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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 09:06:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Multiple chapters: Old changes (see long description)
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My old laptop broke and I just finally got around to getting the files
off its SSD. I have no idea what exactly I was working on back then.
It’s been a while.
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+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Bare Necessities </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
+
+<h1> Bare Necessities </h1>
+<p>
+ Jack is driving the truck towards a dried-out river. On the other side,
+ a bit in the distance, is a group of houses that – while they
+ <span class="comment">certainly have? have certainly?</span> seen better
+ days – don't look abandoned. Jack says
+ <span class="quote speech">Hold on!
+ <span class="comment">Festhalten?</span></span> and drives into the
+ river bed.
+ <br />
+ <span class="comment">TODO: mention Annie in this paragraph</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+ The truck struggles to get traction while driving up the other river
+ bank, eventually getting stuck in the sand. He backs up and turns into
+ the river, accelerates, then steers back onto the bank – to no
+ avail, the truck gets stuck again.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Well... fuck.</span><br />
+ He turns back into the river once more. The engine roars and the wheels
+ fling sand everywhere. Jack shifts gears, the needle on the speedometer
+ slowly creeps up, then he goes for another attempt. The suspension
+ bottoms out as the wheels plow into the river bank, but the truck does
+ barely make it out.<br />
+
+
+
+ <span class="quote speech">Ouch.</span> Annie holds her shoulder where
+ the seat belt had dug into it. <span class="quote speech">Can we not do
+ that again, please?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">I'll... try to keep it in mind,
+ sorry.</span><br />
+ He turns around and drives onto the overgrown remains of a road leading
+ towards the settlement.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Jack parks the truck in front of an old store.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">This is it, I guess.</span><br />
+ They get out and start walking towards the door. A small dog runs up to
+ them, barking, jumping around, running in circles, and wagging its tail.
+ It picks up a stick and drops it in front of Annie. She crouches down
+ and pets the dog.<br />
+ Jack says: <span class="quote speech">I'm gonna be inside.
+ <span class="comment">more elegant way of saying "I need to take a
+ piss.</span> Hopefully, they have a toilet.</span>
+
+
+
+
+
+ <span class="quote speech">I'll be right there.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Okay.</span> Jack disappears into the store.
+ She picks up the stick, gets up and holds it just out of reach of the
+ dog. It jumps back and forth a couple times looking at her.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">You wanna play fetch, do you?</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+ Annie throws the stick a few times, then she follows Jack into the store.
+ Its shelves are sparsely stocked with a random assortment of things,
+ roughly sorted into categories:
+ Hand tools, boxes full of hardware, household chemicals, bars of soap,
+ a few clocks and watches, books, and more. Half of the store seems to be
+ dedicated to food though the shelves are mostly empty. Behind the counter
+ is a man who appears to be in his 60s, talking to Jack:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">No, we don't sell food. What you see
+ there is strictly rationed. Since the <span class="comment">river name
+ </span> has changed course, we don't even have enough water to grow
+ crops for ourselves. The cisterns and wells simply don't
+ cut it.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Okay... What if we supplied you with
+ water?</span><br />
+ The man interrupts the conversation and looks at Annie:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Good afternoon, what can I do for you?</span>
+ <br />
+ <span class="quote speech">I'm with him.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">I see.</span><br />
+ He turns back to Jack:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Listen, the amount of water we need can't
+ simply be carried here or we'd do it ourselves. And we need it
+ constantly and consistently, not just once.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">I know you need an industrial quantity of
+ water. We can get you an industrial quantity of water. Will you give us
+ food if we supply you?</span><br />
+ He musters Jack for a moment.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Who is <i>we</i> and how do you wanna
+ accomplish that?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">We are a small group of people living in
+ a bunker south of Ivydale. Two of us have extensive knowledge of
+ old world technology that we can put to use.</span><br />
+ The man looks at him with skepticism.<br />
+ Jack continues: <span class="quote speech">Let the <i>how</i> be my
+ problem to solve. If we make it happen, will you supply us with
+ food?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">You're gonna have to discuss that with
+ the others. Wait outside.</span><br />
+ He disappears through a door behind the counter. Annie and Jack leave
+ the store and, once outside, Annie asks:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">So how do you wanna accomplish that?
+ Sounds like you have a grand plan already.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Not really, but I'm pretty sure I will
+ within the hour. If all else fails, we could fix up a flatbed
+ truck, bolt a tank to it, and drive it here.</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+ While they wait, the small dog runs up again. They play fetch for a bit
+ until a group of people, amongst them the man from the store, approaches
+ them. A few handshakes later, Jack repeats his suggestion. A man in his
+ 40s, who seems to be in charge, says:
+ <span class="quote speech">Your intentions are ... ambitious. I doubt
+ you can do it but I don't see any harm in agreeing. <i>If</i> you
+ manage to restore a permanent water supply, you can have all the food
+ you want.</span><br />
+ Someone else throws in: <span class="quote speech">Within reason.</span>
+ <br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Yes, within reason. Any objections?</span>
+ <br />
+ He looks around. Someone raises a hand.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Yes?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">We're not just gonna feed these people
+ forever, are we?</span><br />
+ Jack replies before the one in charge gets a chance:
+ <span class="quote speech">We need to feed maybe ten people for a few
+ months while we establish a settlement in the south of Ivydale.</span>
+
+
+
+
+ <br />
+ The one in charge responds: <span class="quote speech">That's a lot.
+ Let's say two months.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Okay.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Then we have a deal.</span><br />
+</p>
+<p>
+ A few people keep questioning the feasibility until Jack puts a stop
+ to it:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Ladies and gentlemen, whether it can be done
+ will be our problem. Now I would like to see what we have to work with.
+ Can I have a look at that irrigation system?</span><br />
+ The one in charge turns to a girl:
+ <span class="quote speech">Mary, can you go, show them around?</span>
+ <br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Sure.</span> She takes a step towards Annie
+ and Jack. <span class="quote speech">Follow me. The closest access point
+ is right there, behind the store.</span><br />
+ They walk around it and onto a field of <span class="comment">withering?
+ </span> plants. A large, partially buried pipe with just the top exposed
+ goes through it with an access hatch roughly in the center of the field.
+ Right next to the hatch is a <span class="comment">Gestell?</span> with
+ a boom to lower a large bucket into the access hatch.<br />
+ Jack asks: <span class="quote speech">Is it all like this, a net of
+ buried pipes?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Mostly. In the greenhouses, it's just
+ an open <span class="comment">channel?</span>.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Where do these pipes lead?</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">They all connect to a large
+ <span class="comment">round buried tank</span> from where another pipe
+ leads to the intake. It's a bit of a walk but I can show you.</span>
+ <br />
+ She gestures for them to follow but Jack stops her:<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Wait, we can take the truck.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">That's <i>your</i> car?</span><br />
+ Her sudden excitement seems to take Jack by surprise.<br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Uhh... yeah.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">That's so cool! I've only ever seen
+ the broken ones by the side of the road. We gonna drive there?</span>
+ <br />
+ <span class="quote speech">If you show the way.</span><br />
+ <span class="quote speech">Heck yeah!</span>
+</p>
+<p class="comment">
+ Not sure of this should be the end of a chapter or if I should continue
+ here.<br />
+ One thing that has happened is that this chapter, while written from
+ Annie's perspective, has her be a passive bystander without even
+ having any introspection for most of it. This needs to be adressed
+ somehow.
+</p>
+<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – All rights reserved.</p><script>let spans = ["<span class=\"paper green\">", "<span>"]; let pre_texts = document.getElementsByTagName("pre"); for (let i = 0; i < pre_texts.length; i++) {if (pre_texts[i].className != "paper") continue; let lines = pre_texts[i].innerHTML.split("\n"); let result = ""; for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html>
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-<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Basic Needs </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
-
-<h1> Basic Needs</h1>
-<p>
- Jack drives into a dried-out river. In the distance on the other side is
- a group of houses that, while they have certainly seen better days,
- don't look abandoned. The truck struggles to get traction in the
- sand on the other side of the river and eventually gets stuck.
- <span class="quote speech">Well fuck.</span> Jack backs up and turns
- into the river. He accelerates, then steers back onto the river bank
- – to no avail, the truck gets stuck again. He turns back into the
- river. The engine roars. First gear, second gear, third gear...
-</p>
-<p>
- The suspension bottoms out as the truck plows uphill through the sand,
- barely making it out of the river. Annie holds her shoulder, it hurts
- from getting pushed into the seat belt.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">Can we not do that again, please?</span><br />
- <span class="comment">response?</span><br />
- Jack turns around and drives onto the overgrown remains of a road leading
- to the settlement.
-</p>
-<p>
- He parks in front of an old store.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">This is it, I guess.</span><br />
- They get out and start walking towards the door. A small dog runs up to
- them, barking, jumping around, running in circles, and wagging its tail.
- It picks up a stick and drops it in front of Annie. She crouches down,
- pets the dog, and picks up the stick.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">I'll be right there</span>, Annie says
- to Jack before throwing it.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">Okay.</span> Jack goes into the store.
-</p>
-<p>
- After playing fetch for a bit, Annie follows. Behind the counter is a man
- who appears to be in his 60s. He is talking to Jack:<br />
- <span class="quote speech">I mean in the long run. We have plenty of food
- right now but, since the <river name> has changed course, we
- don't even have enough water to grow crops for ourselves. The
- cisterns and wells simply don't cut it.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">So, basically, you're saying you need
- water.</span><br />
- The man interrupts the conversation and looks at Annie:<br />
- <span class="quote speech">Good afternoon, what can I do for you?</span>
- <br />
- <span class="quote speech">I'm with him.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">I see.</span><br />
- He turns back to Jack:<br />
- <span class="quote speech">Listen, we don't just need a little bit of
- water. The amount of water we need can't simply be carried here or
- we'd do it ourselves. And we need it regularly and consistently.
- When the <river> still flowed here, water used to flow into our
- irrigation system upstream and got distributed to all the fields and
- greenhouses from there.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">I know you need an industrial quantity of
- water. We can get you an industrial quantity of water. Will you give us
- food if we supply you?</span><br />
- <span class="comment">"Who is *we*?"</span><br />
- He musters Jack for a moment.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">And how do you wanna get it here?</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">By train - assuming the railroad south of here
- is in a serviceable state.</span> Seeing the man's confusion, Jack
- adds: <span class="quote speech">Let that be my problem to solve. Will
- you trade water for food?</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">I'm gonna have to discuss that with the
- others. Wait outside.</span>
-</p>
-<p>
- After playing with the dog some more, they get approached by a group of
- people, amongst them the man from the store. They shake hands. Jack
- repeats his idea to supply water by train in exchange for crops.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">What's this train you're talking
- of?</span>, one of them asks.<br />
- <span class="quote speech">A large vehicle from the old world. It drives
- on tracks like the ones that should be south of here.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">So that's what these rails were used
- for... But that's still pretty far from here, how do you wanna
- transport the water here?</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">That irrigation system of yours... Can we take
- a look at it?</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">I see where you're trying to go with
- this. It's still not particularly close to the rails.</span>
-</p>
-<p>
- After a bit of additional back and forth, they agree on a plan. The man
- who did most of the talking asks a girl:<br />
- <span class="quote speech">Mary, can you go, show them around?</span>
- <br />
- <span class="quote speech">Sure, follow me.</span>
- <span class="comment">It's a bit of a walk...</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">Wait</span>, Jack stops her,
- <span class="quote speech">We're here with a truck.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">So that's <i>your</i> car? Cool!
- I've only ever seen one working car in the city. So we're
- gonna drive there?</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">If you show us the way.</span><br />
- <span class="quote speech">Let's go!</span>
-</p>
-<p class="comment">
- Not sure of this should be the end of a chapter or if I should continue
- here. The way this has turned out, it would also be nice if they ended up
- delivering construction machines (excavators, etc.) to the village so
- they don't need to rely on water shipments past the day when the
- protagonists leave for Nova Metropolis.
-</p>
-<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – All rights reserved.</p><script>let spans = ["<span class=\"paper green\">", "<span>"]; let pre_texts = document.getElementsByTagName("pre"); for (let i = 0; i < pre_texts.length; i++) {if (pre_texts[i].className != "paper") continue; let lines = pre_texts[i].innerHTML.split("\n"); let result = ""; for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html>
diff --git a/pq-diesel_creek.html b/pq-diesel_creek.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Diesel Creek </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
+<h1> Diesel Creek </h1>
+
+<p>
+ Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">And you really expect to find
+ one here that isn't beyond repair?</span><br />
+ They are walking into a valley in a large forested area.<br />
+ Jack replies: <span class="quote speech">I'm not even sure this is
+ the right place. Everything looks so different. But if it is, we'll
+ have plenty to choose from. Not optimistic about any of the hydraulic
+ excavators but we had some older cable-driven diggers
+ <span class="comment">right word?</span> on site that we might get
+ working.</span><br />
+ <span 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 />
+ 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'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'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">'Cause this thing'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'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 heißt diese Maschine mit Förderband, 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'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 />
+</p>
+
+<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – All rights reserved.</p><script>let spans = ["<span class=\"paper green\">", "<span>"]; let pre_texts = document.getElementsByTagName("pre"); for (let i = 0; i < pre_texts.length; i++) {if (pre_texts[i].className != "paper") continue; let lines = pre_texts[i].innerHTML.split("\n"); let result = ""; for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {result = result + spans[j%2] + lines[j] + " ".repeat(80-lines[j].length) + "</span>\n";} pre_texts[i].innerHTML = result;}</script></body></html>
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rename to ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html
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-<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> No U Don't Have Train. </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
-<h1> No U Don't Have Train. </h1>
+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Consulting </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
+<h1> Consulting </h1>
<p class="comment">
The following is a conversation between Jack and someone from the
train company.