>>6333817>(Boil the ration.)stupid not to try at least.
As for the flavour vote
>(Write-in)>A mix of things, mainly that with the timer set on humanity's extinction, you heard many rumours of the top brass discussing varying wild ideas to save humanity from the combine, many of whom needed people either brave or stupid enough to tough the gauntlet of scrapping combine tech and bringing it back. You'd heard that some were even planning on using an old nuclear warhead rocket with a teleportation device strapped onto it, and teleporting an entire colony ship outside of Earth's orbit. Either way, it was your job to make any of the eggheads ideas plausible. >...It might also have been that you knew your half sister was within the city. You hadn't really talked to her much before the war, but it is still a loose end you want to tie up since Pa might body slam you in heaven if you die before at least trying your best at helping her out of the city, together with the other civilians.