<Story End Outline>

This is not intended to be a chapter. It's more of an overview for the following chapters.

They turn a bus into an improvised offroad-camper
Last communication with Emily
Emily takes off from the moon
They set off into the mountains
- problematic and sometimes non-existing roads
- They face an unexpected obstacle and lose a lot of time
- Jack and James end up driving through the night - unbeknownst to Annie and Michelle
The highway through the desert is in very good condition (= not completely buried by sand)
- Because of this and them driving through the night, they end up arriving early
exploring Nova metropolis (basically a time capsule)
the events of zz*.html