Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title) Day 16 of 30

 Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title)

Day 16 of 30

12/04/2020

9 days to get back. Means full speed the whole way. This is not going to be a good trip. Cannot recall this ever happening before, never heard of it ever. Can’t be good. Brain is spinning.

Get on the internal comm, “Main Guns to Driver Compartment.”

Only takes the four of them to get up here. Must have been right between changes or they woke easily.

I just hand them the message. While they are starting to read it back on the internals, “All gunners and others, speed is being increased due to mission from The City. It will be a rough ride for much of the next five days. Everyone to exercise complete caution when moving around the Track. For the next five days, exercise complete caution at all times.”

“Before you ask, I have no idea why. Normally it would take about 9 days to return from our location. Will have to be at Full Speed pretty much the entire time, including on rough terrain. I will look for a smoother path that might work. The Tail Gunner that has been helping me, is a good Driver Candidate. He will have to help with this if we are to succeed. Any questions?”

They had none and then I sent them back to the main section. Just about then is when the Kid shows up so I share the message with him as well, as telling him I am going to recommend he transfer to Driver Training, if he wanted that. That got a big smile and so I send him back to rest more, since he will have to take over for extended stretches here very soon so I can rest.

With the track up to almost full speed, it is like tossing and turning in your bed time. I have the terrain adjustors in Full Mode, and the telescoping elements keep us moving over most of the obstacles. Time to pull up the maps and see if there is a better route at this speed.