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Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Good morning, officers and gentlemen.

- Good morning, Sergeant. - How are you doing, Keegan?

- Fantastic, I've got a leave coming up. - Where are you going?

I don't know yet, but it's gonna be some place very green.

I can see you're not carrying any booze, or women,

or animals, on your person, which is as it should be.

That's a new one. [V.6.]

You got old Joe Bradley pretty good.

Yeah, I did catch him a little bit, didn't I?

- You're the one I can't "catch" Major. - That's because he's so shifty.

- How long would it take to do a portrait in oil? - About a week of preliminary sketches...

and a month of painting.

Do you want to be immortalized by me, Major?

No, not me.

I wanna give my wife an anniversary present.

You're gonna have a nude done?

As a matter of fact, I can give you a great deal on a nude.

But if you're serious, I'll be happy too.

Well, we'll see what she says when she comes back from Chicago.

OK.

It's your move, major.

Bishop to Queen 4.

Bishop? You poor fool! Bishop to Queen 4...

Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Is a pretty good artist.

Yeah, I don't know what the hell he's doing in the service.

I think I should mention that I have applied for a roster change.

Oh... Why is that?

I just think we're not temperamentally suited as work team.

Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Unless you subscribe to a conspiracy theory.

You're just going to have to believe you don't meet specifications.

- Whose specifications, sir? - Mine.

Thanks for telling me. At least I can plan my future.

Good morning. We have hot coffee and sandwiches.

- You're relieved, Captain. - Thank you, sir.

- Have a nice day. - Same to you.

Should we run a modular check?

That's what we're here for, isn't it?

Step one...

- Looks like a satellite reentry to me. - It appears to be a burn up.

Negative on satellite.

Blue Square 1, Blue Square 1, Blue Square 1.

Red talon,copy, Blue Square 1. Break, break.

Part One: Three, Charlie, Alpha, Foxtrot, Tango.

Part Two...

Tango, Alpha, Charlie, Delta, X-ray, Oscar.

Part Three,

04-2346 authentication, Sierra, Alpha.

- I have a valid message. - I agree.

Multiple warhead strikes, confirmed.

- Retaliatory strike under advisement. - Contacts at, 265 heading at 85 degrees.

- They're unknown. - Jesus.

Arm all missiles.

All missiles... armed.

Positions at 051015. Zulu, Zulu, Whiskey, Four.

M1 alert, 1.

- We confirm hostile... - Hostile missiles...

heading to major U.S. population targets.

- Foxtrot call 420. - 300 interceptors.

Confirm. Interceptors missile launch in progress.

300 interceptors airborne.

Flight select switch to all. - Flight switch "all".

PLCA launch options, switch to 99.

PLCA options switched to "99".

All CBF prepare to copy...

Alert 05, launch retaliatory missiles...

all enemy targets.

- Right away. - ...PLCA 229, unknown.

Ready for launch.

- Insert keys. - Inserted.

Rotate on my command.

3,2,1, rotate. 1,2,3, release.

I'm getting launch indications.

I have missile away light on LFC5.

Right, Charlie, ten missiles. Launch in progress.

Confirmed, intercept effective.

Estimate only 40% enemy missiles destroyed.

Missile strikes confirmed.

Boston,

Philadelphia,

Trenton,

Washington, DC

Detroit, Pittsburgh.

Seattle, Portland, Charlotte,

Denver, St. Louis...

Hey Keegan, noticed anything different?

Hey, Tanner, who's that you've got on the back, man?

I found her in Barstow. Talked her into being your next model, buddy.

Hot damn! You want I should come out and give you some cover?

Nah, you just watch my style, son.

Sorry darling, this is where you get off.

You're sick, Tanner, you can't leave her like that.

You son of a...

What are you worried about, Keegan? There's nothing you can do for her.

What in the hell are you talking about man, she was...

Ahhh...

I tell you Keegan, I've finally gone over the edge.

Yeah?

I come back from Barstow with that dummy behind me, talking to her all the way.

I swear I even stopped the bike and kissed her.

That's crazy, ain't it?

I don't know about crazy... but it sure was selfish.

Askins, well you sure took your time.

- Sorry, I had to go see General Lander's. - You owe me twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes?

Jesus.

What's the big deal about 20 minutes?

Never mind what the big deal about 20 minutes is, they're mine and I want them!

OK! OK!

Weirdo.

- How far do you think we'll get? - Depends on the conditions we find.

You know that thing has never been tested.

Tanner says that he has been as far as Phoenix.

- Give me a 3/16th. - Do you believe that?

He might of. He's crazy enough.

Why did he quit the service?

- Tom, why don't you see if that one fits. - Yes, sir.

We get signed authorization from General Landers and we can go.

If you don't mind me saying so, sir.

I don't think the general really knows what's going on.

I mean, he just sits in that control room every day and drinks.

He's our CO. If we start taking off went we feel like it...

this place would collapse within a month.

But you're right Tom, Landers is gone.

Hey!

Ahhhhh!!!!

There's smoke coming from the main building.

- Tanner! - Where is the general?

Too late! Get out! Tanner, get out of here, too late!

Two days and I can still smell the smoke.

- Nobody made it. - I know.

Poor bastards. Maybe they're better off out of it.

I don't know what to believe, John.

Well now, you two gonna continue your life of non-conformity,

or do you want to come along with us?

Just so I don't have to reenlist.

No Tanner, you don't have to reenlist...

as long as it's clear, I'm in charge.

Well, that's a mighty subtle difference.

If you're coming, get your stuff together.

Keegan, you are ride with Perry. Tanner, you go with me.

Eugene still giving orders.

Landmaster 1 to Landmaster 2.

Landmaster 2 to Landmaster 1, over.

Keep visual contact. We will halt at 12:00 hours.

Roger.

Where we headin' for?

- Albany. - Albany?

You got relations there?

It's the only place we ever got a signal from.

You think we can make it there in these things?

We sure can't make it without them.

Albany is the place to aim for.

Sorta the objective of the operation, huh?

You could call it that.

Here. There is a way across.

Well, there's not really a way to cross.

But the screen shows it to be that path of least resistance. Not good. But it's the best we got.

What happens if we make a wrong turn?

There's areas of radiation we couldn't get through.

It's not matter of wrong turns.

Damnation Alley is going to be a hundred miles wide a lot of the way.

- "Damnation Alley," who name it that? - I did.

I believe there is a bit of the swashbuckler in you after all, Major.

Boy, this is a great rig.

There is a hell of a lot of secrecy about these damn things.

- Off limits to unauthorized personnel. - How about letting me take it for awhile now?

It's about time for you start earning your keep. Ready?

You got it.

There's the tachometer.

The rest of it is just like your family car. Except there is a manual override in the transmission.

Go ahead, give it some gas.

- I see it's got some juice in the bottom end. - She will go.

This machine can handle a 60 degree incline.

Can operate in water, cruising speed is 60 miles per hour.

There's three separate drive sources.

Can operate with either the front or rear wheels out of action.

How's it do on gas?

- Why did you two guys quit the Air Force? - What Air Force are you referring to?

Well the Service, then.

Well, after the bombs fell, it didn't seem to make much sense to me

to keep on doing all those duties, fatigue, saluting, and siring...

What do you think would have happened if we all felt like that?

If more people felt like that, there would be a hell of a lot more people thinking and feeling...

and playing baseball, and singing, and making love.

Raising babies.

Hey, why don't you just call me when you want me to drive this mother.

Here. Try not to get lost.

- You think I can follow this thing? - The machine will do it all on it's own.

365-115.10

You just hang on the wheel and make it look good.

Now, head it northeast on that compass.

You get a green light.

If you get off course, you'll get a red light...

Just turn it back until you get a green. Do you think you can handle that?

Sure, who couldn't?

It drives like a trolley.

We should put up a sign that says: "Damnation Alley on the route to Albany."

With stops in Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City, and other scenic turnouts

- If you need me, call me on the intercom. - That's a big 10-4.

No Country & Western music any more. No XERB.

Not even any Reverent Ike.

I was standing by my window

On a cold and cloudy day

- What's your message, Landmaster 1, over? - Sing, you sinners!

C'mon.

- Will the circle - Be unbroken,

- By and by Lord - By and by!

There's a better...

home awaiting!

In the sky, Lord, in the sky!

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to interrupt you two "Sons of the Pioneers" to speak to Major Denton, over.

- He's asleep, whatca you need, come on? - There's a trace up ahead on the TV screen.

What's it look like, come back?

I don't know, but it it's big and moving.

Take it easy, Lieutenant, I can see it. It looks like some kind of storm.

Operational procedure is to dig in and let it pass.

- See you on the other side. - Damn him!

Now, you say this thing digs itself in?

Because I don't want to have to go out there with no shovel.

What's happening?

We pickup a storm.

I was going to go around, but I don't think that's going to happen.

What are you doing?

- I'm going through it. - Where's Perry?

I think he's digging in.

Did he advise you to dig in too?

Yeah, he instructed. But I thought it would be better to try to run from it.

You call this running from it?

Oh, hold on major, it's better than the Baja 1000.

Go to the left!

Start digging, baby!

It's almost here.

Don't worry, it's designed to withstand stresses...

- Pretty good, huh? Pretty good, wasn't it? - Pretty good, pretty lucky, and pretty stupid.

You should have followed Perry's instructions and dug in.

You're gonna do things my way or you're gonna walk.

Landmaster 2 to Landmaster 1.

Landmaster 1 to Landmaster 2, over.

Landmaster 2 to Landmaster 1, come in.

Landmaster 2 to Landmaster 1, come in.

Landmaster 2, this is Landmaster 1, have you got a copy? Come back.

See where that came from.

- There it is. - It doesn't look good.

- Can you bend it? - You mean forwards or backwards?

- Is it broken? - I don't think so. It will be alright.

Perry is dead, isn't he?

Got to move some gas and supplies. I need your help.

You don't feel like admitting you're wrong, do you, Major?

Now don't make something personal out of this, Tanner.

Perry is dead. It doesn't mean that you're right and I'm wrong.

It means Perry's dead.

Require assistance. Broadcasting from Albany, New York

on a frequency of 808.90. Require assistance.

Broadcasting from Albany, New York on a frequency of 808.90...

What did you turn it off for? There might have been more.

It's been broadcasting that same message for two years.

- Nothing more, nothing less. - Why nothing more?

It's a tape. Programmed to go out the same time every week.

What's it suppose to mean?

This means that after the bomb there were some people alive...

and they've got enough power to broadcast.

You mean, we're liable to go all the way to Albany...

and find just some little bitty computer in an great big old empty building?

I don't know what we're gonna find.

But getting there is the only way we'll ever know.

There it is. Ohh... Will you look at Vegas?

Is that's it?

It always looked better at night.

Daytime it kinda looks like Barstow with the high raisers.

- Hey there's Circus, Circus! - Why don't we stop?

Alright.

I'm gonna get you a new feather for your hat.

Oh, nothing changes. Bomb or no bomb, the lights never go out in Vegas.

Hey Tanner, want to play a little blackjack?

- You're on. Here's my hand. - Alright.

- Again. - Hit you again, alright...

- There you are. - I'm gone.

- House wins. - As usual.

Hey, looky here. Somebody ran off without their winnings.

Must be a first in Vegas.

You know they had to be in a hurry.

Hey, look at that, man!

- This thing ain't working. - It's on with me!

I'm playing on a nickel.

You just need that magic touch, baby.

Hey Major, play some, here.

Yeah, go ahead Major, whatca got to lose? Except his money.

Now let me have just 20 of these Major, and I'll back away from the machine.

Hey, that was my payoff!

Now ain't that just our luck, the Major knows her.

You're doing just fine, darling. Don't stop now.

Oh, Lord.

Hello.

You were asking me how I survived?

It was very strange, really.

Because I was beginning to think that I had not survived at all.

I was playing here for almost a year...

I was writing songs and trying to get them to the stars that came to Las Vegas.

I wasn't succeeding.

The Manager, he said he would help me, he said, he knew Frank Sinatra.

I know it is a pathetic story. Who knows, maybe he was a very close friend.

I never found out.

He walked me down, to the fallout shelter.

So I could do him a favor for the favor he was going to do for me.

And just after I had done my part, the bombs came.

So I've decided I wasn't meant to be a star.

Do you not think that was sensible to think?

What about this guy, the manager? What happened to him?

Alex, he was very unlucky.

He could not accept that it happened. Never.

He would wake up in the morning and believe things were all right. Then remember.

He had a heart attack. He died in about six months.

At first I use to hear planes, and cars...

One night I woke up and heard a bell, from a bicycle.

- I run out looking for it. - I don't want to cramp your style Miss, but

I don't think you'll need most of those clothes. We don't have that kind of room.

Oh, sorry. You have to forgive me. It's been such a long time since I left on a trip.

No, just one suitcase will do. Well, I suggest...

T-shirts and jeans.

Better look for some gas in Salt Lake before we try to go over the Rockies.

Alright.

You mean the Rocky Mountains? Ah, Wonderful!

I posted a shower schedule to help conservative water and...

generally straighten out, who goes when, to give you some privacy.

So, I can happily say that we can all have a shower...

once a week, whether we needed it or not.

Oh, my God.

Hey Jake, look at this.

Ah, don't worry about them, their troubles are all over.

I can just imagine them coming back from the Supermarket.

But there's something about these skeletons, Major.

What?

Well, I mean they're awfully clean, like they have been polished, almost.

- Well, they've been there two years. - I know that, but the doors are still closed.

We're gonna go to town to see what we can pick up.

What are you going to do with that crowbar?

You gotta have a credit card when you go shopping, major.

You think she'll will be alright with him?

Of course she'll be alright with him.

Just what is it exactly you have against him?

I don't hold anything against him. I just don't think that he's reliable.

Oh, shoot! I hate bugs.

Look at the size. I'll be damned.

- Armored plated cockroaches. - You suppose there's a restaurant down there?

I'll get the hose.

Hang on.

OK, start the pump.

Let's get out of here.

Sam! Sam!

Sam! Sam!

Go watch the stairs for me!

Tanner, this is Denton. This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches.

- Repeat, killer cockroaches. - No kidding.

Hey Denton, we're on the top floor of Gregory's department store.

I'm going out the window. There is some kind of parking lot across the way.

I'm on my way to your location. On my way to your location.

Hang on, baby!

Hey, look at that. Come here and look at this!

Hey, kid, come on out, we're not going to hurt you. Come on out, kid.

Come on kid, play fair.

Son of a...

It's alright, son. We're aren't gonna hurt you.

Hey, come here, and help me. You wanna see me get whipped by a kid?

Easy now, son.

Easy, we're not gonna hurt you.

After my ma died, my pa just started moving around.

No place special, just moved. Kept moving for a long time.

You didn't see anybody else?

After what happened to my mom, my pa and I stayed well hid.

- What happened to your father? - He broke his legs.

- Fell off a cliff and broke both of them. - What did you do?

- Sat with him until he died. - How long ago was that?

Around, 4 moons, as near as I can recollect. I know my hair grew quite a piece.

You've been wandering around ever sense?

It don't do no good just sittin' still.

We're going all the way across country, in that machine out there.

You're welcome to go with us, or we can just leave you some supplies and leave you here.

Whatever you like.

- Can I have any more of that? - Yes, sure.

That bike you chased me on, is it hard to learn?

Not especially.

Well, I'll go with you, if you teach me to ride.

You got a deal.

So, what's gonna happen?

Nothing, this is it. It's how things are gonna be.

All these explosions knocked the world off its axis.

What is "its axis?"

- Kinda like the center. - Yeah, something like that.

And if it comes back, everything could come back to normal.

Would it take another explosion do that?

Straighten it up?

- I don't know. It could do it all by itself. - Nothing good every just happens by itself.

No matter how much you want it to. You gotta make it.

Do you want to drive this rig?

Do you think I could?

- Try it. - Come on, we'll do it together for a while.

Give ahold of the wheel.

Look at here what we have in the middle of nowhere.

It could be, he's got some gas still in his tank.

Alright, folks, we've got a 10 minute refueling stop.

Refreshment and restrooms available.

Should be a generator. Let's look out back.

- You can get that thing fired up? - I doubt it.

You two, alright?

How you fellows been?

Mighty fancy looking machine, you've got out there.

- Where are you headed for? - Making for Albany.

- How long you men been around? - Since everything went to hell.

There use to be more of us and now there's less.

All of the dead are dead, and all the living are dying.

This goes for you, as well.

Is there anything we can do for you before we move on?

Well, let me check. How about it, boys?

Anything you've got a mind for?

I know.

You can show us around that machine of yours... General.

We'd like that.

The boy and the little lady can stay here... and rest.

Maybe the little lady will play some more.

That was real nice.

Why don't you play something for me?

- What do you want me to play? - I don't care. Just play something.

And keep on playing.

Boy!

Come here.

Stand over there by your ma.

She's ain't my ma and you're ain't my pa.

And I don't have to stand anywhere.

It'll go bad for him when I get him.

You'd better call him back in here.

Billy! Billy, come back!

- Get out! - Can I have a sucker?

- Get out! - Could I just have one more sucker, please?

I won't tell your friends.

You say you're going to Albany?

That's a fair ways.

Hey, you get back in there.

That guy sent me out. He said that wanted to be on his own with my ma.

I'll take care of this.

You keep an eye on these two.

Come on, boy.

- I want to be with my pa. - Let him stay here.

What about that friend of yours and my wife?

Take it easy, mister. He ain't doing anything we ain't all gonna be doing.

He's just doing it in the wrong order.

- I've got a PLCA 99. - I agree.

Slow it down. We have to, to keep it from welding up.

We're losing a gear in the rear end. Take it to 015 degrees north.

- Yeah, we should get what we need in Detroit. - You mean we can get spare parts for this thing?

It's designed to use spare truck parts. A Semi will give me what I need.

Now keep it under 40!

- Will things ever return to normal? - Who knows, Billy.

It's not looking so bad right now, though.

Still got food and drink. Fireworks in the sky.

Hell, who knows, old Denton can keep that thing running,

we just might make it someplace.

Where, Albany?

Doesn't really matter.

- Boy, this is one sick sounding machine. - That's why we're here, Tanner.

- Are we alright on that side? - You've got plenty of room.

I'm gonna let you back it out.

Do you see any trucks?

What we need is a Semi.

Maybe over this way.

- Well, looky there. - Must be the truck department.

Looks like my old pickup.

Everybody out for Disneyland.

I hereby declare this park a national monument.

This one looks alright. Tanner, I need your help.

- Do you hear that noise? - What about it?

I don't know. It's like a whining or an engine somewhere.

I don't know.

- I've never seen so many cars before. - That's your heritage, Billy.

What's "heritage"?

That's what people leave other people..

after they find out it don't work.

- Hey, that noise is getting louder. - Listen, I've gotta go help Denton.

Don't you wander off, this place is full of wild life.

Full of wild life?

Yeah, they've got Wildcats, Barracudas, Mustangs, Cougars, Impalas.

This place is a gosh dang zoo.

- Is this a hurricane? - I don't know what it is.

I think I oughta go find Billy though.

Hey Denton, we've got a storm on the way.

You don't have to tell me.

Doesn't look like one we can sit out.

Tanner, we gonna sit out till we get this vital gear.

Listen, get on the loud speakers and see if you can get Billy to come back here.

I'm going to go out and look for him.

Billy, come back!

Come on, sweet baby.

- Hey, Tanner, look what I found. - Let's get out of here.

We can put it on the bike.

Forget it, we don't have the time, c'mon let's go. Come on!

Tanner, we're blocked in, it's gonna be rough. Buckle that boy in. Janice, sit down.

Here, store this.

Hold these, this mother is going to shake. Hang on!

She's coming back!

You all in one piece? Everybody all right?

Hey, it looks like it's clearing up. The sky is blue.

Alright?

Yeah.

OK, I'll get the lights, you get the hatch open.

Damn thing's stuck.

Need some help?

Get that crowbar.

This is why we lost power. We got water in the engine compartment.

- More coming in back here, too. - Are we going to sink?

I've got this vehicle designed to float when she's halfway full of water.

- How about when it's all full? - Let's not think about that.

- You get on this thing with me. - Janice, hold this.

- Tanner, you got that bike fixed yet? - Yeah, I'm just cleaning the plug.

Well, hurry up, I gonna get on it and take my trip.

Like hell you are. I'm the only one who's gonna ride this bike.

Tanner...

This is Albany New York broadcasting it's daily program to whoever is out there.

We're on the air daily at noon with music and informal programing.

our transmission on 720 kilocycles...

will continue after a 2 minute pause for any incoming broadcast.

Wait a minute. We've got two minutes. We've got two minutes.

I get a distinct impression of a tall redhead about 25.

- What if she's 65? - I'll live with it.

Hello, hello, Miss Albany.

We read you. Do you read us? We read you. Do you read us, over?

Yes, who is this? Who are you? Please identify yourself.

My name is Major Eugene Denton, United States Air Force. There are 4 of us.

We have two men, a woman and a boy.

We are near a large body of water. Can you locate us?

Your signal is loud and clear, Major.

You're 17 miles from us, on a heading of 8-1 degrees. Do you have transportation?

Yes, yes I do. I understand that you have got us on a reading of 8-1 degrees.

I will come to you on the reverse heading of 2-6-1.

- Come on Billy, let's go! - Tanner, get off of that bike!

Going into town for pizza and beer, be back by dark.

Tanner! Tanner, come back here! Tanner! Come back here!

- Major, Denton, do you read me? - Yes, Albany, I read you.

We are sending you a... emissary. [V.6.]

His name is Tanner. Please don't take him as an example of the rest of our party.