Yeah I'm interested, beats sitting around doing nothing
Morgue leads you to the rest of the group, who are stationed at the north guard post. There isn't much here. Several metal barrels makes something of a defensible position, reinforced by planks and wire. The more interesting object, though, is the rusty laser turret set to the side. It looks far from functional, but Morgue looks at it with some affection.
"She's a beaut, yeah? Bought her off a scrapper a while back. He told me it worked, but I'm no idiot. The things busted. Still, I bought it at a fourth of what it's worth. I was thinking you might be able to get it working, with your vault smarts. What'dya think?" He pats the rusty old thing and sets down his tool kit.
[14+2+3=19] After looking inside the turret, you figure you can repair it with enough scrap electronics. Assuming ((for expedience's sake)) that you help out, you begin work on the turret.
Look around the border of the town for scraps and other potentially meltable metal stuff no one cares about.
"Go on without me, I'll catch up on you guys soon enough."
[4+1+1=6] You have no luck finding much small scrap! Looks like all the metallic trash lying around is of some value to the ghouls. Eventually, though, you come upon an old, rusty, abandoned car. You might be able to pry a few pieces of metal from its carcass. Heh heh,
carcass.
Anyway, you get to work getting what you need.
GUARD STATION
"Incoming!" Witt yells from the tower. Now fully alert, the group looks around for the target in question. Down the road, you see a single woman running towards the guard post at full sprint. Before any of you can react, the guard in the tower yells a command.
"Stop right there! Stop now, or we'll shoot!" she yells to the intruder. The girl on the road stops dead in her tracks and raises her hands. She looks a pathetic sight. The rags she's using for clothes are worn and dirty, she wears no shoes, and she has a bulky metal collar around her neck.
"P-please! I need help! It's the Chain! I got away from them, but they're after me! Please let me in!""Turn around. Now. And run away, or I'll kill you myself." The girl on the road breaks down and crumples to the ground, crying.
"One of you down there, shoot her. Or shoot at her. Just get her off the road."