From c8c204d7719c4973230ecc196635e77813bc22a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BodgeMaster <> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 09:06:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Multiple chapters: Old changes (see long description) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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. --- pa-Bare_Necessities.html | 180 ++++++++++++++++++ pa-Basic_Needs.html | 106 ----------- pq-diesel_creek.html | 56 ++++++ ...=> ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html | 4 +- 4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) create mode 100644 pa-Bare_Necessities.html delete mode 100644 pa-Basic_Needs.html create mode 100644 pq-diesel_creek.html rename ta-no_u_dont_have_train.html => ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html (96%) diff --git a/pa-Bare_Necessities.html b/pa-Bare_Necessities.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d92ec62 --- /dev/null +++ b/pa-Bare_Necessities.html @@ -0,0 +1,180 @@ +<!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. 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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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8879f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/pq-diesel_creek.html @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<!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> diff --git a/ta-no_u_dont_have_train.html b/ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html similarity index 96% rename from ta-no_u_dont_have_train.html rename to ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html index e42bc23..4b25eb5 100644 --- a/ta-no_u_dont_have_train.html +++ b/ta-consulting-no_u_dont_have_train.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -<!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.