[ArmySGT.]

Gypsy Truckers......

A scourge and a blessing to communities 150 years after WarDay. Gypsy Truckers move with the seasons north in summer and south in winter, then east or west as they please. Operating out of 18 wheel tractor trailers on the remains of the once great interstate highway system, Gypsy truckers are loyal to their clan and no one else.

Gypsy Truckers carry goods and people sometimes great distances from their source. Bringing luxuries or hard to get items to communities far from coasts or riverways anywhere in North America. A trucker clan may travel an established route with communities aiding in keeping roads passable or meander with no real destination in mind.

The easiest thing to carry is information.

HumInt. Gypsy Truckers arriving is like a County Fair, flea market, block party, and sound riot..... Easy to move about and asses the value of a place. Plying the Mayor, Chief, Head Honcho and his council with raw corn whiskey and 20th Century music (CDs or Tapes!) opens doors and loosens lips.

Gypsy Truckers use this information for themselves..... Maybe a raid on a village, planning a route, or areas and people to avoid.

This information is also for sale to anyone that can raise the capital. Anyone.

SigInt Gypsy Truckers love their CB radios! They are also very aware anyone can be listening.
Trucks may also have cobbled together mounts and power for American, Canadian, Mexican, and Soviet military radios together with civilian short wave or AM/FM sets. The trucker clan can tiangulate positions of anyone carelessly transmitting easily, as the convoy moves down the road.

Gypsy Truckers don't always pay or trade for everything that can be found on their trucks. Boys and girls can be sold and livestock consumed.

Gypsy Truckers are probably the most current and knowledgable persons to date on the situation of roads, highways, bridges, dams, and other means to travel by wheeled vehicle across the country. Sometimes painstakingly drawing maps complete with accurate measurements of elevation and distance using surveyors transit and tape.