Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title) Day 19 of 30 12/09/2020

Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title)

Day 19 of 30

12/09/2020

The alarm goes off, wander back up front with a spare ration sitting out. Do not see any of the Gunners about. Look into one of the side mounts and found a couple in there, reviewing firing sequences and emergency actions. So guess this is their time to be doing, what ever they do besides sleep and eat. Really have no idea what they do when they are not in the mounts firing when there is something that needs to be driver away. I wonder what else they do?

Stuff to wonder about, only until I am back in my area, then does not matter. Grab another water bottle, stop at the sinks to toss water on face. Forget the last time I scraped the hair off. Grab up a blade and take off the major portions, looks like stubble now is all. Will do, only like four days left to be back. The track is running smooth, no sharp bumps or jarring, so the route is good and the Kid must be ok up there. Take out a few more minutes to clean up a drop more, water to armpits and such.

I liked it a lot better when there were three drivers and I knew when I was supposed to be up there. Now of course in emergencies, all three of us were there just in case. If ever a breach happened, the Drivers are the most important element of the Track Crew. The rest are expendable if necessary. Not us Drivers.

Feel a little less wiped, up to the front. Some of the Gunners are in the main living space. Never bothered to meet any of them. They just all seem to glare at me. Maybe I will purge them all soon as I get up there. I spin my head fast but none of them seem to notice. Good. Will have to increase the gain on the internal cameras and recordings for the remainder of the trip.

So going to sleep as long as I can once we are back.

Buzz and the Kid lets me in. He does not know that we Drivers can override the hatch is necessary. A simple precaution in case someone goes wrong and enters the compartment. Review the record logs real fast, pace is excellent, route smoother than the mapping seemed to imply. Making great time, should be back about half a day before the deadline. All going well.

“Say Kid, you know where there is any skinny wire back there?”

“Yeah, some in the repair kits for the guns and mounts. How much do you need?”

“Only like a few inches worth, got something I need to do to get through the remaining days. Bring it up after you rest ok.”

“Sure, no problem. Looks like the left tracks are wearing a little based on the Track wants to pull that way a degree or so.”

Look over the track and the autopilot and he is right. Definitely Driver material.

“Great catch, Will update the auto to account for it. Nice work kid, you have potential for sure.”