That dammed bridge - ANOTHER P&S spinoff

My first T/L go easy on me
It is a hotly debated subject in Modern times about the Stillwater lift bridge. According to the Sierra Club, it is a "relic" and needs to be preserved. To everyone else, it is a waste of traffic. Despite this being argued since the 1970's, it wouldn't be argued after the bombs fell, because despite all of its problems, it was a good land supply initiative.
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The police officer watched the group of teenagers walk towards the local Malt shop. He knew everyone of those delinquents by name, Jack, that Italian kid Mario, and Thomas. Although he didn't like them, and had to deal with them many times, he felt a certain bond with each one, remembering his roots in downtown Minneapolis. As he strolled towards the lift bridge, he watched a truck drive near the struts of a bridge. He remembered serving in the Air Force during the first major threat of apocalypse. He thought that such an incident could never happen. He watched the news that morning at the station, his younger men under his watch were signing up to join the Infantry. "Dammed fools" he thought. He continued to walk upon Main Street, and waited
*
Throughout Stillwater, a tense feeling was errupting. The police station was begining to hand out rifles in there squad cars to deal with possible looters. The Fire Department, unlike many others throughout the state, stayed in there respective areas. A group of National Guardsmen, who lucked out not getting deployed to Norway, were standing at the Armory.
"Hell! They should send me over there, I'd really kick some ass!" remarked the 18 year old Private. Fresh out of boot camp, he felt he could take on the world "Shut the hell up Private!" shot out his Lieutenant. "We're stationed here, and we're not going to Norway because of runts like you. They will send us to Camp Ripley in March to help train some Norwegian soldiers if that will make you happy Private!" The private stood motionless, realizing this man has seen more then he should have. He stared at his boots waiting for further orders
* In the nearby area of Lake Elmo, the Stillwater Area Highschool shut down operations.
In Minneapolis, gangs stopped firing at each other
In Duluth, the fighter wings stationed at the Airport were on DEFCON 2.
In Rochester, the Mayo clinic began purging its patients.
The Third World War would be begining soon
 
Congrats and welcome to the ever expanding world of P&S! :D

Good job so far, but one nit pick. Please ask a moderator to change the title. "ANOTHER" makes it sound like your thread is a bad thing. Try something different. We all want more stories. We all want more life in the P&S universe. Your thread is a good thing!

Thanks and keep up the good work.

-Gen_Patton

P.S.

This is my first serious TL too! As Chipperback said, we're all learning as we go along! Keep it up!:)
 
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Good intoduction Thd.

Regarding the title, do mean damned bridge? I was thinking that, if you wish to change the stoy's title, you could call it "That Damned Bridge - A Minnesota P&S Spinoff".
 
I graduated SHS in '83. The high school did not move out of town until 1993. Looking forward to more updates.
On a side note, my senior year some friends and I played a RPG called Aftermath and we created characters of ourselves and started the game with the bombs going off!
 
Triple post go, I will be doing daily, short updates.



The policeman entered the police station.
"Sgt.?" the Captain called out. "Yes?" he responded, quietly. "We have explicit orders in our little fallout shelter that theres a "situation" occuring in West Germany." the Captain said with a stolid expression. "OK... this situation is?" the Sgt. replied, with a tremor. "Battlefield device. Went off in Germany...I think? Yeah Germany. We're given orders to begin dispersing, not our units, but our weapons, gotta disperse 'em among the force. Being a good..."
A scream at first, the troopers think its just a police car. Then they listen for the tone "Sweet fuck!" the Captain called out." The police officers ran towards the steps to the shelter. At the other side of the street, the three kids began to scurry, maybe they thought they'd be safe underwater. The National Guardsmen bolted for the police station. Soldiers! Full sprint! even the senior Lt. looked shaken. They entered the police station, ran down the steps, and began to wait for officers to file in. "Hurry the fuck up!" the troopers and soldiers screamed, hoping for the officers to all get in." The last of the remaining troopers jumped into the shelter.
*
Three planes flew over. Military or civilian? They couldn't of come from Lake Elmo Airport, too large. What would it matter in a few minutes?
*
With a flash, they felt the buildings shake. They wondered how close it hit. Windows blew out. They heard the sound of people clawing at the door. They heard the screams of people running through the streets. The soldier held onto his radio and listened to it. The last thing they heard. "God Bless America". It went silent. The radio was dead. Not from a hollywood EMP, but from the Lt. throwing it and shattering it in a rage. The troopers still had there radios, but they weren't tuned for military frequencies. The policeman thought about the implications about a bunch of men in a cramped hot space with weaponry. He shook it off and looked at the Teletype. "Cover". The soldiers remembered from NBC training that they could stay out for a few hours before the dust began to settle. They ran across the street, soldiers turned into primal animals, tearing up anything they can get from abandoned stores. "It's an empty shop" the Private spoke to himself. Cackled reports of hits in the area shook over his radio, but it was mainly screams. He heard something about Minneapolis...he thought about his family in Minneapolis. He broke down. He put the gun against his head...
he couldn't do it.
"Fuck me!" he shouted He ran back to the station. His Lt. briefed him
"If we can use that truck we can drive to the highschool...but its safer in Stillwater. In a couple of weeks we'll mount a rescue..." The soldier gasped, and they entered the shelter, to be hermatically sealed in for a week.
 
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"Private, get on that radio. I'll see if I remember how to use these damn IBM things." the Lt. muttered. He looked at all of the stations. All of them would slowly begin

feeding them information. He turned on the radio. They got nothing. Nothing appeared to be working. They shuffled a bit. They assumed there was no one on this

frequency. They kept trying and trying. Eventually they got through. The Lt. spoke on the mic in a hastened manner "Lt. Williams, 34th Infantry. Anyone on this

frequency?" "Detachment 1, Co. F, 132nd Support reporting in. Corporal Macragge. I can hear you. Barely. We are covered in extremely heavy fallout. We can hear

the pock of our Geiger counter thats sitting outside these blast doors. Eau Claire is gone. We were lucky enough to be checking to see if the diesel generators

worked. We have no reports on casualties. If you can Sir, and we beg of you. Please send help." The lieutenant sat there, knowing full well of the fate of the men in

that bunker. He was an atheist, but he caught himself praying. The Private who was tasked on the radio was sobbing "Even though I walk through the valley of the

shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." They tuned the radio down. A knock. A second knock. Lt.

Williams pulled his pistol out and trained it on the door. "Who is it?" he growled. A faint, weak voice popped out "Its three teenagers. Please sir." the Lt. asked how

dusty they were. When they replied "dusty" he let the door stay shut. This thought would haunt him to the grave. The Teletype machine began to get information. It was slow at first, but then after a few hours, they got it


-----------------GOVERNOR RUDY PERPICH.
MINNEAPOLIS HAS TAKEN TWO BOMBS. ST. PAUL HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMBS. WEAPON HAS EXPLODED

NEAR WHITE BEAR. HONEYWELL OPERATIONAL. GOVERNOR IS ALIVE AND EN ROUTE TO ROCHESTER. NO CONTACT WITH NORTH DAOKTA
(sic)

OR SOUTH DAKOTA, WISCONSIN IS REPORTING HITS MAINLY ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SIDE. CAMP RIPLEY SAFE. NORWEGIAN, DUTCH, AND

CANADIAN TROOPS PANICKING. DULUTH HAS TAKEN A BLUE BURST. PORT STRUCTURE DAMAGED. SUBMARINE FLYING BLUE FLAG SPOTTED (FRENCH?) HAS WHITE CROSS FOUR FRENCH FLOWERS. ASSUMED FRENCH
-----------------WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. TUNE TO 149.5

 
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Interesting multinational troops in America. That may complicate the situation.

I see the refugee blaming the foreign troops when things go bad.

"Our boys would have never massacred those rioters."

"Who let the fucking Dutch be in charge of the food those greedy bastards are probably keeping it all to themselves."
 
I don't doubt the possibilty, but I would simply be interested to what inspiration the presence of European troops in the Northern USA is due?

I know the Bundesluftwaffe did some training in the US and Canada as soon as the German citizenry demanded them not to train flying directly over their rooftops.

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Is the submarine Quebecois? I really wonder...

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Ah, besides, subscribed.
 
We'll figure more about the submarine later, the multinational troops thing is due to Camp Ripley being a winter warfare center, and Dutch, Norwegian, and Canadian troops train there. Thank you Hörnla for subscribing, I much appreciate it.
 
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CANADIAN TROOPS PANICKING. DULUTH HAS TAKEN A BLUE BURST. PORT STRUCTURE DAMAGED. SUBMARINE FLYING BLUE FLAG SPOTTED (FRENCH?) HAS WHITE CROSS FOUR FRENCH FLOWERS. ASSUMED FRENCH
-----------------WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. TUNE TO 149.5

"Blue burst?" I assume that's where the warhead detonates in the water? I had never seen that term before just now.
 
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