May 06, 2094
Thursday, 0635 hours
Truth or Consequences, NM
Some of the Posse seemed to be having real trouble getting it in gear. Nonetheless, they managed to straggle out on the road not longer after sunup. As per the previous day, the rig preceded the armed technical. As well, Rowan and Michaela acted as outriders, riding in front.
Peter and Jane crewed the technical, with Arthur riding in back. Roadkill, Brother Edgar rode in the cab of the rig, as did Smoker and Dakota (to keep out of sight). Schaeffer hung out on top in the fighting position to the rear of the van trailer where he had a remarkable field of view.
It was roughly a 2-hour drive north along I-25 from Las Cruces/Shalam Colony to Truth or Consequences, NM. Below them in the canyon flowed the brown waters of the Rio Grande.
0830 Hours.
WELCOME TO TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
POPULATION: 89
The settlement was in the west central part of Old Truth or Consequences. When the Elephant Butte damn was destroyed upstream by a LatAm orbital strike, the raging floodwaters of the Rio Grande wiped out most of the old town. Once the river waters receded the course of the river had changed so that it continued to flow through the ruins and formed a small lake in the middle of the downtown.
The town of Truth or Consequences now had a population of 89, a half-dozen or so blocks sitting on the shore of the downtown lakeside surrounded by a moat of water diverted from the Rio Grande. A militia in a Kevlar vest and Police shotgun waved them across the connecting bridge off Broadway to inside the perimeter. She clearly was a mutant, with a leathery face under a camouflage boonie hat.
There were businesses and shops in the settlement to serve the surrounding farms. As well, there was a hotel and bar that featured a hot springs and casino.
The convoy stopped close to the Marshall's office (in the former Firewater Lodge) so that Brother Edgar could look for the Eye of Hiroshima at its last known location. Smoker and Dakota Jack stayed in the truck cab (sitting at the folding table in the sleeper compartment playing cards).
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