Twilight Corridors
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The "safest" areas in the Equatorial Desert. These are regions have been mapped, are relatively free of hostile organisms, and have generally mild temperatures. All twilight zones have two daily crossing windows, around dawn and dusk, where travel is safest. At these times, temperatures are moderate enough to permit prolonged exposure, and winds aren't generally powerful enough to cause lethal sandstorms.
There is a degree of variety in twilight zones, recorded zones have the following information available:
- Crossing Window: Due to any number of factors, each crossing window can be as short as three hours, or as long as eight.
- Length: Some many corridors follow geological features such as beaches or ridges, and the desert varies in width. Corridors range in length from 300km to well over 1,000km.
- Sandstorm threat level: With every sandstorm update, experts assign each corridor five-level, color-coded threat rating. These ratings are:
- Blue: Some small storms possible
- Green: small to moderate storms
- Yellow: moderate sandstorm activity
- Orange: moderate to powerful storms
- Red: Dangerous storms present
- Native sightings: Travelers are encouraged to be alert and report any Natives spotted during their crossing.
Wise travelers make good use of this information. Not all vehicles can cross all corridors in time, so a traveler must check the length of the voyage, and the length of the crossing window against the speed and range of his vehicle. Furthermore, some sandstorms are worse than others, while an ATV 350 could likely survive a moderate sandstorm, the driver of an open-topped Outlaw ATV would almost certainly be torn to pieces.
