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Running his hands over the wheel, looking at the bank of toggles on the `overhead` it was all coming back. The adrenaline. He looked to his left out the window past Gene to one of the GGG crew and pointed to the closest one and crossed his arms on his chest. Without Gene`s familiar `OK` nod, the unknown helper hurriedly reached in and helped Carlos buckle the harness. These GGG members were well trained here! They went to work with simple hand signals. He didn`t remember the harness fitting so tightly! With practiced ease, he reached up and switched on the Battery and Alternator toggles. He hit the starter button and the V8 growled as the starter engaged slowly churning the engine `WAH--------Wah`.......... Once.... twice... The chassis rocked to the right on it`s shocks as the engine roared to life rumbling. Carlos gave the throttle a push or two and the V8 kicked in it`s cradle, rocking the car under his touch. Carlos was grinning widely! He switched on the overhead `gunnery` toggles and laughed as he felt the buzz and heard the Gatling guns power units whining to a higher pitch as they spun up readying the targeting and firing nacelles that swayed the guns around their axes. The front of the Roadrunner rocked slightly sideways and up on its` springs as the guns swiveled and found their Center Lock. The Hud blinked briefly and glowed flourescent green on the windscreen. `Carlos!` Maggie yelled from the front of the car. He saw, but could not hear her. She saw his widely grinning face light up. Gene put his hands on the driver door and yelled, `CARLOS! Shut `er down!` He heard that. He toggled the radio switch and tuned in a station turning up the volume. `DAMN good song!` He thought when he heard the tune belting out of the speakers. Suitable for his decision. He grinned like a cheshire cat and looked at Gene as he yelled back, `I`ve had second thoughts!..... I`m gonna deliver the message myself!` Carlos slammed the `RoadRunner` into overdrive and pushed the throttle to the floor. The V8 responded almost in time with the music as he sped out of the GGG`s garage. `Well I`m runnin down the road, trying to loosen my load, I got 7 women on my mind. 4 that want to own me, 2 that want to stone me, and 1...says she`s a friend of mine.` He Loved that song! `Grandpa used to play that when he was a kid!` he thought as two rooster-tails of dirt showered the GGG Garage and the few gang members standing there gawking, waving their arms in front of their faces, trying to keep the dust from filling their open mouths. ---------------------------------------- In tribute to Latte`s Raiders.  Erin Taylor of Jackknife Armada died at Lost Oasis. Joseph Berry of Four Horsemen died at Blown With the Wind. Rodney `Danger` Helton of Dementia died at Gates of Somerset. `Madman` Millard Murphy of The 4saken died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Troy Kennedy of The 4saken died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. David `Dotto` Rivera of Famiglia Rivera died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. David `Little` Bigley of Luna Sea died at Gates of Somerset. Shelley Payton of Justice Delivered died at Road to Elmsfield. John Gaither of Justice Delivered died at Road to Elmsfield. Frank Anderson of the mad mad crushers died at Road to Somerset. Joyce McIntyre of the mad mad crushers died at Road to Somerset. Leroy ``Wheelman`` Nettles of Neurotoxin died at Road to Somerset. Eugene `Wild` Card of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Adam ``Spaz`` Vanvalkenburg of Neurotoxin died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Donna Miller of Legends of the Interstate died at Road to Somerset. Myrta Phan of Legends of the Interstate died at Road to Somerset. Mark `Mike` Hunt of Justice Delivered died at Road to Elmsfield. Kenneth `KK` Espino of Justice Delivered died at Road to Somerset. Linda Schmitt of Cap distributor died at Gates of Somerset. John Snodgrass of The Paranoid Tourists died at Lost Trail: Broken Ground. `Know Me From` Adam Birmingham of The Paranoid Tourists died at Lost Trail: Broken Ground. `The Parts Man` Pedro Clarke of The Paranoid Tourists died at Elmsfield Hills Rally Circuit. Angelica `Angel` Aguilera of Paladins died at Road to Elmsfield. David Lee of Hazzard County Legends died at Once Upon a Town. David `Bullseye` Bennett of Mocks Marauders died at Lost Oasis. Willard `Big Willy` Smith of The Cosmic Kids died at Forever Yellow Skies. `Conspirator` Jack Ruby of Longos Merry Men died at Somerset Arena. Charles `Winchester` Patton of Holy Mutant Death Squad died at Somerset Arena. Florence `Nightin` Gale of Holy Mutant Death Squad died at Somerset Arena. Don Johnson of The 4saken died at Forever Yellow Skies. Janet `Bullet` Lamp of The Panthers died at Gates of Somerset. Janet `Cheers` Hoffman of The Panthers died at Gates of Somerset. Antonio Jones of Team Bansi died at Once Upon a Town. Gina Teague of Paganus died at Gates of Somerset. Charity `Give More` Coggins of Rebels died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Alice Polanco of Pooks Prangksters died at Scattered Hills. Kerry `Slayer` King of Retribution Of Metal died at Telegraph Road. Richard Bowman of The Paranoid Tourists died at Highway to Hell. Harriette Goetz of Jackknife Armada died at Blown With the Wind. Janet `tIF` Williams of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Kathy Carini of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Hellen Jorgensen of Neurotoxin died at Gates of Somerset. Alfred `Go` Northrup of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Bret `Michaels` Williams of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Terry `L` Sullivan of Longos Merry Men died at Blown With the Wind. Barbara `Brownie` Freitas of Guns Gears Getaway died at Northern Farm Land. `Funkadelic` Glenn Goins of The Flying Hellfish died at Road to Elmsfield. Kelsey `Sucka` Punch of Justice Delivered died at Northern Farm Land. Michael Lutz of Jackknife Armada died at Gates of Somerset. James Jones of Rising Sun died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 2. `Major` Richard Winters of Folled sturierien died at Lost Oasis. Theodore `The Prez` Roosevelt of Da Vincis List died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 1. Kimberly Stauffer of Neurotoxin died at Northern Speedway. Justin `Tumbler` Brown of Shattered-n-Bloody died at Lost Oasis. Buck `Pulley` Plourde of MADHAT died at Gates of Sarsfield. Lynn Compton of Folled sturierien died at Somerset Rally Circuit. Larry Brenton of The Cosmic Kids died at Road to Elmsfield. Joseph Fitzsimmons of The Cosmic Kids died at Road to Elmsfield. David `Da Man` Franklin of The Cosmic Kids died at Road to Elmsfield. Lauren `Magic Fingers` Whitlock of The Panthers died at Scattered Grounds. Keith Thomas of Jackknife Armada died at Lost Oasis. Jeremiah `Cardio` Ward of Special Circumstances died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Jesus `HaLo` Lopez of The Underdogs died at Blown With the Wind. Kenneth `Winning` Wimbish of The Underdogs died at Blown With the Wind. Christopher Cerda of the mad mad crushers died at Northern Farm Land. Nicholas Chaisson of the mad mad crushers died at Northern Farm Land. Jason Charles of Neurotoxin died at Once Upon a Town. `Sergeant` Stephen Longo of Longos Merry Men died at Devils Fingers. Chris `Prik` King of Justice Delivered died at Northern Farm Land. Billy Kidd of Holy Mutant Death Squad died at Gateway Interstate Arena. Charles Delgado of Slaythofens died at Elmsfield Lake Track. John Kuiper of Initial Drift died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop. `Pharoah` Kris Ramirez of Dementia died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Robert Green of Lattes Raiders died at Gateway Interstate Arena. `Dame` Felicitas Baker of Lattes Raiders died at Gateway Interstate Arena. George Jones of The Chain Gang died at Road to Somerset. Kimberly `The Huntress` May of Dementia died at Lost Oasis. George `Ragin` Cajun` Boudreaux of The Paranoid Tourists died at Elmsfield Lake Track. Grace Jones of Slaythofens died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop. Michael `Hawkeye` Pierce of Justice Delivered died at Lost Oasis. Patricia `spins her` Propp of v.i.n.d.i.c.a.to.r.s. died at Gates of Firelight. Doris `Red` Rojas of v.i.n.d.i.c.a.to.r.s. died at Somerset Arena. Raymond `reckless` Hillenbrand of Wrath died at Northern Speedway. Jennifer Lloyd of Dementia died at Road to Somerset. Jacob Brown of Blue Steel died at Once Upon a Town. Miguel Gerth of Scarzams Dragoons died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 3. Isaac Sutton of tennis died at Road to Somerset. Grant Kilburn of tennis died at Road to Somerset. Shannon Quillen of Justice Delivered died at Road to Elmsfield. `Suicidal` Harold Reith of Dementia died at Road to Elmsfield. Charles Dubreuil of Jackknife Armada died at Road to Somerset. Connie `Not Chuck` Norris of Team Bansi died at Road to Elmsfield. Charlie `X` Ray of Team Bansi died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 3. Van Nguyen of Dryfus Dragoons died at Salt Flats Canyon. Joshua `Max Power` Powell of BOB-BagOfBones died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 1. Ora McFall of Justice Delivered died at Blown With the Wind. Irene Piedra of Justice Delivered died at Road to Elmsfield. `Mad` Louise Smart of Riotous Assembly died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. `Killer` Candace Francis of CryptKeepers died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Jermaine Wetherbee of Legends of the Interstate died at Road to Somerset. Cletus `Bullseye` Hickman of Hazzard County Legends died at Somerset Arena. Elise Baca of Edgerunners died at Northern Farm Land. Julian Thrash of Legends of the Interstate died at Gates of Somerset. Albert McClain of R.Inc. died at Somerset Arena. Brian `Bad Boy` Carver of CryptKeepers died at Road to Somerset. Judy Denison of The Underdogs died at Road to Somerset. James Dishon of The Underdogs died at Smokey Hills. Joshua Kuykendall of Bastille died at Blown With the Wind. Keith Russell of Delta 88s died at Northern Farm Land. John `Runaway` Ross of The Underdogs died at Scattered Grounds. Benjamin `Shoot `Em Up` Shoop of The Underdogs died at Scattered Grounds. Charles Coleman of Jackknife Armada died at Scattered Grounds. 1. Longos Merry Men (Somerset): $4361. |
 `So, who we gonna side with?` The question had been asked several times in the past few weeks, but it seemed like it was becoming irrelevant. `Im not sure,` came the answer. Keith Drake, the leader of The Underdogs sat at the table with frustration, fueled by uncertainty, underlying his voice. `But the waiting is killing me.` * New rules of engagement have come into play. The vigilante groups that patrol the roads, clearing the roads of pirates, have agreed to no longer to attack each other outside of the major towns. Even those gangs whose reputations border on pirate themselves, such as Longos Merry Men and Famiglia Rivera, can consider themselves immune to attack from other vigilante gangs. They still face attack from the pirate gangs that roam the wasteland, refusing to engage in diplomacy of any sort. And Bounty Hunter gangs listen to only one thing their clients money. Despite the truce, traders still risk attack from the very vigilante groups sworn to protect them. These raids go unpunished until the bounty gets high enough for the Road Ronins or Fait Accompli catch wind of it. At least, thats the way it seems under these new rules of engagement. So whats brought about this new peace? The possibility of war. Its no secret that some of the larger, more prosperous wilderness camps, such as Southern Pride, Rorkes Drift, and Rogues Ridge, have held advanced manufacturing techniques that surpassed the small engineering shops in towns. In recent weeks, though, theyve developed new manufacturing techniques to develop some of the more technologically advanced weapons and unique car chassis otherwise only found after peeling out the dead bodies of their former owners. Interest in owning or joining a camp has increased dramatically. Even famed autoduelling team Slaythofens has opened a new camp in the wastes near Sarsfield. So far moneys been the only factor as to who owns these camps, but violence appears likely on the horizon. The space needed to build factories and other resources for these camps makes building them near towns impractical. That means the camps could be vulnerable to pirate attacks, or even raids from other camps looking to steal away their technology. Reputation of the camps will become more important than ever as the most talented mechanics in Evan make up their minds where to best ply their craft. Unfortunately, fixing up junkers at Jakes in Sommerset isnt the destination for most of them. Scuttlebutt in the taverns has raged back and forth about what this new direction means. Will gangs pull away from the towns, defending the wealth of their mini-fortresses in the wilderness? If so, who remains to protect the civilized towns from marauders? Many independent gangs work for multiple camps as haulers, mechanics or just mercenaries. What happens if two camps declare all-out war? How will those gangs react? For now, only a few of the camp leaders have made any challenges, and those challenges have remained unanswered. Back in town, citizens keep their attention fixed on the local leagues more than the politics outside city walls. But, when these camps start buying sponsorships in the leagues, advertising on billboards around the track, who cant help but wonder if this heralds in a new era in a civilization just barely recovering from the brink of extinction? Story by t0rp0r by BWGunner  With the major leagues coming towards their conclusion, the current leaders are: Evan Race Ladder - Lattes Raiders There is currently one minor league in progress also: Northern Paintball League - Slaythofens  |