As the group worked, Jack tried to answer any questions as best as he could.  "Well before all this shit hit, I used to be an engineer, working on electronics and other gizmos.  Then I got called back to active duty and got pulled into this giant shit storm.  As far as contacting others, we will have to figure out what we want to do once we are secure.  I've got a military radio in my pack, but I haven't heard anything on it in almost a week.  If we choose to, we could set up a transmitter pretty easily to attract other humans.  On the plus side, we might attract more nice folks like yourself any maybe even build a little community here.  On the down side, we could attract raiders.  I've seen groups of scavengers roaming through the countryside, raping and pillaging anything left standing.  It is a risk that we need to evaluate as a group and come to a decision."<br/><br/>Jake paused in his work to listen to Kristie explain her homebrew explosives.  "Thanks for setting those up, we just need to be careful we don't blow ourselves to Hell, unless we really need to."  Once she was finished, he did a little more work and managed to get the first barricade set up.<br/><br/>"OK, we've got one layer of plywood bolted in.  It should stop a casual assault, but a good horde or car will go right through this," Jake paused for a second to evaluate their options.  "Why don't we split up in teams.  Kristie and Marcus, can you guys add another layer of 2x4's to this barricade and then put some diagonal braces into the concrete floor?  Dinah and I can head over to the other set of doors and take care of the work there.  With any luck, we can be done by dark."<br/><br/>(OK, since I figure you guys really don't want to RP a lot of construction, let's just jump forward to later that night; say around 7pm as the sun starts to go down.  We'll say the barricades are done and the group is fairly secure.  We'll meet back up at the front registers.)<br/><br/>Jake drops his tools to the floor and wipes the sweat from his brow.  "Alright, at least that shit is done.  But I think we are in pretty good shape."  He tears open a flat of bottled water and chugs a bottle down.  "We should probably figure out where we can bed down for the night.  Any suggestions?"