Siteadmin, Check users, Administrators
12,071
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 30:
Line 30: − +
→The triggering
But when he arrived, he found the Project site already occupied by a gang of thugs, led by [[Cuffy Meigs]], who was probably the most militant, and the most corrupt, of all the [[Washington, DC]] insiders. Meigs boasted that he, as the leader of the "Friends of the People," was now in charge, and that he and his men could care for the Xylophone without help. Stadler, incredulous, struggled with Meigs, on the level of physical violence, for control of the Xylophone. In the process, Meigs pulled one of its levers.
But when he arrived, he found the Project site already occupied by a gang of thugs, led by [[Cuffy Meigs]], who was probably the most militant, and the most corrupt, of all the [[Washington, DC]] insiders. Meigs boasted that he, as the leader of the "Friends of the People," was now in charge, and that he and his men could care for the Xylophone without help. Stadler, incredulous, struggled with Meigs, on the level of physical violence, for control of the Xylophone. In the process, Meigs pulled one of its levers.
This one lever pull triggered the Xylophone at full gain. The result was the utter destruction of the Project site and the flattening of every house and every building within the Xylophone's range. The most crucial object that was destroyed was the Taggart [[railroad]] bridge over the [[Mississippi River]]. The western half of the bridge, and the first six cars of a freight train that was crossing it at the time, all disappeared.
This one lever pull triggered the Xylophone at full gain. The result was the utter destruction of the Project site and the flattening of every house and every building within the Xylophone's range. The most crucial object that was destroyed was the [[Taggart Bridge]], a [[railroad]] bridge over the [[Mississippi River]]. The western half of the bridge, and the first six cars of a freight train that was crossing it at the time, all disappeared.
The narrative states that Robert Stadler died slowly and in agony on the Project site, and was the last man to die.
The narrative states that Robert Stadler died slowly and in agony on the Project site, and was the last man to die.