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<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
<date class="publication"><year>2005</year><month>11</month><day>25</day></date>
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- <p>You are Cal Phoenix, the freeway warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. A murderous gang of H.A.V.O.C. 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!</p>
+ <p>You are Cal Phoenix, the freeway warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. A murderous gang of H.A.V.O.C. 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!</p>
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<p>Internet Edition published by <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/">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>
<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>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 Years 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>2012 New Years 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>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 earths frozen surface. Radiation has decayed 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 on Thanksgiving in the year 2000 AD. When you cast your mind back to the time before 'Tthe Day', you recall your two brothers and your sister, your parents' house in California, and summer vacations spent cruising the blue Pacific off Catalina Island aboard your father's boat. They are your fondest memories, yet your most vivid recollections are of winter vacations, when the family would drive to Dallas to spend Christmas with Uncle Jonas and Aunt Betty-Ann. Of all your Texan Christmases, the 2011 visit was the most memorable. It was also the last time you saw your family alive.</p>
- <p>Your parents had decided to cancel the trip to Dallas that year. The oil shortage had pushed up the price of gasolene to $30 a gallon, and only the rich could afford to drive long distances, even in cars equipped with solar-pacs. You were so disappointed when you heard the news that you decided to walk the 1300 miles to Dallas, and would have done so had your father not caught up with you three miles from home. Then, when Uncle Jonas and Aunt Betty-Ann got to hear of it, they fixed it with your parents so that you at least could spend Christmas with them at their ranch near Denton.</p>
+ <p>Your parents had decided to cancel the trip to Dallas that year. The oil shortage had pushed up the price of gasolene to $30 a gallon, and only the rich could afford to drive long distances, even in cars equipped with solar-pacs. You were so disappointed when you heard the news that you decided to walk the 1300 miles to Dallas, and would have done so had your father not caught up with you three miles from home. Then, when Uncle Jonas and Aunt Betty-Ann got to hear of it, they fixed it with your parents so that you at least could spend Christmas with them at their ranch near Denton.</p>
<p>From the moment they met your charter flight at Addison Airport you knew it was going to be a vacation to remember. Uncle Jonas was an oilman. He had been one ever since he graduated from the University of Texas in '95 with a degree in geology. Earlier that summer he had been put in charge of construction at a shale-oil mine near Austin, the very first of its kind in Texas, and as a special Christmas treat he promised to take you on a guided tour of the whole underground complex.</p>
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- <p>On New Year's Day 2012, the three of you started out early on the road to your uncle's mine, located on the Austin Chalk, over 200 miles south of Dallas. The trip would take at least two days, with an overnight stop in Waco. For, in an effort to conserve energy, the Federal government had imposed a speed restriction of fifteen miles per hour on all state highways. It was a slow journey, and despite the sombre radio bulletins that gave news of HAVOC's latest threats, you can still remember your excitement at the thought of exploring those tunnels deep below the earth.</p>
- <p>Your arrival at the mine was met by a military patrol, posted there by the World Defence League. The job of the patrol was to prevent sabotage; oil installations all over the world had become one of HAVOC's primary targets in their campaign of terror. The mine was officially closed for the New Year's recess but Uncle Jonas had right of access at all times and, after checking his papers, the patrol allowed you in. It was a massive complex and, for security reasons, it was totally self-supporting. A central shaft serviced the many working levels to which there were attached laboratories, workshops and even refineries for processing the precious crude oil after it had been extracted from the rock. Uncle Jonas was explaining the function of these refineries, 300 feet below the surface, when it happened.</p>
+ <p>On New Year's Day 2012, the three of you started out early on the road to your uncle's mine, located on the Austin Chalk, over 200 miles south of Dallas. The trip would take at least two days, with an overnight stop in Waco. For, in an effort to conserve energy, the Federal government had imposed a speed restriction of fifteen miles per hour on all state highways. It was a slow journey, and despite the sombre radio bulletins that gave news of HAVOC's latest threats, you can still remember your excitement at the thought of exploring those tunnels deep below the earth.</p>
+ <p>Your arrival at the mine was met by a military patrol, posted there by the World Defence League. The job of the patrol was to prevent sabotage; oil installations all over the world had become one of HAVOC's primary targets in their campaign of terror. The mine was officially closed for the New Year's recess but Uncle Jonas had right of access at all times and, after checking his papers, the patrol allowed you in. It was a massive complex and, for security reasons, it was totally self-supporting. A central shaft serviced the many working levels to which there were attached laboratories, workshops and even refineries for processing the precious crude oil after it had been extracted from the rock. Uncle Jonas was explaining the function of these refineries, 300 feet below the surface, when it happened.</p>
<p>The ground shuddered when the shock waves from the first distant explosions reached the mine, and you remember thinking that it must be the start of an earthquake, the like of which you had experienced many times at home in California. But as the levels nearest the surface began to collapse and the central shaft filled with falling rubble, you realized the awful truth. The unthinkable had happened. </p>
<p>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 faded quickly, encouraging your aunt and uncle to believe that the damage above was superficial. Uncle Jonas was confident 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 was also 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 of 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>It was a month after 'the Day' when the three of you accepted that there would never be a rescue operation. Many days had been spent in silence, hoping and praying for the sounds of excavation or a voice on the radio lint to the surface. But all that could be heard was the static crackle of the gamma radiation which was blanketing the earth. Uncle Jonas proposed that an attempt be made to reach the surface by tunnelling through the blocked central shaft. It was an awesomely dangerous feat, to dig vertically through 300 feet of compressed concrete rubble and twisted steel girders, but there was no other way you could ever hope to escape from the mine. Progress was painfully slow but the work gave you all a sense of purpose, a reason to go on, even though you feared what could be awaiting you on the surface.</p>
<p>Those years spent in the mine taught you invaluable lessons in survival. Uncle Jonas showed you how to refine gasolene from crude oil to keep the generators alive; to coax fresh water from porous rock; to manufacture spare parts in order to maintain vital machinery. Aunt Betty-Ann, who had at one time been a nurse and a high school teacher in Denton county, attended to your education and made sure that you stayed fit and healthy. Their love and support enabled you to grow during those dark days underground despite the enormous sense of loss you felt for your parents, brothers and sister. You vowed then that one day you would repay their kindness by protecting and caring for them.</p>
<p>It was early September in the year 2019 when finally you broke through to the surface. Aunt Betty-Ann was convinced that radiation levels would still be dangerously high, and at first she was against leaving the mine. But, during the last few months of your incarceration, the static that had always jammed the radio wavelengths had gradually cleared, and Uncle Jonas was able to persuade her that this meant it was now safe to live above ground.</p>
<p>When you first emerged from the mine, you thought you were on the surface of another planet. Surely this could not be Earth? 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 a 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, and some were already on their way. Your uncle and aunt also accepted their invitation. McKinney was not very far from Denton, and they were curious to see if anything remained of their ranch. They planned to return home, salvage whatever they could that might be of use, and then move on to McKinney. The Ewells were enthusiastic, but they warned that not everyone who had survived wanted to establish a new community. The ruins of 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 advised you to avoid them at all costs when travelling north.</p>
- <p>Interstate Freeway 35 was the only highway still intact amid the devastation that surrounded the mine. It offered a direct route home to Denton, if only transportation could be found, for Uncle Jonas considered conditions far too dangerous to attempt such a long journey on foot. It took more than a week to discover a vehicle that was still serviceable. It was an old school bus, one that had been parked in an underground lot and had survived the years of subzero blizzards. With a few new parts, a tankful of gas and a lot of hard work it was eventually brought back to life.</p>
+ <p>Interstate Freeway 35 was the only highway still intact amid the devastation that surrounded the mine. It offered a direct route home to Denton, if only transportation could be found, for Uncle Jonas considered conditions far too dangerous to attempt such a long journey on foot. It took more than a week to discover a vehicle that was still serviceable. It was an old school bus, one that had been parked in an underground lot and had survived the years of subzero blizzards. With a few new parts, a tankful of gas and a lot of hard work it was eventually brought back to life.</p>
<p>Provisions, including a small generator, were hoisted out of the mine and stowed aboard before you began the journey back to the ranch. The noisy old bus bumped along the rock-strewn freeway that stretched northward across an empty sea of dust. It was a harrowing sight. Hardly a trace remained of what were once thriving communities, and the once-populous cities of Temple and Waco had barely enough buildings still standing to qualify as small towns.</p>
<p>It was not until you reached the outskirts of Fort Worth that you encountered signs of human habitation. The road ahead was blocked by a line of wrecked autos, and at your approach a group of hard faced men and women, clad in composite costumes of leather and rivetted steel, suddenly popped up from behind this barricade. Uncle Jonas was suspicious and slowed the bus almost to a halt. Suddenly they produced handguns and rifles and began to take aim at the windshield, and he knew it was not the time to stop to ask for directions! He told you and Aunt Betty-Ann to brace yourselves, thenstamped his foot on the gas and drove the bus straight through the wall of cars, scattering the punks like ten-pins in a strike. The bus was shot at many times as it sped through Fort Worth, but the street gangs had been caught out and you managed to escape from the ruined city before they could give chase.</p>
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- <p>When you got to Denton you discovered that the ranch, like all the other nearby dwellings, had been reduced to a heap of broken bricks and shattered timbers. The sight greatly upset your aunt, and Uncle Jonas felt it better not to stop but to continue overland to McKinney. It was easy to find where the Ewells lived, for their ranch was the only place in town 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. But, after your brush with the citizens of Fort Worth, it was easy to 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; it was he who had urged Uncle Jonas to join them when they had first made radio contact. The colony numbered less than a dozen at the time of your arrival, yet as the airwaves became clearer, soon this number had 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>When you got to Denton you discovered that the ranch, like all the other nearby dwellings, had been reduced to a heap of broken bricks and shattered timbers. The sight greatly upset your aunt, and Uncle Jonas felt it better not to stop but to continue overland to McKinney. It was easy to find where the Ewells lived, for their ranch was the only place in town 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. But, after your brush with the citizens of Fort Worth, it was easy to 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; it was he who had urged Uncle Jonas to join them when they had first made radio contact. The colony numbered less than a dozen at the time of your arrival, yet as the airwaves became clearer, soon this number had 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>'Cutter' Jacks was one such refugee. Before the holocaust 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 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 'Freeway Warrior'.</p>
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<p>Six months after you arrived at DC1, the colony was faced with a major crisis. A heat wave was causing 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 united them and they posed a very real threat to the security of DC1.</p>
- <p>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. It appeared that their situation was completely the reverse of DC1's: they had plenty of food and water but they were desperately short of fuel. They told of their contact with survivors in Tucson, Arizona, who were also 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 were alive. You might be reunited after all!</p>
+ <p>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. It appeared that their situation was completely the reverse of DC1's: they had plenty of food and water but they were desperately short of fuel. They told of their contact with survivors in Tucson, Arizona, who were also 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 were alive. You might be reunited after all!</p>
<p>Pop Ewell called for a meeting to decide how best to deal with the crisis now facing DC1. Everyone agreed that to stay at McKinney would lead to eventual death, either slowly from starvation or suddenly at the hands of the murderous city gangs. The only option open to DC1 was to try to reach California; only there lay any real hope for the future of the colony. Your decision was relayed to the survivors at Big Spring and a deal was struck to rendezvous with them as soon as possible. DC1 would exchange fuel for food and water, and together they would join up with the Tuscon colony for the final journey to California.</p>
<p>Preparations began almost immediately. Morale was so high that a heady sense of adventure and optimism enveloped everyone. Few guessed just how fraught with danger the journey would be.</p>
<p>Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
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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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- <dd>Your familiarity and experience in the use of missile weapons, such as pistols, machine pistols, shotguns and rifles.</dd>
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- <dd>Your knowledge and experience of all aspects of outdoor survival.</dd>
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- <dd>Your physical fitness, the speed of your reflexes and your dexterity.</dd>
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- <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>. (In your first 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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 1 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 2. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 1, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called Slaughter Mountain Run.</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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- <p>Up to ten separate items may be stored and carried in your Backpack at any time. However, if more than three items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 1 point. If more than six items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 2 points; and if you carry a full Backpack (containing ten items) your Stealth level will be reduced by 3 points.</p>
+ <p>Up to ten separate items may be stored and carried in your Backpack at any time. However, if more than three items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 1 point. If more than six items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 2 points; and if you carry a full Backpack (containing ten items) your Stealth level will be reduced by 3 points.</p>
<p>In order to equip yourself for the task ahead, you may choose up to four items from the following list:</p>
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<li><typ class="item">FLEXIBLE SAW</typ></li>
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- <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
+ <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
<p>Opportunities may arise during your adventure for you to pick up useful items. These items will appear in the text in bold print and, unless you are instructed otherwise, they can be stored and carried in your Backpack.</p>
<p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</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>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 will 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>
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<table>
<tr>
+ <th></th>
<th>Calibre</th>
<th>Rate of Fire</th>
<th>Initial No. of Rounds</th>
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<p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
- <p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</p>
+ <p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</p>
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<data>
- <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 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>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>Example</p>
- <p>Cal Phoenix (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>1 (19 <ch.minus/> 18 = <ch.plus/>1). He notes this <ch.plus/>1 on his <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>1 (19 <ch.minus/> 18 = <ch.plus/>1). He notes this <ch.plus/>1 on his <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</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 Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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</p>
- <p>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>Turn to the Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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:
<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>
<p>We'll be here forever if we have to search the shelves,' you whisper.</p>
<p>'I guess you're right,' replies Cutter, 'but I think I know a quicker way of finding what we need. Follow me.'</p>
<p>Intrigued by Cutter's reply, you follow him out of the stores building, across a parking lot, and into another section of the depot that is marked:</p>
- <p>ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING</p>
+ <p><signpost>ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING</signpost></p>
<p>After searching four of the dozen service bays, finally he discovers what he is looking for: a school bus. 'Cal, you keep y'eyes open while I strip the linkage out o' this baby. Give me an hour an' we'll be on our way.'</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>'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.</p>
<li>Rifle (with four rounds of 7.62mm ammunition)</li>
<li>Water Canteen, containing enough water for three Drinks</li>
<li>Serum, sulphonamides, and dressings, sufficient for three Medi-kit units.</li>
- <li>Flick knife (2)</li>
+ <li>Flick Knife (2)</li>
<li>Club (2)</li>
<li><typ class="item">Binoculars</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Rope</typ></li>
<p>Once the convoy is clear of the bridge, Cutter pulls over to the side of the highway and you stop in line behind him and the tanker. Uncle Jonas jumps down from his cab and together you run forward to check the damage to the bus. The front and sides are riddled with bullet holes, many of which have penetrated the engine and passenger compartments, yet, miraculously, no one has been killed or seriously injured. Aunt Betty-Ann appears at a window and reports that four members of the colony have been hit. She says not to worry - they have minor wounds and she is sure they will pull through.</p>
<p>The radiator is leaking coolant but Cutter is confident that he can have it fixed within an hour. 'It's a real shame we've got so few guns aboard,' grumbles Cutter, as he sets to work sealing the perforated radiator mesh. 'It ain't no fun being the target for them punks when you don't get a chance to shoot back.'</p>
<p>A hundred yards along the highway you see a sign that points to a road leading off to the east. It says:</p>
- <p>CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE</p>
+ <p><signpost>CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect342">If you wish to investigate the base while Cutter finishes his repairs, <link-text>turn to 342</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect295">If you decide to stay with the convoy, <link-text>turn to 295</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The heavy steel door is held shut by an electronic lock. At first you suspect that the lock has jammed, its power having run down long ago, but as soon as you touch the keypad, a blue LED display glows into life above it.</p>
<p>Eleven numbers appear, arranged in three rows. There are four numbers on the top row, four on the second, and three on the third:</p>
- <p>2 12 5 9</p>
- <p>4 20 7 17</p>
- <p>12 12 4 -</p>
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2</td>
+ <td>12</td>
+ <td>5</td>
+ <td>9</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>20</td>
+ <td>7</td>
+ <td>17</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>12</td>
+ <td>12</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>-</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
<p>You study the rows of numbers carefully, looking for a pattern. By tapping on the keypad the number that is missing from the last row, you will release the lock and open the door.</p>
<p>When you think you know the missing number, turn to the entry that bears that number.</p>
<choice idref="sect171">If you cannot work out the correct answer, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>205</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The foul smell of their unwashed bodies dissuades you from searching through the pockets of your two attackers. However, their clubs lie on the ground nearby and you may keep one if you wish (record it on your Weapons list as a Club [2]).</p>
+ <p>The foul smell of their unwashed bodies dissuades you from searching through the pockets of your two attackers. However, their clubs lie on the ground nearby and you may keep one if you wish (record it on your Weapons list as a Club (2)).</p>
<p>A search of the store reveals no trace of Maria, and you are about to leave to look elsewhere when your transceiver crackles into life. It is Kate, and she has good news: she has found Maria and she is on her way back to the school. You acknowledge her call, then tune your handset to Uncle Jonas' signal and use it to guide you back to base.</p>
<choice idref="sect280"><link-text>Turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The steel door appears to be held shut by an electronic lock. You suspect it to be jammed, its power source run down long ago, but as soon as you run your fingers over the keypad, an LED display glows into life above it.</p>
<p>Eleven numbers appear, arranged in three horizontal rows. There are four numbers on the top row, four on the second, and three on the third:</p>
- <p>8 7 9 6</p>
- <p>94 20 37 77</p>
- <p>52 57 11 -</p>
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>8</td>
+ <td>7</td>
+ <td>9</td>
+ <td>6</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>94</td>
+ <td>20</td>
+ <td>37</td>
+ <td>77</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>52</td>
+ <td>57</td>
+ <td>11</td>
+ <td>-</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
<p>You study the rows of numbers carefully, looking for a pattern. By tapping on the keypad the number that is missing from the last row, you will release the lock and open the door.</p>
<p>When you think you know the missing number turn to the entry that bears that number.</p>
<choice idref="sect194">If you cannot work out the correct answer, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>269</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Unfortunately, the stores show signs of having been looted recently. Lockers, drums, and crates that were once full of spares and munitions lie discarded in heaps on the floor. You climb across the debris, searching among the empty ammunition lockers. After nearly an hour of painstaking work, you manage to find just three rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, and a Hammer [2].</p>
+ <p>Unfortunately, the stores show signs of having been looted recently. Lockers, drums, and crates that were once full of spares and munitions lie discarded in heaps on the floor. You climb across the debris, searching among the empty ammunition lockers. After nearly an hour of painstaking work, you manage to find just three rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, and a Hammer (2).</p>
<p>If you wish to keep these items, amend your Weapons list and Ammo Pouch accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect123">To leave the stores, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You manage to avoid two more patrols before escaping from the mall and meeting up with Cutter at the truck depot. You are both relieved to discover the place empty and unguarded, and quickly you make your way to the stores building. You find the records office, but without electricity you cannot access the computer files to pinpoint the exact location of the spare you need. With mounting fear you realize that in order to find a new steering linkage you will have to search every one of the 1,600 storage bays that occupy the building.</p>
<p>'We'll be here forever if we have to search the shelves,' you whisper. 'I guess you're right,' replies Cutter, 'but I think I know a quicker way of finding what we need. Follow me.'</p>
<p>Intrigued by Cutter's reply, you follow him out of the stores building, across a parking lot and into another section of the depot that is marked:</p>
- <p>ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING</p>
+ <p><signpost>ZONE 3: MUNICIPAL VEHICLE SERVICING</signpost></p>
<p>After searching four of the dozen service bays, finally he discovers what he is looking for: a school bus. 'Cal, you keep y'eyes open while I strip the linkage out o' this baby. Give me an hour an' we'll be on our way.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>'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.</p>
<data>
<p>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:</p>
- <p>EXIT - FIRE ESCAPE USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY</p>
+ <p><signpost>EXIT - FIRE ESCAPE USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY</signpost></p>
<p>'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.</p>
<choice idref="sect176">If you wish to take this weapon, <link-text>turn to 176</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect84">If you decide to ignore it, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>314</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The clansman collapses at your feet, his fingers clasping the fatal wound that you have dealt him. You pick up his Meat Hook [2], which lies nearby, swallowing uneasily as you inspect its razor-sharp tip (if you wish to keep this weapon, remember to record it on your Weapons list). You are about to search his body when you hear the mob approaching the warehouse door. Quickly you run to the far side of the building and escape through a door that leads to a deserted passage. At the end of the passage you discover a derelict timber yard where, behind a stack of rotten fencing posts, you crouch, waiting for the chance to slip out of Albany. While you are lying low, you must take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The clansman collapses at your feet, his fingers clasping the fatal wound that you have dealt him. You pick up his Meat Hook (2), which lies nearby, swallowing uneasily as you inspect its razor-sharp tip (if you wish to keep this weapon, remember to record it on your Weapons list). You are about to search his body when you hear the mob approaching the warehouse door. Quickly you run to the far side of the building and escape through a door that leads to a deserted passage. At the end of the passage you discover a derelict timber yard where, behind a stack of rotten fencing posts, you crouch, waiting for the chance to slip out of Albany. While you are lying low, you must take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect61">To continue, <link-text>turn to 61</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>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 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Ahead, beneath the staircase, you see a door with an unlit sign above it that reads:</p>
- <p>EXIT - FIRE ESCAPE</p>
- <p>USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY</p>
+ <p><signpost>EXIT - FIRE ESCAPE</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY</signpost></p>
<p>'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.</p>
<choice idref="sect176">If you wish to take the weapon, <link-text>turn to 176</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect84">If you decide to ignore it, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>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:</p>
- <p>BIG SPRING 16 MLS</p>
+ <p><signpost>BIG SPRING 16 MLS</signpost></p>
<p>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.</p>
<choice idref="sect11">If you possess <typ class="item">Binoculars</typ> or a <typ class="item">Telescope</typ>, <link-text>turn to 11</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect33">If you possess neither of these items, <link-text>turn to 33</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>map of Central Texas</quote> with <quote>Map of Central Texas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>CLOSECOMBAT</quote> with <quote>CLOSE COMBAT</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as <ch.plus/>1 If </quote> with <quote>as <ch.plus/>1. If </quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as <ch.plus/>1 If </quote> with <quote>as <ch.plus/>1. If </quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="calstory">Cal's Story</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Added missing period after <quote>Random Number Table</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>dislodgng</quote> with <quote>dislodging</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>Skull,'</quote> with <quote>Skull?'</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>) Replaced <quote>thunderbird</quote> with <quote>Thunderbird</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect94">94</a>) Replaced <quote>shouting :</quote> with <quote>shouting: </quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect117">117</a>) Added missing period after <quote>(0 equals 10)</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect122">122</a>) Replaced <quote>gutteral</quote> with <quote>guttural</quote></p>.
- <p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>) Replaced <quote>( with</quote> with <quote>(with</quote></p>.
+ <p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Added missing period after <quote>Random Number Table</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>dislodgng</quote> with <quote>dislodging</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>Skull,'</quote> with <quote>Skull?'</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>) Replaced <quote>thunderbird</quote> with <quote>Thunderbird</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect94">94</a>) Replaced <quote>shouting :</quote> with <quote>shouting: </quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect117">117</a>) Added missing period after <quote>(0 equals 10)</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect122">122</a>) Replaced <quote>gutteral</quote> with <quote>guttural</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>) Replaced <quote>( with</quote> with <quote>(with</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect149">149</a>) Replaced <quote>assess</quote> with <quote>assesses</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect156">156</a>) Replaced <quote>take its toll of those</quote> with <quote>take its toll on those</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect182">182</a>) Replaced <quote>Erath country</quote> with <quote>Erath County</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect338">338</a>) Replaced <quote>bushwacked</quote> with <quote>bushwhacked</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect338">338</a>) Replaced <quote>Rickenbaker</quote> with <quote>Rickenbacker</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect342">338</a>) Replaced <quote>fusilage</quote> with <quote>fuselage</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Added missing period after <quote>from your total</quote></p>.
+ <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Added missing period after <quote>from your total</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
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<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
<date class="publication"><year>2005</year><month>11</month><day>25</day></date>
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- <p>You are Cal Phoenix, the Freeway Warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. From the sanctuary of Big Spring your convoy of survivors begins the next stage of its life-or-death exodus: a journey to the fortified border town of El Paso, a destination that lies hundreds of miles beyond the sun-scorched wasteland of West Texas. In Slaughter Mountain Run your mission is to rescue Kate Norton from the clutches of your arch enemy - the H.A.V.O.C. leader Mad Dog Michigan. You have just seven days to free her and to rendezvous with the colony before it runs the gauntlet of fire that protects the only mountain road to El Paso.</p>
+ <p>You are Cal Phoenix, the Freeway Warrior, champion and protector of Dallas Colony One. From the sanctuary of Big Spring your convoy of survivors begins the next stage of its life-or-death exodus: a journey to the fortified border town of El Paso, a destination that lies hundreds of miles beyond the sun-scorched wasteland of West Texas. In Slaughter Mountain Run your mission is to rescue Kate Norton from the clutches of your arch enemy - the H.A.V.O.C. leader Mad Dog Michigan. You have just seven days to free her and to rendezvous with the colony before it runs the gauntlet of fire that protects the only mountain road to El Paso.</p>
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<p>Internet Edition published by <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
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- <rights class="copyrights">Text copyright © 1988 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright © 1988 Brian Williams.</rights>
+ <rights class="copyrights">Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1988 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1988 Brian Williams.</rights>
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-Freeway Warrior 2:
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-1. The Author
-2. Dedication
-3. Dateline to Disaster
-4. The Story So Far
-5. The Game Rules
- * Survival Skills
- * Equipment
- * Weapons
- * Rules for Close Combat
-6. Section 1-350
-7. Close Combat Rules Summary
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-Slaughter Mountain Run
-The Author
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-Joe Dever was born in 1956 at Woodford Bridge in Essex. After he left college he became a professional musician, working in studios in Europe and America. While working in Los Angeles in 1977, he discovered a game called 'Dungeons and Dragons' and was soon an enthusiastic player. Five years later he won the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Championships in the US, where he was the only British competitor. Freeway Warrior is the follow up series to his award-winning Lone Wolf adventures, which are printed in several languages and sold all over the world.
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-Joe also writes for modelling journals and contributes to Britain's leading role-playing games magazines. He adapts the Lone Wolf adventures for computer play, is editor of the 'World of Lone Wolf' series and is noted for his model painting and photography.
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- <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.&ellips;</quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
+ <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.<ch.ellips/></quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
<p>Project Aon would first like to thank Joe Dever for making this generous offering of the books that we have all loved from the beginning. We would also like to acknowledge the following members of Project Aon for their diligent work:</p>
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<dt>Alternate Illustrations</dt>
<dd>JC Alvarez (text illustrations and action charts)<br />Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)<br />Michael Hahn (map)</dd>
<dt>Proofreading</dt>
- <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36&endash;70 and 281&endash;315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106&endash;140 and 211&endash;245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176&endash;210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1&endash;35 and 316&endash;350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71&endash;105, 141&endash;175 and 246&endash;280)</dd>
+ <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36<ch.endash/>70 and 281<ch.endash/>315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106<ch.endash/>140 and 211<ch.endash/>245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176<ch.endash/>210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1<ch.endash/>35 and 316<ch.endash/>350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71<ch.endash/>105, 141<ch.endash/>175 and 246<ch.endash/>280)</dd>
<dt>Editing</dt>
- <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Klöcker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
+ <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
<dt>PDF Layout</dt>
- <dd>Ingo Klöcker</dd>
+ <dd>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</dd>
<dt>Coordination</dt>
<dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
<dt>Special Thanks</dt>
<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>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 Years 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>2012 New Years 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>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 earths frozen surface. Radiation has decayed 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 3 January 2012, that the unthinkable happened.</p>
- <p>You remember how the ground shuddered when the shock waves from the first distant explosions reached the mine. Immediately you assumed it was the start of an earthquake, which you had experienced many times at home in California. However, as the levels nearest the surface began to collapse and the central elevator shaft filled with rubble, you realized the awful truth: the holocaust. At first there was no way of telling the extent of the surface devastation. Below ground, the safety generators had switched into operation automatically 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 confident 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 optimishc. 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 from the first distant explosions reached the mine. Immediately you assumed it was the start of an earthquake, which you had experienced many times at home in California. However, as the levels nearest the surface began to collapse and the central elevator shaft filled with rubble, you realized the awful truth: the holocaust. At first there was no way of telling the extent of the surface devastation. Below ground, the safety generators had switched into operation automatically 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 confident 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>It was early September in the year 2019 when eventually you broke through to the surface. When first you set eyes on the landscape surrounding the mine, it was like looking at 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 had 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.</p>
<p>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 and 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 people 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 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 that could transport you to McKinney. It was an old school bus, one that had been parked in an underground lot and had survived the years of sub-zero blizzards. With fuel and spares salvaged from the mine, you managed to coax it back to life, and then set off on your journey north.</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. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
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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. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
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- <p>Listed on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> are your five basic survival skills:</p>
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- <dd>Your knowledge and experience of all aspects of outdoor survival.</dd>
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- <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>. (In your first 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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 1 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 2. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 1, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called Slaughter Mountain Run.</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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<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>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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 2 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 3. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 2, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called The Omega Zone.</p>
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- <p>Up to ten separate items may be stored and carried in your Backpack at any time. However, if more than three items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 1 point. If more than six items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 2 points; and if you carry a full Backpack (containing ten items) your Stealth level will be reduced by 3 points.</p>
+ <p>Up to ten separate items may be stored and carried in your Backpack at any time. However, if more than three items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 1 point. If more than six items are carried, your Stealth level will be reduced by 2 points; and if you carry a full Backpack (containing ten items) your Stealth level will be reduced by 3 points.</p>
<p>In order to equip yourself for the task ahead, you may choose up to four items from the following list:</p>
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<li><typ class="item">FLEXIBLE SAW</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">SIGNAL FLARE</typ></li>
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- <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
+ <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
<p>Opportunities may arise during your adventure for you to pick up useful items. These items will appear in the text in bold print and, unless you are instructed otherwise, they can be stored and carried in your Backpack.</p>
- <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
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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 iodine 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>
+ <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>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</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 will 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>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 will 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>
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<li>SHOTGUN</li>
<li>RIFLE</li>
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- <p>Unless you are continuing to use weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you are continuing to use weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>In order to be able to use a missile weapon, you must have sufficient ammunition of the correct calibre. The following list shows the calibre of each weapon, the amount that is used every time the weapon is fired, and the number of rounds that you possess at the start of your adventure:</p>
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- <p><strong>PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 8</p>
- <p><strong>MACHINE PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 6, Initial No. of Rounds: 30</p>
- <p><strong>SHOTGUN</strong> Calibre: 12-gauge, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p><strong>RIFLE</strong> Calibre: 7.62mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
- <p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th></th>
+ <th>Calibre</th>
+ <th>Rate of Fire</th>
+ <th>Initial No. of Rounds</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>MACHINE PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>30</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>SHOTGUN</td>
+ <td>12-gauge</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>RIFLE</td>
+ <td>7.62mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
+ <p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</p>
</data>
</section>
</meta>
<data>
- <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>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>
+ <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>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>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>Subtract the <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> Of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>Example</p>
- <p>Cal Phoenix (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of +1 (19 − 18 = +1). He notes this +1 on his <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>1 (19 <ch.minus/> 18 = <ch.plus/>1). He notes this <ch.plus/>1 on his <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</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>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 Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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</p>
- <p>The Combat Ratio between Cal Phoenix and the Renegade Clansman has been established as +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>Turn to the Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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:
<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>
+ <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>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, 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>
<section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
<meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
+ <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
</data>
</section>
</data>
<data>
<p>You are about to push open the door when you notice a thin, almost transparent cord wrapped around the inside handle. It rises to a shelf above the door, where it is attached to a large glass storage jar. Carefully you ease open the door a few inches, take hold of the cord between your fingers and snap it before entering the kitchen. Having deactivated this primitive trap, you make your way silently towards the bar at the front of the building.</p>
<p>As you enter, you search the darkened interior for some sign of Haskell, but you cannot see where he is. Rather than risk his mistaking you for a clansman, you whisper his name as you advance cautiously into the bar.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If the total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect190">If the total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>Having chosen to stop here and rest, you pull off the highway and search among the ruins for a safe shelter. You are looking for a place where you will be able to hide the roadster and observe the road; if the Angelinos appear during the night, you will need as much forewarning of their arrival as possible in order to make a successful getaway.</p>
<p>Only one place meets your needs: a warehouse and factory complex near the middle of the town. The cracked and tarnished facia above its entrance tells you that this was once the Eldorado Woolen Mills. You park the roadster in a covered lot at the rear, then settle yourselves on the first floor in a workshop that has an unobstructed view of the highway. You must now eat a Meal (or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points), and take a Drink (or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points).</p>
<p>Kate curls up beside you and falls asleep in your arms, while you, heavy with fatigue, force yourself to stay awake and watch the highway. Your vigilance pays off when, two hours later, you see a line of lights in the double doors leading to the kitchen and you head straight for them.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect99">If the number you have picked is 0-2, <link-text>turn to 99</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect218">If the number is 3-9, <link-text>turn to 218</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>This corridor services a number of offices and conference rooms before it ends at a wide staircase leading downwards. You descend three floors and discover the remains of a large private restaurant which, along with the kitchen, occupies most of the sub-basement level. A small 'fire exit' sign hangs over the double doors leading to the kitchen and you head straight for them.</p>
<p>As you are crossing the restaurant floor, your rumbling stomach reminds you that you have yet to eat anything today. Then the thought occurs to you that there could still be some canned food in the kitchen, and you decide to search it before you leave the building.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect159">If your total score is now 11 or less, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect233">If it is 12 or more, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You wait until Haskell has disappeared into an alley that runs alongside the bar, then you approach the front door cautiously and peek inside. Remnants of food lie scattered across the tables and, judging by the amount of fresh garbage strewn on the floor, a large group of clansmen were here not so long ago.</p>
<p>Suddenly you hear the sound of breaking glass. It comes from the rear of the building and you sense that Haskell must have something to do with it. Fearing that he is involved in a fight, you enter the bar and call out his name.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If the total score is 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect190">If the total score is 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Binoculars</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>As soon as you are ready, you retrace your way along the defile and return to the surface.</p>
<choice idref="sect168"><link-text>Turn to 168</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</illustration>
<p>The only way you can hope to avoid being hit by the missile is by taking evasive action immediately.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect182">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 182</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect326">If your total score is 11-15, <link-text>turn to 326</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect108">If your total score is 16 or more, <link-text>turn to 108</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Concealed beneath the piles of old documents, you discover a padlocked hatch. Three well-placed kicks remove the lock and, when you lift the hinged trapdoor, you find a large, hermetically sealed storage bin, which is filled with cigarettes, packed neatly in cartons of 200. Although you have no personal need for these cigarettes, you know that there are those who would willingly trade food or fuel for them.</p>
- <p>If you decide to keep a <typ class="item">Carton of Cigarettes</typ>, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly. One carton counts as one Backpack item.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep a <typ class="item">Carton of Cigarettes</typ>, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. One carton counts as one Backpack item.</p>
<p>Having satisfied yourself that there is little else of worth here, you leave the cabin and return to your roadster.</p>
<choice idref="sect216"><link-text>Turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li>Bread Knife (2)</li>
<li>Enough canned food for five Meals</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Before leaving the kitchen, you hide the clansman's body in an empty refrigerator. Then you hurry through the fire escape door and make your way up a flight of rusty steps that leads to a service alley at the rear of the building.</p>
<choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<instance class="pdf" src="ill2.pdf" width="386" height="623" />
</illustration>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect96">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 96</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect145">If the number is 4-6, <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect287">If the number is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Binoculars</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>As soon as you are ready, you retrace your way along the defile and return to the surface.</p>
<choice idref="sect168"><link-text>Turn to 168</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You are almost relieved to see that the cause of your irritation is a small, brown, spindly legged spider. Casually you raise your right hand to slap it from your arm, but just as you bring your hand down, Kate's eyes widen with fear. 'No!' she says. 'It's a Fiddleback!'</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect202">If the number you have picked is 0-6, <link-text>turn to 202</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect280">If it is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>On a count of three you step out into the corridor, raise your pistol, and fix your sights on the guard who is standing to the left of the stairs. You fire a body shot and see him twist backwards, clutching his chest. Then you swing across to his partner, knowing only too well that you must make your second shot count just as effectively. But his reactions prove razor-sharp, and when you do get him in your sights you are shocked to find that you are staring at the muzzle of a machine pistol.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect297">If your total score is 18 or less, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect197">If your total score is 19 or more, <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Repeatedly you pump the gas pedal and work the ignition, but the engine refuses to start. Then a bullet smacks into the passenger door and another ricochets loudly off the hardened steel plates that protect the rear of your driving seat, making you duck your head involuntarily. Cursing your luck, you realize suddenly that your frantic efforts to restart the engine have caused it to flood with fuel.</p>
<p>Running footsteps approach from all sides and angry voices scream abuse in your direction. You grab your weapon and, as you turn to face the moving shadows, you find yourself staring into the steely-blue eyes of a Maverick gunman. A Smith and Wesson model 459 pistol is clasped in his right hand, its nickel-plated barrel pointing straight at your face. As the Maverick begins to squeeze his trigger, you raise your gun and fire.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect235">If your total score is now 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect258">If your total score is 9-12, <link-text>turn to 258</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect26">If your total score is 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 26</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>44</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Kate discovers that you are carrying an anti-toxin in your Medi-kit that will neutralize the Fiddleback's bite. She breaks open the ampoule and forces the bitter liquid into your mouth, washing it down with a few drops of water from your canteen (remember to erase this Medi-kit unit from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>).</p>
+ <p>Kate discovers that you are carrying an anti-toxin in your Medi-kit that will neutralize the Fiddleback's bite. She breaks open the ampoule and forces the bitter liquid into your mouth, washing it down with a few drops of water from your canteen (remember to erase this Medi-kit unit from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
<p>It is slow to work, but gradually you recover as the anti-toxin breaks down the poison circulating in your bloodstream: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect291"><link-text>Turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You rush forward to take Kate in your arms and she yields to your embrace with a kiss that is warm and passionate. 'I thought I'd never see you again, Cal,' she says, her voice trembling and her wide blue eyes brimful with tears of joy. 'They told me you were dead.'</p>
<p>'Do I look dead?' you reply, half-jokingly.</p>
- <p>'No &ellips;' she laughs. 'You look just great.'</p>
+ <p>'No <ch.ellips/>' she laughs. 'You look just great.'</p>
<p>Then the sound of running feet alerts you both to approaching danger. Before Kate knocked him out, Mad Dog radioed his men and reported your presence in the observation block. Now a dozen of his toughest clansmen are racing along the corridor in answer to his call.</p>
- <p>'Let's get outta here, Cal!' says Kate, and starts to run towards a fire escape door. You follow her, pausing briefly to snatch the map that the two clan leaders were studying when you burst into the room. (Record this <typ class="item">Mad Dog Map</typ> in the margin of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>; you carry it tucked inside your jacket and therefore you need not record it as a Backpack item.)</p>
+ <p>'Let's get outta here, Cal!' says Kate, and starts to run towards a fire escape door. You follow her, pausing briefly to snatch the map that the two clan leaders were studying when you burst into the room. (Record this <typ class="item">Mad Dog Map</typ> in the margin of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you carry it tucked inside your jacket and therefore you need not record it as a Backpack item.)</p>
<p>You race to catch up with Kate as she runs along the gantry that lies on the other side of the door. A burst of machine pistol fire echoes in your wake as the first of Mad Dog's men enter the observation room. Bullets begin to scream past on either side of you. Twenty yards along the iron gantry you come under additional fire from clansmen in the stadium below.</p>
<illustration class="float">
<li><typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Copper Rods</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Having satisfied yourself that nothing else of use has been overlooked, you return to your roadster and resume your journey to San Angelo.</p>
<choice idref="sect230"><link-text>Turn to 230</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>When eventually you regain consciousness, you feel as though you have broken every bone in your body (lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Fortunately, your bones are still intact and, as your strength returns, you look around for some means of escaping from the shaft.</p>
<p>Eventually you discover a service hatch in the roof of the elevator. The bolts undo with little resistance and you are able to lower yourself into the elevator compartment. Without power, the doors will not respond to the control buttons, but an emergency crank located in the floor allows you to wind them open by hand.</p>
<p>Beyond the doors you discover the remains of a large private restaurant which, along with its kitchen, occupies most of the sub-basement level. A small 'fire exit' sign hangs over the double doors leading to the kitchen and you head straight towards them. As you are crossing the restaurant floor, your rumbling stomach reminds you that you have yet to eat anything today. Then the thought occurs to you that there could still be some canned food in the kitchen and you resolve to search it before you leave the building.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect159">If your total score is now 11 or less, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect233">If it is 12 or more, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li>Knife (2)</li>
<li>Twelve rounds of 9mm ammunition</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect114"><link-text>Turn to 114</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>65</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Silently you draw your gun and slip off the safety catch. The clansman is less than six feet away when he sees you crouching on the dry river bed. His eyes widen and he opens his mouth to scream a warning to his partner, but it is a scream of pain that leaves his lips when you open fire at his chest. (Remember to erase the appropriate number of rounds from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.)</p>
+ <p>Silently you draw your gun and slip off the safety catch. The clansman is less than six feet away when he sees you crouching on the dry river bed. His eyes widen and he opens his mouth to scream a warning to his partner, but it is a scream of pain that leaves his lips when you open fire at his chest. (Remember to erase the appropriate number of rounds from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<p>As the clansman's body topples into the gully, you catch sight of his partner running head-down towards the bridge. He pauses to grab a machine pistol from his motorcycle before diving for cover behind one of the iron bridge supports. Seconds later he reappears and fires a stream of bullets at your position.</p>
<p>You keep your head low and wait for a lull in the shooting before you break cover and return fire at the clansman.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Shooting skill score. For every round of fire that you wish to discharge at your opponent, add 1 point.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Shooting skill score. For every round of fire that you wish to discharge at your opponent, add 1 point.</p>
<choice idref="sect246">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 246</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect266">If your total score is now 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 266</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>Placing your hand under the dashboard, you pull down a handful of cables and isolate two - a red one and a black one - that are connected to the ignition lock. Quickly you rip these out and touch the exposed copper braids together. There is a bright blue spark and immediately the engine growls into life. After twisting the wires together, you throw the jeep into low gear and take off towards an open section of the perimeter wall. A wheeled screen partially blocks this access point, which is guarded by two clansmen armed with automatic assault rifles.</p>
<p>You are fifteen yards from the screen when suddenly they realize that you have no intention of stopping.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect14">If your total is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 14</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect275">If your total is 5-7, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect3">If your total is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 3</link-text>.</choice>
<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Binoculars</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>As soon as you are ready, you retrace your way along the defile and return to the surface.</p>
<choice idref="sect168"><link-text>Turn to 168</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The mighty V-8 engine growls like an angry tiger as a quart of fuel is force-fed into the cylinders. The effect is breathtaking and immediate: the roadster surges forward and you feel as if you are being sucked into your driving seat as it gathers speed rapidly.</p>
<p>For a few vital seconds the thrill of the acceleration distracts your attention from the panel truck. By mischance the vehicle reaches the bottom of the embankment, glances off a heap of debris, and is sent spinning wildly across the freeway. Your heart leaps into your mouth the moment you see it appear directly in your way.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect273">If your total is now 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect156">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 156</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>73</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Haskell continues to question the clansman until finally he replies. A trickle of blood escapes from his lips as, with his dying breath, he says: 'Mad Dog'll make sure you never get through &ellips;'</p>
+ <p>Haskell continues to question the clansman until finally he replies. A trickle of blood escapes from his lips as, with his dying breath, he says: 'Mad Dog'll make sure you never get through <ch.ellips/>'</p>
<choice idref="sect147"><link-text>Turn to 147</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>A battered Chevrolet pick-up is parked with its hood raised at one of the station's four gasolene pumps. It looks far cleaner than any of the other auto wrecks that lie scattered around the town, and your suspicions are further aroused when you notice a large black pool of oil on the ground beneath the engine compartment. You stop your roadster alongside and step out to investigate it.</p>
- <p>'Hey, this oil's still wet,' you say to Kate, as you dab your index finger in the pool. You are wiping it clean on the leg of your jeans when you hear an unexpected reply. 'Drop your weapons &ellips; or I'll drop you!'</p>
+ <p>'Hey, this oil's still wet,' you say to Kate, as you dab your index finger in the pool. You are wiping it clean on the leg of your jeans when you hear an unexpected reply. 'Drop your weapons <ch.ellips/> or I'll drop you!'</p>
<p>It is a man's voice and it is coming from inside a derelict pay booth.</p>
<choice idref="sect241">If you wish to obey the command, <link-text>turn to 241</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect164">lf you decide to dive for cover, <link-text>turn to 164</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At your killing blow, your adversary drops in a limp and lifeless heap at your feet. Meanwhile, his confederate has run back to his motorcycle and armed himself with a machine pistol. You dive aside just in time to avoid his first burst of fire, and, as you scurry for cover, you retrieve the pistol that you had kicked from his dead partner's hand.</p>
<p>With a vengeful scream, the clansman comes running at you, firing his machine pistol from the hip. Bullets tear up the ground where you lie, forcing you to stand up and meet this madman head on. Quickly you cock the pistol and take aim at his chest as he comes bounding across the rock-strewn highway, his teeth bared and his eyes blazing with hatred.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Shooting skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect151">If your total score is now 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 151</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect138">If your total is now 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You discover that the light is seeping into the tunnel from around the edges of a circular metal hatch in the ceiling. Carefully you press your shoulder to the heavy plate and lift it, hoping that it will lead to a way out of the stadium. However, the first thing you see as you push the cover from the hole are scores of running, booted feet.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect263">If the total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 263</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect173">If the total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You force yourself to breathe slowly in an attempt to calm your racing heart. The clansman's footsteps seem unbearably loud as you wait for the right moment to launch your ambush. With sweating palms, you lift your rifle, then, as he comes to a halt, you rise up from your hiding place, aim and fire.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect292">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect18">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 18</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You turn the handle and gently push open the door. You have taken but one step into the kitchen when a large glass storage jar falls from a shelf above your head and smashes down on your unprotected skull: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Wincing from the pain of your wound, you notice that the jar was attached by a thin cord to the inside handle of the door: it had been placed there deliberately. Not only have you lost some blood, but this primitive trap may have also lost you the element of surprise.</p>
<p>With your nerves on edge, you advance through the kitchen and into the bar beyond. As you enter, you whisper Haskell's name in case, in the darkened interior, he mistakes you for a clansman.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect270">If the total score is 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect190">If the total score is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>89</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>To avoid being seen by the two guards, you slip inside a doorway to your left and discover that it leads to an empty locker room. Having already removed the signal flare from your pack, you glance quickly into the corridor in order to establish where the guards are standing. Then you hold the flare out at arm's length, point it in their direction, and pull its ignition cord. (Remember to erase this item from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.)</p>
+ <p>To avoid being seen by the two guards, you slip inside a doorway to your left and discover that it leads to an empty locker room. Having already removed the signal flare from your pack, you glance quickly into the corridor in order to establish where the guards are standing. Then you hold the flare out at arm's length, point it in their direction, and pull its ignition cord. (Remember to erase this item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<p>In the confines of the corridor the flare erupts with devastating effect, its crimson smoke and hissing flame blinding and choking the two clan bodyguards. You grab a towel, which is hanging behind the door, and use it to cover your mouth as you run down the smoke-filled corridor. When you reach the stairs, the clansmen are incapable of defending themselves and you silence them swiftly with a close combat weapon. You are half-way up the stairs when you see the door to the observation block start to open.</p>
<choice idref="sect268"><link-text>Turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>There is a loud cheer as the stadium gate opens, then the waiting bikers start up their machines and begin entering in single file. Amid all this activity you leave your hiding place and cross the wide avenue that encircles the stadium. None of the clansmen appears to notice as you walk boldly around to the east side of the arena, to a place where a large section of the wall has collapsed, leaving a heap of rubble that rises to within ten feet of the remaining wall. The coast is clear and so, with the blood pounding loudly in your ears, you clamber to the top of the heap and attempt to scale the wall.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect315">If your total score is now 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 315</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect261">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 261</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Simultaneously you step into the corridor and raise your rifle to your shoulder. The guard to the left of the staircase sees you but has no time to shout a warning before your bullet finds its mark. He spins backwards and falls heavily at the foot of the stairs as you work another round into the breach. Then you swing the barrel towards his partner, knowing only too well that you must make your second shot count just as effectively, but by the time you have him in your sights you are shocked to find that you are staring into the muzzle of his machine pistol.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect297">If your total score is 19 or less, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect197">If your total score is 20 or more, <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>111</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The scorched bones of a coyote lie scattered around the ashes of the camp fire, the remnants of the meal that you watched the two clansmen share. Where their motorcycles were parked you discover a <typ class="item">Leather Face Mask</typ>. If you decide to keep this item, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>The scorched bones of a coyote lie scattered around the ashes of the camp fire, the remnants of the meal that you watched the two clansmen share. Where their motorcycles were parked you discover a <typ class="item">Leather Face Mask</typ>. If you decide to keep this item, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Satisfied that nothing of importance has been missed, you return to your roadster and begin the next stage of your journey to San Angelo. Less than a mile beyond the bridge you see a deserted stretch of Freeway 87. You join the freeway, heading south, and within a few minutes you catch sight of a town on the road ahead. A glance at your map confirms your suspicions: you are approaching Sterling City.</p>
<choice idref="sect100"><link-text>Turn to 100</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your shout is met by silence. You are about to repeat it when a burst of machine gun fire rings out and six ragged holes suddenly appear in the centre of the kitchen door.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect322">If the number you have picked is 0-1, <link-text>turn to 322</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect256">If it is 2-5, <link-text>turn to 256</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect23">If it is 6-9, <link-text>turn to 23</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You hold your breath and try not to move as the clansman rummages through a tool box less than four feet from where you are crouching. Unfortunately, the dust he is stirring up causes you to sneeze, betraying your presence. Suddenly, one of the gasolene drums is rolled aside and you feel two strong hands grab your jacket and drag you to your feet.</p>
<p>'What are you up to?' growls the scar-faced Detroit Lion, his stinking breath making you pull away in disgust. 'Sabotage, is it?' he spits, accusingly.</p>
- <p>'Nah &ellips; I ain't no saboteur,' you reply, stalling for time, as you let your hand drift slowly towards your close combat weapon. I'm an Angelino who jus' wants t'see the race. I'm supposed to be patrolling the south zone but ain't nothin' ever happens down there. Gimme a break, will ya?'</p>
+ <p>'Nah <ch.ellips/> I ain't no saboteur,' you reply, stalling for time, as you let your hand drift slowly towards your close combat weapon. I'm an Angelino who jus' wants t'see the race. I'm supposed to be patrolling the south zone but ain't nothin' ever happens down there. Gimme a break, will ya?'</p>
<p>As your fingers close around your weapon, you see something that makes you hesitate. At the rear of the truck you glimpse a large crowd of clansmen who are queueing to enter the stadium. The sight dissuades you from attacking your accuser, and instead you decide to try offering him a bribe.</p>
<choice idref="sect161">If you possess a <typ class="item">Bottle of Bourbon</typ>, <link-text>turn to 161</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect207">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 207</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You press yourself against the damp stalagmites and gently flick your shotgun's safety catch to 'fire'. The clansman's footsteps seem unbearably loud as you wait for the moment to launch your ambush. As he comes to a halt, you rise up from your hiding place and 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>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect292">If your total score is 3 or less, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect18">If your total score is 4 or more, <link-text>turn to 18</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The tyres and brakes squeal like banshees as you fight to bring the roadster to a rapid halt. Moments later, the panel truck flashes past, missing the front fender by inches, and overturning on the wreckage-strewn highway. Your skill and keen reflexes have saved you from colliding with the truck, but the sight of the convoy fast disappearing along the freeway makes you feel very uncomfortable. You change into low gear and pump the gas pedal, but nothing happens. The engine has stalled. Frantically you reach for the ignition to bring the car back to life before the surviving Mavericks close in and attempt to put an end to yours.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect43">If your total is now 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 43</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect104">If it is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 104</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Solar Torch</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Engine Oil</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Having satisfied yourself that nothing else of use has been overlooked, you return to your roadster and resume your journey to San Angelo.</p>
<choice idref="sect342"><link-text>Turn to 342</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Bread Knife (2)</li>
<li>Enough canned food for five Meals</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Before leaving the kitchen, you hide the clansman's body in an empty refrigerator. Then you hurry through the fire escape door and make your way up a flight of rusty steps that lead to a service alley at the rear of the building.</p>
<choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Plastic Tube</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">File</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>Remember to make a note on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> of any of the items that you decide to keep.</p>
+ <p>Remember to make a note on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> of any of the items that you decide to keep.</p>
<choice idref="sect59">To continue, <link-text>turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You enter an alley that runs alongside the bar, and make your way to the rear door. Through a cracked glass panel you can see the kitchens. They are empty, but remnants of food lie scattered across the tables and, judging by the amount of fresh garbage strewn on the floor, a large group of clansmen must have eaten here not so long ago.</p>
<p>You test the handle and discover that the door is unlocked.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect86">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 86</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect2">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 2</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>133</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Coughing and popping, the roadster lurches to a halt in the middle of the highway. You try to restart the engine but it refuses to run smoothly for more than a few seconds at a time. You are running over all the possible faults that could have caused the breakdown when suddenly you remember the comp-aid digipad that Cutter fitted to the dashboard while you were in Big Spring. He had salvaged the unit from the wreck of a '99 Mercedes Malibu Coupe and modified it so that you could use it to run an automatic systems check on your roadster. Hurriedly you tap in your access code and immediately the unit's LCD identifies the fault : &ellips; FUEL FILTER &ellips;</p>
+ <p>Coughing and popping, the roadster lurches to a halt in the middle of the highway. You try to restart the engine but it refuses to run smoothly for more than a few seconds at a time. You are running over all the possible faults that could have caused the breakdown when suddenly you remember the comp-aid digipad that Cutter fitted to the dashboard while you were in Big Spring. He had salvaged the unit from the wreck of a '99 Mercedes Malibu Coupe and modified it so that you could use it to run an automatic systems check on your roadster. Hurriedly you tap in your access code and immediately the unit's LCD identifies the fault : <ch.ellips/> FUEL FILTER <ch.ellips/></p>
<p>It takes you an hour to dismantle, clean and replace the fuel filter, during which time you must take 2 Drinks or lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to dehydration.</p>
<p>The fault rectified, the engine starts sweetly the first time you touch the ignition. You accelerate away but within a few minutes you see something in the distance that makes you slow to a snail's pace.</p>
<p>It is a girder bridge that carries the highway across the North Concho River. The bridge is intact and passable, but you are worried by the sight of a lazy plume of woodsmoke rising from a spot near its approach ramp.</p>
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<p>You are half-way through the door when your foot becomes caught among the burning shelves and you are sent sprawling to the ground. Quickly you recover and press on with your escape, but as a result of your fall, you sustain painful first-degree burns to your hands (lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) and lose one item from your Backpack (erase one item of your choice).</p>
- <choice idref="sect110">Make the necessary amendments to your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>, and then <link-text>turn to 110</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect110">Make the necessary amendments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and then <link-text>turn to 110</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<p>For a moment you are blinded by a deluge of stones and stinking water as you drive through the aftermath of the explosion. Then, as you catch sight of the opposite bank, there is another blast and you feel your steering wheel pulling sharply to the left.</p>
<p>'We've lost a tyre,' you shout, as you battle to get the car on to dry land. You succeed in reaching the far bank and skid sideways to a halt. You both leap out quickly and take cover behind the engine compartment. The clansmen seem to have exhausted their supply of grenades, but they are all armed with machine pistols and they proceed to empty them in your direction.</p>
<p>Kate draws her pistol and prepares to give covering fire while you inspect the damage. The front left tyre has been shredded by shrapnel and is beyond repair. You will have to replace it with the spare tyre you carry in the trunk. However, in order to retrieve it, you will have to expose yourself to bursts of machine pistol fire.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score. Now add the combined figure to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score. Now add the combined figure to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect144">If the resulting total score is 28 or less, <link-text>turn to 144</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect194">If the total score is 29 or more, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect186">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect282">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 282</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Get down Kate!' you shout, as you dive to the ground and roll for cover behind the abandoned pick-up. But before you make it, two shots ring out almost simultaneously, one from a rifle and the other from a pistol.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect278">If the total is 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 278</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect16">If the total is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 16</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You gun your roadster towards the battered wooden gates of the site and smash your way through them. The ground beyond is covered with loose stones and, to your horror, you feel the nose of your car sliding away to the right. The steel skeleton of an office block looms before you as you fight to correct your front wheel skid.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect195">If your total is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 195</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect309">If your total is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>A biker is closing fast. A pair of belt-fed machine guns are mounted atop the headlamp of his motorcycle</description>
+ <description>A biker is closing fast. A pair of belt-fed machine guns are mounted atop the headlamp of his motorcycle</description>
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<p>So concerted is the fire that you are both forced to cower in your armour-backed seats to avoid being hit. Then another sign appears on the road ahead, pointing to a winding dirt track that leads away to the left. It reads:</p>
- <p>TO THE CAVERNS OF SONORA</p>
+ <p><signpost>TO THE CAVERNS OF SONORA</signpost></p>
<p>You are desperate to avoid the machine-gunning biker and so decide to take the track. At least its winding course will give him less opportunity to riddle the trunk with bullets.</p>
<choice idref="sect24"><link-text>Turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>'At this rate we'll reach Interstate 10 in an hour,' you say, but Kate does not reply: exhaustion has got the better of her and she has drifted off into a deep sleep. Without her conversation to stimulate you, fatigue eats away at your concentration and gradually you lose interest in the road ahead. You fall asleep at the wheel and reawaken only when the roadster veers off the highway and crashes into a rocky spur.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect234">If the number you have picked is 0-7, <link-text>turn to 234</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect298">If it is 8-9, <link-text>turn to 298</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You step sideways into the corridor with your shotgun held at waist level. The guard to the left of the staircase sees you and tries to shout a warning but his words are lost in the boom of your gunfire. The force of the shot flings him against the wall, and as you swing the barrel towards his partner, you know only too well that you must make your second shot count just as effectively. But his partner's reactions prove razor-sharp, and as you focus on him you are shocked to find yourself staring into the muzzle of his machine pistol.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect297">If your total score is 15 or less, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect197">If your total score is 16 or more, <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li><typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ> (ten-feet length)</li>
<li>Hammer (2)</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect59">To continue, <link-text>turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The rotten timbers are easily torn away from the front door and in minutes you have gained access to the building. In the middle of the lobby you discover a stainless steel replica of an oil derrick, standing twelve feet high, on which there is an inscription that reveals the former owners of the block:</p>
- <p>THE LONE STAR OIL & GAS COMPANY</p>
+ <p><signpost>THE LONE STAR OIL <ch.amp/> GAS COMPANY</signpost></p>
<p>In order to emerge somewhere inside the perimeter wall, you must discover an exit on the north side of this building, so you set off immediately in that direction. Beyond the lobby area you can see a row of elevator doors, and two corridors disappearing to the left and right.</p>
<choice idref="sect215">If you wish to explore the right-hand corridor, <link-text>turn to 215</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect7">If you wish to search the left-hand corridor, <link-text>turn to 7</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Before the spider is brushed aside, it bites into your skin and injects its toxin. Almost immediately you are gripped by a terrible pain that courses up your arm and radiates across your chest. Frantically Kate searches through your Medi-kit for an anti-toxin, as the effects of the Fiddleback's bite drag you to your knees in agony.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it the number of Medi-kit units that you possess currently.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it the number of Medi-kit units that you possess currently.</p>
<choice idref="sect155">If your total score is now 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 155</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect44">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 44</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>203</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You have fallen into the shaft of a private elevator that was once used to service the executive penthouse suites of the Lone Star Oil & Gas Company. The elevator itself is located on the sub-basement level, three floors below where you have fallen in, and it is upon its roof that you finally crash to your doom.</p>
+ <p>You have fallen into the shaft of a private elevator that was once used to service the executive penthouse suites of the Lone Star Oil <ch.amp/> Gas Company. The elevator itself is located on the sub-basement level, three floors below where you have fallen in, and it is upon its roof that you finally crash to your doom.</p>
<p>Tragically, your mission and your life end here in San Angelo.</p>
</data>
</section>
<li><typ class="item">Scissors</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Gold Wristwatch</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, remember to amend your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, remember to amend your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Dusk is beginning to give way to darkness and you are anxious to return to the roadster before the evening light fades completely. Having satisfied yourself that you have overlooked nothing of value, you leave the block and return to your car.</p>
<choice idref="sect216"><link-text>Turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Beyond Sterling City the freeway follows a wide, dust-filled gully that was once the North Concho River. You are staring at this dead watercourse, trying to imagine what the river must have looked like before 'the Day', when a road sign flashes past. You stop the car and turn back to read it. It says:</p>
- <p>BROOME - 2 MILES</p>
+ <p><signpost>BROOME - 2 MILES</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect220">If you possess a <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ>, <link-text>turn to 220</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect46">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>'What exactly you offerin' in return for a free ride and a ringside seat, eh?' replies the clansman.</p>
<p>Slowly you unshoulder your Backpack and flip open the buckles. 'Choose,' you say, inviting him to look at the items you are carrying. Roughly he pulls the pack from your hands and tips the contents on to the floor of the truck.</p>
<p>'I'll take these two,' he says. 'You can keep the rest o' the junk.'</p>
- <p>Erase from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> those items which you have noted in the second and third sections of your Backpack items list. These are the items chosen by the clansman in return for free passage into the stadium. If you possess less than two Backpack items, you must erase either two Medi-kit units or one close combat weapon instead.</p>
+ <p>Erase from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> those items which you have noted in the second and third sections of your Backpack items list. These are the items chosen by the clansman in return for free passage into the stadium. If you possess less than two Backpack items, you must erase either two Medi-kit units or one close combat weapon instead.</p>
<p>With a smile on his face, the clansman pockets your bribe and returns to the cab. He restarts the truck but shortly it stops once again. He has drawn up alongside three other trucks in a section of the stadium that has been turned into a pits area. You leave the truck and slip away through the crowds of clan mechanics and riders towards an empty section of the enclosure.</p>
<p>From a position high among the tiers, you look down at the rows of empty seats that encircle the dusty arena and observe the preparations taking place around the perimeter track. This stadium once hosted international sporting events, many of which were televised and beamed live around the world. Now it plays host to a sporting event of a very different kind. The Angelinos have challenged the Lions to put forward four of their best riders for a twenty-lap motorcycle race around the arena. The track itself reminds you of an old film that you saw when you were a child, a film about the wild chariot races that took place in Ancient Rome. Today's event is meant to be a friendly challenge to celebrate the signing of their alliance, but with clan honour at stake the race will undoubtedly be fought out in deadly earnest.</p>
<p>Facing you, on the far side of the stadium, is the glass-fronted observation block that was once used by television and radio commentators. Your curiosity is aroused by it when you notice that the door to the block is heavily guarded. Fixedly you stare at its full-length windows and count five occupants: four clansmen and one blonde-haired girl. You cannot see her face clearly, but you know that she is Kate Norton.</p>
<data>
<p>Frantically you spin the wheel to the left and brace yourself as the roadster slews sideways across the wreckage-strewn highway. Before it comes to a halt, there is a sudden and violent jolt that sets the car spinning like a top in the opposite direction. The panel truck has clipped the rear fender and the force of the impact leaves you dazed and gasping for breath: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The sight of the convoy fast disappearing along the freeway is all that is needed to bring you rapidly to your senses. You turn the wheel and pump the gas pedal, but the engine has stalled and the car does not respond. Instantly, you reach for the ignition to bring the car back to life before the Mavericks close in and put an end to yours.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your current Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect43">If your total is now 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 43</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect104">If it is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 104</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The clansman's footsteps seem unbearably loud as you wait for the moment to launch your ambush. You check that your G-12 is 'safety off' and set to burst fire then, as the footsteps halt, you rise up from your hiding place and 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>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect292">If your total score is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect18">If your total score is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 18</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You reach down into the passenger foot-well and retrieve your rifle. Fortunately you know that the weapon is loaded and all you have to do is thumb back the safety catch to make it ready to fire. The moment the clansman sees you rest the barrel on the door, he veers across to the left lane of the highway as quickly as he can. You smile as you realize the purpose of this manoeuvre: he is trying to increase his chances of survival by making it as difficult as he can for you to shoot at him with your right hand.</p>
<p>Keeping the roadster in a straight line, and the sheer force of the rushing wind whipping around the end of the rifle's barrel, make it impossible for you to take aim. You try to get as near to your enemy as you can before squeezing the trigger, but just as you are about to fire, you hit a pot-hole and lose your grip.</p>
- <p>Add your Stealth skill score to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score. Now pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
+ <p>Add your Stealth skill score to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score. Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect251">If your total score is 32 or less, <link-text>turn to 251</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect307">If your total score is 33 or more, <link-text>turn to 307</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>The time Sergeant Haskell used to observe the barricade was well spent. He noticed that the Mexican clansmen have positioned an anti-tank weapon behind it, which doubtless they will bring into action if it is needed. Littered around it are several dozen boxes of shells. If one of those boxes were to explode, it would set off the others and destroy most of the central section of the barricade. Haskell has an incendiary grenade which would do the job, but in order to make sure that it landed in the correct place - in one of the boxes of ammunition - one of you would have to go to the barricade and place it there. Neither of you are keen to volunteer for this mission, so you decide to settle it on the toss of a coin. Sergeant Haskell calls and, unfortunately, you lose.</p>
<p>Haskell gives you the incendiary grenade and you hand him your signal flare. Then, when the number of Mexican clansmen on guard are at their fewest, you leave the cover of the yucca forest and creep towards the barricade.</p>
<p>Ten yards from the wall of cars you see an opportunity to throw your grenade into an open ammunition chest.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect198">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 198</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect272">If your total score is 6-7, <link-text>turn to 272</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect244">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>It occurs to you that the colony may still be close enough for radio contact. As it may be the last chance you will get to speak to them before your rendezvous at Kent one week from now, you decide to give it a try. You invert the handset of your CB and key in the frequency that Pop Ewell monitors aboard the school bus. But, for some unknown reason, the frequency is saturated with static and you are unable to transmit. You search for a clear channel and, by chance, you lock on to part of a two-way conversation:</p>
- <p>'OK Gold&ellips; Sit tight and quit y'bellyaching&ellips; I'm sending some o' my men back to cover it. You just put a tail on 'em &ellips; keep 'em in sight. We'll let 'em run a while and then hit 'em when they reach the mountains. D'you copy&ellips; over?'</p>
+ <p>'OK Gold<ch.ellips/> Sit tight and quit y'bellyaching<ch.ellips/> I'm sending some o' my men back to cover it. You just put a tail on 'em <ch.ellips/> keep 'em in sight. We'll let 'em run a while and then hit 'em when they reach the mountains. D'you copy<ch.ellips/> over?'</p>
<p>There is a loud burst of static, then a voice replies:</p>
- <p>'I copy &ellips; Gold out.'</p>
+ <p>'I copy <ch.ellips/> Gold out.'</p>
<p>The channel falls silent and you are left staring at the handset, trying to make some sense of what you have just overheard. Then you hear quite a different sound, a sound that sends a shiver of fear coursing down your spine.</p>
<choice idref="sect276"><link-text>Turn to 276</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>221</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You draw the thin saw-cord through the closed hasp of the padlock and work it back and forth. You have made barely a dozen strokes when the metal saw-cord snaps with a loud ping (erase this item from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>).</p>
+ <p>You draw the thin saw-cord through the closed hasp of the padlock and work it back and forth. You have made barely a dozen strokes when the metal saw-cord snaps with a loud ping (erase this item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
<choice idref="sect236">If you possess an <typ class="item">HE Grenade</typ> and wish to use it to blow open the door, <link-text>turn to 236</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect188">If you wish to abandon your attempt to gain entry to the building, <link-text>turn to 188</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
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</illustration>
<p>You know that you must act immediately if you are to prevent them from getting away, so you point your vehicle directly at their position and stamp your foot down on the accelerator. Fifty yards from the bridge, with the hot wind screaming past your face, the armed clansman drops to one knee and takes aim at your windshield.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect97">If your total score is 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 97</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect32">If your total score is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 32</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>Slowly you take off your pack and flip open the buckles. 'What do you want?' you say, inviting them to look at the items you are carrying. Roughly, the clansman pulls the pack from your hands and tips the contents on to the ground.</p>
<p>'I'll take these two,' he says.</p>
<p>'And I'll have these,' says his partner. 'You can keep the rest o' the junk.'</p>
- <p>Erase from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> those items which you have noted in the first four sections of your Backpack items list. These are the items chosen by the two clansmen in return for their help in getting you into the stadium. If you possess less than four Backpack items, you must make up the difference by erasing Medi-kit units instead.</p>
+ <p>Erase from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> those items which you have noted in the first four sections of your Backpack items list. These are the items chosen by the two clansmen in return for their help in getting you into the stadium. If you possess less than four Backpack items, you must make up the difference by erasing Medi-kit units instead.</p>
<p>With broad smiles on their faces the two clansmen pocket your bribe. 'You jus' bought yourself a grandstand seat, fella,' says the taller of the two as, once again, you climb the pile of rubble. This time you are accompanied by the two clansmen who help you over the wall and then return to the avenue, chuckling and congratulating each other on their good fortune.</p>
<choice idref="sect15"><link-text>Turn to 15</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Silently you draw a close combat weapon and steady yourself for the assault. Like a tiger you leap through the open door and scan the darkened room. A figure is crouched at the window, and, as he turns, you run forward, raising your hand to strike.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect170">If your total is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 170</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect286">If your total is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 286</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You flick open your pouch and give Kate your last few remaining bullets before you start to change the damaged front wheel. Quickly she reloads her pistol as the clan scout leader, believing that you are both out of ammunition, comes riding across the river, howling curses and whirling a heavy motorcycle chain in his left hand. The moment her gun is ready, she takes aim and fires at the foul-mouthed Angelino.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect265">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 265</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect122">If the number is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 122</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>While you do your best to staunch the bleeding, Haskell continues to question the Maverick. Finally, on the brink of death, the clansman changes his mind and begins to speak. He says that he is a Maverick outrider, a scout, one of a large group sent here to ambush the Big Spring colony. While drunk, he fell off his bike and broke his leg. Unable to ride, his fellow scouts left him here with the promise that he would be collected when they returned. His group are fighting a Mexican clan near Sierra Blanca. He says that the Mexicans are trying to steal their supplies.</p>
- <p>Haskell asks him about Mad Dog Michigan, but he refuses to answer. A trickle of blood escapes from his lips and, with his dying breath, he says: 'Mad Dog'll make sure you never get through &ellips;'</p>
+ <p>Haskell asks him about Mad Dog Michigan, but he refuses to answer. A trickle of blood escapes from his lips and, with his dying breath, he says: 'Mad Dog'll make sure you never get through <ch.ellips/>'</p>
<choice idref="sect147"><link-text>Turn to 147</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<li><typ class="item">Foil Blanket</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Fire Extinguisher</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect148">To leave the fire station, <link-text>turn to 148</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>You take the grenade from your Backpack and tie it to the padlock with strips of cloth torn from an oily rag that you find on the ground nearby. Then you set the timer for ten seconds, pull the pin and take cover inside the gas station.</p>
<p>Precisely ten seconds later, the grenade explodes with a deafening bang.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect67">If the number you have picked is 0-5, <link-text>turn to 67</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect331">If it is 6-9, <link-text>turn to 331</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li>Three rounds of 12-gauge ammunition</li>
<li><typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you keep any of these items, be sure to amend your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you keep any of these items, be sure to amend your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>As soon as you have hidden his body beneath a heap of blankets, you gather up your equipment and leave the workshop before his disappearance is noticed.</p>
<choice idref="sect66"><link-text>Turn to 66</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>While he was firing, unbeknown to you, the clansman moved forward and he is now lying flat on his stomach behind the rear wheel of his motorcycle. So when you return fire it is aimed at the wrong place and it rattles harmlessly off the iron bridge support where you first saw him take cover. Before you realize your error, he opens up once again and sweeps the gully with a long burst of automatic fire. Pain lances your forearm and shoulder as you stop two of his twenty high-velocity bullets.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10) and add 1 point. The total is equivalent to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you must lose as a result of your wounds.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10) and add 1 point. The total is equivalent to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you must lose as a result of your wounds.</p>
<choice idref="sect332">If you have survived the shooting, <link-text>turn to 332</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<li>Bread Knife (2)</li>
<li>Enough canned food for five Meals</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Before leaving the kitchen, you hide the clansman's body in an empty refrigerator. Then you hurry through the fire escape door and make your way up a flight of rusty steps that leads to a service alley at the rear of the building.</p>
<choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You pull the wheel hard over to the right and power your roadster towards the used car lot. A wrecked auto lies overturned with its trunk partially blocking the entrance, and, as you drive through the gap, you clip its rear fender. Immediately, the wreck flips around and slams into the side of your car, sending you skidding towards the steel doors of a service bay.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect81">If your total is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 81</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect243">If your total is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You hurl the grenade and it lands neatly in the centre of the ammunition chest. Unfortunately, as you are running from the barricade, a clansman catches sight of you and opens fire with his machine pistol.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10). The number you have picked is equal to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points that you lose as a result of being caught in the machine gun fire.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10). The number you have picked is equal to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points that you lose as a result of being caught in the machine gun fire.</p>
<choice idref="sect350">If you survive your wounds, <link-text>turn to 350</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The unmistakable roar of motorcycle engines is coming from the direction of Broome, and, as you focus on that distant town, you see a tell-tale cloud of dust rising above its ruins. You know that it can only be a large pack of clansmen and that you must find somewhere to hide yourself and your roadster before they show up.</p>
<p>The dried-out bed of the North Concho River offers the only feasible place to take cover from the approaching bikers. Quickly you pull off the freeway and search for a place to enter the river bed as the first of the bikers comes riding out of the town.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and to it your perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and to it your perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect74">If your total score is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect329">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You retrace your steps all the way back to the front lobby, continue across it, and enter the other corridor. This services a number of offices and conference rooms before it ends at a wide staircase leading downwards. You descend three floors and discover the remains of a large private restaurant which, along with its kitchen, occupies most of the sub-basement level. A small 'fire exit' sign hangs over the double doors leading to the kitchen and you head straight for it.</p>
<p>As you are crossing the restaurant floor, your rumbling stomach reminds you that you have yet to eat anything today. Then the thought occurs to you that there may still be some canned food in the kitchen, and you resolve to search it before you leave the building.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect159">If your total score is now 11 or less, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect233">If it is 12 or more, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>On every side, a desolate plain of arid, lifeless earth stretches to the horizon. The highway meanders across this wasteland, following the gentle curve of a dry watercourse that the ranchers and oilmen of this county once knew as Lacy Creek.</p>
<p>You have been driving for half an hour when you see a signpost, its blistered metal plate announcing your approach to the Sterling county line. As you cross this boundary, your engine begins to splutter and backfire.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect133">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 133</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect344">If it is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 344</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You wait until the stadium gate opens and the crowd of clansmen starts to enter before you make your move. Purposefully, you stride across the wide avenue that surrounds the stadium, trying not to look directly at any of the bikers or attract their attention. One of the trucks in particular has caught your eye and you head straight for it. It is towing a trailer that contains two powerful-looking motorcycles, and you are convinced that they are to be used in the races. If any of the trucks are to enter the stadium then this one surely will.</p>
<p>There is nobody in the truck and its rear door is unlocked, so quickly you climb aboard and find yourself a hiding place behind two large drums of gasolene. After a few minutes, you hear someobody climb into the cab and start the engine. Then the truck moves away and you sense by its direction that it is approaching the stadium gate. You see the shadow of the arch fall across the trailer and then suddenly the vehicle halts. Your heart pounds in your chest as you hear the rear doors creak open and sense someone clambering aboard.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect115">If your total score is now 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 115</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect68">If your total score is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 68</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You complete your detour of Sterling city without incident and rejoin Freeway 87 a few miles south of the town. The hour you spent driving across the dusty plain has made you very thirsty, and you must now take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The freeway follows a wide, rock-strewn gully that was once the North Concho River. You are staring at this dead watercourse, trying to imagine what the river must have looked like before 'the Day', when a road sign flashes past. You stop the car and turn back to read it. It says:</p>
- <p>BROOME - 2 MILES</p>
+ <p><signpost>BROOME - 2 MILES</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect220">If you possess a <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ>, <link-text>turn to 220</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect46">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Beneath a road bridge, a line of Angelinos is strung out across the freeway, each one sitting astride his bike with a rifle or a machine pistol resting across the handlebars. They are the clansmen whom you saw last night. Having realized that they must have passed you in the dark, they are waiting patiently for you to show up.</p>
<p>To your right you see an exit ramp that ascends to the bridge itself and, as the clansmen open fire, you steer your car towards it to avoid the withering hail of bullets.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect54">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 54</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect178">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 178</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Violently the roadster swerves left and right, and you almost lose your rifle as you fight to regain control. As soon as you have the car back on a straight line, you bring the barrel to bear on your enemy and squeeze the trigger.</p>
- <p>Add together your Driving and Shooting skill scores. Now pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Driving and Shooting skill scores. Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect318">If your total score is 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 318</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect19">If your total score is 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 19</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect140">If your total is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 140</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect28">If it is 9-12, <link-text>turn to 28</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect87">If it is 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 87</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At once you recognize the brown, thin-legged arachnid by the dark, violin-shaped marking on the back of its head. It is Loxoscees reclusa - a poisonous Fiddleback spider.</p>
<p>Nervously you watch the spider while Kate salvages a scrap of stiff board from the rubbish-strewn floor. She tells you to keep absolutely still, for she intends to try to knock it off your arm with one quick flick of the card.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect202">If the number you have picked is 0-2, <link-text>turn to 202</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect280">If it is 3-9, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>In order to prise the dead dog from your arm, you are forced to stand up in your driving seat. Meanwhile, the pack handlers have gathered together the rest of their surviving coyote and now intend to set them on you. They yell an order, and the mountain dogs bound forward, snapping and howling. Kate replies by drawing her pistol and firing, bringing down three of the leading dogs in as many shots. She buys you the few precious seconds you need to free yourself from the dead coyote, but before you can lower yourself behind the wheel, the handlers return fire and you feel something thump you in the back. You feel no pain and, almost fearing to acknowledge that you have been hit at all, you reach for the ignition and bring the roadster back to life, Then, with a cloud of dust and burnt rubber, you say farewell to the coyote and take off along the main street towards the Christoval bridge.</p>
<p>Kate heard the impact made by the bullet and, fearing the worst, she leans over to take a look at your back. You hear her breathe a sigh of relief as she discovers that the bullet has lodged itself in the bottom of your water canteen.</p>
- <p>Erase from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> any water that you may have been carrying in your canteen. You need not erase the canteen itself as it can be repaired and is still serviceable.</p>
+ <p>Erase from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> any water that you may have been carrying in your canteen. You need not erase the canteen itself as it can be repaired and is still serviceable.</p>
<choice idref="sect324"><link-text>Turn to 324</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The heat and flames force you back from the entrance, and as you reach the centre of the hall, you look around desperately for another way out but every exit is now ablaze.</p>
<p>Using a heavy rug from the floor, you cover Kate's head and tell her to make a dash for the main door. Bravely she obeys your command without hesitation, and she succeeds in escaping through the tunnel of flame and out into the street beyond. Heartened by her success, you raise your jacket over your head, take a deep breath and sprint after her.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect139">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 139</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect34">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 34</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Kate too senses the danger, and knows what must be done. She keeps her eyes peeled on the river, looking for somewhere suitable to cross, while you negotiate a way through the boulders that lie scattered in your path.</p>
<p>'Over there, Cal!' she shouts, pointing to a shallow-sided section of the river bank. Immediately you steer towards it and power your car down the gentle slope towards the foul-smelling water. Here, the tainted river is less than a foot deep and the rocky bed provides a firm grip for your tyres.</p>
<p>You are half-way across when you hear a dull thud. Suddenly there is a flash of orange-red flame and a column of splintered rocks and black water erupts from the river a few feet ahead. The clansmen are firing grenades!</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect42">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 42</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect154">If the number you have picked is 4-9, <link-text>turn to 154</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your pulse is racing as you wait for the optimum moment to launch your ambush. The clansman's footsteps seem unbearably loud but still you hesitate. He stops and instinctively you spring to your feet, aim and fire.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect292">If your total score is 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect18">If your total score is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 18</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You swerve to the right to avoid the speeding missile, and your swift reactions save you from receiving a direct hit. The armour-tipped projectile burrows into the ground close to your rear wheel, and the resultant explosion buffets your trunk and sends the roadster into a skid. Desperately you fight to regain control as you slide off the freeway and career towards a deep gully.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect39">If your total is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 39</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect283">If your total is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 283</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You back off a dozen paces to give yourself a good run at the door, then you charge forward and barge it with your shoulder. There is a tremendous crack, the door gives way, and you feel yourself falling head-first into a deep, dark hole.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect203">If the number you have picked is 0-6, <link-text>turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect171">If it is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The chain sails within an inch of your scalp as you duck behind the wing of your roadster. An instant later you retaliate by hurling your brace at the scout leader's bike. The tool jams between the spokes of his front wheel, causing the machine to up-end and slam its rider face-first into the river bank. Then the heavy machine crashes down with a sickening crunch, crushing the Angelino to death under the weight of its lOOOcc engine.</p>
+ <p>The chain sails within an inch of your scalp as you duck behind the wing of your roadster. An instant later you retaliate by hurling your brace at the scout leader's bike. The tool jams between the spokes of his front wheel, causing the machine to up-end and slam its rider face-first into the river bank. Then the heavy machine crashes down with a sickening crunch, crushing the Angelino to death under the weight of its l000cc engine.</p>
<choice idref="sect11"><link-text>Turn to 11</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>It is almost noon when you drive into Brogado. The storm-shattered ruins of this mountain town do not inspire much hope of finding fuel, and, after making a thorough search of its two gas stations, your initial fears are confirmed: one station has been looted and the other has been gutted by fire.</p>
<p>It is beginning to look as though you will have to walk the last thirty miles to Kent when Marine Gunter sees a station wagon backed up to the entrance of a drug store, and he calls it to your attention. All five of you are walking along the main street towards the vehicle when a shot rings out from the first floor window of the store, and Gunter is brought to the ground, clutching his blood-stained chest.</p>
<p>'Sniper!' shouts Sergeant Haskell. 'Hit the deck!'</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect257">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect92">If your total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 92</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Bread Knife (2)</li>
<li>Enough canned food for five Meals</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of the items in either list, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Before leaving the kitchen you hide the clansman's body in an empty refrigerator. Then you hurry through the fire escape door and make your way up a flight of rusty steps that leads to a service alley at the rear of the building.</p>
<choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You prime your weapon and spring into the room like a tiger. A man is crouched by an open window, and, as you move towards him, he turns to meet your attack with a rifle clutched firmly in his hands. Instinctively, you raise your gun and fire a snap shot from the hip.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
<p>If the weapon you are using is a Shotgun or a Machine Pistol, add 2 points to your total. If the weapon you are using is a Pistol or a Rifle, subtract 1 point from your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect31">If your total score is now 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 31</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect103">If your total score is now 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 103</link-text>.</choice>
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+ <creator>???</creator>
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<data>
- <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-established</quote> with <quote>reestablished</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</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>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as +1 If </quote> with <quote>as +1. If </quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as <ch.plus/>1 If </quote> with <quote>as <ch.plus/>1. If </quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>map of Western Texas</quote> with <quote>Map of Western Texas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect23">23</a>) Replaced <quote>Small blanket</quote> with <quote>Small Blanket</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect23">23</a>) Replaced <quote>Medi-kits units</quote> with <quote>Medi-kit units</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>) Replaced <quote>bushwack</quote> with <quote>bushwhack</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect130">130</a>) Replaced <quote>Plastic tube</quote> with <quote>Plastic Tube</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect232">232</a>) Applied bold style to <quote>Foil Blanket</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced section references.
The original text directed the reader to sections <a idref="sect161">161</a> and <a idref="sect207">207</a>, however those references are the result of being apprehended by a single clansman in section <a idref="sect115">115</a>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced section references. The original text directed the reader to sections <a idref="sect161">161</a> and <a idref="sect207">207</a>, however those references are the result of being apprehended by a single clansman in section <a idref="sect115">115</a>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect18">18</a>,<a idref="sect23">23</a>,<a idref="sect36">36</a>,<a idref="sect63">63</a>,<a idref="sect71">71</a>,<a idref="sect101">101</a>,<a idref="sect126">126</a>,<a idref="sect138">138</a>,<a idref="sect146">146</a>,<a idref="sect183">183</a>,<a idref="sect187">187</a>,<a idref="sect232">232</a>,<a idref="sect248">248</a>,<a idref="sect266">266</a>,<a idref="sect308">308</a>,<a idref="sect348">348</a>) Replaced CCS Bonuses in <quote>[]</quote> with <quote>()</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
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- <rights class="copyrights">Text copyright © 1988 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright © 1988 Brian Williams.</rights>
+ <rights class="copyrights">Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1988 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1988 Brian Williams.</rights>
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- <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.&ellips;</quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
+ <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.<ch.ellips/></quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
<p>Project Aon would first like to thank Joe Dever for making this generous offering of the books that we have all loved from the beginning. We would also like to acknowledge the following members of Project Aon for their diligent work:</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="credits">
<dt>Alternate Illustrations</dt>
<dd>JC Alvarez (text illustrations and action charts)<br />Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)<br />Michael Hahn (map)</dd>
<dt>Proofreading</dt>
- <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36&endash;70 and 281&endash;315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106&endash;140 and 211&endash;245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176&endash;210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1&endash;35 and 316&endash;350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71&endash;105, 141&endash;175 and 246&endash;280)</dd>
+ <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36<ch.endash/>70 and 281<ch.endash/>315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106<ch.endash/>140 and 211<ch.endash/>245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176<ch.endash/>210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1<ch.endash/>35 and 316<ch.endash/>350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71<ch.endash/>105, 141<ch.endash/>175 and 246<ch.endash/>280)</dd>
<dt>Editing</dt>
- <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Klöcker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
+ <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
<dt>PDF Layout</dt>
- <dd>Ingo Klöcker</dd>
+ <dd>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</dd>
<dt>Coordination</dt>
<dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
<dt>Special Thanks</dt>
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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. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
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- <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="sskills1">
- <meta>
- <title>Survival Skills</title>
- <link class="prev" idref="gamerulz" />
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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>
- <dl>
- <dt>Driving</dt>
- <dd>Your ability to control powered vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles and trucks.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Shooting</dt>
- <dd>Your familiarity and experience in the use of missile weapons, such as pistols, machine pistols, shotguns and rifles.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Field craft</dt>
- <dd>Your knowledge and experience of all aspects of outdoor survival.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Stealth</dt>
- <dd>Your physical fitness, the speed of your reflexes and your dexterity.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Perception</dt>
- <dd>Your intelligence, your ability to evaluate information, your education and your mental alertness.</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <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>. (In your first 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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 1 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 2. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 1, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called Slaughter Mountain Run.</p>
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<section class="frontmatter-separate" id="sskills">
<meta>
<title>Survival Skills</title>
<data>
<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>
+ <p>Listed on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> are your five basic survival skills:</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="driving">
<meta><title>Driving</title></meta>
</section>
<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>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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 3 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 4. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 3, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called:</p>
<p>California Countdown</p>
<li><typ class="item">FLEXIBLE SAW</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">BOX OF MATCHES</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
+ <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
<p>Opportunities may arise during your adventure for you to pick up useful items. These items will appear in the text in bold print and, unless you are instructed otherwise, they can be stored and carried in your Backpack.</p>
- <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>Medi-kit</title></meta>
<data>
<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 iodine 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>
+ <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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<section class="frontmatter" id="canteen">
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- <p>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
</data>
</section>
<section class="frontmatter" id="close">
<meta><title>Close Combat Weapons</title></meta>
<data>
- <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>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>
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<li>SHOTGUN</li>
<li>RIFLE</li>
</ul>
- <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>In order to be able to use a missile weapon, you must have sufficient ammunition of the correct calibre. The following list shows the calibre of each weapon, the amount that is used every time the weapon is fired, and the number of rounds that you possess at the start of your adventure:</p>
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-Weapon - Calibre - Rate of Fire - Initial No. of Rounds
-PISTOL - 9mm - 1 - 8
-MACHINE PISTOL - 9mm - 6 - 30
-SHOTGUN - 12-gauge - 1 - 4
-RIFLE - 7.62mm - 1 - 4
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- <p><strong>PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 8</p>
- <p><strong>MACHINE PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 6, Initial No. of Rounds: 30</p>
- <p><strong>SHOTGUN</strong> Calibre: 12-gauge, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p><strong>RIFLE</strong> Calibre: 7.62mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th></th>
+ <th>Calibre</th>
+ <th>Rate of Fire</th>
+ <th>Initial No. of Rounds</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>MACHINE PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>30</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>SHOTGUN</td>
+ <td>12-gauge</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>RIFLE</td>
+ <td>7.62mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
<p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</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>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>
+ <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>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>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>Subtract the <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of +1 (19 − 18 = +1). He notes this +1 on his <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>1 (19 <ch.minus/> 18 = <ch.plus/>1). He notes this <ch.plus/>1 on his <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</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>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 Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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 +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>Turn to the Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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:
<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>
+ <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>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, 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>
<section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
<meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
+ <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
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<data>
<p>You drop to your knees and scurry for cover under a nearby computer terminal. You have barely stopped moving when there is a loud crash and the main door is sent flying clean off its hinges. In strides the clansman, his torch held chest-high as he plays it back and forth across the desks. You reach to your gun as his bloodhound comes snuffling into the room, but you dare not cock your weapon for fear of revealing your hiding place.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect185">If the number you have picked is even (0, 2, 4, 6, 8), <link-text>turn to 185</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect319">If the number you have picked is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), <link-text>turn to 319</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li>Enough water for four Drinks</li>
<li>Enough water purification tablets, bandages, pain killers, and antiseptics for four Medi-kit units.</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these weapons, ammunition, Medi-kit units or Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly. You hide the bodies before entering the gas station to took for the spare ignition unit.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these weapons, ammunition, Medi-kit units or Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. You hide the bodies before entering the gas station to took for the spare ignition unit.</p>
<choice idref="sect273"><link-text>Turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Collision with the barrier has damaged Mad Dog's car: a section of the front fender is buckled against the wheel, slowing it considerably. In your deadly duel, his supercharged car no longer has the advantage of speed. However, even though it is damaged, it still possesses enough power to enable him to catch you.</p>
<p>In the distance a bridge is fast approaching. It crosses a channelled drainageway, fed by the Pantona Wash. An Amcorp Landcruiser, one of the colony's vehicles, has broken down and been abandoned on its approach ramp. The bus blocks two lanes of the freeway, leaving just enough room for one vehicle to pass.</p>
<p>The two of you speed towards this narrow gap, neck and neck, each determined to be the first to get across. Desperate to beat you, Mad Dog brings his speedster dangerously close. You are three seconds away from the gap when he rams your door.</p>
- <p>Add your Driving skill total to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
+ <p>Add your Driving skill total to your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect220">If your total score is 21 or less, <link-text>turn to 220</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect105">If your total score is 22-28, <link-text>turn to 105</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect70">If your total score is 29 or more, <link-text>turn to 70</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>You are not prepared to risk your life by drinking contaminated water, so you check your Medi-kit to see if you have any water purification tablets.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect180">If the number you have picked is equal to, or less than, the number of Medi-kit units you have in your possession, <link-text>turn to 180</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect79">If the number you have picked is greater than the number of Medi-kit units you possess, <link-text>turn to 79</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>25</title></meta>
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- <p>The clansmen are training their spotlight directly into your eyes, effectively blinding you, and you are not able to steer the jeep out of their path until the last moment. The pick-up glances the rear and the sudden jolt makes you hit your head on the steering column: lose 1 ENEDURANCE point.</p>
+ <p>The clansmen are training their spotlight directly into your eyes, effectively blinding you, and you are not able to steer the jeep out of their path until the last moment. The pick-up glances the rear and the sudden jolt makes you hit your head on the steering column: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point.</p>
<p>Despite your injury, you regain control of the jeep quickly and bring it back on to the highway. Captain Frankland is standing behind you, manning the heavy machine gun, and, as the pick-up completes a spectacular 180-degree turn and comes racing back, he cocks the weapon and opens fire.</p>
<p>The heavy-calibre rounds riddle the engine and tear the cab to shreds. The truck starts to skid, and then there is a tremendous bang as the fuel tank explodes. As you accelerate on to the freeway, you glance in the driving mirror to see a huge ball of billowing orange flame engulf the remains of the truck and its passengers.</p>
<choice idref="sect178"><link-text>Turn to 178</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>26</title></meta>
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- <p>You dismount, wheel the motorcycle to the edge of the gully, and then let it tumble down the side. You watch it roll to the bottom before approaching the rockfall and beginning to climb. The mound stands more than sixty feet high, and is as steep and as sheer as a granite mountain in places. You have been climbing less than a few minutes when you have difficulty maintaining your grip. Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total. If you possess a <typ class="item">Rope</typ> or a <typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ>, add 2 points to your total.</p>
+ <p>You dismount, wheel the motorcycle to the edge of the gully, and then let it tumble down the side. You watch it roll to the bottom before approaching the rockfall and beginning to climb. The mound stands more than sixty feet high, and is as steep and as sheer as a granite mountain in places. You have been climbing less than a few minutes when you have difficulty maintaining your grip. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total. If you possess a <typ class="item">Rope</typ> or a <typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ>, add 2 points to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect123">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect216">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You stand up and take hold of the heavy machine gun as Captain Frankland drives off towards the west side of Lordsburg. Haskell locates an ammunition box and helps you to thread a belt of .50-calibre shells into the breech.</p>
<p>Most of Mad Dog's clansmen are concentrated around the block of buildings where the truck was discovered, but there are some, most notably the Detroit Lions scouts, who have taken up lookout positions in other parts of the town. You pass two or three of them on your way through Lordsburg, yet they seem to ignore you. The jeep, with its clan markings, and the darkness enable you to pass them without challenge.</p>
<p>It is not until you begin your approach to the access ramp of Interstate 10 that you encounter any problem. Soon after your truck was found, Mad Dog despatched a unit of scouts in a pick-up to guard the freeway ramp, just in case. It was a smart move. When these scouts see you approaching, they switch on a spotlight mounted on the roof of the pick-up above the driver's seat, catching you in its beam. When a radio call confirms that you are not what you seem, they accelerate towards you in an attempt to run you off the road.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect143">If your total score is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 143</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect293">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You approach the door with caution, taking care to tread lightly on the uneven floorboards to avoid making them creak. A small hatch, covered by a sliding panel of plywood, is positioned in the middle of the door at head height. You guess that it is a spyhole.</p>
<p>You place your ear to the door, directly below the covered hatch, and hear muffled voices in the room beyond. Although you cannot hear what is being said, you can tell that they are very frightened. Gently you lift the latch, only to discover that the door is locked on the inside.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect46">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect316">If the number is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Within a minute he has made a hole large enough to of the truck, there is another sharp crack, followed by the trailing sound of a rifle shot echoing across the surrounding mountains.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill totals.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill totals.</p>
<choice idref="sect347">If your total score is 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect10">If your total is 13-16, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect291">If it is 17 or more, <link-text>turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With guns blazing and bullets ricocheting all around, you steel yourself to fire at the biker as he screams past your hiding place.</p>
- <p>Add together your Shooting and Stealth skill totals. Now, pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add this number to your combined skill total.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Shooting and Stealth skill totals. Now, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add this number to your combined skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect279">If your final score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 279</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect97">If it is 9-12, <link-text>turn to 97</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect155">If it is 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 155</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>50</title></meta>
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- <p>Beyond Gleeson the road snakes its way through hills covered with pine, piñon, and dull grey rocks. The road surface deteriorates rapidly and very soon you are forced to stand in order to remain in full control of your bucking, bouncing machine. Then another, more serious hazard looms into view. A landslip from the surrounding hillside has heaped a mound of rock in the middle of the road ahead, blocking it completely. The only way to circumvent this obstacle involves a difficult descent into a gully that runs parallel to the road, then an equally difficult climb out again.</p>
+ <p>Beyond Gleeson the road snakes its way through hills covered with pine, pi<ch.ntilde/>on, and dull grey rocks. The road surface deteriorates rapidly and very soon you are forced to stand in order to remain in full control of your bucking, bouncing machine. Then another, more serious hazard looms into view. A landslip from the surrounding hillside has heaped a mound of rock in the middle of the road ahead, blocking it completely. The only way to circumvent this obstacle involves a difficult descent into a gully that runs parallel to the road, then an equally difficult climb out again.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you wish to attempt to negotiate this hazard without dismounting from your motorcycle, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect26">If you decide to abandon your bike and scale the rockfall on foot, <link-text>turn to 26</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Cautiously the two of you move towards the steps, your weapons ready and your eyes fixed on the closed door. 'He must be a survivor. He's got himself some sort of underground shelter here,' says Knott, having realized by now that you are not tracking the man who is responsible for the murder of your two companions. 'I think you're right,' you reply, 'and I guess he's not alone. Someone opened the door.'</p>
- <p>A few yards to the right of the door you notice an oblong-shaped air vent. You are about to descend the steps and investigate it further when a single gunshot rings out and you feel something hit you sharply in the back. A bullet has clipped your Backpack. The force of its impact takes your breath away and sends you tumbling to the floor of the crater: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point and erase one Backpack item from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. You curse your would-be assassin but you are thankful that your equipment has saved you from sustaining a more serious wound.</p>
+ <p>A few yards to the right of the door you notice an oblong-shaped air vent. You are about to descend the steps and investigate it further when a single gunshot rings out and you feel something hit you sharply in the back. A bullet has clipped your Backpack. The force of its impact takes your breath away and sends you tumbling to the floor of the crater: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point and erase one Backpack item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You curse your would-be assassin but you are thankful that your equipment has saved you from sustaining a more serious wound.</p>
<p>'Dammit!' growls Knott, as he leaps from the steps and lands at your side. 'He's found us.' Together you rise and run towards the door, seeking shelter. Knott bangs his fists on its rough timbers and pleads to be allowed in, but to no avail. The door does not open.</p>
<p>'We've gotta get inside,' you say, as you scan the trees beyond the edge of the crater. 'We're sitting ducks out here.'</p>
<choice idref="sect114">If you possess an <typ class="item">HE Grenade</typ>, and wish to use it to attempt to gain entry, <link-text>turn to 114</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You slap Knott on the shoulder and immediately he starts to climb the stairs. The clansmen are now at the door, so hurriedly you descend the steps towards the basement, where you emerge in an underground parking lot. One hundred yards away moonlight reflects on the rippled surface of an exit ramp to the street above and you walk towards it briskly. A sudden noise on the stairs causes you to break into a run, but you are brought to an abrupt halt as two pairs of booted feet appear at the top of the ramp. As the men begin to descend, you slip away to the right and hide between two parked cars.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect315">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 315</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect199">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 199</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You approach the door opposite and find that it is unlocked. Carefully you lift the latch and push it open, and as the light from the corridor illuminates the darkness, you see that it contains two bunk beds and a few other pieces of plain pine furniture. Children's toys, lovingly crafted from wood and bone, line the shelves. You are closing the door when you notice a wooden whistle lying on the top of a clothes trunk.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep the <typ class="item">Whistle</typ>, mark it on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep the <typ class="item">Whistle</typ>, mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item.</p>
<p>Having discovered what lies behind two of the doors in this corridor, you leave the room determined to learn what lies behind the third.</p>
<choice idref="sect32"><link-text>Turn to 32</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lift your G-12 to your shoulder and, as you take aim at the assassin's chest, you see him take up a pair of binocular-like field glasses, which hang from a strap around his neck. He places the bulky lenses to his visor and begins to search the surrounding rooftops. This seems a curious thing to do: the buildings are close, surely he does not need binoculars to be able to see if anyone is standing on top of them?</p>
<p>Then he dips the lenses and scans the ground-floor windows of the courthouse. A sudden chill stabs your heart as you realize that he is not using a regular pair of binoculars: they are sophisticated, enhanced-resolution, image intensifiers. He sees you and immediately you snatch the trigger, fearful that you have left your burst of fire too late.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect346">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect4">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Knife (2)</li>
<li><typ class="item">Whistle</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Rather than wait for his confederates to find his body, you leave the archway and attempt to find your partner. Knott is crouched in hiding beneath an archway further south. He sees you as you pass and attracts your attention by whispering your name. The discovery of the handler and his dead dogs sends the clansmen into a frenzy of activity and immediately they launch a manhunt. Fortunately, they start by searching some distance away, enabling the two of you to slip away unseen.</p>
<choice idref="sect288"><link-text>Turn to 288</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You peer along the ground at the truck behind and see the captain crouching beneath it, signalling to you to place your contact mine in position. The heavy disc locks itself against the dusty tank and you uncover its detonator button carefully. Once again the captain signals and once again you obey his command, this time by pressing the button. As soon as you hear the timing mechanism start to tick, you close your Backpack and make a dash for the truck that Knott has commandeered.</p>
<p>Frankland and Haskell join your escape: the captain is running twenty yards ahead of you and the sergeant, who has had to place two mines, is trailing behind you by about the same distance. Knott sees you in the side mirror and starts the truck, smoke belching from the exhaust pipe as he revs the reluctant engine. The captain reaches the rear and clambers over the tailgate just as a couple of clansmen notice you running and begin shouting wildly. Their screams distract your attention and you fail to notice a metal tool locker that is lying on the ground directly in your path.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect107">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect224">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 224</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Wire Cutters</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Screwdriver</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these Backpack items, adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Captain Frankland is disappointed at having found so little fuel, but Knott assures him that it should be sufficient to enable you to reach Lordsburg and rendezvous with the colony. Once the refuelling has been completed, you climb aboard and set off in a new direction - north, towards a junction with Interstate Freeway 10.</p>
<choice idref="sect183"><link-text>Turn to 183</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>To find yourself looking into the muzzle of your enemy's assault rifle sends a shiver down your spine. You must fire first and make it count if you are to survive this deadly situation.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect20">If your total score is 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect213">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 213</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Suddenly the dog begins to bark - he has seen you. Automatically you cock your gun as the clansman spins around and points his machine pistol at you. Unable to move from your hiding place, you have no choice but to fire at your enemy before he sees you clearly.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect194">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect228">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You bring your rifle to your shoulder and, as you align the sights at the assassin's chest, you see him take up a pair of binocular-like field glasses, which hang from a strap around his neck. He places these bulky lenses to his visor and begins to search the surrounding rooftops. This strikes you as a curious thing to do as the buildings are close: surely he does not need binoculars to be able to see if anyone is standing on top of them?</p>
<p>He dips the lenses and scans the ground floor windows of the courthouse, and a sudden chill stabs your heart as you realize that he is not using a regular pair of binoculars: they are sophisticated, enhanced-resolution, image intensifiers. He sees you and immediately you squeeze the trigger, fearful that you have left your shot too late.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect346">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect4">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Very well then. If we can't ambush 'em on the outside, we'll have to get inside the track and destroy 'em there. It'll make our chances of escape a whole lot shorter, but I agree with you - I reckon we have no choice.'</p>
<p>Having decided on a plan of action, Sergeant Haskell distributes the mines, one to each man. 'Set the timers to five minutes,' he says, and demonstrates how to do this using his own charge. 'They're magnetic, so try to fix them to the fuel tank if possible. Failing that, place them as near to the explosives as you can get.'</p>
<p>You examine the heavy, saucer-like device and then carefully set its clockwork timer, according to Haskell's instructions. Finally, you flick across the safety cover so that it protects the detonator button, and slip the mine inside your Backpack.</p>
- <p>Record the <typ class="item">Contact Mine</typ> on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item. If you already possess the maximum quota of Backpack items, you must discard one article in its favour.</p>
+ <p>Record the <typ class="item">Contact Mine</typ> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item. If you already possess the maximum quota of Backpack items, you must discard one article in its favour.</p>
<choice idref="sect124">To continue, <link-text>turn to 124</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Hastily you flip open your Backpack and remove a handful of dried jackrabbit meat. Knott anticipates what you are planning to do and quickly uncorks his canteen and splashes the stringy meat with water. You hurl it in the direction of the hounds and make a dash for the ruins before the dogs catch sight of you attempting to escape.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total. For every Meal (in excess of one) that you decide to use, add 3 points to your total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total. For every Meal (in excess of one) that you decide to use, add 3 points to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect265">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 265</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect234">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 234</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>After ten hours' deep, uninterrupted sleep, you wake feeling thoroughly refreshed: restore 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. The barricade is still intact and, once it is dismantled, you arm yourself before investigating the six other buildings that comprise the town. All of them are empty and show no signs of having been entered during the night, prompting you to believe that you may, at least for the time being , have given the assassin the slip.</p>
<p>In a shack behind the diner you discover a motorcycle that is in a serviceable condition. The tyres are sound and the gas tank is over half full with gasolene, but its oil level is very low. As you kick start the engine you can only hope that it will get you as far as Tucson before breaking down.</p>
<p>After studying the map you mount your new vehicle and set off, heading north along Highway 666. You have ridden only seven miles when a collapsed bridge forces you to change direction and travel west along an unmarked mountain road. You enjoy the cool breeze whipping through your hair as you ride at speed along this empty trail, and you cover more than twenty miles before coming to a small town where a sign proclaims:</p>
- <p>GLEESON WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS</p>
+ <p><signpost>GLEESON WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect64">If you wish to stop at this mountain town, <link-text>turn to 64</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect50">If you decide to ride through without stopping, <link-text>turn to 50</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You realize at once that the door is far too thick to be blown open by a grenade. However, a closer examination of the air vent reveals that it was once a much larger window that has recently been partially boarded over. Confident that the grenade will destroy this boarding, you wedge it into the vent, set the timer to a five-second delay, and pull the pin.</p>
<p>'Five seconds!' you shout, and immediately Knott throws himself to the ground and covers his head. You copy his actions and wait for the grenade to detonate. It explodes with a dull boom, showering you with dust and charred pine splinters.</p>
- <p>Remember to erase this item from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Remember to erase this item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect28">To continue, <link-text>turn to 28</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>Marine Knott takes the wheel with the captain riding beside him in the cab. Meanwhile, you and the sergeant climb in the back and take up firing positions at the tailgate. Steadily Knott drives towards Columbus, keeping the speed down to avoid arousing too much suspicion. You are sixty yards from the barricade when the captain shouts through the cab partition: 'Hold on men - we're going in!'</p>
<p>You exchange an anxious glance with Sergeant Haskell as the engine roars and the truck picks up speed.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect188">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 188</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect244">If the number is 4-6, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect345">If it is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 345</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>You raise your pistol and take aim at the assassin's chest as he takes up a pair of binocular-like field glasses, which hang from a strap around his neck. He places these bulky lenses to his visor and begins to search the surrounding rooftops. It seems a curious thing to do as the buildings are very close: surely he does not need binoculars to be able to see if anyone is standing on top of them?</p>
<p>He lowers the lenses and scans the ground floor windows of the courthouse, and a sudden chill stabs your heart as you realize that he is not using a regular pair of binoculars: they are sophisticated, enhanced-resolution, image intensifiers. He sees you and immediately you snatch the trigger, fearful that you have left your shot too late.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect346">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect4">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Gently you coax the bike's front wheel over the edge of the steep gully. Then, as it tips forward and gathers speed, you work at the clutch and front brake levers to keep the machine upright and under control. The descent is fast and exciting until you hit a patch of loose shale and feel the front wheel juddering sideways. Then, what moments before was controlled and exhilarating, suddenly becomes a terrifying free-fall.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect235">If your total score 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect34">If your total is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 34</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The tracks lead to a drug store at the centre of the town. It looks as if Kate parked your car here and went inside the store, for there are two lines of foot- prints in the dust, running from the street to the front door.</p>
- <p>The others wait in the truck while you enter the store. Following in Kate's footsteps, you arrive at some empty places on the store's shelves. She was after medical supplies, although she was selective about what she took. The shelves still hold a few medicines and other medical supplies - enough for two Medi- kit units. (If you wish to keep these, remember to mark them on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.)</p>
+ <p>The others wait in the truck while you enter the store. Following in Kate's footsteps, you arrive at some empty places on the store's shelves. She was after medical supplies, although she was selective about what she took. The shelves still hold a few medicines and other medical supplies - enough for two Medi- kit units. (If you wish to keep these, remember to mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<p>Having satisfied your curiosity, you go back to the truck and tell the others what you have found. Captain Frankland is anxious to reach Lordsburg before dark, so he orders Knott to turn the truck around and head back to Interstate 10.</p>
<choice idref="sect33"><link-text>Turn to 33</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>You twist the ignition key and pump the gas pedal; you feel a surge of relief when you hear the jeep's sturdy engine growl throatily. A flick of a switch brings the headlights to life and then you are off, accelerating along a narrow street opposite the bus depot that leads to the west side of town.</p>
<p>Most of Mad Dog's clansmen are concentrated around the block of buildings where the truck was discovered, but there are some, most notably the Detroit Lions' scouts, who have taken up lookout positions in other parts of the town. You pass two or three of them on your way through Lordsburg, yet they seem to ignore you. The jeep - with its clan markings - and the darkness, enable you to pass them without challenge.</p>
<p>It is not until you begin your approach to the access ramp of Interstate 10 that you encounter any problem. Soon after your truck was found, Mad Dog despatched a unit of scouts in a pick-up to guard the freeway ramp, just in case. It was a smart move. When the scouts see you approaching, they switch on a spotlight mounted on the roof of the pick-up, above the driver's seat, and catch you in its beam. When a radio call confirms that you are not what you seem, they accelerate towards you in an attempt to run you off the road.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect205">If your total score is 3 or less, <link-text>turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect25">If it is 4-7, <link-text>turn to 25</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect330">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 330</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your weapon arcs towards the clansman, but your aim is poor and it misses him by an arm's length. Alerted by the sound of it hitting the steps, he immediately screams a warning to the guards on the bridge.</p>
- <p>'What the&ellips;' hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face the shouting Mexican. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
+ <p>'What the<ch.ellips/>' hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face the shouting Mexican. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
<p>The clansmen who are guarding the toll bridge rush to their searchlights and train them on the walkway entrance. Within seconds the whole area is bathed in white light, revealing the team and the bodies of the two dead clan sentries. Swiftly the area is surrounded by the enemy, who open fire mercilessly. Unable to find cover or escape from this deadly ambush, all four of you fall victim to the clansmen's guns.</p>
<p>Tragically, your life and your mission end here on the banks of the Rio Grande.</p>
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<p>The door is unlocked. Carefully you lift the latch and push it open, and, as the light from the corridor illuminates the darkness within, you see that the room contains two bunk beds and a few other pieces of plain pine furniture. Children's toys, lovingly crafted from wood and bone, line the shelves. You are closing the door when you notice a wooden whistle lying on the top of a clothes trunk.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep this <typ class="item">Whistle</typ>, mark it on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep this <typ class="item">Whistle</typ>, mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Backpack item.</p>
<choice idref="sect243">If you wish to investigate the door on the opposite side of the corridor, <link-text>turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect287">If you decide to investigate the door at the end of the corridor, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You select a plum-sized chunk of rubble from the bottom of the ditch and whisper to Knott to get ready to make a dash for the freeway. Then you draw back your arm and hurl the rock away to your right, beyond the clansmen's position, and wait for it to hit the ground.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect242">If the number you have picked is 0-5, <link-text>turn to 242</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect221">If the number is 6-9, <link-text>turn to 221</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Map</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>After finishing your search, you leave the courthouse and commandeer Varken's motorcycle. You are anxious to reach Tucson as quickly as you can, so you kick start the machine and speed away from Tombstone, heading north on Highway 80.</p>
<choice idref="sect300"><link-text>Turn to 300</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Rope</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Blanket</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect318">To continue, <link-text>turn to 318</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pick up a steel-framed chair and hurl it at the window. The glass shatters with a deafening crash, leaving a jagged hole through which to escape. Using the barrel of your gun, hastily you clear away the knife-sharp slivers protruding from the window frame before starting to climb through to the fire escape.</p>
<p>You can ill afford the delay. You are half-way through the frame when the clansman and his bloodhound burst into the room.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect271">If your total score is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 271</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect72">If it is 5-8, <link-text>turn to 72</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect179">It it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 179</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The clansman descends the steps with a bow-legged horseman's gait. He is exactly half-way down when he sees the captain kneeling over the body of a dead clan sentry. The sight freezes him in mid-step and his eyes widen with shocked surprise. As he opens his mouth to scream, you draw back your arm and hurl your weapon at his barrel-like chest.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect144">If your total score is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 144</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect51">If it is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 51</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect24">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>To the west, the rockfall is far less steep and you have no difficulty descending to the edge of the gully. With the dust cloud growing nearer by the second, you creep down the final slope towards your motorcycle as fast as you dare. You are expecting to find little more than a twisted heap of scrap metal, so it comes as a welcome surprise to discover that the machine is still in working order. After straigthening the handlebars and the front wheel alignment, you are able to restart the engine and attempt to ride it away.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect281">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 281</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect225">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 225</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You and the captain leave Knott to pay his last respects and walk back to the pick-up to consider your next course of action. Mad Dog Michigan is known to have snipers at his disposal, former HAVOC assassins who operated under him in the years before 'The Day'. If it was one of those professionals who killed Haskell, the chances are that he will not stop until he has finished you all off.</p>
<p>'We've gotta keep moving if we're to stay out of range of this assassin,' says Captain Frankland, as he stares across the landscape. 'I've had experience of these murderers in the past. They're totally ruthless and totally professional.'</p>
<p>Then, as if in answer to his words and your fears, another gunshot echoes across the pine-clad mountains.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect340">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect277">If the number is 4-9, <link-text>turn to 277</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With a much-practised movement, you thumb off the safety catch and bring your pistol to bear on the biker. You start to squeeze the trigger just as the muzzle levels off at a spot two feet above the motorcycle's blazing headlight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect27">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect112">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Bandages and surgical tape, sufficient enough for two Medi-kit units</li>
<li><typ class="item">Rope</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Having satisfied your curiosity, you leave the truck and motion to Marine Knott to continue.</p>
<choice idref="sect138"><link-text>Turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>In this crucial moment between life and death, you are no longer able to think rationally. Your actions are pure reflex and, as you raise your gun to fire, everything seems to be happening in slow motion. For a fleeting moment you feel super-aware, something that the fighters at the OK Corral must have experienced in the first few seconds of their savage encounter. Then all hell breaks loose as your guns spit fire simultaneously.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Shooting skill scores. To this total, add you current <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Shooting skill scores. To this total, add you current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect141">If your total score is 20 or less, <link-text>turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect150">If you total is 21 or more, <link-text>turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Frantically you scramble to your feet and throw yourself out of the path of the oncoming biker as he guns his machine manically straight at the gas pump.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect308">If your total score is 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 308</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect226">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 226</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>When you can no longer see the highway for trees, you rise to your feet and scurry deeper into the forest. Here the air is heavy and still, and the heat is stifling, but at least the trees protect you from the midday sun. For two hours you ascend the pineclad slopes of the Pedregosa Mountains, wending your way steadily westwards towards peaks that are hidden from sight.</p>
<p>Throughout your weary trek, you exchange less than a dozen words with Marine Knott. The grief and the shock you feel play on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to shake them the images of your companions' final moments keep repeating in your mind's eye. Eventually you come to terms with your sense of bereavement, but you cannot escape the ever-present fear that the sniper is somewhere nearby.</p>
<p>By mid-afternoon you discover a trail that cuts through the scrub growing in abundance on the higher slopes. The trail is a welcome discovery, for the scrub is twisted and tough, gnarled and deep-rooted, and difficult to climb. You have been following the trail for less than an hour when it starts to ascend very steeply towards a rugged outcrop of rock.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect94">If your total score is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 94</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect62">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 62</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You take the grenade in your right hand and set its timer to detonate in five seconds. Then you ease out the firing pin and hurl the bomb towards the scrub where you first sighted the sniper.</p>
<p>Slowly you count down from five and, the moment your count is complete, you hear the grenade explode with a shuddering boom. Instantly you leap to your feet and race up the steps. As you clear the crater, you try to make out your destination through the swirling curtain of smoke now hanging between the pines.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add it to your score.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your score.</p>
<choice idref="sect249">If your total score is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 249</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect210">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 210</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Compass</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Signal Flare</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these weapons, ammunition, Medi-kit units or Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these weapons, ammunition, Medi-kit units or Backpack items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>You hide the bodies before entering the gas station to look for the spare ignition unit.</p>
<choice idref="sect273"><link-text>Turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You leave the bedroom and approach the door at the end of the corridor with caution, taking care to tread lightly on the uneven floorboards to avoid making them creak. A small hatch, covered by a sliding panel of plywood, is positioned in the centre of the door at head height: it is a spyhole.</p>
<p>You place your ear to the door, directly below the covered hatch, and hear muffled voices in the room beyond. Although you cannot make out what is being said, you can tell that they are very frightened. Gently you lift the latch, only to discover that the door is locked on the inside.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect46">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect316">If the number is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Hurriedly you haul the clansman's body under the truck and prop him out of sight behind the rear wheels. You then turn your attention to the vehicle ahead. The captain is crouching beneath it, signalling to you to place your contact mine in position. The heavy disc locks itself against the dusty tank and you uncover its detonator button carefully. Once again the captain signals and once again you obey his command, this time by pressing the button. As soon as the timing mechanism starts to tick, you close your Backpack and make a dash for the truck that Knott has commandeered.</p>
<p>Frankland and Haskell join your escape: the captain is running twenty yards ahead of you and the sergeant, who has had to place two mines, is trailing behind you by about the same distance. Knott sees you in the side mirror and starts the truck. Smoke belches from the exhaust pipe as he revs the reluctant engine. The captain reaches the rear and clambers over the tailgate just as a couple of clansmen notice you running and start shouting wildly. Their screams distract your attention and you fail to notice a metal tool locker that is lying on the ground directly in your path.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect107">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect224">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 224</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The captain leads the team through the buildings of the immigration control compound, and on towards the iron-framed service walkway. The gate to this section is locked but its rusty padlock is soon dealt with and stealthily you make your crossing. Below your feet, through the cage-like steel floor of the walkway, the waters of the Rio Grande glint in the moonlight. To your right lie the ruined remains of the Cordova Bridge. Its central span collapsed during the post-holocaust years, and the debris now forms an island of broken concrete that parts the waters near the middle of the river. The noisy rush of the water passing over this isle obscures the sound of your footfalls as the team hurries across the walkway towards the Mexican side of the border.</p>
<p>You are less than twenty yards from the exit gate when the captain signals a halt. Silently he points to the end of the walkway, where two clan sentries are standing guard with their backs to the river. 'We've gotta deal with these two quickly and quietly,' he whispers, as he reaches to his boot and unsheathes his black-bladed combat knife.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect67">If the number you have picked is 0-6, <link-text>turn to 67</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect131">If it is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 131</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>As you turn to run, the clansman hurls his crowbar at the middle of your back.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill totals.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth and Perception skill totals.</p>
<choice idref="sect115">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 115</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect40">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 40</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You bring your shotgun to your shoulder, and, as you take aim at the assassin's chest, you see him take up a pair of binocular-like field glasses, which hang from a strap around his neck. He places these bulky lenses to his visor and begins to search the surrounding rooftops. It seems a curious thing to do as the buildings are close: surely he does not need binoculars to be able to see if anyone is standing on top of them?</p>
<p>He dips the lenses and scans the ground floor windows of the courthouse, and a sudden chill stabs your heart as you realize that he is not using a regular pair of binoculars: they are sophisticated, enhanced-resolution image intensifiers. He sees you and immediately you squeeze the trigger, fearful that you have left your shot too late.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect346">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect4">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>As your eyes grow accustomed to the gloom, you see that you have gained access to a small, sweet-smelling store room. Apart from an area occupied by a wooden door, the walls of the room are lined with shelves on which are stored jars of preserved fruits, canned foodstuffs, and pickled vegetables.</p>
- <p>On one shelf alone there is sufficient food for more than fifty Meals. If you wish to take some, remember to mark your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>On one shelf alone there is sufficient food for more than fifty Meals. If you wish to take some, remember to mark your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect127">If you wish to continue to search the room, <link-text>turn to 127</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect334">If you wish to leave the room via the door, <link-text>turn to 334</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You aim and fire at the approaching clansman, the rising barrel of your weapon blocking your target for just an instant. As your gun comes down from its recoil you see him staggering on the steps, his eyes bulging and his hands clamped to his chest. Then his legs buckle and he falls from the stairs to land, with a dull, heavy thud, on the dried-up bank of the Rio Grande.</p>
- <p>'What the&ellips;' hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face you. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
+ <p>'What the<ch.ellips/>' hisses the captain, his eyes wild with anger and fear as he turns to face you. Then, in the next instant, all hell breaks loose.</p>
<p>Alerted by the sound of your gunfire, the clansmen who are guarding the toll bridge immediately rush to their searchlights and train them on the walkway entrance. Within seconds the whole area is bathed in white light, revealing the team, and the bodies of the two dead clan sentries. Swiftly the area is surrounded by the enemy who open fire mercilessly. Unable to find cover or escape from this deadly ambush, all four of you fall victim to the clansmen's guns.</p>
<p>Your life and your mission end here.</p>
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<p>You pump a cartridge into the breech as you bring your shotgun to bear on the leading biker. Your finger starts to squeeze the trigger as the muzzle levels off at a spot two feet above the motorcycle's blazing headlight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect27">If your total score is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect112">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Suddenly something hits you in the back. The impact knocks you flat on your face, and you gash your hands and cheek on the jagged rubble: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
- <p>Although you have been hit by a bullet, you are not seriously wounded. Your Backpack has saved you from fatal injury: the bullet has lodged itself in one of your Medi-kits. (Erase one Medi-kit from you <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. If you have no Medi-kits, erase the first item you have recorded on your list of Backpack items.)</p>
+ <p>Although you have been hit by a bullet, you are not seriously wounded. Your Backpack has saved you from fatal injury: the bullet has lodged itself in one of your Medi-kits. (Erase one Medi-kit from you <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have no Medi-kits, erase the first item you have recorded on your list of Backpack items.)</p>
<p>Breathlessly, you drag your aching body towards the front of the truck and start to help Frankland and Knott clear away the debris that is blocking your escape. A thick, wooden pole, which once supported overhead electricity cables in this part of town, is jammed between the wheel and the truck's front fender. With your help, they are at last able to dislodge it, and Knott braves the gunfire to climb into the cab. The engine starts first time and, as he brings the truck over the mound, you and the captain leap on to the tailgate and pull yourselves aboard.</p>
<p>The street ends at a piece of wasteland, but a few hundred yards beyond lies a highway running east to west. The captain peers through the cabs partition window and gives a harsh laugh when he sees the highway.</p>
<p>'Make for that road and head west,' he commands, and Knott obeys. Then he turns to the sergeant and says, 'It looks like you're finally outvoted, Haskell. We're on our way to Mimbres.'</p>
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<p>The interior of the repair shop looks like a junk yard after a sandstorm. The floor and counters are littered with pieces of electronic equipment that were once praised as the best of their kind during the communications boom that swept the world at the turn of the century. Now these gadgets lie broken and buried beneath a blanket of post-holocaust dust.</p>
- <p>You spend several minutes sifting through the debris, and manage to unearth a <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ> transceiver that still functions. If you choose to keep this item, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>You spend several minutes sifting through the debris, and manage to unearth a <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ> transceiver that still functions. If you choose to keep this item, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect245"><link-text>Turn to 245</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>You fight to maintain control but the handlebars twist out of your grip and you lose your balance. Before you can recover, the front wheel locks and you are thrown forward, head-first over the headlight, to land with a sickening thud at the bottom of the rock-strewn gully.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10). Add 1 point to the number you have picked.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 equals 10). Add 1 point to the number you have picked.</p>
<p>Your total score is equivalent to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you must lose as a result of your fall.</p>
<choice idref="sect307">If, after this accident, you are still alive, <link-text>turn to 307</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The spectators' enclosure offers enough cover for the three of you to reach a position directly opposite the parked trucks without being seen, but the minutes pass slowly as you await an opportunity to dash across the track and plant your mines. Sergeant Haskell and the captain seize the first opportunity and make it across the track safely. Once they are hidden beneath their targets they signal to you to join them as quickly as you can. Four long minutes tick by before you get the chance to reach the first truck. When it comes, you tense yourself like a coiled spring and propel yourself forward, sprinting head-down across the track towards your target. You are within a few feet of the vehicle when a Mexican clansman suddenly appears and walks directly in your path: collision is unavoidable.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Now pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add the number you pick to your combined skill total.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add the number you pick to your combined skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect122">If your final score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 122</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect204">If your final score is 9-13, <link-text>turn to 204</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect333">If your final score is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 333</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You fix your eyes on the trail that disappears into the pines on the far side of the plateau. Taking a deep breath, you launch yourself out of the trees, running as fast as your aching legs will allow.</p>
<p>You are near the middle of the clearing when the silence is shattered once more by the sound of the sniper's rifle.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect8">If the number you have picked is 0-5, <link-text>turn to 8</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect103">If it is 6-9 <link-text>turn to 103</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You watch the assassin remove a banana-shaped magazine from his pocket and insert it in a slot in front of the rifle's trigger guard. Then he shoulders the weapon and takes up a pair of binocular-like field glasses, which hang from a strap around his neck. He places them to his visor and methodically scans the surrounding rooftops. This strikes you as a curious thing to do as the buildings are very close: surely he does not need binoculars to see if anyone is standing on top of them? Then a chill stabs your heart when he scans the first floor windows of the courthouse and you realize that he is not using a regular pair of binoculars: they are sophisticated, high-resolution, image intensifiers.</p>
<p>Immediately you duck back from the window, but you fear that he has already located your position.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect173">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect327">If it is 4-9, <link-text>turn to 327</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As the rock smashes to the ground, you spring out of the ditch, crouching as you run, your eyes fixed on the shadowy archway ahead. You have covered only a few yards when you hear a faint noise somewhere on the road above. There is a flash, then a beam of torchlight pours down from the freeway parapet and comes sweeping towards you.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your current Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your current Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect13">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 13</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect76">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Despite the close proximity of your target, the constant jolting makes it hard to bring the barrel of your rifle to bear. Unable to aim with any degree of accuracy, you are forced to fire into the shadowy area above the motorcycle's blazing headlight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect27">If your total score is now 11 or less, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect112">If it is 12 or more, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>247</title></meta>
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- <p>In the Post Office the air is thick with dust, making it difficult for you to draw breath as you explore the lobby. You find little of practical use here, only a <typ class="item">Fire Extinguisher</typ> and a <typ class="item">Ball of String</typ>. (If you wish to keep either or both items, remember to record them on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>).</p>
+ <p>In the Post Office the air is thick with dust, making it difficult for you to draw breath as you explore the lobby. You find little of practical use here, only a <typ class="item">Fire Extinguisher</typ> and a <typ class="item">Ball of String</typ>. (If you wish to keep either or both items, remember to record them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
<p>On leaving the lobby area, you investigate a small office and make a macabre discovery. Three rag-clad skeletons, all former Post Office staff, are seated at their work stations, their bony frames slumped forwards over the keyboards of their computers. You find the sight disturbing, and when you hear Marine Knott calling to you to come to the rear of the Post Office, you waste no time in responding.</p>
<choice idref="sect129"><link-text>Turn to 129</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Warily you make your way through the streets of Ciudad Juarez, past the derelict stores of the Pronaf Shopping Center, and on towards the Juarez Race Track. The captain knows this border town well, and he is confident that Mad Dog Michigan will take delivery of the explosives at the town's famous dog racing track, which he and the Mexican leader, Santiago, are using as their joint headquarters. Its size and defensive position are ideally suited to their needs.</p>
- <p>From the ruins of a burnt-out cafe located opposite the race track's east gate, you act patiently as lookout while the captain considers the team's next course of action. While you are observing the traffic of men entering and leaving the clan headquarters, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>From the ruins of a burnt-out cafe located opposite the race track's east gate, you act patiently as lookout while the captain considers the team's next course of action. While you are observing the traffic of men entering and leaving the clan headquarters, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect100"><link-text>Turn to 100</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Kate draws her pistol, but before she can take aim, you hear a burst of heavy machine gunfire and see muzzle flashes erupting from the front of Mad Dog's speedster. The heavy-calibre rounds slam into your trunk, and the force of their impact at high speed sends your roadster careering into a skid.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect41">If your total score is now 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 41</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect161">If it is 7-10, <link-text>turn to 161</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect321">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 321</link-text>.</choice>
<p>You wake shortly after dawn feeling thoroughly refreshed after ten hours' uninterrupted sleep: restore 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. The barricade is still intact and, once it is dismantled, you arm yourself and investigate the cabin above. Nothing has been touched during the night, prompting you to believe that you may, at least for the time being, have given the assassin the slip.</p>
<p>After eating breakfast, you set about unpacking and constructing the motorcycle. There is sufficient gasolene stored in the cellar to fill its tank, but you can find no engine oil. The motorcycle's oil level is very low and you can only hope that it will get you as far as Tucson before breaking down.</p>
<p>After studying the map, you mount your new vehicle and set off along the road, heading west through the Swisshelm Mountains. You enjoy the cool breeze whipping through your hair as you ride at speed along the empty highway, and you cover more than twenty miles before you come to a small town with a sign that proclaims:</p>
- <p>GLEESON WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS</p>
+ <p><signpost>GLEESON WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect64">If you wish to stop at this mountain town, <link-text>turn to 64</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect50">If you decide to ride through without stopping, <link-text>turn to 50</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quickly you drag the clansman's body under the truck and prop him out of sight behind the rear wheels. You then turn your attention to the vehicle behind. The captain is crouching beneath it, signalling to you to place your contact mine in position. The heavy disc locks itself against the dusty tank and you uncover its detonator button carefully. Once again the captain signals and once again you obey his command, this time by pressing the button. As soon as the timing mechanism starts to tick, you close your Backpack and make a dash for the truck that Knott has commandeered.</p>
<p>Frankland and Haskell join your escape: the captain is running twenty yards ahead of you and the sergeant, who has had to place two mines, is trailing behind you by about the same distance. Knott sees you in the side mirror and starts the truck, smoke belching from the exhaust pipe as he revs the reluctant engine. The captain reaches the rear and clambers over the tailgate just as a couple of clansmen notice you running and start shouting wildly. Their screams distract your attention and you fail to notice a metal tool locker that is lying on the ground directly in your path.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect107">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect224">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 224</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The fire escape offers no solution: its ladder descends to the main street. There is only one way off the roof and that is to jump to the neighbouring building fifteen feet away. After jamming the roof door to delay the clansmen for as long as possible, the captain leads the escape. The others throw their guns and equipment across and then make the jump safely. You are making the run-up to your jump when you hear a loud burst of gunfire and see the roof door collapse, shot off its hinges.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score (ignoring any encumbrance penalties you have due to the number of Backpack items you possess). Now pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add this figure to your score.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth skill total and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score (ignoring any encumbrance penalties you have due to the number of Backpack items you possess). Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add this figure to your score.</p>
<choice idref="sect45">If your total score is 18 or less, <link-text>turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect349">If your total is 19-22, <link-text>turn to 349</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect130">If it is 23 or more, <link-text>turn to 130</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Suddenly you notice a bullet wound to the side of the biker's head and realize that he is dead. He is slumped forward over the handlebars in a racing pose, his right hand locked on the throttle and his weight balanced to keep the machine upright and fixed in a straight line.</p>
<p>You scramble to your feet and throw yourself out of the path of the dead biker as relentlessly his machine approaches the gas pump.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect308">If your total score is 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 308</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect118">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 118</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The ignition unit is lying on a work bench, exactly where Knott saw it when he first searched this section of the gas station. He examines it carefully and begins to smile. 'This'll do the job f' sure,' he says, and slips the unit into the pocket of his combat jacket.</p>
<p>The thought of having to walk back to the truck in the blistering afternoon sun fills you both with dread. Then you remember the clansman's motorcycle, and you too begin to smile. Using the bike, it takes you little more than fifteen minutes to cover the ten miles of open road between Hachita and the truck. It is an exhilarating experience, made doubly so when, as you approach the truck, Haskell and Frankland mistake you for clan scouts and open fire at you with their machine pistols.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect331">If your total score is 3 or less, <link-text>turn to 331</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect168">If it is 4-7, <link-text>turn to 168</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect60">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 60</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect95">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 95</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect322">If it is 4-8, <link-text>turn to 322</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect255">If it is 9, <link-text>turn to 255</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You leave the room and approach the door at the end of the corridor with caution, taking care to tread lightly on the uneven floorboards to avoid making them creak. A small hatch, covered by a sliding panel of plywood, is positioned in the centre of the door at head height. You guess that it is a spyhole.</p>
<p>You place your ear to the door, directly below the covered hatch, and hear muffled voices in the room beyond. Although you cannot make out what is being said, you can tell that they are very frightened. Gently you lift the latch, only to discover that the door is locked on the inside.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect46">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect316">If the number is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Only the centre of the race track is lit, enabling you to approach a position directly opposite the trucks without being seen. But the minutes pass slowly as you await an opportunity to dash across the track and plant your mines. Sergeant Haskell and the captain seize the first opportunity and make it across the track safely. Once they are hidden beneath their targets they signal to you to join them as quickly as you can. Four long minutes tick by before you get the chance to reach the second truck. When it presents itself, you tense yourself like a coiled spring and propel yourself forward, sprinting head-down across the track towards your target. You are within a few feet of the vehicle when a Mexican clansman suddenly appears and walks directly in your path: a collision is unavoidable.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill total. Now pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add the number you pick to your combined skill total.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill total. Now pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add the number you pick to your combined skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect348">If your final score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 348</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect15">If your final score is 9-13, <link-text>turn to 15</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect140">If your final score is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 140</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Hurriedly you raise your gun and take aim at the approaching rider. He is less than ten yards away when you shoot 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 total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect328">If your total score 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect19">If your total is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 19</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You disappear from his sights before the clan commander can open fire, but the speed of your move may not be enough to save you. This man is an expert shot and his assault rifle is loaded with armour-piercing rounds. He sprays a long burst of fire across the rear of the truck, and, as the first of the bullets punch through the metal tailgate, you flatten yourself to the floor, praying that they will not hit you.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect146">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect157">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You point to the left and motion Knott to follow as you crawl silently along the ditch, away from the clansmen's position. Fifty yards later, you reach a drainage tunnel. It is impossible to pass any further in this direction, for the roof of the tunnel has collapsed and sealed the entrance.</p>
<p>We'll have to make a run for the freeway,' you whisper. 'I'll lead.'</p>
<p>When the coast looks clear, you clamber out of the ditch and move forward, crouching as you run, your eyes fixed on a shadowy archway ahead. You have covered only a few yards when you hear a faint noise somewhere on the freeway above. There is, a flash, then a beam of torchlight pours down from the barrier parapet and sweeps across your path.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your current Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, and add to it your current Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect162">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect259">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 259</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lean over and look along the ground at the truck ahead. There you see the captain, crouching beneath it, who signals to you to place your contact mine in position. The heavy disc locks itself against the dusty tank with a reassuring clunk, and you uncover its detonator button carefully. Once again the captain signals and once again you obey his command, this time by pressing the button. As soon as you hear the timing mechanism begin to tick, you close your Backpack and make a dash for the truck that Knott has commandeered.</p>
<p>Frankland and Haskell join your escape: the captain is running twenty yards ahead of you and the sergeant, who has had to place two mines, is trailing behind you by about the same distance. Knott sees you in the side mirror and starts the truck, smoke belching from the exhaust pipe as he revs the reluctant engine. The captain reaches the rear and clambers over the tailgate just as a couple of clansmen notice you running and start shouting wildly. Their screams distract your attention and you fail to notice a metal tool locker that is lying on the ground directly in your path.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect107">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect224">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 224</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>These scouts are part of a group that were based in Ciudad Juarez. You notice that each machine carries a radio and you realize that they must have been directed by Mad Dog Michigan to intercept you. Several of their closest comrades died at the Juarez Race Track and they have sworn to avenge their deaths by wiping you out.</p>
<p>'Get going, Cal!' shouts Captain Frankland, as he drops the now empty can and leaps into the jeep. You start the engine and accelerate straight at the oncoming wedge of bikers. They see you and part formation, firing their pistols at point-blank range as they stream past on either side.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect285">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect116">If your total is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 116</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Flexible Saw</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Signal Flare</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect158">To continue, <link-text>turn to 158</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The dog begins to whine excitedly. He lopes into the room, following the trail of your scent towards the window where he paces back and forth until his master calls him to heel. Quickly he obeys, the scars on his body bearing testimony to past punishments for reacting too slowly to his master's command. You hear the clansman approaching, then see him standing at the window staring out at the fire escape. Thoughtfully he scratches his unshaven chin, then calls his dog once more and turns to leave.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Field Craft totals. Then pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 = 10).</p>
- <choice idref="sect297">If your total skill score is equal to, or less than, the number you have picked from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect84">If your total skill score is greater than the number you picked from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Field Craft totals. Then pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (in this instance 0 = 10).</p>
+ <choice idref="sect297">If your total skill score is equal to, or less than, the number you have picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect84">If your total skill score is greater than the number you picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Nice work, Cal,' says Captain Frankland, as he climbs into the back of the Toyota.</p>
<p>'Yeah, well done,' says Haskell, echoing the captain's sentiments. 'I sure weren't looking forward to hoofin' it all the way t' Tucson, I can tell you.'</p>
<p>He vaults into the back beside the captain then extends his right hand to help you aboard. You are reaching out to grip his palm when you hear the sharp crack of a gunshot. Haskell raises his hand to his forehead, a look of shocked surprise registering on his strong, angular face. Then his eyes roll back to reveal just the whites, and a trickle of blood oozes from a neat hole two inches above his nose. He wavers and then falls limply across the tailgate.</p>
- <p>For an unknown length of time you stare at Haskell's face, oblivious to your surroundings, until the frantic thumping of your heart begins to subside. A sick feeling hits you in waves and you are unable to move. Then you feel yourself being lifted and pulled into the truck by the front of your leather jacket. Captain Frankland is screaming at Knott to drive away as fast as he can. As the back wheels spin and the Toyota begins to accelerate, the horror of witnessing Haskell's death at such close quarters makes you shiver with shock: lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>For an unknown length of time you stare at Haskell's face, oblivious to your surroundings, until the frantic thumping of your heart begins to subside. A sick feeling hits you in waves and you are unable to move. Then you feel yourself being lifted and pulled into the truck by the front of your leather jacket. Captain Frankland is screaming at Knott to drive away as fast as he can. As the back wheels spin and the Toyota begins to accelerate, the horror of witnessing Haskell's death at such close quarters makes you shiver with shock: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The truck races out of Rodeo and within minutes you are crossing the state border into Arizona. Respectfully, Captain Frankland covers the sergeant's face with his combat jacket, and, although your minds are full of unanswered questions, you say nothing to each other until Knott brings the truck to a halt at the edge of a great expanse of mountain timberland once known as the Coronado National Forest.</p>
<p>'It must have been a clan sniper,' says Frankland, his voice uncharacteristically quiet. 'I didn't see a thing, did you?'</p>
<p>You and Knott shake your heads silently, both deeply saddened by the loss of your brave companion. For Knott it is a specially bitter blow, for he and Haskell survived the post-holocaust years together at the WDL base in Brownsville, Texas.</p>
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<p>Aiming from the hip, you bring your G-12 machine pistol to bear on the leading biker, your finger starting to squeeze as the muzzle levels off at a spot two feet above the motorcycle's blazing headlight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill total.</p>
<choice idref="sect27">If your total score is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect112">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You retrieve the flare from your Backpack and carefully examine the instructions printed along its side. It is an aerial flare, designed to shoot a burning core of red fire 300 feet into the sky. if you intend to use it to distract the sniper, you will need to fire it straight at him.</p>
<p>The sniper's position is etched clearly in your mind. Nervously you grasp the signal flare tube and take hold of its pull-cord, then you spring to your feet and fire. It recoils in your hand, sending a blaze of red fire surging towards the assassin's position. The moment you see it strike the scrub, you discard the smouldering tube and race up the steps. As you clear the crater you try to make out your destination through the swirling curtain of red smoke now masking the pines.</p>
- <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add it to your score.</p>
+ <p>Add together your Stealth and Perception skill totals. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add it to your score.</p>
<choice idref="sect249">If your total score is now 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 249</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect210">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 210</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You tell the others that you think the team should attempt to break through the Columbus road block.</p>
- <p>'Well, it looks like we got ourselves what the French call an 'impasse',' says the captain, as he reaches to the breast pocket of his combat jacket. 'There's only one way to solve this&ellips;' So saying, he withdraws a coin - a commemorative AD2000 silver dollar.</p>
+ <p>'Well, it looks like we got ourselves what the French call an 'impasse',' says the captain, as he reaches to the breast pocket of his combat jacket. 'There's only one way to solve this<ch.ellips/>' So saying, he withdraws a coin - a commemorative AD2000 silver dollar.</p>
<p>'Heads we hit Columbus; tails we avoid it,' he says, and flips the coin into the air.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect262">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 262</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect37">If it is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You leap across the gap and reach the far ledge, but your toes slip on the dusty mortar and you fall crashing to your knees: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point. The others rush forward to grab your arms, but they are forced to duck when the clansmen open fire. Ricochets dislodge sections of the ledge where you are crouching and suddenly it gives way. Your stomach heaves as you feel yourself falling. Frantically, you throw up your hands to grab the roof's edge. You make it, and hold firm, but you are left dangling in mid-air while a firefight rages across the rooftops.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect187">If the number you have picked is 0, <link-text>turn to 187</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect208">If it is 1-4, <link-text>turn to 208</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect284">If it is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</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>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>+ 1) He</quote> with <quote>+1). He</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote><ch.plus/> 1) He</quote> with <quote><ch.plus/>1). He</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote> with <quote>Map of New Mexico/Arizona</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect8">8</a>) Replaced <quote>head over heals</quote> with <quote>head over heels</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>antispetics</quote> with <quote>antiseptics</quote>.</p>
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- <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.&ellips;</quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
+ <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.<ch.ellips/></quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
<p>Project Aon would first like to thank Joe Dever for making this generous offering of the books that we have all loved from the beginning. We would also like to acknowledge the following members of Project Aon for their diligent work:</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="credits">
<dt>Alternate Illustrations</dt>
<dd>JC Alvarez (text illustrations and action charts)<br />Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)<br />Michael Hahn (map)</dd>
<dt>Proofreading</dt>
- <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36&endash;70 and 281&endash;315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106&endash;140 and 211&endash;245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176&endash;210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1&endash;35 and 316&endash;350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71&endash;105, 141&endash;175 and 246&endash;280)</dd>
+ <dd>Mark Laird (Sections 36<ch.endash/>70 and 281<ch.endash/>315)<br />Christian Leonhard (Sections 106<ch.endash/>140 and 211<ch.endash/>245)<br />Brad Phelps (Sections 176<ch.endash/>210)<br />Michael Richey (Sections 1<ch.endash/>35 and 316<ch.endash/>350)<br />Tyson Torres (Sections 71<ch.endash/>105, 141<ch.endash/>175 and 246<ch.endash/>280)</dd>
<dt>Editing</dt>
- <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Klöcker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
+ <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
<dt>PDF Layout</dt>
- <dd>Ingo Klöcker</dd>
+ <dd>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</dd>
<dt>Coordination</dt>
<dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
<dt>Special Thanks</dt>
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<data>
- <p>Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play, it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
-<!--
- <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="sskills1">
- <meta>
- <title>Survival Skills</title>
- <link class="prev" idref="gamerulz" />
- <link class="next" idref="equipmnt" />
- </meta>
+ <p>Before embarking on your adventure, you must first determine your personal characteristics and the weapons and provisions with which you are equipped. On pages 6 and 7 you will find an <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> on which to record and amend these details as the adventure unfolds. For ease of use during play, it is recommended that you photocopy these pages.</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> at the back of this book. 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>
- <data>
- <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>
- <dl>
- <dt>Driving</dt>
- <dd>Your ability to control powered vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles and trucks.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Shooting</dt>
- <dd>Your familiarity and experience in the use of missile weapons, such as pistols, machine pistols, shotguns and rifles.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Field craft</dt>
- <dd>Your knowledge and experience of all aspects of outdoor survival.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Stealth</dt>
- <dd>Your physical fitness, the speed of your reflexes and your dexterity.</dd>
- </dl>
- <dl>
- <dt>Perception</dt>
- <dd>Your intelligence, your ability to evaluate information, your education and your mental alertness.</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <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>. (In your first 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 you complete successfully the mission set in Book 1 of the Freeway Warrior series, you may add an additional 4 points to your Survival Skills in Book 2. These additional points, together with any equipment and provisions that you possess at the end of Book 1, may then be used in the next Freeway Warrior adventure, which is called Slaughter Mountain Run.</p>
- </data>
- </section>
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<section class="frontmatter-separate" id="sskills">
<meta>
<title>Survival Skills</title>
<data>
<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>
+ <p>Listed on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> are your five basic survival skills:</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="driving">
<meta><title>Driving</title></meta>
</section>
<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>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>
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</section>
<li><typ class="item">FLEXIBLE SAW</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">SIGNAL FLARE</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
+ <p>List the items you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have picked four items, adjust your current Stealth level accordingly.</p>
<p>Opportunities may arise during your adventure for you to pick up useful items. These items will appear in the text in bold print and, unless you are instructed otherwise, they can be stored and carried in your Backpack.</p>
- <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You will need to eat regularly. If you do not possess any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>Medi-kit</title></meta>
<data>
<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 iodine 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>
+ <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>
</data>
</section>
<section class="frontmatter" id="canteen">
<meta><title>Water Canteen</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Water is essential to life, and your life will depend on having a sufficient, uncontaminated supply. You will need to drink regularly during your adventure. One drink is equivalent to half a pint and your canteen holds exactly two pints of water: enough for one day's needs. When instructed to drink, be sure to tick off one box in the Water section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you do not have any Water when instructed to drink, you must lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
</data>
</section>
<section class="frontmatter" id="close">
<meta><title>Close Combat Weapons</title></meta>
<data>
- <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>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>
</data>
</section>
<li>SHOTGUN</li>
<li>RIFLE</li>
</ul>
- <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>In order to be able to use a missile weapon, you must have sufficient ammunition of the correct calibre. The following list shows the calibre of each weapon, the amount that is used every time the weapon is fired, and the number of rounds that you possess at the start of your adventure:</p>
-<!--
-Calibre Rate of Fire Initial No. of Rounds
-PISTOL 9mm 1 8
-MACHINE PISTOL 9mm 6 30
-SHOTGUN 12-gauge 1 4
-RIFLE 7.62mm 1 4
--->
-
-
- <p><strong>PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 8</p>
- <p><strong>MACHINE PISTOL</strong> Calibre: 9mm, Rate of Fire: 6, Initial No. of Rounds: 30</p>
- <p><strong>SHOTGUN</strong> Calibre: 12-gauge, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p><strong>RIFLE</strong> Calibre: 7.62mm, Rate of Fire: 1, Initial No. of Rounds: 4</p>
- <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th></th>
+ <th>Calibre</th>
+ <th>Rate of Fire</th>
+ <th>Initial No. of Rounds</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>MACHINE PISTOL</td>
+ <td>9mm</td>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>30</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>SHOTGUN</td>
+ <td>12-gauge</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>RIFLE</td>
+ <td>7.62mm</td>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>The initial number of rounds should be noted in the Ammo Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. Missile weapons cannot be used if you run out of ammunition or possess rounds of the wrong calibre. However, the opportunity may arise for you to replenish your supply of ammunition and/or discover a weapon of the correct calibre.</p>
<p>You may carry a maximum of three missile weapons. However, for every missile weapon that you carry (excluding your initial choice), you must reduce your Stealth level by 1 point.</p>
</data>
</meta>
<data>
- <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>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>
+ <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>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>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>Subtract the <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class='attribute'>CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of +1 (19 − 18 = +1). He notes this +1 on his <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Example<br />Cal Phoenix (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 17) is attacked by a Renegade Clansman (<typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> 18). He is not given the opportunity to evade close combat, but must stand and fight his adversary. Cal Phoenix is armed with a Hunting Knife, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total CLOSE COMBAT SKILL of 19.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Renegade Clansman's <typ class="attribute">CLOSE COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>1 (19 <ch.minus/> 18 = <ch.plus/>1). He notes this <ch.plus/>1 on his <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</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>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 Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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 +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>Turn to the Close Combat Results Table on the inside back cover of the book. 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:
<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>
+ <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>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, 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>
<section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
<meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
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- <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class='attribute'>ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of that particular section allows you to do so.</p>
+ <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade close combat. If you have already engaged in a round of close combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All ENDURANCE points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored; only Cal Phoenix may lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but that is the risk of running away! You may evade combat only if the text of that particular section allows you to do so.</p>
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<p>Using Rickenbacker's transceiver, Cutter attempts to call up Pop Ewell and anxiously you await the response.</p>
- <p>At first, nothing but the crackle of static pours from the transceiver's tiny speaker, but then it clears and you hear Pop's voice coming through loud and clear: We've made it &ellips; we've arrived!'</p>
+ <p>At first, nothing but the crackle of static pours from the transceiver's tiny speaker, but then it clears and you hear Pop's voice coming through loud and clear: We've made it <ch.ellips/> we've arrived!'</p>
<p>The message puts a smile back on all your faces. Cutter is about to reply when there is a terrific flash and a loud explosion. All of you are hurled backwards to the floor as the door of the lodge is blown open by the blast of a grenade.</p>
<choice idref="sect283"><link-text>Turn to 283</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The darkness makes it difficult to take accurate aim, but as soon as the shadowy clan group appears at the other end of your barrel, you squeeze the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect98">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 98</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect285">If your total score is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A close examination of the keyhole reveals that the doors are held by a five-lever Matthews deadlock: picking this lock will not be easy.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score.</p>
<p>If you possess a Dagger (2), a <typ class="item">Tool Kit</typ>, or <typ class="item">Screwdriver</typ>, add 3 points to your total.</p>
<choice idref="sect130">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 130</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect277">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 277</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The moment you input the correct number, there is a faint click and the whirr of a hydraulic lock as it disengages. The vault door opens easily and inside you find what you have come here for: Atropine.</p>
- <p>You take the tub of Atropine tablets and check that its seal is intact; then you slip the tub into your pocket as you hurry out of the store and retrace your steps all the way back to the hospital exit. (You need not make a record of the Atropine on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.)</p>
+ <p>You take the tub of Atropine tablets and check that its seal is intact; then you slip the tub into your pocket as you hurry out of the store and retrace your steps all the way back to the hospital exit. (You need not make a record of the Atropine on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
<p>As you leave the hospital and make your way back to your car, an armed clansman with a solar torch comes walking across the lot. You freeze in your tracks, then hide behind one of the wrecked autos. Judging from the direction in which he is walking, there is a strong possibility that he will catch sight of your roadster before you reach it.</p>
<choice idref="sect284">If you wish to sneak up and ambush the clansman before he reaches the roadster, <link-text>turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect16">If you choose to stay where you are and observe his movements, <link-text>turn to 16</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Now add together your Stealth and Field Craft skill scores and add this total to the number you have picked.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Now add together your Stealth and Field Craft skill scores and add this total to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect348">If your total score is now 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 348</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect258">If your total score is now 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 258</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The first you see of Ajo is a battered city-limits sign looming out of the dusty darkness. Night has now fallen, although visibility was already so poor that you hardly notice the transition from day to night. Buildings appear as grey silhouettes, featureless and indistinguishable from one another. Suddenly the fear strikes you that you may never find the Ajo hospital, and therefore the vital Atropine, in time to save Kate's life.</p>
<p>You have no idea where the hospital is located, so you decide to try to find a town map. You bring your car around and point it at the nearest building so that the headlights illuminate a sign that is fixed to the wall. It reads:</p>
- <p>AJO RANGER STATION</p>
+ <p><signpost>AJO RANGER STATION</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect228">If you wish to enter this building, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect327">If you decide to continue along the highway, <link-text>turn to 327</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You 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>
+ <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="sect233">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A swarthy Lion's scout, dressed in a leather riding suit that is adorned with a necklace of bears' teeth strung around his throat, comes rushing up the slope towards you, his machine pistol spitting fire. Coolly you raise your pistol and take aim at his heart as his bullets whistle and whine about your ears.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect328">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect271">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 271</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>43</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You tug the transceiver from your backpack, only to discover that its power-pac has been smashed by a ricochet. (Delete the <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ> from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.) The unit, having stopped a rifle bullet, has probably saved your life, but without a serviceable radio you are now unable to warn the convoy about the ambush.</p>
+ <p>You tug the transceiver from your backpack, only to discover that its power-pac has been smashed by a ricochet. (Delete the <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ> from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.) The unit, having stopped a rifle bullet, has probably saved your life, but without a serviceable radio you are now unable to warn the convoy about the ambush.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker glances at the broken transceiver and shakes his head. 'They'll be here in less than five minutes,' he says, cocking his machine pistol. 'Let's see what we can do to make their welcome a little more friendly, shall we?'</p>
<p>With that he rises from his knees and empties an entire magazine at the clansmen's position. While he is firing, you chance a glance over the wing of the Roadster and see an alley lying directly opposite. It runs beside the cinema on which the clansmen are positioned. A black, perspex awning covers most of its length, hiding it from view of the surrounding rooftops.</p>
<p>When you look back, Rickenbacker is busy reloading. You tap his arm and point to the alley, saying, 'I'm goin' t' try an' get around the back. Cover me.'</p>
<p>He grunts approvingly. The moment he reopens fire, you break cover and sprint towards the alley as fast as your legs and your lungs will allow. You are ten yards from its welcoming darkness when bullets start to thud into the ground around your feet.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect162">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect292">If your total score is 6-9, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect12">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 12</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You have no choice but to try to find your way to the medical storage facility in total darkness. With one hand on the corridor wall, you progress slowly, feeling your way along the route you memorized from the hospital plan.</p>
<p>At length you reach a door that you feel certain is the entrance to the storage facility, and a twist of the handle reveals that it is unlocked.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Perception skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Perception skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total.</p>
<choice idref="sect140">If the total score is 29 or less, <link-text>turn to 140</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect279">If the total score is 30 or more, <link-text>turn to 279</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Tow Chain</typ> (10ft length)</li>
<li><typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect155">To leave the workshop and return to your roadster to await the arrival of the convoy, <link-text>turn to 155</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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>
<choice idref="sect240">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 240</link-text>.</choice>
<li><typ class="item">Tool Kit</typ></li>
<li>Enough food for one Meal</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>After checking that the two Outlaws were alone, you leave the bridge and go north in search of a suitable place to cross the Santa Rosa Wash.</p>
<choice idref="sect339"><link-text>Turn to 339</link-text>.</choice>
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<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 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>
- <p>LUKE AIR FORGE RANGE</p>
- <p>GARCIA WELL</p>
- <p>US. GOVT. PROPERTY - KEEP OUT!</p>
+ <p><signpost>LUKE AIR FORGE RANGE</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>GARCIA WELL</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>US. GOVT. PROPERTY - KEEP OUT!</signpost></p>
<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>
<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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<p>You pull off the freeway and follow the service road towards a diner, the largest building in the rest-stop complex, and park your roadster as near to the entrance as possible. The diner has been vandalized by clansmen, and broken furniture and shattered glass litter its tiled floor. The strong smell of liquor wafts from the kitchen area and Rickenbacker says it warrants a closer look. He leads the way, his footfalls crunching loudly on the glass-strewn floor as he heads optimistically towards the kitchen's double doors.</p>
<p>'I feel kinda thirsty all of a sudden,' he says, as he pushes open the doors and strides into the darkened kitchen area. You are about to reply when a bottle comes flying through the air and smashes against the wall, missing your head by inches.</p>
- <p>'What the &ellips; !' shouts your partner. He reaches for his machine pistol, but before he can unsling it from his shoulder, a dark shape leaps out from the shadows and pulls him roughly to the floor. Instinctively, you rush forward to help him, only to find yourself confronted by a drunken clansman wielding a broken bottle. He lets out a scream and a fetid gust of liquor-soaked breath assails your nostrils. You recoil in disgust and avoid being hit as viciously he stabs the bottle at your face.</p>
+ <p>'What the <ch.ellips/> !' shouts your partner. He reaches for his machine pistol, but before he can unsling it from his shoulder, a dark shape leaps out from the shadows and pulls him roughly to the floor. Instinctively, you rush forward to help him, only to find yourself confronted by a drunken clansman wielding a broken bottle. He lets out a scream and a fetid gust of liquor-soaked breath assails your nostrils. You recoil in disgust and avoid being hit as viciously he stabs the bottle at your face.</p>
<combat><enemy>Daytona</enemy><enemy-attribute class="closecombatskill">13</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">22</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect148">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 148</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Beyond the door you discover an old locker room that served as a changing area and equipment store for the fire department officers and paramedics who were once stationed here. A quick search uncovers a Fire Extinguisher, a Fire Axe (3), and enough medical supplies for three Medi-kit units.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect19">To leave the fire station and continue, <link-text>turn to 19</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you drive nearer, Rickenbacker takes up his machine pistol in expectation of trouble. The clansman appears to be alone, and you notice that there is only one motorcycle parked beside the cabin from which he emerged. This cabin stands at the entrance to what was once a state-run campsite.</p>
<p>After only a few seconds, the clansman's smile wears thin, to be replaced by a look of horror the moment he realizes that you are not what you seem. With a cry of anguish he turns and runs through the campsite entrance.</p>
<p>'He's seen us,' hisses Rickenbacker. 'Quick Cal, let's get him before he gets away!' Hurriedly you put your foot down and drive through the entrance way. Beyond lies a cluster of log cabins, grouped in a horseshoe formation around a central parking area. As you squeal to a halt, the clansman is nowhere to be seen.</p>
- <p>'We've gotta find him &ellips; and quick!' says Rickenbacker, leaping from the passenger door. 'You search one side of the camp and I'll search the other.'</p>
+ <p>'We've gotta find him <ch.ellips/> and quick!' says Rickenbacker, leaping from the passenger door. 'You search one side of the camp and I'll search the other.'</p>
<choice idref="sect120">If you wish to search the cabins on the south side of the campsite, <link-text>turn to 120</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect323">If you wish to search the cabins on the north side of the campsite, <link-text>turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>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>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect55">If the number you have picked is 0-2, <link-text>turn to 55</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect238">If the number is 3-9, <link-text>turn to 238</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect201">If your total is 8-10, <link-text>turn to 201</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect329">If your total is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The throaty roar of the engine and the crackle of the clansman's gunfire fills your ears as they speed nearer and nearer. Clearly they intend to ram you out of their path. For a moment, as the car mounts the ramp, the dust clears and you glimpse the tyre: it is the moment you have been waiting for.</p>
<p>'Make it count!' you cry, as 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>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect194">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect264">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 264</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You bring your 12-gauge Brushmaster up to your shoulder and peer along the barrel. The blond-haired clansman is already half-way up the short flight of steps that ascend into the bus. Immediately you pull the trigger, hoping to stop him before he disappears from sight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect313">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect192">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 192</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Tool kit</li>
<li>Engine Oil</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you decide to keep either or both of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you decide to keep either or both of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect300">To leave the shop and rejoin Rickenbacker, <link-text>turn to 300</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The darkness makes it difficult to pinpoint the shadowy clan group with any accuracy, so you trust to your skill with a machine pistol and fire a burst from the hip.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Perception skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Perception skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect205">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect132">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 132</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>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>
+ <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>
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<p>The steepness of the embankment is making it difficult for the clansman to maintain his balance. Before he can steady himself to take an aimed shot, you raise your Brushmaster and fire a round at his chest.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score. </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="sect275">If your total score is 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect191">If your total score is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 191</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The moment you have him in your sights, you thumb down the safety-catch and squeeze off a round aimed at his upper torso. The Beretta kicks in your hand and, for a brief moment, you lose sight of your target as the muzzle rises with the recoil.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it you Shooting skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it you Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect94">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 94</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect37">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With a roar, the drums start to explode, showering the warehouse with liquid fire that triggers yet more explosions. With terror in your heart you look for a way to escape from the raging inferno. All you can see, through the billowing smoke and flame, is a staircase leading to an office on the first floor and a corridor marked by a sign that says:</p>
- <p>TEST LABORATORIES THIS WAY</p>
+ <p><signpost>TEST LABORATORIES THIS WAY</signpost></p>
<choice idref="sect343">If you wish to climb the stairs to the office, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect111">If you wish to follow the corridor to the test laboratories, <link-text>turn to 111</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With your eyes fixed on the fleeing clansman, you weave your way through the barbecue ranges and set off after him. Rickenbacker, having reloaded a fresh magazine, gets up and begins to follow.</p>
<p>The clansman reaches the restaurant cabin just as you emerge on to a track on the far side of the barbecue area. Then an unexpected burst of gunfire from the cabin doorway makes you dive for cover, and, moments later, you see something round and black fly out from the doorway and land on the path just a few yards away to your right.</p>
<p>'Grenade!' shouts Rickenbacker, and he dives to the ground with his hands over his head.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect197">If the number you have picked is even (2, 4, 6, 8, 0), <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect73">If the number you have picked is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), <link-text>turn to 73</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Let's try over there,' you say, motioning to the north as you slump back into your seat.</p>
<p>Driving as slowly as you dare in order not to stir up any dust and give away your position, you reach the old cattle barn and find it deserted. Rickenbacker pulls open its huge double doors and you park inside.</p>
<p>Once you have switched off the engine, you join Rickenbacker at the knot-holed timber wall in time to see the two clan bikers stopping at the approach to the bridge.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect117">If the number you have picked is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 117</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect180">If the number is 4-9, <link-text>turn to 180</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You cock your gun and stand to the side of the lock to reduce the risk of being hit by a ricochet. Then you take aim at the keyhole and squeeze the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect178">If the number you have picked is 0-6, <link-text>turn to 178</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect79">If the number you have picked is 7-9, <link-text>turn to 79</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The grenade passes over the truck and explodes, throwing little but dust and shrapnel into the air. The dull boom alerts the other clansmen and suddenly all hell breaks loose. They leap to their feet and come running across the bridge, cursing and fumbling for their weapons as they do so. You hobble to the truck and take cover as Rickenbacker, hoping to buy you the precious seconds you need in order to destroy the radio transceiver, opens fire at the approaching clansmen.</p>
<p>As you move along the side of the truck, you notice a keg of blasting powder resting in the back with a self-lighting fuse attached to its top. Rather than attempting to batter the radio to pieces, you decide to blow it up instead. A sharp tug is all that is required to set off the fuse, then you run towards Rickenbacker as fast as your aching foot will allow. As you jump into the ditch, there is a jarring boom and a brilliant flash of bright orange flame as the truck explodes.</p>
- <p>'What the heck&ellips; !' gasps Rickenbacker, stunned by the unexpected force of the second explosion. </p>
+ <p>'What the heck<ch.ellips/> !' gasps Rickenbacker, stunned by the unexpected force of the second explosion. </p>
<p>'They had a keg of blasting powder in the back,' you cry, shouting to make yourself heard above the rumbling echo of the explosion. 'So I pulled 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 take up your gun and prepare to open fire.</p>
<choice idref="sect138"><link-text>Turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
<li>Five rounds of 7.62mm ammunition</li>
<li>Hunting Knife (2)</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect155">To leave the gun store and return to your roadster, <link-text>turn to 155</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The steep slope and loose earth is causing the clansman difficulty as he tries to steady himself to take aim. You see his hesitation as you raise your rifle to your shoulder, fix the sights on his chest, and quickly pull the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect275">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect191">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 191</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pump a double-A target load into the breech of your Brushmaster as you bring the gun up to your shoulder. The instant the traitor appears in front of your foresight, you track him for a few steps then pull the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect94">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 94</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect37">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>109</title></meta>
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- <p>'I count six of them &ellips; and a truck,' says Rickenbacker, as he peers through the dirty windshield at the distant bridge: 'They're from Yuma,' offers Cookie. 'Puma scouts. Probably part of the group that came lookin' for me.'</p>
+ <p>'I count six of them <ch.ellips/> and a truck,' says Rickenbacker, as he peers through the dirty windshield at the distant bridge: 'They're from Yuma,' offers Cookie. 'Puma scouts. Probably part of the group that came lookin' for me.'</p>
<p>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's pick-up can only mean that they are in contact with their base at Yuma. It would not take very long for their leader, Pentagon, to send reinforcements if the scouts radioed that they were under attack. The foul, black waters of the Gila River may look uninviting, but at least they are shallow and fordable, and it would be easy for you to circle around this bridge in the pick-up and cross further upstream, where you could not be seen. However, no matter how shallow the water, the convoy's buses would never make it. No, the only way the convoy is going to reach the Imperial Reservoir is by crossing here at this bridge.</p>
<p>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.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect252">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 252</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect114">If the number is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 114</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>110</title></meta>
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- <p>Thankfully you have an ampoule of snake bite serum in your Medi-kit pouch. With trembling hands, you inject the life-saving serum into your forearm and gradually the pain and the trembling subsides (remember to erase this Medi-kit unit from your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>). Unfortunately, as the serum eradicates the toxins in your blood, it causes you to be violently sick: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Thankfully you have an ampoule of snake bite serum in your Medi-kit pouch. With trembling hands, you inject the life-saving serum into your forearm and gradually the pain and the trembling subsides (remember to erase this Medi-kit unit from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>). Unfortunately, as the serum eradicates the toxins in your blood, it causes you to be violently sick: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>After a few minutes, the sickness disappears, but the side-effects of the serum leave you weak and dehydrated. You must now take two Drinks or lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>As soon as you are able, you take your hard-earned case of food and return with it to your roadster.</p>
<choice idref="sect20"><link-text>Turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
<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 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>
<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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<p>'The Outlaws are attacking!'</p>
<p>Without further warning, two grenades explode simultaneously in the town square and the chatter of machine gunfire 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>
<p>With a determined look in his eyes he raises the gun towards your head.</p>
- <p>'No! &ellips;' you scream, and you close your eyes as his finger snatches repeatedly at the trigger.</p>
+ <p>'No! <ch.ellips/>' you scream, and you close your eyes as his finger snatches repeatedly at the trigger.</p>
<choice idref="sect282"><link-text>Turn to 282</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The crackle of the clansmen's gunfire fills your ears as their car speeds nearer and nearer. It holds to the centre of the road: clearly they intend to ram you out of their path.</p>
<p>'Make it count!' you cry, as you open fire. You feel your gun recoil and in the next instant you see their windshield crack and shatter.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect194">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect264">If it is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 264</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The shock of being caught by your vehicle's lights soon gives way to suspicion, and then anger. One of the clansmen shakes his fist and shouts abuse at you. His partner tells him to forget it and get inside out of the storm, but he ignores the advice and starts walking towards you.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect317">If the number you have picked is 0-4, <link-text>turn to 317</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect266">If it is 5-9, <link-text>turn to 266</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'You go left,' you whisper, 'and I'll go right. Circle him, OK?'</p>
<p>'OK,' comes your partner's terse reply, and then he moves off, using the scrub to cover his approach to the bridge.</p>
<p>You adopt the same tactic and close in on the bridge until you can see the man clearly. He is crouching close to the tent, his thin, bearded face twitching and awash with sweat. Then he catches sight of Rickenbacker and he panics, throwing down his shotgun and taking off across the bridge at a run. You chase after him and bring him down near the middle of the bridge with a tackle that would once have earned you a try-out with the L.A. Raiders. It slams him to the ground and empties the air from his lungs.</p>
- <p>'Don't &ellips; hurt &ellips; me &ellips;' he gasps. 'I'm not gonna hurt you, bud,' you reply, and pull him to his feet. As you are bringing him back across the bridge, Rickenbacker approaches from the scrub.</p>
+ <p>'Don't <ch.ellips/> hurt <ch.ellips/> me <ch.ellips/>' he gasps. 'I'm not gonna hurt you, bud,' you reply, and pull him to his feet. As you are bringing him back across the bridge, Rickenbacker approaches from the scrub.</p>
<p>'OK, wise guy,' he says, pretending to be angry. 'Who are you and what are you doin' here?'</p>
<choice idref="sect100"><link-text>Turn to 100</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you bring the truck to a halt, Rickenbacker takes up his machine pistol in expectation of trouble. The clansman seems to be alone, and you notice that there is only one motorcycle parked beside the cabin from which he emerged. This cabin stands at the entrance to what was once a state-run campsite.</p>
<p>After a few seconds, the clansman's smile wears thin. He takes up a pair of binoculars, which are hanging around his neck, and focuses them on your truck. With a start, he drops them, turns, and runs through the campsite entrance.</p>
<p>'He's seen us!' hisses Rickenbacker. 'Quick Cal, let's get him before he gets away.'</p>
- <p>Hurriedly you put your foot down and drive through the entrance gate. Beyond lies a cluster of log cabins, grouped in a horseshoe formation around a central parking area. As you squeal to a halt, the clansman is nowhere to be seen. 'We've gotta find him&ellips;, and quick!' says Rickenbacker, leaping from the passenger door. 'You search one side of the camp and I'll search the other.'</p>
+ <p>Hurriedly you put your foot down and drive through the entrance gate. Beyond lies a cluster of log cabins, grouped in a horseshoe formation around a central parking area. As you squeal to a halt, the clansman is nowhere to be seen. 'We've gotta find him<ch.ellips/>, and quick!' says Rickenbacker, leaping from the passenger door. 'You search one side of the camp and I'll search the other.'</p>
<choice idref="sect120">If you wish to search the cabins on the south side of the campsite, <link-text>turn to 120</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect323">If you wish to search the cabins on the north side of the campsite, <link-text>turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The blond-haired thug has just placed one foot on the short flight of steps that ascends into the bus when you squeeze the trigger of your Beretta 92. It is a snap shot, for he is entering the bus quickly and you are afraid that he will disappear if you stop to steady your aim.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect313">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect192">If your total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 192</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>'Let's get 'em before they get us,' you say, and drop back down into your seat.</p>
- <p>Driving as slowly as you dare in order not to stir up any dust and give away your position, you steer your roadster towards a large clump of sagebrush and piñon, and cut the engine the moment it is hidden from view.</p>
+ <p>Driving as slowly as you dare in order not to stir up any dust and give away your position, you steer your roadster towards a large clump of sagebrush and pi<ch.ntilde/>on, and cut the engine the moment it is hidden from view.</p>
<p>Silently the two of you take to the bushes and wait for the bikers to approach.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect93">If the number you have chosen is 0-3, <link-text>turn to 93</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect303">If the number is 4-9, <link-text>turn to 303</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You wish Macy and Langdon good luck, then you watch as they drive off the freeway and make a wide detour around Red Rock. As soon as they are in position on the far side, you and Rickenbacker climb back into your roadster and drive slowly towards the town. You stop fifty yards short of the suspect clan car, check your weapons, then creep forward on foot to take a closer look.</p>
- <p>While Rickenbacker acts as lookout, you search the interior of the abandoned vehicle. Apart from some discarded food wrappers, a damaged water canteen and a few items of clothing, the car is empty. You are walking to the rear of the car, intent on searching the trunk, when suddenly Rickenbacker shouts out in alarm: 'Look out! Over there&ellips;'</p>
+ <p>While Rickenbacker acts as lookout, you search the interior of the abandoned vehicle. Apart from some discarded food wrappers, a damaged water canteen and a few items of clothing, the car is empty. You are walking to the rear of the car, intent on searching the trunk, when suddenly Rickenbacker shouts out in alarm: 'Look out! Over there<ch.ellips/>'</p>
<p>His warning is lost in the sound of gunfire. The staccato hammering of a machine pistol splits the air and, in the brief moment in which you throw yourself to the ground instinctively, you catch sight of a shadowy figure firing at you from the doorway of a store across the street.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect298">If your total score is 13 or less, <link-text>turn to 298</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect176">If your total score is 14 or more, <link-text>turn to 176</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The darkness makes it difficult to pinpoint the shadowy clansmen with any accuracy, so you trust to your skill with a shotgun and fire at the centre of the group.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect205">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect132">If your total score is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 132</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>A close study of the hospital plan reveals the location of the medicine storage facility, which you commit to memory.</p>
- <p>'Third right &ellips; second left &ellips; second right &ellips; you mumble as you set off in search of the vital Atropine you need to save Kate's life.</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>
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<p>The speedster is badly damaged in the collision, but it creates a gap through which two more Lions clan trucks come racing, close behind the lead vehicle. They stop in the centre of the freeway and unload their passengers swiftly. The clansmen come racing up the slopes, on either side, with their guns blazing.</p>
- <p>Rickenbacker appears and jumps into the hollow beside you and Kate. 'Now the fat's &ellips; in &ellips; the fire,' he says, labouring to catch his breath. 'Let's give 'em a welcome they won't forget in a hurry.'</p>
+ <p>Rickenbacker appears and jumps into the hollow beside you and Kate. 'Now the fat's <ch.ellips/> in <ch.ellips/> the fire,' he says, labouring to catch his breath. 'Let's give 'em a welcome they won't forget in a hurry.'</p>
<p>As the first of the Lions draw near to the hollow, you take up your gun once more and prepare to greet them with a hail of lead.</p>
<choice idref="sect42">If the weapon you are using is a Pistol, <link-text>turn to 42</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect248">If the weapon you are using is a Machine Pistol, <link-text>turn to 248</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>There is no time to take aim: you must trust to your speed and gun skill to save you now!</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Shooting skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception and Shooting skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect287">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect46">If your total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 46</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Beyond the door you discover an old locker room that served as a changing area and equipment store for the officers who were once stationed here. A quick search uncovers a <typ class="item">Solar Torch</typ>, a Rifle, and eight rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect19">To leave the ranger station and continue, <link-text>turn to 19</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your weapon spins towards his chest and frantically Mad Dog raises his chainsaw in an attempt to bat it aside before it strikes him.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect21">If your total score is 11 or less, <link-text>turn to 21</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect8">If your total score is 12 or more, <link-text>turn to 8</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Now add together your Stealth and Perception skill scores, and add their total to the number you have picked.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Now add together your Stealth and Perception skill scores, and add their total to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect297">If your total score is 14 or less, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect139">If your total score is 15 or more, <link-text>turn to 139</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You land on the broken roadway with your arms outstretched and your hands scrabbling to find something to cling to. An exposed steel rod falls beneath your grasp and you clasp it with bloodied fingers, while your feet swing wildly in the void. Dust and debris are falling on your head and shoulders, grazing your scalp and causing you to cough violently: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Stoically you hang on to the bending steel rod while Rickenbacker and the others come to your aid. They throw the end of a rope, which lands close to your right shoulder, and urge you to take hold of it so that they can pull you to safety.</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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect269">If your total score is 24 or less, <link-text>turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect77">If your total score is 25 or more, <link-text>turn to 77</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>As the three Crazies approach the pick-up, you notice that their emaciated bodies are decorated with spidery tattoos and scars left by self-inflicted cuts. Like inquisitive children they gather around the truck, pulling and prodding at its rusty trim.</p>
<p>'What d' you guys want?' you say, firmly.</p>
- <p>'Hey, we jus' wanna be friendly. Be friendly, guy &ellips; be friendly,' drools one of the men, rolling his eyes.</p>
- <p>The woman laughs hysterically, then she sidles towards your door and smiles, revealing a row of broken teeth. 'Pretty &ellips; pretty &ellips;' she says, and reaches out to stroke your face. Rickenbacker is getting nervous, and out of the corner of your eye you see him fingering the grip of his machine pistol.</p>
+ <p>'Hey, we jus' wanna be friendly. Be friendly, guy <ch.ellips/> be friendly,' drools one of the men, rolling his eyes.</p>
+ <p>The woman laughs hysterically, then she sidles towards your door and smiles, revealing a row of broken teeth. 'Pretty <ch.ellips/> pretty <ch.ellips/>' she says, and reaches out to stroke your face. Rickenbacker is getting nervous, and out of the corner of your eye you see him fingering the grip of his machine pistol.</p>
<p>'Let's get outta here, Cal. These creeps are makin' my skin crawl.'</p>
<p>'OK,' you reply, and reach for the ignition. The woman watches your hand move, then she notices the Medi-kit pouch fixed to your belt and suddenly her mood changes.</p>
<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>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>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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect261">If your total score is now 24 or less, <link-text>turn to 261</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect5">If your total score is now 25 or more, <link-text>turn to 5</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You raise your gun and take careful aim at the fleeing clansman as he races up the dirt track that leads to the restaurant cabin.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score. If you are using a rifle, or a machine pistol, add 2 points to this total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score. If you are using a rifle, or a machine pistol, add 2 points to this total.</p>
<choice idref="sect222">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 222</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect345">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 345</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>'Third right &ellips; second left &ellips; second right &ellips;' you mumble as you set off in search of the vital Atropine you need to save Kate's life.</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>
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<p>Your light illuminates the dingy corridors and enables you to follow the signs with ease. At length you reach the medicine storage facility and your hopes of finding some Atropine and saving Kate's life begin to rise.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Add to it your Perception skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add to it your Perception skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total.</p>
<choice idref="sect159">If the combined total is 26 or less, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect291">If the combined total is 27 or more, <link-text>turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>'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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect257">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>While you are waiting for the convoy to arrive, you busy yourselves by putting out the flames that are feeding on the wreckage of the clan truck: the oily smoke could attract unwanted attention. Shortly after the fire has been extinguished, the convoy arrives and several of the colonists help with the burial of the clansmen and the removal of the smouldering wreckage to somewhere less exposed. Everyone is aware of the need for increased vigilance after your encounter with the Puma bridge patrol. Sooner or later the Yuma clan base will notice their disappearance and send more scouts to investigate.</p>
<p>Once the clean-up is complete, Cookie is transferred to the Landcruiser and you take delivery of your roadster from Rex Tyler, who has driven it the short distance from Ligurta. Then, with your partner, Rickenbacker, you take up your familiar position at the front of the convoy and head off along the dirt road. Soon you reach the firmer surface of Highway 95 and follow it north, across a flat and featureless desert that was once the Yuma Proving Ground. A sign appears in the distance, just a dot on the horizon at first, but gradually growing larger until you can make out the directions painted on its sun-blistered surface:</p>
- <p>LAGUNA & IMPERIAL RESERVOIRS 7 MILES</p>
+ <p><signpost>LAGUNA <ch.amp/> IMPERIAL RESERVOIRS 7 MILES</signpost></p>
<p>You follow the sign, taking the smaller road that branches away to the west. The name 'Laguna' stirs memories of your childhood before 'the Day', for it was at Laguna Beach, California, that you were born and raised. You are still thinking about your old home, wondering if it is still the same, when the reservoir and dam appear in the distance. The two features make an impressive sight, enhanced by the rugged backdrop of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains and the knowledge that the land on the other side of the reservoir is California state territory.</p>
<p>You bring the convoy to a halt at a point overlooking the wide service road that runs across the top of the dam. Cutter goes forward to check its cracked surface and after walking its entire length, returns to declare that it is passable.</p>
<p>You must now take a Drink or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<li><typ class="item">Geiger Counter</typ></li>
<li><typ class="item">Lead-lined Apron</typ></li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep either (or both) of these items, remember to record it on your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep either (or both) of these items, remember to record it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect41">To leave the X-ray department and continue, <link-text>turn to 41</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You bring your G-12 up to shoulder height and track your running target along the barrel. The moment he crosses your sights, you squeeze off a burst of fire aimed at waist level. Empty shell cases stream out of the breach and, for a brief moment, you lose sight of your target as the muzzle of your machine pistol climbs with the recoil.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect94">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 94</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect37">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The staccato rattle of the clansman's machine pistol fills your ears as you dive and roll for cover behind the lip of the hollow.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect134">If your total score is 22 or less, <link-text>turn to 134</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect66">If your total score is 23 or more, <link-text>turn to 66</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<li>Knife (2)</li>
<li>Two rounds of 12-gauge ammunition</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</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>
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<p>With that he rises from his knees and empties an entire magazine at the clansmen's position. While he is firing, you chance a glance over the wing of the roadster and see an alley directly opposite. It runs beside the cinema on which the clansmen are positioned. A black perspex awning covers most of its length, hiding it from view from anyone positioned on the surrounding rooftops.</p>
<p>When you look back, Rickenbacker is busy reloading. You tap his arm and point to the alley, saying, 'I'm goin' t' try an' get around the back. Cover me.</p>
<p>He grunts approvingly. The moment he reopens fire, you break cover and sprint towards the alley as fast as your legs and your lungs will allow. You are ten yards from its welcoming darkness when bullets start to thud into the ground around your feet.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect162">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect292">If your total score is 6-9, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect12">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 12</link-text>.</choice>
<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>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect73">If the number you have picked is even (2,4,6,8,0), <link-text>turn to 73</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect197">If the number you have picked is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At length you dismiss the reflection as merely a trick of the light, and continue with your drive through the pass. But you have only travelled a few hundred yards when a rumbling noise, like the sound of distant thunder, draws your eyes away to the right. In horror you look up to see great cracks appearing in the outcrop. Suddenly a whole section gives way and hundreds of tons of rock come tumbling down the mountainside. You are driving into the path of a massive landslide.</p>
<p>Large boulders come smashing down on to the highway as desperately you struggle 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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect201">If your total is 8-10, <link-text>turn to 201</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect329">If your total is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Apprehensively you descend towards the crumbling roadway and, as you approach the centre of the dam, you try to steer towards the widest section of the remaining concrete surface. Everything is going well until your front wheels jam in a widening rut and the roadster comes to a sudden stop. You pump the gas pedal and the floor shudders as the rear wheels spin uselessly on the powdery surface. Then the car lurches to the left, as the section on which you are caught begins to break away from the rest of the dam and slip towards the edge.</p>
<p>'Jump for it, Cal!' screams Rickenbacker. Instinctively you know that it is too late to save your roadster, but not too late to save your life. As the left side of the car tilts towards the river far below, you clamber out of your seat and make a desperate leap for the roadway.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>, and add it to your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, and add it to your Stealth skill score and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect333">If all three scores, when added together, total 25 or less, <link-text>turn to 333</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect170">If your total score is 26-29, <link-text>turn to 170</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect102">If your total score is 30 or more, <link-text>turn to 102</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The loose earth and the steepness of the slope is making it difficult for the clansman to maintain his balance. Before he can steady himself well enough to take an aimed shot, you raise your G-12 and squeeze off a burst of fire aimed at his chest.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect275">If your total score 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect191">If your total score is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 191</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You bring your G-12 to your shoulder and, as you look along the barrel, you see the clansman pulling himself up the steps that lead into the bus. Without taking a fixed aim you squeeze off a short burst at the doorway, hoping to catch him before he disappears from sight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it you Shooting skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it you Shooting skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect313">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect192">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 192</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<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>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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>
</data>
<data>
<p>With the engine still running, you slip the transmission into neutral and leap out of your roadster. Avenal's face drops when he sees you approach. He steps back, hesitates, then raises his machine pistol. At once, Frazer steps between you.</p>
- <p>'Quit it you two &ellips; right now!' he growls, and slaps Avenal's gun down. 'Back off,' he barks at his blond sidekick. Then he turns to you and says: 'As for you, Phoenix, I oughta punch you out right here an' now. Goin' off into the night without tellin' anyone could o' got you killed. Now, get back in your car and get outta my sight before I change my mind 'bout teaching you a lesson.'</p>
+ <p>'Quit it you two <ch.ellips/> right now!' he growls, and slaps Avenal's gun down. 'Back off,' he barks at his blond sidekick. Then he turns to you and says: 'As for you, Phoenix, I oughta punch you out right here an' now. Goin' off into the night without tellin' anyone could o' got you killed. Now, get back in your car and get outta my sight before I change my mind 'bout teaching you a lesson.'</p>
<p>Chastened by his harsh words, you hurry back into your car and drive towards the centre of the town.</p>
<choice idref="sect342"><link-text>Turn to 342</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The route Jaeger took yesterday, when he hiked from the well in the mountains to Interstate 8, followed the dry watercourse of the San Christobal Wash. For him it was a difficult trail to follow on foot, and you soon discover that it is even harder to negotiate in a pick-up truck. The broken ground is deeply rutted and littered with boulders, and progress is painfully slow.</p>
<p>Rather than continue in this direction, you decide to try a more indirect route that takes you west, away from the Wash, across an expanse of desert. By chance you happen upon the remains of a dirt road that winds southwards into the mountains. You stay with this track and, although its surface is far from perfect, you make good time.</p>
<p>At length you reach a ridge that overlooks the well. The site itself is located at the bottom of a bowl-shaped gully, shaded from the sun by two of the Mohawk's highest peaks. A pump house stands beside the bore-hole, to which is affixed a sign that reads:</p>
- <p>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</p>
- <p>GARCIA WELL</p>
- <p>US GOVT. PROPERTY - KEEP OUT!</p>
+ <p><signpost>LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>GARCIA WELL</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>US GOVT. PROPERTY - KEEP OUT!</signpost></p>
<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>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score. Add to this total your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>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>
</data>
<li><typ class="item">Tool Kit</typ></li>
<li>Enough food for one Meal</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you choose to keep any of these items, adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>After checking that the two Outlaws were alone, you leave the cattle barn and go north in search of a suitable place to cross the Santa Rosa Wash.</p>
<choice idref="sect339"><link-text>Turn to 339</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The staccato rattle of the clansman's machine pistol fills your ears as you dive and roll for cover behind the nearest barbecue range.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add to this number your Stealth skill score, and your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score.</p>
<choice idref="sect108">If your total score is 22 or less, <link-text>turn to 108</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect116">If your total score is 23 or more, <link-text>turn to 116</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Suddenly the clansman sees Rickenbacker and shouts out in alarm. As he fumbles for his pistol, your partner hurries towards the ditch and leaps in to land by your side before the clansman can get off a shot. Alerted by his shout, his confederates come running across the bridge en masse. Then there is a jarring boom as the truck explodes with a brilliant flash of bright orange flame.</p>
- <p>'What the heck&ellips; !' you gasp, stunned by the unexpected force of the explosion. '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>'What the heck<ch.ellips/> !' you gasp, stunned by the unexpected force of the explosion. '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 unsteadily towards the blazing remains of their truck. As they get nearer, you grit your teeth and prepare to open fire.</p>
<choice idref="sect138"><link-text>Turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A heavy-set Detroit Lions scout, dressed in a leather motorcycle suit and with a necklace of bears' teeth strung about his throat, comes rushing up the slope towards you, his machine pistol spitting fire. Coolly you raise your own machine pistol and return his fire as his bullets whistle and whine around your head.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect328">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect4">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>She continues to wipe her face, then suddenly she blurts out: 'Dammit! I know they were checked, but when I looked just now I found one that was a wrong 'un. Fly Agaric. Don't know how the heck it got in with the others, seem' how careful we were when we packed the food in Tucson.'</p>
<p>'Will she be OK?' you ask alarmed.</p>
<p>'She's a strong girl and she's fighting it, but this is serious poison, Cal. The mushroom she ate contains an alkaloid called Muscarine. It's -' Your aunt notices the fear in your eyes and stops in mid-sentence.</p>
- <p>'She'll be OK, Cal. She's strong &ellips; she'll be OK.'</p>
- <p>'Isn't there something we can do, something we can give her to help her fight it? For crying out loud, we can't just let her &ellips; let her die!'</p>
+ <p>'She'll be OK, Cal. She's strong <ch.ellips/> she'll be OK.'</p>
+ <p>'Isn't there something we can do, something we can give her to help her fight it? For crying out loud, we can't just let her <ch.ellips/> let her die!'</p>
<p>You feel your aunt gripping your hand tightly, as you try to combat the fear that is churning your stomach and numbing your mind. 'What she really needs is Atropine. It'll neutralize the alkaloid and her body'll do the rest. We've searched the colony's medical supplies and the drugstores in this town but none's been found. All we can do is hope she's strong enough to get through the next few hours.'</p>
<p>'Aunt Betty-Ann, what are her chances, I mean, her real chances o' pullin' through?'</p>
<p>'To be honest, Cal,' she replies, her voice wavering, 'they're less than fifty per cent.'</p>
<p>You wake late the following morning and open your eyes to the unexpected sight of sunlight streaming in through the window of your room. During the night the dust storm has abated steadily, and now, two hours before noon, the sun once again reigns supreme in the azure skies above Gila Bend. Your first thoughts are of Kate and immediately they spur you into action. Hurriedly you gather up your equipment and run all the way to the school bus.</p>
<p>You enter to find Kate sipping soup from a spoon that Aunt Betty-Ann is holding to her lips. She still looks pale, but at least she is no longer at death's door. When she sees you she smiles and holds out her hand.</p>
<p>'How ya doin', kiddo?' you say, light-heartedly, and squeeze her fingers, which are cold to the touch.</p>
- <p>'Better &ellips; thanks to you,' she replies. You talk to her while she drinks the last of the soup. Then your aunt goes to the front of the bus and returns with another bowl.</p>
+ <p>'Better <ch.ellips/> thanks to you,' she replies. You talk to her while she drinks the last of the soup. Then your aunt goes to the front of the bus and returns with another bowl.</p>
<p>'Here you go, Cal,' she says, 'have some brunch.'</p>
<p>'Not mushrooms, I hope,' you comment, which makes Kate smile.</p>
<p>As you are finishing your meal, Rickenbacker climbs aboard and informs you that the convoy will be leaving in an hour. 'We'd better get ready, Cal,' he says. 'Mike Gorgas wants us to cover point. Macy and Langdon will be the convoy's rear guard.'</p>
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<p>You lock down the bolt of your rifle with the heel of your right hand as, simultaneously, you bed the stock firmly into your shoulder with your left. As though the rifle were simply an extension of your mind and body, you take a deep breath and wait for the traitor to cross in front of your sights. The instant he appears, you squeeze the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect94">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 94</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect37">If your total score is 10 or more, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<p>'This should do for their radio,' you say, as you pluck the grenade out of your backpack. Rickenbacker allows himself a grim smile, then he replies:</p>
<p>'I'll edge nearer to the bridge and get ready to cover you. Only wait till I'm in position before you blow the truck, OK?'</p>
<p>'OK,' you reply, confidently, and watch as he moves forward, on elbows and knees, through the sparse scrub. Once he is in position, in a dry ditch running close to the bridge, he gives a signal and you begin your approach to the enemy's pick-up truck.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Stealth skill score.</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="sect330">If your total score is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 330</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect212">If it is now 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 212</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Ignoring the pleas of his partner, the angry clansman approaches your door. He is just a few feet away when he realizes that you are a colonist and instantly he reaches for a pistol that is holstered at his side. With your pulse pounding in your ears, you stamp on the gas pedal and feel yourself being forced back into your seat as the roadster lurches forward like a startled mare.</p>
<p>The clansman jumps back, but he has drawn his pistol and, as you pass him, he fires at your side window.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Driving skill score.</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="sect142">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 142</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect219">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 219</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>A large, foul-mouthed Detroit Lions scout, dressed in a grimy green leather riding suit, and with a necklace of bears' teeth strung about his throat, comes rushing up the slope towards you, his machine pistol spitting fire. Coolly you raise your rifle to your shoulder and take aim, ignoring the bullets that are whistling and whining about your ears.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect328">If your total score is 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect199">If your total score is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 199</link-text>.</choice>
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<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>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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect63">If your final total is 17 or less, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect149">If your final total is 18 or more, <link-text>turn to 149</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Rickenbacker shrugs. 'I can't see no gun and he looks harmless enough. I say we go 'n' check him out.'</p>
<p>Slowly you drive towards the bridge, your eyes fixed on the man's movements. You are little more than thirty yards away when suddenly he sees you coming and dives to the ground. He reappears seconds later, brandishing a rusty shotgun, which he fires once in the air. You can tell by its dull report that there is something wrong with his ammunition. Immediately you stop the roadster and reach instinctively for your gun.</p>
<p>'Don't you come any nearer, you damn punks,' he screams, as he dodges from the cover of one bridge support to the next. 'I'm warning you. I've got an anti-tank rocket, and I've mined the road. You come any nearer an' you'll be blown to kingdom come. Now turn round an' get outta here before I get angry.'</p>
- <p>There is a long pause, then Rickenbacker says: 'He's bluffing &ellips; he's scared and he's playin' for time.'</p>
+ <p>There is a long pause, then Rickenbacker says: 'He's bluffing <ch.ellips/> he's scared and he's playin' for time.'</p>
<choice idref="sect3">If you wish to try to talk with this loner, <link-text>turn to 3</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect127">If you decide to leave the roadster and approach him with stealth, <link-text>turn to 127</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>It takes you fifteen minutes of patient manipulation, but your efforts and skill are rewarded. With a satisfying click, the lock disengages and you are granted access to the lobby beyond. A study of the hospital plan reveals the location of the medicine storage facility, which you commit to memory.</p>
- <p>'Third right &ellips; second left &ellips; second right &ellips;' you mumble as you set off in search of the vital Atropine you need to save Kate's life.</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>
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</section>
<data>
<p>The darkness makes it very difficult to take accurate aim, but as soon as the shadowy clan group appears at the other end of your rifle, you squeeze the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect98">If your total score is 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 98</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect285">If your total score is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Slowly you drive towards the bridge, your eyes fixed on the man's movements. You are little more than thirty yards away when suddenly he sees you coming and dives to the ground. He reappears seconds later, brandishing a rusty shotgun, which he fires once in the air. You can tell by its dull report that there is something wrong with his ammunition. Immediately you stop the roadster and reach instinctively for your gun.</p>
<p>'Don't you come any nearer, you damn punks,' he screams, as he dodges from the cover of one bridge support to the next. 'I'm warning you. I've got an anti-tank rocket, and I've mined the road. You come any nearer an' you'll be blown to kingdom come. Now turn round an' get outta here before I get angry.'</p>
- <p>There is a long pause, then Rickenbacker says: 'He's bluffing &ellips; he's scared and he's playin' for time.'</p>
+ <p>There is a long pause, then Rickenbacker says: 'He's bluffing <ch.ellips/> he's scared and he's playin' for time.'</p>
<choice idref="sect3">If you wish to try to talk with this loner, <link-text>turn to 3</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect127">If you decide to leave the roadster and approach him with stealth, <link-text>turn to 127</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>A pot-bellied Detroit Lions scout, dressed in an ill-fitting riding suit of grimy green leather, and with a string of bears' teeth hung about his throat, comes lumbering up the slope towards you with his machine pistol spitting fire. Coolly you raise your shotgun and take aim, despite the wave of bullets that are whistling and whining about your ears.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect328">If your total score 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect182">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 182</link-text>.</choice>
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<li><typ class="item">Rope</typ></li>
<li>Knife (2)</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect150"><link-text>Turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The uneven slope is making it difficult for the clansman to maintain his balance. Before he can steady himself sufficiently to take an aimed shot, you raise your own pistol, take a bead on his chest and quickly pull the trigger.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect275">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect191">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 191</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>As the sound of the explosion echoes for miles across the suburbs, you run as fast as you can towards the hole in the paint factory fence. You leap through and keep running, your eyes fixed straight ahead at a spot at the end of the street, where an anxious Rickenbacker is standing, waiting for you to show. He can see by the state of your clothing that you've had a lucky escape, and he rushes forward to help.</p>
<p>'What the heck's happened to you?' he bellows, shouting in order to make himself heard above the roar of the fires.</p>
- <p>'Later&ellips;' you reply; 'I'll tell you later. First we gotta get away from here!'</p>
+ <p>'Later<ch.ellips/>' you reply; 'I'll tell you later. First we gotta get away from here!'</p>
<p>Together you make it back to the roadster in time to see Macy and Langdon's distress flare shoot into the cloudless sky above Interstate 8.</p>
<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>
<data>
<p>As your group of defenders moves to intercept the raiding party, bursts of automatic fire kick up flurries of dust all around you. Their comrades are laying down a heavy covering fire, but it does not deter you from heading-off the raiding party's attempt to circle behind your position.</p>
<p>When finally you reach the gravel road, you find yourself confronting the raiding party head-on and out in the open, where there is little or no cover. Instantly, your group finds itself in the middle of a desperate close-range firefight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Stealth skill scores.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting and Stealth skill scores.</p>
<choice idref="sect113">If your total score is 9 or less, <link-text>turn to 113</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect294">If your total score 10-14, <link-text>turn to 294</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect255">If your total score is 15 or more, <link-text>turn to 255</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>'Can you see anything?' you shout.</p>
- <p>'Yeah,' replies Rickenbacker, a sweat caused by fear pouring down his face. 'Across the street. Cinema roof. Two bandits&ellips; maybe three. They've got assault rifles.'</p>
- <p>'Hell!' you growl, cursing the lapse of concentration that has landed you in this predicament. 'Pinned down with a flat &ellips; hell!'</p>
+ <p>'Yeah,' replies Rickenbacker, a sweat caused by fear pouring down his face. 'Across the street. Cinema roof. Two bandits<ch.ellips/> maybe three. They've got assault rifles.'</p>
+ <p>'Hell!' you growl, cursing the lapse of concentration that has landed you in this predicament. 'Pinned down with a flat <ch.ellips/> hell!'</p>
<choice idref="sect43">If you possess a <typ class="item">CB Radio</typ>, <link-text>turn to 43</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect221">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 221</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<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> accorindly.</p>
<choice idref="sect104">To continue, <link-text>turn to 104</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<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>'What the heck&ellips; !' you gasp, stunned by the unexpected force of the explosion.</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>
<choice idref="sect138"><link-text>Turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
<p>'You go left,' you whisper, 'and I'll go right. Circle him, OK?'</p>
<p>'OK,' comes Rickenbacker's terse reply, and then he scurries off, using the scrub to cover his approach to the bridge.</p>
<p>You adopt the same tactic and close in on the bridge until you can see the man clearly. He is crouching close to the tent, his thin, bearded face twitching and awash with sweat. Then he catches sight of Rickenbacker and he panics', throwing down his shotgun and taking off across the bridge at a run. You chase after him and bring him down near the middle of the bridge with a tackle that once would have earned you a try-out with the LA Raiders. It slams him to the ground and empties the air from his lungs.</p>
- <p>'Don't &ellips; hurt &ellips; me &ellips;' he gasps.</p>
+ <p>'Don't <ch.ellips/> hurt <ch.ellips/> me <ch.ellips/>' he gasps.</p>
<p>'I'm not gonna hurt you, bud,' you reply, and pull him to his feet. As you are bringing him back across the bridge, Rickenbacker approaches from the dry undergrowth.</p>
<p>'OK, wise guy,' he says, pretending to be angry, 'who are you and what are you doin' here?'</p>
<choice idref="sect100"><link-text>Turn to 100</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>You follow the highway for a quarter of a mile until you come to a junction. Directly ahead you see a large building with a sign that says:</p>
- <p>AJO FIRE STATION</p>
- <p>PIMA COUNTY</p>
+ <p><signpost>AJO FIRE STATION</signpost></p>
+ <p><signpost>PIMA COUNTY</signpost></p>
<p>You feel sure that the local fire department would have a map of the local area, so you drive on to the forecourt and park near the main door. Covering your face against the stinging wind, you leave your roadster and run towards the building. Inside the lobby, bathed in the light from your vehicle's headlamps, you find a laminated town map fixed to the counter. You grab a pen lying nearby and hurriedly note directions to the hospital on the back of your left hand.</p>
<p>As you turn to leave you notice an open door off to your left.</p>
<choice idref="sect60">If you wish to search the room beyond the door, <link-text>turn to 60</link-text>.</choice>
<p>You are only a few yards away from the truck when inadvertently you step on a prickly cactus leaf. One of the spines pierces the sole of your boot and skewers your foot: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>As you fall to the ground, clutching your injured foot, the pain is so acute that you cannot stifle the urge to scream. Instantly the clansmen stop talking among themselves and turn to look in your direction. At first they dismiss the sound, then one of them stands up and comes walking towards you.</p>
<p>Panic grips you. Fearing that you have been discovered, you pull the pin and hurl the grenade at the clansmen's truck.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Perception skill score.</p>
<choice idref="sect92">If your total score is 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 92</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect280">If your total score is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>There is not enough time for you to search the clan truck thoroughly, but you do discover, lying on the dashboard, a Pistol (containing fourteen rounds of 9mm ammunition), a can of beans (enough for one Meal), and a <typ class="item">HE Grenade</typ>.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref='action'>Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<p>Once more the sound of gunfire can be heard coming from the roof of the cinema. Concerned for Rickenbacker's safety, you leave the truck and start your climb up the fire-escape ladder.</p>
<choice idref="sect196"><link-text>Turn to 196</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The moment your rifle is in position, you look along the barrel to see that the blond-haired thug is already half-way up the short flight of steps that ascends into the bus. Immediately you pull the trigger, hoping to catch him before he disappears from sight.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Shooting skill score.</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="sect313">If your total score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect192">If your total score is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 192</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<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>
- <p>GILA BEND - 44 miles</p>
+ <p><signpost>GILA BEND - 44 miles</signpost></p>
<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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<p>You return to the schoolbus to find your aunt sitting by Kate's side. She is holding her wrist, as if monitoring her pulse, and her face is tense and lined with worry. Kate's face is deathly pale. She is no longer perspiring and her breathing is almost imperceptible.</p>
<p>'Where have you been, Cal?' asks your aunt, in a tone of voice that reminds you immediately of your mother's. You reply simply by handing her the tub of Atropine tablets.</p>
- <p>'How did you get&ellips; ?' she gasps, then at once her look of surprise changes to one of intense concentration.</p>
+ <p>'How did you get<ch.ellips/> ?' she gasps, then at once her look of surprise changes to one of intense concentration.</p>
<p>'I went to-' you start, but your aunt cuts you off. 'No never mind now,' she says, tersely. 'There isn't time for explanations. Kate's slipping away. We must be quick if we're to save her.'</p>
<p>Swiftly your aunt prepares an Atropine solution, using the tablets and some boiled water, and carefully she pours it, drop by drop, into Kate's mouth. 'You go and get yourself some rest,' she says. 'You've earned it. There's nothing more you can do here. We'll know in the morning if she's going to pull through.'</p>
<p>Aching with fatigue, you leave the bus and find shelter in a derelict boarding house nearby. There you find a bed with blankets and settle down to some much-needed sleep.</p>
<data>
<p>The choking fumes swirl around your body as you race up the iron staircase. You reach the top in a matter of seconds, but already the heat from the blaze is becoming intolerable. You feel your skin tightening and your throat and nostrils seizing up. Desperately you kick open the door and throw yourself into the office beyond it. At that moment, a huge explosion rocks the building and you are sent sprawling to the floor. Dazed by the blast and weakened by the heat and toxic fumes, you stagger to your feet and stumble drunkenly towards another door. As if in answer to your prayers, this one is marked 'FIRE EXIT'.</p>
<p>With trembling hands you reach out to push the locking bar, but, to your horror, you find that it is chained and padlocked shut!</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score. If you possess a <typ class="item">Flexible Saw</typ>, <typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ>, or <typ class="item">Wire Cutters</typ>, add a further 3 points of your score.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it your Field Craft skill score. If you possess a <typ class="item">Flexible Saw</typ>, <typ class="item">Bolt Cutters</typ>, or <typ class="item">Wire Cutters</typ>, add a further 3 points of your score.</p>
<choice idref="sect185">If your total score is now 8 or less, <link-text>turn to 185</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect7">If your total score is now 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 7</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>You recoil in shocked surprise, but your reactions are too slow to avoid the snake's vicious attack. Its curved fangs pierce the side of your neck and inject their deadly venom before you have pulled away from the shelf. Clutching at the wound, you sink to your knees in agony.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref='random'>Random Number Table</a> and add to it the number of Medi-kit units you currently possess.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add to it the number of Medi-kit units you currently possess.</p>
<choice idref="sect288">If your total score is now 12 or less, <link-text>turn to 288</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect110">If your total score is now 13 or more, <link-text>turn to 110</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
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<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>
+ <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>
<choice idref="sect201">If your total is 8-10, <link-text>turn to 201</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect329">If your total is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
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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>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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<p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>if you pick a O</quote> with <quote>if you pick a 0</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as +1 If </quote> with <quote>as +1. If </quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>as <ch.plus/>1 If </quote> with <quote>as <ch.plus/>1. If </quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect24">24</a>) Replaced <quote>swifty</quote> with <quote>swiftly</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect51">51</a>) Replaced <quote>1 Pistol</quote> with <quote>One Pistol</quote>.</p>
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