[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for July 27th

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

Piper, the head Junker in the Apache Junction Engineer's Society is raising
a posse to go after a thief. Two weeks ago, a waster dying of blood loss
appeared at the Apache Junction gates. He was made comfortable and had a
small private talk with Piper before passing on in his sleep. Piper was
given a map and directions from the wanderer and secured them in his
strongbox. Rumors began to float around the town, (Junkers do love to
gossip, ya know) and the directions were said to lead to a classified
military base, a backwater cybertech factory, a hidden enclave of rich folks
in the mountains and a fortified farm in a secluded valley. Many stories
were making the rounds and Piper was getting a mite upset at the
rumormongering when his box vanished. The prime suspect is a trader and
scout known in the area, one Boxcar Joshua. He was the last one seen near
the box before it disappeared. 

The wandering gunslinger named Red Feathers logs a report of the destruction
of a trader caravan from Brownsville. It seems that Red Feathers and a
number of other individuals were taken on as guards. Outside of the ruins of
Fort Worth, the caravan was besieged by faintly glowing translucent
humanoids whose touch could kill. Red Feathers says that a hasty retreat was
all that saved him and the caravan is still there, waiting for salvage. 


14 days until the Great Pilgrimage!