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Martial arts was exceedingly important in this new wasteland. When the atmosphere finally reasserted and repaired itself so that there wasn't as much UV radiation, they would be able to leave the bunker and goodness know what they would find out there. If they didn't hone up on their martial arts or their weapons training, they would become easy targets for large groups of roving bandits.

After overhearing Keeter and Bebe talking about the brainwave machine, Harm just had to try it out for himself. And frankly it scared him too, but of course he had also flicked the on switch and well...once the process was underway, it couldn't be stopped for fear of neurological damage to one's cerebellum.

Sgt. Jared Frio and LCOL Jack Bunch worked out trying to make certain that they were fit and ready for any action that presented itself. Jack Bunch was your typical Marine though he had spent most of his life in the Air Force. He liked getting the job done and making sure that objectives were met and living in the bunker, though necessary was getting to him. He asked the admirals if he could be placed on the next rotation for out-side the bunker excursions. Jared worked on preserving his hard-body and wanted to make sure that he was also prepared for any eventuality, up to and including confrontation with hostile forces.

Marty Keaton and Tamara Donner were also in the weight room looking after their bodies, much for the same reason as Jack Bunch and Jared Frio. The motivation was the same in that they knew that when they headed out of the bunker, it was uncertain by what they would be met with. Were there enough Soviet troops that they had overrun Sunset Valley and that it was only by luck that Harm and Tosh had returned from their reconnoiter? Or was it that they were lucky and had escaped the invasion of the CONUS? Who knew what they would find or whether the Sovs and Chinese had invaded in the interim now? For all they knew columns of Soviet and Chinese tanks could be advancing on their complex and they would have to defend. So they planned to get their bodies in the best physical shape of their lives.

Autumn Cusack had also come into the exercise rooms and decided that she would work on her martial arts. Her first task was hitting the Sa Baau...the heavy sand bag that would be her initial training tool if she didn't choose the Muk Yan Jong. And flail away at it, she did, for the longest time.

Jack Keeter went back to the science room and worked on some more nanites and circuits.

Holly Alto and SGT River McIrish worked on their painting. It was therapeutic because it took their mind off the dire situation that they were in and kept it on an even keel which would be necessary in the future when larger reconnoiter teams were going to be sent out into the elements to find other survivors or perhaps they would have to battle any foreign invaders.

After all, once the Soviets and Chinese would set foot in Sunset Valley, they would end up targeting one of the few building that had received very little damage from the warheads exploding. They would know that there were occupants that had survived and considering the type of construction involved in the building of the bunker, they would know that those survivors had some sort of military backing and training and thus they would be come the primary target.