Today's Oppo Challenge; The Ultimate Road Trip

"PS9" (PS9)
10/14/2015 at 19:11 • Filed to: None

You live in Albany NY. You are going to wake up tomorrow and find that the following things have happened;

99.9% of Earth’s population is either dead or dying. You haven’t been touched by the disaster, but most of everyone you know is dead.

Most of our technology is now broken. Cellphones, guns, internal combustion engines - almost everything we depend upon has been destroyed or rendered inoperable. Even really simple things like a piece a flintrock and wood to burn will not work at all. Liquid and gaseous sources of fuel have also been ruined globally by the disaster.

You can’t see anything in the distance and the sky is blackened over, but you can hear something very large stomping around downtown Albany. You have reason to believe it has been destroyed. Every single major metro area in the US has befallen a similar fate.

Every source of fresh water is now dangerous to drink from and cannot be safely filtered. All of the food and possible food sources like animals have been ruined or destroyed. Only sealed ration packets are still good to eat...if you can find them somewhere.

You have reason to believe that escape from the disaster is waiting for you in Seattle. You are allowed ONE piece of functioning technology to assist you on the trip. You are also allowed a garage filled with the things you think you might need to help you survive the journey.

You have one week to get to Seattle. After that, the window of opportunity for you will close and the Earth will not be habitable by human beings anymore. What did you bring with you? Did you make it there in time?

DISCUSSION (22)

TheHondaBro > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:19

I’m literally right next to Seattle. I’ll just walk.

not for canada - australian in disguise > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:26

Charge it using solar/hydro/wind power plants

Kinja'd!!!

Fuck yeah for renewable energy.

Captain of the Enterprise > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:26

No one would make it, it would take 36 days to walk there and every mode of transportation would require more than one piece of technology or infrastructure. Plus without water you would die in about 3 days.

Dusty Ventures > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:27

Kinja'd!!!

I did almost this exact route in the spring.

PS9 > Captain of the Enterprise
10/14/2015 at 19:28

1) Okay, so one ‘device’ then.

2) “You are also allowed a garage filled with the things you think you might need to help you survive the journey.”

hike > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:31

So does that mean fuel in the garage is okay?

Brian, The Life of > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:31

So ... does this Garage of Holding magically appear when we need something out of it or do we have to transport it along with us somehow?

Mercedes Streeter > PS9
10/14/2015 at 19:33

Working tech: Electric ultra-light plane.

Garage filled with: Borked, but repairable batteries.

Miss Tesla and I make it with time to spare.

PS9 > Brian, The Life of
10/14/2015 at 19:37

Think of it like the room of requirement from HP; anything you think will help will be there, but you have to leave behind anything you can’t take with you when you go.