[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for October 12th

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

BROWNSVILLE REFUGE, SOUTH TEXAS- Burt Whittaker, a Convoy Scout, logs a
report with the Librarian for the Refuge. Whittaker was running a shipment
of clothes and seed to the village of Rocky Gorge along the old Texas-Mexico
border but after his van made the final turn into the valley, he decided
against it. The valley that held the town was completely shrouded by some
kind of thick smoke. Burt kept watch for almost four hours, but the smoke
never lifted and there were no signs of movement from the valley. When his
Geiger counter began to sporadically detect radiation spikes, Burt decided
to retreat and get the word out. Local Law Dogs are calling Rocky Gorge off
limits until matters are resolved.

BLACK KETTLE, OKLAHOMA- Rob "Double-Barrel" Dixon, a Law Dog, logs a report
of a Black Hat convoy spotted moving out of Colorado. Heading east across
the Oklahoma Panhandle, Dixon swears that there was better than fifty-foot
soldiers, three heavy trucks, a squad of light cans and a semi hauling a
heavy construction crane. 

APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA- The Engineer's Society has been the recipient of a
gift. During a guard change, a small package was discovered outside the main
gates of the Society compound. Inside was a collection of microchips and
circuit boards in pristine condition. A review of the compound security
cameras only reveals a small humanoid figure, wearing a big concealing
duster with the collar turned up, dropping off the box and vanishing off the
scanner screens. 

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA- The gunslinger called Shrike logs a report from Port
Smith on the Arkansas River. Captain Molly Stewart is looking to hire a
number of gunslingers and other assorted folks to get rid of the river
bandits that have been plundering villages along the waterway. Captain
Stewart is offering free passage in perpetuity on her renovated river barge
and the towns are offering a large amount of trade goods as payment. The
pirates have eight large recreational boats and have shown over thirty
well-armed individuals as well as a pair of Sykers in the ranks. There are
also questions about where the pirates are getting their fuel supply.