I've been playing a lot of New Vegas lately.
War. War never changes.
It didn't matter where or who you were, once the bombs fell, all that mattered was that life as anybody knew could no longer carry on. As such the people fled, escaping to great underground vaults, awaiting the day in which they could emerge and reclaim the land which lied above them.
Within the shattered remains of Lansing, the inhabitants of Vault 71 would emerge, bringing with them the militant lifestyle instilled into them for over 200 years by their former homes experiments. Dedicated to seeking out order and new land to call they're home, the people of this vault would expand outward, eventually encompassing large swaths of the former state who's name they would soon claim for themselves. This rapid expansion would see various Ghouls and Mutants forced to flee north, colonizing the northern tips of the peninsula. Those who called their former land home would soon come into conflict with a dangerous rival who would seek to do away with their lifestyle; the Midwestern Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood had at this time colonized large swathes of the western coast of Michigan, expanding east and eventually reaching the damaged but largely spared city of Grand Rapids, where they would stumble upon Vault 78 and its large cache of pre-war relics. This expansion would bring them into quick conflict with the Republic of Michigan, and when the dust cleared, neither side was able to retain its colonies in the western grasslands. But one thing of note did become known, there was a third Vault located within the former city of Detroit, a vault which if the reports were to be believed, contain a massive supply of old-world weaponry and technology.
With that, the race was on. Neither side could afford another war, but both knew that the domination of their newfound foe could be ensured by claiming this prize. Soon though, it became clear that this would be a task much more easily said then done. The city of Detroit was inhabited, but not by humans, but by robots. These machines were old and damaged, remembering only their directive left for them by their creator, Henry Walter Durant; protect the city which built itself on the development and mass production of robots, both military and civilian, by any means necessary. These machines would take these orders, and carry out three major actions to meet them; Expand beyond Detroit itself to ensure the cities borders, keep the city in as pristine of a condition as possible, and prevent any potentially dangerous forces from stepping foot within the city. As a result, the surviving human inhabitants of Detroit would flee south, rediscovering the city of Toledo, and eventually establishing the first true bastion of old world democracy in the lands west of the Mississippi.
You are a soldier for the Free City of Toledo, and what starts out as a simple quest to wipe out a gang of raiders who have been attacking border settlements will soon evolve into an adventure which will shape the future of the former state of Michigan.
It didn't matter where or who you were, once the bombs fell, all that mattered was that life as anybody knew could no longer carry on. As such the people fled, escaping to great underground vaults, awaiting the day in which they could emerge and reclaim the land which lied above them.
Within the shattered remains of Lansing, the inhabitants of Vault 71 would emerge, bringing with them the militant lifestyle instilled into them for over 200 years by their former homes experiments. Dedicated to seeking out order and new land to call they're home, the people of this vault would expand outward, eventually encompassing large swaths of the former state who's name they would soon claim for themselves. This rapid expansion would see various Ghouls and Mutants forced to flee north, colonizing the northern tips of the peninsula. Those who called their former land home would soon come into conflict with a dangerous rival who would seek to do away with their lifestyle; the Midwestern Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood had at this time colonized large swathes of the western coast of Michigan, expanding east and eventually reaching the damaged but largely spared city of Grand Rapids, where they would stumble upon Vault 78 and its large cache of pre-war relics. This expansion would bring them into quick conflict with the Republic of Michigan, and when the dust cleared, neither side was able to retain its colonies in the western grasslands. But one thing of note did become known, there was a third Vault located within the former city of Detroit, a vault which if the reports were to be believed, contain a massive supply of old-world weaponry and technology.
With that, the race was on. Neither side could afford another war, but both knew that the domination of their newfound foe could be ensured by claiming this prize. Soon though, it became clear that this would be a task much more easily said then done. The city of Detroit was inhabited, but not by humans, but by robots. These machines were old and damaged, remembering only their directive left for them by their creator, Henry Walter Durant; protect the city which built itself on the development and mass production of robots, both military and civilian, by any means necessary. These machines would take these orders, and carry out three major actions to meet them; Expand beyond Detroit itself to ensure the cities borders, keep the city in as pristine of a condition as possible, and prevent any potentially dangerous forces from stepping foot within the city. As a result, the surviving human inhabitants of Detroit would flee south, rediscovering the city of Toledo, and eventually establishing the first true bastion of old world democracy in the lands west of the Mississippi.
You are a soldier for the Free City of Toledo, and what starts out as a simple quest to wipe out a gang of raiders who have been attacking border settlements will soon evolve into an adventure which will shape the future of the former state of Michigan.
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