plus various ships, and vehicles. Most of our buildings are on solar power now, and we have small farms and even some livestock. It's a nice little colony." I explained.
"Wow. I had no idea we had such a large group so close to us. How many of you are there?"
"I think last count is about 2,000 people total. I started with about two hundred, but we have run across several survivors in one's, or two's, or small groups here and there. Some have stayed with us and helped us grow, some have decided to keep going on their own. In fact, we recently acquired about 36 more people with a group that found us."
"Impressive. So what do you want with us? We don't have anything to offer you." Ethan said.
"Actually, we found you because of a plan I just put into motion. Let me explain. Do you have any maps by any chance?" I asked.
"No, I don't think so. But let me have someone check in the storage room. There may have been some when we arrived." Ethan said. He left the office for a minute, and I heard him talking to someone in the lobby. He came back in and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge. After looking at me for confirmation, he grabbed me one too.
"Ok, let's hear this plan while we're waiting. Unless you need the maps to explain?" he said.
"No, I can get started." I then started explaining my plan, just as I had with John earlier. Ethan just listened, and nodded here and there. When the maps showed up, I pointed things out to him too. Once I finished, he just stared off into space for a few minutes.
"So, what exactly does that mean for us, are we supposed to just lie down and become part of your group?" Ethan asked, a hint of derision in his tone.
"Not if you don't want to. They call me admiral because there were a lot of sailors left on the ships. Since they didn't want to be in charge of anything, and I had a plan, they voted me in charge. Since I put people in charge of individual ships, and the base itself, all the sailors started calling me admiral since I was in charge of the whole thing. It worked to get it streamlined, and everyone knew what needed to be done to survive, so it stuck, and I live with it. I have never made anyone stay with us that didn't want to stay. I do plan on taking this peninsula, but you are more than welcome to either join us, or maintain your group as separate. If you join us, you can still stay here if you like; this is yours, you can keep it. I'm not trying to take anything from anyone. I have a ship on its way with equipment for solar power, so you can have more power than you have now, as well as food and medical supplies. There should also be some weapons and ammo for your use too. It's all yours even if you choose not to officially join us." I told him. While I would like this group to join us and allow us to use this area as a forward base, I wasn’t going to push them to it either.
"Well, we have worked hard making this place as safe as possible, and grow what little food we can. We are proud of it. I will call a group meeting tonight and talk to everyone. If the consensus is we join you, then we will. I'm sure most of us would like to stay here though. We are comfortable here, and it's our home now. Although, I think four or five of us are actually from somewhere near here, so they may want to return to their original homes. Is that an option?" Ethan asked.
"Of course, once we can assure them the whole area is clear, so no one will have to worry about getting attacked. Like I said, we aren't trying to take any property from anyone. If it's theirs, it will stay theirs. I would ask one thing. If you would allow it, once we are ready to start clearing out the infected, I would like to use
"Wow. I had no idea we had such a large group so close to us. How many of you are there?"
"I think last count is about 2,000 people total. I started with about two hundred, but we have run across several survivors in one's, or two's, or small groups here and there. Some have stayed with us and helped us grow, some have decided to keep going on their own. In fact, we recently acquired about 36 more people with a group that found us."
"Impressive. So what do you want with us? We don't have anything to offer you." Ethan said.
"Actually, we found you because of a plan I just put into motion. Let me explain. Do you have any maps by any chance?" I asked.
"No, I don't think so. But let me have someone check in the storage room. There may have been some when we arrived." Ethan said. He left the office for a minute, and I heard him talking to someone in the lobby. He came back in and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge. After looking at me for confirmation, he grabbed me one too.
"Ok, let's hear this plan while we're waiting. Unless you need the maps to explain?" he said.
"No, I can get started." I then started explaining my plan, just as I had with John earlier. Ethan just listened, and nodded here and there. When the maps showed up, I pointed things out to him too. Once I finished, he just stared off into space for a few minutes.
"So, what exactly does that mean for us, are we supposed to just lie down and become part of your group?" Ethan asked, a hint of derision in his tone.
"Not if you don't want to. They call me admiral because there were a lot of sailors left on the ships. Since they didn't want to be in charge of anything, and I had a plan, they voted me in charge. Since I put people in charge of individual ships, and the base itself, all the sailors started calling me admiral since I was in charge of the whole thing. It worked to get it streamlined, and everyone knew what needed to be done to survive, so it stuck, and I live with it. I have never made anyone stay with us that didn't want to stay. I do plan on taking this peninsula, but you are more than welcome to either join us, or maintain your group as separate. If you join us, you can still stay here if you like; this is yours, you can keep it. I'm not trying to take anything from anyone. I have a ship on its way with equipment for solar power, so you can have more power than you have now, as well as food and medical supplies. There should also be some weapons and ammo for your use too. It's all yours even if you choose not to officially join us." I told him. While I would like this group to join us and allow us to use this area as a forward base, I wasn’t going to push them to it either.
"Well, we have worked hard making this place as safe as possible, and grow what little food we can. We are proud of it. I will call a group meeting tonight and talk to everyone. If the consensus is we join you, then we will. I'm sure most of us would like to stay here though. We are comfortable here, and it's our home now. Although, I think four or five of us are actually from somewhere near here, so they may want to return to their original homes. Is that an option?" Ethan asked.
"Of course, once we can assure them the whole area is clear, so no one will have to worry about getting attacked. Like I said, we aren't trying to take any property from anyone. If it's theirs, it will stay theirs. I would ask one thing. If you would allow it, once we are ready to start clearing out the infected, I would like to use
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