Alex Altman said: > Sebastian wandered in small circles around the crash site, looking > carefully at the ground. He didn't really have much idea about what he > was looking for -- secret underground passageways, he guessed, or > anything that would allow a group to disappear so easily from a place. > The smell of the vent stacks caught his attention, and he waved Ms. > Dominic over. "Where do these vents lead to?" he asked her. "They go to underground, methane power stations," she replied. "As you likely know, Khayr ad-Din is built atop a centuries-old waste dump, collecting nearly all the waste of Terra Nova. As the stuf decomposes, it vents methane gas. We use that to help power the compound." She pointed at the small stack. "That stack vents off the residue gas from the combustion chambers deep underground. Sometimes, methane escapes too. They're completely unmanned and run with little maintenance. Why do you ask?" [...] ************************** Dennis D. Kirkpatrick dkirkpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bluething.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message brought to you by the HG-PBEM "OVERDRIVE" mailing list. http://www.bluething.org/overdrive/