It's been nearly 4 years since Judgment Day. Kate and I have been preparing for the day when we could come out of the Fortress here on Crystal Peak. The bunker here has provided us with everything we have needed to survive these past few years. Food, water, entertainment, everything we could possibly need.
There is a long-range radio uplink which we have been monitoring. Government, law enforcement, and civilian channels. There are humans out there, this we know for sure. Mostly transmissions picked up from CB Radio's, small groups of people communicating. There is a mention of "Killer Robots", and talk about their near-invincibility it appears that no one knows why the bombs fell. The information we obtained from the T-850 before Judgment day suggested that Skynet could monitor these channels and listen in so we have been monitoring and not sending, afraid to broadcast our location to anyone, or anything that would be listening for us.
Now about the Bunker:
There is a huge stockpile of food, weapons, clothing, and other necessities for living, the US government had obviously seen to that. This bunker was apparently intended for the president's cabinet members and their families, in case the cold war happened to turn hot. The entire complex is three levels, one for living, one for storage, and a Hydroponics Garden chamber, with each level being about the size of 4 football fields arranged in a square, the Hydroponics farm being twice as large as all the other levels.
The living chambers consist of 50 lavishly decorated room's approximately 15 by 15 feet, there is also a Barrack's like room to accommodate the Secret Service, or whoever would be in charge of the complex's security. There are giant solar panels outside that collect solar energy during the day, and charge giant turbine generators, then whenever we need power it is routed to where it needs to be. This system is very efficient and low-profile, however in event of the solar panels failing, there is also a gas-powered generator with a thousand gallons of gas to go along with it.
On the Living level is also large kitchen area, and finally a Library with hundreds of books on anything you could ever want to know. I myself have been reading up on military tactics, and Living off the land. Kate has busied herself reading up on medical information, and about growing the plants in the hydroponics field in the basement. There also appears to be a copy of every movie ever published since the sixties, to keep the occupants busy during their stay. We estimate this bunker could hold up to 200 people. This would be the first outpost for the resistance, 200 lives that could be saved should the need arise.
The giant hydroponics garden can grow anything just as effectively as the best garden before Judgment Day. There are thousands of seeds for soy beans, corn, wheat, cabbage, tomatoes, and carrots. After the MRE's run out, we will have to rely on our skills at horticulture to sustain us.
The storage level contains a shooting range, and thousands of Meals Ready to Eat, and C-Rations packed in boxes that go on for as far as the eye can see. The weapon stockpile consists of 10 Disposable L.A.W. light anti-tank weapons, 10 M-16A4 Assault Rifles, and 10 Beretta 9mm handguns for whomever would be keeping the peace down here. The handguns and Rifles have about ten clips each. This should support us in the meantime until we can get to the stockpiles my mother had hidden in Mexico. Kate and I have decided to name the bunker "Home Plate".
Upstairs, on the main level behind the giant blast door that seals off Crystal Peak from the post judgment day world is an assortment of vehicles. There are 4 Humvees in pristine condition, several half-ton military trucks, and two Military M117 Armored Personnel Carriers. Each vehicle has a mounted Browning .50 caliber machine gun, Each has about 500 rounds each. They run well, and with a few modifications, can be upgraded to fight against Skynet one day.
There are appearing to be more voices on the radio every day. Kate suggests that we prepare to move out, and gather survivors. They have survived, so there must be very little or no background radiation. We have made plans on what we would do, and how we could start our search. I have to agree with her on this. We will have to exit to find survivors eventually, why delay the inevitable?
John Conner had ended his Digital Journal entry with that one question. Looking up at the digital clock perched on the computer he now typed on, he sighed at the display which read 1:34 AM in flashing red numbers. He got up from the computer and made his way to the king size bed in the corner of the room and crawled in carefully to not wake up his wife, Katherine Brewster, Known to him simply as Kate. They had met in the few days before Judgment Day, the day that the Sentient Artificial intelligence Skynet was put in charge of the United States Offensive Missile Systems. The result: The near eradication of humans worldwide with their nuclear payload.
John slowly drifted to sleep, laying out the plan in his head that was to re-unite the human race.
This may be a little harder than I thought….