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<p>
Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">And you really expect to find
machines here that can be salvaged?</span><br />
anything 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 />
sure this is the place &ndash; everything looks so different &ndash; but
if it is, we&apos;ll have plenty machines to choose from and a bunch
more for parts.</span><br />
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.
He points to a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
<br />
Annie wonders: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
the trees?</span><br />
Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn&apos;t. The machines
came first, the trees grew after. This wasn&apos;t a forest
came first, the trees grew after. This area wasn&apos;t even a forest
back then.</span><br />
They make their way over to take a closer look.
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a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one
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 through the floor and out the side.
<span class="comment">Compact excavator? Tiny excavator?</span><br />
James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this one?
He points to a mini excavator sitting askew on a tree trunk that had
grown through its floor and out the side.<br />
James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this big one?
What&apos;s wrong with it?</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, 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 dump truck, a <span class="comment">
what's the name of that machine with a conveyor belt that sorts
large rocks and rubble from sand?
<span class="quote speech">This thing&apos;s just done for. It&apos;s
more rust than steel, missing its tracks and hydraulics for the bucket,
and it looks like someone got a bit carried away trying to remove the
cab.</span><br />
They take a quick look at the other machines around them. Apart from the
two excavators, there is a dump truck, a <span class="comment"> what's
the name of that machine with a conveyor belt that sorts large rocks and
rubble from sand?
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are rusted beyond repair and missing integral 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 />
A bit further down the valley, they find a much larger assortment of
machines, parked in long rows and parted out just 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 />
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stuff onto 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:
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?
</p>
<p>
<span class="comment">missing section</span>
The buildings are in rough shape, some much worse than others. Most
don&apos;t have rooves, a few have been completely reduced to foundations
and piles of rubble. The four walk through a gap between them and find
themselves on the parking lot. Instead of a forest, they find it mostly
overgrown with bushes and young trees. They split up and start roaming
the area.
</p>
<p class="comment">
research that needs to be done:<br />
&rarr;When were hydraulic excavators invented?<br />
&rarr;When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?<br />
&rarr;When did cable shovels go out of fashion? (Apparently never,
depending on use case. From a quick image search, modern ones seem to be
huge industrial machines.)<br />
</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 cable shovel, partially covered
in rubble from the caved-in roof &ndash; rusty but surprisingly intact.
in rubble from the <span class="comment">caved-in? fallen-in?</span>
roof &ndash; rusty but surprisingly intact.
<br />
Jack says: <span class="quote speech">That&apos;s ... uhhh ... kind of
a historical artifact.</span><br />