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Imperator-Zor — Infrastructure: Part Three Hundred Eighty Three
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Published: 2023-08-05 11:36:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 2332; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 0
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On a cool late summer a Ministry of Distribution SL-47 with an enclosed back made it's way down the streets of the Radiant City. There was not a lot of traffic yet, which was probably for the best. It accelerated quickly, stopped suddenly, swayed a bit and was a bit jerky in it's turns. Never the less the van came to a safe stop in Ivonova District and from it a young man and woman disembarked.
"Alright Sasha. How bad was that?" The man said reluctantly as he got to his feet.
Sasha put on grin as she made her way back. "Kirill you didn't miss any stop signs or lights or hit anything, even if you did park on the wrong side of the road. Still you still passed your road test, everything else is practice." She said as she unlocked the back of the van. "And the Bread's fine."
"Well I hope so, for everyone's sake." Kirill said as he took out a couple of trays, Sasha followed behind him. As he went he inhaled through his nose. "And that's a beautiful smell."
"Just don't drool on the loafs." Sasha jibed. Soon they'd walked into a MoD grocery store and dropped off their farinaceous cargo to the shopkeeper. They made ten more trips before having him sign off for the delivery. That done, the two got back into the van and made their way off again. This time at a slower pace.
Over the last nine months, ULAF had produced more than 12,000 SL-47s either as lorries and chassis for special fitting. More than all the the previous Infrastructural lorries, omnibuses, tractors, bulldozers, battlesteamers and other free-range steam and IC vehicles. Deploying such a fleet had massive complications in of itself, none the least of which was training of personnel, ranging from mechanics to drivers. Training programs were in place to get people up to speed, but novice drivers needed experienced drivers to learn the ropes. Early on a lot of which happened in and around the Radiant City itself for reasons both practical and propagandist, even though there were accidents. To minimize this, there were people like Sasha Plotnik. She'd been a MoD driver for the last five years and a big part of her job nowadays was helping newbies through the first few weeks on the job and nip bad habits in the bud. Kirill was not the worst she dealt with, but there was still massive room for improvement especially as more and more lorries and vans were finding their way onto the road.
