[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for September 11th

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

NEAR BEAUMONT, EAST TEXAS- "High Dive" Mason, an erratic air pirate turned
courier logs a report of what looks like a large construction sized hover
truck heading into the maelstrom around the ruins of Fort Worth.

AUSTIN RECLAMATION ZONE, TEXAS- A scout from the village of Matamoros in
Northern Mexico arrives in the Zone with vague sightings of groups of
humanoid creatures stalking the dunes of South Padre Island. The bridges
that connected the vacation island to the mainland were a casualty of the
Big Bang and no one has ever heard any stories or logged any reports of the
area. A local librarian is looking for volunteers who can steer a boat or
handle a gun.

BROWNSVILLE REFUGE, SOUTH TEXAS- A heavily damaged boat washed ashore not
far from the Refuge. Inside are three bedraggled souls that were in the
final stages of dehydration and malnutrition. After a few days rest, they
manage to sputter out that they are escapees from a concentration camp
established in the Bayou Vista coastal swamps in southern Louisiana. Not
long after the missiles flew, a C.S.A. 'borg calling itself Twelve arrived
into town under the cover of storms with a force of soldiers and proceeded
to subjugate and isolate the town of Bayou Vista. For thirteen years, the
citizens have been under the thumb of the erratic commander and his force of
brainwashed troops; forced to serve their every whim. The refugees are the
result of a three-month plan to liberate a boat and go for help.