Chapter Sixteen
Someone had discovered a roadmaker a kilometer or so away from the settlement and Garwin had been able to get it running again. The machine seemed capable of using the tsunami mud to create roadways as easily as it had formerly converted dirt and stones. Yet, as Leader, Ethan was having second thoughts about putting the roadmaker back to work.
A road leading to or from anywhere in the colony would be a clear indication to their enemy about where the humans were to be found. Though at some point the colonists would have to continue settling Concordia, it would be unwise to continue as normal in the current crisis. Their focus had to be on defense, at least until the window of the aliens’ immediate return to complete their job of annihilating the colony had passed.
Ethan’s
