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You bring your roadster to a halt at the front of the convoy and Rickenbacker helps you replenish the fuel tank with gasolene drawn from the DC1 tanker. Once the refuelling is complete, the two of you carry out a routine inspection while the other convoy vehicles are being refuelled for the journey ahead. After last night’s excursion, you are keen to make sure that your vehicle is still roadworthy.

Everything seems to be in good order until Rickenbacker notices wet patches of fluid pooled on the ground on the inside of the front wheels. Closer inspection reveals it to be brake fluid, which is seeping from severed brake lines. The damage is not accidental: the brake lines have been snipped with wire cutters. Someone has attempted deliberately to sabotage your vehicle.

If you wish to report this damage to Mike Gorgas, the convoy leader, turn to 136.

If you decide to repair the damage and say nothing more about it, turn to 272.