Chapter 22 : Setting Up Base (1)

• Skimming slowly through the files of the dam's blueprints, Lisa was only able to remember some of terms and designs that were depicted. After all, she did only take three years of Engineering and most of her classes were at the freshman and sophomoric level. She would have to go see the dam parts, processes, and manuals in person to fully understand how everything worked. She had to make a bet that the dam would be able to function when she inspected it and at the very least be able to provide enough power to keep the laptop powered until she understood the blueprints enough to make repairs.
• The afternoon was nearly over by the time Lisa felt like she had studied the blueprints enough for the time being. Not to mention the power of the laptop was getting low now. She would have assumed that after two hundred years in the future that technology would have evolved to have more superior energy storage capabilities. However, she could assume it seemed the wars during her slumber must have slowed the progress of technological advances somewhat for this particular field. Upon seeing the time, Lisa decided to wait until the morning to go to the dam and set up her new base.
• As Joan, Hanna, and Richard were out for the moment, Lisa went to find John or Benny to tell her intentions. Stepping outside Lisa found that John was out in the back working on the community garden. He was pulling weeds and Crab Grass that were out growing the cucumbers near the edge of the garden.