You break up camp, get everything gathered and follow Bartja's and Hammer's recommendations. The one bivouac unit will be left behind, which means one person will need to use a breather during resting periods rather than a bivouac tent. (Lest you forget, the air here is slightly toxic over time.)
You travel the first hour and here a strange noise of branches breaking to your right. You fear the wolf creatures may have found you again...or maybe worse. You all spin around, ready for a fight. Birds fly off from the trees above the stream valley floor. Then...nothing. After a few minutes of waiting and watching, you head back down the trail again, with Hammer and Desi still scouting up front.
The second hour, as you are traveling, movement to the side of the stream catches your attention. Those during the watch who saw them recognize the little rat-like creatures. They scurry away into the brush as you approach, leaving their tiny footprints. The stream valley appears to be filled with these creatures, and now you have seen them and their footprints in daylight. You will not forget them if they show up again for your rations or supplies.
After three hours of travel, you feel you have almost conquered this world. Well, not really. About 50 meters ahead of you, 30 creatures are watering at the stream. They appear to be herd creatures, with about twenty of them females or young, and about ten males on the bank watching for predators.
The party catches up to Desi and Hammer scouting ahead, and Hammer performs an analyze ecosystems check. (
OOC: I am having him regularly perform these when called for. Anyone else who has the skill can also elect to perform them. I am just automatically doing them for Hammer as the environmentalist to save time.) Hammer watches them and says that they appear to be like deer and will not be aggressive. They should run off into the woods if you just approach straight through or scare them off.
...or you can take a 30 minute detour around them by going up into the woods and around.
12:00 p.m. (22 hours remaining) (3 hours with no rest)
Rations remaining: 65 (each survival ration is for one person for one day)
Bivouac Units: 1 (one is 30/30 SP (structural points); 10 kg each
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