Guidance

[Corsair]

The Exclusion Zone. Formed by a massive nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, it is a 30 kilometer diameter area around the site of the NPP, and has generated awe and fear from people around the world for it's reputation of being the most dangerous place to live. But also, the most profitable.

I rolled my head in a circle in an attempt to loosen my shoulders- an action made futile by my motorcycle helmet. My arms were stiff from grasping the handlebars for so many hours. My bike was far from legal- but it was the best way to traverse the open countryside of Ukraine, far from all of the patrols designed to keep people like me from my goal- the Exclusion Zone.

Then, in the distance, I could see the air was shimmering. A gleam of metal caught my eye, and I noticed a rusted, faded Radiation warning sign, laying down in the grass. It was warped, apparently from heat, and as I slowed for a better look, it appeared to have been hit from behind by a blast of great heat. This must have been the result of the great 2006 blowout. But I was still a good ten kilometers from the Zone! Four years in the future, and this sign has remained here, rusting on the ground. I passed it and turned my eyes forward. Towards the distant shimmering, and my fortune.

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