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Got to work within our capabilities and off of what is locally available

Don't worry though Lasthope is sending out long-range patrols to map out resources and machinery especially electrical manufacturing stuff, wiring, motors, tools, educational books, and anything else the patrol commander thinks of as an asset to Lasthope. They will also be looking for skilled craftsmen which they will try and recruit.

One group is going to the Warmsprings Indian reservation on a horse and cattle roundup.

I like swords myself but in practicality fighting walkers that respond best to massive blunt force to the skull a large bat is better and doesn't get stuck in the target most of the time.

Mount Hood has a huge logging and lumber industry around it and like the Russians, the people of Lasthope carted all sorts of industrial material and equipment to the site of their town. Then there is the Concrete industry that mined the Potash and Limestone which is considered a priority industry equal to the lumber industry