Fallout: A post nuclear political role playing game

[Sobotnik]

I have the following turns in so far:

Great Khans
Enclave
Red State
Nu Texan

[Euskalduna]

Get your turns in before I rip off your skin and make a funny hat with it

[Mackalda2k6]

I'd love to help the South rise again if there's space in this for some racist white folk.

[Euskalduna]

Unfortunately we're full according to the GM; sorry

[Native Hunter]

[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;48223265]I'd love to help the South rise again if there's space in this for some racist white folk.[/QUOTE]

Good god the south is fucked

[Mackalda2k6]

[QUOTE=Native Hunter;48223530]Good god the south is fucked[/QUOTE]

I prefer the term [I]liberated[/I]

[Satansick]

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48217308]I'm actually curious as to how many people read this thread for the turns outside of the 10 players.[/QUOTE]
I skim every turn.

[EmperorScorpious]

I read only a couple turns in the game, not everyone's.

Heck, I don't even read everyone's turn in the RPs I participate in :v:

[Mackalda2k6]

In the creation of centuries ones, you could just read the turns of people immediately around you and you're set until the railroad was created :v:

[Sobotnik]

[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;48230415]In the creation of centuries ones, you could just read the turns of people immediately around you and you're set until the railroad was created :v:[/QUOTE]

Sounds like people playing this RP are going to have to read each others turns more in the near future then.

[LoganIsAwesome]

Turn will be in in a few hours

[Euskalduna]

If there remain anyone who has not sent in a turn, do so now before I use your dying screams as my voicemail

[Sobotnik]

[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;48246803]If there remain anyone who has not sent in a turn, do so now before I use your dying screams as my voicemail[/QUOTE]

everybodies turns are in you don't need to shout at anybody im just lazy

[LoganIsAwesome]

Literally everyone while waiting for the turn :dewritos:

[Native Hunter]

according to sobotnik the thread is on hiatus until further notice

[Ruski]

: (

[EmperorScorpious]

Why?

[Sobotnik]

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[quote]True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. – St. Francis de Sales[/quote]

[b]North American Population: 12,150,000[/b]

[b]Events of the years 2285 – 2290:[/b]

-The continent has been divided for a long time; the pockets of civilization which survived the nuclear war remain isolated from one another, often without help, often poor, and often on the verge of extinction. In 2290 the first step towards ending that division was taken with the restoration of a radio tower in central Louisiana, playing out pre-war music and giving out the news on all of the events going on in the state. This is not unusual or unprecedented in itself, for many such radio stations have been founded over the past few decades all over the continent. What makes it truly remarkable is that it overlaps one radio station to the west, and another to the east. In fact it is the last link in a chain stretching from coast to coast. Although somewhat imperfect, it can transmit news from one end of the continent to the other, and very quickly most of the post-apocalyptic states of North America are now aware of one another and some of their activities. So too are the peoples that happen to tune in with whatever they can scavenge up, people who hear news of these new civilizations rising throughout the continent, offering to some an escape from the brutal Hobbesian anarchy that rules over the wastes of the continent. It is the beginning of the end of that dark nightmare.

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[b]The Red State – Deathgrunt
Capital: Beren’s Star
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 316,700
Power consumption: 0.20 Twh [/b]

-The 80s was a time of economic and social transformation, set in motion by the policies of the Red State and the unification of Florida. The Red Army was important to this new nation, having grown from a collection of ragtag militias into a semi-professional modern fighting force. In recognition of the changing world around them, a “sapper” division (consisting mainly of military engineers) is established for the first time. Formed from scattered officers and technical men in the towns, they are tasked with the jobs that require digging trenches, setting explosive charges, and clearing mines. They are also responsible for salvaging whatever forms of powerful weaponry they can find, from high powered rifles to artillery pieces. The reason for the creation of the sappers is because towns to the north have fortified themselves over time, holding chokepoints that control trade and movement. Without the ordnance to blast through them, it’s difficult to assault their walls. When the Red Army did eventually feel confident enough (having acquired an assortment of guns from the 19th through 21st centuries), they moved north and seized several towns in addition to their surrounding lands after shelling the inhabitants with heavy mortars. Like many conquerors, they were polite enough to send a message to the residents beforehand asking them to join the Red State. While it works from time to time and has allowed them to push into the Georgian wasteland, they have been halted at Savannah where Fort Pulaski (inhabited by thousands of people) resists conquest. Despite the best efforts of the Red Army, they did not have enough explosives (or heavy artillery) capable of breaching the walls. The inhabitants also enjoyed taking potshots at the engineers who try to come near the fort.

-As the economic transition continued and the central government grew ever more powerful, it began to introduce an increasing number of laws and edicts regulating the economy. Citizenship now confers a myriad of rights and responsibilities, starting with job regulations. Unless a citizen works (or has worked) in a productive enterprise such as in agriculture, industry, or medicine, they will now no longer receive support from the state (such as food rations, free housing, and medical care). While many of the social reforms are covering the countryside and have done much to improve the quality of life there, the rollback of these reforms is painful for a lot of urban dwellers. Most townspeople run small businesses such as shops, barbers, cafes, workshops, and most forms of services and light industry. Faced with such problems, many of the more vulnerable ones immediately join a state-sponsored factory. A few try to join the ranks of the medical establishment, since doctors are now in high demand. The grey markets begin to suffer too when the KGB cracks down on chems and arrest people for abusing them and otherwise introduce policies to tax producers (often harshly).

-By 2290 an industrial economy begins to slowly take shape, aided by the efforts of the “Research and Development Division”, an institution founded in the mid-80s by a collection of scientists with theoretical degrees in physics. Many of them were already homegrown scientists, but with the need for skilled workers the KGB roamed the wasteland looking for anybody who looks like they can do trigonometry before politely (and firmly) convincing them to join up. With large incentives to joining up, many agree to join (receiving comfortable housing, clean food and water, in addition to top quality medical care). On April 26th 2286, they brought a reactor in the Crystal River Energy Complex back online for the first time in over two centuries. Producing a substantial amount of power (in spite of inefficiency and poor fuel supplies), it was able to provide power to the capital city of Berens Star in addition to a number of chemical plants and factories. Three years later, the RDD managed to bring another reactor online in Baxley, Georgia. Much like in the Enclave, the Reich, or the NCR the advent of electricity was a major game changer. Wires are strung everywhere, the dance of electrons brings the lights back on. Trade is expanding, exports of manufactured goods fuel the revolution. Radios and telephones become common, news spreads quickly, and so too does information about the aggressions of the Reich. Even now, as soldiers fix bayonets to their rifles, they prepare to fight in a war similar to the one that their ancestors once fought in over four centuries ago. The commissars lead their men on a march to the sea.

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[b]The Commonwealth of New England – Native Hunter
Capital: New Portland
Economy: Least developed agrarian
Population: 110,300
Power consumption: 0.15 Twh[/b]

-King Roy, being a military man with considerable experience felt confident enough to deal with the problem of minor raids on merchant shipping. These raids (although originating from the Green Republic) are in no way supported by the republic itself. Calling a meeting at the city of New Portland, he gathered up all of the counts (mostly his old friends) and got them to bring their ragtag militias and personal guards with them. Supplementing this force is King Roys own levy of several hundred men, he declared war on the Green Republic and marched northwest into Canada. Along the way, he complemented his sizable army with a dozen or so smaller tribes and gangs who sought to support his campaign for justice by murdering and raping people rendered defenceless by his soldiers. The soldiers of the republic numbered barely a thousand against the invasion force of four thousand. On the Banks of the St. Lawrence River, the outnumbered republican army made a valiant stand against the invaders before being forced to retreat due to casualties. After this, King Roy seized Greentown and much of Quebec, plundering the region before splitting it up between the tribes and vassals that supported him.

-With fresh military victory and some considerable plunder, Roy looked to atone for his sins by using the loot to construct an impressive cathedral in Preachers Promise atop the old vault and Bartholomew made the Arch-Bishop of New-England. With his control established and the cathedral easily one of the most impressive buildings around his power is not one to be questioned – the monks and priests who moved here from New York have been eagerly converting the population through baptism and travelling around to preach the good word. Although most people are sceptical, the roots of the faith are slowly taking root. With such misery around them and memories of a long-gone great civilization fading away into legend, people are all too keen to accept the word of god in hopes of a peaceful afterlife. The churches have gotten considerable support from Roy in their efforts to promote humanitarian causes too, which has allowed them to gain traction in areas where the population is apathetic about religion. In their traditional homeland, the Catholics have reported of a major economic crisis brought about by the sudden influx of cheap bottlecaps, causing rapid inflation. Another problem is the Enclave has been selling cigarettes en masse, while alcohol production is rising rapidly, making commerce extremely difficult due to the economic inbalances and the people being slowly drained of money. To cope, many places have seen a sharp uptake in use of the strong Enclave dollar.

-Nearly fifteen years after the revolution, the transformation into a Kingdom is virtually complete (even the death of Roy in 2289 from cancer doesn’t slow it down), with the first transfer of power having gone somewhat smoothly. Roys son enjoys poor support among the counts, and has to rule over an area stretching from New England into Canada. The attempts to re-establish a basic network of roads (working off Greentowns own projects) begins in this year as a means of speeding up travel for messengers and soldiers, since one of the biggest problems has been gangs and rebels. The Quebecois are especially angry, taking the opportunity to raid supply houses and to murder government officials whenever they get the chance to. The tribes who have been given new lands have opted instead to strip down and sell the junk there and to terrorize the local population, while the counts are often reluctant to spare men to restore order. Despite these problems, there is a steady opening up of trade with the Enclave and other towns and polities to the south. There is now a somewhat reliable method of exploiting the forests which survived the war for timber, while fish provides a bounty for seaside towns. Even electrical equipment has been salvaged and put to work, increasing power generation as New Portsmouth shines with light.

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[b]New California Republic – Meme It Up
Capital: Shady Sands
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 1,301,000
Power consumption: 1.56 Twh[/b]

-If one event can be said to be one that brought the Post-Apocalytic era to a final end and signified the birth of a new chapter in human history, the one that took place in the New California Republic in the year 2286 is as good as any. A courier from New Vegas helped the scientists based in the city, who reverse-engineered a variety of plants that could not only survive, but prosper in the wastes. Although it took years to grow in experimental farms, the safety of the process has been pinned down after many unfortunate deaths. Vertibirds and trains carry sacks of seeds all over the Republic, seeding the wastes (even in irradiated spots that have no life). Within a year, seedlings spread throughout California, marching over the continent like a green army conquering the land. This not without problems however – many tribes and frontier settlements (which enjoyed a degree of isolation) reacted poorly to the sudden appearance of these bizarre alien lifeforms. Some turned to rebellion or banditry, but the army made short work of attempts on government offices and military bases. Even the scientists involved are unsure of the full ramifications of giving life to a continent which either lacks plant life, or the potential impact that genetically modified ones could have in out-competing the rivals which survived in varied pockets. The changes wrought will likely cascade down through the centuries.

-With no apparent threat on the horizon, the national service is cut down to two years, although expeditionary forces are sent to aid the Great Khans in their attempt to subdue the legion (they are reportedly victorious but with heavy losses). With nothing else to really tie down their men, armies are sent to follow the farmers and railway engineers colonizing the empty continent. With radios and now newspapers an effective means of mass media, the state exploits them to boast of their achievements in everything from economic development to military expansion. They even began an ambitious plan in 2287 to build a railway following the route of the old Transcontinental railroad, repairing the lines through the Sierra Nevada and (to great fanfare) completing the line to New Reno. While it brings uncomfortable government control and scrutiny, the crime families are desperate to attract people to the city in face of competition from New Vegas. A railway boom is underway, veins of iron spreading outwards from the big cities and bringing the armies and workers along with them. For the gangs and tribes left in the wilderness, the screech of the iron horse signals the end of their way of life.

-Industrial expansion continues to build momentum, forcing up the demand for electricity and raw materials. With much of the easy scrap now gone, people are assaulting the last great monuments. The ruins of the San Francisco Bridge are chopped up and sold piecemeal at an auction while work gangs scour vaults and rip out the doors and prise the chunks of valuable metal out. Many famous vaults such as Vault 13 are stripped down until nothing is left; within a century none of the vaults remain. Helios one is brought back into operation, adding even more power to the grid, although the electricity addiction is hard to sate. Demand begins to slowly catch up, forcing even more repairs and maintenance at Hoover dam and continuing to drain the state’s budget. Some tolls are issued to help pay for this, but they are often ignored or circumvented. Demands on the state are growing everywhere; as public schooling and infrastructure are the main requests of voters. Consequently, public schooling instils them with the lessons needed to survive in a world not of survival in a nuclear wasteland, but on prospering and living well. They are taught another idea too, that of a “manifest destiny” to spread the ideals of the republic and civilize the wasteland. As the transcontinental railway crawls east towards New Canaan, the students of this philosophy follow quickly behind.

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[b]Transatlantic Alliance – Jcorp
Capital: Raleigh
Economy: Developing agrarian
Population: 456,100[/b]

-The Parliament of the alliance (already a fairly weak institution) was thrown into chaos by the assassination of Henri L’avoisier, one of the most prominent and important figures of the Alliance. He had been well known as an unofficial prime minister, whose natural charisma and diligence afforded him a lot of respect and influence over the region. He was most famous for ordering the co-ordination of the campaign to eliminate raiders, which was greeted with widespread popularity. With his body soaked in blood slumped over his sofa, a small detachment of the army is dispatched to investigate the murder and bring the killer to justice. In the meanwhile, the disorganised leadership was force to take the difficult decision of introducing emergency reforms that recognised the official title of “Prime Minister” and essentially introduced the basic functions of cabinet government. After the controversial bill was passed in August 2286, elections were held the following May (due to the lack of parties, it was largely coalitions of individuals seeking support amongst the people) with widespread coverage by Alliance Radio (reportedly leaving the DJ “Bummed-out”).

-In other parts of the alliance now bustling with activity as they face the first elections to elect their first true government, the elephant man has had the misfortune to continue transforming. Physically he begins to develop a series of bizarre mushroom-like growths that pop up over him like small tumours, while mentally he continues to lose his already feeble grip on sanity (and oddly his aggression too). He retreats to a camp nearby a particularly radioactive zone, where he continues to mutate (seemingly unaffected). He isn’t the only mutant suffering, lately there has been a big problem at Bugsys – people are turning up with massive numbers of caps. While this would normally be a blessing, he’s running out of alcohol and snacks for his patrons. In an attempt to secure more supplies, he finds that the bottlecaps are quickly becoming less valuable. Within a year, merchants and traders are now swapping huge sacks of caps to conduct business, and money in the republic becomes steadily devalued. As it turns out, the Enclave has been minting massive numbers of caps (and a smaller number of dollars) to pay for imports, leading to a complete collapse in the currency and utter loss of confidence in it. The Enclave dollar is now starting to appear in transactions alongside glorified “IOUs” exchanged by various traders. By 2290 caps are falling out of use.

-The fields of peanuts and tobacco continue to spread, although now smaller fields (such as cotton) are now appearing as people now desire clothes which aren’t patched together from rags or animal skins. Improved food security is the reason for this change, since many people are willing to spend extra time on experimenting with other crops or jobs. With no deviantart available, one boy busied himself collecting spare batteries and bits of scrap before he eventually found a broken eyebot. Somehow he managed to repair it and make it operable again. News of his achievement spread, allowing him to set up a business with the help of his father that was contracted by farmers to repair broken farming equipment. These farmers are very often the more successful ones, who have taken the time and energy to invest into their land and to expand production for a mass market. The land area cultivated nearly doubled during the 2280s, expanding at a faster rate as the decade closes and becoming a major source of income for the country. The poorer farmers begin to struggle as taxes slowly arrive and for the first time are usually enforced. They often abandon their fields to become landless labourers who process tobacco or pick cotton for the wealthier farmers, before helping to package and carry the crops to the Enclave where it is further processed (many are starting to immigrate there). The boy who tinkered with robots often takes the opportunity to travel into these towns for scrap, but after hearing of the results of the election and the first strong government here he looked for an MP to hawk his ideas to.

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[b]Great Khans – EuSKalduna
Capital: Chihuahua
Economy: Developing agrarian
Population: 98,100[/b]

-Although the Khans won a great victory at Hoover Dam years ago, the threat of the legion still hangs over everyone in the southwest like a dark cloud. The arrival of emissaries from Texas begging for assistance came as a particular shock to the Khans since they knew that nothing there could withstand the wrath of the legion. Speaking on the radio, a wizened old Temujin spoke loudly and with confidence, declaring that anybody who wished to fight the Legion should join the Khans, who will help to correct the injustices made by the barbarism of the legion. Having accepted the Texan cry for help, they begin by sending soldiers to Fort Dallas, where they help to guard the refugees fleeing conflict. Due to the devastation wrought by the conflict many of them were unable to return home, and so they were resettled to the north of Chihuahua in the ruins of El Paso (which would later grow into a busy town). At the same time, the town of El Paso was fortified and reinforced with more men who began to stockpile munitions and weaponry in the settlement. More patrols along route 45 were sent out to deter legion raids, which by this stage were becoming more aggressive and bloody. Sniper teams were set up to pick off legion officers, while outposts were set up at Castner range. Watchtowers began to spread outwards as more and more people settled in the area, while preparations were made to accommodate the reinforcements from California and New Vegas.

-In the winter of 2288-2289, reports had surfaced of the Legion finally withdrawing enough men to commit to the eastern offensive on Texas that a campaign could be made deep into Legion territories. In January the Great Khans (led by Temujin himself) invaded the Legion, fighting a bloody campaign down the roads and into frontier towns where they were able to liberate slaves and recruit some of them into the army. The securitrons were of considerable assistance in providing heavy firepower, and their importance grew as they reached towns with more heavily fortified walls or larger garrisons. Due to sheer firepower and the lack of Legion reinforcements the campaign enjoyed little resistance until they reached the city of Flagstaff. The citizens here were fiercely loyal and aggressive (enjoying relatively high living standards) and fought ferociously. NCR units took heavy losses while the Khans struggled to breach the walls. Victory was (unexpectedly) delivered when a fire broke out during the firefight in one of the slave quarters and spread to engulf the entire city. In the conflagration many hundreds were burned to death while thousands more fled the city. Even after breaking in, the Khans were unable to restore order or put out the fires which burned for days. Occupying the city for several weeks, they eventually received the news that the Legate had died and reinforcements would not be returning. All participating armies dissolved and returned home. Flagstaff was forever abandoned.

-Back home, the country ruled over by the Khans swelled with refugees from Texas and the Legion, many of them with potentially valuable skills. Among them was the quiet rediscovery of an ancient power source – steam power. Old steam engines were found in the ruins of Flagstaff and other cities, while some engineers clearly knew how to build and operate them. Dragged back to Chihuahua, they were put to work replacing electrical motors in driving a whole manner of random machines such as ploughs and triphammers. But one of the most important ones is an old Union Pacific steam locomotive that had been salvaged. After several years of tinkering and energetic work, the locomotive was not only brought back into operation, but the railway line connecting El Paso to Chihuahua was also repaired. Operation began in 2290 for the first time in centuries, carrying people in what used to be cattle wagons over dusty hills. In some wagons there are all manner of goods being carried; among these are the ingredients for many chems. However these are not meant to be consumed at home, but far to the north where factories have been set up by Mr House to produce them into drugs for sale to citizens of the NCR. On one of these trains was Temujin, deathly sick as he travelled home. Looking out of the window of the carriage as he left one station, he saw a small trees growing there, while children played on formerly silent streets. As lay dying, life was returning to Mexico.

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[b]United States of America (Enclave) – testmen
Capital: Raven Rock
Economy: Developing industrial
Population: 412,000
Power consumption: 0.42 Twh [/b]

-The Enclave has been busying itself with economic development lately as opposed to militaristic expansionism. A slow and steady decay of their original ideals of genocide and replacement of “mutants” with the “pure” has progressed to its logical conclusion where relatively little division between the two peoples seems to exist (or matter in either case). The skilled technicians who run the factories of Puppitun have slowly grown much warmer to their work peers and now regularly interact with them both in and out of work. Although breeding between them is still looked down upon and massive discriminations exist, the decay is far too advanced to be stopped. Several in the Enclave inner circle express considerable fear at the longterm consequences, but they are quietly purged from power. An economic revolution is underway, and it is up to the president to make sure it progresses smoothly and efficiently with nobody to intervene. Propaganda campaigns shift to declare “To get rich is glorious!” and “It does not matter what colour the cat is, only that it catches mice” rather than to focus on the military duties of the people. Although with limited supplies and means, the facilities for chemical plants, printing presses, cigarette rolling machines, lumber mills, and paper plants are all built in Puppitun using modified military technology. Although the national newspaper mocks both the Transatlantic Alliances “tiny border towers” and the latest trends in music and fashion (such as “The Twist” dance and song), this does not diminish their importance as a primary trading partner.

-Another cunning policy has been the acquisition of bottlecap punches. Using sheets of cheap metal and a few presses, several million bottlecaps are mass-produced and used to buy agricultural imports. The predictable result was rapid inflation, followed in turn by an abandonment of caps and the widespread adoption of the dollar as the accepted currency of choice. While dollarization was almost complete both here and in Virginia by the end of the 80s, the Fourth Reich and the Red State are more resistant due to geographic distance and domestic situations. New England is slowly adopting the dollar, with reports of a “Kingdom of Roy” becoming upset with the bottlecap depreciation. After several years, the Presidents policy has paid off handsomely as cigarette, rubber, and paper production have all skyrocketed and are now a major source of wealth for the country. Not only have they become wealthy, but they are gaining access to markets all over the east coast, allowing them to buy a wider range of goods on favourable terms. The development of trade has been of considerable benefit to the Enclave, allowing it to grow rich and consequently attract immigrants. They travel along the new roads which have been slowly taking shape (mostly pathways cleared of debris, but important nonetheless) throughout the eastern coast. One day, cars will speed down them again.

-Confident and inspired explorers scour the ruins of Washington D.C, revealing (unsurprisingly) a nuclear wasteland with pockets of humanity scratching out a meagre existence. Compared to twenty years before, the residents enjoy clean drinking water, a degree of safety (provided by Enclave patrols), and some measure of material prosperity as the industrial revolution underway leaks outwards and some of it seeps in here. Rivet City has blossomed into a market town, swollen with hundreds of residents and having outgrown the confines of the old ship. Although there are still broken cars on the roads and junk lying around, they are slowly vanishing as some enterprising fellows have taken to breaking them up and selling the metals. While not yet a common practice, these changes are not unnoticed. Following in the footsteps of explorers are the botanists who have been tasked with restoring fertility to the soil and eventually re-establish plant life throughout the region. Taking inspiration from the tree minders they begin to plant saplings and other plants along the river, hoping that they will survive. Some of them do, and begin to spread.

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[b]Fourth Reich – iAmaNewb
Capital: Charlotte
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 349,700
Power consumption: 0.40 Twh [/b]

-The expansionist nature of the Reich continued to be deeply felt throughout these years as the Fuhrer continued to demand more land was seized for the nation and resources extracted to feed economic development. The latest crisis in the country was set off by perhaps a rather unlikely event – the bottlecaps used for money are starting to rapidly depreciate in value. The Enclave has been busy minting so many of them (and using them to buy imports) that the influx of fresh caps has begun causing major problems. As it turns out, the peoples of Virginia demanded unsustainably high numbers of caps in return for goods, which in turn forced many merchants and traders to sell goods off to the Enclave just to get more caps. The result has been much of the wealth flowing towards cross-border trade and the currency weakening – something the Fuhrer does not like. He orders the invasion of Kentucky with a force of several thousand men in order to seize Fort Knox, a pre-war military installation packed to the brim with gold. After reaching the base, the army proceeds to clear out the local tribes and gangs, delivering harsh justice and forcing many of them to work on clearing a passage into the bullion depository and building a miniature railway to load the bars out. They are then taken by fleets of bicycles to Charlotte where they are secured in vault 88 and are used as reserves for the new Reichsmark (introduced in opposition to the Enclave dollar that has begun penetrating the region).

-Vault 88 has undergone significant renovation as a result of its original use having changed over time – new water purification chips are being installed while power production is being increased to sate rising demand for energy. Electricity is needed to power the cotton gins and looms that turn the growing fields of cotton into new uniforms and clothes that are in great demand by both soldiers and civilians. To celebrate the improvements in the industry and quality of the cloth, a new uniform is introduced for the elite soldiers of the Reich (the Schutzstaffel). The SS wear uniforms dyed a deep and distinctive black that clearly separates them from the common soldiery. These are men who have been handpicked from the best to produce an elite force deathly loyal to the state and deadly in the right hands, they are frequently armed with restored energy weapons (often the only ones that can be salvaged) which give them a fearsome presence. When partisans or gangs start harassing anyone, they can be assured that the SS will ride down on bicycles and kill indiscriminately with well-placed shots of plasma.

-As the state strengthens its grip and has increasing resources at command, they are now able to fund more rather interesting projects. A ministry of “Public Enlightenment” was established with the purpose of instilling the values deemed necessary for the population to hold. With control over radio, print, and other forms of media, the ministry would often play militaristic music (ranging from classical orchestras to marching bands) through the radios while printing stories of ideal citizens who upheld the virtues deemed sufficient by the censors. At the same time, a ministry of “Reich Economy” was established to coordinate and centralise all of the disparate economic policies of the government into a single body that had greater control over the direction the nation was taking. For these years, the decision was made to heavily promote agriculture (in particular the cultivation of fruits such as apples, pears, and oranges wherever possible) with the goal of reclaiming land and putting people to work in the fields. Despite these attempts, only modest increases in cotton production are noted as the Transatlantic alliance tends to produce more cotton, while the Enclave exports finished cloth of higher quality to the Reich itself. However, the several Nuka-cola plants brought back into operation are much more successful. Using the now worthless glass bottles and caps laying around aplenty they bottle a strange new concoction using fruit pulp, whey, and whatever else is scrounged up. They name the drink “Fanta” a drink with immediate success and the potential to generate massive revenues.

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[b]The Nu Texan Confederacy – Ruski v2.0
Capital: Fort Dallas
Economy: Developing agrarian
Population: 123,500
Power consumption: 0.10 Twh [/b]

-Fort Worth (later renamed Fort Dallas) stands as a beacon of light in the ruins of a civilization long forgotten, pulling itself up from the ashes using both intellect and brute force. The arrival of the Legion to the west of the confederacy has sparked panic among the peoples of the region as Lanius marches on the city with the goal of seizing it and making it his capital. Numerous tribes that stand in the way flee to the confederacy where they put pressures on limited food supplies and water, leading to riots. General Baxter introduced emergency measures for rations and conscripted every able body above the age of 16, throwing them whatever could be scrounged up (from plasma guns to antique beechloading rifles), with some people even grabbing broom handles and tying knives to their ends. At the same time, reports come of much needed military assistance from the Great Khans, a “Mr House”, and from the New California Republic out west. However, none of them will be able to reinforce Fort Dallas, leaving the inhabitants largely to their own protection for the time being.

-With much at stake, civil order in the city rapidly breaks down when reports of the Legion having reached Amarillo arrive. Refugees stream out from the city with everything that can be carried or dragged by cart, most of them have been expelled to reduce the stress on limited food and water supplies available to the army. As they travel south along roads they are given some protection by the Khans and Confederate militias, although numerous skirmishes with legionaries cause them to scatter as they trickle down southwards. In the weeks between the reports of the Legion having established a camp and their offensive, the confederate soldiers scavenge artillery pieces from the Dyess Air Force Base and relocate eyebots to the Tezha power plant. Some replicas of Baxters horse are also made, given out to a group of “Rough Riders” who act like a small force of dragoons. All the while, a massive defensive line is quickly constructed from rubble along Routes 20 and 27, while two major camps are established in Amarillo and the Tezha power plant. The Power plant itself becomes a military headquarters, which is full of frantic activity as the staff rush to set up telecommunications equipment and bring security systems online in addition to preparing supply dumps and observation posts. On a dusty morning in the February of 2289, they sat quietly waiting for the onslaught when a small gleam of a polished chestplate caught the eye of a sniper. His shot was the first in the battle.

-That morning Baxter gave an inspiring speech over the radio to his troops and to Fort Dallas, informing the residents that leaving was now impossible and that every effort was to be made to protect the nation from annihilation (those unable to fight and unable to leave locked themselves in the vault). The battle began with the thunderous roar of heavy mortars, with shells exploding among legion lines and tearing their men to shreds. Massed charges of legion troops battered against the lines, eventually weakening those in Amarillo to the point that the Texan defenders broke and fled, allowing the legion to puncture the lines. Despite the movement of reinforcements to the area, the legionaries quickly overwhelmed Amarillo and began breaking up the brittle lines. The rest of the Texans panicked and fled, leaving Tezha power plant with barely two hundred defenders against over two thousand Legionaries. A week-long siege began, which saw captured artillery turned against the walls of the plant and used to batter it and the men into submission. The legion began the assault a week later in the early hours of the morning while the Texans were mostly asleep, before they were awoken and rushed to the walls to open fire on the attackers. Three further assaults followed, the last one finally breached the walls and fought bitterly with the defenders who (having run out of ammo) used sharp chunks of metal broken off from machinery. IEDs set at the doors and hallways delayed further progress into the building which was gradually reduced to rubble. The battle was a pyrrhic victory, as hundreds of men were killed or injured in the assault, including Lanius himself. News had also arrived that the NCR and Khans reinforced with securitrons had burned Flagstaff to the ground. This caused what remained of the Legion to break down and scatter to the four winds, saving Texas and ensuring the future of the Confederacy.

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[b]The Green Republic – LoganIsAwesome[/b]

-The Green Republic suffered considerably in the last year of its existence. 2285 began with the expansion of the army to an impressive thousand men at arms (although it was virtually impossible to mobilise them all at once). A police force was established to maintain order in Greentown, while the government began work on a policy to repair hospital facilities in the country. Unfortunately, their plans were interrupted when scouts had reported of several thousand men having crossed the border into the country (with the casus belli being unacceptable raids on merchants). Consequently the entire republic was thrown into panic and they mobilised not only the entire army, but every person with a gun that could be found, even if they were stupid or ugly. Hastily assembled and brought to the banks of the St Lawrence River they made a valiant stand against the armies of King Roy. Unfortunately he was an experienced military man, and he ordered a small unit of rangers to sneak to the opposite side by steamboat. Feigning an attack on their rear, the republican army broke up trying to chase them (giving time to the invaders to cross the river). Trapped between two sides, and despite fighting to the point that they ran out of bullets and began beating each other to death with rocks and sticks, they lost. King Roy won the day and marched on Greentown, seizing the town with ease and dissolving the government. Another polity passed into the annals of history, to be remembered only as a footnote in the history books of the distant future.

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[b]New Vegas – Pez “Cuck” God1
Capital: New Vegas
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 31,230
Power consumption: 0.27 Twh[/b]

-New Vegas has entered a crisis, partly brought on by its own doing. The wildness of the wasteland is being tamed, and anarchism is receding. In its wake comes law and order, and one of the first casualties is the chems trade. As the century slowly comes to an end, many states are now starting to make efforts to regulate or even try and suppress the trade as the negative effects on the citizenry become ever more apparent as chems become easier and cheaper to buy. The revenue to be realised is too great to ignore however, so Mr House tried a bizarre third option of banning chems in New Vegas but selling them outside of the city. Securitrons have been sent around shutting down unlicensed dealers and labs while also patrolling the major routes to control the border and reduce the flow of drugs. At the same time, he brings several factories in the city back into operation with the purpose of manufacturing chems (jet being one of the major ones). The Khans were particularly helpful in procuring the necessary raw materials to manufacture the chems as well as finding buyers, but since chem use is now frowned upon in both states these are now being sold to citizens of the New California Republic. With many traders trying to push chems onto NCR citizens and banning use within the boundaries of New Vegas, it has had the unwanted effect of turning off many of the more respectable patrons as the atmosphere becomes less tolerant and drug use (despite crackdowns) skyrockets nonetheless. Seeking to take advantage New Reno funds the construction of a railway into California, which begins to siphon off much needed traffic to New Vegas.

-To the east of New Vegas, the Legion continued to rule oppressively for many years, until 2289 when a campaign between the NCR, Khans, and New Vegas was launched into the region. While each party had different goals, Mr House had some particularly curious ones as he sought to liberate as many slaves as possible and funnel them back to New Vegas. Being rather successful in the enterprise he was able to permanently resettle thousands of people outside of the city in a number of towns and villages brought back to working order by hired workers and securitrons. The liberated slaves were offered simple conditions – work for Mr House, and you will be allowed to live on your own provided you grow food to supply New Vegas. He also granted them citizenship if they were particularly loyal or industrious. When Flagstaff was eventually captured, both the NCR and Khans abandoned most of the area as they had little interest in ruling over a land that had returned to savagery. Mr House however, viewed the former Legion lands as a potential goldmine, and ordered the construction of outposts to the east and send teams of securitrons over to re-establish order and annex these lands to the city state.

-Unfortunately, this had major downsides for New Vegas as the costs of resettling a great number of people and rebuilding the infrastructure there imposed massive costs on the budget of the state. The white glove society grew annoyed with his activities as they drove away most of the high-paying clientele, while freeside gangs both fought with the authorities and smuggled chems in contravention of the law. Several groups in the city moved into the black market business of smuggling, while the town of Primm begins to boom as (being under NCR control) it is not under the new chem regulations and consequently becomes a haven for those in New Vegas coming to get a quick fix. The casinos there also spring into life to take advantage, while the new railway connecting New Vegas to Shady Sands plays a part in helping to draw away traffic from the city. Population growth and economic development in the city has also caused public facilities (from sanitation to electricity) to become strained, while the explosive growth of industry and agriculture continues to wreak havoc on the clean and orderly streets frequented by tourists. The Followers, upset with his official support for the drugs, begins to pull out of the city and relocate operations to Primm where they treat the chem-addicts and the growing population. Pollutants discolour the skies while farmers crowd out the streets hawking Brahmin steak and corn cobs. From the Lucky 38 Mr House watches as the former glory of New Vegas is tarnished, but he knows it is for a worthy goal as he watches people, wealth, and talent congregate in his city. Despite the major setbacks, the high technology sector is once again being reborn. Who knows what the next century will bring?

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Epilogue to follow soon.

[Euskalduna]

God bless you sobotnik, you magnificent fucker.

[testmen]

I have become John Henry Eden, destroyer of foreign economies.

[Sobotnik]

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[quote]It's said war - war never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk. And this road - has reached its end. - Ulysses [/quote]
[quote]As the century came to an end, so too did the multitude of horrors that stretched throughout the wasteland. Deathclaws (among other FEV creations) slowly faded away to become one of the many monsters doomed to extinction as green pastures grew and stretched far to the horizon. Slowly but surely things were becoming normal once more, and the bleached wasteland in which the solitary vaults struggled to survive was replaced by a proliferation of life, both new and old throughout the continent. The intervening years saw the brutal savagery of the wasteland eventually tamed by a civilization that had learned much from the mistakes of the one it had replaced.[/quote]

[b]North American Population: 30,000,000+[/b]

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[b]The Red State – Deathgrunt
Capital: Beren’s Star[/b]

[quote]The ideals of the Bolshevik revolution never quite truly died, even in the face of nu-clear devastation. In a world poisoned by radiation the commissars of the Red State strug-gled to maintain a course between improving the lives of the people and building up an ar-my to take on the might of the Reich. As they unified the Southeast, the five year plans grew ever more ambitious as their industrial revolution went out of control. Eventually as conflict flared up with the equally expansionist Reich, the Red State prepared for a war on the scale of which had been yet unseen for centuries, those of the NCR and Caesars Legion being mere dress rehearsals compared to this one. In a war fought to determine the future be-tween two diametrically opposed ideologies, The California Republic and the United States both sat quietly watching, ready to carve up what remained.[/quote]

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[b]The Kingdom of New England – Native Hunter
Capital: Salutem[/b]

[quote]New England continued to slowly grow and prosper, and despite the harsh rule of their feudal overlords, the people were secretly glad for somebody to restore order and or-ganise development. After many decades had passed, the Kingdom eventually became a model for several other societies that appeared throughout Canada and the north. It be-came the forerunner of a reunified Canada independent of foreign domination, and helped to reopen links with a Europe entering a second renaissance.[/quote]

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[b]New California Republic – Meme It Up
Capital: Shady Sands[/b]

[quote]The New California Republic continued to steadily grow and prosper, becoming much like the United States of the 19th century in all but name. The children of the Republic moved east into the wastes, building new homes and seeding the land. Within a century their numbers had more than tripled and the west had been brought under their control. Expanding to the east they eventually managed to resettle much of the Midwest and turned it into the breadbasket it once was. The power and fame of the nation grew, and in the com-ing centuries it would develop into a world power. The descendants of Vault 15 had inherit-ed the world, and it was their job to be as careful in maintaining it as they had in their origi-nal home all those years ago.[/quote]

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[b]Virginian Alliance – Jcorp
Capital: Raleigh[/b]

[quote]As the years passed by, the descendants of Europeans who lived in Virginia began to see themselves as belonging to a nation tied together by strengthening bonds, united under one flag. The land was recovering well from the ravages of nuclear war, and as huge fields of fertile crops spread over Virginia they helped to feed both the country, and her neighbours. When trade was established with Europe, cotton once again flowed back to the mills of Liverpool, where ancient machines once again spat out bolts of fresh cloth. From these same mills came immigrants seeking a new life, bringing their own cultural quirks and habits with them. Their curious tastes moulded with existing fashions in Virginia, producing a wondrous blend of taste that spread rapidly among the young who grew to distrust authority and challenge the status quo. What followed was a counterculture invasion, led by a vanguard of musicians from Liverpool which forever changed the culture of post-war America.[/quote]

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[b]Khanate of Mexica – EuSKalduna
Capital: Kingdom Come[/b]

[quote]Although Temujin is dead, he holds a position as a mythical founder and unifier of his nation much like President Tandi. Although his successors weren’t as capable or as long-lasting, they managed to prevent his work from going to ruin. Expanding south into the val-leys of Mexico, the Golden Khans eventually took control over much of Mexico and estab-lished a vast empire built up with the accumulated knowledge of lessons learned in both the old and new worlds. Unifying most of Central America under their banner, ships once sailed through the jungles of Panama while fleets carried treasures far over the seas to Europe. Much like the NCR the Khans are also the children of Vault 15. Not bad going for a people who came from a hole in the ground.[/quote]

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[b]United States of America – testmen
Capital: Washington D.C.[/b]

[quote]The Enclave continued their Darwinian ability to adapt both themselves and their technologies to the new world they found themselves in. Their rhetoric of genocide against the “mutant” humans faded to become nothing more than quiet words in history books. The new leaders of the Enclave were interested in making themselves rich, building up a country with a vast economic and technological base. They grew into a power in their own right, becoming dominant over the eastern coast and turning many other countries into pro-tectorates. The old world was dead, but the dreams of that world lived on. Once again, it was truly the [I]United[/I] States of America.[/quote]

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[b]Fourth Reich – iAmaNewb
Capital: Charlotte[/b]

[quote]Like many other countries, the Fourth Reich had many pains as it struggled in the race to achieve domination over a wasteland that was rapidly being colonized by a multi-tude of civilizations. Trade continued to grow heavily with its neighbours, the Fuhrers sub-scribing to a “Speerite” ideology of reconciling economic pragmatism with ideological purity. The nation grew stronger and wealthier, but much like the other nations of the East Coast they lagged behind the rapidly industrializing Enclave. Pressed into an ever shrinking pocket of land they built up a powerful army and expanded wherever they could, but in the end it came to a war with their bitter rivals to the south. With the United States spurring them on, it seemed like whatever the result of the war with the Red State, Capitol Hill would win.[/quote]

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[b]Texas – Ruski v2.0
Capital: Fort Dallas[/b]

[quote]After the defeat of Lanius and his legion at Amarillo, the Texans could breathe easy knowing that a great evil had been finally extinguished. Many people returned to Texas, the young country reinvigorated and bursting with life. The streets of Fort Dallas were cleared up and the lights switched back on. General Baxter, with widespread support, conducted many successful expeditions into the wasteland that saw the borders of the confederacy grow to incorporate many new peoples. The flag of an independent, free, and brave Texas stood waving proudly for the first time in many years, and it would continue to do so for as long as there remained a Texan nation united.[/quote]

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[b]New Vegas – Pez “Cuck” God1
Capital: New Vegas[/b]

[quote]The prestige of New Vegas was tarnished by the eccentric Mr. House, and it took many more years before the tourists returned. By that point, industry and commerce had been reborn in the city, with many people from across the southwest flocking here to seek fame and fortune in the last free city, a relic of the wilder times among lands under the con-trol of governments with their armies. Mr. House continued to run his city with the same authoritarian efficiency, organizing all aspects of the economy and running it like an extend-ed business enterprise. Nearly a century after the events of Hoover Dam, he was already sending rockets into orbit, where from the aether above they realised that the earth wasn’t quite worth abandoning just yet.[/quote]

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[quote]In the city of New York, an old man walked through the streets of a city once again bustling with life, packed with trams and cart vendors while subway trains scurried under-ground. Flying over him was the stars and stripes, while policemen bearing clean uniforms patrolled the streets. New fashions had invaded shops that in his own lifetime he could re-member being little more than empty piles of rubble. In one quiet bar he sat, listening to Sgt. Pepper’s band nervously introducing themselves to their new audience. In his bag lay two very important items – one was a jumpsuit. The jumpsuit was old and worn, the deep blue having faded to a dull grey. Although he did not know it, he was the last true vault dweller left, he left at a young age, and lived an eventful life in which he saw the world that he was born into slowly fade away. A military uniform was also inside it, reminding him not only of the conflicts he had witnessed, but that war… war never changes.[/quote]

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shits over now, fuck off and go home now

[testmen]

And so everyone lived happily ever after, expect for the Nazis, the Communists, and the mutants. God bless America, and to all, a good night.

[masterchief6]

is this still going on? if so i'd like to have dibs on a Canadian faction if possible.

[Damian0358]

[QUOTE=masterchief6;49022743]is this still going on? if so i'd like to have dibs on a Canadian faction if possible.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49010836]
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shits over now, fuck off and go home now[/QUOTE]

[masterchief6]

[QUOTE=Damian0358;49023675][/QUOTE]

fawk. aight