 16 MLS
with Big Spring 16 mls
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(348) Replaced gulley
with gully
. Added (Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.)
.
(349) Added (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)
.
(350) Replaced Freeway Warrior
with Freeway Warrior
when referring to the series.