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Life on the Outside

My first few days were harrowing to say the least.

I fought off some giant mutant rats that were more

interested in eating me than they should have been.

My only clue was the location of another Vault,

number 15. I spent a couple of days stumbling

through the desert before I came upon a small

settlement. I stopped there for help, and

encountered the little town called Shady Sands. I

helped them, and they helped me. Understand that

survival requires that you work together, even with

people you may not trust. I did earn the trust,

however, of two prominent citizens of Shady Sands -

Tandy, and her father, Aradesh.

With their knowledge, and the help of a man

called Ian, I continued on my way to Vault-15. The

ruins of Vault-15, to be more specific. Ravaged by

the elements, scavengers, and time itself, Vault-15

was no help for my people. The control room that

contained their water-chip was buried under tons of

fallen rock, and I had to move on.

After a small problem with some Raiders, who

would continue for years to plague not only myself,

but the Tribe, I found myself in Junktown. It was

here that I learned the most important rule of all:

doing a good thing sometimes means being a very bad

person. My memories of Junktown are tainted, and I

feel no remorse for my actions in that place. It

was there that I came across a dog, who adopted me

and was my faithful friend from there on. I miss

Dogmeat to this day.

While Junktown was a city of traders (and

traitors), it did not have a water-chip. I was not

desperate yet, as there was still time for me to

recover the chip and return to my home, but I

needed to move on. Fortunately, they pointed me in

the direction of the Hub, the largest city in the

wasteland.

The Hub was a larger city than both Junktown and

Shady Sands combined. You could drop the Vault in

there, and you probably would not notice. But the