Sucks for us but imagine the level of competency in the US military in ten years…
“I’m gonna ask for immediate evac. Mike, check our location.”
“How? All the electronics are fried.”
“The map.”
“Paper map?”
“Yeeeeeeah.”
“I… Erm… I don’t really know how to use a paper map.”
“How can you not know? We all had training.”
“I faked it.”
“Who knows how to read a map?” The reply is silence from the group. “Lucas? Alex? The rest of you? Nobody knows how to read a map?” Everybody is staring at the sand. “I don’t either. Fuck!”
Alex says “I think I can do it. North is pointing up - right?”
“This is fucking impossible, when I turn around the map doesn’t change orientation at all!! How the fuck is anybody supposed to use this stupid thing??”
“I’m gonna ask for immediate evac. Mike, check our location.”
“How? All the electronics are fried.”
“The map.”
“Paper map?”
“Yeeeeeeah.”
“I… Erm… I don’t really know how to use a paper map.”
“How can you not know? We all had training.”
“I faked it.”
“Who knows how to read a map?” The reply is silence from the group. “Lucas? Alex? The rest of you? Nobody knows how to read a map?” Everybody is staring at the sand. “I don’t either. Fuck!”
Alex says “I think I can do it. North is pointing up - right?”
“This is fucking impossible, when I turn around the map doesn’t change orientation at all!! How the fuck is anybody supposed to use this stupid thing??”
Damian - as always - has an excellent suggestion - “Maybe you gotta rotate it?”