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[Savolainen5]

Spring, 152
     Savs was up in the farm, planting the first spring crops, when she heard someone clomping up the carved soil stairs.  As the steps got louder, she put down her trowel and looked at the wall, thinking. I had a mighty weird dream las' nigh', didn' I?  Life 'n' death 'n' hard work. But here. The vault farmer shrugged. It was only a dream.

     She continued working until the boots of another vault residence came to a stop behind her crouching form. Savs put down her trowel, sat up, dusted her knees of the clay soil, then stood up. With her scratchy blonde hair tied up underneath her cap, it didn't wave and scratch her like it did when she went to bed.  The vault's farmer turned to see the Overseer, Leroy, standing at the edge of the plot with a huge grin on his face.

"Savs! Congratulations! You've been elected Vault Overseer!"

"I been elected whatnow?"

"Vault Overseer."

"Why?"

"Well, my time is up, and the community voted and feels that you're the best qualified to lead us since you provide the vegetables and alcohol-stuffs."

"Well I don' know. I'm jus' a simple farmer. I don' know nothin' abou' managin' no people or nothin' like that."

"Regardless, it's your time, Savs.  Follow me, I'll show you what you have to do."

     Leroy grabbed Savs arm as she looked back longingly at her plot.  He lead her to the Overseer's office and showed her how to use the computer there.  Though she had never used such an advanced piece of technology, Savs had a good head on her shoulders, and was able to get the basics down pretty quickly.

     "Now that that's done, I'm off." Leroy walked towards the open door, through which could be seen the traders. Just before he left, he turned around and smiled. "Oh, and, good luck, Savs."

[Savolainen5]

Savs' Overseer Journal

3 Granite

I guess I settled in.  But I barely know even how t' work this dang ol' computer.  I asked around and this woman, Tyris, showed me how t' record my entries an' stuff.  I'm gonn' keep 'er 'round, 'cause she looks like she knows 'bout runnin' this place better'n me.


5 Granite

I was at my Overseer terminal today when somethin' jus' popped up on m' screen.  It said

ATTENTION OVERSEER: YOUR ORDERS

They're secret, The Orders.  Bu' Tyris read th' fine print and said it was OK to share 'em orders with 'er, since she's m' 'ssistant.  We started plannin' right away.

7 Granite

Tyris says th' vault could use s'more metal, so I wen' 'n' asked th' diggers t' mine out th' metal they'd foun' already.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

12 Granite

I gave Tyris the position o' work enforcer so we could get stuff done.  She gave orders to build 'er office an' bedroom down in th' mines.  Dunno why anyone'd wann' go down there, bu' it is what it is.

13 Granite

Today Tyris came an' said she might as well do th' 'ccountin' too, so I gave 'er that job. It's great, all I 'ave t' do is follow The Orders 'n' make sure nothin' goes wrong.  Then I c'n keep doin' m' farmin'.

13 Slate

Today we heard some hootin' 'n' hollerin' outside our door, 'n' we let in some new migrants! Tyris put two of 'em in th' Wild Bears an' two of 'em in th' Ivory Years.  Gotta start makin' more weapons 'n' guns 'n' stuff.  Tyris says we got 25 humans in this place now.

25 Slate

I been keepin' it secret from e'ryone, but I love Bowie, an' t'day we d'cided t' get married.  I hope we get lotsa chillun's t' help out around th' vault! We havin' our recepshun in th' dining room.  Gonn' get good 'n' drunk tonight!

17 Felsite



We 'ad some strange folks knockin' on our door today.  Said they were 'lightened folks an' wanted t' trade.  Tyris sent some stuff up t' th' depot, 'n' RabidAnubis went there t' wait for 'em.

18 Felsite

Well, RabidAnubis came t' me in m' office next t' th' depot 'n' said he traded some shotgun shells 'n' a little cloth for tons o' meat, some veggies, 'n' weapons 'n' armour.  Said those shells were fine work 'n' if we make more good'uns we can trade 'em for lotsa stuff.  Who needs crafts, anyway?



25 Felsite

One o' th' miners, Vance McNeelee came 'n' said the diggin's goin' well. They did the firs' level 'n' 're movin' on down.  Tyris told 'im t' be extra careful o' the poison, 'n' he said he knew.

29 Felsite

Summer 'bout 'round the corner.  Means gotta plant some different crops.  Gotta say, it's been real nice havin' Tyris workin' with me in th' fields.  Makes life easy.  We need more wood, th' carpen'ers say, so I'll have the gate open this summer so we c'n collect that 'n' some plants if'n there ARE any.

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A few notes:
-This vault isn't as confusing as it first appears.
-Food is an interesting problem (wait, I forgot to check before I closed it. Did all the seeds for plants that don't grow in Summer but do in Spring go away? FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU.  I'll check when I do summer later.)
-Bloody humans are partying all the time.
-We're at population cap, with lotsa humans needing names.
-THERE ARE NO BUTCHERABLE ANIMALS
-Can I dig into the gold veins in the vault itself?  They're calling to me...

Lemme know how I'm doing!
PS- Sorry for few pictures.  Little happened which I felt was picture-worthy.

[Keltiknight]

Diary of Keltiknight, leader of the Ivory years.

Spring

Well, they elected the farmer for "overseer" this year, will they ever pick someone who has actually lead people before, I wonder...


13th Slate

Good news, some more wastelanders arrived, they assigned another two to my command, they should make decent fighters, after some training.

[IT 000]

Leroy Journal Entry

"Sav's will make a great leader. That computer elected me after all and I did pretty well. Didn't I?"

[The Master]

Audio-log of Vance Mcneelee: entry: *data damaged*

"Where...am I?...." *loud blast of static*
"...You will find that out soon enough..."
"Rabid! What the hell is wrong with you?! Wh...I remember now! YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!"
"Heheheheh...you're not supposed to be alive...heheh..."
"OH NO...YOU'RE SOBER! SOMEONE HELP ME! RABID HAS-" *WHAM!*

--END LOG

[highzealot]

Journal of HighZealot

It seems like I've dreamt up most of a year. However, the vault in my dream does exist and I know I must go there. While it would take over a year on foot and a few months to gather supplies, I call in a few favors so I can get there before the end of the year. Wait what's this? Looking into the records of my pip-boy, it seems the messages sent and received still exist. Some sort of time shift seems to have happened along with slight time line changes. Thankfully, I've modded my pip-boy quite heavily so it was not affected much. Now I believe something within the vault is to blame and so I now ready myself for the journey to come.

[The Master]

A strange radio transmission can be heard momentarily on highzealot's pipboy radio:

"SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS.......S.....S......" *fades to silence*

[Savolainen5]

Savs' Overseer Journal

7 Hematite

A few days ago we opened yon gate t' refill our s'plies o' wood 'n' plants.  'N' then Tyris came to me 'n' said Deathsword wen' 'n' locked 'imself in th' metalsmith's forge.  He took some hard lead bars 'n' got t' work, 'n' 'e won't show no one what he's makin'.

12 Hematite

Deathsword came a'runnin' outta 'is workshop today, hollerin' an' yellin', an' holdin' this chain he made.



26 Hematite

All's been right quiet here.  We been bringin' in th' wood 'n' the plants from th' surface.  I guess th' miners been makin' quick work, 'n' Vance McNeelee came up with some kinda good plan fer prospectin'.  I made 'im Chief Miner fer 'is work.  Seemed right t' reward 'im.

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28 Hematite

I heard some baby cryin' today. Must be a new 'un. Guess that's 26 people in th' vault now.

12 Malachite
Jimlad came t' me an' said he made Vance McNeelee's plan better.  Said makin' the stairs together would be better.  I don't know nothin' about that.

25 Malachite

Some people outside said s'more uninfected humans showed up t' join our vault. I'm kinda s'prised.  Didn't expect no more mouths t' feed.

26 Malachite

There were sumthin' like 7 migrants, includin' a kid, so now we're 33.  I guess Tyris told one t' join th' Wild Beards, one t' join th' Ivory Years, 'n' one to be a nurse.

2 Galena

Tyris tol' me sumthin' funny today...



There's stuff down there?  What in tarnation?  Well, don't look like there's nothin' interestin' down there. I got some'un to seal it off, jus' in case.

13 Galena

We got us 'nough galena 'n' zinc to last us forever. Dunno'f there's 'nough wood in th' world fer all that ore.

20 Galena

Those rabble-rousers who gave us some trouble last year 'round this time're back.  Lessee if Tyris 'n' RabidAnubis c'n make thin's go a lil' more smoothly.

26 Galena

We finished tradin' with those folks.  They call 'emselves Warlords, 'cause their leaders are that.  Anywho, we got us some weapons 'n' armour, I guess, fer some crafts and some shotgun shells. They gonn' put those shells in a museum or sum'in?

29 Galena

Well, there goes Summer.  Time t' close up th' vault 'til the traders wann' leave. Tyris says The Orders're goin' well, 'n' we're in good shape, we both reckon.

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Some notes:

-If you didn't get it, Deathsword had a secretive mood.
-The baby was born to our unnamed miner.
-WTF, more migrants? My popcap is set to 25...
-WTF, I actually got to the first cavern? That's silly.
-Shotgun shells are extremely overpriced, which is nice. I guess they're the Lavish Meal of Corrosion!
-I'll be at Assembly tomorrow, so I don't know how much playing I'll get done, and then I'll be on a flight across the Atlantic the next day, so I may or may not just finish my turn on that flight. But rest assured, you'll have your second year finished!
-I'm concerned about the lack of invaders. They've usually sieged by now. Oh well, maybe they're far away.

[kilakan]

I've missed a bit, but is my humie still alive somewhere's?

[highzealot]

Journal of HighZealot

Guess what I just recieved. A SOS message. Now usually, I'll get someone else to trace transmissions but I have a gut feeling I know from who and where it's from. I will attempt to get to the vault quicker though I see no way I can arrive before winter.

[The Master]

*BZZT* log of *Bzzzzzzt* -try: *BZZZT*
WARNING LOG BADLY DAMAGED, ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR . . . 87% . . . PARTIAL FAILURE . . . PLAYING PARTIAL RECOVERED DATA:

"Hello, everything is fine.
 Everything divine.
 Leaves are falling from the trees.
 Playing outside is wonderful this time of year.
 Man...I love the world!
 Even old man Joe is happy!"

EXPORTING ERROR LOG: VmFuY2UgaGFzIGJlZW4gcmVwbGFjZWQgd2l0aCBhIGNsb25lLiBZb3VyIG9yZGVycyBhcmUgdG8gaW5maWx0cmF0ZSB0aGUgdmF1bHQncyBsb3dlciBsZXZlbHMsIGJyZWFrIGRvd24gdGhlIGJhcnJpZXJzIHRoYXQgYmxvY2sgb2ZmIHBhc3NhZ2UgdG8gdGhlIGNhdmVybiwgYW5kIGxldCBhbGwgaGVsbCBicmVhayBsb3NlLg==

[Savolainen5]

I've missed a bit, but is my humie still alive somewhere's?

Yup, happily woodworkin' away.

Nobody's yet died in this fortress.  It's gonna be interesting when invaders come.

[Savolainen5]

Savs' Overseer Journal

1 Limestone

I got some'un t' close th' vault today.  We'll go 'n' open it when th' traders leave.

12 Limestone

Them Warlord folks suddenly packed up 'n' left today. They were standin' next t' th' gate fer a few hours 'fore anyone noticed, 'cause they didn' tell us.  Tyris asked what was wrong, 'n' they just went 'n'  pointed at 'is body next t' th' depot. Th' new nurse said it looked like rock poisonin', whatever that is. The Warlords didn' say nothin', and just left.

15 Limestone

I reckoned our meetin' area needed some cheerin' up, so I got some'un t' put some nice glazed statues around.



Oh, 'n' some Red Shirt guy wen' all crazy 'n' ran t' th' clothier's. 'N' was hootin' 'bout yarn cloth. I went 'n' wove some yarn fer 'im.  Good thing Ma taught me how t' do that!

26 Limestone

Tyris wanted a dinin' room, so I jus' made her office into one.  She complained at first, bu' then I had Jimlad engrave th' heck outta the place!  She ain't complainin' no more...

1 Sandstone

That trader's corpse's really startin' t' smell.  I told 'em to move it down t' th' tunnels where it wouldn't bother no one.


3 Sandstone

I moved another statue we had int' mah office.  't's a statue o' my beloved Bowie!

7 Sandstone

What th'... More goshdarn migrants? Right outside? Well, I guess we migh' 's well let 'em in...  So many mouths t' feed.  I need a drink.

Oh, we ain't got no drink.  Well, guess I'll jus' brew some up. Good thing my uncle taught me how t' make moonshine!

8 Sandstone

Tyris just got done countin' the new folks.  There're 7, which makes us 40 in th' vault.  It's gettin' hot 'n' crowded. She went 'n' drafted 2 of 'em int' th' Wild Beards, so there're 9 folks in that squad, and th' Ivory Years has 5.

23 Sandstone

What? We got no alcohol? But I just brewed some up! Buncha lazy fools're slowin' down their work 'cause they say they're thirsty. Jus' drink water! If it's good 'nough for plants, it's good 'nough for you. Guess I'll go brew some more...

25 Sandstone

Guess no one's been makin' any cloth fer that poor Red Shirt.  I asked a clothes maker, an' 'e said there weren't enough yarn.  We already butchered all th' animals we could, so I guess we gotta hope 'n' pray he comes through.

27 Sandstone

I must not'a prayed hard 'nough, 'cause that Red Shirt gave up 'n' left the shop, 'n' he won't eat 'r drink nothin'.  Shoot.

18 Timber

Tyris made some folks make some more bed an' another dorm'tory next to' th' others. Maybe now we got 'nough beds fer e'eryone.

29 Timber

That damp cold o' Winter's finally gettin' into the farm.  Time t' start plantin' the peas 'n' potatoes.

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Some notes:
-What is this? More migrants? I keep checkin', and my popcap is indeed set to 25...
-I had 3 yarn thread available for someone to make into cloth.  Apparently it's not enough?
-Where're the invaders? I know I had to turn 'em on when I got the save, but usually it doesn't take this long to come back.  I've got hundreds of shotgun shells to use!
-Oh, and nothing really happened, so I didn't include pics. Sorry!

[Keltiknight]

Afraid I cannot help with the yarn thing, always worked fine for me, though it was way back when it first came out that I actually ever MADE yarn.

[Jimlad11]

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