Chapter 36- Scorched Earth

[Hoff4D]

Second behemoth was shredded. I missed it during the broadcast. I had the screwed up echo thing during that moment so I didn't hear it. Much like I've missed other things due to technical snafus.

"Technical Snafus"....suuure....THATS what happened to the voodoo lounge. :-P

[nikvoodoo]

"Technical Snafus"....suuure....THATS what happened to the voodoo lounge. :-P

No....a severe lack of time happened to the voodoo lounge

[Litmaster]

There are a number of military bases around Southern California and Nevada that haven't been part of the story so far that would be within range of the Pelican. The one I find tantalizing is the "Long Beach Navy Base" that the Army recon team was sent to check on. In real life there isn't a Long Beach Navy Base any more, and I can't believe that K.C. and company wouldn't know that.

The base Kimmet got the nukes from is in Texas, which is too far away for the Pelican to easily reach. But there could be nukes on Navy bases, and if there aren't any in Long Beach then there should be in San Diego.

Now I'm remembering when Burt said that most of the choppers around LA flew out of Van Nuys. Not sure if they are civilian-type or not, but just thought it would be cool if Muldoon could get himself another fully-loaded Blackhawk, then he and Pegs could both take to the air and raise hell!

[Cabbage Patch]

No....a severe lack of time happened to the voodoo lounge

Given a choice between having Nik update the Voodoo Lounge, and all the other things he does for us, notably getting "We're Not Dead" out and maintaining order on the Forum, I vote for keeping things the way they are. And for getting Nik a guest role on We're Alive.

[UndeadSweeper]

I believe it was "they heard us! They heard us!"

Referencing the Sat phone call

There was one more thing. I thought I heard Spanish too.

[scbubba]

I believe it was "they heard us! They heard us!"

Referencing the Sat phone call

I concur.

[scbubba]

Given a choice between having Nik update the Voodoo Lounge, and all the other things he does for us, notably getting "We're Not Dead" out and maintaining order on the Forum, I vote for keeping things the way they are. And for getting Nik a guest role on We're Alive.

+1 for WND

+1 for Nik's WA role

+1000 for Nik!!!

[Cabbage Patch]

Now I'm remembering when Burt said that most of the choppers around LA flew out of Van Nuys. Not sure if they are civilian-type or not, but just thought it would be cool if Muldoon could get himself another fully-loaded Blackhawk, then he and Pegs could both take to the air and raise hell!

Is there any chance that Muldoon and Edwards' Blackhawk survived the fight at Fort Irwin? I know it was over the barracks when Muldoon warned them to run and there wasn't much time to act before the nuke went off. But there is some serious terrain around Fort Irwin, and it wouldn't take a Blackhawk very much time to get behind a mountain and into one of the deeper valleys, where it could potentially survive a nuke blast at the main encampment.

[scbubba]

Is there any chance that Muldoon and Edwards' Blackhawk survived the fight at Fort Irwin? I know it was over the barracks when Muldoon warned them to run and there wasn't much time to act before the nuke went off. But there is some serious terrain around Fort Irwin, and it wouldn't take a Blackhawk very much time to get behind a mountain and into one of the deeper valleys, where it could potentially survive a nuke blast at the main encampment.

If it did survive the blast & EMP, where could it get to after all that? It had a been in the air a pretty good amount of time prior to the blast, I think.

So what's the range of a Blackhawk under normal conditions? I know they went to LA and back with a Blackhawk before so it's definitely doable, right?

[Cabbage Patch]

If it did survive the blast & EMP, where could it get to after all that? It had a been in the air a pretty good amount of time prior to the blast, I think.

So what's the range of a Blackhawk under normal conditions? I know they went to LA and back with a Blackhawk before so it's definitely doable, right?

Normal range for a Blackhawk is about 360 miles, but this one had to have had an extended range kit on it in order to have made the flight from Boulder, which boosts its max range to over 1,300 miles. Assuming they started the day with full tanks they could easily make the trip to LA from Fort Irwin, even after several hours in the air during the fight for the base.

Of course, they wouldn't necessarily know where to go next, unless they had radio contact with the Pelican.

One other place the survivors could find replacement Blackhawks, that S-Mart parking lot in Colorado at the "Evergreen turnoff by 70". That's where all the helicopters that survived Boulder landed. They'd need to bring fuel.