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A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON: HOW AMERICA BECAME A WASTELAND #1 (1949-2066)



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No major international conflicts would take place until the middle of the twenty-first century, although the transistor was not discovered and, in an attempt to mitigate the influence of Communism, the United States adopts a system of 13 Commonwealths. In 2052, the oil rich Middle East nations raised oil prices causing the economic collapse of many smaller nations. The European Commonwealth Responded with military force but United States, being supplied by oil from Texas and Mexico, escaped any direct confrontation.


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Nuclear fears grip the country when, in the same year, Tel Aviv is destroyed by a terrorist nuclear weapon and, in the following year, warring nations exchanged nuclear weapons in the Middle East. In response, the Americans begin Project Safehouse: a series of underground Vaults designed to survive nuclear war or an epidemic.


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In 2066, the Resource Wars shift to the other side of the globe. China, her oil reserves exhausted and her economy near collapse, invades Alaska...and hell is unleashed (to be continued).


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Henry Jamison had had it all… A cushy job, a rich and influential family, large comfortable house in the middle of New Vegas and access to all the drink and hookers money could buy. He had spent the five years working for the Crimson Caravan trading company as a manager of several routes… Well, “working” was an exaggeration. He had actually just spent the last five years boozing and gambling whilst the Crimson Caravan’s paid all his living expenses.

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All that had changed when the bitch McLafferty had taken charge of the New Vegas operations. Everything bad that had happened to him was her fault entirely. She expected him to turn up to the office five days a week! When he refused, she made sure that his wages ceased to be paid; something he was sure must be illegal. Faced with spiralling gambling debts owed to the Omertas he had been forced to accept a job personally leading a caravan that was to travel between New Vegas and the east coast. His plan was to get back to Washington and have his father get Alice McLafferty sacked, that would show her who was really in charge.

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Unfortunately things had gone awry. On the outskirts of Brotherhood controlled territory the caravan had come under attack. Out of nowhere dozens of super mutants had appeared at once. They seemed to just pop out from every tree and even from out of the ground. Having travelled hundreds of miles without incident the guards had got complacent and most didn’t even have their weapons loaded. The centaurs were on them within seconds, closely followed by the super mutants themselves. Despite it being the most well-guarded of all the caravans (they had been planning to travel through raider territory after all), the guards had been slaughtered.

Now Jamison was tied up among a dozen other survivors of the attack, all of whom were bound and gagged. It was bloody typical. Everything he tried to do in life went wrong through no fault of his own. He had heard the super mutants often took hostages although he wasn’t sure why… Perhaps they planned to eat them – but if that was the case why had they left corpses of the guards behind? The only thing he could think of was for ransom money, a thought which gave him great relief. He was sure his father would be only too happy to pay for his release, then once Jamison was safe, they could send in a detachment of mercenaries in his father’s employ to punish the mutants for their insolence and get the ransom money back. Time passed, as time has a habit of doing. He had no idea how long he had been sat there but it felt like hours.

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Finally two super mutants wearing lab coats (if the torn remains of the coats that were clearly too small for them could be counted as lab coats) walked in, removed his bindings and grunted “You follow us now stupid human, try to escape and bad things will happen.”

“Now look here! My name is Henry Jamison! I’m a very important man and if any harm comes to me you will regret it!”

But they didn’t seem to pay any attention to what he had said and started walking off. He imagined that if he didn’t do what they said he would regret it somehow, so he quickly ran after them. As he followed the mutant “scientists” along the corridor he tried to peek at the clipboard in the larger freak’s hands. It just seemed to be scribbled with dozens of games of noughts and crosses… Although it seemed like neither of the players had got the hang of the game and whoever went first won with the first three goes, the other player just attempting to get his own three in a row on the other side of the grid. They walked in silence, not even looking behind to check he was following. Perhaps he could just slip away into one of the side doors and escape? The stupid beasts probably wouldn’t even notice… But what was the point? He had no idea where he was and had no supplies on him. He had spent his life in cities and didn’t for one second imagine he would survive for very long alone out in the wastes. They eventually came to a door which opened onto a large warehouse, the interior of which was filled with large vats of bubbling green liquid on the side of which had the letters “FEV” written.

A chill ran down his spine… clearly this was a pre-war building and the mutants were playing with pre-war technology. What were they planning to do with it? More importantly what were they planning to do with him?! All of a sudden the two mutants swung around and grabbed him by the arms and dragged him towards the vats.

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“N-no! Please! Listen to me! I’m rich; my family has lots of money! If you let me go you will be handsomely rewarded!”

The super mutants looked at one another as if considering his offer… Then they both burst out laughing. It was a deep guttural laugh that sounded more like two stones being rubbed together than proper laughter and it filled Jamison with terror.

“What will we do with stupid human money? You think any humans actually trade with us? We are meta-humans! Don’t need to trade with others to survive, us meta-humans don’t need any help!”

And with that the two super-mutants swung him up and over the railings of the walkway and dropped him into one of the bubbling vats of FEV. The last thing Henry Jamison knew was blinding pain and agony.

OOC: Well that text came out a bit longer than I had planned :p
 
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A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON: HOW AMERICA BECAME A WASTELAND #2 (2066-2077)​


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Once the Chinese invasion is a reality, USA forces Canada into allowing troops and planes to move across Canadian territory; relations worsen ignoring Canadian protests and Military begin referring to Canada as "Little America."


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In 2072, as the Chinese-American war grinds on, US continues to demand more resources from Canada. When an attempt is made to sabotage the oil pipeline, the Americans begin to annex Canada. In 2076, the annexation is complete. America deploy troops into chinese territory suited with T-51b power armors. The suits are highly effective and American troops advance through Chinese territory. In early 2077, the Americans recover Alaska but no armistice is signed.


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Those in positions to foresee the nuclear conflagration make final preparations: Robert House puts himself in stasis. The President and the Enclave retreat to the Poseidon oil rig. The American public, having been exposed to too many false alarms, largely ignore the warning sirens when the bombs begin to fall. Many Vaults are underpopulated as their doors are shut.
 
The following factions have not delievered their orders in time, and so will have a penalty of -1 order this turn (more if they dont send it early):


Red waste (Kinghannibal)
Former USA (Keynes2.0)
Canada (Muskeato)

All other players are up to date, and should start receiving results today or tomorrow. Same for public events/updates.
 
nachopontmercy said:
The following factions have not delievered their orders in time, and so will have a penalty of -1 order this turn (more if they dont send it early):


Red waste (Kinghannibal)
Former USA (Keynes2.0)
Canada (Muskeato)

All other players are up to date, and should start receiving results today or tomorrow. Same for public events/updates.
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Bah sorry I've been really busy this week. I'll get orders to you by tonight.
 
PM and emails with orders update will be arriving today. Some states will get them a little later, as for the first time we have some confrontations and I have to calculate carefully how they a re resolved. Same for public updates.

The stats in the 1st post will be only updated when all the updates have been made.

Still mising orders from the factions mentioned above, although at least canada has shown signs of life.
 
A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON: HOW AMERICA BECAME A WASTELAND #1 (Post-war world)



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The collapse of global civilization made it impossible to ascertain the full extent of the damage. Western Europe and the USSR received nuclear blasts. Asia and the Middle East were encased under the ice from the subsequent nuclear winter. The American mainland was reduced to wasteland. Most major American cities, with a few exceptions such as Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, were razed by the bombs. Of those that survived, many were mutated by 2080.


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Although the Vaults were never intended to preserve the entire American population, enough people and technology survived to jumpstart civilization when they opened, specially in Nevada, California and the North-Eastern coast.


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As these regions rose from the ashes, so, too, did new groups. The New California Republic was established in 2186 and would control the Core Region a century later. The Brotherhood of Steel was founded days after the Great War and would become a technological powerhouse by 2150. The Enclave made its presence felt in the Core Region in 2237 and then in the Capital Wasteland in 2277. And a slaver Roman-based faction formed in 2247 arose, forged from the conquest of 87 tribes.


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The distinctive creatures in the Fallout world arose after the Great War and were the result of exposure to radiation or the Forced Evolutionary Virus. Heavy exposure of radiation mutated some humans, who possessed a particular genetic trait, into ghouls. Richard Moreau, an exile from Vault 8, realize that the FEV could be used to create Super Mutants.

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Something to chew as I keep updating orders. :)
 
OOC: Im enjoying these history updates :)
 
Spitfire5793 said:
OOC: Im enjoying these history updates :)
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Mathrim said:
OOC: They are really great, thanks nacho.
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Thank you players for the support. I know it is important to keep the game alive while calculations and updates are being made. The good point is this turn we will see real action...and remember war never changes!
 
Following the instructions on the World in Revolution thread, I have created a chat room for our game, both to talk with me and between players:

1-Go to coldfront.net
2-Choose if you're using the flash ap or the java app.
3-Choose a nicknname
4-In the command box down below type /join #falloutgame

Thanks also to Repbentley for the advice regarding the chat.

Regarding updates, I´ve been able to send more PM/emails than I thought I could, and if I´m not wrong, the only nations left are Mutants. BoS, caesar, NCR and Mexico (and a little correction for Manitou´s orders), so maybe I can scratch some time tomorrow and start posting updates on monday.
 
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