'pq' DIesel Creek: revision / reorder everything

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 <p>
   Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">And you really expect to find
-  one here that isn&apos;t beyond repair?</span><br />
+  machines here that aren&apos;t beyond repair?</span><br />
-  They are walking into a valley in a large forested area.<br />
+  The four are walking into a valley in a large forested area.<br />
-  Jack replies: <span class="quote speech">I&apos;m not even sure this is
+  Jack replies: <span class="quote speech">Right now, I&apos;m not even
-  the right place. Everything looks so different. But if it is, we&apos;ll
+  sure this is the place &ndash; everything looks so different &ndash; but,
-  have plenty to choose from. Not optimistic about any of the hydraulic
+  if it is, we&apos;ll have plenty to choose from and a bunch more for
-  excavators but we had some older cable-driven diggers
+  spare parts.</span><br />
-  <span class="comment">right word?</span> on site that we might get
+  James gestures to the side and says:
-  working.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Look, over there.</span><br />
-  <span class="comment">research that needs to be done:
+  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.
+</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 />
+  <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?
+  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 />
+  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 />
+</p>
+<p>
+  A bit further down the valley, they approach a much larger collection of
+  machines, parked in rows and parted out like the first ones they saw.
+  <br />
+  Jack says: <span class="quote speech">Welcome to the machine graveyard.
+  If memory serves right, there should be a few buildings back there and
+  one of the main parking lots behind them.</span><br />
+  While they make their way through between the machines, Annie asks:<br />
+  <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 />
+</p>
+<p class="comment">
+  research that needs to be done:
   When were hydraulic excavators invented?
   When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?
-  When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?</span><br />
+  When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?
-  James says: <span class="quote speech">Look, over there.</span><br />
-  He gestures towards a group of very rusty and completely overgrown
-  machines and vehicles standing amidst the trees.<br />
-  Jack says: <span class="quote speech">That one to the right is similar to
-   what we&apos;re looking for.</span><br />
-  They walk up to the machines.<br />
-  Jack turns to Annie and James, patting the side of the machine he pointed
-  out a moment earlier. It has a sort of arm in the front with a huge scoop
-  thingy on the end.<br />
-  <span class="quote speech">We&apos;re looking for something like this but
-  with steel cables going from back here up there and to the boom.</span>
-  <br />
-  James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not use this one?</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">&apos;Cause this thing&apos;s done for.
-  Beyond repair, as Michelle put it.</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">How can you tell?</span><br />
-  Jack walks to the front and points to some parts on the arm of the
-  machine. <span class="quote speech">These rods used to extend and retract
-  to move the boom. They need to be perfectly smooth and fit together
-  exactly or they&apos;ll leak the oil inside.</span><br />
-  They take a quick look at the other machines. There is another, 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?</span>.<br />
-  Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">How did all of these get
-  inbetween the trees?</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">The trees weren&apos;t here when they were
-  used. This is why I had such a hard time finding this place.</span><br />
-
-
-
-  Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">Is this how the dome was dug
-  out?</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">Well... no. That was mostly done using
-  explosives. But we had a large fleet of machines for all sorts of
-  tasks.</span><br />
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