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[loose nut]

Right, I have no clue where to go next. Besides the Brotherhood, of course, but I doubt that I could find anything useful there at such a low level (7). Any suggestions?

You could try the Brotherhood. You also could try talking to the cultists or the weapons/drug merchants. I honestly don't remember exactly, but one of them might point you towards another settlement.

There's another, more straightforward way to find other settlements, but that would involve a line of work that your character has no particular reason to take interest in.

If you haven't left Vault 13 again yet, maybe talk to the people there, see how it's going?

[USEC_OFFICER]

I've already done the turn, and will be typing it up tomorrow (hopefully. Really busy right now).

There's another, more straightforward way to find other settlements, but that would involve a line of work that your character has no particular reason to take interest in.

Are you talking about the caravans?

[loose nut]

Yeah, they take you places.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Caravaneer

Spoiler: Back out of the Breach (click to show/hide)

"Hey Rob. I thought that you'd be resting after your big adventure."
"As did I. But the damn Overseer is sending me out again."
"What? Why?"
"Someone out there is making mutants, and the Overseer doesn't like it, so he's sending me out to find and stop the person responsible. Assuming that they still have enough humanity to be called a person."
"Can't you refuse? The Overseer has to have more experienced people he can send, right?"
"None of them have any experience surviving outside in the wastes. Besides, if I refuse then he'll cancel the show."
"What!?! Who does he think he is, the Ov-
...
Right."
"Yeah. At least I can finally tear that stupid note off my Pip-boy."


"Ah.
...
So... What's your plan?"
"Hmm... Actually I haven't really thought about it. I suppose that I'll head to Necropolis first. A bunch of mutants live there so they might have an idea of who's behind everything. And if that doesn't pan out? I'll probably just look around, ask everyone that I meet. There's a couple places that I haven't visited yet, so maybe it'll all work out."
"Okay then. I'm sure you'll get your guy. You found the waterchip, right? And that was buried in a Vault underneath a sewer underneath a mutant colony. Whoever is making these mutants is probably yelling from the rooftops or something."
"Yelling what?"
"I don't know. The reason he's making mutants? Or maybe he's just yelling period. A guy like that is probably loony to begin with."
"Yeah. Stopping him ought to be a cinch. I'll be back before you know it."
"Good. Maybe then you could help with the show."

Spoiler: Return of the Living Dead (click to show/hide)

"Hey, can I come in and-"

"Oh."

Spoiler: Bad to the Boneyard (click to show/hide)

Rob nodded and pocketed the caps. At first he hadn't planned on joining a caravan, but the lure of company and free brahnim milk was too much. Besides, travelling with the caravan was much safer. The wildlife left them alone, and the couple raiders they had encountered had more bullets then sense.

Besides the name of the town Rob know little about Boneyard. He knew that the Gun Runners operated out of the town, so perhaps he could find a better weapon. More importantly Rob was out of leads. Nobody in Junktown or the Hub even knew that someone was making mutants, let alone who could be doing it. If Rob was lucky, someone in the Boneyard would know what he was talking about.


"Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions?"
"Shoot away."
"So what exactly do you do around here?"
"I'm one of the Regulators. We keep the peace here in Adytum, and are responsible to protect the town. My boss, Caleb could tell you more."
"Adytum? So the Boneyard is divided up into different sections?"
"Yeah. East of us are the Followers. They're a bunch of peace-nuts. A group of skags calling themselves the Blades live to the north. The Gun Runners live past the Blades if you're looking for them. A far ways south of here is the Cathedral. That's the religious centre for the Children. If you have anymore questions you should talk to Zimmerman. Maybe he could help you."
"Thanks for your time."
"No problem."

"What do you want?"
"Who are you?"
"Where are my manners? I'm Jon Zimmerman, the mayor of Adytum. Hmm... If you're looking for work, I might have a job for you."
"Okay, what is it?"
"Have you ever dealt with a murdering gang of thieves before?"
"Let me guess, you have a gang problem?"
"Yeah, how did you-"
"Lucky guess. What have they done so far?"
"Well, they've been preying on us... _{And our children.}"
"Preying on you? How?"



"What happened to him?"
"Luckily the Regulators got to him before he could get close enough. I saw the body myself."
"Alright, back to the job, what do you want me to do?"
"I WANT YOU TO TEAR THAT FUCKING BITCH'S THROAT OFF AND SHIT DOWN HER FREAKING NECK!!!"
"Woah. What did she do to you?"
"She kidnapped, tortured and killed my son."
"Wow. I'm, I'm sorry. I'll work right on it."
"Thank the gods. Their camp is to the north. Come back when you're done and I'll give you 2000 caps."



Rob would hardly have described the Blade's camp as a den of thieves and murders. From what he see they were hardly even a gang. The guard at the front door was the only person to look menacing in any way, shape or form. Everyone else in the hideout was scrawny, their eyes shrunken in and their actions slow and strained. To Rob it looked more like a refugee camp than a hideout for a gang. At least their leader was easy to spot. She was the only one in the place to move with a sense of purpose, firing off orders to the people around her and saying platitudes to those around her. Yet for all her energy wrinkles were prematurely etched onto her face, speaking of terrible hardships that she had to endure.

"Hello?"
"Yes? How can I help you?"
"Are you in charge of this place?"
"Bot officially, I suppose, but everyone comes to me for direction."
"Well, Zimmerman sent me."
"Um... For what?"
"To pay you back for killing his son."

"Uh... Who?"
"The Regulators. They're the ones who killed Josh! I would never do anything to hurt him. Josh lived here with me... a... I... I mean us. He knew the truth of what was going on in Adytum. They told him that they would kill him if he came back..."
"They killed him? What did he do?"
"Well, late one night he tried to sneak into the town to tell his father. I was monitoring the radio transmissions that night and... they... When he got caught...

...

It's here on this audiodisk, if you want to listen to it."
"Why haven't you talked to Josh's father?"
"The Regulators would kill us before we even got close."
"Oh.
...
Why, why don't I give him the disk?"
"You'd do that for us?"
"Sure. I guess. Just give me the audiodisk."
"Here, take it. But I don't think the Regulators would listen to us if we didn't have the threat of violence. They're thugs, it's all they know. What we need are some weapons from the Gun Runners."
"Where are they?"
"They're a little to the east of us. But we've never spoken to any of them."
"Why not?"
"Well, there's a Deathclaw nest between us and them."
"Ah. Err... Yeah. I'll just be going then..."
"Best of luck."

Spoiler: Lesser of Two Dangers (click to show/hide)

"you won't want to miss the excitement when he go back, eh?"
"Yeah. Wouldn't miss it for the world..."

The Crimson Caravan were all loonies, every single one of them. They got their name from the colour of their wagons. Not due to the colour of the paint. The routes that they took were so infested with raiders and wildlife that eventually the wagons were just soaked in blood, and in a world were every single drop of water was precious nobody washed them off. At first Rob didn't believe the rumours, but after reaching the Brotherhood of Steel he knew that every single one of them was telling the truth. The route that they took seemed based on the amount of danger they would face instead of how quickly it could be travelled. Rob wasn't looking forward to the return trip.


"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"I'm sorry, I really can't. Th-They said not to."
"Oh.
...
Could it be possible to join the Brotherhood?"
"Uh, well, I talked to the High Elder, and he said that not just anyone can join. He, um, he said you have to complete a quest first?"
"Did you have to complete a quest first?"
"Uh, Not exactly. But things are a bit different right now."
"So tell me, what's different?"
"I'm sorry, I really can't. Th-They said not to."
"Right. So what's the quest?"
"You have to go to the ruins of the Ancient Order. That's south of here. Uh, you gotta go inside and bring back something that proves you were there."
"How will you know that I've been in there?"
"This place is high-tech. There's things inside like you've never seen before. Oh, uh, it's also radioactive. Aheh."
"Alright... I guess I'll do it."
"You'll do it? You will? Great! Just bring it back here! Good luck."


"Uh... What is the Glow?"
"The Glow used to be the place where they made the most advanced weapons of that time. At least it says so in the ancient writings. Now it's just a place where the Elders send the Brotherhood wannabes."
"Others?"
"Many have tried. We've heard nothing from them."
"So what should I look out for?"
"Radioactivity. The place is filled with it. If you don't have Rad-X you'll be cooked before you even knew what hit you."
"Got it. Mind if I ask you a few more questions?"
"Go ahead."
"What is the Brotherhood of Steel?"

"What type of armour are you wearing? I never seen anything like it before."
"I'm not surprised. The Brotherhood are the sole bearers of Power Armour in the wastes. This here is the T-51b model."
"What do the other models look like?"
"No clue. I'm just here to shoot the guy that the Elders point out."
"Alright. Thanks for the information."

God I love Cabbot. No idea why. The things that he says have been copied faithfully, but some parts have been chopped off to improve the flow.

I've bought 10 Rad-Xs and 10 Rad-Away from Vince. That should be enough to tackle the Glow, right?

For the record, I've died three times this update. Once against the Deathclaw in the Hub, once to Decker, and another time to a holy clusterfuck of Raiders while returning from the Brotherhood. None of the deaths were satisfying enough to keep Rob dead.

[Phantom]

Well, to be safe, take at least 20. That's what I do, I stand around a bit too much.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Well, to be safe, take at least 20. That's what I do, I stand around a bit too much.

Of each?

[Phantom]

Yep. Well, maybe not Rad-X, but Rad-Away.

[Stworca]

Two-Three Rad-X is more than enough. Rad-Away's : AFTER you get rads.

Or did they 'tick'? No matter, don't overdose!

[GlyphGryph]

Yeah, 10 of each seems like overkill to be honest! Just remember to space the rad-x out over the course of your trip, stacking them only as needed, and use the rad-away when you get out.

Also, did you not actually finish the boneyard "hand the dude the thing" quest or what?

[USEC_OFFICER]

No I did not. I feel that getting mauled by a Deathclaw wouldn't be a good use of my time.

[Stworca]

No I did not. I feel that getting mauled by a Deathclaw wouldn't be a good use of my time.

Bludgeon them to death.. WITH YOUR FACE

[Mephansteras]

Oh, gods, Deathclaws. First time I ran into those things I was a heavy weapons guy who had recently picked up a rocket launcher. I could paste ANYTHING I came across with one shot of that thing. So I'm wandering through the boneyard and I see this...thing come at me. I figure, eh, whatever, I've got a rocket launcher. So I do an aimed shot to the head and fire away. Direct hit! It goes flying! It finally skids to a stop.

And then it got. back. up.

All I could do is sit and stare. The thing took a rocket to the face and it got back up?? What the hell do you have to do to kill these things??

Turns out multiple rockets and a dose of a machine gun worked to get me through that area. But that was one of the more memorable enemies in all my days of playing games. Nasty, nasty things in the original fallout.

[Itnetlolor]

Even worse in Fallout 3 and NV. They're silent, they sneak up on you, and they turn up at places you don't expect them to.

They were scary at first, but being at level 23-24, an they nearly regularly make an appearance, they're now annoying.

Spoiler: Then again... (click to show/hide)

This thing followed me into a Stop & Shop while I wasn't looking.
Got a dart in it's eyes before I took the pic.

Oh yeah, in FO3, I tend to go full-solo (sorry, no dogmeat either, though that thing would be a god amongst pups by now by level association).

[Stworca]

Even worse in Fallout NV. They're silent, they sneak up on you, and they turn up at places you don't expect them to.

Stop right there. They are child's play in NV, and only turn up EXACTLY where you expect them to be.

[Ehndras]

In NV? Not as random as FO3, but during my 10 or so playthroughs, 3 had them spawn in the weirdest fucking places. The other playthroughs, the only place i really saw them was the mines where the nest is. Besides that, piece of cake.