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VOLUME FOUR: AUSTRALIA

A Supplement for   Car Wars® and
an d   GURPS Autoduel®
By Greg Rickards, Gary Makin and Steve Reynolds
With additional material by Geoff Home, W.G. Armintrout and Craig Sheeley
Edited by W.G. Armintrout with Scott Haring; technical assistance by Steven Beeman, Norman Banduch and Dave Seagraves
Cover photo courtesy of Promotion Australia; cover vehicles by Donald Smith
Interior art by Dan Carroll
Maps, graphics and production: David Ladyman, C. Mara Lee, Carl Manz, Czeslaw Sornat, Melinda Spray, Monica Stephens
Thanks to: Tim Barrett, for lots of help with the computers; Robert Prior, for photocopying and other practical help; Alan Grieve,
our resident Queensland expert, and Joseph Chilarri and Gary Cross for useful suggestions.
System design by Steve Jackson; development by David Ladyman
Playtesters: Australia — Tim Barrett, Richard Cornwall, Phillip McGregor, Steve Merril, NSW Wargamers Club, John
Statharkis, Wayne Stewart; USA — Alliance of the Dragon, Norman Banduch, David W. Dyche, Matthew Huff, Mike
Montgomery, Mount Pleasant Gaming Association (Allen Shock, John Doyle, John C. Monahan, Mary Zawacki, Stephanie
Wardwell), Dave Seagraves, Craig Sheeley, the Wrecking Crew (Ray Carter, Eric Jerome, Dean Kenady, Dan Ormiston, Larry
Stohr, and Michael Vragel), John and Brenda Wright, and Raven Carleton Wright
Portions of this atlas are excerpted
excerpted fro m RA DA A publications.
publications. A ustralian spelling
spelling has been
been retained
retained when ever possib
possible.
le.
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Copyright © 1987 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. All rights reserved.
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AUTODUEL
AUTODUEL AUSTRALIA 2 Western Australia 29
Southeast
Southeast Asia (map) 4 Overseas States 34
Tasmania 34
Mainland Territories 35
CAMPAIGNING IN AUSTRALIA 5 Austra lian Capital Territory 35
Welcome to Australia 5 New Aboriginal Territory 36
Travel and Transportation .. 5 Northern Territory 37
Standard of Living 6 Overseas Territories 39
Autoduelling in Australia 6 Australia n Antarctic Territory 39
Visiting Australia 7 Antarctica
Antarctica (map) 40
Customs Police
Police 7
Roleplaying Australians 9
Thinking Like an Australian 9 PETROL 41
Talking Like An Australian 10 Petrol Engines 41
Encounters 11 Top Speed 41
Aborigines 11 Acceleration
Acceleration and Deceleration 42
Boat Hunte rs 11 Miles Per Gallon 42
Blight Incend iary Force
Force 12 Oversized Engines 42
Cycle Gangs 13 Fuel Tanks 42
Festival of Lasers 13 Petrol Duelling 43
Khmer Noir 14 Power Plant Damage 43
New Australia Party 14 Fuel Tank Damage 43
Rearmed Services Legion
Legion 14 Fire 44
Royal Autodu elling Association
Association of Australia 15 Operating Petrol
Petrol Vehicles 44
Royal Flying Doctor Service 15 Repair 44
Sisters
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 16 Salvage 44
Triad 16 Petrol Charts & Tables 45
Wilderness Command os 17 Petrol Engine Accessories
Accessories 46
Vehicles Found In Australia 46
THE AADA ROAD ATLAS
AND SURVIVAL
SURVIVAL GUIDE: MINI-SCENARIOS 48
Black
Black Mountain Dueltra ck 48
AUSTRALIA 18 Eleven-a-si
Eleven-a-side
de Autod uelling 48
The Commonwealth of Australia 19 Party Games 50
Mainland States 19 Breaking the Curtain 52
New South Wales 19 On Parade 53
Queensland 22 Bloodline 54
Continental
Continental Australia (map) 32
South Australia 25
Victoria
Victoria . . 27 2,000 METRES, STRAIGHT DOWN 55

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 The Dumping Grounds
For 40,
40,00
0000 years, the Australian A borigines
borigines — a d ark-skinned , triba l people
— were the sole inhabitants of their continent. But in 1788, that changed: Britain
needed a place to dump its unwanted citizens. Australia became the home of 
Southeast Asia thieves and criminals, of the Irish and Catholic.
Grain, sheep,
sheep, cattle
cattle and gold
gold were the founda tion of Australia's we alth. The
colourful era of explorers and outlaws faded as colonists and former convicts
Years of Blight turned a prison into a nation.
China,  plunged into chaos when the
Grain Blight destroyed its rice and wheat
But while the coast yielded up its wealth, the deserts of the centre remained
crops, fell back to feudalism as warlords defiant. Americans set out to conquer a continent, and succeeded. The
vied for control. Australians' attempt to conquer
conquer their continent
continent ended in a dra w. Perhaps this ex-
Refugees escaping starvation swept plains the Australian national character: easygoing and cynical, with a cheeky
into Indochina and Malaysia, where over-
loaded governments toppled.   Singapore disrespect for authority — more likely to steal the flag than salute it.
became a fortress city, turning to can-
nibalism when the canned food ran out. The Lucky Country
 Indonesia, hastily putting aside its civil
war, used its nuclear weapons to stave off  In 1901, the colonies
colonies united to fo rm the Comm onwealth of A ust ra lia .
oblivion — reducing Singapore and The "Lucky Country" was free of natural disaster, war, and social
southern Malaysia to a radioactive waste-
land that detoured the refugee masses
upheaval. Though a stubborn reliance on agricultural produce instead of in-
away from Java and Sumatra. dustry created long-term problems, the people were content. The Aussies pos-
The refugee crisis in the   Philippine Is- sess
sessed
ed large oil reserves, mo st of which stayed in the groun d — the nation
na tion lacked
lands toppled the regime there, bringing to the money to exploit her resources.
power an ultra-right dictatorship that
seized U.S. ships and used them to "warn When petrol became scarce  in the  1990s, Australians turne d  to  ethanol  fuels,
off" furt her refug
refugees
ees.. utilising
utilising the cane
cane fields of Queensland an d Ne w South Wa les. They sold fue l at
. Independent  Mindinao, a shining outrageous prices, prompting an inconclusive war with resource-hungry In-
beacon
beacon of democracy
democracy in the Pacific, some-
some-
how managed to survive intact. Moslem donesia, and a m ajor A merican research
research effort into electric
electric engines.
Asian refugees found a warm home there,
though food was scarce — Filipino and The Grain Blight
refugee starved together.
Other islands — particularly  Timor  and In 2012, the Grain Blight — a grain-killing microorganism — plunged the
Papua-New Guinea —   were swamped by world into chaos. People starved on six continents, but Australia was spared -
the migrating hordes. Tribes massacred probably due to their extreme
extreme qu arantine regulations.
one another in search of imaginary stores
of food, then starved. In the mountains and Nevertheless,
Nevertheless, the Blight
Blight brought panic as the world mo ved towa rds nu clear
 jungle
 jungless of Papu
Papua-Na-New
ew Gui
Guine
nea,
a, the nati
natives
ves war. A merican defence
defence installations
installations in
in Australia — the Pine
Pine Gap and N ur ru ng ar
fought a guerrilla war, until sheer weight satell
satellite
ite stations,
stations, the
the subm arine com mun ications base
base at N orthwest Cape — were
of numbers forced them to flee to the
highest peaks and to small offshore is-
prime targets for the Soviets, yet the American satellite defence "shield" that
lands. protected the U.S. did not extend to Australia.
Zealand'ss  quarantine regulations
 New Zealand' Led by the New Australia Party — an emerging, radical political force -
— as tough as Australi
Austr alia's
a's — kept the Grain
Grain
Blight out. Refugees flooded northernmost
terrified citizens stormed the American bases and shut them down. As a result,
Maori Island, however, which temporarily Australia was untargeted during the Russo-American War. The day of the
fell under the control of refugee tribal takeover (May 15t 15th)
h) is commem orated as Neutrality Day, a nation al holid ay.
chiefs.
Among the Pacific islands, the Grain
Blight spread slowly and had little impact The Refugee Invasion
— copra
copra and breadfruit
breadfrui t were unaffected by The Grain Blight caused millions of Asians to migrate in search of food.
the disease.  Tahiti  was reached by
refugees, but   Easter Island   and the   Mar-
Within months,
months, refugees were arr iving in A ustralia.
ustralia.
quesas  were spared invasion by their Vigilantes, fearin g that the refugee s would bring the
the Blight, took advantage
remoteness. of relaxed gun laws to operate private "boat hunting" pirate fleets. The Royal
Australian Navy had to be called in to restore order.
By 2025
2025,, the population of Asia was devastated — the starving had starved.
Australia was loade
loadedd down with millions of unwan ted "refs," who had nowhere
else
else to go. Small coastal
coastal islands and towns were hastily
hastily converted into m assive
internment camps.

 Au
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Autoduelling and Blood Sports
To the Aussies, "dangersports" have been spectator sports — engrossing
engrossi ng
TV fare. Most have felt no desire to take to the roads in armed vehicles. Aus-
tralia was spared from Food Riot violence.
Times are
are changing. As police and
and military have been
been drawn away to handle
refugees in the north, cycle gangs have sprung up. Indonesian terrorists plague
the scattered communities of western Australia, while guerilla movements (in Southeast Asia
Tasmania and among the refugees) and violent social-protest campaigns provoke (continued)
even the most settled portions of the nation. Radical political parties advocating
The Current Situation
military expansion and racial hatred contribute to the growing violence of daily The old hatred between northern and
life; so does organised crime, growing steadily among the refugees and in coas- southern Chinese has led to the creation of 
tal Queensland. two Chinas,  while some outer provinces
have fallen to the ethnic minorities who
Australians are findi ng that being armed
armed and armoured isn't a quaint foreign dwell there.
notion — it's survival.  Brunei is unifying the island of Borneo,
having absorbed the former Malaysian
section of the island. It is now conquering
TheNewSuperpower the Indonesian sector.
Almost alone among the civilised nations, Australia has come through the With the loss of its Borneo states,
recent crises in good economic shape. In fact, she's  the  economic superpower - Malaysia has reverted to its old name —
 Malaya. A new pluralist government has
the banking, industrial and agricultural capital of the world. Australia is also been set up, with separate houses of parlia-
gingerly stepping into the Asian power vacuum, now that China has fragmented ment for the Chinese (now the majority),
and the USSR is gone. For lack of serious rivals, the Lucky Country has been Malays, Indians, and Thais.
 Indone sia lays claim
 Indonesia cl aim to all its old
old ter-
cast in the role of a world power. ritory and a good deal more besides. In
As the world slowly recovers, Aussie prosperity grows. The only major reality, the government's authority is
food-selling nation — not countin g America's
America' s synthetic exports
exports — Australia can limited to Java and Sumatra.
The former Indonesian island of  Timor 
  Timor 
name its price for grain, corn and meat. Prime Minister Vince Stanley,
professes independence, though its armed
Australia's current Prime Minister, has taken full advantage of this situation. forces are pitifully weak to defend the na-
He's known
kno wn by the nickname of "Greedy Vince"Vince" at home . . . and by worse tion from conquest.
The   Philippines  survived the Blight
names abroad.
abroad .
through rigid government control. When
Yet this success has its price. With the highest standard of living in the the crisis ended, the dictato rship did not —
world, Aussies are a target for international jealousy. Americans have launched rebels no w con trol much of the
a trade war to win back their fo rmer status.
status. Asians have little
little love for Australia countryside.
Largely-Moslem Mindinao  remains in-
and its "Gulag Archipelago" of refugee camps. dependent and has gained territory, but is
The cry of "Yankee Go Home," onceonce shouted at
at Americans by a disapprov
disap prov-- threatened by the emergence of radical,
ing world, is becoming "Aussie Go Home." fundamentalist religious
religious fa ctions.
The island of   New Guinea  has been
divided into a number of minor states. Des-
cendants of the refugees feel much angst
over the fate of the natives — the few sur-
vivors enjoy a privileged position in
society.
 New Zealand   still exists, but only the
South Island resembles the Anglo-Saxon
nation of old. Maori Island, now run by a
socialist council of Maoris and former
refugees, has recently succumbed to the
Blight. South Islanders are donating a for-
tune in emergency relief, to prevent starva-
tion and armed revolt.
Other nations have stepped into the
Southeast-Asian power vacuum. Taiwan,
Hong Kong, and the southern portion of 
Vietnam have become economic colonies
of Japan. The United States has carved an
American islands "protectorate," center-
ing on Guam.

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 Au todd uel
ue l Au
Austr
stralia
alia
 Aut
 A ut du
duel
el A st li 4
 CAMPAIGNING  A u st ra lia
The street
li a n P la ce N a m e s
street names
names m ay be ordinary, but
the names which Aussies give to their

IN AUSTRALIA
towns, rivers, mountains and deserts are a
bizarre mix.
Abou t 70% come from Aboriginal
Aboriginal lan-
lan-
guages. Words like Croajingal
Croajingalong,
ong, In-
In-
dooroopilly, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga
and Cadibarrawirracanna have their own
Welcome to Australia distinctive music.
Many other place names
names are of Briitsh
Briitsh
origin. Some have been borrowed from
A u stralia is one of the em ptiest,
ptiest, d riest and (in some parts) hottest
hottest lands
lands on British locales (Newcastle, Launceston).
earth. The inland region is known as  Red Centre  (a refere nce to the the colou r of the Others come from the names of officials
dirt), where tracts of sparse grass give way to vast deserts. The far north of  and royalty during the colonial period
Australia lies in the tropics, and is dominated by rain forest and swamp. Good (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney).
land and supe rb weather areare fou nd along the
the eastern, sou thern and southwe stern
coastal fringes of the continent.
Because Australia is part of the Southern Hemisphere, summer lasts from
December to February, and winter from June to August. But in the tropical
north, the real distinction is between wet season (December-March) and dry
(May-September).
Australia's great contradiction is that this underpopulated country is so
urban. Almost everyone lives in a city or large town, with miles and miles of 
nothing
nothing but miles and miles
miles in-between. S o many Au ssies inhabit the southeast
coastal margin that the rest of the country is sometimes treated as expendable.
Threatened
Threatened w ith Japanese
Japanese invasion du ring W orld War II, Au stralian stra strategi
tegists
sts
considered abando ning eve rything northnorth and west of the "Brisbane Line,"
Line," a line
line
stretching
stretching from the Q ue ensland capital
capital to Adelaide.

Travel and Transportation

 Ro ad Ve hicl
hi cles
es
The major diffe rence betwe en Am erican and Au stralian vehicles vehicles is their fu el
source. E lectri
lectricc vehicles
vehicles are rare, and are treat
treated
ed disd ainfu lly by Au stralians.
stralians. In-
stead, A us tralian vehicles
vehicles are powered by pe trol trol or ethanol.
Car Wars   players may wish to use the  D ueltrackueltrack   supplement when cam-
paigning in Aus tralia. Petrol
Petrol rule
rule s for  GURPS Autoduel  players
 players are
are provided on
pp. 41-47.
For a further discussion of motor traffic regulations in Australia, see the
atlas section.
 Rail and
an d Air
Unlike the U.S., rail links are largely intact between coastal towns. Inland,
how eve r, the tracks are at the the mercy of cycle
cycle gangs. For this
this reason, pe trol-
trol-
powered road trains (see  (see p .47) now carry m ost of the
the freight in rural A us tralia.
tralia.  M is p la ce d P ri d e
The great airships — blimps for commercial travel, zeppelins for military A quirk shared by many Australians is
purposes — are used here as in the U.S. However, airplanes are also in use. the perverse pride they take in the very
Ethanol-fue
Ethanol-fue lled propeller craft are popular thoug h short-ranged
short-ranged comm ercial car- worst aspects of their country. A visitor
riers;
riers; flights
flights to
to foreign lands are rare du e to the difficu lty of refu elling . By law, may hear the following boasts:
"We've got more poisonous snakes
all international flights
flights end at one of A u stralia's internati
international
onal airports:
airports: Sydney, than any other bloody country!"
Brisbane, Darwin, Townsville, Hobart and Perth. "Our spiders'll kill you quicker than
Au stralia
stralia also retains
retains a jet fleet, controlled
controlled by the
the Comm onwealth and not yours will!"
"More people get taken by sharks here
generally available for public transport. Since ethanol has so far proved imprac- than anywhere else!"
tical
ical for jet
jet engines,
engines, the jets
jets are fu elled from the carefu lly-husbanded output of  "You haven't seen real deserts till
A us tralia's rem aining oil refine ry (at (at Perth).
Perth). The jets
jets are Au stralia's
stralia's link to its you've seen our deserts!"
Antarctic territory.

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 Air travel has always been
been costly
costly in Australia.
Australia. Wherever you are in this
 Aussie Clones wide, empty land, it's a long way from anywhere else.
In the U.S., when a person dies, his
clone
clone is his legal replacement
replacement and is effec- Standard of Living
tively the same
same person. This is  not true
under Australian law. Governmental con-
trol over the growth and use of "replace-
ment organisms" is strict.  Job s and Un emplo
em ploym
ym ent
By law, clone development is halted Unemployment is running at 15%, but that number is deceptive — the offi-
when the body reaches
reaches the equivalent of a cial coun
countt excludes
excludes refugees and those
those not seeking
seeking work. Welfare
Welfar e benefits
benefi ts allow
ten-year-old. The clone must then be
"tank-frozen" until its parent is dead. At a vaguely-comfortable lifestyle.
that point, clone development
development is resumed
resumed A particularly-hated minority are the "dole bludgers," Aussie citize
citizens
ns who
— the replacement can be ready within a refuse to take a job. By law, citizens
citizens who are chronically
chronically unemployed
unemployed may may be
month of the original's death.
permanently placed on reduced
reduced unemploym
unemploymentent benefits.
benefit s. Such a life
lif e is not
To be eligible to inherit, a clone
clone must
have been legally
legally adopted
adopted by the person he paradise, but neither is it miserable.
is replacing. This adoption can be made
while the clone
clone is tank-froz
tank- frozen.
en. If the spouse
spouse
or children of the original person are living, Currency
the clone can be willed no more than tha n 50% The basic unit of currency is the Australian dollar, which is printed on black 
of the parent's money
money and property.
propert y. plastic with embosse
embossed,d, silver lettering.
letteri ng. As of 2038,
2038, the exchan
exchange
ge rate
r ate is two
The new individual has a right to the
name of the parent, but no obligations of  American dollars for one one "Aussie
"Aussie Black."
Black."
the deceased
deceased are binding
binding upon the
t he clone — Adventuresome GMs may want to delve into relative wage levels and prices.
including contracts
contracts and debts. Wage levels — thanks to Australian affluence — run up to 50% higher than those
Gold Cross and Cure All  listed on the  GURPS Autoduel   Job Table. Unfortunately, prices are similarly
Pressure groups opposed to cloning high: 20% higher in general, up to twice cost for imports (reflecting shipping
have been instrumental in limiting Gold costs
costs and
and high taxes).
taxes). Imported items include many duelling
duelli ng vehicles and
and their
Cross to two locations — Sydney
Sydney and Mel- equipment (especially heavy and laser weapons). These adjustments will give
bourne — and are now working to have
these offices closed. Due to this inter-
final prices and wages in American  dollars; to get Australian dollars, halve the
ference, cloning prices in Australia are final result.
double those in the U.S.
Australians also have recourse to a
local, more-limited service — Cure All.  Food 
 Fo od 
This medical organisation uses advanced UnBlighted Australia produces more cereal, beef, mutton and poultry than
prosthetics technology, and has limited can easily be sold on the
the depressed
depressed world market. Little wonder that most Aus-
facilities for the cloning of replacement
limbs and organs. However, they do not sies have a healthy contempt
contempt for the newer food sources. American attempts
attempts to
clone entire bodies, nor do they perform market their "Big Al" algaeburgers here have have met
met with
with local
local indiff
indi ffere
erence.
nce.
memory scans. There is no Australian cuisine — foreign food is popular. Oddities in the
 Dealing With The Locals Aussie diet include damper,  unleavened bread baked in ashes;  Vegemite,  paste
 H ow to Plac
Pl ac ate
at e A u stra
st ra lian
li an s made from the scum that sinks to the bottom of beer vats; and pumpkin scones,
Australians love to hear foreigners popularised by Lady Flo, wife
wif e of the legendary Premier Joh of
of Queensland.
Queensland. Ex-
praise their country. However, obviously otica like witchetty grubs — the larvae of longicorn beetles — are prized by tribal
insincere compliments may produce an
angry response. Aborigines.
 How to Annoy
Annoy Australia
Australians
ns
 If you are American:
Autoduelling in Australia
1. Say: "Australia? Isn't that off the
coast of Scotland?" or make statements Australia had its first taste of duelling in 2024, when a Charity Autoduelling
which indicate you have confused Derby was held at Surfers Paradise (now part of Gold Coast), Queensland. The
Australia with Austria.
2. Say: "Your English
English is very good." organiser, a demolition-derby driver named Mal Chaney, had been inspired by
(English is the language of Australia, of  "Crazy Joe"
Joe" Harshman's
Ha rshman's exploits. Two deaths at the charity
charity event resulted in
course.) national media coverage, and jail sentences for Chaney and his backers.
 If you are English
Eng lish :
Complain about some aspect of 
Once
Once tapes of Chaney's
Chaney's autoduel
autod uel hit the television news, however,
however , autoduel
aut oduel
Australia. You will gain a reputation as a became
became a sensation. Arena duels were soon soon the most-popular
most-popular TV sporting
sport ing event
"whining Pom" and be shunned. in every state except Victoria (where Australian Rules football reign supreme).
 If you are from any other country:
Despite this enthusiasm, duelling has been primarily a  spectator   sport in
Tell Aussies that they're just like
Americans. Then duck. Australia. Spared the brutalising experiences which ravaged whole generations
 How to Annoy
Annoy New Zealander
Zealanderss in other lands,
la nds, most
most Aussies lack the enthusiasm to participate in death sports.
Tell
Tell them they are just like Australians.
Austral ians. This trend is reversing, as the growing threat of bandits and cycle gangs forces
Aussies to defend themselves.

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Visiting Australia
Fancy a little trip to Australia? The weather's not bad, the terrain spec-
tacular, the flora and f aun a uniq ue, an d apparently the Good
Good Old Old Days are more
alive here than anywhere else. Just pack up the ol' Tank Gun, signal a passing
dirigible, and away you go. Right?
Wrong. Getting to Australia isn't diffic ult, but gettin
gettingg  into  Australia may be
more difficult than you expec
expect.
t. . .

Customs Police
The customs
customs situation in Australia is often co nfusing to foreigners,
foreigners, although
although
to Aussies it seems
seems perfectly natura l. In addition to the
the Comm onwealth (or (or na-
tional) customs police, each state maintains its own independent customs-police
department.
Commonwealth Customs Police (CCP)  are the agents in charge at all inter-
national airports, m ajor harbo urs, an d throughout the territories.
territories.
State customs police  maintain posts at all airports, harbours, and rail-and-
road border crossings, including borders with neighbouring states and ter-
ritories.
Complicating matters further, there is also the   Blight Incendiary Force,
theoretically
theoretically an arm of the
the Comm onwealth although it functions autonom ously.
While all customs police share
share the du ty to keep the Blight from A ustralia, Blight
preven tion is the BIF's only  task.

 Baitin
 Ba itin g The Touri
To urists
sts
Some Aussies go out of their way to
mislead tourists. Americans are con-
sidered particularly gullible.
 Dingo
 Din goeses::  Some like to endow the
Australian native dog with an undeserved
reputation for savagery and cunning. Care-
ful - a dingo might steal food, small
children, or tear open a petrol tank while
searching for water, leaving motorists
stranded.
 Drop
 Dr op bear s:   Killer koalas fall from
be ars:
trees onto unsuspecting victims. When in
the bush, it isn't enough to keep a constant
ground watch for spiders and snakes; you
must also keep an eye on the trees. To
combat these marsupial menaces: carry a
spear; cover your face with Vegemite (so
that drop bears will mistake you for an
Aborigine);
Aborigine); or cover you r neck neck with tooth-
paste, so that the bears will slip off. (Aus-
sies know that the only threat posed by the
terminally-sleepy koalas is incontinence.)
 Leap
 Le ap bear s:   A rare subspecies of drop
be ars:
bear. While looking down for snakes and
spiders and up for drop bears, don't forget
to look down again for leap bears.
 Inlan se a:  Because the Australian con-
 Inl andd sea:
tinent has never been thoroughly explored,
wild tales persist about the lost Kindur
River, the sea into which it flows, and the
advanced Aboriginal civilisation which
flourishes on the shores of that sea.

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  Im po rte d Equi
Eq uipm
pm ent 
en t 
Thanks
Thanks to Australia's
Australia's stringent weapon
weaponss rules (see p.
p. 18)
18) many foreign
duelling cars cannot make it past Australian customs. In addition, a customs tax
is levied on  a ll  imported goods, equivalent to 10% of the items' worth.
Duellists travelling to Australia have several choices:
1. Purcha se an Austra lian vehicle. This
This has advantages, since most duelling
in Australia is with petrol or ethanol-fuelled vehicles. Unfortunately, Aussie
prices are steep, and selection is sometimes limited.
2. Import a for eig n vehicle. Customs tax of 10% must be payed . A ny illegal
vehicle.
equipm ent will be stripped o ff and imp ounded by the police.
police.
3. Smu ggle a foreign vehicle.  There are unscrupulous airship captains,
willing to set down vehicles (or equipment, or passengers) in some out-of-the-
way spot before the airship reaches itsits destinatio n.
4. Buy black market equ ipment.  Daring duellists may wish to obtain illegal
equipment from illegal Australian sources, such as the Mafia, Triad, or the
Gold/Sunshine Coast organised crime syndicates. Dealing with foreign crim-
inals is always risky; duellists may lose their money, or merely "go missing."
Operating illegal equipment poses a minor risk. RADAA officials are un-
likely to investigate
investigate arena cars unless a competitor complains. Customs inspec-
tions are made whenever state borders are crossed; in some states, "flying
inspections" may be held by customs police at roadblocks and (less likely)
arenas.

 Bligh
 Bli gh t P re venti
ve ntion
on
Science
Science does not yet know how to p reven t the Blight Blight — if itit did, the whole
world would be Blight-
Blight-free.
free. In the meantime, anxious A ustralians maintain a be-
wildering battery of tests and barriers against the disease. Foreigners find the
anti-Blight procedures annoying and demeaning, and question their effective-
ness, but proud Aussies contend that such measures have kept Australia the
world's only major Blight-free country.
"Contents of Stomach" forms.  Travellers arriving from overseas are re-
quired to declare the contents
contents of their
their digestive
digestive system. The customs police have
a list of banned foods — travellers containing foods in violation violation o f the ban m ust
have the contents of their digestive system extracted. Purge-All tablets handle
this job swiftly (two hours to work; eight hours total reaction period, during
which characters have a -2 DX penalty), but many people are allergic to the
dr ug. Therefore , allergy teststests are conducted
conducted (characters
(characters must make an H T check)
check)
before the dr ug is ad ministere d; those those who foil mu st take
take the less-effecti
less-effective
ve GN-
5 dru g by injection (fiv(fivee hou rs to work; 36 hours of reaction, -4 DX). Travellers
should eat carefully aboard ships and airships, and may want to fast on the day
before arrival.
 Deco nta m ina tio n.   Before international passengers step foot on Australian
 De conta
soil,
soil, they m ust be thoroughly cleansecleansedd of anything w hich m ight carry the Blight.
The process has three steps: First, passengers are sprayed with an insecticide
called d-phenothrin. Second, passengers must strip and pass through an
ultraviolet-light tunnel, where the outer layer of skin is baked away. Third, all
body hair is significantly cropped by a customs barber (with proper diplomatic
pull, this regulation can be waived).
Quarantine.  Finally, a medical examination board decides whether the
newly-arrived visit
visitors
ors may now enter the country, or must undergo qu arantine .
All immigrants, refugees, and Australian citizens returning from extended over-
seas journeys automatically receive the one-month quarantine; tourists are
generally spared this finalfinal indignity.
Re fuge e qu arantine
arantine camps are generally
generally tent
tent cit
cities
ies on of fshore islands.
islands. Im-
migrants from "civilised" nations are interned in dormitories on more

Campaigning in Australia -
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permanent island-camps; Australian citizens and tourists are locked in airtight,
relatively-elegant quarters located near major airports and harbours. The Sydney-Melbourne Feud 
These state capitals have a historic
 Pets and Livestock rivalry. Although Sydney was colonised
Don't bother bringing in pets or livestock. All animals receive an eight- first, Melbourne swiftly
swiftl y eclipse
eclipsed
d it in size
and importance, serving as the national
month isolation at one of the so-called Arks (animal isolation island stations); if 
capital for a few decades. But fortunes
they come from Blight-contaminated nations, there is a preceding four-month changed. Sydney became a focus for in-
quarantine period. dustry, commerce, tourism, and the arts,
and is today the largest of the two cities.
cities.
Melbourne might be characterised as
Roleplaying Australians sedately European, while brash, unin-
hibited Sydney has more than a trace of 
from   Car Wars or
Australian characters are created using standard rules from  California in its veins.
GURPS Autoduel .  They have no particular physical advantages or disad- Residents
Residents of Melbourne consider their
rival to be uncultured and commercial.
vantages (unlike dwarves, elves or martians). Rather, Aussies differ primarily in
They decry Sydney's haphazard growth
attitude and speech.
speech. and pitiful transport
trans port system. Denizens
Denizens of of 
Sydney, on the other hand, dismiss the
southern city as flat, dull and rain-sodden.
Today, this conflict is still a matter of 
passionate interest to Melbouraians. Syd-
neysider
neysiderss believe the feud is over, and that
they've won — an attitude which does little
to endear
endear them to their rivals.
Sydneysiders visiting
visiti ng Melbourne can
expect little assistance, and a full measure
of rudeness. Prices
Prices increase
i ncrease as if by magic;
Thinking like an Australian clumsy people manage to spill their food
These societal attitudes, listed in more-or-less historical order, may help for- all over such travellers; belligerent people
go out of their way to pick fights. Melbour-
eigners understand Australia. The older the attitude, the more likely it is that
nians don't receive quite the same treat-
modern Australians disown it. ment in Sydney, but aren't made welcome.
The Stain. The blot on a person's character due to convict ancestry, and the The feud also is reflected in gang war-
blot on the nation's character due to its convict heritage. This attitude is mostly fare — Sydney and Melbourne gangs
launch annual strikes against one another
outmoded — more than a million Aussies have convict ancestors, and are proud — and on the duel circuit, where duellists
of it. often bear an unreasoning grudge against
Two Wongs Don't Make A White. The infamous White Australia Policy dis- duellists from the "enemy city."
criminated against Chinese and otherother "inferior" immigrants.
immigr ants. Racism is still a
problem in the nation's Deep North.
 Home.  Whole generations of Aussies, many of whom have never seen
England, call that country "home." This doglike devotion faded after World
War I, when Aussies were used as cannon fodder by British commanders — but
with King William living in Australian exile, many Aussies again have a soft
spot for the Mother Country.
The Cultural Cringe.  This is the conviction that everything Australian is
shoddy or second-rate.
second-rate. Even today, Aussies accept foreigners as trend-setters
trend-setters in
fashion, music and live entertainment.
The 51st State.  Following World War II, many Aussies were tremendously
pro-American — a movement
mo vement to make Australia
A ustralia the 51st
51st state
state was once popular.
While these memories have been superceded by those of the Russo-American
War, some Aussies are still Yankee enthusiasts.
 Everyone's An Immigrant. Until this century, immigrants were encourag encouraged
ed
to flock to "sunny Australia" — even the Aborigines are relative newcomers,
historically speaking. Australia has always had a cosmopolitan society, with
minorities from almost every country.
The New Nationalism. Given their new superpower status, Australians have
begun to exhibit a sometimes-jingoistic pride in their nation. Many Australians
believe their country can do no wrong; a few extremists would like to exert a
stronger military presence in their hemisphere.
She'll Be Right, Mate.  This is the eternal Australian attitude: Don't worry,
don't plan, don't strive, don't panic — everything will turn out OK in the end.

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Campaigning in Australia
Austral ia
Talking Like An Australian
The one great truth about Australian slang
slang is that there's an awful
awf ul lot of it. Despite
Despite visitors' claims, the local
local language
is English.
Australians appearing in foreign books and films have often been saddled with obsolete slang dating from the 19th
century.
centur y. Only a sprinkling
s prinkling of these antique phrases are used by modern Aussies. Australian
Aust ralian English of the 2030s
2030s includes
includes
new words and phrases as well as older slang.
slang.
 abo:   offensive term applied   to an   Aboriginal. Also:   billy,
 abo: Also: green tummy.
er. Also: green
 boong.
 boong. (The name King Billy —  an
 (The name King   an imaginary ruler of the  grog: 
 grog:  alcoholic beverages.
Aborigines — is sometimes used to distinguish one par-  gutless: lacking
 gutless: lacking in courage or moral fibre.
ticular Aborigine from the others.)
 aggie: 
 aggie:  agricultural worker. An  An   aggietator 
aggietator  thinks farmers  HIT man: member
man: member of a Highway Interceptor Team.
should
should run the country.  noon: someone
 noon: someone who drives with excessive speed; a lout. Also:
 Aussie: an  Australian. Also:
Also: Aussielander, 
 Aussielander,  S k i p p y , Sullivan.
, Sullivan.  yobbo.
 Australian flag: 
flag:  shirt end, when hanging out of someone's  Joh hat: broad-brimmed,
hat: broad-brimmed, polypropylene hat once advocated by
trousers. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, longtime Queensland Premier, as a
 Australian salute: 
salute:   hand movement used to brush away flies protection against skin cancer. The Joh hat has became
became a
from the face. much sought-after icon for Queensland duellists.
 Bankie:  someone  who is not  "cool."
 Bankie:  ."  Derived  from  Kiw i: a New Zealander. New Zealand itself is known as
Bankstown, a Sydney Also:  Westie.
Sydney suburb. Also:  Kiwilan d.
 bastard: 
 bastard:  person. Sometimes an insult, sometimes used affec-
tionately ("How ya goin', ya old bastard?"); something ter- little Aussie hauler: an
hauler: an Australian (particularly a short one) cast
rible is a bast ard of a thing. The word is much less in the role of an underdog.
offensive
offensive to Australians than
tha n to Americans. lollywater: soft
water: soft drink; any non-alcoholic liquid.
 bludge
 bludger:
r:   idle good-for-nothing. A 
A   dole bludger 
bludger  collects un-
employment benefits but has no intention of seeking work;  marble orchar
orchard:
d: cemetery.
 cemetery.
the term is sometimes applied to all welfare recipients.  mate: a
 mate: a friend, usually male. Can be used sarcastically.
 bog: toilet.
 bog: toilet. Also: dunny
Also:  dunny.  ocker:
 ocker: the
 the archetypal
archetypal Australian. At best an
an ocker exhibits
exhibits all
 bonkers: crazy.
 bonkers: crazy. Non-Queenslan
Non-Queenslanders
ders often refer
refe r to the late Joh the Aussie virtues — friendliness, good humour, lack of 
Bjelke-Petersen as Joh Bonkers-Bananas. Also: not the full  pretension; at worst, he is a drunken, ignorant, uncouth
quid. spelled  okker.
bore. Also spelled okker.
 booze bus: police
bus: police breath-testing unit; a truck carrying fuel al-  ockeri
 ockerina
na:: female ocker (see above).
cohol. O.S.: overseas.
O.S.: overseas.
 boss cocky: someone
cocky: someone of minimal
minimal authority who enjoys throwing  outback: underpopulated,
 outback: underpopulated, inland Australia.
his weight around.
 bloody: the
 bloody: the Great Australian Adjective, used to add emphasis.
emphasis.  petrol: gas.
 petrol: gas.
Example: "Hand me the bloody bloody screwdriver."  petronol:
 petronol: gasohol;
 gasohol; a blend of gas (petrol) and ethanol.
 blue: (1)
 blue: (1) blue collar worker; member of the working class. (2)  pigpen: 
 pigpen:  police station.
a fight; "having a blue" means fighting.  plonk: cheap
 plonk: cheap wine.
 Buckley's chance: no
chance: no chance at all. Also: Buckley's.
Also:  Buckley's.  poser: someone
 poser: someone who poses or puts on an act; a pretentious per-
 Bullamak
 Bullamakankaanka::  imaginary, extremely remote town. Also: Also: wanker.
son. Also: wanker.
Woop Woop, Black Stump.
 R a f f e r t y ' s   rules: a  complete lack  of  rules.
 rules.
 BYoG: Bring
 BYoG: Bring Your Own Grog.
 ratbag: someone
 ratbag: someone who is a rogue or an eccentric.
Centralia: the
Centralia: the inland Australian desert. This is different from  ref: deroga
 ref: derogatory tory term for a refugee. Also:  wog.
the outback, which includes all of the Aussie hinterland,
 shiny-
 shiny-bumbum:: office worker or public servant, usually male.
Also:  Centre or
whether desert or not. Also: Centre  Red Centre.
 or Red
 cheesed off: fed
off: fed up; annoyed. Also: cheesed.
Also:  cheesed.  st uf f up :   foul up.
 stuf
Curtain Runners: refugees
Runners: refugees attempting to break out of Top End,  take-away : a restaurant where food can be picked up, f or eating
past the Cobalt Curtain. elsewhere.
Tasmaniac: a person fromfr om the island state of Tasmania. Also:
Also:
 daks: trousers. Underdaks
 trousers. Underdaks are
 are underpants.
Vandemon.
 dero: a derelict, especially one of strange appearance. Also
 true blue: genuin
blue: genuinely
ely Australian.
Australi an.
spelled derro.
spelled derro.
 too-ha
 too-hard
rd basket:
basket: imaginary
 imaginary receptacle for problems which are
 Dingo Principle: Everyone
Principle: Everyone for himself.
himself.
too difficult to deal with.
 dill: fool;
 dill: fool; idiot. Also:
Also:  drongo, nong.
 tuppenny hunger: a
hunger: a type of fireworks; any unarmoured, petrol-
 down-under:
 down-under:  Australia or New Zealand. This term is used
fuelled vehicle.
mostly by foreigners.
wowser: a
wowser:  a prude, especially one who tries to force his opinions
earbashing: h
earbashing: haranguing;
aranguing; talking loud and long
onto others.
 g'd ay: A
ay:  A common greeting,
greeting, not
no t as frequent as hello or hi.
 yank tank: 
tank:  derogatory term for any vehicle of American
Godzone:God's
Godzone: God's own country, Australia. Also:
Also:  Oz.
manufacture.
green spleen:  someone who eats algae food products; foreign-

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Encounters
Sample Australian
Aborigines
 E x pres
pr essi
sioo ns
 As Australia
Australian meal pie:  Utterly
n as a meal
Like the American Indians, Australian.
Australia's original inhabitants  Do a Melba:  Returning from retirement
retirement
are now a minority
m inority in their own for a "farewell performance." Applied to
old duellists who can't stay away from the
country. The aborigines fall arena.
into two groups: tribal and Go for your life!  Go right ahead, try it; I
urban Aborigines. won't stop you.
 Joh did a l ot for Qu eens land .  Ritual ut-
Tribal Aborigines   have terance among Queenslanders, who like to
clung to their traditional life- say this at least once during every conver-
style in the face of a modern sation.
wasn 't mea nt to be eas y.  Saying
 Life wasn't
world. Their culture is simple popularized by Malcolm Fraser, a former
in material terms, but rich in prime minister.
myth and philosophy. They  Main tain the rage !  Battle cry for duel-
 Maintain
feel a spiritual attachment to lists and criminals with a score to settle;
originally popularised by another former
the land. Unfortunately, their prime minister.
communities areare often afflicted  Not a (brass) raz oo!   Not a cent; no
(bra ss) razoo!
with health-care problems, money at all. (There is no such coin as a
brass razoo.)
poor education and unemploy- Play silfy buggers. Be silly; purposely
ment. act the idiot.
Thanks to land reforms of   Roo t a bo ot!  An expression of surprise.
Till it rains at Marble Bar. It'll almost
the last few decades, the tribal never happen. Also: Once in a blue moon.
Aborigines now have their own Up there, Cazaly!  Encouraging or con-
autonomous region — the New gratulating expression. Derived from the
Aboriginal Territory. Tribal name of a famous A ustralian Rules football
player.
police enforce Aboriginal law
largely without interference from the Commonwealth government. Spirited
leaders have instituted medical and educational improvements. A new generation  A T ypica
yp icall Conv
Co nvers
ersati
ation
on
of Aborigines, proud of their heritage and never having known persecution, has Person 1: "What's the weather like?"
Person 2: "Bloody awful."
arisen.
Urban Aborigines  are full- and part-blood Aborigines who live outside the  A T ypica
yp icall Conv
Co nvers
ersati
ation
on
New Aboriginal Territory or the Aboriginal reserves (similar to American In- in Queensla
Queensland nd 
dian reservations). They have the advantages of increased educational, medical Person 1: "What's the weather like?"
and employment opportunities, and some have risen to high-stature in business Person 2: "Bloody good. Job's done an
and science. Yet they have also faced the rising racism of Australia — many of  awful lot for Queensland."
the urban Aborigines are allied with radical militant and social organisations.
 Aussi
 Au ssiee Clicked
Cli cked Char
Ch aract
acter
erss
Objective  Bushie.  The Aussie country bumpkin
To be left in peace
peace to run their own affa irs on their own la nd. talks in a flat monotone, reeeeeeealy
slooooooow
slooooooow.. Nothing phases him.
 Bushma
 Bus hman.n.  Outback survival expert in
Boat Hunters
Hunters the mould of Crocodile Dundee. Can cross
a desert on the smell
smell of a wet rag.
Racism,  fear  of the Blight, and greed created the so-called   "sport" of boat Ocker. " Struth
Struth mate, me throat's as dry
hunting, in which white Australians intercepted and sank generally-unarmed as a dead dingo. Pass us a coupla tinnies
refugee vessels. [cans of beer], will ya? Have one — get
this inya ya! ** BELCH ** That hits the
Large-scale boat hunting ended fifteen years ago. The capital of the boat spot! Didja hear about Bruce? Drank him-
hunters, a fortress city named Cairns, was seized by the Navy; meanwhile, the self ta death — what a way ta go! Got any
flow of refugees diminished. more beer?"
Store keeper. Milk-bar and fruit-shop
Today, a few hunters occasionally sortie from Townsville in Queensland. owners are invariably Greek or Italian.
All it takes
takes to be a boat hunter
hunter is a boat, a gun , and a m odicum of navigational
navigational Trade-union leader.   Always an
skill. The prey can be varied: open boats, fishing trawlers, or even luxury yachts Englishman
Englishman from Lon don or the Midlands.
bearing millionaires and their armed guards.
Unfortuna
Unfo rtuna tely, boat hunting
hun ting has le ft its legacy
legacy in this country
countr y — the so-cal
so-called
led
Boat Hunter movement. This underground political party, strongest in rural
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  and northern Western Australia, unites "real"  boat hunters with
Queensland and
sympathetic, white-supremacist organisations. This party spreads anti-refugee
propaganda, secretly controls many state and Commonwealth politicians, and
promotes vigilante violence against Asians.
Objective
Boat Hunters will do anything to regain
regain Australia's lost
lost "purity" - no mat-
ter how many impure refugees must die.

Blight Incendiary Force (BIF)

The frontline troops against the Grain Blight, to these agents of the Com-
monwealth has fallen the task of eradicating any traces of the Blight which es-
cape Australia's quarantine net. Responding to anonymous tips, the BIF
examines
examines fields and grazing lands for any sign of wilt. Suspiciously
Suspiciously-dise
-diseased
ased
vegetation
vegetation — or suspicious individuals
indivi duals and vehicles
vehicles leaving a quarantined
quara ntined zone
— are napalmed.
BIF field agents are a special breed, with a modicum of agricultural
knowledge
knowledge and an "act
"act first, think later"
later" attitude. The
The unifo
un iform
rm is distinctive —
fire-resistant jumpsuit, lab coat, and incendiary equipment. Because they fly
grasshoppers similar to those in use by the Royal Flying DoctorDoctor Service, agents
agents
have the nickname of "the Frying Doctors."
The use of flammable
flammable chemicals
chemicals and the need to act in haste are an unhappy
combination. One BIF agent may firebomb
firebomb a field while another agent is still ex-
amining
aminin g it. Occasionally
Occasionally a request
request for the Flying Doctor
Doctorss is mistakenly
mis takenly answered
by the Frying Doctors, with catastrophic results.

 Priso
 Pr isons
ns
I Prison systems
systems are maintained
maintained by the
states and territories. Typically, a state will
have a large, high-security prison holding
half of the state's prison population.
Another third of the prisoners are in small,
medium-security facilities. The rest are in
minimum-security units — prison farms
and forest camps.
Capital punishment is legal in Western
Australia and Queensland, although it may
soon be reintroduced in Victoria. In the
other states, where courts don't have the
power to execute but police under fire do,
some suspect
suspectss are needlessly
needlessly shot during
capture.

Classes of Prisoners
Category A.  Their escape would be
highly dangerous to members of the
public, or to national and state security.
Most are recidivists
recidivists (repeater offenders) or
perpetrators of serious violence.
Category B.  These inmates cannot be
trusted unless chained, confined, or other-
wise restrained.
Category C. Prisoners in this category
can be trusted in open conditions, includ-
ing work gangs.
A distinction is usually drawn between
convicts  (sentenced prisoners) and
remanders (prisioners awaiting trial). The
latter are isolated from the former, and
usually enjoy somewhat better conditions
— except in Queensland, where exposure
to convicts is believed to increase the con-
fession rate among remanders.

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Objective
Use any means to keep Australia Blight-free. The Definitely Unauthorised,
Unofficial, "Festival of 
Cycle Gangs  Lasers
 Las ers Marc
Ma rchin
hin g Son g"
With law-enforcemen
law-enforcementt forces diverted to the far north, large tracts
tracts of the out- (To the tune of "God Rest You
back have fallen to the
the cycle
cycle gangs
gangs . . . and their influence
influen ce is spreading. Merry, Gentlemen")
While many Australian gangs are as vicious and criminal as their American
God curse you Godless humaniets,
counterparts, some project a more heroic image. Many gang bosses are driven Be vocal while you may.
by a hatred of government, or by a cult of extreme individualism; some even For we have Truth and firepower
have a private cause. Not a few gangs will drop their larcenous deeds once or To blow you all away.
To save the souls of innocents
twice each year for some charitable act — liberating refugees, destroying a tax That you have led astray.
office, or striking a daring blow against one of the "robber baron" megacor- O, cle-an-sing's
cle-an-sing's our co-om-fort
co-om-fort and
porations.  joy,
Lasers deploy.
Many gangs — inspired by old Aussie films — dress in bizarre clothing or
O, Festival of La-a-sers deploy.
fashions, or festoon their vehicles in "costumes" (outsized spikes and wire
tyres). God curse you vile adulterers,
Let no one hear your lies.
The Kelly Gang You tempt them with your flatteries
flatteries
This Victorian-based
Victorian-based outfit is a prime
p rime example of the heroic gang. Their ex- And conquer with your thighs.
We'll save them all
all from
f rom
ploits are modeled on Australia's 19th-century  bushrangers,  or outlaws. Sean Satan's power,
Kelly, founder of the modern gang, claims descent from Ned Kelly, the most There'll be
be no compromise.
compromise.
famous bushranger of all. According to Sean (in his televisied
televisied interviews), the O, ser-er-vants of e-e-vil destroy,
Lasers deploy.
modern Kellys have the same goals as the former Kellys: to act as a symbol of 
0, Festival of La-a-sers deploy.
contempt for authority, to be "Robin Hood" heroes, and to help found an Irish
republic in Victoria. God curse you mortal si-i-ners,
The Kellys are the only successful gang in Victoria, and as such are at the Be fearful of our wrath.
For it's our brand of me-er-cy
top of Premier Harrington's hit
h it list. The Kellys
Kellys are also known for their aversion To put you on the path
to injuri
in juring
ng the innocent
innocent — they have never killed a bystander in any of their rob- To Heaven's gate or funeral home.
beries or duels. They
They also delight in pranks — inviting an entire town to a party, This song's your epitaph.
O, ple-a-ding
ple-a-ding just
jus t mo-oves
mo-oves us to joy,
for instance, then robbing the community while the party is in progress
progress — and in Lasers deploy.
any activity that reveals the stupidity of the local police. O, Festival of La-a-sers deploy.

The Datnn-ikazes
This Western Australian group epitomises the anarchic, thrill-kill gang.
Wearing Japanese clothing — red headbands, jackets adorned with the Rising
Sun, samurai swords strapped to their sides — these motorcyclists may descend
on any town, reigning
rei gning in terror for several hours before authorities arrive.
With the motto "die young," the 'Kazes dare one another to take insane
Leadership belongs to those who have dared the most and The
goal of the gang is to bring about the complete
complete fall
f all of Australian society.
society.

Festival of Lasers (FOL)

The Festival of Lasers is a loosely-connected federation of moral watchdog
groups, each willing to use force in the cause
cause of purity and righteousness
righteousness.. Mem-
ber organisations include the Brisbane-based radical wing of the Neo-Anglican
Church (dedicated to strict racial dogmas), the Koala Conference (a South
Australia anti-pornography league), Victoria's Parents For Conformity (a
patriotic society headquartered in Geelong) and Purgatory Plus (a coalition of 
churchgoers offended by vice and crimec rime at the casinos
casinos of Western
Western Australia).
The federation
federati on is a splinter group
grou p of the Festival
Festival of Light,
Light, a nonviolent moral
moral
pressure group. Lasers — symbolic
symbolic tongues of fire — are used
used when burning
bur ning of-
fensive books and films.
The Festival is very active in Australia's "sin cities" — Sydney, Gold and
Sunshine Coast, Eucla and Perth. Because of its opposition to heathen religions,
it also maintains a presence
presence in the north among the refugees.

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 Objective
 Am
 A m e rica
ri ca n O rg a n isa
is a tio
ti o n s To combat permissiveness, moral laxity, perversion, paganism, pornog-
 Do
 D o w n - U nd e r raphy, gambling, immoral mixing of the races, crime, secular humanism and
 AA DA .  The American Autoduel As- political complacency,
complacency, while co nvincing the world that they represent the
the silent
sociation has an office in Canberra. majority.
However, the AADA prefers to work
through its local affiliate, the RADAA. Khmer Noir
 AR F and BL VD..  The Anarchist Relief 
an d BLVD
Front and Big League Unlimited Duelling The Khmer Noir — Black Kampucheans — are a secret liberation army
groups have made no inroads into among the refugees of the Top End.
Australia thus far. They are banned by At the core are Cambodian refugees. Many older members are criminals,
law.
The Brotherhood.  Most Australian form er soldiers
soldiers and revolutionary leaders; the
the younger mem bers have grown up
truck drivers belong to strong unions, and in the desperation of the refugee camps. The Khmer are more disciplined than
consider the Brotherhood unnecessary. the Australian m ilitary, though not as ruthless
ruthless as Triad.
There is one chapter in NSW, and there
may soon be one in Queensland
Queensland — the state The goal
goal of Khmer Noir is complete
complete freedom for the Asian refugees, and the
government hopes to use the organisation creation
creation of a homeland carved
carved out from the tropical jungles of Top
Top End and near-
in its ongoing cam paign against unions. by New Gu inea. Some claim they they already have a hidden
hidden city
city in Arnhem Land;
EDSEL.  The Eastern Driving Safety
Enforcement League has no interest in
Australian Intelligence fears that Khmer Noir operatives are among the
Australia, though it has friendly ties with privileged refugees who have fou nd wo rk in civilis
civilised
ed A ustralia — ready to rise
the Rearmed Services Legion. on behalf of their brethren at any mom ent.
SCC.  In 2037, the Scout Commando But for the mo men t, the Khmer Noir are content to gather their strengt
strengthh . . .
Corps set up its first Aussie troops in
Katoomba (a Sydney suburb) and Wang and wait for their day.
(Victoria). The move wa s controversial —
the Festival of Lasers is lobbying to have Objective
the Corps outlawed. To create
create a free Asian homeland in northern A ustralia and
and Ne w Guinea.
UBN. The United Broadcast Netw ork
beams programs to Australia by satellite, New Austral
A ustraliaia Party (NAP)
and has an Australian subsidiary (World
Media at Yankee Station). However, This political party, once a powerhouse in Australia's tangled politics, is
Australian media laws severely limit now a fragm ented coalition in search
search of a united agenda.
foreign ownership.
The NA P was establis
established
hed around the turn of the
the centu ry, an offshoot o f the
Australian Labour Party. Party dogma combined radical socialism — which
many Americans would regard as communism — with a sabre-rattling
nationalism, declaring that the Pacific should
should become an "Australian
"Australian
The NA P was a fringe party until 2012,
2012, when it orchestrat
orchestrated
ed the seizure
seizure of 
the U.S. bases and kept Australia out of the war. Suddenly, the New Australia
Party was a political
political force to be reckoned with.
Today, however, it looks as though the NAP's glory days are in its past.
Though it briefly held control of the Senate, the party hasn't been able to
motivate voters in recent elections. The party is divisively split. Militants favor
armed aggression against neighbouring Asian countries, and are loosely allied
with the South Australia wing of the party, which wants economic sanctions
against rival Japan. Pro-Asian liberals are marching in the streets in favor of 
refugee rights, and operate an "underground railway" between Northern Ter-
ritory and S outh Austra lia, while the anti-monetary faction wants to overhaul the the
capitalist economy. An emerging "fifth wing," sympathetic to England's
revolutionaries, wan ts to lau nch strikes on the British fleet
fleet at Port Brittania and
to kidnap King William.
Objective
Various factions desire to: (1) subjugate southeast Asia, (2) launch an
economic war on Japan, (3) liberate the refugees, (4) socialise the economy, and
(5) terrorise the British exiles.
Rearmed Services
Services Legion
Legion (RSL)
Self-appointed guardian of Australia's "glorious heritage," the Legion
began as a breakaway faction of the now-defunct Returned Services League, a
pro-defen ce welfar e o rganisation
rganisation representing
representing armed-forces veterans.

Cam paigning
paigning in Australia
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 The RSL is characterised more by what is it  against  than
  than by what it is fo r.
The Legion opposes left-wing politicians (especially the NAP), trade unions, The Duel Circuit
non-European migration, tourism, the permissive society, Americans, and There are two levels of competition
republicanism. It is in favor of "conservatism" (an undefined quantity), the duelling in Australia,
Australi a, something like the
beloved Australian flag, a strong military, a compulsory draft for males and major and minor leagues of American
baseball.
females, and the British monarch as king of Australia. The Royal Rash Circuit, administered
Many of the original boat-hunters were Legion members, and there remains directly by the RADAA, is the premiere,
some overlap between the groups to this day. Most RSL units are militarised, national circuit. However, the RADAA's
and m any are d oing a fine job of defen ding their communities against
against encroac
encroach-
h- member leagues also operate regional cir-
cuits. Beginning duellists start out in the
ing cycle gangs and bandits. There is talk of launching a crusade to overthrow regionals,
regionals, aspiring to someday
someday make it to
the British rebel government. the nationals.

Objective  Roy al Flash

Flas h Cir cuit
cu it (national)
To react against anything liberal, or that would upset the status quo. Adelaide The Adelaide
Darwin
Darw in Cyclone Speedway
Eucla Eucla Downs
Royal Autoduelling Association of Australia (RADAA) Gold Coast Coolangatta
Coolangatta Gold
The RADAA exists to promote the sport of autoduelling in the Common- Hobart Derwent Duelling Centre
Centre
Cowes Phillip
Phill ip Island Raceways
wealth of Australia. It has chapters
chapters in all m ajor Au stralian communities.
communities. Canberra
Canberra Black Mountain
Mountai n Dueltrack
Dueltrack
The autoduel movement in Australia started in Queensland, where a state Sydney The Egyptienne
Egypti enne
Townsville Carpentaria
Carpentaria Arena
Arena
league was formed to fight the total ban on duelling. Sister leagues quickly
sprang up in the other states and territories, and in 2033 the state leagues com- Territorial Circuit (NAT, NT, AAT)
bined to for m the RA DAA under royal charter from Prince George George,, scion
scion of the
the Alice
Alic e Springs Monstrous
Monstrous Arena
Batchelor
Batchelor Golden Refuge Duelatorium
Duela torium
royal house and autoduel enthusiast supreme.
supreme. Darwin Princess
Princess Strip
The RADA A became the first overseas chapter of the AA DA in 2035 035. Mem - Davis Penguin Track
bers enjoy f ull reciprocal
reciprocal rights, and Australian champions are eligibl
eligiblee to com- Katherine Gorge Rising
Risi ng Arena

pete in the world champ ionships.  Electr ic Cir cuit

cu it (Western Australia)
There are differences between the AADA and the RADAA, however. Each Albany Civil Retrenchment Arena
of the RA DA A's mem ber leagues runs its its own circuit, with its
its own rules. Unlike Broome Kimberley Arena
Esperance Esperance Thtilltrack
the Am erican circuit, Au stralia's offic ial competitions
competitions are open to petrol-
petrol- as well Eucla Eucla Slicks
as electric-powered vehicles. Along with the International League for Test Kalgoorlie Solid Gold Arena
Karratha Pilbara Deathtrack
Autoduel (ILTA), the RADAA is a sponsor of test-autoduel competition. Penh Gage Roads Automarine
North Perth Strip
Objective Wyndham Wyndham Royal Arena

To promote autoduelling (and the sport of test autoduel) in the Common- Garden Circuit (Victoria & Tasmania)
wealth of Australia. Ballarat Impact Duelaround
Bendigo Victorian Grand Arena
Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Devonport Lighthouse Arena
Echuca Dueldrome
Serving remote regions in grasshoppers and two-seater planes, these Geelong Harrington
Harrington Stadium
S tadium
Geelong Regional Arena
physicians
physicians are dedicated
dedicated to adm inistering to the ill and injure d without regard to Launceston Devilsport Arena
fee or politics.
politics. Melbourne Caufield Duelcourse
Lygon Street Limbo
Funded by the Com monwealth and by p rivate donations,
donations, the servi
service
ce main- Royal Melbourne
tains an extensive network of radio-monitoring stations and medical posts. In Mildura Big Lemon Arena
moments, doctors can be airborne headed for any emergency — a godsend to Wangaratta Wangarena
Wodonga Coyles Road Arena
duellists
duellists on lonely roads (which explains why the RADA A is a m ajor corporate
corporate
sponsor). Flying doctors are universally respected, even by criminals and continued on page .
revolutionaries. They only charge for their services if they believe the patient
can affor d to pay — and their fees are 20% lower
lower than standard.
standard.
Recent action
action by conservative groups has threatened the government fun d-
ing of the servic
service,
e, since it tends to anyone — refugee, criminal and gang mem -
ber alike. The service has so far resisted this pressure.
To be a flying
flying doctor, a character m ust be a "good
"good M.D." (see (see p. B42), and
have Electronics (Communications)-12, and   either  Piloting
  Piloting (Small Helicopter or
Single-Engine Prop)-18 or Driving (stock car)-14 skills.

Objective
To minister to the sick and inj ure d, without regard to their capacity
capacity to pay.

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Campaigning in Au stralia
 The Duel Circuit
(continued)
 Festiv al Circ uit (South Australia)
Adelaide Concrete Walrus
Kingscote Kangaroo Island Off-roader
Mount Gambier Mount Gambier
Dueltrack
Down-Under Trike &
Bike Arena
Murray Bridge Invisible City Urban Arena
Nuriootpa Nuriootpark
Port Augusta Augusta Giant Arena
Death Dome
Port Brittania Brittania Duel-ring
Port Pine Big Australian Dueltrack
Whyalla Iron Arena
Whyalla Speed Stretch

Sunshine Circuit (Queensland)

Brisbane Armour Square
Redcliffe National
Cairns Suntown Strip
Gold Coast Warriors Arena
Mackay Sugarstick Arena
Marienberg Mary River Racearena
Mitsuhama Mitsuhama Stadium
Sunshine Coast Duelling Infinities
Sunburst Arena
Toowoomba Toowoomba Tomb

 Prem ier Circuit

Circ uit (NSW  and
 a nd  ACT)
Albury Albury Border-Bash
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI)
Armidale Armiduel Downs Mocking tradition values and morals, the Sisters
Sisters of Perpetual
Perpetual Indulgence
Indulgence is
Bathurst Mount Panorama
Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour Delightrack a major political force in the larger cities of Australia, particularly in Sydney and
Dubbo Dubbo Duelathon Perth. The "Sisters" are male homosexuals, many of whom are transvestites
Goulburn Big Merino Dueltrack
Lord Howe I. Howe Dangerstrip
Dangerstrip
who enjoy wearing nuns' habits.
Newcastle Munitions Alley Worried by the growing rise of conservative "wowser" groups such as the
Newscastle Autoram
Shipyard Stadium
Festival of Lasers and the Rearmed Services Legion, the SPI has commenced a
Sydney Parramatta Speedway successful recruitment drive and has allied itself with several liberal, "straight"
Macquarie Unitrak
Sabretrack
organisations (such as NSW's Peacemeal, an anti-hunger group, and Road To
Tamworth Tamworth Fields Freedom, an Asians-rights protest group).
Wollongong Gong Shatterdome Fearing that even this success isn't enough, a radical wing of the organisa-
The Steel Wheel
Yankee Station Liberty Arena tion — the Sisters of the Missionary Persuasion — has launched a terror cam-
paign. The SiMPs specialise in cruel (and deadly) practical jokes, targeting
people who have committed what the SiMPs see as prudish or self-righteous
acts.
Thanks to this organisation,  real   nuns are having a hard time in modern
Australia.

Objective
To oppose any attempt to legislate moral values by conservative organisa-
tions, through political and social
social means; to m ock traditional morals and values.

TRIAD
The sinister
sinister Triad is an am algamation of all the Asian criminal organisations
organisations
which were brought to Australia by the refugees, including the Thai drugs m afia,
Malay secret societies, and genuine Chinese triads.
Many desperate Top End refugees have come to believe that organised crime
societ
societies
ies are their only hope for freedom . To keep their
their loyalty, Triad fu nctions
like a clan or trade union in many refugee camps, seeing that its members get
prop er treatment and th at their
their interests
interests are protected.
protected. Other organisations
organisations which

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might serve refugees, including the Khmer Noir liberation army, are seen as
enemies.
Since refugees aren't allowed weapons, Triad puts a high premium on ber-
silat, the
 the Malaysian
Malaysian schoo
schooll of martial-ar
martial-arts.
ts. According to tradition,
tradi tion, a master
master at
bersilat
bersilat is invulnerable
invulnerab le to modern weapons
weapons —whether
whether this is true, or just a mys-
ticism of the Orient,
Orient, has never been proved.

Objective
To obtain wealth and power through total control
control of the Asian community
community  Polic
 Po licee
within Australia. Police are pretty much the same all over
the world. The only difference between the
standard American cop described in
Wilderness Commandos GURPSAutoduel, and  and a typical Australian
Australi an
cop, is that the Aussie wouldn't carry a
These
These m ilitant Tasmanian conservationist
conservationistss have taken up weapons to protect shotgun.
their beloved forests.
forests. Secure
Secure in their Queenstown stronghold, they control
control the Special regional variations:
rugged western half of the island.
island. Victorian police — actually, deputised
customs police
police — are poorly-trained
poorl y-trained and
Philosophically opposed to indiscriminate violence and to most technology, corrupt, except for the elite anti-crime
the commando s pre fer to use primitive weapons and gu errilla tactics
tactics against
against their units.
enemy, the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania. Rather than kill their In South Australia, the corporations
have largely replaced police with private,
enemies, they prefer to capture and reeducate them. corporation-payrolled security forces.
These cops enforce laws when it's con-
Objective venient or in the corporate interest.
To create an ecological Utopia in Tasmania. Queensland police are often corrupt
and brutal
bru tal.. Local departments may not
cooperate with each other or with the state
police.
Tribal Police in the New Aboriginal
Territory are similar to desert police (see
below), but are indifferently-trained and
administer high-handed justice.
A typical police vehicle is the Police
Cage (see
(see p. 47).
47 ).

 High way Inte rcep tor Team s

Every major police department main-
tains an elite force of highway interceptor
teams — known as "HIT men" — to com-
bat crazy drivers.
When ordinary cops are outclassed,
they radio the nearest HIT Team.
Team. Driving
their powerful
powerf ul Interceptors
Interceptor s (see p. 46-47),
46-47),
these cops charge at their targets while
dropping spikes to block the culprits' es-
cape.

 Desert
 Desert Police Squads
Squads
The desert police squads — called
"dips" by the desert gangs — patrol the
dangerous, uncharted areas of the Nor-
thern Territory, battling gangs and trailing
escaping refugees.
Useful skills for a desert policeman in-
clude Survival (desert) and Mechanic. A
water bottle and a broad-brimmed hat are
part of their uniform. They
They typically drive
the Desert Patrol Vehicle (p. 46).
 This RADAA publication covers the Commonwealth of Aus- OWNERSHIP AND USAGE OF WEAPONS
tralia, which is composed of five mainland states (Queensland,
New South
South Wales, South
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia);
Australia); Australian weapons-laws have always been very tight. While
one island state (Tasmania); three mainland territories (Australian restrictions have been loosened
loosened during the recent years of crisis,
crisis,
Capital Territory, New Aboriginal Territory, Northern Terri- they are still tough by North American standards.
tory); and one external territory (Australian Antarctic Territory).
The map in the centre of this book details the Australian con-
tinent.
 Licens
 Lice nses
es
To drive an armed vehicle, the license must be converted to a
"Class Z." All weapons are check-listed
check-listed on the license,
license, which
DRIVING CUSTOMS must be updated if these armaments
armaments change. Such vehicles are
The following paragraphs are excerpts from the 2038 edition given special number-plates: white numbers and letters on a
of the Motor Traffic
Traf fic Handbook
H andbook of New South Wales. The rules blood-red background.
given here apply throughout the Commonwealth and its ter- To use this offensive equipment, the driver and gunners must
ritories. These are set out in more detail in Section
Section 100 of the each have a Gunner's License — $25 at any police station.
stati on. Pedes-
Motor Traffic Act and Regulations, obtainable from the Govern- trians must similarly have a Weapons License to legally carry
ment Printing Office. arms within a metropolitan area. In both cases, the maximum
penalty for being unlicensed is a $2,000 fine and one year's servi-
tude in the road repair gangs. Foreigners
Foreigners are expected
expected to settle all
THE POLICE of these
these matters at the customs
customs office
of fice at their point of arrival.
arrival .
RADAA
RAD AA ADVISORY:
ADVI SORY: Those who who have altercations with the
law
law should remember ember that Australian states are large, a and
nd that
the various police forces are on relatively good terms with one  E qu ip m e n t R e g u la tio
ti o n s
another. State borders won't always be within easy reach, and
crossing one won't provide protection. If escape is the desired Some
Some equipment considered
considered common by Americans is banned
 op ti on , flee inlan d. in the land down-under, both for safety and political reasons. In
2038,
2038, this fluctuating
fluctuating list includes:
includes: all lasers heavier than "light";
Australia
Australia has a national
national law-enforcement agency,
agency, known as the
radar-guided, -jamming, and -detecting equipment; tank and anti-
Commonwealth Police. In addition, there is a publicly funded
tank guns.
guns. Specific
Specific states may also ban other equipment, for fo r rea-
police force in each state. All of these maintain Highway Intercept
sons
sons that may not be apparent
apparent:: for instance, Victoria has a ban on
Teams
Teams (the members of which which are colloquially
colloquially known
known as "HIT
linked weapons. Banned
Banned equipment
equipment cannot legally be sold in Aus-
men"),
men"), whose task it is to control the flow of traffic,
traf fic, regulate auto-
tralia, but it is often available through the black market at high
duelling, and eradicate cycle
cycle gang activity.
prices.
It is an offence
offe nce to discharge a firearm or use dropped
dropped weapons
SPEED LIMITS AND TRAFFIC LAWS within town limits — and road signs clearly mark boundaries.
RADAA ADVISORY: Speed Speed limits
limits are almost
almost universally
universall y Duelling outside of town limits is legal in three states — New
ignored. The pace of traffic in major cities often makes it South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.
Australi a. It is generally
generally tol-
danger
dangerous
ous to drive this slowly. erated in other regions. The New Aboriginal Territory and Abo-
On the open road, the maximum permissible speed is 110 kil- riginal reserves are an exception; advance permission must be
ometres per hour (68 mph) — except in the New Aboriginal and obtained from the tribal council before any autoduel. Permission
Northern
Norther n Territories, where there is no no upper
upper limit. Lower speeds
speeds is unlikely to be granted unless the duel involves a matter of 
may be set for roads of dubious quality. In towns and cities the honor, philosophy or love.
maximum is 60 kph (37 mph) in residential areas, and 80 kph (50 (50
mph)
mph) on major thoroughfares.
Vehicles drive  on the   left  side
  side  of the  road  and are  expected to
 Def
 D ef en siv
si v e A ctio
ct io n
obey all traffic signs. Should any of the following laws be infringed, it is within the
To operate a normal or armoured (but unarmed) vehicle, driv- rights of the innocen
innocentt parties to take def
defensive
ensive action,
a ction, but
b ut a magis-
ers must carry a Motor Vehicle Driver's License, obtainable for trate may hold them responsible for any damage they cause:
$35 at any police
police station
station or Motor Registry Office. Visitors may It is an offence to drive within one car length length of another
obtain temporary licenses from any Motor Registry Office. All vehicle.
vehicles used on public roads must be certified as roadworthy It is an offence to open fire on another vehicle without proper
once per year. warning.

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 It is an offence to fire upon a pedestrian, under any circum- monarch and his representatives — the Governour
Governour General and six
stances. state governours — are ceremonial.
It is an offence for a helicopter to pass directly over any vehi-  Head
 Head of Governm ent: Prime
Government:  Prime Minister, the leader of the party or
cle, while flying at
at an altitude
altitud e of less than 600
600 feet. Police'
Police' military coalition of parties with a majority in the House of Reps.
and rescue-services helicopters are ar e exempt. Flags: Officially it is the Eureka flag, a southern cross joined
by bars on a sky-blue background. The "old" flag, featuring the
WEAPON COURTESY stars of the southern cross on a navy-blue background, with the
union
union jack in the upper-left corner, has a semi-official status.
Australians have less cause to carry or use weapons than do  Natio
 Nationa Anthem: Advance Australia Fair.
nall Anthem:
Americans or Europeans. Aussies see a reliance on guns as a sign  Nationa
 Nationall Holida ys: Australia Day (January 26) celebrates the
Holidays:
of barbarism or cowardise. Therefore, the average citizen is un-
first British settlemen
settl ementt — Sydney, 1788. Anzac Day Day (April
(Apri l 25)
likely to meekly submit to a gun-toting bandit — and if forced to
commemorates the sacrifices of Australian soldiers during war-
do so, is more likely to keep his head and coolly
coolly plot a way out of 
time. Neutrality Day (May 15) celebrates the takeover of the
the situation.
American bases by peace activists, which Australians credit for
their survival during the Russo-American War. The king's birth-
ROAD CONDITIONS day and Labour Day (also called Eight-Hour Day) are celebrated
Given the distances between population centres in Australia,
Austra lia, on different dates in different states.
the road system is in quite reasonable shape. Some
Some coastal
coastal high- Chief Products:  Manufacturing — cane oil, textiles, steel,
ways are rated as Excellent; many others are Good.
Good. Further in- paper, aircraft
aircr aft and vehicles. Mining
M ining — coal, gold,
gold , iron,
iron, copper,
land, Fair and Poor roads are the norm — off-road travel is often uranium, lead, opals. Agriculture — wool, meat, dairy produce,
unavoidable. wheat, corn, sugar.
Assume that basic services are available everywhere, unless
atlas entries advise otherwise. Any normal
normal town posses
possesses
ses several
service stations catering to petrol vehicles. Recharge stations for
electric vehicles, however, are found only in major cities and
MAINLAND
along the coastal
coastal highway.
hi ghway. Any large town along the coastal
coastal high-
way will have a truck stop.
The exception is the outback — the desolate interior of Aus-
tralia. Except for major towns, there are no truck stops. Garages NEWSOUTHW ALES
are situated about 200 km (124 miles) apart on major outback  [NSW]
roads, and are rarely found on minor routes.
RADAA ADVISORY: Avoid central or western NSW un-
less travelling in convoy. Petrol is rare in western NSW .
Capital: Sydney.
 Descrip tion::  The state's population and wealth are concen-
 Description
trated along the coast, centering on Sydney. The Blue Blue Mountains
Mountai ns
divide this coastal strip from the western plains, a region of agri-
cultural and pastoral land covering almost two-thirds of the state.
In far-western NSW, plains give way to the harsh, dry outback.
 History: Home of the earliest white settlements, New South
 History:
Wales claims the nickname of "the Premier State" — with the
clear
clear implicati
implication
on that NSW is the best at everything.
ev erything. It has the
highest
highest population,
population, wealth,
weal th, tourism, and the second-high
second-highest
est crime
rate in Australia.
Points to Ponder:  Lawlessness in New South Wales is fast
reaching the critical point. With so many policemen
policemen and soldiers
soldier s
away in the Northern Territory keeping peace among the refu-
gees, those remaining are inadequate to the task of maintaining
order. Except
Except for sporadic
sporadic raids, the police
police have pulled back east
of the
the Blue Mountains.
Mountains. Cycle
Cycle gangs
gangs virtuall
virtually
y rule the plains and

COMMONWEALTH the outback, limited only by strike teams of the RADAA and the
Rearmed Services Legion (RSL).
Quarantine Restrictions:  Standard Australian procedures
OF AUSTRALIA apply. Enforcement is limited to east of the Blue Mountains.
 Roads: Roads within the coastal
 Roads:
Mountai ns.
coastal strip are Excellent. Road qual-
q ual-
Population: 21,000
21,000,00
,000
0 citizens plus approximately
approximately 7,500,000
7,500,000 ity steadily deteriorates inland — country highways vary from
refugees. Good (regularly used roads) to Off-Road.
Form of Government: Constitutional monarchy.
Parliament: The upper house is the Senate, where 68 members
(ten from each state, plus two from each of the territories) serve ALBURY/W
/WODONGA
eight-year
eight-year terms. The
The lower house is officially
officia lly known as the Population:  87,000.
House of Representatives, but is commonly called the House of   Descrip tion::  The communities
 Description communities of Albury and Wodonga are
Reps. Currently there are 218 Reps, though the number changes split by the Murray River, the Victoria/New South Wales border,
as the population increases; a 5-year term was instituted as an and by the stringent quarantine laws which apply on the Wodon-
"emergency" measure in 2022 and has never been repealed. gan side
side of the border. The two cities
cities are
are known as the "Cloven
" Cloven
 Head State: William V, who is the king of Australia as well
 Head of State: City," due to their
their bitter rivalry.
as the exiled king of Great Britain. Since the English Revolution Albury is a manufacturing centre, producing home entertain-
(2036), King William
Willi am has resided in
i n Adelaide. The powers of the ment products. Wodonga, originally settled by cousins of King

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Louis XVI of France, has become a cultured settlement catering to  Duelling Facilities:: The Big Merino, an exhibition hall in the
 Duelling Facilities
European aristocrats fleeing their homelands. shape of a giant sheep, has a dueltrack built around it.
 Duelling Facilities: One arena in each town, plenty of truck 
 Duelling Facilities: Other Facilities: Prison, psychiatric hospital, two agricultural
stops and garages. colleges.
Other Facilities: Airfield, hospitals, prison, two TV stations, Gang Activity: None so far.
Victorian customs-base. The Royal Australian Army Ordinance
Corps Museum contains many weapons and vehicles.
 History: The towns' rivalry began after a disputed test-auto-
 History: GRIFFITH
duel match — Wodonga's Europunks against Albury's Pioneers. RADAA ADVISORY: The local local gang/Mafia
gang/Maf ia war threatens
threatens
Gang Activity: Hardly a night goes by without one town's duel all travellers.
club launching a raid on the other. Victorian
Victori an customs-police
customs-police have Population: 20,000.
been unable to stop the violence.  Descriptio
 Description:n: Developed as a model town, Griffith is proof that
organised
organised crime
crime can flourish
fl ourish anywhere. The Mafia came here
along with the other Italian immigrants that make up this com-
BOURKE munity. Fruit, wine and illegal drugs are the local products; be
RADAA ADVISORY:AvoidBourke. Bourke. sure to attend the Vintage Festival (Easter,
(East er, odd-numbered years).
Population: 6,000.  Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s: The Inferno, a triple-track amateur arena; a
Facilities:
 Description: Bourke is surrounded by flat, featureless terrain.
 Description: well-equipped garage services electric and petrol vehicles.
The phrase "Back o' Bourke" is synonymous with the vast out- Other Facilities: Wineries.
back — it is the last outpost of civilisation
civilisation on the desert
desert rim. Gang Activity:  Griffith is under siege from the cycle gangs.
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilities: Garage.
Facilities: Mafia defence
def ence forces
forces are striking
striking back powerfully.
powerfull y.
Gang Activity: Bourke is the base for
f or the Longpins, the strong-
est cycle
cycle gang in north NSW. No rival gang has dared to assault
Bourke in six years.
LITHGOW
RADAA ADVISORY: Armed vehicles are banned.
Population: 20,000.
BROKENH
NHILL  Descriptio n: Located
 Description: Located at the western fr fringe
inge of the Blue Moun-
RADAA ADVISORY: Avoid Broken Hill unless brokered tains, Lithgow stands between Sydney and the cycle gangs of the
travel arrangements have been made. plains. Responding to the threat, Lithgow placed its municipal
Population:  12,000. police force in duelcars, and banned
banned all local autoduelling.
 Descriptio
 Description:n: Once the world's richest deposit of silver, zinc  Duelling Facilities: Lithgow's arena has been demolished in
 Duelling Facilities:
and lead, Broken Hill is now a powerful crime base. When the favor
favo r of a parking lot. Garages
Garages exist,
exist, but
bu t prices
prices are inflated and
mines panned out, the unemployed turned to crime. The city is a treatment is poor.
vital location on the Silver City Highway connecting South Aus- Gang Activity:  Light but increasing, as cyclecycle gangs test
t est the
tralia's
tral ia's industry with
wit h Queensland's
Queensland's fuel production — cycle
cycle gang-
gang- ability of the police duellists.
bosses (known as the Barrier Criminal Council or BCC) became
brokers,
brok ers, selling travel
travel rights on the road. Completion
Completion of the Birds-
Birds-
ville Highway, however, should end Broken Hill's monopoly on MOREE
travel. Population:  18,000.
 Duelling Facilities:: Amateur arenas, two garages.
 Duelling Facilities  Description:  After flood damage in 2030 nearly eradicated
 Description:
Gang Activity:  The Broken Hill crime gang dominates the Moree, this agricultural town was rebuilt with safety in mind —
region, and has no rivals. including a flood-di
flood-diversion
version wall that
t hat serves as the centerpiece of a
fortified perimetre.
perimetre. Moree is the safest town in no northern
rthern NSW.
 Duelling Facilities:: Underpriced garage.
 Duelling Facilities
DUBBO Other Facilities: Hospital, Commonwealth satellite-tracking
Population: 36,000. station.
 Description: Dubbo is a major
 Description: major agricultural town. Normally a Gang Activity:  Moderate; the cycle
cycle gang incursions
incursions are offset
offset
sleepy settlement, it has been hit by hard times. by a large Rearmed Services
Services Legion contingent.
contingent.
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie
Facilities:s: Dubbo Duelathon arena is getting crowded
as locals take a last chance to learn road defence before the next
cycle-gang assault.
Other Facilities: Hospital, BIF post. The Western Plains Zoo
is the largest open-range zoo in the southern hemisphere.
Gang Activity: Dubbo is at war with the cycle gangs, primari-
ly the Bourke outfit.
outf it. Its wide streets
streets are defenceless
defenceless to marauding
cyclists, who love to take pot shots
shots at the old colonial-style
colonial-style build- NEWCASTLE
ings. The town council is impotent (some accuse it of collusion Population:  400,000.
with the gangs), but an activist RADAA local president may save  Description: At the northern extreme of the Sydney metroplex,
 Description:
thetown. Newcastle nevertheless
nevertheless retains its own identity. Coal, steel and
heavy industry
industr y are conveniently
conveniently located
located downriver.
downriver . Trade unions
and the New Australia Party enjoy strong support in Newcastle.
GOULBURN  Duelling Facilities: Three arenas — Shipyard Stadium (built
 Duelling Facilities:
Population: 34,000. from scavenged oil tankers), Newscastle Autoram (where the
 Description: Goulburn is a wool town. It is also a temporary
 Description: architecture is based on circular structur
st ructures,
es, including
including ascending
base for the 9th Australian Rangers, stationed here to protect the spiral roadways) and Munitions Alley (featuring No-Body-
coast from cycle-gang assaults. Unfortunately, the ranger unit is Armour Deathmatches
Deathmatches every Tuesday
Tuesday night) — plus many duellist
only at half-strength and has no heavy equipment. clubs. Newcastle claims
claims to be Australia's
Australi a's autoduelling
autoduell ing capital.
capital.
 Other Facilities: Airport, major port, quarantine facilities, TV On the down side, this city is also known for organised crime
station. and a high unemployment rate. The "dole bludgers"
blud gers" are a major
Gang Activity: Street gangs are a moderate problem. strain on the municipal budget.
Facilities: Four arenas — the Egypyi
 Duelling Facilities: Egypyienn
ennee (with
(wi th pyra-
mid hazards), Parramatta Speedpark (specialising in international
SYDNEY competition),
competition), the Macquarie Unitrak (former
(forme r home of the nation-
Population:  6,000,000. al championships), and Sabretrack (Australia's foremost sponsor
 Description:  The New South Wales capital is the world's of all-rocket duelling); numerous clubs, RADAA headquarters.
richest city, and — behind Tokyo and London — the third most- Other Facilities:  International airport, military airfield,
populous city. The "Sydney sprawl" is swallowing other nearby Australia's largest port, bullet train to Melbourne (three hours
towns. transit), four universities, many hospitals, Gold Cross, Long Bay
This is a tourist Mecca for the wealthy minority who still maximum-security prison and several other prisons, offices of the
globetrot, thanks to Sydney's relative safety, fabulous beaches Federal Council of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, extensive
and parks, and its award-winning architecture. The city took ad- Chinatown, Gaytown and Doletown communities.
vantage of worldwide starvation to trade food for architectural  History:  The Central Business District was the scene of 
treasures — the Parthenon (Greec
(Greece)
e) and two pyramids (one Egyp- Australia's only food riot — mobs of outraged Chinatown resi-
tian, one Aztec) decorate the downtown mall. Don't miss the Fes- dents clashed with a Queenslanders anti-refugee demonstration,
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 The burned-out heart of Australia's oldest city was rebuilt as a Gang Activity:   Heavy, mostly involving rival neighbourhood
pedestrian mall, complete with monorails and moving walkways. gangs. Behaviour is violent by Australian standards — among the
To complement the ancient architectural treasures relocated here, general public as well as the gangs.
the world's finest architects were invited to design radical, star-
ding new buildings. The leading example is the New Sydney Y A NKE ESTATION
Stock Exchange, built in the image of the Southern Cross.
Activity: Street gangs are mod erately active
Gang Activity: active in Doletown , (formerly PORTM ACQUARIE)
though heavily armed municipal police keep the gangs from both- Population:   95,000.
ering the rest of the city. Cycle gangs fro m the plains occasional
occasionally
ly ipt ion :  This town became home for expatriate U.S.
 De scr iption
launch a drive on Sydney, but seldom reach
reach furthe r than Katoom- individuals and corporations during the time of the Food Riots.
ba — Sydney's westernmost neighbourhood — before police and Almost every major U.S. corporation has some kind of presence
military units annihilate them. here — with industrial espionage a top priority.
 Du ell ing Facil itie s:   Liberty Arena is the home of the Ail-
Fa cilitie
American Demonstration Duelteam, made up of electric vehicles
TAMWORTH from many Am erican erican manufacturers.
manufacturers.
RADA A ADVI SORY : Duellists have been arrestedarrested for dis- Other Facilities:   Port, hospital, imported-arms bazaar. The
turbing cattle. Use caution. Brotherhood has a chapter here, despite opposition from Austra-
Population:  40,000. lian unions.
sc rip tio n:  The New England grazing region stretches from
 De scrip Activity:  Minimal.
Gang Activity:
the state's north coast to the western slopes of the Great Dividing
Range. Tamworth is its centre, as well as the country-music capi-
tal of Australia. The country-music awards are held held here on A us-
tralia Day weekend (January). Nearby smaller towns include QUEENSLA ND
A rm idale
idal e (29,000),
(29,000), Glen Inn es (10,000
(10,000)) an d Tenterfield
Tenterfield (6,000)
(6,000)..
 Du ellin lit ies : Armiduel Do wn and Tam worth Fields
el lingg F aci lities Fields are [QLD]
very popular arenas — turnou t is always excelle excellent.
nt. RADA A AD VISORY: This is an autobannedautobanned state
state — road
Facilities:  University, several colleges, one TV station,
Other Facilities: duels are illegal. Enforcement varies from none to extreme;
BIF post. foreign duellists have occasionally been executed as subver-
Activity:  Mo derate — militi
Gang Activity: militiaa forces have been
been effective sives.
so far against plains cycle-gangs. Foreigners of Asian descent or who might be mistaken for
Asians are advised to carry their papers at all times.
WAGGA WAGGA Capital:  Brisbane.
Population:  55,000. sc rip tio n:   Queensland depends upon minerals and agricul-
 De scrip
sc rip tio n:  Wagga Wagga is usually abbreviated "Wagga"
 De scrip
ture for its wealth. Because of the prevalence of tropical crops
such as bananas, peanuts and sugar cane, Queenslanders are
and prono unce d "wogga." It is a cattle cattle town. Wagga's extensive
extensive
agricultural-research facilities are engaged in a full-time search kno wn derisive
derisively
ly as "banana benders."
benders." The production and dis- dis-
for a cure to the Grain Blight.
Blight. tribution of ethanol, Australia's primary fuel, is the only major
industry. Unlike the other states, Queensland is decentralised. All
 Du ellin cil itie s:  Unregistered arena.
el lingg Fa cilitie
roads do not leadlead to Brisbane; some lead to huge country centrescentres
Other Facilities:   Airport, numerous colleges, agricultural- like Cairns and Rockhampton. The north is tropical; the southwest
research institute,
institute, BIF post. is harsh outback.
Gang Activity:   Heavy. A local cycle-gangl cycle-ganglord,
ord, the "Irish
"Irish  Histo ry:: As the state which produces 96% of Australia's sugar
 His tory
Viking," has declared war on Wagga's research station. He cane, Queensland has benefited greatly from the depletion of 
believes
believes a cure to the Blight will mean the end to Au stralia 's super- world oil supplies.
power status. The worldwide advent of the Grain Blight brought panic here,
as suddenly affl uen t cane
cane growers fe lt the threat of agricultural dis-
dis-
aster. This panic produced a violent reaction against Blight-con-
taminated refugees — the infamous "boat hunter" sport started
here.
At last forced
forced to reach some accommo dation with the refugee
hordes, Queensland introduced the Refugee Agriculturisation
Program in 2018. Refugees who have been certified as Blight-free
are eligi
eligible
ble to "w ork for their
their food ," contracting with plantation
owners. The Queensland economy is now based on "ref-gang"
WOLLONGONG labour, while escaped-ref bandit gangs are the bane of local law
Population:   310,000. enforcement.
sc rip tio n:  Wollongong m arks the southern
 De scrip southern end of the mega- Queensland has become the Deep North, a bastion of conser-
city stretching up through Sydney to Newcastle. "The Gong" vatism not unlike America's Deep South. Southerners (non-
thrives on heavy industry — steel production and coal coking. Queenslanders)
Queenslanders) and non-whites are treated with suspicion.suspicion.
This
This is a fa irly rough-and-tum ble place, and autodu elling
elling is held in Points to Ponder:  The provincial
provincial government
government makes no ef for t
high regard. to control m uch of its its own territory, letting
letting local
local comm unities do
 Du ellin
el lingg Facil itie s:   Two arenas — the Gong Shatterdome
Fa cilitie as they please. Some vigilante groups have formed American-
(where the combat floor is strewn with flimsy, transparent bar- style fortress towns. Following the Blight, the lack of control
ricades) and the Steel Wheel (a spoked-wheel arena); plus a local attracted
attracted foreign multinational corporations — some coastal coastal towns
amateur circuit and Au stralia's prestige
prestige truck stop. are now corporate-controlled. Only the tourist-oriented Sunshine
Facilities:  Airpo rt, engineering
Other Facilities: engineering university. No social life and Gold Coast regions are adequately policed by authorised law
besides autoduelling — the answer to the question, "What's on in enforcement agents.
the Gong? "is "Nothing." Joh Bjelke-Petersen ruled Queensland in the late 20th century,
and is fondly remembered. There is a tradition among the Queens- CAIRNS
landers that their beloved Joh was cloned before death, and will
RADAA ADVISORY: Autoduelling is suppressed in East-
someday return to rule Queensland again. Nothing has ever been
town. Extreme cauticaution
on advised
advised when travelling in Wcs tto wn.
proven, of course.
Population:   100,000.
Quarantine Restrictions:  Standard Australian rules apply. En-
forcement is strict. Roving customs patrols have the authority to  De scr iptio n:  Cairns is a ravaged, bitter community. Formerly
ipt ion:
inspect anywhere,
anywhere, including private
private vehicles and residences. a glossy tourist resort where Americans first arrived in Australia
from their transoceanic flights, the town is now divided into east
 Ro ad s:   Excellent on the south coast, and around Cairns and
and west. Easttown is a ma jor base of the the Australian navy. Patrols
Patrols
Townsville. Good elsewhere along the coast; Fair to Poor inland.
inland.
of naval police and a guarded perimetre keep this district at peace.
BRISBANE Westtown is littl littlee more than a hovel filled
filled with o utlaw gangs and
scum. Anything can be bought for a price here. Westtown's
Population:   2,000,000.
annual Fun in the Sun festival (October) is frequently the scene of 
 De scr ipt ion :   Often characterised as an oversized country- gang conflict.
town, Brisbane lags several decades behind cosmopolitan Sydney
lin g Fa cili tie s:   Suntown Strip, a Westtown dueltrack.
 Du el ling
and Melbourne. A puritanical and influential neo-Anglican arch-
Threatened with RADAA sanction, the arena has been made
bishopri
bishopricc , and a focus on law and order at the expense of personal
personal
"clean"
"clean" by the gangs.
freedom, explain the exodus from Brisbane of writers and rebels,
scientists
scientists and intellectuals.
intellectuals. Nevertheless,
Nevertheless, the city
city is much more Other Facilities:   Port and naval base, military hospital, mili-
liberal than the rural settlements. Brisbanites are fiercely loyal to tary (formerly international) airport with zeppelin
zeppelin squ adron.
their
their com munity. to ry::   The so-called sport of boat hunting had its start here.
 His tory
Due to the prejudice of many rural Queensland ers, m ost of the This came to an end in 2018, when the Australian navy "invad-
state's Aborigines now live in Brisbane's Aboriginal Quarter. ed." A bloody pacification period ensued, destroying much of 
east Cairns
Cairns before a truce of sorts wa s e stablished.
stablished.
el lin g Fa cili tie s:  Two registered arenas — Armour Square
 Du ellin
(on the waterfront) and Redcliffe Regional (with a blockhouse- ctivity:  Extreme (Westtown), non-existent (Eastto wn).
Gang A ctivity:
heavy design); several unregistered arenas.
Other Facilities:  Two ports (Port of Brisbane and Fisherman
Islands), international airport, two universities, seven hospitals, CAMPTHURSDAY
Boggo Road maximum security prison (and four other prisons), Population:   20,000.
three TV stations, ethanol refineries, Fig Tree Pocket koala/ani-  De scr iptio n:   This is the administrative base of the Torres
ipt ion:
mal park. Island Exclusion
Exclusion Zone, a militarised
militarised region
region betwee n A ustralia and
ctivity:  Street gangs (mostly Aboriginal) and suburban
Gang A ctivity: refugee-filled New Guinea. Patrol boats, submarines and a zep-
cycle-
cycle-gangs
gangs are enth usiastically suppressed by the authorities. pelin squadron (based in Cairns) guard against incursions by
Blight-carrying Asians. Captured refugees are sequestered on
Central Brisbane Prince
Prince of Wales Island until they receive their Blight-fre e certifica-
tion, at which point they are drafted into Queensland's local sys-
tem of slavery.
The natives, Torres Strait Islanders, are more closely related
to the New Guineans than to the Australian Aborigines. Unhap py
with the Queensland government, the islanders are campaigning
for independence.
cilities:  Hospital, college
Other Fa cilities: college,, small airfield (Horn Island ),
naval base (Moa Island), quarantine camp (Prince
(Prince of Wales Island);
ref-gangs are shipped south by heavily guarded road train from
coastal Bamaga.
ctivity:  Heavily armed refugee flotillas, sometimes as-
Gang A ctivity:
sociated with Triad; Boat Hunters occasionally from Towns ville.

CHARTERSTOWERS
RADAA ADVISORY: W ell-armed ell-armed vehicles and vehicles in
convoy are unlik ely to be bothered.
Population:   13,000.
 De scr ipt ion :  This former gold town has been in decline since
1916. Bandit gangs composed of escaped slaves hide in the neigh-
bouring countryside, preying on travellers. Townies protect the
gangs from the law.
 Du ellin ac ilit ies :  Truck stop;
el lin g F acilit stop; road-train base; gara ge, prices
are inflated.
Gang Activity:  Heavy.

GOLDCOAST
Population:   200,000.
 De scr iptio n:   Gold Coast, a loose conglomeration of resort
ipt ion:
towns, stretches along the coast for 40 km . It is a Mecca for swing-
ing singles. Crime, vice and superb beaches abound — if you can't
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 such dubious sports as dwarf-throwing and the Beautiful Belly
Contest, and is the only Aussie city regularly hosting combat
combat foot-
ball. MOUNTISA
 Duelling Facilities: Coolangatta Gold Stadium (the same facil-
 Duelling Facilities: Population: 45,000.
ity hosts both football and autoduelling) and Warriors Arena (the  Description:: In the leading town of Queensland's northwest,
 Description
big draw is the cheerleading demonstration between duels); ex- life
lif e is focused
focused around one
one activity: mining. Not
No t blood, but copper,
pensive garages and truck stops. lead, silver and zinc flow in the townspeople's
townspeople's veins. Isolated by
Other Facilities:  Airport, patrolled expressway to Brisbane, the desert, Mount Isa has the atmosphere of a rough-and-ready
TV station, hotels. frontier town. For the ref-gangs
ref-gangs who work here, hell would be an
Gang Activity:  Despite extensive defences and well-trained improvement.
security forces, the city's elongated shape makes it vulnerable to  Duelling Facilities:  Unregistered arena, where refugee
 Duelling Facilities:
raiding. labourers are forced to duel; truck stop, road-train
r oad-train base.
base. Fuel is
expensive, and is sometimes scarce.
MACKAY Other Facilities:  Flying Doctor base, miners hospital, road-
Population: 80,000. train base.
base. Mount Isa will be the end of the Birdsville
Birdsville Highway, if 
 Description:: As the capital of the Queensland sugar industry,
 Description the road is ever completed.
Mackay has grown fabulously wealthy through the sale of cane Gang Activity: Heavy; escaped-ref miners have formed several
alcohol to fuel refineries.
r efineries. Local
Local plantation owners
owners are repressive, bandit gangs, all of whom hate the mine owners.
dedicated to keeping their ref-gang labour force in line.
 Duelling
 Duelling Facili ties: Sugarstick Arena, where randomly firing
Facilities:
flamethrowers are prominently mounted threats. ROCKHAMPTON
Other Facilities: Airport, prison, the world's
world' s largest
largest bulk-sugar Population:  100,000.
terminal,
terminal , cane processing plant, BIF post.  Description:: Bull statues guard the roads out of town — this is
 Description
Gang Activity: Moderate. City fathers
father s hired a local
local cycle gang,
gang, Australi
Austr alia'
a'ss beef capital. Since
Since the 1860
1860s there
ther e have been
been calls for
fo r
the Sugar Bobbies, to fight off
of f the bandit gangs. a separate state in ccentral
entral Queensland, with
wit h "Rocky" as the capi-
tal. Rockhampton
Rockhampton separatists
separatists are currently in power, and refuse
r efuse to
cooperate with the government in Brisbane.
M A RIEN B ERG  Duelling Facilities:: As a protest against state authority, civic
 Duelling Facilities
[form erly MARYBOROUGH] leaders won't register the excellent Rocky Road Arena with the
Population: 38,000. state chapter of the RADAA.
 Description:: This agricultural and industrial centre is domi-
 Description Other Facilities: Airport, hospital, prison. Faith healers have
nated by German
German industry, notably by the Australian
Australi an divisions
divisions of  set up shop in the spectacular caves of the nearby Berserker
Krupps,
Krupps, Folkers and VolksPanzer. Government
Government is in the hands of  Range.
a unified corporate council, which controls a well-armed security Gang Activity:  Light; since
since ref-gangs
ref-gangs are seldom used here,
force. Dissent is not tolera
tolerated
ted here, but
b ut individual skill and enter- bandit gangs leave the city alone.
prise are. While ref-gang labo
labour
ur is used
used here, working condition
conditionss
are liberal for Queensland.
 Duelling Facilities: Mary
 Duelling Facilities:  Mar y River Racearena, home of the Volks- SUNSHINECOAST
Panzer
Panzer demonstration team; Mal Chaney autoduel autoduel museum,
museum, dedi- Population:  125,000.
cated
cated to the father
fa ther of Australian autoduel
autoduel — this is his hometown.  Description:: Developed as a recent high-tech alternative to the
 Description
Other Facilities: Port, hospital, sugar mill, ethanol plant, BIF Gold Coast, this resort is financed and controlled by Gondak, a
post, VolksPanzer
VolksPanz er assembly
assembly plant. Nearby
Nearb y Fraser Island has been
been consortium of European corporations. The government in Bris-
preserved
preserved for off-road
off-r oad duelling.
duelling. bane is well-paid to look the other way when laws are infringed
Gang Activity: Cycle gangs leave this town alone, out of respect
respect (with the exception
exception of Blight-related customs regulations); some
forChaney—theman manwhobrought realmayhemtoAustralia. Ban- accuse Gondak of using illegal mind-control techniques on its
dit gangs avoid the German paramilitary security teams. refugee work force.
f orce. Nearby
Nearb y Nambour (16,000
(16,000)) is the centre of an
inland
inland cane-growin
cane-growing g district, with plentiful ref-gang
r ef-gang labour.
 Duelling Facilities:: Two arenas — Sunburst Arena, home of 
 Duelling Facilities
M ITSUH A MA the televised Death Duel Sunday; and Duelling Infinities, where
[formerly BUNDABERG] special
special "technicolour" weapons
weapons and a live band add punch to
Population: 70,000. duels held in artificial moonlight; plus one of Sunshine Coast's
biggest attractions, duelling via micros.
 Description:: Japan's
 Description  J apan's number-one
number-one automobile
automobile exporter moved
in here fifteen years ago, taking advantage of Queensland's non- Other Facilities: Micro-arcades, hotels,
hotel s, hospital. Big Pineap-
Pineap-
existent business
business laws and cheap ref-gang labour.
labour . The mammoth
mammoth ple and Big Cow are located in Nambour.
plant manufactures petrol-powered commuter vehicles and farm Gang Activity: None. Efficient
Effi cient corporation sec
security
urity has seen to
equipment. An older, traditional local
local product is rum — the Rum that.
City Harvest Festival (October) features a Mardi Gras and lots of 
drunken brawling.
 Duelling Facilities: Mitsuhama Stadium is the home of the Mit-
 Duelling Facilities: Mit -
TOOWOOMBA
sui demonstration team. The Tokyo Roads duelling club has a Population:  125,000.
seedy local reputation, due to its habit of ambushing visiting  Description::  This pleasant, old-fashioned city dominates the
 Description
champions. rich, agricultural Darling Downs region, a perpetual target for
Other Facilities: Airport, TV station, two hospitals, ethanol bandit and cycle gangs. The locals
locals have
ha ve accordingly armed them-
refineries, Mitsui assembly
assembly plant. selves, and the RADAA is popular here despite Queensland's
Gang Activity: Medium.
 Med ium. A local
local cycle gang, the Sca
Scared
red Hand, autoban.
enjoys "jap-bashing," but efficient Mitsui security forces discou- Nearby villages include Charleville (8,000), Goondiwindi
rage the practice. (9,000), Kingaroy (12,000) and Warwick (20,000). Roma

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(11,000)
(11,000) produces just
just enough oil and petrol for
for its own consump- Lloyds of London,
London, an insurance
insurance firm, is constructing
constructing an office
of fice
tion. Warwick stages a rodeo each
each October — the infamous "steer complex in Mount Gambier, though there are no plans to change
wars." Kingaroy is Australia's peanut capital. Ref-gangs are the company's name.
prominent in this region. Points to Ponder: With Australia's new prosperity — and a
 Duelling Facilities: Toowoomba
 Duelling Facilities:  Toowoomba Tomb arena (the intelligent, push for modernisation
modernisation by the provincial government — SA has
challenging Toowoomban events are much-copied around the become
become the industrial capital
capital of the country. Australian-founded
Australian-founded
country); excellent
excellent garage. Unregistered
Unregistered novelty arena — the multinational corporations are headquartered here — and, some
Eldertrack — for
for senior
senior citizens. say, dominate
dominate the state with
wit h then-
then- private
private security forces and politi-
politi-
Other Facilities: Queensland's most
most modern
modern hospital, prison, a cal clout. The "Big Three" are: Whyalla Steelworks, GermeiGermein n In-
stuffed-animal and a stage coach museum, Flying Doctor base dustries, and the South Australia Amalgamate (SAAM).
(Charleville), BIF posts (Charleville, Warwick), oil refinery Quarantine Restrictions: Standard Australia
Australian n procedures
procedures apply,
(Roma); Joh Bjelke-Petersen Museum, Big Pumpkin Scone, giant with state customs
customs offices at major ports and border crossings.
crossings.
peanut silos (Kingaroy). Enforcement is comparatively lax.
Gang Activity:   Moderate. The NSW-based Borderers are the  Roads:  The Eyre Highway is maintained in Excellent condi-
 Roads:
worst cycle gang; a well-armed bandit gang is based out of Turkey tion, as is the complete
completed
d portion of the Birdsville
Birdsvil le Highway.
Highway. Roads
Mountain, between Roma
Roma and Toowoomba. south of the Flinders Range are Good; other roads are Poor or Off-
Road.

TOWNSVILLE
Population:  210,000.
ADELAIDE
 Description: Protected by encircling mountains and the fortifi-
 Description: RADAA ADVISORY: Autoduelling is banned on Sunday.
cations in its artificial harbour, Townsville is a "fortress resort." Population:  1,200,000.
The town considers
considers itself indepen
independent
dent from
from state control, and is  Descrip
 Des tion: Sma
cription:  Smallll by the standards of Sydney
Sydney and Melbourne
Mel bourne,,
lobbying for the creation of Carpentaria, a separate state in north the beautiful City of Churches is an intellectual and cultural
Queensland.
Queensland. Magnetic Isla Island,
nd, a reef
reef resort, is a mere 13 km.
k m. dis- centre, as well as the focus of the reviving Aussie automotive
tant. industry. City politics
politics are lively, feat
featuring
uring clashes
clashes between
between labour
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s:  Carpentaria Arena hosts "special event"
Facilities: and liberal parties; state government is much more staid. Duellists
competitions on weeknig
weeknighy hys,
s, where plantation
plantation owners pit
pit their should make
make note of the Austral
Australian
ian Grand Prix, when downtown
finest ref-gang workers against one another in team combat. The Adelaide becomes a dueltrack (October-November); the Festival
Downtownies duel club sponsors inter-club brawls. of Arts
Arts (even-num
(even-numbered
bered years, February-March)
F ebruary-March) is also colourful.
colourf ul.
Other Facilities:  Port, international airport, hospitals, medium-  Duelling
 Due lling Faci
Facilitie s: Two arenas:
lities: arenas: the Concrete Walrus, an avant-
security prison, two TV stations, casino; the only Queensland garde maze-arena where moving barriers and projected "phan-
university outside of Brisbane. tom" walls frustrate traditional duellists; and the Adelaide, a
 History: It was to this tropical city that boat hunters flocked in
 History: safety-oriented dueltrack.
the thousands, when refugees carrying Blight in the 2010s threat- Other Facilities: Airport, port, three universities, eight major
ened
ened to doom Australian
Australian agriculture. After Cairns was "pacified,"
"pacified, " hospitals,
hospita ls, seve
seven
n TV stations, oil refiner
re finery,
y, headquarter
headq uarterss of South-
Townsville became
became the capital of the Boat Hunter movement. ern Cross Motors, New Australia Party headquarters.
Gang Activity: Boat hunters active; little trouble from bandit Gang Activity: Light. The Philistines gang specialises in dis-
gangs. rupting genteel cultural events.
Central Adelaide
SOUTHAU STRALIA
[SA]
RADAA ADVISORY: Desert gangs are active on the Eyre
Highway — vehicles travelling beyond the Flinders do so at
their own risk. Travelling with a corporate convoy is recom-
mended.
Duelling outside of town limits is illegal, though enforce-
ment varies. Be careful to maintain friendly relations with
local corporate security forces.
Capital: Adelaide.
 Descrip tion: South Australia is a state of extremes. The coast-
 Description:
al regions are densely populated and contain the majority of 
Australia'
Austral ia'ss new industrial might. The land is scenic
scenic.. North
Nor th of the
Flinders
Flinders Ranges, however, are the worst deserts deserts in the country.
Ghost towns abound in this domain of vicious desert gangs, dom-
inated by the vital Eyre Highway.
 History: Anti-American sentiment is strongest here — 80,000
 History:
residents
residents of Adelaide,
Adelaide, stirred by the threat of nuclear
nuclear war and the
New Australia Party, participated in the attack on the U.S. base at
Nurrungar in 2012.
2012. The NAP maintains
maintains its headquarters in Ade-Ade-
laide.
In 2007, a large portion of South Australia (mostly desert) was
transferred to the New Aboriginal Territory.
Following the recent revolution, British refugees have been at-
tracted to SA. Among the refugees are elements
elements of the British fleet
(now based
based out of Port
Port Brittania), and a few notable corporations.
corporations. SouthAustralia
COOBERPEDY bridges and artificial geysers), Down-Under Trike & Bike Arena
(with tunnels made of transparent armourplast under the arena),
RADAA
RADA A ADVISORY:
ADVISOR Y: Off-road enthusiasts
enthusiasts beware — un- un-
Blue Lake Arena (ski-boat duelling); five truck stops.
marked dugouts and mines.
Other Facilities:  Hospital, airport, college, prison, satellite
Population:  3,000.
broadcast company, insurance companies.
companies.
 Description:  Coober Pedy is Aboriginal for "white fellow's
 Description:
Gang Activity: Cycle gangs are occasionally drawn to the dis-
hole in the ground." The population
population lives
lives underground, shelterin
sheltering
g
trict by the rich pickings.
from
fr om freezing nights and daytime temperatures of up up to 55 degrees
degrees
C (151
(151 degrees
degrees F). Even water has to be freighted here. SiteSited
d on
the largest opal field anywhere, Coober
Coober Pedy is said to house a MURRAYBRIDGE
higher proportion of eccentric
eccentricss than
than any other place on Earth
Eart h — Population: 219,000.
their dwellings and their mines are one and the same. The settle- ion: A booming town, thanks to increasing trade on
 Description:
 Descript
ment straddles the state/territory border. the Murray
Murr ay River,
River , Murray
Mur ray Bridge is an interchange
interchange between
between road
 Duelling Facilities:: Road-train base, small garage.
 Duelling Facilities and river transport. It is also the administrative headquarte
headquarters
rs for
f or
Other Facilities: Fortified Desert Patrol station, state customs the powerful South Australia Amalgamate (SAAM), an ambitious
office (South Australia side), tax station (New Aboriginal Terri- and ruthless multinational corporation. Nearby Monarto is the
tory side). "invisible city" — planned as a second major  city for South Aus-
Gang Activity: Moderate. tralia, corruption and mismanagement doomed the project.
 Duelling
 Due lling Facil ities::  Invisible City Urban Arena (using the
Facilities
streets built for Monarto); the best truck stop is the Overlander.
KINGSCOTE Other Facilities: SAAM offices, river port, river police base,
Population: 27,000. hospital, the state's newest prison.
 Descript ion: Kingscote is the major settlement on Kangaroo
 Description: Gang Activity: Light; the SAAM security police are worse than
Island, the third-largest Australian island (after Tasmania and any gang.
Melville Island). Various mercenary agencies use the island for
training;
training; SA corporations
corporations recruit security troops f rom here.
 Duelling Facilities:: The track at American River
 Duelling Facilities River is the largest
largest NURIOOTPA
off-road arena in the country. Population:  34,000.
Other Facilities:  Airport, mercenary "academy," ferry ter- ion: This town is the centre
 Description:
 Descript centre of the Barossa Valley, the
minus and hospital. region that produces Australia's
Australia' s finest wines. The valley has
 History: Whalers and escaped convicts gave Kangaroo Island
 History: always
al ways had a large German-descended
German-descended community, swoll swollen
en in
a rough and bloody history,
hist ory, which
which the locals try to live up to. recent years by refugees from Blighted Germany. Don't miss the
Gang Activity: Light; locals sometimes stage a rumble. Vintage Festival
Festival (March-April, odd-nu
odd-numbe
mberedred years). Other near-
by towns include Angaston (27,000) and Tanunda (13,000).
 Duelling
 Due Facilities: The rundown Nuriootpark may soon be
lling Facilities:
MARREE dropped from the RADAA circuit.
RADAA
RADA A ADVISORY:
ADVI SORY: Hazardous — travel under under escort.
escort. Other Facilities:  Free wine-tasting at the wineries; hospital
Population: 12,000. (Tanunda).
 Description: This hot, dusty construction town marks the com-
 Description: Gang Activity: Moderate but increasing. Winery owners buy
pleted end of the Birdsville Highway — an ambitious project to the services of the Tear-Away cycle gang with surplus wine, to
push a modern, multi-lane highway from South Australia to keep violent
violent gangs
gangs out of the district. Unfortunately, other gangs
Queensland. Life
Life is miserable; only the high pay keepskeeps anyone are moving
moving in, jealous of the
the Tear-A
Tear-Away
way's's soft life.
lif e.
here. Unfounded rumours claim that illegal ref-gangs from
Queensland
Queensland are being used as road labour. PORTAUGUSTA
 Duelling Facilities: Garage, truck stop and road-train base;
 Duelling Facilities: RADAA ADVISORY: The Augusta Motor Company
fuel supply erratic. security police do not tolerate interference with trucking. Be
 History: This former ghost town was once a staging post for
 History: courteous to all truckers.
the cross-desert afghan
afgha n camel-trains
camel-trains of long ago. The town died Population:  62,000.
when the opening
opening of the Stuart Highway made cam camelsels obsolete.
obsolete. It
 Descript
 Desc ion: Often described as Truck City, Port Augusta is
ription:
was reborn when SA corporations decide
decidedd to construct
construct the Birds-
the crossroads of the state, with road trains carrying goods from
ville Highway,
Highwa y, avoiding exorbitant
exorbitant Aboriginal traff
tr affic
ic taxes on the
this port to the Northern Territory, WA and the east. The heavy
Stuart Highway.
vehicle and spare parts industries are flourishing
fl ourishing — if it's
it' s designed
designed
Gang Activity: Endemic;
 Endemic; the Birdsville Highway is opposed by for a vehicle, you can get it in Port Augusta.
militant Aborigines, desert gangs, and the well-equipped Broken
 Duelling
 Due lling Facil ities::  A seemingly infinite number of truck 
Facilities
Hill cycle gang in NSW. Highway security teams must constantly
stops. The Augusta Giant Arena hosts truck-duelling weekly; the
defend men and equipment
equipment from
fro m raiding.
DeathDome pits duelteams against one another on a triangular
field under a giant steel
steel hemisphere.
MOUNTGAMBIER Other Facilities: Port, airport, major
maj or Commonwealth
Commonwealth trucking
trucking
inspection post, headquarters of the Augusta Motor Company and
Population: 25,000.
the Bus Trust.
 Descripti on: Built on the slopes of an extinct volcano, this town
 Description: tow n
Gang Activity: Light.
is the commercial
commercial and sporting centre of southeast SA. Mount Moun t
Gambier is beautified by the lakes which occupy the collapsed
craters. Between
Between November and and March, Blue Lake turns from P ORTB RITTANIA
dull to vivid
viv id blue, an event to which some attach
attach a mystic signifi-
cance.
cance. Mount Gambier
Gambier Sporting (MGS), a satellite broadcast com- [formerlyP ORTL INCOLN]
pany specialising in duelsports, is headquartered here. Population:  72,000.
 Duelling Facilities: Mount Gambier Dueltrack (including
 Duelling Facilities: (including pods,  Descript
 Desc ion: Every town has its claim to fame, however minor;
ription:
until two years ago, Port Lincoln's
Lincoln's only boast was the largest tuna- diverse scenery
scenery in the country, and is well worth visiting. The
fishing fleet
fl eet in the southern hemisphere.
hemisphere. That chang
changed
ed when the land is rich by Australian standards
standards — 75% under cultivation. Vic-
loyalist British fleet made its home here, compelling grateful town toria is known as the Garden State.
fathers to change the name of their community. Book well ahead  History: Victoria is the most English of the mainland Austra-
 History:
if you plan to dive
div e near Dangerous
Dangerous Reef,
Reef , the breeding ground of  lian states. Victorian towns dote on their own past and the bygone
the great
great white shark. Water bloodsports and weapons are prohib- days of large-scale
large-scale tourism.
ited near the reef, since the great white is a protected
protected species.
species. A long-standing rivalry exists between Victorians and New
 Duellin
 Duel lingg Facilities: Peter Benchley Aquaduel Arena, Brittania
Facilities: South Welshmen.
Welshmen. In the middle of an economic
economic decline,
decline, Victorian
Duel-ring (a circular track), adequate truck stop. politicians have been able to levy new indirect-taxes with popular
Other Facilities: Port, hospital, college, fleet offices. support — but only because the money has been used to keep Vic-
Gang Activity:  Light; British fleet patrols discourage cycle torian railways and roads superior to those in New South Wales.
gangs. In 2030,
2030, after
a fter nearly a decade of Labour Party rule, rule , a conser-
conser-
vative "law-and-order" alliance
alliance won the Victorian state elections.
elections.
The new Premier, Jim Harrington, is popular though autocratic.
PORT PIRIE Points to Ponder: Most of the former police forces have been
Population:  49,000. transferred
transfer red north to help operate the CobaltCobalt Curtain. To keep the
tion:: Ore from Western Australia is transported to Port
 Description
 Descrip peace, Premier Harrington militarised the Victorian Customs
Pirie for
fo r use by Germein
Germein Industries.
I ndustries. Che
Chemical
mical refineries discolour
discolour Bureau, making it a surrogate police. Victoria V ictoria now has a low
the sky, and slag from the smelters forms a growing blue-brown crime
crime rate — and a high corruption rate.
ridge. Almost everything of esthetic value in Port Pirie has been The best — and most honest — of the Customs Police Police make up
pulled down or consigned to the museum. the elite Anti-Crime Forces
Forces (ACFs) located in in major
major communities.
The bumbling and the corrupt have been left on border duty —
 Duellin
 Duel ling Facilities: Big Australian dueltrack, where the off-
g Facilities:
these trigger-happy, regulation-citing bureaucrats make crossing
track zone is strewn with mines to discourage shortcuts.
the Victorian border a memorable event.
Other Facilities: Home of Germein Industries, port, hospital, Some say that, with the aid of his loyal ACFs, Premier Har-
National
Nation al Trust Museum.
rington is virtually a dictator. Victorians rally to his defence,
Gang Activity: Light; Germein security police shoot first, ask  claiming their right to any form of government they choose.
questions later. Quarantine Restrictions:  The Victorians are deadly serious
about the Blight — anyone breaking state quarantine laws risks a
WHYALLA "bullet and burn" job. Ships and aircraft may not land in Victoria
without a Blight-free certificate
certificate issued by a port of entry elsewhere
el sewhere
Population:  42,000. in Australia; all
 all interstate
 interstate roads have border
bor der customs posts, and all
 Descrip
 Des tion:: South Australia's largest port is also the nation's
cription vehicles
vehicles entering the state are subjectsubj ect to search. Unauthorised
Unauthoris ed
ship-building centre
centre and the home of Whyalla
Whyalla Steelworks. The transfer of fruit, vegetables and soil from other states is illegal.
city's wealth is fed by the massive open-cut iron mines at Iron  Roads:  Victoria has
 Roads: has the best road net in the country. Main
Knob and Iron Baron. routes are Excellent; most other roads roa ds are Good. Some minor minor
 Duellin
 Due lling
g Fac
Faciliti es: Two arenas: Whyalla Speed Stretch (where
ilities: interstate roads are closed off, and have fallen into disrepair.
a minimum speed of 60 mph is enforced) and Iron Arena (a spec-
tacular off-road track using industrial slag heaps for contouring).
Other Facilities: Port, hospital, shipyards, steel works. BALLARAT
Gang Activity: Ligh
 Light;t; Whyalla's shipw
shipworkers
orkers are tougher than Population:   85,000.
gangs.
 Descripti on: Ballarat is the largest inland city in Victoria. Pre-
 Description:
mier Harrington would like King William to resettle near here, in
WOOMERA the immitation-medieval Kryal Castle; his plans are opposed by
the reclusive and possibly deranged plutocrat
plutocrat who "reigns"
"reigns" at the
RADAA ADVISORY: Travel well-armed or in convoy
castle. There may be a clash between Ballarat's ACF, led by an
along this portion of the Stuart Highway. ambitious
ambitious officer,
off icer, and the unknown
unknown forces
forces of the castle'
castle'ss owner.
Population:  2,000. Even if Harrington
Harrington wins, King William is unlikely to resettle — he
 Descripti
 Desc on: This officially "abandoned" town, forgotten by
ription: distrusts the politic
political
al climate in Victoria.
most Aussies, contains warehouses and bunkers filled with aging,  Duellin
 Duellingg Faciliti es: Impact Duelaround, where track-mounted
Facilities: track-mounted
once
on ce state-of-the-art
state-of-t he-art missile and communications
communications equipment. It is strobe lights distract the duellists; several poor truck stops.
also the covert home of Tec Tech
h Death, a surprisingly successful
s uccessful Other Facilities: Airfield, functioning railway to Melbourne,
desert gang. Are they brokering high-tech artifacts for cash, or two major hospitals, university; the Gold Museum, with valuable
could they have learned
learned the secrets of Woom
Woomera?
era? nuggets on display.
 Histo ry:  This deserted town was once a site for missile and
 History:  History: Ballarat was create
 History: created
d by the 19th-century gold
gold rush.
rus h. In
space research. Loc
Located
ated a few miles
miles away was Nurrungar, a vital 1854, gold miners, enraged by charges imposed upon them by the
U.S. Air Force
Force ground station for spy satellites. The station was government, staged an armed revolt at the Eureka Stockade. This
assaulted by peace militants in 2012; Woomera and Nurrungar act, quickly quashed by national troops, is the closest Australia
were promptly closed down by order of the South Australian has yet come to civil war.
government.
Gang Activity:  Moderate. Intergang warfare between the
Gang Activity: Endemic.
Troopers and the Underground gangs has broken out, and the
local ACF has not yet intervened.
VICTORIA[VIC]
RADAA ADVISORY: Victoria's Anti-Crime Forces take a
dim view of duelling, even though
though it is legal outsid
outside
e town limits.
l imits.
BENDIGO
Duellists should exercise
exercise caution. Population:   70,000.
Capital: Melbourne.  Descrip tion:: Bendigo reeks of "old money" — large estates,
 Description
 Descrip
 Desc tion:: This smallest of the mainland states has the most
ription Victorian architecture at its best, and private security forces. To

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prevent surprise
surprise attacks, a watch is maintained
maintai ned at One
One Tree Hill ry:  This
 History:
 Histo This former oil refinery
ref inery town
t own no
nose-di
se-dived
ved overnigh
overnightt
Lookout, to the southeast of Bendigo. This hill affords a view of  when Australian oil production ran out.
up to 50 km. Gang Activity: High street-gang activity, counteracted by VYC
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s: Victorian Grand
Facilities: Grand Arena (the VIP stands in combat teams.
the center of the arena are unique); overpriced truck stops.
Other Facilities: Railway connecting to Melbourne, airfield,
hospital, college,
college, a large number of memorials
memorials and museums.
museums. LAKESENTRANCE
 History:  Bendigo was once one of the richest gold-mining
 History:  Population: 36,000.
towns in the world
world..  Descr
 De scrip
iption: Tiring of gang
tion: gang assaults and the lacklustre
lacklust re respon
response
se
Gang Activity: The private forces keep
keep trouble to a minimum,
minimum, by civic officials, Premier Harrington placed this fishing and
but outsiders
outsiders still dream of "striking it rich" with one good
good raid holiday resort
resort under martial law. Presum
Presumably
ably this is a temporary
on Bendigo.
Bendigo. A small local gang is based in the Whipstick
Whipstick Forest, situation.
north of town.  Duelling
 Duell ing Faci
Facilitie s: The truck stop is good, but expensive. The
lities:
Dune Duel at nearby 90 Mile Beach (July) may be resumed when
martial law is lifted.
COWES Other Facilities: Fishing port, hospital, Antique Car Museum,
Population: 12,000. Aboriginal Art Museum.
 Descrip tion: The only settlement on Phillip Island, Cowes is
 Description: Gang Activity: While ACF ACF paramilitary forces
f orces have been effec-
partly a tourist resort but mostly a duellist's town. The
The remainder
remainder tive against cy
cycle
cle and street gangs, the hundreds of wate
waterways
rways and
and
of the island is a wildlife preserve. islands of the lakes district are still home to the Blakeney gang's
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s: Phillip Island Raceways, the premier arena
Facilities: speed boats.
in Victoria.
Other Facilities: Private airfield, ferry service, hospital; con- MELBOURNE
nected
nected to the mainland by the New Haven-San Remo bridge.
RADAA ADVISORY: Each route into Melbourne has a
 History: Racing has a long and distinguished history on this is-
 History:
checking station, where vehicular ammunition must be turned
land, which was the site of the first Australian Grand Prix in 1928.
1928.
in. The ammunition can be reclaimed upon departure, from
Gang Activity: Very occasional.
the confiscating station. Charges of corruption among station
officials are widespread.
Population:  4,000,000.
ECHUCA
 Descript
 Desc ion: Australia's second-largest city and an archrival of 
ription:
Population: 42,000.
Sydney,, Melbourne can be very parochial. Many of the roads are
Sydney
 Descrip tion: The largest inland port in Australia, Echuca is
 Description: very wide and straight, idea
ideall for
f or impromptu drag-racing. There is
connec
connected
ted by a navigable
navi gable waterway
waterwa y to Murray
Murr ay Bridge (near
(near Ade- also a well-maintained public trolley-car transport system. Al-
laide). With Broken Hill in the hands of criminals, Echuca has though fading elsewhere, Aussie-rules football remains the sport
found increased importance as the end-station of a vital water-
highway.
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilities: Dueldrome, a former
Facilities: for mer military airfield con-
verted for duelling events.
Other Facilities: River port, river police
police base, college.
college.
Gang Activity: Moderate and increasing. Raiding NSW-based
cycle gangs have prompted recent cross-border strikes by ACF
forces.

GEELONG
Population: 175,000.
 Descript ion: Melbourne's industrial satellite city suffers from
 Description:
high unemployment, and portionsportions of the city are effectively
effectively ruled
by street gangs. Countering this, Premier Harrington
Harri ngton introduced
introduced
the Victorian Youth Corps (VYC), recruiting underprivileged
teenagers
teenagers in a learning program combining job skills and unarmed unarmed
combat training. TheThe "Vics" now now keep a wide swath of the city
free from street gangs; opponents accuse Harrington of creating
his own private guerrilla army.
Upper-class Geelong is virtually a private fortress. The Gee-
long Academy, Australia's
Australi a's most prestigious
prestigious and exclusive sch
school,
ool,
is based here; the curriculum fosters pro-Victor
pro-Victoria
ia chauvinism and
a "born to rule" mentality.
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s: Harrington Stadium (a VYC-built fortress-
Facilities:
cum-arena) and Geelong Regional arena (a converted oil refinery,
with sludge pond obstacles); many truck stops. Republic Motors
of Texas has a vehicle assembly plant in Geelong.Geelong. Vehicles can
sometimes be obtained from their showrooms at reduced prices,
often legally.
legally.
Faciliti es: Port, airport, railway
Other Facilities: rail wayconnec
connecting
tingtoMelbourne
and Mount Gambier, industrial colleges, Geelong Academy, three
hospitals. Victoria
here. The Moomba Festival (ten days in March) includes street Other Facilities:  Small
Small fishing port. Local scenery: London
parades, con
concerts,
certs, sporting events and general
general silliness; the Mel- Bridge, a promontory arching
arching over the waters like a bridge; the
bourne Cup (November) is Australia's premiere horse race. Twelve Apostles, massive stone pillars rearing up out of the sea.
 Duelling
 Duelli Facilities: Three major arenas — Royal Melbourne
ng Facilities: Gang Activity: Moderate.
(the unusual design allows three events to run simultaneously),
Caufield Duelcourse (a traditional arena, except that loyalty for
the Greek Team sometimes causes spectators to hurl food onto the W ANG
field), and Lygon Street Limbo Arena (no longer under RADAA [akaWANOARATTA]
sanction); truck stops on the outskirts only.
Population:  25,000.
Other Facilities:  Two airports, port, bullet train to Sydney
 Description:: Wang is the regional capital of northeastern Vic-
 Description
(three hour transit), vehicular ferry to Devonport (in Tasmania),
toria. It is situated at the turnoff for the Victorian Alps, winter
five TV stations, numerous
numerous hosp
hospitals,
itals, Go
Gold
ld Cross, four
f our universi-
playground for Melbournians.
ties, Pentridge maximum security prison, Greektown district (Mel-
 Duelling
 Duelling Faciliti es: Wangarena (artificial-snow machines can
Facilities:
bourne has the largest Greek population of any city in the world).
create snow or ice hazards at any time of the year); the two truck 
Gang Activity:  Light; mostly brawls between rival football
stops
stops are sub-standard.
sub-standard. Ice duelling
duelling is available
avail able at the Mt.
Mt . Hotham
clubs.
and Falls Creek resorts.
Other Facilities:  Airfield, hospital, TV station, Drage Air-
world aviation museum.
MILDURA Gang Activity: Moderate; the Kelly Gang preys here.
Population: 25,000.
ption:: Centre of a major fruit-growing district, this town
 Description
 Descri
is located on the cycle gang-plagued northern border of the state.
W ESTERN
South of town is the Mallee scrub, deserted except for wildlife and AUSTRALIA[WA]
cycle gangs.
 Duelling
 Duelli Facilities: Big Lemon Arena, built in the shape and
ng Facilities: RADAA
RADA A ADVISORY:
ADVIS ORY: Cycle gangs rule rule the lonely stretches
colour of a giant lemon; the large truck stop doesn't get much between settlements. Duelling is legal.
business. Capital: Perth.
Other Facilities: River port, hospital, boomerang
boomerang factory, fruit
f ruit  Description:: This state is a distant,
 Description dist ant, empty corner
corner of the world.
world .
exhibition hall
hall.. The
The far north has a tropical
tropical climate, complete
complete with rain forests;
for ests; the
y: Mildura was once a major transport centre on the Sil-
 History:
 Histor remainder of the state is mostly desert. The mineral resources are
ver City Highway, until the Broken Hill brigands clamped down vital to Australian industry.
on open road use. Western Australia tries hard to be the "State of Excitement"
Gang Activity:  Light to moderate.
moderate. Hordes of transient fruit-
fru it- that the tourism bureau claims it is. Southern casinos and "every-
pickers create a seasonal gang problem, while the Broken Hill thing goes" entertainment centres are a big draw. Perth is lobby-
gang (in NSW) and Mallee scrub-gangs provide a perennial threat. ing to host a future
f uture Olympic
Olympics. s.
An overworked customs-police unit attempts to keep the peace.  History: This huge state, over three times the size of Texas,
 History:
was colonised
colonised almost as an afterthought — to prevent other Euro-
pean powers fromfr om claiming
claiming it. Even the 1880s
1880s gold rush didn'
di dn'tt
PORTCAMPBELL attract
attract many
many permanent
permanent residents. The region was ignored by the
RADAA
RAD AA ADVIS
ADVISORY:ORY: Drivers are warned
warned to avoid con- rest of the country.
frontation with the Apostles gang, who use ram-plated cars to The minerals boom of the late 20th century changed all that.
force travellers off the cliffs. One-time farmers and shepherds became overnight millionaires,
Population:  15,000. and their heirs dominate WA today.
ption:: Port Campbell is a minor tourist centre on a twist-
 Description
 Descri Points to Ponder: The recent Timor Island problem has led to
ing, older highway overlooking spectacular coastal scenery. bitterness between Australia and Indonesia, a relationship strained
 Duelling
 Duellin g Facilitie s: Well-equipped garages.
Facilities: since
since the Ausso-In
Ausso-Indodo War of the 1990s.
1990s. "Terror teams,"
te ams," sup-
ported by Indonesian radical sects, have begun entering the state
by small boat to commit acts of violence, and WA's thin-spread
police force has been unable to respond.
Quarantine Restrictions: Australian naval patrols off the north-
ern coast
coast have
have been dramatically increased. Standard Australia
Austra liann
procedures
procedures are enforced
enforced when possible; state customs
customs officers
officer s are
stationed at all ports and major border crossings.
 Roads: The coastal highway is Good, as are the roads in the
southwest; other roads are Poor.

ALBANY
Population: 32,000.
 Description: Almost English in atmosphere, Albany is the old-
 Description:
est settlement in WA. This commercial
commercial centre
centre of the southwest has
pooled its resources with the nearby towns of Bunbury (45,000),
Collie (17,000) and Wagin (5,000) to create a regional militia -
the Australian
Austral ian equivalent
equivalent of a MONDO— which has cleared cycle
gangs from the region. The militia commander is a military eccen-
tric, but the locals adore him.
 Duell
 Du ell ing Facili tie s:   Civil Retrenchment Arena (popular fund-
Fa cilitie
raisers pit teams from local communities against visiting duel-
teams during a multi-day festival).

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 Other Facilities: Port, college, prison, national park, hotels, ESPERANCE
BIF post.
RADAA ADVISORY: Gang activity heavy. Intrepid duel-
Gang Activity: None.
lists may find themselves on international television.
Population:  44,000.
 Descrip
 Des tion:: Esperance has become Australia's television cap-
cription
BROOME ital, thanks to aggressive programming that includes "danger-
Population:  45,000. sports" (the network'
networ k'ss euphemism for blood sports). Esperanc
Esperancee
 Description:: This town is capital of the Kimberly, a region of 
 Description Broadcasting International (EBI) films many events locally, in-
plateaus and mountain ranges
ranges in north
north WA. Cattle is the t he main cluding the Action
Action Survival Course at Twilight Bay, rilled with wit h
resource — there is little in the way of agriculture. Recently con- mines and traps; suicide trampolines at Rotary Lookout; and
structed emergency refugee-resettlement camps, built to alleviate shark-baiting among the islets of the Recherche Archipelago.
the problems in Wyndham, have gained
gained recruits for the local
local Boat  Duellin
 Due lling
g Faci
Facilitie s: The Esperance Thrilltrack has been cen-
lities:
Hunter movement; refugees have turned to Triad for protection. sured by the RADAA for f or unsafe events.
Other nearby towns include Derby (6,000) and Beagle Bay Other Facilities: Broadcast facility, sporting facilities, port,
(60,000). airstrip, hospital. A local oddity is the extremely salty Pink Lake,
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilities: Kimberley Regio
Facilities: Regional
nal arena, where favorite which is indeed pink.
duels feature off-road vehicles in non-off-road competition. tory:  A U.S. spac
 History:
 His space e station
stat ion called
called Skylab once
once fell here.
Other Facilities:  Port, prison, Flying Doctor base (Derby), Americans have been viewed with suspicion ever since.
refugee-resettlement camps (Broome, Beagle Bay). The anti- Gang Activity: Heavy. EBI helicopters
helicopters film duels
duels whenever
Aborigine, anti-refugee  Kimberly Plea  is probably Australia's they can — some accuse the network of secretly backing local
most racist newspaper. gangs for the entertainment value.
 History: Formerly a pearling centre, Broome became a historic
 History:
showplace in the late 20th century when Lord McAlpine, at the
time
time Europe's tenth-richest man, spent a small fortune
fort une to preserve H EDLA NDC RATER
and beautify it. [formerly PORTH EDLAND]
Gang Activity: Moderate. Mountain gangs
gangs have always
al ways been a RADAA ADVISORY: Radiation is no longer a hazard in
problem; conflict between the Broome Preservation Society (a this region. Repor
Reportsts of mutated
mutated animals anda nd humans are exag-
cover organisation for the Boat Hunters) and Triad is growing. gerated.
Population:  None.
 Descrip
 Des tion:: In the days when the Blight came, many nations
cription
CARNARVON resorted
resor ted to desperate
desperate measures
measures in order to secure
secure food.
food . As the
RADAA ADVISORY: Local police are extremely jumpy. situation disintegrated
disintegrated in China, the warlord
warl ord of Lanzhou launched
launched
Proceed with care. six nuclear
nuclear missiles
missiles at Australia
Austra lia,, and threatened
threatened to launch more if 
Population:  10,000. a food convoy was not immediately sent. Shortly afterwards, the
 Descrip tion:: Carnarvon is not the place for frenzied activity.
 Description warlord was overthrown by a rival; no further demands were
While flowers bloom, bananas thrive, and sheep and cattle grow made and no further missiles were fired.
fat, the people wilt in the tropical sunshine. For these very rea- Of the six missiles: Three impacted on ocean; two struck the
sons, Carnarvon
Carnarv on has almost
al most no
no defence against the attentions
attentions of a Great Sandy Desert, where their effect was minimal; and one
newly-landed Indonesian terror squad.
squad . removed the community of Port Hedland from the map.
 Duelling
 Duelling Faciliti es: Ben's Garage is recommended.
Facilities:
Other Facilities: Flying Doctor base, port. A nearby Radio KALGOORLIE
Australia station,
stati on, broadcasting to Southeast
Southeast Asia, has been bombed
bombed
and must
must be rebuilt.
rebuilt . Population:  36,000.
Gang Activity: Heavy,
 H eavy, considering
considering the Indonesians
Indonesians as a gang. tion:: These twin gold-mining towns are located near
 Description
 Descrip
the Golden
Golden Mile, the richest square mile on the planet. While their
glory days are long past, many of WA's wealthiest and most
powerful
powerf ul families maintain estates here. Nearby
Nea rby Coolgardie, onc
once
e
EUCLA a ghost
ghost town, has been rebuilt in gold-rush style, and has attracte
attracted
d
Population:  715,000. the modern crop of Western Australian casino-and-vice million-
 Description:: This haven for eccentrics, rogues and renegades
 Description aires.
purports to be a separate nation, ruled by the hereditary King of   Duelling
 Duellin Facilities:: Solid Gold Arena at Kalgoorlie, with an
g Facilities
Eucla. The state government tolerates such disobedience, as long unusual clover-leaf track;
track; outrage
outrageously-o
ously-overpriced
verpriced garages and
as Eucla pays its considerable taxes — this "wide open" casino truck stops.
town is Australia's vice capital. Other Facilities: Flying Doctor base, former prison (converted
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilities: Two arenas — Eucla Slicks (with a glow-
Facilities: for assassin sports).
in-the-dark drag-strip) and Eucla Downs (a super-arena built for Gang Activity: Substantial, but the road and the water pipeline
multi-team duelling); reasonably priced
priced truck stop, garages. to Perth are well patrolled. While Kalgoorlie's established families
families
Other Facilities: Waterfront
 Waterf ront hotels on an arti
artificial
ficial glow-in-th
glow-in-the-
e- are used to paying graft
graf t to keep local cycle gangs appeased, the
dark
dar k beach, casinos
casinos and sexporiums;
sexporiums; Eucla Castle, where ambas-
ambas- newly-rich families of Coolgardie have been militarising their
sadorships and aristocratic titles are for sale. local police force.
 History: Eucla supposedly seceded from Australia in 1997 to
 History:
avoid government-imposed agricultural quotas, but the original
King shrewdly developed
developed the place as a tourist attraction. KARRATHA
Gang Activity: Mild.
 Mild . While rival mobs fight over the vice mon-
mon- Population:  23,000.
opoly,
opoly, they know better than to interfere with the tourists. A local  Descrip
 Des tion::  The Pilbara region of red sand, red sand, and
cription
cycle gang, the Euclidians, is on the King's payroll as the 1st even more red sand includes some of the world's largest deposits
Regiment of the Eucla Dragoons. of iron ore. Nearby Barrow
Bar row Island
Isl and is WA's main source of oil and
natural gas, with a connecting gas pipeline to Perth. Karratha is a centrated in the eastern and northwestern suburbs, especially in
company town of the Pilbara Red Corporation; neighbouring Kwinana; the suburb of Fremande ("Freo") is the primary port.
Dampier (16,000) belongs to rival Hammersley Ferrous Corpora- The residents of this metropolis are notoriously open and friendly
tion. Nearby Marble Bar (17,000),
(17,000), formerly a gold-rush
gold-rush town, has — there is no party
part y like a Perth
Perth party. September visitors will want
w ant
returned to its glory days with the use of new technology to extract to see the Perth Royal Show, featuring a fair and the famous Duel-
hard-to-mine gold ore. car Parade.
 Duelling Facilities: One registered arena, the Pilbara Death- A local political group, the Free Agglimentarians, delights in
track (with a red-sand hazard zone), two company arenas (Dam- social experimentation. They recently persuaded city fathers to
pier, Marble Bar); well-equipped garages, truck stop. make the dilapidated Manning district into a criminal sanctuary.
Other Facilities: Ports (Dampier and Karratha), Fying Doctor Convicted criminals are tossed into this walled-off area of town
base (Marble Bar). and left to fend for
fo r themselves; police
police helicopters airdrop food and
Gang Activity: Moderate — a wealthy,
weal thy, thinly-populated region
region other necessi
necessities
ties at random times and locations.
locations. Esperan
Esperance's
ce's EBI
attracts cycle gangs. and the American UBN networks are competing for television
rights.
Rottnest Island, an autonomous neighbourhood within the
PERTH Perth metropolis, attempts to rival both Eucla and Esperance with
 Population: 1,700,000.
 Population:  its low-cost casinos, sexporiums, and dangersport arenas.
 Description: Western Australia is dominated by its attractive  Duelling Facilities: Gage Roads Automarine (built primarily
primarily
capital city — over 70% of the state's population dwells within the over the water), North Perth StripStrip (complete
(complete with moving obsta-
greater metropolitan area, not counting refugees. Industry is con- cles and automatic machine guns).

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 Other Facilities:  International airport, five major hospitals, instead, they are declared
declared sites of historic value by the National
two universities, several colleges,
colleges, Manning Criminal
Criminal Sanctuary,
Sanctuar y, Trust. Buildings and whole towns in this state are under the
three TV stations, Australia's largest functioning oil refinery (at protection
protection of Trust
Tru st Enforcement agents — massive penalties
penalties apply
Kwinana), BIF national headquarters, Cockburn Sound naval to anyone damaging
damaging such sites. As a general rule: if it looks old,
base. leave it alone.
Gang Activity: Surprisingly little. Tasmania also has jurisdiction over the Bass Strait Islands
(10,000).
(10,000). The Straits
Straits have wrecked hundreds of ships over the
centuries, some lured to destruction
destr uction by looters showing false
lights. Flinders Island,
Isl and, largest of the Furneaux group, has most most of 
the population. King Island is the "Temperate
"Temperate Ark,"
Ark, " Australia'
Austral ia'ss
quarantine station ffor or animals from
from mild climates.
climates.
 History: In the late 20th century, the Hydro-Electric
 History: Hydro-Electric Comm
Commis- is-
sion (HEC) gained political
political control of Tasmania,
Tasmania, thanks
thanks to its
appealing
appealing vision of the state's futur
fu ture.
e. As every Tasmanian
Tasmanian is told
WALLALDOWNS from
fr om birth, if there
there is sufficient electricity,
electricity, facto
f actories
ries will spring up
up
and hordes of willing workers will flood into the state, bringing
RADAA ADVISORY: Mayor Fisher's police force has the prosperity. To create the generating
generating capacity, tthehe HEC exploited
exploited
odd habit of arresting passing duellists on false pretexts, then western Tasmania
Tasmania without concern for the obliteration
obliteration of native
native
"encouraging
"encouraging" " the victims
vict ims to participate in a Limeheng
Limehenge e duel. wilderness. Major
Maj or sections of the west are now ugly, deforested
Population:  1,500. zones.
 Descriptio n:  This little town is notable for its autoduelling
 Description: The HEC's control started to slip in 2027, when Dr. Smyth-
mayor, Petey Fisher. ington of the Hobart Agricultural
Agricultural Station came
came up with a new
 Duelling
 Duelling Facil ities:: Limehenge, 29 km (18 miles) southeast of 
Facilities strain of high-yield
high-yield edible algae. Protein Plus Plus Algaeworks
Algaewor ks quickly
q uickly
Wallal Downs,
Downs, is a natural though
though unregistered
unregistered arena, consistin
consistingg grew to a major industry, supplying food to desperate Asian
of limestone
limestone pillars up to five metres high,
hi gh, set two to ten metres nations. Thanks to algae production, Tasmania is viewed favor-
apart. Constant repairs are needed
needed to prevent
prevent duellists from
fro m flat- ably by the impoverished Asian world.
tening this natural wonder. Points to Ponder: Success of Hobart's algaeworks has freed
Gang Activity: Almost none. many Tasmanians
Tasmanians from from poverty. Many of these same same citizens,
now viewing what the HEC has done to the west island, covertly
support a rebel political force — the Wilderness Commandos.
WYNDHAM Business interests support the HEC, however — largely because
Population:  250,000. the HEC's control of government gives it a stranglehold on bank-
 Description: Refugees
 Description: Refugees continue to pour into northern Austra- ing in the island. Tasmania's beautiful forests are the scene of vi-
lia, though the worst
wor st ravages of the Blight in Southeast Asia endended
ed cious guerrilla fighting between commandos (who dominate the
20 years ago. Wyndham is awash with refugees — mostly from western half of the island)
isl and) and HEC government troops. Since Since the
Timor Island — avoiding the Cobalt Curtain. The state state gov- HEC controls both government and the media, the outside world
ernment has received assistance from the army in fencing off the knows nothing of Tasmania's
Tasmania's civil
civil war.
Wyndham region and establishing temporary refugee quarantine Quarantine Restrictions: Standard Australian procedures apply.
Quarantine
facilities. There is a great deal of antagonism between Wyndham All immigrants and goods must enter Tasmania at Devonport or
citizens and refugees, and among rival refugee factions. Wynd- Hobart.
ham's Top of the West
West festival (August) features
featur es sports (including
(including  Roads: Good to Excellent in the north and east; Off-Road else-
 Roads:
autoduel), a Mardi Gras, and and violence
violence against local refugees. where, thanks to systematic destruction by the commandos.
commandos. Truck 
Tr uck 
 Duelling Facilities:: Wyndham Royal
 Duelling Facilities Royal Arena (featuring
(featur ing swamp
pits and live crocodiles); poor garages and poorer truck stops.
Other Facilities: Port, Flying Doctor and BIF posts, fortified
police station, refugee camps (including a converted prison),
military airfield hosting a zeppeli
zeppelinn squadron.
squadr on.
Gang Activity:  Moderate; Triads, Boat Hunters and cycle
gangs all add to the violence.

OVERSEAS
STATES
TASMANIA[TAS]
RADAA ADVISORY: Avoid east and south Tasmania —
the government has no control over the wilderness regions,
and commandos are known to be hostile to motorists.
Tourists are strictly watched by Hydro-Electric Commis-
sion operatives — be discreet while on the island.
Capital:  Launceston.
 Descripti
 Desc on: Southern Tasmania is the industrial centre of the
ription:
island. The northern regions have heavy industry (mostly decay-
ing) and serious unemployment.
The English tradition can be seen everywhere in Tasmania,
largely because old buildings are almost never torn down —

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stops are scarce — the rail link between Hobart and Devonport Other Facilities: Airport and HEC military heliport, two hospi-
makes trucks unnecessary. tals, TV station.
ory:  In 2035, while peaceful demonstrators distracted
 History:
 Hist
HEC guards, Wilderne
Wildernessss Com
Comman
mandos
dos assaulted the state capitol
DEVONPORT
building.
buildi ng. Sen
Sentries
tries panicked,
panicked, killing inno
innocen
centt civilians in the
Population:  27,000. firefight. Security has since been tightened — the HEC has vowed
 Descript ion: This bleak, desperate town is an industrial centre
 Description: that the commandos shall never again penetrate this city's perim-
deprived of raw materials,
material s, a collection
collection point for
fo r the unemployed
unemployed etre.
and the hopeless. Because
Because of the high level of unemploymen
unemployment, t, the Gang Activity:  Light, mostly blues-aggies strife and off-duty
ranks of the street gangs have swelled, creating a handy recruiting HEC guards.
pool for the HEC Security Force.
 Duellin
 Duelling Facilities: The Lighthouse Arena uses the steep con-
g Facilities:
tours of the Mersey Bluff headland,
headland, and is rated as the most dif- QUEENSTOWN
ficult dueltrack in the Commonwealth.  Population: 4,000.
 Population:
Other Facilities: Port, college, airfield, hospital, HEC military-  Descript
 Desc ion: For over two hundred years, Tasmania's rugged
ription:
training base, TV station, smelters (idle); terminus for the vehicular west coast has been
been mined
mined for
fo r tin, gold and iron. DecDecades
ades of tin
ferry from Melbourne, and the Freight Rail from Hobart. mining in Queeastown
Queeastown poispoisone
onedd the soi
soill and killed off
of f the vegeta-
 History:  In 2014, four Soviet nuclear submarines and their
 History: tion, until the mines
mines were finally played out. This town is now the
crews captured Devonport. The sailors — along with their fami- headquarters and training academy for the Wilderness Comman-
lies — were escaping the collapse of the USSR, and hoped to set- dos, who are demolishing this slagheap of a town to make way for
tle on the island. After negotiation, the Australian Navy gained reforestation.
four nuclear subs (three of which remain in service today, with The surrounding mountains are strewn with ghost towns. A
Russian/Australian crews), and the
the escape
escapees
es were granted Aus- few valuable mines are operated by tough, bitter miners, who
tralian citizenship. Devonport
Devonport continues
continues to have a large Russian depend on helicopters and armed, off-road convoys for supplies
community. and transport. The Savage
Savage River project
proj ect pumps
pumps iron ore
or e down an
This industrial seaport suffered hard times two years ago, 85 km (53 milemile)) pipelin
pipeline
e to Port Veronica (1,500),
(1,500), where mile-
when rail links to the west coast mines were permanently cut by long Japanese ore carriers fill their holds. Mach Machine-gu
ine-gun n posts
commandos. guard this pipeline.
Gang Activity: Moderate. Street
Street gangs fight one another, while  Duelling
 Due Facilities: None; the commandos don't approve of 
lling Facilities:
HEC forces patrol the countryside guar
guarding
ding against commando
commando in- autoduel. The roads in western
west ern Tasmania have been selectively
selectively
filtration. destroyed, leaving only off-road tracks.
Other Facilities: Hospital, Bellamy Reeducation Centre (fea-
HOBART turing a large-scale model of Tasmania as the commandos would
like to see it — with the cities replaced by low-population
low-popul ation com-
Population:   180,000.
munes, integrated with nature). A supply ship occasionally arrives
 Descrip tion:: Sedate
 Description  Sedate Hobart,
Hobar t, the former
for mer capital
capital of Tasman
Tasmania,
ia, is from
fr om Hobart.
Hobart . Port Veronica
Veronica has a helicopter
helicopter depot.
an old city. The booming
booming industry in Hobart is algae
al gae food produc-
produc-
Gang Activity: The HEC launches anti-commando helicopter-
tion. Protein Plus Algaeworks
Algaeworks supplies synthetic pleasure
pleasure food to
borne raids irregularly; the Savage
Savage River pipeline is a prime com-
fast-food franchises throughout the southern hemisphere. How-
mando target.
ever, Hobart is politically split between old-guard HEC patriots
and the new genera
generation
tion who favor
fav or the rebel commandos.
commandos. The an-
nual Sydney-to-Hobart Yacht Race draws international attention
(yacht combat in Storm Bay, the race's terminus, is strictly pro- MAINLAND
hibited).
 Duelling Facilities:: Derwent Duelling Centre. Spectators inter-
 Duelling Facilities
fering with arena events have earned Hobart's RADAA chapter
TERRITORIES
disciplinary fines.
Other Facilities: Port, international airport, Risdon maximum
maximum-- AUSTRA LIANC APITAL
security prison, Anglesea barracks (currently used by HEC Secu-
rity Forces), six large hospitals, a university, two TV stations, TERRITO RY [ACT]
Antarctica Museum, sporting
sporting complex.
complex. Kingston, a southern sub-
RADAA ADVISORY: Autoduelling is legal only in the
urb, is the administrative headquarters for the SAAM's Antarctic
arena. Armed vehicles are not allowed on the streets; duelling
Division,
Division, and is a high-security zone.
vehicles must be transported by trailer.
Gang Activity: Nearby dams and generating stations are a fre-
Capital: Canberra.
quent target for commandos trying to blackout Hobart.
 Descrip
 Des tion:: The Australian Capital Territory is not so much a
cription
region as a scenic setting for Canberra, the national capital. Poli-
LAUNCESTON ticians and
and public servants
serv ants inhabit the ACT. It has been said,
Population:  210,000. rather cruelly,
cruell y, that they are gathered
gather ed in one place to give the
 Descrip tion:: Capital city
 Description city of Tasmania, Launceston
Launceston is located on Chinese an easy target.
the fertile Tama
Tamarr River estuary.
estuary. This fortified
fortif ied town is headquarters Points to Ponder: In 2038, the Australian
Austral ian government
government is wres-
for the Hydro-Electric Commission. Launceston's tough gun laws tling with the following
fol lowing domestic problems:
problems:
make it illegal for any but HEC employees to carry firearms; duel- — Finances. Celebrati
Celeb ration
on of the 250th
250th anniversary
anniver sary of white set-
ling vehicles must be garaged in approved facilities if staying here. tlement is almost over, but the expensive
expensive program
pro gram of public works
Industrial expansion along the Tamar has led to confrontation be- and entertainment spectaculars
spectaculars has strained the economy.
tween
tween blues (industrial workers)
wor kers) and aggies
aggies (farmers). — The Refugee Question. Something must be done done about the
 Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s: Devilsport Arena (Tuesday night's Mass
Facilities: millionss of Asians living in squalid con
million conditions
ditions in northern Austra-
Austra -
Mayhem Derby limits vehicles to dropped weapons and flame- lia, but the nation is as sharply divided by this crisis
crisis as by the new
throwers), truck stop. Cobalt Curtain. While Queenslanders believe their refugee-labour

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 system is the answer, the liberals of the New Australia Party call road goes
goes around in a circle. Residential districts and wilderness
it slavery; meanwhile,
meanwhile, the lawless Boat Hunter movementmovement con- con- alternate in a checkerboard
checkerboard pattern.
patter n. This planned
planned city is so clean,
tinues to grow, and refugees agitate for a "homeland" carved out orderly and pretty that many find it artificial. It has a tendency to
of Australian
Australian territory. shut down at dusk. Satellite
Satellite towns include Belconnen,
Belconnen, Tuggera-
— Cynicism.
Cynicism. No one is more
more cynical about politicians and their nong, Queanbeyan and Woden.
motives
motives than are Australians. The perception
perception that "every leader
l eader is  Duelling Facilities::  Black Mountain Dueltrack (see p.48),
 Duelling Facilities
a criminal," and the lack of respect
respect for authority,
author ity, may eventually Australian office of the AADA. Deemed esthetically offensive,
destroy the nation.
nation. Even now, the states are growing more and garages and truck stops arear e forced by local zoning ordinances to
more independent of the central government,
gover nment, while many cities hide on obscure back streets.
are in open rebellion against their state government. Other Facilities: Airport, Duntroon training college for army
On the international
international front:
fr ont: officers,
offi cers, High Court, Institute of Sport, National Gallery, War
— New Zealand. The recent recent outbreak
outb reak of Blight on Maori Memorial, embassies. There is no railway in Canberra.
Island means that this close
close friend of Australia is in desperate
desperate need
need Gang Activity: Moderate;
Moderate; it isn't easy
easy to keep the cycle
cycle gangs
gangs
of assistance. out.
— Timor
Timor Island. This Indonesian territory
territory desires to
t o become
become
an Australian
Australi an territory,
territory, to escape
escape poverty . . . and the Indone- NEWA
WA BORIGINAL
sians. The island would make a convenient dumping ground for
Australia's refugees. Though the Indonesian government is too TERRITORY [NAT]
weak to protest annexation, religious militants have launched a
RADAA ADVISORY: Travel in the desert is always haz-
terror campaign in Western Australia.
ardous. Check with local RADAA chapters for information on
— The United
United States. A resurgent U.S.,U. S., still displeased
displeased by spare
spare parts,
parts, tools and equipment
equi pment to be carried. For safety,
Australia's betrayal during the Russo-American War, is ready to
notify the RADAA of your intendedintended journey and destination;
destination;
play hardball to regain its economic superpower status. Wash-
advise the
the RADAA
RADAA of your
your arrival.
arrival . The pamphlet
pamphlet "Survival
"Survi val in
ington is also lobbying to get its bases back, in particular two spy-
the Outback" is obtainable from all RADAA offices.
satellite ground stations — the Joint Joint Defence Spac Spacee Research
Research
Capital:   Ukuru.
Facility (Pine Gap) and the Joint Defence Space Communications
Station (Nurrungar).  Descripti on: A region of hostile deserts, the New Aboriginal
 Description:
Quarantine Restrictions: Standard Australian
Quarantine Australian procedures apply. Territory has
has only
only one thing of value — the Stuart Highway, the
sole highway across central Australia.
 Roads: Excellent.
 Roads:
 History: In 2007, large portions of South Australia, Western
 History:
Australia and the Northern Territory were combined to form the
CANBERRA New Aboriginal
Aboriginal Territory. State control
control was granted to the
t he Abo-
riginal tribes; creation of the territory was an act of atonement
Population:  300,000.
made by the liberal, then-ruling party, for a national history of 
 Descripti
 Desc on: Long characterised as seven suburbs in search of 
ription:
repression against the Aborigines.
a city, the nation's capital is the only place where every major
Points to Ponder: Aborigine tribal leaders have total jurisdic-
tion in their territory — no
normal
rmal Australian
Austr alian justice does not apply.
Interference with tax collection or traffic on the Stuart Highway,
and any
any violation of the natural habitat, can bring down the wrath
of the Tribal Police.
Quarantine Restrictions: Standard
Quarantine  Standard Australian
Australi an quarantine laws
are strictly enforced. BIF aerial grasshopper units constantly patrol
the desert, and have been known to napalm suspicious
suspicious convoys.
 Roads: The Stuart Highway is Excellent; most others
 Roads: others are Poor
or Off-Road. Fortified highway tax stations exist at the territorial
ends
ends of the Stuart Highway: taxes are exorbitant.
exorb itant.

ALICESPRINGS
Population:  21,000.
 Description:  Comm
 Description: Commercial
ercial capital of the territory, this settle-
ment boasts the NAT's sole truck stop. Nearby is Pine Gap, the
CIA's ground station for spy satellites, which was closed
closed in 2012.
The Alice hosts two bizarre events each August — camel-racing,
and the Henley-on-Todd
Henley-on-Todd regatta,
r egatta, a mock
mock yacht race conducted
with bottomless boats on a dry river bed.
 Duelling Facilities:  Monstrous Arena (the circular arena is
 Duelling Facilities:
split-level, with the outer ring raised and banked), adequate gar-
ages,
ages, truck stop.
Other Facilities: TV station, hospital, Flying Doctor
Doctor base, BIF
post; terminus of the rail link from
fr om Adelaide.
Adelaide.
Gang Activity: Heavy, beyond town — desert gangs prefer to
choose
choose their prey on the lonesome
lonesome highway.
highwa y. Tribal Police run
occasional Q-ship convoys.

OODNADATTA
Population: Variable;
 Variab le; probably
pr obably 200
200 maximum.
maximum.
 Description: A ghost town inhabited by desert gangs. Access
 Description:

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roads of Off-Road quality lead west to the Stuart Highway, and Cobalt Curtain, a fence-and-radi
fence-and-radiation
ation zone sealing
sealing Top End en-
southeast (paralleling the railway) to Marree. tirely off from the rest of Australia.
Facilities:  None. The refugees' solution to the Problem is less straightforward.
Gang Activity: The 'Datta gang runs the place. They have shut Some have turned to political means — protesters regularly call
down rail traffic, and are stepping up activity against the highway; for establishment of a refugee "homeland," supported by a fac-
Tribal Police will have to move against them soon. tion of the New Australia Party. Meanwhile, militant refugees
have joined organisations such as Triad and Khmer Noir.
Quarantine Restrictions: Any person or animal in Top End is
UKURU(aka AYERSROCK] a potential carrier of the Grain Blight — without a Blight-free cer-
Population:  1,500. tificate, no one can exit this zone.
zone. In addition, quarantine stations
have been established on all major road and rail routes out of the
 Description:  The world's largest lump of rock is the spiritual
territory, and at all airfields.
centre
centre of die territory — tribal Aborigines revere Ukuru as a sacred
sacred
 Roads:  The Stuart and Buchanan Highways are Good; other
site. There are few governmental institutions in the nearby com-
roads are Poor.
munity. Tribal leaders gather one week in every eight
eight to settle
settle ter-
ritorial questions. Day-to-day operation of government is left to the
Tribal Police, who operate the highway tax stations and serve as ALYANGULA
police, judge and jury — they have a small headquarters here.
Population:  95,000.
 Duelling Facilities: Small garage.
 Description: This town in the former Groote Eylandt Aborig-
Other Facilities:  Tribal Police headquarters, prison, aban-
inal Reserve is now occupied by Malay, Thai and Melanesian
doned high-rise tourist hotels. refugees under quarantine.
 History: Ukuru
 Ukur u — then known as Ayers Rock
Rock — was formerly Other Facilities: Airstrip,
 Airstri p, port, hospital, army and naval bases.
a major tourist attraction. When the Aborigines won control of 
 History: At one time, Australian immigration officials thought
their land, large-scale
large-scale tourism was banned.
to limit refugee violence by separating males and females. Groote
Gang Activity: More a nuisance
nuisance than a danger. Lunatics insist
Eylandt briefly became known in the popular press as the "Isle of 
upon hang-gliding off the top of Ayers Rock, duelling around the
Women," before corruption among the island's military guard
nine-kilometre base, and carving their initials on its surface. Trib- forced the return of a sexually mixed population.
al Police act aggressively against desecration of this site.
Gang Activity: Moderate; mostly between rival refugee gangs.

NO RTHERN
TERRITORY [NT]
RADAA ADVISORY: Non-arena autoduelling is technical-
ly illegal. However, anti-duelling ordinances are seldom en-
forced.
In the fight against Blight, local Blight Incendiary Force
units are often hasty — use caution.
Capital: Darwin.
 Description:  Cursed with deserts in its southern reaches and
cyclones
cyclones in the tropical north, the Northern Territory
Territory always had
too few people to qualify for statehood. Now, refugees have
swelled the population — Territorians are bitter towards the new-
comers who have made them a minority in their own region, and
towards their fel low Australians fo r not helping more.
more.
 History: Following the devastation caused
caused by the Grain Bligh t,
the population of southeast Asia migrated towards the only source
of food — Australia. Most of the refugees died at sea or on some
friendless isle. Others were gunne
gunnedd down by boat hunters, Austra-
lians who feared the refugees would bring Blight and destruction.
The survivors found themselves in Top End, a newly estab- BATCHELOR
lished security zone in far-north Northern Territory. Impoverished Population:  110,000.
refugees numbering in the millions were herded into quarantine  Description: Batchelor is the government's showcase, its finest
camps on Groote Eylandt, Bathurst and Melville islands, then refugee camp. Selected refugees live here, performing govern-
allowed to settle in Blight-free refugee camps near Batchelor, ment-subsidised jobs and living in model apartments. Refugees
Nhulunbuy and other mainland towns. Displaced Aborigines, for are even
even allowed to govern their own community — Mayor Supar-
whom Top End had been an Aboriginal Reserve, migrated to the tu, from
fro m former Malaysia, is a local hero.
hero. Many foreign assistance
assistance
New Aboriginal Territory. agencies have offices here, including Red Cross and Red Cres-
Points to Ponder:  It has now been 21 years since the first cent; wealthy celebrities (including autoduellists) make televised
refugees arrived. More arrive every day, though the former cas- pilgrimages to Batchelor. The town is ringed by an electrified
cade is now a comparative trickle. A new generation of refugees fence.
knows nothing other than squalid life in an overcrowded camp.  Duelling Facilities:  Golden Refuge Duelatorium (randomly
The vast majority have no prospect of employment and little hope timed signal lights regulate when combat is legal), unregistered
for the future. arena; the garages here are not recommended.
The Australian solution to the Refugee Problem has been Other Facilities: Hospital, foreign assistance agencies, tourist
tighter security. Increasing numbers of police and military have hotels,
hotels, electrified
electrified perimetre guarded by army troops.
been transferred to the north, acting as camp guards and border Gang Activity:  Minimal; militant refugees are shipped off to
patrolmen. The latest, expensive, technological defence is the other camps.
DARWIN prison for malcontent and violent refugees. Guards have been
recruited among Australian citizens of Asian descent (mostly Viet-
Population:  140,000.
namese and Timorese),
Timorese), and often go undercover within
withi n camp to in-
 Description:  The beer-drinking capital of the world is now a filtrate refugee gangs. Unfortunately for the camp security, Triad
fortress against the refugees. Behind their walls, the people are has likewise been successful in subverting guards to its cause.
easygoing and devoted to their city (despite the periodic cyclones).
 Duelling Facilities:  The unregistered arena is the centre of a
Darwinians provide work for refugees by employing them as ser-
prestige war between guards and inmates. Often, guards "appro-
vants, which allows the citizens a large amount of leisure time.
priate" duellists to drive for the guards' team against the inmates'
Vessels competing in the Beer Can Regatta (June) are constructed
team.
from cans. Nothing beats the World Barefoot Mud-Crab-Tying
Other Facilities:  Nearby military airbase, hospital.
Championships (July).
 Duelling Facilities: Cyclone Speedway (gladiatorial-style duels Gang Activity:   Severe.
between rival, locally-owned refugee teams make for wide-open
gambling), Princess Strip (nude mud-wrestling in the stands pro- KATHERINE
vides diversion between duels); well-equipp
well-equipped
ed truck stop. Population:  75,000.
Other Facilities:  International airport, port, three hospitals, Ber-  Description: At the exit gate of the Cobalt Curtain, Katherine
rimah Gaol maximum-security prison, two TV stations, naval and is filled with poor, unskilled refugees. The primary industry is
army bases, casinos, inexpensive hotels, drive-in bottle shops. uranium processing, providing isotopes for the Curtain.
Cur tain. This
This set-
Gang Activity:  Light. tlement has Australia's highest suicide rate, many making their
exit via Katherine Gorge, the local tourist attraction.
 Duelling Facilities:  Gorge Rising Arena (refugees determined
to make it on the duel circuit are often desperate and fight dirty);
the only truck stop between Darwin and Tennant Creek.
Other Facilities:  Cobalt Curtain, uranium-processing facilities,
quarantine station, hospital, huge army base.
Gang Activity:  Almost none.

NGUIU
Population:  57,000.
 Description: The major settlement on Bathurst Island, this
t his is the
home of the Tiwi people, an Aboriginal tribe different in culture
from mainland Aborigines. Most Tiwi have relocated to Nguiu.
The other settlements on the island are tent cities, where refugees
under quarantine dwell. Nearby Melville Island has been been aban-
doned by the Tiwi — refugees under quarantine
quarant ine managed to revolt,
and now operate pirate vessels on raids against the northern
islands.
Facilities: Airport, hospital, army base, quarantine station.
station.
Gang Activity:   None (on Bathurst Island); Total (on Melville
Island).

NHULUNBUY
Population:  470,000.
 Description: Located on the coast of rugged, tropical Arnhem
Land, Nhulunbuy is linked to the outside world by neither road
nor rail. This isolated, bauxite-mining town has proved an ideal
dumping-ground for refugees, whose unpaid labour keeps the
NorthernTerritory mines operating. The government would like to keep news of 
Nhulunbuy secret — adverse international reaction could force the
closure of this site. Lawbreakers are beaten; armed lawbreakers
DUNMARRA may be shot.
Population:  78,000.  Duelling Facilities:  Nhulunbuy has never seen a duelling
 Description: Once a little tourist resort, Dunmarra is now over- vehicle.
run with soldiers and police. Patrols round up "Curtain Run- Other Facilities:  Airstrip, port, hospital, military base, navy
ners," refugees who try to break through the Cobalt Curtain. base, crocodiles.
Dunmarra is also a popular holiday town for soldiers on leave — Gang Activity:  Light; all previous uprisings have failed.
the townspeople are equally leery of soldiers and refugees.
 Duelling Facilities:  It is the proud boast of Cooley's Last
Chance Garage that their mechanics can fix anything.
TENNANTCREEK
Other Facilities:  Army base, hot springs. Population:  11,000.
Gang Activity:  Light; Triad occasionally takes on a lone mili-  Description: One of the
the few towns on the Stuart Highway, this
tary patrol. mining centre is a haven for travellers. The Devil's Pebbles (10
km northwest) and the Devil's Marbles (100 km south), collec-
tions of huge spherical boulders, are popular venues for gang
JABIRU fights and impromptu duels.
Population:  275,000.  Duelling Facilities: The military supply depot is the only truck 
 Description:  This high-security refugee camp is actually a stop between Katherine and Alice Springs.
 Other Facilities: Hospital. eastern AAT (the French sector splits the AAT into east and west).
 History: Supposedly, the town was settled when a beer wagon
 History: Closer to Tasmania and Macquarie Island than any other AAT
broke down, and the drivers elected to stay there and drink it all. town, Commonwealth Bay serves as a staging post for oil and
Gang Activity: Moderate; this is a vital highway junction be- mineral exploration in the east.
tween Queensland, Northern Territory and New Aboriginal Terri- Facilities: Port, hospital.
tory.  History: The site of Australia's first Antarctic expedition.
 History:

OVERS EAS DAVIS

Population:  16,000.
TERRITORIES  Descrip tion:: The newly designated capital of the territory is the
 Description
nearest thing to a proper city
city on this continent. It is located on
Prydz Bay, halfway between Mirny (the former Soviet base) and
AUSTRALIAN Mawson (a longtime Australian base). The SAAM maintains a
small headquarters here, but its major administrative base for An-
AN TARCTIC tarctica is Kingston, Tasmania.
TERRITORY[AA T]  Duelling
 Duelling Facilitie s:  The summer-only Penguin Track is the
Facilities:
RADAA ADVISORY:
ADVIS ORY: Sno Snow
w tyres are mandatory;
mandatory; tracks only dueltrack on the continent. The same people
people attracted to dan-
da n-
are preferable. gerous locales also enjoy autoduel.
Capital: Davis. Other Facilities:  Jet-capable airport, port and small naval base,
 Descrip
 Des tion:: The icecap
cription icecap smothers all but
bu t the highest mountains
mountains hospital, the AAT's only college and TV station.
and small slivers of coa
coastland.
stland. On average, the ice is 2,000 metres
thick,, and can be twice that in places. Antarctica's
thick Antarcti ca's inclem
i nclement
ent EDGEWORTHSOUTH
weather — the so-cso-called
alled "A-fa
"A-factor"
ctor" — makes
makes every task a chore. Population: 1,000.
Inland
Inlan d winter temperatu
temperatures res drop to a blood-freezin
blood-freezing g -100°
-100° F.
 Descrip tion:: Site of the first producing oil rig in Antarctica,
 Description
Giant storm vortices pummpummel el the coast
coast in winter. Dirigible travel
trav el "South" is made up of prefab living modules connected by sub-
to this white wasteland is too dangerous to contemplate; even surface tunnels — the whole resembles nothing so much as a
ships run significant risks from these storms. Fortunatel Fortunately, y, laboratory model of a molecule, half buried in the snow. In the
Australia has a functioning
functioning fleet of jet aircraft swift
swif t enough
enough to fly a
nearby Bunger Hills are the remains of Edgeworth David, an
course between the cyclones.
cyclones. Unhappil
U nhappily,
y, only a few coastal settle-
set tle- abandoned research station.
ments have landing facilities for jet aircraft.
Facilities:  Communications base, oil pipeline to the coast, oil
ory: By the terms of the Secon
 History:
 Hist Secondd Antarctic
Antar ctic Treaty,
Tre aty, the con-
con-
rigs (one functioning, one drilling).
tinent was divided between Argentina, Australia, Britain, Chile,
France, New Zealand and Norway. Australia was granted almost
half the land. However
However,, the t he United States
States and USSR
USSR rejected
rejected all MACQUARIE ISLAND
such territorial claims, and set up Antarctic research stations Population: 200.
wherever they pleased. In response,
response, all seven parties to the treaty  Descrip tion:: Halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica, this
 Description
created permanent towns in their claimed regions. island is home to a major support facility and research station,
During the turmoil immediately following the Blight, the status associated with the Antarctic SAAM oil project. Planes and ships
quo shifted — some settlements were abandoned, while others  journ
 journey
eyin
ing
g betw
betweeeen
n Aus
Australi
tralia
a an
and the
the AAT
AAT invar
invariab
iably
ly sto
stop
p here
here..
starved. Ownership of the French Zone is now claimed by three of 
the French duchies (Aquitaine, Brittany and Bordeaux); the so-
called Latin Zone was seized by a joint Chile-Argentine military M IR N Y
force in 2023,
2023, ousting the Briti
British,
sh, although the general warfare
warfar e on Population:  1,000.
the South American
American continent
continent has forced both
b oth nations
nations to withdraw  Descrip tion:: Mirny is part of the AAT, but
 Description b ut the largely Russian
their major units. population likes to t o consider itself independent.
independent.
Points to Ponder: South Australia's SAAM megacorporation, Facilities:  Jet-capable airport, port.
eager to gain any foothold in the tightening economic war against  History:  Originally, Mirny was one of several Russian re-
 History:
the U.S., financ
financed
ed renewed
renewed oil exploration here ten years ago. It search stations in the AAT. After the collapse of the Soviet Union,
was long known that Antarctica possessed vast reserves of oil, personnel from Soviet Antarctic bases (Pionerskaya, Vostok, and
coal
co al and natural
natura l gas. Only the severe climate
climate foiled the location Novolazarevskaya in the Norwegian sector) either came here or
and extraction of thethe valuable
val uable resource.
resource. Using the latest
l atest technol- went to Molodezhnaya
Molodezhnaya (see below).
ogy, the SAAM now has a functioning oil well at their Edgeworth
South site.
With oil production proved feasible, political forces — led by MOLODEZHNAYA
South
Sou th Australian corporations
corporations — made Australian
Australi an Antarctica a Population:  4,000.
territorial member
member of the Australian
Australi an Commonwealth.
Commonwealth.  Descrip tion:: A mysteri
 Description mysterious
ous city-state in the ice, "Dezy" claims
Quarantine Restrictions:  None. autonomy although it lies within the borders of the AAT. Visitors
 Roads:
 Road s: Off-Road. are discouraged;
discouraged; no one knows much about Dezy besides past pas t his-
Gang Activity: During the past year, a small number of Eco- Eco- tory.
Guerrillas have established a secret base somewhere in the AAT. Facilities:  Unknown. Dezy is apparently self-suffici
self-s ufficient
ent in food
They raid the research stations — some claim the American CIA and energy production.
is behind the activity.  History: The Soviets, orphaned
 History: orphaned in the Antarctic
Antarctic by the collapse
collapse
of their government, had only two choices:
choices: starve
st arve,, or surrender to
someon
someone. e. A large contingent went over to the Australi
Austr alians
ans at Mirny
Mir ny
COMMONWEALTHBAY (see above). The Dezy force created
created a third option: they raided the
Population: 2,000. Americans, seizing technological resources and key personnel.
tion:: Commonwealth Bay is the main settlement in the
 Description
 Descrip
American records indicate that a large number of their scientific
personnel
personnel defected to the Soviet side. Nothing
Nothing more is known.
 PETROL
In most of the world, the depletion of oil reserves has made internal-combus-
tion (IC) engines a relic of the past. "Petrol-burners" a re the playthings of mil-
lionaires, the only people who can afford to operate them.
One notable exception is Australia. In this country, 80% of the vehicles are
internal combustion. Petrol is occasionall
occasionallyy used, bu t two similar fuels are more
common: ethanol, an alcohol
alcohol fu el derived fro m sugar cane; and petronol, a blend  Petrol
 Petr ol and
an d Tec h Lev els
of petrol and ethanol. Once regarded as inefficient and costly, ethanol solved Although the petrol engine is TL6, the
basic technology has been smothered with
Australia's fuel shortage when the world ran short of petrol. a plethora of TL7 high-tech add-on
The
The follo wing are the rules for usin g petrol in  GURPS Autoduel. Car Wars gadgets. For this reason, petrol engines
players desiring petrol rules should see the
the  Dueltrack  supplement. must be considered TL7.

 Fuel:
 Fue l: Cost
Co st and
an d Avail
Av ailab
abilit
ilityy
Petrol Engines The cheapest place to buy fuel in
Unlike an electric engine, an internal-combustion engine is powered by Australia is Queensland and northern New
minute explosions of fue l. A transmission system
system tra nsfe rs the obtained
obtained energy South Wales, where ethanol is made.
Here, ethanol and petronol are bargains
fro m the engine to the vehicle's wheels. (see the Fuel Costs Chart, p. 45).
To keep the rules playable, some details have been simplified. Cubic-inch Fuel is reasonably priced along the
displacement is the only significant m easure of engine size. Cooling systems and coastal margin and in urban areas.
Going inland, prices get steep fast —
fuel injection are considered standard. due to the risks involved in trucking fuel.
Com bustion engines — u nlike their electri
electrical
cal counterparts — have identical
identical Fuel isn't always available. Close-knit
characteristics: Every 10 cubic inches cost $250, weigh 15 lbs., take up 1 cubic communities sometimes hoard their fuel
supplies, selling to outsiders only at exor-
foot, have an HT of 2, and can pull 300 lbs. (of the vehicle). Though the Petrol bitant rates. Little wonder that the asking
Engines Table (p. 45) lists some popular engine sizes, other sizes may easily be price is normally double what it is on the
calculated. coast. The record for the highest price this
century goes to an Alice Springs garage,
which once reputedly asked — and
Top Speed received — $32.50 for a gallon of ethanol!
Why have a large r engine than necessary?
necessary? Because
Because — unlike electri
electricc power Due to the value of fuel, gangs in the
outback place a premium on obtaining
plants — com bustion engines can really
really  move! fuel. Many drivers carry
carry small fuel drums
The base
base top speed of any com bustion engine is 70 m ph. in their vehicle, and drop them when
Actual top speed
speed depends on the engine's hauling capacity versu s the weight threatened by a hostile gang — the gang is
more likely to go after the fuel than the
of the vehicle. First, determine the size of engine needed to pull the vehicle. vehicle.
Divide the curb weight of the vehicle, p lus the weight of crew and cargo, by 30.
If the engine's size is less than this required size, the vehicle won't move. Ex-Ex -
ample:  A car weighing 3,000 lbs. requires a 100-cubic-inch engine in order to
move.
Second, figure the excess engine capacity. Subtr act the size
size of the required

-41- Petrol
 engine (in cubic inches) from the actual engine size.  Example: A 3,000 lb. car
 Ra ng e a nd Spe
Sp e ed  with a 185-cubic-inch engine, has 85 excess cubic inches of engine capacity.
The efficiency rating of an engine as- Third, determine the e ffect of the
the excess capacity.
capacity. For every 10 cubic
cubic inches
inches
sumes the vehicle is travelling at a constant above the minim um necessar
necessary,
y, add 5 m pg to the base top
top speed.  Example: If the
the
speed of  55  mph. As an optional rule, car has 85 excess inches of capacity, it gains (8 x 5) 40 mph to its base top speed
players may want to consider the effect of  of 70 mph — its actual top speed is 110 mph.
speed on range.
For every full 10 mph above 55 mph, If the calculated top speed is greater than 170 mph, an adjustment must be
reduce the vehicle's current mpg by 10% made. Subtract 170 from the calculated
calculated top speed, and divid e by 10,10, rou nding up
(rounding to the nearest gallon). Maximum to the nearest 5 mph — this is the mph increase beyond 170 which the vehicle
penalty is 70%.
For every full 10 mph below 55 mph, receives. Example:  A vehicle has a calculated
calculated top speed
speed o f 225 m ph. The mileage
mileage
increase the vehicle's current mpg by 10% above 170 mph — 55 mph — is divided by 10, then added to 170: 170 + 5.5 =
(rounding to the nearest gallon).
gallon). Maximum 175.
175.5,
5, which rou nd s to 180 m ph.
bonus is 20%.
Complete example:  A 3,000
3,000 lb. car has a 400-cubic-inch en gine — 300 300 cubic
inches more than it needs just to move. At 5 mph per 10 cubic inches, the 300
Oversized Vehicles and Top excess cubic inches provide a top speed of 220 mph. However, this is 50 mph
Speed  higher than the
the 170 mp h limit . Divid ing this excess
excess 50
50 by 10 yields a fu rther 5
For oversized engines, top speed as-
sumes an engine is hauling its maximum mph boost, so the vehicle's final top speed is 175 mph.
load. As an optional rule, for every full Modifications due to speed-altering accessories affect actual top speed, not
10% of the engine's
engine's maximum load not in base top speed.
use, the top speed increases by 5 mph.
Example:  A tractor-trailer has a 60,000
lb. maximum load engine. If the rig and its
Acceleration and Deceleration
cargo weigh 54,000 lbs (90% of the The accelerati
acceleration
on of internal-combustion vehicles
vehicles depen ds on their power-to-
engine's pulling capacity), the engine has weight ratio — which is closely
closely linked to top speed. To d eterm ine a vehicle's
vehicle's ac-
10% excess capacity — so the
t he top speed
speed in-
creases by 5 mph. Without any cargo at all, celeration, therefore, look up its top speed on the Acceleration Table (p. 45).
the rig might weigh 19,000 lbs. (32% of  If the vehicle
vehicle has speed -altering accessori
accessories,
es, only those which d irectly af fect
capacity). That would leave six 10% incre- its
its engine — nam ely, blueprinted engines and tubular headers — apply for ac- ac-
ments excess, adding 30 mph to top speed.
celeration purposes. Disregard any other accessory-based boosts to top speed
(including stream lining) when consulting
consulting the A cceleration
cceleration Table.
Deceleration rules for internal-combustion vehicles are the same as for
electric vehicles (see p. GA45).

Miles Per Gallon

How f ar a vehicle
vehicle can travel on a gallon of fuel depends o n the efficiency
efficiency of 
the engine — measured by its miles-per-gallon (mpg) rating. The larger an en-
gine is, the less efficient it gets.
Vehicles
Vehicles start
start with a 55 m pg base rating. This
This is mo dified by en gine size
size —
divide the engine's cubic-inch measurement by 10, and subtract this from the
base mpg. The minimum possible is 10 mpg — ignore any lower results. Ex- Ex -
ample: A 50-cubic-inc
50-cubic-inchh engine loses
loses (50/10)
(50/10) 5 m pg from the base of 55 mp g —
its gets
gets 50 miles to the ga llon.
To determine a vehicle,s range, multiply its miles-per-gallon rating by the
size
size of its
its fu el tan k.  Example: A vehicle has a 50-mpg
50-mpg engine an d a 20-gallon
20-gallon fu el
tank. The vehicle's range with a ful l tank is (50 (50 x 20) 1000 m iles.

Oversized Engines
Oversized vehicles — trucks and buses — must use special, oversized en-
gines. Such large
large engines may not be used in non-oversize vehicles. Un like no r-
mal combustion engines, these engines are rated by the load they can haul.
Acceleration for oversized vehicles differs from other petrol-driven
vehicles, depending solely on current speed — see the Acceleration Table (p.
45). Oversized engine s always have a top speed of 90 mp h, an d get 10 miles-to-
miles-to-
the-gallon.

Fuel Tanks
All petrol vehicles have one fuel tank. It is purchased like any other

Petrol -42-
vehicular compone nt, and can come in an y size size (measured in gallons).
gallons). There are
four types:  Economy   (plain), Heavy Duty   (armoured),  Safety   (compartmental-
ized to fight fuel loss and explosion), and  Duelling  (an armoured safety tank).
Stats
Stats for the diff ere nt tank types are given o n the Fuel Tanks Chart (p. 45).

Petrol Duelling
Two results on the Vehicle Allocation Ta ble (p. GA59) have special
Vehicle Damage Allocation
effects for internal-combustion vehicles:
7,8  — Power plant.
plant. The internal-combustion
internal-combustion en gine has been hit.
13,14 —   Fuel tank (even)/Cargo (odd).  The fuel tank is always mounted
toward the rear of the vehicle (or the rear of the tractor in a tractor-trailer rig).
 Road
 Ro ad Tra ins
in s
Roll 1 die — if the roll is even, the fue l tank has been h it; otherwise, the cargo
The largest of all trucks, road trains are
area takes the hit. If there is less than 5 cu. ft. of cargo space allocated in the common only in Australia.
vehicle,
vehicle, and that space is empty, the fu el tank is autom atically hit. Typically, the cab carries two drivers
for non-stop travel. No single engine is
powerful enough to pull a road train. A
second engine is placed in the first trailer
to haul the train's massive load.
Road trains are used for shipping
across Australia's most remote regions,
where gangs have torn up the railroads.
Some communities have road-train bases,
with special garage facilities and cargo
docks.

Special Rules:
Engines.  The engine in the cab is any
standard truck engine, petrol or electric.
Following in the first trailer is the second
engine. This too can be any truck engine,
but due to the special gearing and weight
ratios, this second engine only adds two-
thirds of its normal towing capacity to the
first e ngine's ability. No trailer
trailer but the first
can contain an engine, since this would
Power Plant Damage lead to jackknifes.
 Ac cel erat ion .  Road trains have their
er ation
Internal-combustion engines are complex, and therefore easy to damage. own column on the Acceleration Table (p.
When an engine receives an y  damage, the GM must roll 2 dice and consult the 45), due to their much-lower gear ratio
Engine Damage Table (p. 45). (sacrificing acceleration for hauling
If the engine loses
loses more than half of its HT, or loses more than 10 points of  capacity).
 De cele
ce lera tio n.   Each stage of decelera-
ratio
HT in a single
single tur n,  a fire check  must
 must be m ade (see
(see below). tion is 5 mph less than for other oversized
When an en gine takes more damage tha n it has has HT, it stops
stops work ing — im - vehicles. Safe deceleration for a road train,
mediately. The vehicle
vehicle decelerat
decelerates
es by 5 mph each turn . Weapo ns powered by the therefore, is 10 mph or less.
Tongue-and-hitches.  Second and sub-
engine — for instance, lasers — no longer operate. sequent road train trailers must have a
tongue and hitch. This system adds 5% to
Fuel Tank Damage the trailer's base chassis cost and weight.
Treat as a standard fifth wheel/kingpin
Fuel tank DR is never reduced by damage. If a Defence Roll is failed, and combination
combination fo r targeting
targeting and dam age pur-
the damage exceeds the tank's DR, the fuel tank is breached. poses.
Trailer Tyres.  The first trailer must
A breach results
results in
in imm ediate fu el loss.
loss. Roll 1 d ie, subtract 2, and m ultipl y have 8 tyres; following trailers have 12
by 20 — this percentage, multiplied by the tank's former capacity, determines tyres.
the tank's new capacity. Round to the nearest gallon. Fuel in excess of the new
capacity is lost.
Example:  A 20-gallon
20-gallon fu el tan k carryin g 15 gallons
gallons of fuel is breached. If the
fue l loss
loss roll is 4, the new capacity
capacity is (2 x 20) 40% of the old value . The 20 gal-
lon tank now can only hold (40% of 20) 8 gallons — the excess excess 7 gallons
gallons are lost.
Fuel loss for safety tanks. Safety and d uelling tanks are resistant
resistant to
to fu el loss.
loss.
When these
these tanks are breached, roll 1 die and subtract 1 — the nu m ber rolled is
the number of gallons lost before the tank reseals itself.  Example: On a roll of 3,
the tank loses 2 gallons of fue l, then reseals itself. Its capacity is unchanged.

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 Fire
 Ethan
 Eth an ol  The Fire Chart (p. 45) lists the circumstances which call for  a fire check. To
Ethanol and other alcohol fuels are make a fire check,
check, roll 2 dice and compare the n um ber rolled with the number o n
cheap and plentiful around the world. This the Fire
Fire Chart — if the nu mber rolledrolled equals or exceeds the the num ber on the chart,
is especially so in Australia, where it can
be made from the abundant sugar cane. there is a f ire. Fire damage is assasses
esse
sedd in the norm al way (see (see p. GA62).
GA62).
Many drivers of internal-combustion When fire extinguishers
extinguishers are used against a petrol fire, subtract 1 from the die
vehicles prefer ethanol to petrol or roll — petrol fires are hard to control.
petronolbecause of the low price.
Ethanol quality is measured by filtra-
If a petrol vehicle
vehicle starts
starts to
to bu rn, it may explode. Use the standard rules for
tion. Unfiltered ethanol, while cheaper, fire and explosion (p. GA62), but when rolling for volatile weapons, also make
contains impurities that leave residues on rolls for the e ngine (if it is still
still runn ing) an d  the
  the fu el tank (even if itit is emp ty).
plugs, points and fuel lines — adding $25 On a 6, they will explode.
per month to the maintenence cost of the
vehicle ($100 if you don't have Mechanic Engine explosions.  An engine explosion does 1 die of damage for every 2
skill and can't do the maintenence your- points of its original HT. This damage applies first to the remaining HT of the
self). engine — deduct the engine's current HT from the damage. The remaining
Failure to clean out the impurities can
result in all kinds of trouble — see the damage applies to the rest of the vehicle. An engine that explodes will no longer
Maintenance rules. function.
Ethanol isn't perfect. It can't be stored Fuel-tank explosions. A fuel-tank explosionexplosion does
does 1 die of damage for every
for more than a week, since it attracts
water vapor — use it or lose it. Standard
gallon of fuel in the tank. A fuel explosion never does less than 4 dice damage.
engines only get 60% of their normal mpg, Example:  An undamaged 200-cubic-inch engine (40 HT) catches fire, and
since alcohol burns faster. And you had fails its explosion
explosion roll — it explodes.
explodes. It does 20 dice dama ge, bu t the current HT
better not turn on your supercharger, tur- of the engine is subtracted
subtracted fro m that — if 71 p oints o f dam age were ro lled, only
bocharger or supe rturbocharge r! The
super-low octane in alcohol will cause an (71-40) 31 points of damage would apply to the rest of the vehicle.
engine explosion if you do.
Oversized engines, on the other hand,
run on alcohol quite well — 80% mpg —
Operating Petrol Vehicles
and can easily use super- or turbocharging. Oil
Oil changes,
changes, tune-ups, new spark plugs and a my riad o f litt
little
le adjustments are
necessary
necessary to keep an internal-combustion engine trouble -free. Maintena nce costs
costs
are the day-to-day
day-to-day expens
expenseses required to upkeep a petrol-burning vehicle. Un -
maintained vehicles run slowly, lose acceleration and maximum load, fail to
start, spew smoke, and rattle. Eventually an uncared-for vehicle will break
down , possibly in a lonely out-of-the-way place
place where cycle
cycle gangs prey . . .
Mainten ance costs
costs for street cars range fro m $10
$10 to $60
$60 per m onth. Due lling
and other high-performance vehicles cost five times that amount. These are
prices in Australia, where petrol-burners are common — in countries where
petrol vehicles are rare, double maintenance costs.
Repair
Repair requires both money (for spare parts) and a skill roll. Once the money
has been spent, a Mechanic (internal-combustion automobile engine) skill roll
can be made . If the roll is successful, the rep air wo rks. Othe rwise, the money is
lost
lost and no re pair is accomp lished. A critical succes
successs halves the time an d expen se
of the repair; a critical failure means that the repair is secretly flawed — the
repaired device will fail at a moment of the GM's choosing.
Each point of engine or fuel tank HT repaired costs 5% of the original cost
of the item. Fuel tank repair is an easy job (+2 to the skill roll). The Engine
Damage Table
Table (p. 45) provides
provides repa ir information for combat damage.
Salvage
Engine parts or entire engines may be salvaged. Salvaged parts parts (from w reck-
ed or a bandon ed vehicles)
vehicles) have a salvage
salvage price e qual to ha lf the salvage price
price of 
the engine from which they were taken (see p. GA65). Entire engines can be
scavenged only if the vehicle is taken to a garage.
Scavenged engine parts may be used as spare parts for petrol engine repairs
(see above). However, petrol engines come in a bewildering variety of makes.
Roll 1 die: o n a roll of 6, the
the parts from a salvaged vehicle are com patible with
the engine being repaired.

Petrol   -44-
Petrol Charts & Tables
Petrol Engines Table
Size Price Weight Cu.ft. HT Max.load 
Fuel Costs Chart
 Fuel  Queensland Australia U.S.
Standard Engines
50 cu.
cu. in.
in. $1250
$1250 75 5 10 1500 Unfiltered Ethanol $5 $6 $20
100 cu. in. $2500 150 10 20 3000 Filtered Ethanol 10 12 25
150 cu. in. $3750 225 15 30 4500 Petronol 20 25 35
200 cu. in. $5000 300 20 40 6000 Petrol 35 35 40
250 cu. in. $6250 375 25 50 7500
300
300 cu. in. $7500 450 30 60 9000 On this chart:   Queensland  also
 also includes northern NSW; Australia  in-
cludes urban communities and the coast margin, but not the outback;
U.S. prices also apply to other non-ethanol-producing countries.
Oversized Engines (oversized vehicles only)
Regular t ruck  IC $18000
Regular  tru 5200 40 60 25000
Large
Larg e track
tra ck IC $27500
$27500 6500
6500 60 80 60000 Engine Damage Table
Super track IC $35000
$35000 8000
8000 70 95 90000 2 —  Black smoke.  Place smokescreen counter behind vehicle. R
$5  (+2)
Acceleration Table 3-5 —  CLANG!  Noise
 Noise only. R $5 (+ 2)
6 —   Oil gauge damaged.   "Low Oil" alarm sounds. (Only the
 Nor
 N or ma l IC E ng in es O ve rs iz ed IC E ng ines
in es Ro ad T ra in s gauge is damaged.)
damaged.) R $5 ( +2)
7 — Hideous grinding noises. Roll twice more o n this table,
table, ignor-
top speed accel. curren
cur rentt speed accel. current
curr ent speed accel. ing this result if rolled again.
(mph) (mph/turn) (mph) (mph/tu rn) (mph) (mph/turn) 8 — Cylinder. Acceleration
Acceleration drops by 5 mp h, but never lower than
5 mph. Top speed drops 20 mph. If vehicle is moving faster than new
below 90 5 up to 25 2.5 up to 15 1 top speed, it decelerates
decelerates 10 mph per turn u ntil below top speed. R 25%
90-120 10 above 25 5 15-30 2.5 (-4)
above 120 15 above 30 5 9 —   Radiator.  "Warning: Overheating" alarm sounds. After 4
turns, roll 1 die per turn if the engine is running: on a 6, the engine
Fuel Tanks Chart seizes up and is rained. R 10% (+2)
Tank type PD/DR Wt./gallon
Wt./gallon** S/gallon cu. ft./gallon 10 —   Oil system.   "Low Oil" alarm sounds. Place an oil slick
counter directly behind the vehicle. After 2 turns, roll 1 die per turn if 
Economy 0/5 1lb. $ 2 .5 the engine
engine is runn ing: on a 6, the engine seizes
seizes up and is rained.* Does
Heavy Duty 0/10 2lbs. $ 5 .5 not affect oil-using
oil-using weapons. R 10%
Safety 0/10 5 lbs. $10 .5 11 —  Fuelsystem.  "Low Fuel"
Fuel" alarm sounds. Engine will
will shut off 
Duelling 0/20 10  lbs. $25 .5 after 3 turns. Make a fire check (see Fire Table). R 1d x10
12 —   Cracked block.   Place oil slick behind vehicle. Vehicle
* this is empty weight — each gallon
gallon of fuel weighs an additional 6 decelerates 15 mph per turn (may be increased if driver voluntarily
lbs. The weight of a full fuel tank is included in the vehicle's curb brakes) until moving less than 20 mph (its new top speed). Roll 1 die
weight. every turn if engine is running: on a 6, the engine dies. Repair impos-
sible.
Special Petrol Damage Results * If the engine is equipped with a turbocharger, the engine seizes up
In combat, use the following results rather than those on the standard on a roll of 5 or 6.
Vehicle
Vehicle Damage A llocation Table (p. GA59):
Engine Damage Repairs.  Repair information for each item fol-
7,8 — Po wer plant.
plant. The interna
interna l-combustion en gine has been
been hit. lows the letter "R." Percentage costs are based on the engine's
engine's original
13,14 —   Fuel tank (even)/Cargo (odd).  Roll 1 die — if the roll is cost. Number s in parentheses are modifiers to the Mechanic
Mechanic roll
roll (see
(see p.
even, the fue l tank has been hit; other wise, the cargo area takes the hit. 44). Ruined engines cannot be repaired.
The fuel tank is always mounted towards the rear of the vehi vehicle
cle (or the
rear of the tractor in a tractor-trailer rig). If there is less than 5 cu. ft.
of cargo space
space allocated in
in the vehicle, and that space is empty, the fu el
tank is autom atically
atically hit.

Fire Checks
Engine
Engine takes
takes more than 10 points damage in a single
single turn . . 10
Engine takes more than half its total HT
in hits in a single
single turn 9
"Fuel System" result on the Engine Damage
Dama ge Table 9*
Fuel tank breach (economy or heavy-duty tank) 7
Fuel tank breach (safety or duelling tank) 9

Modifiers:
Damage was done by a laser +1
Damage was done by a flamethrower or flaming oil +3

* Make a fire check  each turn  until there is a fire or the engine is
shut of f. If there is a fire, immed iately place a flaming oil slick
slick be-
be-
hind the vehicle.
vehicle.

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 Petrol Engine Accessories
Installing any accessory requires a Mechanic skill roll. celeration by 5 mph — and, unlike a turbocharger, this boost is good at
 Blueprin
 Blueprinted Engine.*  Adds 50% to engine
ted Engine.* engine cost, no weight or all speeds.
speeds. A supercharger
supercharger works like a turbocharger,
turbocharger , except
except that it
space. Increases top speed and pulling capacity by 10%. Trained tech- runs off
of f the engine
engine itself instead
instead of the exhaust gases.gases. Engine must be
nicians take apart the engine, measure every piece, and make precise 150 cubic inches or larger.
adjustments to the tolerances. Installing a blueprinted engine requires a Truck Turbo.*  $2,000, 50 lbs., 5 cu. ft. For oversized vehicles
Mechanic roll at -2, and must be done in a garage. only. Improves acceleration: 2.5 mph/turn (below 10 mph), 5 mph/turn
Carburetor.  * Saves
Saves 20% of engineengine cost, no weight or space. Top (above 10 mph, up to 40 mph), 10 mph/t mph/turn
urn (above 40 mph). Install-
spee
speed d drops by 10 mph, reduces mpg by 2 (by 1, if less than 10). 10). By ment is difficult (-2 to skill roll).
taking out the fuel injection system and replacing it with an old- Tubular Headers.* 20% of engine engine cost, no weight or space. space. In-
fashioned carburetor, the owner can save money. creases maximum load and top speed by 5%. When tubular headers are
 Multiple-Ca
 Multiple-Carbur
rburetor System. Saves 10% of engin
etor System. enginee cost, no weight installed on a blueprinted
bl ueprinted engine,
engine, the blueprint
bluepri nt increase is figuredfigured
or space. Top speed drops by 5 mph, and mpg goes down by 1. If  before
befor e the header bonus is added. Installation
Instal lation is easy
easy (+3 to skill roll).
roll) .
switching from a single carb to a multi-carb system or vice versa, the Turbocharger. $1,000,$1,000, no weight or space. Increases top t op speed
speed
 job is easy
asy: +2 to the
the ski
skill
ll roll.
roll. by 10 mph. Additional
Addi tionally,ly, acceleration
acceleration is boosted by 5 mph if the
 Nitrous Oxide. $500/tank, 20 lbs., 4 cu. ft. When a tank of this
 Nitrous Oxide. vehicle is moving at 40 mph or higher. This device uses exhaust gases
stuff is opened (by hitting a button on the dashboard), acceleration goes to power a turbine which forces more air and fuel into the engine, im-
up by 10 1 0 mph and top speedspeed becomes
becomes 50% higher than the prev previous
ious proving performance.
performance. It is difficul
dif ficultt to install
install (-2 to
t o skill roll).
roll ). No vehicle
vehicle
rating, for a period of 5 turns. Only one tank may be used at a time — may have both a turbocharger and a supercharger.
the effects of nitrous oxide are not cumulative.   Example: If  I f a vehicle's
vehicle's Turbo-Supercharger. $3,500 $3,500, weighs 25% of engine weight, 10
top speed
speed is 180
180 mph, hitting
hit ting the nitrous allows
all ows it to hit (1.5 x 180) 270 cu. ft.
f t. Adds 20 mph to top speed, speed, and increase
increasess acceleration:
accelerat ion: +5
mph during the 5-second burst. mph/turn (up to 40 mph), mph), +10 mph/turn (above 40 mph). mph). It is hard to
When the 5 turns are over, the nitrous oxide is used up (so is 1 gal- install (-2 tot o skill roll), and cannot be installed on vehicles which have
lon of fuel).
fuel ). The vehicle decelerate
deceleratess 10 mph per per turn until within its turbochargers, variable-pitch turbos or superchargers.
regular top speed. This is "free" deceleration — the driver can brake Variable-Pitch Turbocharger. $2,000, no weight or space. Works
to slow down even more. The free deceleration won't count toward the like a regular turbocharger, except that its 5 mph/turn acceleration
difficul
dif ficulty
ty of excess
excess braki
br aking.
ng. Installing
I nstalling the system
system is easy (+3 to skill). bonus applies at all speeds. Installing a variable-pitch turbocharger is
Recharging the system requires no skill roll but costs $200. difficult
diff icult (-2 to skill roll)
roll),, unless the vehicle
vehicle already has a turbocharger
turb ocharger
Supercharger. $1,500,
$1,500, weighs
weighs 20% of engine weight,
weight , 5 cu. ft. In- (+2 to skill roll).
creases top speed by 10 mph, reduces mpg by 1. It also boosts ac- * may be used with oversized engines

Vehicles Found In Australia

Notes on the following vehicles —  Mpg in parentheses are  Redshift
 Redshift (Avtomob
(Avtomobel'
el' Ross
Rossey
eyske
skey/S
y/Sec
econ
ond
d Soviet Union) — Stream-
Soviet Union)
provided for vehicles which can safely use ethanol, and are the ethanol lined mid-sized, x-hvy. chassis, hvy. suspension, blueprinted 250-
mpg ratings. Top speed  given
 given assumes
assumes a 200
200 lb. driver; if a number in cubic-inch engine, 12-gallon duellist tank, 4 PR radials, driver,
driver , MG in
parentheses is given, this is the vehicle's top speed when loaded to its small turret, FOJ back, hi-res computer, spoiler, airdam, ram plate,
weight capacity.  Cost   does
does not include the cost of fuel,
fuel , since these turbocharger. Fully-honeycombed FP armour: FO/36, UO/12,UO/1 2, 0/30 all
prices vary so widely. Unless otherwise identified, all manufacturers other locs. Accel.
Accel. 10 (15 at 25 + mph), top speed
speed 115, 30 mpg, Driv-
Dri v-
are Australian. ing skill modifier:
modifier: + 3 (+6 at 60+ mph), 5,517 lbs. (243
(243 left for driver
and cargo), 3 cu. ft. remaining, $35,290.
Cycles and
and Trikes
Trikes
Kabuki (Mitsui/Japan) —   Hvy. cycle, hvy. suspension, 100- Luxury
cubic-inch engine,
engine, 5-gallon safety tank, 2 PR radial tires, driver only,  BIF Blig hthopp
hth opp er (manu fac tur er var ies ) —   Luxury grasshopper,
(m anu factur
RL front, targeting computer, turbocharger. Armour: F2/8, B2/8. x-hvy. chassis, lt. suspension, small copter power plant, 4 standard
Accel. 10 (15 atat 40+ mph), top speed
speed 105,
105, 45 mpg, Drivi
Dr iving
ng skill tyres, driver (pilot), MML
MM L front,
front , smoke
smokescscree
reenn back, 4 napalm cluster-
cluster-
modifier: +2, 1, 106lbs.
1 06lbs. (194 for driver and cargo), 1.5cu. ft. remain-
remain- bombs under, radar, hi-res computer, LD radio. Fully-honeycombed
ing, $8,580. armour: 0/6 in all locs. Accel. 5, top speed 100, Driving skill modifier:
+0 (+2 in air), 6,145 lbs. (455 left for driver/pilot and survival gear),
Superfreak (Oz Cycles) —   Hvy. cycle, hvy. suspension,
1 cu. ft. remaining, $43,250.
blueprinted 125-cubic-inch engine, 2-gallon HD tank, 2 PR radials,
driver only, nitrous oxide, tubular headers, variable-pitch turbo. Ar-  Blighter
 Blighter (Premi
(Premier Motors) —  Luxury, x-hvy. chassis, OR suspen-
er Motors)
mour: F2/8, B2/8. Accel. 20 (30 w/NOz), top speed 137, 43 mpg, sion, 320-cubic-inch engine, 25-gallon safetysaf ety tank, 4 OR solid tyres,
Driving
Driving skill
skill modifier:
modifier: +3 (+6
( +6 at 60+ mph), 874 lbs. (426 left for driver, gunner, MG in small universal turret, flamethrower front, hi-
cyclist and cargo), 8.5 cu. ft. remaining, $10,303. res and std. targeting computers, radar, searchlight, LD radio, imp.
(Delt a Automotive) —  Hvy.
Wanderer Max (Delta   Hvy. tike, OR suspension, FE, turbocharger.
turb ocharger. Fully-honeycom
Fully-honeycombed bed armour: FO/24,
FO/ 24, RO/18,
RO/18 , L0/18,
L0/18,
200-cubic-inch engine, 12-gallon safety tank, 3 OR solid tyres, driver BO/18, TO/12, UO/12. Accel. 15 (20 at 40+ mph, -5 mph if fully-
only, VMG front, turbocharger. Armour: F4/16, R2/8, L2/8, B4/8, loaded), top speed 135 (130), 23 mpg, Driving skill modifier +1 (+2
TO/0, UO/0. Accel.
Accel. 15 (20 at 40+ mph; -5 mph fully-loaded),
fully-load ed), top spee
speed
d off-road)
off- road),, 6,025 lbs. (575 left for crew
crew and cargo), .5
. 5 cu. ft.
f t. remaining,
135 (130), 35 mpg, 2,402 lbs. (398 left for driver and cargo), 12 cu. ft. $38,900.
remaining, $14,420.
 Desert
 Desert Patrol
Patrol Vehicl
Vehicle
e (Aborigin al Motors) —   Luxury, x-hvy.
(Aboriginal
chassis, OR suspension, 320-cubic-inch engine, 15-gallon safety tank,
Mid-sized 4 OR solid tyres, driver, gunner, MG front, MG in small turret, imp.
Commuter (Premier Motors) —   Mid-sized, std. chassis, lt. FE, targeting
targeting computer,
computer, turbocharger. Armour: F3/12, R 3/12, L3/12,
suspension, 160-cubic-inch engine, 10-galllon hvy. duty tank, 4 HD B2/8, T2/8, U2/8.
U2/8 . Accel.
Accel. 15 (20 at 40 mph+)
mph +),, top speed
speed 150
150 (130),
(130), 23
tyres, driver, 4 passengers, MG in small turret, spare HD tyre. Ar- mpg, Driving
Driving skill
skill modifier: +1 ( +2 off-road)
off -road),, 5,015 lbs. (1,585 left
mour: F2/8, L2/8, R2/8, B2/8, T1/4, U1/4. Accel. 10 (5 fully-loaded), for crew and cargo), 22.5 cu. ft. remaining, $25,650.
top spee
speed
d 90 (70), 39 (23)
(23) mpg, Driving
Drivi ng skill modifier: +0, 3,270
3,27 0 lbs.
(1,530
(1,530 left for
f or crew and
and cargo),
cargo), 6 cu. ft. remaining,
remaining, $9,250.  HIT Interceptor
Interceptor (manufactur
(manufacturer varies) — Luxury, x-hvy. chassis,
er varies) chassis,

Petrol
hvy. suspension, 300-cubic-inch engine, 20-gallon safety tank, 4 OR modifier: +2, 5,970
5,970 lbs. (1,230 left for
fo r driver, prisone
prisoners
rs and cargo),
cargo),
solid tyres, driver, gunner, 2 MGs in medium turret, 2 MMLs front, 59 cu. ft. remaining, $24,740.
spikedropper back, imp. FE, 2 targeting computers, ram plate, spoiler,
turbocharger.
turbochar ger. Fully-honeycombed armour: F0/30 (with ram plate), Oversized Vehicles
R0/18, L0/18, BO/12, TO/12, UO/12. Accel Accel.. 10 (15
(15 at 40+ mph), top
 Interstate
 Interstate (Southern Cross) — 40" bus, x-hvy.
(Southern Cross) x- hvy. chassis,
chassis, reg. truck 
spee
speed
d 120,
120, 15 mpg, Driving skill modifier:
modifier: +2 (+3 at 40+ mph, +1
IC engine,
engine, 50-gallon
50-gallon safety tank, 10 PR tyres, driver, 2 gunners,
gunners, 20
off-road), 6,155
6,155 lbs. (445
(445 lbs. left
lef t for crew and
and cargo), 11 cu. ft.
remaining, $29,150. passengers,
passengers, 3 MGs in large turret (front), AT gun in large turret (back),
MD back, 3 targeting computers, imp. FE. Fully-honeycombed ar-
 El Presid
Presiden
ente
te (Viva Petroleum/Venezu ela) —   Luxury, x-hvy.
Petroleum/Venezuela) mour: 0/6 under (front and back), 0/18 in all other locs. Accel. 2.5 (5
chassis, hvy. suspension, 260-cubic-inch engine, 18-gallon safety tank, at 25+ mph),
mph), top speed 100
100 (90),
(90), 10 (8) mpg, Driving skill modifier:
4 OR solid tyres, driver, gunner, 3 passengers, MG in small universal +0,24,23
+0, 24,230 0 lbs. (including
(including 5,00
5,000
0 for passengers;
passengers; 770 left for crew and
turret, FOJ back, hi-res computer, ram plate, turbocharger, imp. FE, cargo), 17 cu. ft. remaining, $65,40
$65,400.
0.
LD radio, misc. luxury fittings. Fully-honeycombed armour: FO/24, Sledgehammer (Augusta Motor Company) —  Sleeper
 Sleeper longnose, x-
RO/18,
RO/18, LO/18, BO/18,
BO/18, TO/12, UO/12.
UO/ 12. Accel.
Accel. 10 (15 at 40+ mph), top hvy. chassis, large truck IC engine,
engine, 50-gallo
50-gallon
n HD tank, 10 PR tyres,
spee
speed
d 110 (100
(100),
), 29 mpg, Driving skill modifier: +2 ( + 1 off-road
off- road),
), driver, passenger, 2 MGs in medium turret, ram plate, targeting com-
5,528 lbs. (1,072 left for crew and cargo), 4 cu. ft. remaining, puter. Sloped armour: F10/20, R3/12, L3/12, B2/8, T4/8, U2/8.
$39,155. Accel.
Accel. 2.5 (5 at 25+ mph),
mph ), top speed
speed 90, 10 (8) mpg, Driving skill
modifier:
modifier: +0, 15,72
15,720 lbs. (480
(480 left for crew and cargo),
cargo), 17 cu. ft.
Pickups and Vans remaining, $87,580.
Transporter (Skippycar) —  Pickup,
 Pickup, lt. chassis, hvy. suspension,  Big Mama Road Train Cab (Southern Cross) —  Sleeper
(Southern Cross)  Sleeper longnose,
blueprinted 450-cubic-inch engine, 20-gallon safety tank, 4 OR solid x-hvy. chassis,
chassis, super truck IC engine,
engine, 46-gallon HD tank, 10 PR tyres,
tyres, driver only, LD radio. No armour: DR 1 in all locations. Accel. drive
dr iver,
r, gunner, ram r am plate. FP sloped and honeycombed
honeycombed armour:
15,
15, top spe
speed
ed 180
180 (175), 10 (6) mpg, Driving skill modifier:
modifier: +1, 3,315 F4/24, R2/12, L2/12, B1/6, T1/6, UO/12. Accel. 1 (2.5 from 15-30
lbs. (2,535 lbs. left for driver and cargo), 55 cu. ft. remaining (cargo mph; 5 thereafter),
therea fter), top spee
speed
d 90, 10 (8) mpg,
mpg, Driving skill
skill modifier:
only), $23,045. +0, 15,708
15,708 lbs. (492 left for crew and cargo),
cargo), 14 cu. ft. remaining,
remaining,
$93,700.
 Lancelot (Exca libur /USA) —  Van,
 Lancelot  Van, x-hvy. chassis, hvy.
hv y. suspen
suspen--  Mama One —  Van  Van trailer, super truck IC engine, 46-gallon HD
sion, 440-cubic-inch engine, 20-gallon safety tank, 6 PR tyres, driver tank, 8 PR tyres, AC with extra magazine in large front turret, 3 lasers
only, 2 HRs front, 2 HRs back, HR right, HR left, hi-res computer, in x-lg. back turret, 4 MGs with 2 extra magazines each (RF, LF, RB,
imp. FE. Armour: F6/24, L3/12, R3/12, B4/16, T2/8, U3/12. Accel. LB). FP sloped
sloped and honeycombed
honeycombed armour:
ar mour: 0/24 in each
each underbody
underbody
15, top
top speed
speed 170,
170, 11 (7) mpg, Driving skill modifier: +1, 6,920 lbs.
lbs . location, 4/24 elsewhere. 10 (8) mpg, 23,603 lbs., 2,220 cu. ft.
(280 left for driver and cargo), 25 cu. ft. remaining, $27,900. remaining, $126,710.
 Lancelot Caravan option —  Install
 Lancelot Caravan  Install 380-cubic-inch engine, 15-gal-  Mama Two —   Van trailer, 12 PR tyres, 4 MGs with 2 extra
lon duelling tank. Replace HRs with MG in pop-up, small turret. Drop magazines each (RF, LF, RB, LB). FP sloped and honeycombed ar-
imp. FE. Add nitrous oxide, supercharger, room for 6 passengers. Ar- mour: 0/24 in each underbody location, 4/24 elsewhere. 12,870 12,870 lbs.,
mour is reduced, honeycombed and made FP: 0/6 T and U, 0/18 all 2,340 cu. ft. remaining, $55,900.
other locs. Accel. 20 (30  top speed 170 (150), 16 mpg, 5,704  Mama Three —  Van  Van trailer, 12 PR tyres, AC with extra magazine
lbs. (1,496 left for crew and cargo), 15 cu. ft. remaining, $32,475. in large back turret, 3 lasers in x-lg. front turret, 4 MGs with 2 extra
magazines each (RF, LF, RB, LB), 3 FOJ with 5 extra magazines each
Police Cage (Skippycar) 6   Van, x-hvy. chassis, hvy. suspension, (RB, B, LB). FP slopsloped
ed and honeycombed
honeycombed armour:
armour : 0/24 in each under-
300-cu
300-cubic-
bic-inc
inch
h engine, 20-gallon safety tank, 6 PR radials,
radia ls, driver
dr iver only,
onl y, body location, 4/24 elsewhere. 17,000 17,000 lbs., 2,253 cu. ft. remain
r emaining,
ing,
2 MGs in medium turret,
turre t, imp. FE,
FE , targeting computer, 4 DR-10
DR-10 wheel- $110,600.
guards. Honeyco
Honeycombed
mbed armour:
armour: FO/18, RO/18, LO/18, BO/12, T1/10, Complete road train —  69,181
 69,181 lbs. (80,819 lbs. left for crew and
UO/12. Accel. 10, top speed 115 (100), 25 (15) mpg, Driving skill cargo), 6,813 cu. ft. remaining, $386,910.

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 M I N I -S C E N A R I O S
Introduction  Rollin
 Ro llin g
The following mini-scenarios are given in Car Wars terms. If a driver rolls
rolls his vehicle, it
i t suffers
suffers damage to whichever
GURPS Autoduel GMs will also find them useful seed ideas for side is rolled on — 3d when on the off-road slopes,slopes, 6d when on
campaigns.
campaigns. The best course
course will usually be to take
tak e the situations a radial path. In both cases
cases,, the automobile
automobile accelerates
accelerates by 5 mph.
mph.
here and work  backwards,
  backwards, setting up an adventure background When a vehicle rolls on the spiral, the damage is 6d and
that can culminate in the battle as described. deceleration is 15 mph.
When a vehicle which has been rolling downhill lands on
the spiral road, the side of the vehicle which contacts the road
Black Mountain Dueltrack suffers collision damage at the speed the vehicle has been travell-
 Australia
 Australian
n Capita
Capitall Territory
Territory ing. This causes
causes an immediate decelerati
deceleration
on of 20 mph.
This dueltrack is unique — it actually spirals around a
mountain, albeit a small mountain. The octagonoctagonal
al design mir- GURPS Autoduel Conversion
rors the shape of of Canberra,
Canberra, the city spread outout below it. Six The Dl penalties mentioned above are -2 penalties to
events are held on this arena: GURPS   Driving skill rolls.
Spiral path. Down the mountain
mountain (outwards), using the When climbing extreme slopes, make a Driving skill roll at
spiral road only. -5 penalty before consulting the Crash Table. However, rolling
 Roller coaster.. Down the mountain,
 Roller coaster mountain, using the spiral and the on the Crash Table is mandatory regardless of the success of the
three radial paths.
paths. skill roll.
 Lookout
 Lookout belo w. Down the mountain — driving anywhere,
below. When rolling down the mountain, the D3 damage becomes
including off-road. 2 dice damage and the D6 damage becomes 4 dice.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Up the mountain
mountain (inwards),
using the spiral only.
BLACK MOUNTAIN DUELTRACK
 Mounta
 Mountain Climbing.. Up the mountain,
in Climbing mountain, using the spiral and
radial paths.
 Anti-gra vity. Up the mountain — driving
 Anti-gravity. driv ing anywhere, includ-
includ -
ing off-road.
The road sections required to recreate Black Mountain
Dueltrack are: 18 long
long straights, 8 short straights,
straights , 12 large cur-
ves and 10 tight
tigh t curves.

 Accelera
 Acceleration
tion andDecelera
Deceleration
tion
When driving down the spiral, vehicles get a free accelera-
tion
tion of 5 mph; when driving
driving up, a free deceleration of 5 mph.
mph.
Off the spiral, free acceleration and deceleration are increased to
15 mph — this is approximately a 45 degree slope! This "free"
acceleration or deceleration is automatic.
 Example::  A duelcar coming down the spiral track at 30
 Example
mph, which accelerates
accelerates by 10 mph, will
wi ll increas
increase
e its spee
speed
d to 45
mph — due to the 5 mph boost for running downhill. The same
car would have to constantly decelerate by 5 mph just to avoid
speeding up.

 Ha zard
za rdss
Spiral/radial junctions.  The junctions
junctions where the
the spiral and
radial tracks meet are strewn with loose debris. Whenever a
vehicle enters a radial track from a spiral track, or vice versa, it
suffers
suffer s a D1 hazard.
Going off-road. It is a Dl hazard when an any
y vehicle leaves a
radial or spiral track.
Climbing extreme slopes. Due to the extreme slope,
slope, vehicles
on the radial tracks or which
which are climbing the mountain
mountain off-road Eleven-a-side Autoduelling
oduelling
must  move
 move perpendicular
perpendicular to the slope
slope of the mountain. In game
terms, this means that the nose or tail of the vehicle must point  History
 Histo ry
towards
towards the peak of the mountain. If the angle between the long Cricket was a major English sport of the 18th century.century.
axis of the car and the mountain
mountai n peak
peak is more than 15 degrees, "Test
"Test matches"
matches" between national
national cricket teams were a focus
fo cus of 
the vehicle must instantly roll on Crash Table 1. Further rolls national prestige. The most prestigious of these were the
are made each time the vehicle moves, due to the extreme slope England-Australia
England-Australia tests, contests
contests for a prize called "the
and bad surface, until it is back
back on a road or no longer pointing
pointing In 2030
2030 an Aussie
Aussie media magnate,
magnate, taking
taking advanta
advantage
ge of the
sideways tot o the mountain.
mountain. illegality of autoduelling in Great Britain, invited British
 duellists to visit Australia for a series of autoduel matches pat-
terned according to cricket rules. Oddly enough, vehicular
cricket caught on. Known both as "test autoduel" and as
'eleven-a-side
'eleven-a-side duelling,"
due lling," this sport is now popular throughout
the nations of the former British Commonwealth.
International test matches are held regularly, administered
 join
 jo intltlyy by the RA A DA and the Interna
Inte rnation
tional
al League for
fo r Test
Autoduel (ILTA). The 2038 tests, hosted by Perth, will feature
competition between Australia, Great Britain (fielding its first
team since
since the revolution), Scotland, Egypt , South Africa, Hong
Kong, India and Jamaica. ILTA hopes to add the event to the
Olympics if plans for the 2040 2040 Tokyo Summer Games Games succee
succeed.
d.

 Rules
 Numb
 Nu mber ye rs.  Four are recommended — two per side.
er of pla yers.
The coin toss. The captains
captains of each
each team drive to the centre
of the field fo r the toss. The
The winning captain decides
decides whether his
team will bat or field first . Each team will have one one chance
chance to bat
and to field.
Set-up.  Two vehicles from the batting team — known as
batsmen —  take positions facing each other, at opposite ends of 
the pitch (see
(see diagram). The remaining nine vehicl vehicles
es of the bat-
ting team are arranged behind the field gates, in a fixed line-up
chosen
chosen by the team captain .
The fielding team then sets up its cars in any eleven of the Penalties are also assessed in terms of runs.
standard startin g positions. Each starting position
position has a name —
cars in the bowler, mid-off, mid-on, wicket-keeper, slips and Scoring
backward short-leg positions must begin facing away from the
nearest batsman. 2 runs - bowling a fielder*
 Ru ns. The object
object is to accumulate more "runs" than the op- 3 runs - running out a fielder
position. Runs are score
scoredd when a batsma n crosses
crosses one of the two 4 runs - crossing
crossing a run line
run lines. He mu st cross thesthesee alternately — no t just go back and 10 runs - each penalty (points given
forth over the same line. to the opposing team)
Runs are also scored for "running out" (immobilising) 20 runs - bonus for removing
fielding vehicles and for "bowling" (hitting) fielding drivers. all fielders from play
 An y   hit on a driver, including hits taken by personal armor,
 Any * fielder must be in his vehicle; otherwise, this counts as a
count for bowling. A bonus is given for removing the entire penalty (for attacking a pedestrian).
fielding team from play.  Bowl
 Bo wler s.   Only two fielders may fire per turn. These
ers.
vehicles, designated by the captain of the fielding team each
turn, are known as "bowlers."
ay . A vehicle is "out of play" if it has been run-
 Lea ving pl ay.
out or bowled (see above). The driver must immediately leave
the arena by the most direct route; if he he is unconscious or dead,
a medical team will come to his assistance. Play does not stop
while medical teams or out-of-play drivers cross the field.
 New
 Ne w bat
b atsm en. On the turn following a turn on which
smen. which a bat-
ting vehicle
vehicle is bowled
bowled or run-out, a new batsman enters the play-
ing field. The captain of the batting team decides
decides which vehicle
enters play — a vehicle, at the start of the line-up, at any one of 
the four entry gates may be chosen.
chosen. New batsmen cannot fire, be
fired upon, or score runs until they enter the central square.
End of play.  One team's turn (an "inning") ends when only
one batsmen
batsmen remains, or if there are no fun ctioning fielde rs. Bet -
ween the first and second
second innings, there is a short interval w hile
the arena is cleared of debris and damaged cars. There are no
"halftim e" events. There There are only
only two innings.
 Re feree
fer eess (op tional ).  Four referees, riding lightly-armored
tio nal).
trikes, are on the field to watch for penalties. As an added com-
plication, these vehicles and a referee player may be added to
this scenario. In this case, penalties are assessed only for acts
which can be seen by a referee; hitting a referee counts as a
double penalty.
 Non-co
 No n-co mpeti
mp etitio
tionn game s. For non-comp etition games — in-
ga mes.
cluding e xhibitions — non-regulation vehicles may be used, the
number of batsmen per side may be reduced, or the number of 

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innings may be increase
increased.
d. Purists refer to non-standard games as Batsman 2038 — Fully honeycombed armour: FO/18,
"Canadian Rules autoduel." Canadians refer to Test Test Autodu el RO/12, LO/12, BO/18, TO/1, UO/1. Driving skill modification:
as "Aussie Rules duelling." +2. Vehicle
Vehicle weight: 2,400
2,400 lbs. (155
(155 lbs. left for crew and
Penalties.   The following are penalties: cargo). Cubic feet remaining: 4, $4,650.
$4,650.
Fielder 2038 — Fully honeycombed armor: FO/18, RO/6,
Attacking
Attack ing pedestrians one penalty per shot LO/6, BO/6, TO/1, UO/1. Driving skill skill mo dification: +1.
Enter ing the pitch fielders only Vehicle weight: 2,300
2,300 lbs. (187
(187 left f or crew and cargo).
cargo). Cubic
Crowding fielders only, once per turn; the feet remaining: 3, $3,255.
central square is "crowded" if  Overthrowing.   Use normal   GURPS  rules.
 rules. Overthrown at-
more than four functioning tacks have a +8 modifier.
fielders occupy it
Delay
Delay of exit
exit given both to drivers failing to
leave run-out vehicles, and for Party Games
pedestrians failing to exit swiftly  Ne w Sou
S ou th W ales
al es
using the most direct route This scenario requires a GM. The players take the part of 
Other rules infractio n referee's discretion characters at the party, at least enough to crew two duelling
vehicles. Another player or the GM may run the cycle gang.
Equipment and Vehicles The setting
setting is the grounds of a m ansion owned
owned by a TV net-
Facilities.  Competition playing fields must be laid out in work exec,
exec, A nthony Covell. For entertainment, Covell often in-
regulation size and pattern (see diagram). Two medical teams, vites lower- and working-class people to his social gatherings.
consisting of one medic and two aides (all pedestrians), are  at-
 a t- Recently, Co veil's interest has been piqued by TV:   Road 
tendance at ILTA-sanctioned events.  Re neg ad e  (an Australian series) and  McDade  (the American hit
Teams.  The name "eleven-a-s
"eleven-a-side"
ide" is a misnom er. Each series). He has invited the PCs to an autoduel party, encourag-
competition team has 22 batting and bowling vehicles, eleven of  ing them to bring along their fascinating weapons and vehicles.
each type.
 Drive rs..  All drivers must wear body armour. Drivers may
 Dr ivers The Party
not use personal
personal weapons or wear additional armo ur. The PCs arrive for the party, and are led to poolside. The
Vehicles.   In formal RAADA competition, teams must use
rich and beautiful stand around in droves. The characters' duell-
regulation vehicles. The designs are approved by the ILTA after ing equipment is placed on display (see diagram) along with
annual trials, and are the subject of heavy competition among equipment and vehicles already there.
automakers with sales in test autoduel countries. Electric To simulate the pa rty, the GM should roll 2 dice and consult
vehicles are used in competition for safety reasons. Radios are
the following table. The person indicated is met by a random
required; dropped weapons are prohibited.
PC, and the party event occurs.
occurs. Do not provide the reward info r-
For 2038 competition, the approved designs are:
mation to the players at this time.
Car Wars: Continue rollin g party events until all events have been used
used
or the players are gro wing restless
restless,, then procee
proceedd to the raid. If 
Batsman 2038 (Petrolcar/Australia) — Subcompact, hvy an event is rolled more than once, use it with a different PC or
chassis, hvy suspension, small power plant, 4 std. tyres, driver use the nearest
nearest unrolled event.
only. MML front, targeting computer. Cargo: 1 space, no
weight. Metal armour: F5, R4, L4, B5, T1, Ul. Accel. 5, max.
speed 80, HC3, 2,395 lbs., $4,100. The Map
Fielder 2038 (Kruftawerk/South Africa) — Subcompact, Late in the evening, there is a raid by the Mad Dogs gang.
std. chassis, imp. suspension, small power plant, 4 HD tyres, Af ter several
several hours of partying, the PCs
PCs will not be standing in a
driver only. MML front w/extra magazine. Metal armour: F5, bunch, weapons primed and ready. If a party event has placed a
R2, L2, B2, Tl, Ul. Accel. 5, max. speed 80, HC2,2,300 lbs., PC at a pa rticular location, he starts the battle there. Otherwise,
$3,058. roll one die for each character:
1- on the Dance Floor.
Overthrowing (optional)
(optional) 2- on the Swim min g Pool deck.
Whenever an attacker misses his target — called 3- on the Mansion's Patio.
"overthrowing" in test autoduel — the shot has gone over the 4- at the Buf fet Tables
Tables..
victim's head, or the exact centre of his vehicle. In a crowded 5- eating at one of the Dining Tables.
battle, what happens to this
this shot can
can be important. 6- in the Duelling Vehicles display area.
A missed
missed shot
shot trave ls in a st raight line past the original
original tar-
get until it leaves the field of play or hits something. If the  Ra ise d pla tfo rm s.   The dance floor, serving area, the patio,
straight line crosses a fixed obstacle — a wall or a run-out and the deck of the swimming pool are all wooden, raised areas.
vehicle, for instance — the shot hits the obstacle, doing standard Moving fro m any other surface to them constitutes a hazard.
damage. If the
the line cross
crosses
es any other potential target, including Swimming Pool. If a vehicl
vehiclee counter overlaps
overlaps any por tion of 
vehicles and pedestrians (enemy and friendly), the firer must the swimming pool, it may fall into the pool. Make an im-
make a new "to hit" roll. Modifiers for the new range are are used, mediate Control Roll; if unsuccessful, the vehicle plunges into
plus a -2 modifier for the overthrow. If there are multiple pos- the pool. If more than half of a car's counter overlaps the pool,
sible targets, attack rolls are made in distance order, nearest tar- the car automatically falls in; there is no Control Roll.
gets first; once the shot hits, no fu rther attack rolls are made. Trees. All of the trees are 30
30 DP. A vehicle does not collide
with a tree unless the vehicle counter touches the trunk of the
GURPS Autoduel Conversion: tree (the dark circle in the centre).
Vehicles. The approved designs for 2038
2038 in  GURPS terms, Tables. The flimsy trestle tables which
which carry the food do not
are: present much of a barrier — 1 DP.

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 The Duelling Vehicles.  The PCs' vehicles are the only pouring through a breach in Covel's estate wall. Covell yells:
functioning ones at the party. All of the others are display "Run for your lives!" Security guards, rushing forwards to stop
models
models from Roman 's TV show. the intruders, are killed or flee in terror.
 Na me d gues ts.. All of the guests mentioned earlier will
gu ests will be on
The Gate Crashers the map as pedestrians
pedestrians (their locations
locations are given
given on the m ap). At
The Mad Dogs leader is Cyclist
Cyclist +2,   Gunner +2, Handgun- the fight's start, roll 1 die for each guest and check the reaction
ner +2. He rides a Wanderer trike (p. DT21) and carries
carries a shot- table below.
gun, a heavy pistol, and 2 grenades.
The second-in-command is Cyclist +1, Gunner +3, Hand- 1 — The guest rushes towards the nearest PC, begging for
gunner +2. He rides a Kabuki cycle (p. DT21), has purloined a protection.
flak jacket from somewhere, and totes an SMG and 2 grenades. 2 — The guest stays where he is, shouting confused orders to
There are at least four other Dogs, two on Kabuki and two the nearest PC.
on Slingshot cycles (p. DT21).
DT21). Each carries
carries a heavy pistol and is 3-6 — The guest flees towards any cover within 30 feet.
Cyclist, Gunner, Handgunner. The GM may tailor the precise
number of Mad Dogs to the PCs' capabilities. If any shooting comes in his general direction, a guest will
If   Dueltrack   rules are not being used, substitute these drop to the ground where he he is. A ll guests will
will ask for help from
vehicles: Leo medium trike (p. DCW60), Slasher and Hawk close
close PCs;
PCs; they w ill also cooperat
cooperatee with PC instru ctions, so lo ng
cycles (pp. VG5,7). as nothing dangerous is asked.
Other guests. There are
are man y guests at this party besides
besides the
The Raid  ones mentioned. If a named guest is fleeing towards cover, that
An explosion is heard, followed by the sound of cycles guest is actually the centre of a clump of 15 or so other guests.

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 Mini-S cenarios
rios
Whenever anything
anything happens to that named guest, roll one die — Breaking the Curtain
on a roll of 3-6, the event actually happens to another guest in  No rthern
rth ern Terr
Te rrito
ito ry
the group.
 Mad
 Ma d Do g str
s trat egy.. The Mad Dogs prefer robbing corpses
ategy corpses to There is money in smuggling the right individuals past the
robbing the living. They shoot into the crowd at whim and drive Cobalt Curtain, Top End's major security measure against the
over people, then go back to strip the bodies
bodies of loot.
loot. If things
things go refugees. Hired by a crime lord of Triad, a band of mercenaries
terribly wrong for the gang, the Mad Dogs may look for a are about to try a head-on assault on the dreaded Curtain.
hostage to help their escape. Obvious hostages are the wealthy- Situation. The combat takes place place at the main gate, just out-
appearing women: Diana Covell, Judi Wu, Jeannie Covell, side of Katherine. The crime lord previously escaped from his
Lydia Younghusband and Sharon Woodah. Woodah. refugee camp, and is in one of the merc vehicles. There are two
Victory.   There is no "victory" defined by points in this players: one for the meres, and one for the Curtain guards.
scenario. Surviving named guests who can reasonably credit di ng.  A t the start of the scenar
 Bid ding. scenario,
io, each
each player "bids"
"bids" the
their survival with a PC's actions will reward that character — amount of money he would need to spend to build an adequate
rewards are given on the Party Guest Table. Curtain defense. Bidding continues until no player undercuts the
last bid
bid — the player with the lowest bid is the guard playe r, and
GURPS Autoduel Conversion may spend the amount bid for his guard vehicles.
Sharon Woodah. Make a reaction reaction roll for
fo r each
each PC, with
w ith  Me rc vehic les . The meres always have $8,000 to spend, and
ve hicles
modifications for Attractiveness and Sex Appeal, rather than may design
design any num ber of vehicles.
vehicles. At the start of the scenario,
scenario,
selecting a random PC. the merc player must secretly record which vehicle contains the
Structures.  Estate wall (DR 8, HT 90), the Mansion (DR 6, crime lord.
HT 40), the Gazebo (DR 1, HT 4), tree trunks (DR 6, HT 80), resources. The guard player, in addition to his guard
Guard resources.
tables (DR 2, HT 2, 80lbs.). vehicles, has the use of two guard posts. Each post has one
Vehicles. Stats for the Wanderer trike are given on p. 46; corner-mounted MG, and is surrounded by a 1/2" wide
use the Slasher
Slasher and Haw k cycles
cycles (p.
(p. GA40). minefield. The barriers are always functioning, and for game
 Ma d D og char
ch arac ter s.  These should be 50-75 point charac-
acter purposes are identical to chains (see p. DCW55).
ters — see the   Car Warriors Character Book   for some useful Guard vehicles set-up.   Vehicles may not start on the road.
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parade, sinister terrorist forces now hope to make the RSL look
bad in a very public place . . .
Players.  This scenario is for two players: an RSL player,
and a terrorist player. (The terrorists could be Indonesians,
SiMPs, radical NAPs . . . whatever the player prefers.)
 Roa
 R oa d s ectio ns .  Place five straight road sections end-to-end,
ec tio ns.
representing the parade route. Intersections, if desired, may be
placed at each end. All vehicles
vehicles m ust be placed
placed facing the same
direction, travelling along the centre of the road.
 RS L se t-u p.   The RSL may spend up to $60,000 to design
one or two vehicles. The RSL vehicles are placed in the centre
road section.
Terrorist set-up. The terrorist playe r has $100,
$100,000
000 to build
at least two   floats.  Each float must consist of a flatbed trailer
plus a truck (pickup or tractor) capable of pulling it. The
terrorist's floats are placed in the middle of the first and  an d  last
  last
straight road sections,
sections, divided between the sections
sections as even ly as
possib
possible.
le. As the scenario
scenario begins, the terrorist vehicles
vehicles have just
shed their float trappings and are opening fire.
 No n-p laye
la yerr v ehicl es . Once both players have set up , the in-
eh icles
tervening floats in the parade are placed. Each non-player float
is a standard Roughrider tractor (p. DCW41) pulling an un-
armed flatbed. Place as many floats as possible
possible between the RSL
and terrorist vehicles, allowing no less than 2" between vehicles
and keeping all floats in the road centre.
Stats for the unarmoured flatbed: 40' flatbed trailer, 8 solid
tyres, standard kingpin. Fireproof armour: FU30, BU30. 4,280
lbs.,
lbs. , $17,500.
$17,500.
Starting speed. A ll vehicles
vehicles begin
begin at 10 mph.
begin outside the fences within 4" of a guard post. Guard PARADE ROUTE
vehicles must be divided as evenly as possible between both
sides of the fence. All guard vehicles start the scenario parked.
Starting play. The merc player decides how to start off the
scenario:
— Crashing the fence. Merc vehicles begin on the road, at
least 5" away from refugee side of the fence, travelling at any
speed. Guards may fire immediately. Float movement. At the start of each turn, roll one die and
— Pretending to be legal. The lead merc vehicle starts ad- consult the following table to determine what the non-player
 jacen
 ja cen t to the n earest
eare st gu ard post,
po st, with
wi th add
a dd itiona
itio na l merc
m erc vehicles
ve hicles in
in floats do that turn.
single-file line behind it. Merc vehicles are stationary. Guards
may not fire until the meres fire or contact the barrier. 2, 3, 4 - Step on it: the vehicle accelerates by 2.5
 Irra
 Ir ra diat ionn ar ea s.  No vehicle may voluntarily enter an ir-
di atio mph, with no change in direction
direction
radiation area. Characters in vehicles which enter such an area 5, 6 - Swerve Right: no change in speed
will be dead within 72 hours — if the the crime lord is radiated,
radiated, the 7-   Brake:  the vehicle
vehicle decelerates
decelerates by 10 mp h, w ith
guard player autom atically
atically wins. no change in direction
Pursuit.  If the merc vehicles escape from the gate area, 8, 9 - Swerve Left: no change in speed
guard vehicles may pursue. Use standard straight road sections. 10,11 -  Nothing:  continue at current speed
speed and
The scenario
scenario is not over u ntil either player concedes
concedes or no longer direction
has functio ning vehicles. 12 -   Panic:  the vehicle's crew abandon the vehicle,
Victory. The merc player wins if the crime crime lord is alive
alive and leaving it stranded in the road
on the n on-refugee side of the the Cobalt Curtain at the end of the the
scenario. If any other result occurs, the guard player wins. Firing on non-player floats.   The RSL player may never fire
at non-terrorist floats. If the players prefer to keep tilings
GURPS Autoduel Conversion: simple, place
place the same restriction
restriction o n the terrorist player. Other-
The barrier. The driving skill
skill penalty when colliding with a wise, use the "overthrow" rules from the Eleven-a-side
barrier is -4.
-4. The collision
collision does 1 + 1 damage f or every 10 mph scenario (p. 50).
or fract ion thereof the vehicle
vehicle is travelling. The barrier is DR 3, Victory.  Either player may win by eliminating the other
HT 12. playe r's vehicles.
vehicles. The RSL player may also win by escaping. An
RSL vehicle is considered to have escaped if it can exit from
On Parade either intersection.
Western Australia
Perth's annual Duelcar Parade, part of September's Perth GURP S Autoduel Conversion
Conversion
Royal Show, is where WA's Rearmed Services Legion shows Stats for the Roughride r tractor are given
given on p. GA41. The

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 GURPS  stats for the unarmed flatbed trailers are identical to the power will keep their searchlight functional. However, the tur-
Car Wars version, except for the surface-hardened, fireproof ar- ret must now be turned manually — at the start of any turn, the
mour: FU14/0, BU14/0. HEC player may pivot the MG to face a single map sector.
The plastique. Only the demolitions expert can set the ex-
Bloodline plosive. To do this, he must remain adjacent to the pipeline for
Tasmania 20 consecutive seconds. Once this is accomplished, the scenario
is over — the commando player can blow the pipeline by radio
They glide between the trees on moccasined feet, as quiet as control whenever he desires to. The plastique is ineffective
humans can be in the forest. Despite the unfamiliar weight of  against the blockhouse.
high-tech weapons, their fatigue doesn't show — they are dedi- For more information on plastique in   Car Wars ,
Wars , see ADQ
 AD Q
cated rebels. 5/3, p. 6.
At last they come upon an alien presence — the hated
pipeline, slithering through the wilderness like a huge silver  Findin
 Fin din g Cover
Co ver
snake. Like St. George, they must slay this serpent. . . Commandos may attempt to "go to ground" — that it, to
The ground has been cleared for 100 yards (20") on either find cover in
in the cleared-out zone. Whenever this is tried, roll on
the following table to discover
discover what cover is obtained. If a com-
mando takes a careful look around — requiring him to move at
half speed
speed that
that turn — add +1 to the die; +2 if he moved at
quarter-speed.

die roll Car Wars GURPS (see p. B104)

1,2 no cover no cover
(-4 to hit if lying prone)
3,4
3,4 -1 to hit light cover (-5
(-5 to hit)*
5 -2 to hit medium cover (-7 (-7 to hit)*
side of the pipeline. Defence is provided by troops housed in 6 -4 to hit excellent cover
blockhouses, with interlocking fields of fire, backed up by (can't be hit)
helicopter gunships on demand.
This is
is a tough mission
mission — a ll previous attem pts have failed. * assumes that the character is
is lying prone; +2 to hit if head
head
But this tim e the commandos have new intelligence — smashing is exposed.
the power junction box at the base of a blockhouse should cut
that blockhouses's power supply. Victory Conditions
The commando player wins if he can blow the pipeline
The Forces before 3 minutes are up. Otherwise,
Otherwise, an HEC gunship arrives and
Players.  This is a scenario for two players: a Wilderness drives the commandos away — the HEC player wins.
Commando player, and an HEC player.
 HEC blo
b lockh
ckhou se s. Each blockh
ou ses. blockhouse
ouse has a crew of three, and GURPS Autoduel Conversion
features an observation deck, searchlight, and turreted machine-  Rol
 R olep
epla
layin g. The player characters
ying. characters become the comm andos,
gun with 2 extra magazines. The MG may not fire at targets while the HEC troops are NPCs. The PCs are 100-point char-
within 1 1/2". acters, and must include one demolitions expert and one medic
 HEC op er s.   All troopers are Gunner +1, Handgunner.
 HE C tro oper with the appropriate skills. The HEC troops are 50-point char-
They have spare magazines for the machine gun, 2 rifles, a pis- acters.
tol, a box of 20 grenades, and 3 gas masks.
Commando troops.  The commando player has eight men.
All are Handgunner +1, Running +1. In addition, one of the
men is also
also a demolitions expert (Explosives +2), while another
is a medic (Paramedic +1).
equipment. The commandos have a tripod MG,
Commando equipment.
an SMG, a LAW (with laser targeting scope), 3 rifles, and 16
grenades (2 a piece). They may also take up to 3 crossbows (see
p. DT16). They have 1 pound of plastique (no weight), enough
to destroy one section of the pipeline.

The Attack
The Wilderness Commandos attack at night, beginning in
the tree line (at least 20" from the bunker). They must charge
directly at the blockhouse — attacking from an angle would ex-
pose them to covering fire from the next blockhouse.
The fortifications.  Hand weapons and LAWs cannot harm
the walls of the blockh
blockhouse
ouse or the pipeline. The comm andos  ca n
toss grenades inside the blockhouse through the weapons ports.
A comm ando m ust spent a full tur n adjacent to the blockho
blockhouse
use to
do this.
junction bo x. A hit o n the junction box will destroy
The junction destroy it,
causing the blockhouse's power to fail. Emergency blockhouse

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Overview
The
The South Australia Am algamate (SAA M), one of Australia's megacorpora-
megacorpora- The Matter of Mistaken
tions, struck oil last year in Australian Antarctic Territory. Discovery of a major  Ident
 Id entity
ity
Nova Tech is looking for a top demoli-
petroleum resource, even in this age of electric cars and ethanol, is important tions expert, and their worldwide spy net-
news — in 2038, the economic interests of the world centre on Antarctica. work has located one — Ralston Emory, a
This is a rather free-wheeling scenario, in terms of both locale and story- criminal retiring to Australia with a career's
line.
line. The action
action mo ves from the Australian mainlan d to Tasmania and on to the worth of booty.
Unfortunately, his arrival in Gold Coast
frozen continent. The PCsPCs are initially
initially recruited by one corporation (Nova Tech)
Tech) under his new identity coincides with the
pretending to be another corporation
corporation (EuroSearch), but with anarchic guerrillas arrival of the PCs for Death Duel Sunday
and prying newspapermen, there are plenty of opportunities for the PCs to — and Nova Tech has confused the two.
The GM selects which PC has been
change sides before they reach the frozen oil fields. mistaken for Ralston. For the duration of 
the adventure, Nova Tech is certain that
Character Types the chosen PC is a criminal mastermind
and an explosives expert. Nothing will dis-
This scenario works best with private citizens who are not above the law — suade them.
no policemen, governm ent agents, or clos
closee relatives of the rich and po wer ful. At
least one duellist character is required. The PCs come together as an autoduel
team in Death
Death Duel Sund ay, a television
television due lling spectac
spectacle
le — they m ay be m em-  Petro
 Pe troll and
an d An tarct
tar ctic
icaa
bers of the combat team, or hangers-on. A ny m ix of foreign and Aussie charac- Since the petrol dried up, the nations
ters can be played. which
which control Antarctica have attempted to
tap its hidden fuel reserves. However,
Reputations may be ruined by charges of espionage, treason, jailbreaking weather conditions and the periodic move-
and mu rde r. To keep established
established characters
characters safe, p layers may want to create spe-spe- ment of the
the icecap
icecap m ade conventional drill-
drill-
cial characters for this scenario. Ready-made  GURPS Autoduel  characters
  characters are ing equipment useless.
Recently, technology has provided a
available in the
the Car Warriors Character Book. solution. Using sophisticated laser drills to
cut through 2,000 metres of ice, SAAM
Plot Overview has sunk a successful oil well at Edgeworth
South, in the Bunger Hills region of the
As the PCs
PCs travel to a du elling exhibition, they are intercepted
intercepted by the police
police AAT. A second well will be in operation
. . . and quickly find
find themselves
themselves in jail fo r a crime they did not comm it. They soon.
have been framed by No va Tech, which m istakenly believe s one of the the PCs to be With its abundant ethanol resources,
an explosives expert. Australia has little need of petrol. SAAM
sees the oil fields of Antarctica as an eco-
Nova Tech operatives,
operatives, posing as m embers of a local bandit gang, break the nomic lever: by taking control of the oil,
PCs out of prison. Then, "revealing" themselves as EuroSearch operatives, they hope to keep America and Europe
they hire the PCs to break into SAAM headquarters in South Australia, steal from regaining economic supremacy.
some technical files, and escape with the data to Tasmania.
Meanwhile, the   real   EuroSearch figures out that something's going on -
after employing some scare tactics, they ask the PCs to work for them.
When the PCs finish
finish their mission
mission and arrive in Tasmania, their patron now
wants them to destroy
destroy the two fu nction ing oil rigs
rigs in Au stralian Antarctica. The
mission seems easy — the oil rigs are lightly defended. What the PCs do not
know is that a  real EuroSearch
 EuroSearch team will also
also be there . . . and Nova Tech's
Tech's top
man in Antarctica
Antarctica is an Eco-Guerri
Eco-Guerrilla
lla and a traitor.
Of course,
course, the PCs may not go along with this p lot as outlined above — there
is plenty
plenty of room for va riation in this adven ture.

Death Duel Sunday

Sunshine Coast (Queensland) is the home for Death Duel Sunday, an
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 hungry, young duellists. If the PCs are foreigners, they are brought to this event
by a corporate sponsor. If they are Australians, they won "lucky" duelling
rights in the annual RADAA drawing. The adventure begins begins as the PCs travel to
Marienberg to appear in a pre-Sunday promotional duel against Germany's
 Impr
 Im prov
ovise
isedd Enco
En coun
unters
ters
VolksPanzer exhibition team.
A creative GM will want to add his own
customised encounters to those in this ad- What the PCs do not know:  A Nova Tech executive has purchased the ser-
venture. vices of the Queensland State Police (which isn't difficult) — a Highway Inter-
 In Sunshine Coast. Micro duels (see
(see p. cept
cept Team acting
acting on a nonexistent
nonexistent tip is about to interrupt their journey.
GA17), mind-controlled Asian refugees,
and bigoted Queensland ref-gang lords
(see
(see the Sunshine
Sunshine Coast atlas entry) can all
make an appearance.
There might also be a "warm-up" duel
for Death Duel Sunday, allowing the PCs
to become familiar with the arena. A dead-
ly rival may be Thylungra, champion of 
the Aboriginal Duelling Team, who after-
wards in a fit of rage vows to kill the PCs
— providing a red herring to confuse the
PCs when they are later arrested.
 In Prison. When racial violence flares
between whites and Aborigines, can the
PCs keep the peace? Can they keep out?
Assigned to chain-gang labour on a
local plantation, the PCs may get to se
seee the
countryside . . . and a local bandit gang in
action.
When a prison gang riots and takes con-
trol of their prison wing, can the PCs sur-
vive?

 Nova
 No va Tech
Tec h
Nova Tech, an American company, is
in the fore front
fron t of new technology:
technology: Pacific-
floor algae farming, satellite energy sta-
tions, and lasers to slice through the
Antarctic icecap. Although many believe
the corporation to be an instrument
inst rument of U.S.
foreign policy, Nova Tech always puts it- Intercept
self first. The PCs are on a country road when they hear a siren. The intercepting
While Nova Tech has the drilling tech-
nology, it has no place to drill — America police force consists of one HIT Interceptor for each PC vehicle, plus a Police
is closed out of Antarctica. Currently, the Cage — see p. 47 for vehicle stats.
U.S. is negotiatin
negotiating g to purchase Norway 's  If they try toflee: Supposedly acting on a Blight contamination tip, the police
portion of the Antarctic, much as an earlier
administration obtained
obtained Alaska. However,
Howe ver, quickly call in a BIF air unit — see p. 46 for BIF grasshopper stats.stats. After a few
f ew
the Norwegians are stalling until they see napalm runs, the PCs should surrender peacefully.
how valuable the new AAT AA T oil fields are.  If they fight the police:  Play out the combat. If the PCs lose, they go to the
Nova Tech is poised to commence oil
slammer. If they win, let them have a brief taste of the outlaw life — then let
exploration in the Norwegian sector. Aus-
sie success in the AAT worries them — Nova Tech rescue them just as the authorities close in.
Norway's price for its sector might rise so  If they stop: The characters are told to step out of their vehicles by obvious-
dramatically that America will cancel the ly trigger-happy HIT men. A successful Streetwise or Tactics roll reveals that
deal. Nova Tech would have to write off 
millions
millions in lost investments. the gunplay is a pretense — the bribed HIT men are careful not to harm the
Two days before the start of this
this adven- characters.
ture, an oil tanker left Melbourne bound HIT gunners keep the suspects in their sights, while officers search the PCs'
for Antarctica to collect the first shipment
of Antarctic
Antarctic oil. Nova Tech is determined
determined
vehicles. Certified Blight-free
Blight-free Australian foodstuffs
foods tuffs are
ar e marked with an invisible
to strike a blow in Antarctica before that chemical
chemical tracer. A searching officer plantsplants and then "discover
"discovers"
s" - while pre-
ship can arrive, believing that it is their last
la st tending to use a tracer wand — a small mesh bag of unmarked Dakota pears.
chance to stop the Aussies.
The PCs are arrested. The police force the PCs to strip in the roadway and
burn their clothing. A female officer then sprays them with decontaminates. They
are given drugs to forcibly purge their systems. According to the police, BIF
agents will incinerate the PCs' vehicles and equipment. (If BIF agents are on the
scene, this is true; otherwise, the vehicles are sold and the profit split by the cops.)

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The captives are delivered to Tintinara Bog, the medium-security coeduca-
tional prison in Toowo om ba, and are placed
placed in holding
holding cells
cells pending a court ap-
ap-
pearance. Second
Second floor, B wing — their tempo rary home — consisconsists
ts of a double
row of two-person cells. At the end of the corridor, behind security bars, is a The "Antidote" 
post crewed by six warders. Beyond that are stairs to the other floors. However, The antidote for the persistent sleeping
gas protects
protects the PCs from the gas. How-
this is only a medium-security prison — the guards are complacent, and few ever, the liquid contain
containss something
something else
else ...
prisoners are hardened criminals. Cerebral Deterioration Agent (CDA)  is
According to Morley, a great swine of a man and the chief
chief warde r, the PCs' a new discovery by the Nova Tech labs.
trial will
will be a mere form ality. He predicts
predicts execution
execution for non-Queensland charac-
charac- Very simply, it destroys the brain, and it
may only take four painful days to do so.
ters . . . and hints that non-whites will be sentenced to ref-gang labour. He Parks has infected the PCs with this
knows that the
the characters were captured due to an an onymo us tip. agent to ensure their obedience. Characters
refusing to drink the sleeping-gas antidote
are injected with the drug while asleep. If 
Jailbreak the PCs refuse to work for him, Parks
 If the
th e P Cs try
tr y to esca pe::  Allow any reasonable plan to succeed at first, then
es cape reveals that they have been poisoned with
CDA.
have the guards trap the PCs. Nova Tech then steps in and rescues the prisoners The antidote to CDA has been formu-
with a sleep-gas attack — see below. lated into lemon drops. Parks provides a 5-
 If th e P Cs d o n't
n' t try
tr y to esca
es cape
pe (or
(o r bo tch thei a tte mp t):  The group awakes one
th eirr atte day supply of drops to each PC. Infected
characters must take one of the special
night to smoke-filled cells, panicked shouts and a ringing alarm. The warders drops daily, or the CDA will take effect
rush downstairs, leaving Morley behin d. On an IQ roll, an observant PC notices notices (see p.  60).
that the
the air vents a re not workin g. If the PCs are cooperative, Parks gives
Any PCs watching the guard post notice a warder arrive from downstairs. the candies as "pain-relievers" for the
aftereffects of the sleeping gas antidote,
The new warder produces an SMG and points it at Morley. Morley does some- trusting the PCs to take their medicine
thing at the controls — and the cell cell doors sp ring open. when the headaches come on.
Most of the inmates panic and rush downstairs. The gunman locates
"Ralston" (the supposed explosives expert) and says that he's come to rescue rescue
 K.G.
 K.G . (Kingsley
(Kin gsley Gerald)
Gera ld) Parks
Ralston and his friends. Calli Calling
ng Morley a "bloody slaver" and a " run nin g dog of 
34 years old; Black hair, brown eyes,
the exploiters" as he locks locks the warder into a cell, the gu nm an explains that he used black skin; 6'. 230 lbs. — 177 points.
smoke bom bs and sleep gas gas to neutra lise the guards. The gas is persistent, he says; S T 1 1 ,  D X  1 2 ,  I Q  1 5 , H T 1 2.
2.
the PCs must drink from an antidote he carries, or fall asleep when they go Basic Speed 6; Move 6.
Advantages: Alertness (+1); Patron
downstairs [true]. An inspection of the stairwell shows the previously escaped (Nova Tech — extremely powerful, 15 or
edprisoners sprawled in sleep. sleep. less); Status (+3).
The gunman leads the PCs downstairs to the central courtyard, and signals Disadvantages: Enemy (EuroSearch —
with a shielded fla shl igh t. A helicopter
helicopter approaches, its sound m uf fle d by Stealth large group, 9 or less); Fanaticism (Nova
Tech).
Mode, and lowers a rope ladder. Quirks: Enjoys lying; Excessively
Once clear
clear of the prison com plex, the helicopter lands long enou gh to change change friendly ; Obsessed with 20th-century
its
its mark ings from "Rapacious Lurkers" Lurkers" (in spray paint) to the EuroSearc
EuroSearchh cor-
cor- memorabilia.
Skill
Skills:
s: Adm inistration-15; A rea Knowl-
porate logo. The pilot and gunman drop their bandit act and put on company edge (Australia)-15; Computer Operation-
uniforms. They avoid answering questions, telling the PCs to wait until they 16, Computer Programming-15; Driving
meet the boss, Mr. Parks. (Cars)-14; Fast-Talk-15; Guns (Rifle)-14;
Merchant-14.
As a Nova Tech troubleshooter, K.G.'s
The Big Lie  job
 jo b is to targe t people
peop le who
wh o might
mig ht cau se
problems — recalcitrant government offi-
The PCs are flown to a building-top heliport in Gold Coast, another cials, efficient employees of rival corpora-
Qu eensland resort town. The gu nman shows them to a EuroSearch suite,suite, which tions — and deal with them. He is so loyal
to Nova Tech that he is prepared to kill for
was fabricated two days ago and will disappear an hour after they leave. They it.
it.
enter a plush office decorated with late 20th-century memorabilia (a Superman Of Bahamian
Bahamian descent, Parks is jovial by
costume, American movie posters, Japanese comics), where they meet K.G. nature. He treats the PCs like friends, even
though he intends to shamelessly abuse
Parks. them. He enjoys talking autoduel.
Parks,
Parks, claiming toto be a EuroSearch execu tive, e xplains that he rescued the If the PCs kill Parks, a suitable corpor-
PCs because he wants them to break into the SAAM technical research centre ate replacement quickly takes over.
and obtain a se cret com pu ter file. If the
the prospective
prospective em ployees are non-
Au stralians, Parks plays on their sympathy; beaten, impoverished
impoverished Europe needs
a chance to regain
regain its
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Parks meets any reasonable request for
equipment and funds — Nova Tech has
massive resources.
However, Parks is concerned about
strings leading back to Nova Tech. Serial
numbers have been removed from all
equipment. The vehicles Parks provides
for the PCs were once used for drug-smu g-
gling by Triad.
The Piranha (p. GA38) is hardly fac-
tory fresh, but is in sound condition. The
Lancelot Caravan (p. 47) has been
been careful-
ly mo dified to appear street-leg
street-legal.
al.

 Euro
 Eu roSe
Sear
arch
ch
Earlier this century, several ailing
European companies merged to form Euro-
Search, a high-tech mining and natural
resource
resource corporation.
EuroSearch's drilling operations in
French and Norwegian Antarctica have
been disappointing. They have an oil site,
bu t their technology
technology has been failure-prone.
The French duchies
duchies may let the Austra-
lians have the lease for drilling in their sec-
sec-
tor. Norway is negotiating to sell their
sector
sector to the Am ericans.
ericans.
EuroSearch's priority is to scuttle the
American-Norwegian deal. The Norwe- The PCs are offered $50,000 for their services. The fee may be raised by in-
gian government has told them to get the crements of $5,0 $5,000
00,, to a maximum
maximum of $75,00 $75,000,0, if the PCs are reluctant.
reluctant. Parks
Aussie technology,
technology, one way or another — urges a night break-in, and offers a $3,000 bonus if the break-in is undetected by
or else!
They also
also wa nt to make the Australians SA AM. He also promises to handle their lega legall problems an d, if they are foreign-
look bad, discredit Nova Tech, and in gen- ers, to help them leave Australia.
eral cause
cause maximum confusion in interna- Parks tells the PCs that he has considerable resources, as proved by the
tional petroleum, hoping to stay in the
picture in Norwegian Antarctica.
 ja ilbr
il br ea k. They
The y can no t do uble
ub le-cro
-cro ss him
hi m with
wi thoo u t pr o m pt re trib
tr ibuu tio
ti o n , he claim
cla im s.
If they ask why Parks chose them, the executive shrugs off the question and
changes the subject. However, Park's focus throughout this entire conversation
The Station Wagon isonthe "Ralston"PC.
The Suburb King station wagon (p.
GA33) used by the crime gang has been
modified by the addition of 6 units of ar-
The Mission
mour (one per location), Grenade Launch- The PCs' im m edia te task is to gain acces
accesss to the technical files, located in the
ers left and right, a Smokescreen, and a computer centre of a SAAM research park on the outskirts of Murray Bridge,
Flaming Oil Jet.
South Australia. Parks provides
provides a m ap of the city.
city.
If any PC has Computer Operations skill, Parks provides sufficient infor-
Quitting Queenslan d  mation to obtain the secret file from any computer terminal in the computer
The
The swiftest way to get to South Austra- centre. Otherwise, Parks tells the PCs to look for a computer disk marked
lia will
will be to board a prop plane. A direct
direct "EDGEARCT.TEC."
flight isn't possible; refuelling stops will
have to be made in Sydney or Canberra. He says that he dares not risk EuroSearch by direct involvement — the PCs
Otherwise, the PCs can try driving. are on their own once they leave Gold Coast. Parks does offer equipment,
However, Australian distances can be however (see sidebar).
deceptive — a safe route will involve driv- Once they have the file, the PCs must make their way to the Bayview Hotel
ing over 1,000 miles! Any shorter route
leads right
right through band it country. in Kingston, Tasmania (near Hobart — see the atlas entry), where Parks will pay
Meanwhile, Arouet's operatives are them. The entire
entire operation m ust be completed within five five da ys, starting
starting tomor-
shadowing the PCs. Whether they are row.
detected, and what the consequences are,
is left for the GM to determine. It will take a day for Parks to gather the necessary equipment, and to make
any special arrangements requested by the PCs. In the meantime, he has ar-
ranged for the PCs to stay at a "safe" hotel. Parks' thugs take the PCs down to
the lobby, while a driver brings the limousine around.

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The Real EuroSearch
Thanks to EuroSearch contacts among Gold Coast's organised crime ele-  Dom
 Do m in ique
iq ue Arou
Ar ouet
et
28 years old; Auburn hair, green eyes,
ments, they
they know thatthat Parks
Parks is up to something
something ... but they don't know what. suntanned; 5'6", 120 lbs. — 73 points.
In the meantime, they've asked their criminal allies to "scare" the PCs. As the ST9, DX13, IQ15, HT11.
PCs wait for their
their limousine . . . Basic Speed 6; Move 6.
Each
Each PC mu st make a vision roll at IQ-2.IQ-2. A station
station wagon — un usual due to Advantages: Acute Hearing ( + 1); Lan-
guage Talent (+3); Patron (EuroSearch —
its
its lack of num ber plates — swerves
swerves ou t of traff ic and launches
launches a grenade at the very powerful, 12 or less); Attractive.
group. Characters who make their IQ roll react normally (they spotted the suspi- Disadvantages: Enemy (Nova Tech —
cious car); those who fail their roll must make a second IQ roll — failure means large group, 12 or less); Fanaticism
Fanaticism (Euro-
Search), Impulsiveness.
they "freeze" for one turn, surprised by the attack. The projectile is a concus- Quirks: Likes duellists.
sion grenade. Skills: Administration-16; Area Knowl-
After its single shot, the station wagon races away. If asked, Parks' men edge (Australia)-14; Computer Operation-
15; Driving (Cars)-12; FastTalk-15, Guns
identify the raiders as local bandits, lamely explaining that escaped field workers (Pistol)-l5;
(Pistol)-l5; Merchant-15; Piloting
Piloting (Small
often terrorise innocent citizens in Queensland. Helicopter)-14.
If the station wagon is somehow cap tured , the PCs learn o nly that these
these thugs
thugs Languages: French-18; Spanish-17;
belong to to a local
local crime o rganisation — no one in the car knows about the Euro- (Aboriginal, Chinese, English, Vietnam-
ese)  all 16.
Search connection. EuroSearch's dedicated troubleshoot-
er, Dominique manages to be as honest
A Safer Hotel and ethical
ethical as anyone can
can be in her profe s-
sion.
Visibly shaken, Parks' men bundle the PCs into the limousine. Taking a
devious route to throw off pur suit, they arr ive at a new "safe" hotel — the Dun-
dee, a slightly seedy convention hotel.
A thug named Plumleigh is assigned to stay at the hotel and protect the PCs.
Plumleigh's orders are to keep them from contacting the police or other allies,
and to discourage them from leaving the hotel (he is told that they might be
recognised as escaped felons).
Arou nd d inner time, a phone call comes
comes in. Plum leigh insis
insists
ts on answering
the phone, talks briefly, then hangs u p. Checking his his shoulder-holstered
shoulder-holstered pistol,
the thug explains that he has to meet Parks. He orders the PCs to remain in the
room while he is gone.
gone.
Minutes after he leaves, a key is heard in the hotel-room door. A cheery
voice calls out, "Room Service." Unless the PCs have chained the door or im-
mediately blockade
blockade it, an attractive
attractive wom an in a m aid unif orm pushes a large cart cart Samuel Clegg
piled with food into the room. The maid is Dom inique Arou et (se (seee sidebar). Her 30 years old; Bald, icy blue eyes,
assistant, Clegg, is hiding within the cart in case she needs help. swarthy complexion; 6'1", 220 lbs. -
38.5 points.
It has
has taken Aro uet, EuroS earch's chief
chief Australian troubleshooter, half a day ST 14, DX 12,IQ  11, HT 11.
to discover where Pa rks stashed
stashed his newest emp loyees. She ide ntifies herself
herself as Basic Speed: 5.75; Move 5.
a EuroSearch operative and gives the PCs a "friendly warning" — get out of  Advantage: Combat Reflexes.
Disadvantages: Enemy (Nova Tech —
Park's emp loy. Aro uet knows that Parks victimises people. She believes believes that by
by large group, 12 or less); Fanaticism (Euro-
telling the
the PCs the truth about the dan gers in in du strial espionage, she can can scare
scare Search); Bad Temper.
them off the job.
job. Quirk: Squints.
Arouet does not know that Parks is posing as EuroSearch, nor does she Skills: Driving (Cars)-15; Gunner
(MG)-14; Guns (Pistol)-16, (SMG)-14.
know what the mission is. If she learns that Parks is posing as EuroSearch, she A hired gun, Clegg is Arouet's right-
loses her temper. If she discovers the PCs' mission, she tries to hire the PCs as hand agent.
double-agents, offering them about half of what Parks has offered, and asking
them to deliver a copy of the stolen file to her. She provides them with a phone
Generic Villains and Vehicles
number where she can be reached.
Whenever NPCs are needed in this ad-
Aro uet (and Clegg)
Clegg) stay
stay for o nly five
five m inute s, clearing out before Plum leigh venture — for criminals, agents, police,
returns. etc. — the attributes and skills of Clegg
(above) may be substituted. In general,
NPCs are wearing Kevlar and carrying a
Down South, Down-Under familiar weapon, but are not encumbered.
Murray Bridge, South Australia, is SAAM headquarters — even the police Typical NPC vehicles are the Iron Horse
and the Outlander cycle (p. GA38, 39).
are corporate security men. The technical research park is located on a hill. The
computer centre is on the outskirts of that installation.

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 Faced with little
little crime
crime and naive about industrial espionage,
espionage, SAA M secu rity
rity
is lax at the site. Within the centre there are always four security guards — two
patrolling,
patrolling, and two in the se curity station.
station. Except for the
the restrooms,
restrooms, every room
in the building has at least one security camera. External security at night con-
sists of an elderly guard making an hourly patrol with a German Shepherd.

The Computer Centre

The diagram provides most of the information about the computer centre.
Some special
special inform ation isis available at specific
specific locati
locations,
ons, as keyed by nu mb er:
A  EDG EARCT.TEC.
EARCT.TEC.  To find find this disk, a PC m us t paw through
through the racks of 
disk storage.
storage. An IQ-2 roll may be made mad e for every five
five minutes
minu tes of searching;
searching; the
disk isis f ound on a successful roll.
2. Confid
Confident iall SAA M report on Agen t M auv e.  The PC learns about the cor-
entia
rosive gas, as explained in the second paragraph of the  Eco-Guerrillas   sidebar,
p. 62.
PC  sees   the dossiers of the new Edgeworth South
3.   Replacement   staff.   The PC sees
3. 
personnel (see(see  The Dossiers   sidebar, p. 61).
4. Edgeworth tapes.   The au ditorium is set for a senior staff brief ing. The
videotape details
details the first Edgeworth South attack (see  Sabotage!  sidebar, p. 62).
5 .   Press release on oil drilling progress.   This publicly posted document
provides
provides the SAAM information
information from the the Petrol and Antarctica  sidebar, p. 55.
6. H odges — W ho was was he?  This
 This brief report analyses
analyses the m ystery of Hodges'
death at Edgeworth South (see   Hodges and Latimer   sidebar, p. 63).
Terminals.   To get the EDGEARCT.TEC file from a terminal, a successful
Com pute r Operations roll roll is necessary. Files m ay be copied on paper or on disk,
CDA: Beating the
the Drug from any term inal. inal.
 An aly sis. PCs might deliver their
 Analy their lemon
drops to a high-tech lab for analysis. Al-
though
though the formu la can be deduced easily, easily, SAAM Computer Centre
the drops take a week to duplicate.
Wearing off.  After a full week, the
CDA agent is flushed from the system.
Taking an antidote is no longer required.
 Av oiding an tido te.   PCs who don't
oid ing the antido
eat their lemon drops (or lose them) are in
for a bad time:
After 24 hours: violent headaches, -1
penalty to IQ and DX rolls.
After 48 hours: Make a roll against HT
to avoid incapacitation from day-long
cramps, now and every 24 hours until a
lemon drop is eaten. -2 to IQ, -4 to DX.
Lose
Lose 2 H T.
After 72 hours: Lose 2 HT.
Afte r 96 hours: M ake a rollroll against HT
to avoid
avoid death daily,
daily, fr om now until a lem -
on drop is eaten. -3 to IQ, -5 to DX. Lose
3 H T now and every 24 hours u ntil ntil a drop
is eaten.
The penalties for avoiding the antidote
wear off within one hou r of taking a lemon
drop.
drop. Lost HT m us t be regain
regained
ed normally,
however.

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 In addition, a PC may attempt to "hack" the SAAM files for random infor-
mation. On a successful skill roll, the GM rolls one die and reveals the informa-
tion given above. If a "1" is rolled, however, or if a critical failure is made, an
alarm sounds in the security station.

EuroSearch Complications
EuroSearch agents have been tracking the the PCs since G old Coast. If the
the PCs
have not detected and lost their shadowers. . .
 If the
t he P C s ha v e no de al with Aro uet:  Two EuroSearch agents follow them
wi th Arouet:  H e a d in g fo r H o b a r t
into the centre. A backup team (one vehicle, with a gunner and a driver) watches The easiest way to get from Murray
from a distance. Their goal: find out what the PCs are afte r, and get it. If the PCs Bridge
Bridge to Tas mania is to take the regular
flight from Adelaide.
Adelaide. A stopover
stopover in
in Mel-
eme rge without a sign sign of the first
first agents, the
the backu p team attac
attacks
ks the PCs. bourne allows the PCs to look
look around and
 If the
th e P C s a re w orki
or king ro ue t: Her agents
ng for A roue agents watch the PCs from a distance.
distance. perhaps contact Gold Cross.
In case
case of trouble,
trouble, the agents assist
assist them. They are to make su re that EuroSearch Alternately, PCs might drive overland
gets a copy of the technical files. to Melbourne — suf fering the indigni
indignitities
es of 
Victorian
Victorian customs at the
the border. From M el-
bourne, they could fly to Hobart or take the
Escaping to Tasmania ferry to Devonport. The ferry allows them
to bring their vehicles, but might expose
Once their mission is complete, the PCs must head for Kingston, Tasmania. them to Wilderness Commandos on the
The island state can be reached by airplane or ferry (see sidebar). drive
drive across Tasmania.

Deviltry in Tasmania Th e Dossiers

Dossiers
Oscar N. Browning.  Oil rig mechanic.
Unless the PCs really mess up and arrive trailing Commonwealth security In his late forties, widowed, no children,
agents, Parks and his thugs are waiting at the hotel when they arrive. balding, smokes a cigar.cigar.
The SAAM expedition was only a trial run. Parks really wants the PCs to Patricia Coghill.  Snow-bus driver.
driver. In
her late thirties, single, she qualified for
blow up the A ntarctic
ntarctic oil fields
fields f or him, a job perfectly s uited for Rals ton. IfIf they Antarctica by winning a tractor-driving
balk, Parks gets ugly: threatening to reveal the "truth" about Ralston, disclos- competition. Her hobbies include jogging
ing the secret about the antidote, or taking a PC hostage to ensure the good be- and  dollhouses
 dollhouses .
 Alan
 Al an Cro
C rope r.  R adio technician. Thin
per. Thin as
haviour of the others. a beanpole, Alan wears thick spectacles to
The plan is for the PCs to enter Antarctica undercover, as employees of  correct
correct his
his nearsig
nearsighthtedness.
edness. His w ife , Pat-
SAAM . Parks has the dossiers
dossiers of newly arriving Edgew orth orth South employees — tie, works as a dietician at Mimy. (If the
the PCs may look through these,
these, and choose
choose w hich they
they will impe rsonate.
rsonate. Parks GM wishes to improvise an encounter, he
may.) Alan is 25.
arranges to have the  real  employees disappear for several days, long enough for ar ris..  From the Barossa Val-
 Lud wig H arris
the PCs to complete their mission, and provides the PCs with the employees' ley region, this mining engineer has a
luggage and personal effects. strong German acce nt. Although in his six-
ties, L udwig is know n to be quite a ladies'
ladies'
This time, Parks provides a partner: his top agent in Antarctica. This man, m an.
who w ill conta
contact
ct the PCs in Antarctica, w ill provide thethe dem olitions
olitions e qu ipme nt, Victoria Stein.   In her early twenties,
and arrange their return trip to Tasmania when the mission is over. this attractive mining technician is distin-
guished by long blonde hair and a buxom
figure. (Un known: The real Victoria
Victoria isis an
Joining SAAM undercover reporter for the   Sydney Sen-
tinel.)
Armed with false identities, the PCs have little trouble when they report for Petey Waterhouse.   Well-educated, in
duty at the
the K ingston
ingston SAA M facility,
facility, unless the
the G M wishes to improvise
improvise an en- his early thirties, Petey is an avid science-
counter. They are told it will be two days before the next flight for Antarctica fiction reader who speaks with a pro-
nounced lisp. His assignment at Edge-
departs. worth South is as a research geologist.
(Unknown: Petey is a member of a SiMP
terrorist cell.)
On the Ice
The trip to Edgeworth South is in stages. The SAAM jet leaves Tasmania
and arrives at Davis, with a stopover on Macquarie Island. From Davis, the PCs
take a prop plane to Mirny. A snow bus drives them the final stretch to Edge-
worth South.
On the jet flight, the PCs see someone they recognise: Clegg, Arouet's
assistant. He and three other EuroSearch agents are also making their way to
Edgeworth South by impersonating SAAM personnel.

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 Davis itself is rather uneventful (see the atlas entry, p. 39). The only news is
that, as the PCs board the flight for Mirny, Clegg (and his agents) are still
travelling
travelling with
wi th them.

Mirny
The Eco-Guerrillas After a tour
t our of the base (see
(see the Mirny
Mir ny atlas entry,
e ntry, p. 39), the characters
characters are
The Edgeworth South attack was con- allowed to retire to their dormitory huts for the night. Shortly thereafter, John
ducted by members of the Harmony cell, Latimer makes contact with them.
hardened veterans of the E-G cause.
They brought with them a corrosive gas Latimer sees the PCs' presence in Antarctica as an attack on his competence.
once produced by U.S. arms manufacturers He feels that Parks should have placed
placed him in charge of the operation, rather than
— Agent Mauve. Most stockpiles of chemi- bringing
bringin g in a team of amateurs. He is worri ed that the PCs will uncover
unco ver his Eco-
Eco-
cal and biological weapons were destroyed
soon after the Blight struck, but with the
Guerrilla activities.
help of a rogue scientist, the E-Gs have ob- Nevertheless,
Nevertheless, Latimer acknowledges
acknowledges his responsibil ity to equip
equ ip and brief the
tained a small stockpile of the poison. PCs. He strongly advises them to blow the oil rigs on the first ni ght — the longer
The gas attacks by contact, doing 1 hit
they delay, the more chance their identities will be exposed. Latimer is touchy
of damage per turn. Inhaling the gas does
does 1
die damage per breath. Armour protects about being bossed around by the PCs — he says that he is their ally, with his
for a number of turns equal to its DR. Gas own operations to worry about, and not their servant.
masks protect against inhaling damage. Latimer will be their snow-bus driver to Edgeworth South.
The failure of the first attack was due to
bad luck: a random security patrol ran into If the PCs mention
ment ion Hodges, Latimer says that Hodges
Hodges was the senior agent,
the guerrillas at the life-support centre, and and that he himself knows nothing about any previous Edgeworth
Edgeworth operation.
a gun battle ensued. Several Harmony
members were killed; the rest took cyanide
tablets rather than be captured. The Snow-Bus
John Latimer is now the sole Eco-Guer- From Mirny, the characters pile aboard the snow-bus — a large, tracked
rilla operative at large in Antarctica.
The Wilderness Commandos, disgusted vehicle — for the trip inland. Clegg is still along.
by the E-G use of chemical weapons, are Several passengers are Antarctic veterans, a hardy, hearty, hard-drinking
keen to disassociate themselves from the breed. Though they ask nosy questions, the old hands aren't suspicious — they
Eco-Guerrillas. If contacted
contacted by the PCs,
they eagerly betray their erstwhile allies.
peg any confused PCs as tenderfoots.
The snow-bus follows the course of a surface oil-pipeline. Armed guards
patrol the pipeline regularly. A snow storm soon settles down on the travellers
- the
the outside world becomes
becomes a dark
da rk tunn el where snow falls th ickly throu gh the
glare of the headlights.

Sabotage!
Five days before the start of this adven-
ture, the AAT was placed under a security
alert. Details are sketchy, but it appears
that the drilling site at Edgeworth South
was unsuccessfully attacked.
The attack involved a mysterious gas,
which is still being analysed by SAAM
scientists.
Rumour identifies the raiders as Eco-
Guerrillas, U.S.-based radical environ-
mentalists
mentalists with a taste for suicidal assaults.
Their reported goal is to drive mankind out
of Antarctica.
The E-Gs are rarely active in Australia.
It is unknown whether Tasmania's Wilder-
ness Commandos are allied with the Amer-
ican group.

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 A clanking noise interrupts the serenity
serenity of the voyage. W ith a curse, Latimer
reports
reports a problem w ith the treads. He p ulls into the lee
lee of a pumpin g statio
stationn to
make repairs, ordering everyone else
else to stay aboard the bus.
Stopping here is part of Latim er's plan — his gas canisters
canisters are hidden here.  Jo hn Latim
Lat im er
Any PC sneaking out of the bus sees Latimer collecting these. If discovered, 40 years old; Blond hair, green eyes,
Latimer refuses to explain what he's doing, except to repeat that he has more fair  skin; 5'11", 175 
175  lbs. - 176.5  points.
than one operation to worry about. The tread problem was created by Latimer, ST10,DX16,IQ13, HT11.
Basic Speed 6.75; Move 6.
and is easily fixed by any mechanic. Advantages: Alertness (+2); Combat
Reflexes; High Pain Threshold.
Edgeworth South Disadvantage: Fanaticism (Eco-Guer-
rilla).
The storm blows over before they arrive at South. Once again the PCs Quirk: Dislikes physical violence.
receive the company tour — see the atlas entry, p. 39. They also see Latimer and Skills: Acting-16; Area Knowledge
his snow-bus
snow-bus being loaded
loaded with crates for the retu rn trip to Mirn y. (Antarctica)-15; Chemistry-13; Demoli-
The big showpieces here are oil rigs Alpha and Beta. Oil rig Alpha is joined tion-15; Driving (Cars)-15; Fast-Draw
(Pistol)-l5; Guns (Pistol)-18, (SMG)-18;
to the base by a 200-metre tunnel. A dome protects the "Christmas tree" of pipes Karate-16; Knife-16; Mechanic (Tracked
above
above the drill hole from the weather. Attached to this site is the main pum ping land vehicles)-14; Stealth-17; Survival
station, which operates around the clock. Security is loose around the function- (Arctic)-14.
Latimer is a very rare bird — an Ameri-
ing rig, but the new rig is guarded much more closely. The PCs can only see the can who can pass as an Aussie.
flash of the pow erf ul laser drills in the distance.
distance. The tour guide explains that the He came to the AAT eight years ago,
Beta site is top-secret because of the laser drill technology. desiring to see for himself the ravages of 
industry on the delicate Antarctic ecosys-
The PCs are also
also taken to their w ork places — this should m ake it clear
clear that tem. Latimer obtaine
obtained
d work
wor k as a driver,
dr iver,
they must strike tonight, or risk exposure as imposters in the morning (unless delivering personnel and materials to the
they can mim ic the required skills). scattered Australian research sites and set-
tlements.
While cultivating illegal arms sources,
Who's Who Latimer came into contact with Nova
The factions present at Edgeworth South , and their objectives: Tech's industrial espionage arm. They
asked him to conduct surveillance, theft,
EyroSearch.  Clegg and his agents are here as long-term subversives. They
and other industrial espionage jobs — in
want to make the Australian oil program look bad, but they aren't mass-mur- return, Latimer was able to hoard his own
derers. They also want Nova TechTech to take full blame f or any thing that happens. store of explosives.
Tonight,
Tonight, they are shadowing the PCs PCs — and the PCs'
PCs' frien d, Latimer. However, Latimer's secret passion is
the environmental cause. It was Latimer
 Latim er . Willing to work for Parks so long as he was a useful ally, Latimer
 La tim er. who persuaded the Eco-Guerrillas to step
is actually an Eco-Guerrilla.
Eco-Guerrilla. His goal
goal is to get huma nity out of Antarctica, leav- up their activities here. Should the PCs
ing it to the penguins and the rest of nature. While the PCs blow the rigs, he search Latimer's room, there is a fair
chance they'll find hidden Eco-Guerrilla
plans to kill most of Edgeworth South's residents with corrosive gasses. Latimer literature.
returned in the snow-bus,
snow-bus, and now waits for nightf all on the base
base perimetre .

Blowing It  Hodges and Latimer

Left once again in dormitory quarters for the night, the PCs   should  be Until recently, Nova Tech had two
spies in Antarctica: Clewiston Hodges and
preparin g to blow the oil rigs. Planting the explosives is easy — security is lax. John Latimer. Unfortunately for the Amer-
As they finish planting the charges, the PCs are interrupted by the EuroSearch ican company,
company, Latimer has a higher loyal-
team. ty — to the Eco-Guerrillas. He master-
minded the previous assault on Edgeworth
Clegg
Clegg wants an alliance. Than ks to a tracer he planted on the snow-bus, he South.
knows that Latimer is at the base life-support centre. He doesn't trust Latimer, Hodges, Nova Tech's senior agent,
and suspects that the PCs have been set up. figured something was wrong. When he
At the life-support centre, Latimer has overpowered the solitary guard and caught Latimer with his cache of gas can-
isters at the pumping station, the double
is pumping corrosive gas into the base ventilating system. His plan is to first agent killed Hodges with the poison gas.
poison the administrative dome, spread the poison to the tunnel network to iso- Hodges' body was discovered after the
late each
each dome, then poison each of the dorm itory do mes. attack, along the pipelin
pipeline.
e. Confronted by
this mystery, the authorities could only
If the PCs enter the tunnel system, they see
see purp le clouds pou ring out of the conclude that he was another victim of the
vents. Otherwise, they see and hear improperly dressed victims staggering out Eco-Guerrilla attack.
of the tunnels into the freezing cold,
cold, with severe
severe bur ns to the face and neck.
The finale. Sooner
Sooner or later, the PCs have to deal with Latimer — or the en-
tire base will be gassed, and they'll be marooned on the ice. If they ally with
Clegg, they might stop Latimer in time to save most of the base. The later they
delay, the more people Latimer
Latimer wil l have killed.

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 Aftermath
 If Latim cc ee ds .   There is a massive loss of life from gas, and from
La tim er su ccee
esca
escapees
pees exposed
exposed to the cold. Latimer tries to frame the PCs, an onymo usly tip-
ping off the
the authorities,
authorities, then "disappe
"disappears
ars"" — r eturn ing to Chicago, his mission
complete.
 If Latimer fai ls.. If captured,
Latim er fails captured, Latimer
Latimer commits suicide. A security crackdown
is sure to uncover the the PCs*
PCs* role
role within
w ithin a week.
Clegg and EuroSearch.   Regardless of events, Clegg and his team steal a
snow-bus and make fo r the French sect sector.
or. They
They are too important to EuroS earch
to be caught.
 Ret
 R etur an ia..  A ny inju red PCs are flown to Davis for hospitalisa-
ur nin g to Ta sm ania hospitalisa-
tion. In the confusion, the PCs' fake IDs may stand for another day or two —
long enough to stowstow awa y on a flight to Tasmania. A n o verland escape, using a
stolen snow-bus and heading for the French or New Zealand sectors, can be
dange rous — a d aily Navigation
Navigation skillskill roll is required
required to avoid becoming lost in
the icy wastes, and a daily Mechanic roll is needed to keep the snow-bus func-
tioning. Fa ilure leads to capture
capture by the Au stralians.
The characters' best hope may be to turn state's evidence. The authorities
A   Friend in Need  have in form ation that backs the PCs' story, and the Aussies are eager to to convict
convict
If the party need
needss help, the GM can in- Parks and Nova Tech of everything they can .
troduce this NPC: Baines of thethe Banner.
Parks and Nova Tech.  Parks le ft Tasmania shortly
shortly after the PCs
PCs did, retur n-
 Ham ilto n Baine
Ba ine s ing to Los Angeles. If the PCs contact
contact Nova Tech, Pa rks' replacem ent o ffe rs to
45 years old; Red hair, blue eyes, fair buy their silence,
silence, and to sup ply the long-promised escape
escape from Au stralia.
skin; 5' 7", 145 lbs. — 27 points.
10, IQ  13, HT 9.
ST 9, DX 10,
Basic Speed 4.75; Move 4.
Advantages: Luck; Patron (Banner
Cablenet news service
service — very pow erful, 9
or less).
Disadvantages: Stubbornness; Fanati-
cism (Truth).
Quirks: Wears eccentric, old-fashioned
clothing; Styles himself "Baines of the
Banner," though not officially an em-
ployee of the Banner Cablenet.
Skills: Fast-Talk-13; Writing-13.
A freelance reporter, Baines prefers to
follow off-beat stories . . . and his lucky
streak means that these off-beat stories
often make good news.
He is strictly old-fashioned. Baines car-
ries a pad and pencil rather than a portable
computer, and insists on travelling the
country to conduct face-to-face interviews
interviews
rather than relying on electronic communi-
cations. He often complains that this is not
his century.

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The reporter has any information (or
misinformation) that the GM wishes the
party to have, probably obtained from
anonymous sources.
The PCs might easily meet Baines in
Murray Bridge, where he is trying to gain
access to SAAM technical files. Alternate-
ly, the reporter might be in Kingston
undercover, talking to SAAM employees.
He might even be tailing Parks or Arouet,
based on one of his lucky hunches.

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