What would we do with an engine? We can survive on the normal powergrid for now. We need some income before we can even think of getting out of the basement. After that we get a place to live, and then we get more power. For now we just need some income. We must locate a place that we can sell stuff to for a profit. At this point that is any place since we can scavenge from the scrapyard. We will need a way to get more materials eventually. I'm thinking that after we get some income and establish ourselves, we can set up a bribe system with the guard of scrapyard.
Actually, our best bet for income right now is Clockstop. We need to keep the recipe a secret, but if we can sell that, we'll be set for a while. Government contracts are good for that stuff. They pay a lot, and they tend to stay out of our business if we sell stuff to them. We need chemicals for more Clockstop, and we need to setup an appointment of sorts with some kind of government office, so we can sell our Clockstop.
We should secretly dilute it about 50% though. That way we can stretch out the supply, get more money, and make sure nobody else has the power we have. We should dilute it with water. Filtered water if possible, we need it to be as pure as possible, so that anything in the water can't interfere with it, and cause undesired side effects. Those tend to lose us customers.
As I said before, we should avoid gangs and the law enforcement as much as possible. No selling to either of them, we don't want gangs or police coming after us. We can sell things to the local government, because they should both be able to protect us and we can sell to them without attracting much attention.
Any contact with the gangs could get us arrested, and any contact with the police can get us in trouble with the gangs. For now we have to lay low from both of them. We really should secure a supply of chemicals for our future Clockstop business. I'm thinking that local pharmacies shall do just fine.
Edit: Paragraphed. Happy now?