by Brian Moon
Chapter 4: Test results.
General Eisenberg walked beside Lord Nemesis while Colonel Tomain walked behind them. They had driven up route 100 almost to the state line and then turned off east into the middle of nowhere. It was odd to think that the smallest state in the Union would have nowhere spots, but this one did and five square miles belonged to the Southern United Metal Works. The property was surrounded by dense forested hills. Inside this area was the Southern United Foundries. City restrictions prevented them from being built around Paragon. Many thought it was strange that Mayor Rabinowitz didn’t change the zoning for one of his biggest election supporters. The company simply stated that it was spreading the available work to surrounding communities. The Southern United Metal Works was a massive complex that produced anything from metal castings to machine parts that they sent all over the country, even the world.
