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Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. An Action Chart has been supplied on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. Your personal characteristics comprise two basic attributes: Your personal characteristics comprise two basic attributes: To discover your Bullets ricochet off the hood and strike sparks in a line along the armoured plating that protects your door. Then there is a sharp Add together your Driving skill score and your current
I count six of them
says Rickenbacker, as he peers through the dirty windshield at the distant bridge: They
offers Cookie. Puma scouts. Probably part of the group that came lookin
I count six of them
says Rickenbacker, as he peers through the dirty windshield at the distant bridge. They
offers Cookie. Puma scouts. Probably part of the group that came lookin
Carefully you assess the situation. A frontal attack on the bridge could prove costly, and the long whiplash aerial that you see fixed to the clansmen
Rickenbacker, who has been given a transceiver by Pop Ewell, radios the convoy to inform them of the situation. At once they suspect that Cookie is trying to lead you into a trap. He denies the charge, and in order to prove his good intent, he offers to try to lure the clansmen away from the bridge.
Pick a number from the Random Number Table.
@@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@As you enter the pass and approach a section where a rocky outcrop overhangs the westbound Lanes of the freeway, you notice a glint of sunlight reflecting off something perched on the peak of the outcrop. It occurs to you that it could just be a trick of the light, but it could just as easily be a clan sniper lying in ambush!
+As you enter the pass and approach a section where a rocky outcrop overhangs the westbound lanes of the freeway, you notice a glint of sunlight reflecting off something perched on the peak of the outcrop. It occurs to you that it could just be a trick of the light, but it could just as easily be a clan sniper lying in ambush!
The clansman
The clansman
When the dust and debris have finally settled, you drag yourself to your feet and survey the destruction. The clansman did not survive the blast: his body lies a few yards away, stiff and lifeless. Across the river you can see Rickenbacker and Cookie running towards the bridge after completing their part of the plan successfully. They are relieved to see you alive. You join them in the middle of the bridge and together you return to the pick-up to report that the way across the Gila River is now clear.
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, and 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.
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.
Ten miles slip by before you reach the next town
Check out the wreck over there on the road,
you say, pointing to a car parked outside a derelict drugstore.
What d
Check out the wreck over there on the road,
you say, pointing to a car parked outside a derelict drugstore. What d
That sure weren
answers Macy, squinting at the distant vehicle. An
If there
says Langdon, as he unbuckles the holster-flap covering his pistol.
You agree with him and propose a plan. Two of you will enter the town and search the buildings in the area near where the car is parked. They will flush out any Outlaws that may be hiding there. Meanwhile, the other two will skirt around the town and wait on the far side at the freeway exit. If the Outlaws attempt a getaway, they will prevent their escape.
@@ -4555,8 +4554,7 @@You look over Cutter
Why are they holding Rex?
you ask, growing concerned for your friend
They reckon he
replies Cutter.
But Rex wouldn
interjects Rickenbacker.
I can
But Rex wouldn
interjects Rickenbacker. I can
Neither can I,
says Cutter, but it was his knife they found in Gorgas
What
you say.
I guess we
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.
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
comes the reply. We
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.
-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
The sound of the F14
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
The sound of the F14
Following your reunion with your fellow colonists, you are escorted by the army to the US Naval Hospital in San Diego, where those who require it receive expert medical attention. News of your daring journey spreads quickly, and many hundreds of San Diegans besiege the hospital for a glimpse of those who have come out of the Omega Zone, a region where no civilized man was thought capable of surviving for more than a few weeks.
It is not long before the full account of the hardships and perils you have faced are coaxed out of your fellow colonists by the news-hungry Californian populace. Within a few days you discover that your personal exploits have made you quite a hero in their eyes, especially when it is revealed that you were born and raised in California. Your reputation is further glorified when the full story of your love for Kate Norton is told, and of how you saved her from the clutches of a despised HAVOC leader against all odds.
The army and the civil leaders stage a special ceremony in honour of the indefatigable spirit that you and your colony displayed during your exodus. News of the ceremony comes as an unexpected surprise, yet there is an even greater surprise awaiting you. At the end of the grand ceremony, you are reunited with your family, all of whom have survived the post-holocaust years. It is a joyous and emotional reunion, the memory of which you will cherish for the rest of your life.
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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
. Replaced Freeway Warrior
with Freeway Warrior
when referring to the series.
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with cross-reference
. Replaced zero
with zero or below
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with
. Replaced are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead.
with are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead.
. Replaced with a reduced ENDURANCE point score
with with his ENDURANCE points possibly reduced
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(Close Combat Rules) Replaced cross-refer
with cross-reference
. Replaced zero
with zero or below
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with
. Replaced are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead.
with are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead.
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with with his
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(Close Combat Rules) Removed on the inside back cover of the book
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(290) Replaced distant poppings
with distant popping
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with onto
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with reassuringly.
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with scuttling, scratching
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(294) Added (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)
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(295) Replaced Gorgas
with Gorgas
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(295) Replaced Gorgas
with Gorgas
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(Map) Replaced San Christobel Wash
with San Cristobel Wash
. Replaced Pantona Wash
with Pantano Wash
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(Combat Rules Summary) Replaced cross-refer
with cross-reference
. Replaced Combat Results Table
with Close Combat Results Table
. Replaced zero ENDURANCE points, this
with zero ENDURANCE points or below; this
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(Combat Rules Summary) Replaced cross-refer
with cross-reference
. Replaced Combat Results Table
with Close Combat Results Table
. Replaced zero
with zero
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