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(hard breathing)
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(train chugging)
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We should find a way to get to the bridge.
We need to start doing something.
What we need is to just wait for the Stern,
who's actually in charge.
Is that all Infected stuff?
Are you even allowed to have that?
One of the few.
Oh, you're really into them, aren't you?
Know your enemy.
Jett gets how they tick.
Yeah, maybe the first gens, but this fourth and fifth,
it's just, they're so far away from us now.
Look at what they're capable of.
(beeping)
30 are still missing.
Search and rescue continues to secure
the eastern side of the Madison Bridge.
The entire Orange rail line and major sections
of the crossing are now underwater.
Proceed to the area with extreme caution.
Updates to follow.
30?
I knew people on that crew.
This is a disaster.
One that could have been avoided.
I warned them.
They've been attacking at the crossing for some time.
Before we lost contact with Livingston,
he talked about a new subspecies of Infected moving in.
Wait, wait wait, so after this, they're--
Completely cut off.
So this means, the Livingston community,
everything they've built, what, it's over?
Maybe, maybe not.
I mean, they are farmers, but they can still fight.
And they're too far in the red zone
for an airdrop, right, okay, so--
No, no, no, they're too for air,
they're too far for ground.
You're only gonna make about 50 miles.
It's sweet you're trying to help,
but seriously, go away.
We're trying to do things here, kid.
Oh, you're only like a year older than me, Jett.
Military years are like dog years.
I enlisted at nine.
There's gotta be a way.
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Oh, hey, what if we take the rail driver?
I mean, my dad's been talking about clearing
the Missouri River line forever,
and this way we secure the whole southern route,
and then Livingston's only one whole state away.
Only one state?
No, no, the rail driver is way too old.
It's not gonna get very far.
They're infected at the frontier.
They would cut through it like a tin can.
So we go in prepared.
Armor it up, get a team in there, I mean, come on, guys.
You're gonna overload it.
The rail driver needs to go on and off the rails.
If you weight it down, it's not gonna go anywhere.
We can make it work.
Even then, they need someone with real field experience.
Experience you don't have.
Hey, give me a chance, I might surprise you.
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No, you won't.
Ryan, please.
Can't stop me, sir.
At ease.
I could do it.
Get Nathan on the horn, I want him to hear this.
Yes, sir.
Can you hear me?
Yeah, loud and clear, unfortunately.
Oh, what is this,
bring your daughter to work day?
Hilarious.
People have died.
Show some respect.
Nathan, what is wrong with you?
Why is he here?
To help. To learn.
How bad is it?
Well, Nathan, it's a big-ass bridge, you know.
Even without the Infected,
it would take years to rebuild.
Then we have to secure the Missouri Line, right?
We were just talking about this.
There could be a team that goes in.
That was always the plan, Asher.
Ryan, what's the status on the new prototype?
We're still about 90 days out, sir,
even if I push my men.
Not to mention, St. Louis is dragging
their feet repairing the rail crossing.
All right, enough.
Ryan, overtime for the trailblazer, all right?
Nathan, you can't let St. Louis push you around, all right.
Get it done.
With any luck at all,
we'll be able to reestablish the line into Livingston.
Probably by the end of summer.
Are you serious?
Do you know how much we depend on those crops?
By that time, there's gonna be thousands of people to feed.
Rations.
There are no other options.
No opt?
What about Ryan's rail driver?
I could take it with a small team,
get on the ground to support the--
No scouts.
All right, we're gonna get this right the first time.
I'm not gonna risk any chance of losing any more personnel.
Once the bridge has been rebuilt,
then we can send the trailblazer across,
and can relocate the path to the farms.
That is, if they're still there.
If not,
well, we'll be planting lotsa seeds.
I'm sorry, if they're still there?
It's the frontier, son.
They know the risks.
Just get it done.
Yes, sir.
They're all gonna die.
You know, folks on the frontier
don't quite trust the UA.
What's gonna happen when we send that
big-ass trailblazer down the line?
You know, it sure would look a lot less friendly
than this rail driver, that's for sure.
Would be in the end, too.
Exactly, we have to work with the locals along the route,
actually build the trade route.
And since the rail driver can come off the tracks,
you could get it to the other side of the river
before any of us could.
This is insubordination.
The general said we can't afford
to lose any of our personnel, right?
Yes, I just build a civilian team.
I mean, old soldiers or--
Well, you're old friend Pearlie Ackley's
here in St. Louis, and he has a few colorful connections.
Those are your orders, Nathan?
See you in St. Louis, little brother.
Okay.
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Okay.
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Sure you wanna do this?
I mean, someone has to do something.
It's my turn.
So.
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Hey, take care of my rail driver, got it?
I won't let anything happen to it.
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Prep the rail driver.
Yeah, yeah, you heard me.
And, um,
put a long-range tracker on it.
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Someone's gotta keep an eye out for him.
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