'ph' Diesel Creek: revision, add a paragraph (that definitely needs to be rewritten)

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@@ -3,46 +3,47 @@
 
 <p>
   Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">And you really expect to find
-  machines here that aren&apos;t beyond repair?</span><br />
+  machines here that can be salvaged?</span><br />
   The four are walking into a valley in a large forested area.<br />
   Jack replies: <span class="quote speech">Right now, I&apos;m not even
   sure this is the place &ndash; everything looks so different &ndash; but,
   if it is, we&apos;ll have plenty to choose from and a bunch more for
   spare parts.</span><br />
-  James gestures to the side and says:
+  James gestures to the side, saying:
   <span class="quote speech">Look, over there.</span><br />
   He points out a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
   <br />
   Annie wonders: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
   the trees?</span><br />
-  Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn&apos;t. This wasn&apos;t
-  a forest back then.</span><br />
-  They make their way over to them.
+  Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn&apos;t. The machines
+  came first, the trees grew after. This wasn&apos;t a forest
+  back then.</span><br />
+  They make their way over to take a closer look.
 </p>
 <p>
   Jack says: <span class="quote speech">Looks like these were already
   out of order before they were abandoned.</span><br />
-  He turns to Annie and James, patting the side of one of the machines.
-  <br />
+  He turns to Annie and James:
   <span class="quote speech">This is an excavator. We&apos;re looking for
   a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one
-  over there.</span><br />
-  He points to a small excavator that has a tree growing through
-  its cab.<br />
-  <span class="comment">Do these excavators where the cab is the biggest
-  part have a specific name?</span><br />
-  James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this one then?
+  over there &ndash; and preferably without trees growing out of
+  it...</span><br />
+  He points to a small excavator that sits askew on a thick tree trunk
+  that had grown thrugh the floor and out the side.
+  <span class="comment">Do these tiny excavators with large glass cabs
+  have a specific name?</span><br />
+  James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this one?
   What&apos;s wrong with it?</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">This thing&apos;s just done for. Looks like
-  it was used as a spare parts donor. <span class="comment">Tracks? Treads?
-  </span> are missing, hydraulics for the bucket as well, and it looks
-  like the inside of the cab got completely dismantled.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">This thing&apos;s just done for. Apart from it
+  being a pile of rust, it&apos;s missing its tracks <span class="comment">
+  treads?</span>, the hydraulics for moving the bucket, and it looks like
+  the inside of the cab got completely dismantled.</span><br />
   They take a quick look at the other machines around them. There is the
   other, much smaller excavator, a <span class="comment">Kipper?</span>,
   a <span class="comment">Wie hei&szlig;t diese Maschine mit
   F&ouml;rderband, die Material sortiert?</span>, and two
-  <span class="comment">Radlader? Baccos?</span>. All of them are missing
-  significant parts.<br />
+  <span class="comment">Radlader? Baccos?</span>. All of them are rusted
+  beyond repair and missing integral parts.<br />
 </p>
 <p>
   A bit further down the valley, they approach a much larger collection of
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@
   <span class="quote speech">So these machines dug out the dome?</span>
   <br />
   <span class="quote speech">Well... no. That was mostly done using
-  explosives, the machines were there to collect the rubble and load it
-  onto trains. But they also played a big part in construction after
-  the digging was done.</span><br />
+  explosives, conveyor belts, and trains. They used <span class="comment">
+  Radlader? Baccos?</span> to load stuff onto the conveyors but most of
+  the machines here were used in construction after the digging was
+  done.</span><br />
 </p>
 <p class="comment">
   research that needs to be done:
@@ -65,5 +67,36 @@
   When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?
   When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?
 </p>
+<p>
+  <span class="comment">missing section</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+  Annie calls the others over to one of the buildings.<br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Look what I found...</span><br />
+  Michelle arrives before Jack and she laughs. He arrives a moment
+  later and peeks inside. There sits a <span class="comment">
+  cable shovel?</span>, partially covered in rubble from the caved-in
+  roof &ndash; rusty but surprisingly intact.<br />
+  Jack says: <span class="quote speech">That&apos;s ... uhhh ... kind of
+  a historical artifact.</span><br />
+  <!--
+  There is also a kinda small hydraulic excavator.
+  They decide to make both work.
+   -->
+</p>
+<p>
+  <span class="comment">missing section</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+  <span class="comment">
+    Things that need research: Did early hydraulic excavators have starter
+    engines (what were they called again?) or was that a thing of the past
+    by then?<br />
+    Events:<br />
+    -> they take off some access panels<br />
+    -> they manage to get the starte engine going<br />
+    -> large engine won't start (why?)<br />
+  </span>
+</p>
 
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