The Hexcrawl

"Long as he looks after hisself," Baker says as he continues to pack, "don't bring us no more trouble than we already got."

About the US soldiers potentially held by the so-called cult, Sheepdog just nods. "Alight. We get Jakob out of here... then I'm goin' back. I'm not leaving them men and women behind, LT."

"I'll be right there with you, Sheepdog."

So we tell Marcin that he's welcome to come with us. If he has any ideas about how to make himself disappear, we're listening. As much as he doesn't want to anger his fellows, we don't want to sour relations with our friendliest contacts.

We're going to have better fuel economy on the road, so we'll stick with them. Going off-road is only if we need to avoid a confrontation where we're vastly outmatched.

Marcin will just get in your Humvee when you plan to go. No one expects him to up and leave. - This is the evening shift so there aren't any changes to your driving speed since it's not dark yet.

It sounds like the group's current plan is to pick up the .50 and then follow the road going north, then turning west, and then turning south towards Krakow. If there is anything special you'd like to do such as investigating the towns along the way, let me know.

Otherwise, the only two things I need from you this shift are for:

Cunningham to make a RECON roll for lookout.
Reed to make a DRIVING roll for driving mishaps.

Before deciding if we want to investigate them, we can ask Marcin if he knows anything about the towns between here and Krakow.

Definitely picking up the .50 first.

When the group is ready, Tedic drives the Humvee.

The towns mostly keep to themselves. This is what Marcin knows about the ones on your path.

Jedrzejow: Has a tyrannical leader. The leader of the town has a vision for future survival of the town and is enforcing his plan on everyone no matter the cost.

Wodzislaw: The town is friendly to outsiders but there's a feud between two powerful families.

Miechów: The town has an infestation of rats and disease.
Yes he can do options A and C
OR
Option B
It was improved by 3.

With Marcin now part of your group, everyone collaborates to lift and attach the .50 without any issues. Reed takes the driver's seat, and the Humvee proceeds smoothly. Upon reaching this spot on the map, Cunningham sees something in the distance—a gathering of 20 refugees. Struggling with starvation and evident hypothermia, they traverse the road on foot. He notices them and it appears that from your current distance they don't notice you.

Cunningham tells Reed to stop. He watches the refugees plod on down the road. "I wonder where they're coming from." He sighs. "Not much we can do for these people. Maybe give them some water and direct them to Kielce. Tell 'em to avoid Checiny. Unless one of you have an idea."

They are walking north towards your vehicle.

"Hmm, from the south... Could be from Wodzislaw. Maybe they're political refugees from the feud Marcin was talking about."

Tedic wracks his brain, but doesn't come up with any better ideas for how to help these people besides giving them something for the journey. Maybe they could use some fuel to start a fire for them? They do look cold.