Jurassic Park Genesis

by Dilorex

Take a look at Jurassic Park before it was built. See how Hammond made certain decisions regarding the park and how he got it the way he did before the night of that fateful accident in the park.

14. Chapter 13: Thorne's Explorers

Chapter 13: Thorne and the Explorers

The smell of oil and burning metal floated in the air as jeep parts were being welded together and the finishing touches were being put on a series of cars. These cars were designed and built by a very well known automobile genius, known only to others as Thorne. He didn't give a first name and expected no one to come asking for it. The cars were lined up in his garage, three Explorers and two gas powered jeeps. The Explorer's had a jungle or camouflage feel to them, having the red tops, green sides, and the red stripes going down the sides meshing with the green. The gas powered jeeps were gray with red coloring with a topless frame. These cars had been designed using the safari plans, built to take punishment and need very little maintenance.

What they were being designed for and where they were going, he didn't really care. He gets a job, does it and doesn't ask any questions. He has always found that it works out better for him in the long run, staying ignorant of the reasons behind their construction.

He wiped his hands as he got up from underneath one of them, checking oil lines and compartments. The Explorer that he was just working on was the last one to be completed, and he was just waiting on confirmation of pickup.

The thing about this order, which did get him thinking, was the fact that only the two jeeps had engines installed in them. For the three Explorers, it specially said that they were to be built without an engine, and inside a line of magnets were to be placed along the bottom. Thorne himself had never heard of such a thing on a car, but after thinking about it for a little while, he decided that INGEN is probably just one of those eco-friendly companies that was trying to cut down pollution. Being in the automotive industry, he had been hearing a lot about these alternative methods to using technology to help the environment, and knowing that it was a loaded company financially wise, it all made sense. He was still surveying the cars and checking last minute things when the phone in his office rang. He wiped his hands on his oil and chemical smeared overalls and answered the phone.

"Thorne Automobiles," he answered gruffly.

"Ah yes, Mr. Hammond good to hear from you. Yes, yes everything is going fine. I just finished checking the oil lines on the last jeep. Yep, they are ready to go. Pickup? Um, I thought you were going to tell me. Helicopters? Oh with winches, okay I see. Yes no problem. We'll put the cars out in my secured lot. Tomorrow morning? Yes that's fine. Okay great, no thank you sir," he hung up, smiling. This job just made him a lot of money.

With all of the cars finished, Thorne started moving them into the parking lot. For the jeeps, it was easy he just drove them out and left them in park. The Explorers were a bit more tricky, but in the end what they did is the latched two gold carts to the front of the Explorer they were moving at the time, and just rolled them on out into the parking lot. Thorne looked one more time at the parking lot and the five cars sitting in a nice line. He smiled, admiring his own work.