[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for August 25th

[Michael Cone <Michael.Cone@apollogrp.edu>]

Bonhomme Boudreaux and Lightning Shadow the Indian Scout arrive in town with
a vanload of mercenaries and a very bad report. Nine days ago, a small
caravan of what looked like Junkers arrived into the ruins of New Orleans
and announced that if they were not given tribute of what ever they desired,
they would detonate the scavenged Ghost-rock nuke they had found.  Pere
Bayou, a technoshaman from the area, told Boudreaux that it sure looked like
they had the genuine article. They took the payment and made out, heading
west. Shadow, Boudreaux and a few others are trying to catch up with the
bums and take them out before a new Ghost Storm pollutes the sky. Boudreaux
is really worried about where they got that piece of ordinance.

Anybody know how ta steer this thing? A courier from the ruins of Galveston
arrives looking for a few mechanically oriented folks. He has a few friends
that have discovered an oil supertanker anchored a few miles off shore in
the Gulf of Mexico. They want to try and get it operational again to make a
floating traders' bazaar for the remaining port towns. There is also a
member of the Watch in the group who wants to try and get the sucker armed
and make a recon run around the Florida Keys and up the Eastern Seaboard to
try and get more intelligence on what's really going on over the
Mississippi. 

Scouts from the township of Clint in west Texas report the theft of a
tractor-trailer. Under the cover of darkness, the truck was run through the
town gates and vanished into the night. Witnesses report the two
perpetrators had a few distinctive marks. One was a tall male figure with
long braided brown hair, dressed in simple rags with bright crimson skin.
The other was a small female of oriental descent, dressed in urban fatigues,
wearing a brace of pistols and a rifle slung over her back. The truck
driver, Marcus Owens, will pay almost any price to get his livelihood back.

Two Templars arrive at the town of Globe looking for help. One week ago, the
Templar called Hutch was ambushed and killed while on his way to the
Engineer's Society in Apache Junction. Some of the Arizona technoshamans
found him during his last moments. He said that he was ambushed by muties
being led by a purple robed Doomsayer, and that they were very interested in
getting a hold of his energy blade. Once he had been disarmed, they vanished
with their prize, leaving Hutch to die. The Junkers report that a Doomsayer
in green robes passed through, heading for the Phoenix ruins a few days
later. The two Templars are looking for some brave souls to act as back up.