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We'll keep looking.”
    “Well, there's some good results,” Nora commented. “I think that might be worth the casualties we suffered.”
    Zach nodded. “If for no other reason than to keep this out of the enemy's hands.”
    They had the airport district. And once again, the technological race was on.

3
    The Alpha Wolf
    “ C ontact to our left .”
    Selene shifted her aim and found the target, a charging fen wolf baring its fangs. She steadied her assault rifle, let out a breath to relax and squeezed the trigger.
    And her shots missed.
    Selene groaned inwardly as she tried to compensate. Once again, she was slightly off target, and she knew that it wasn't just because of the creature's speed. It was fast and agile, to be sure, but her diminished skills were also contributing to her predicament.
    As a precaution she toggled her selector switch to full auto, just in case. If the monster managed to close the distance then she needed to be able to put out a ton of firepower quickly, otherwise she'd be starting from scratch once again.
    The fen wolf managed to get within thirty yards, right before a hail of bullets from all directions tore into it. Selene couldn't tell if she had scored any hits, but the creature fell, stone dead.
    “Any more of them?” she asked over the radio link.
    “Looks like we're clear,” Logan said.
    “Clear on my end as well,” Ethan spoke up.
    “Clear here too,” Gavin finished.
    “OK.” She switched channels. “Yusuf, we're clear.”
    “Thanks,” came the reply.
    “What the heck is this place? Is there really no place else to mine for Vulcanite?”
    “Not in these kind of concentrations. Besides, there's a few other materials in the ore fields around here that aren't found in the safer zones. And we need those for some of the more advanced construction. It's either that, or paying out the nose for supplies from Old Chicago.”
    Selene saw his point. Many components and weapons could only be purchased from the NPC shops and foundries in Old Chicago, but they were expensive. It was much cheaper to produce their own supplies and munitions, and Black Wolf had realized that from the beginning. First it had been bullets out of a simple ammo press, then simple tracked vehicles, and then even more complicated equipment. Now, with several large factories inside Indianapolis, they could mass produce huge amounts of materiel and munitions.
    But all of that required resources, which meant they either needed to buy it at exorbitant prices, or they needed to mine and gather it themselves. And the second option often meant going into dangerous areas teeming with hostile wildlife.
    “How were you managing before we came along? Because this seems like a lot of enemies to deal with. Especially since it's you guys.”
    “What, you rate our combat abilities that low?”
    “Well, relatively speaking, of course. I'm sure you can handle the wildlife, but this many at once? Even we're having some trouble with that.”
    “Well,” Yusuf said, “there's been a trickle of new blood coming in from Old Chicago, and they're not immediately sending them to the front lines.”
    Selene nodded. “Yeah, probably because they'd end up getting slaughtered.”
    “Yeah, but they need some way to train their skills, so we've been taking them along with us as caravan guards. And let me tell you, they can't complain about that being boring.”
    “No kidding. But is that all? That seems like something that would get a lot of them killed.”
    “Eh, we've had our fair share of casualties. But they learn fast not to underestimate the wildlife. Plus, we sometimes get veterans who've gotten killed on the front lines and are trying to retrain their skills. Like you guys, for instance. They can help provide pointers and a little backbone to our guard force.”
    “There can't be that many, though.”
    “No, which is why we've resorted to bringing a Ram with us into the really dangerous places. Fen wolves can't do much