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| − | |align="center"|''« The Boneyard, the | + | |align="center"|''« The city of Los Angeles must have been the largest in the world before the War. The L.A. Boneyard stretched forever, the skeletons of buildings lying under the hot sun. Not even the wind entered this dead city. I found many enemies, and a few friends, in the Boneyard. I killed when necessary and learned more about the nature of my true foes.»'' |
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| + | Vault Dweller's memoirs | ||
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= History = | = History = | ||
| − | + | Most people in L.A. died after the bombs dropped, due to radiation poisoning, disease, famine, and each other. Some, however, took shelter in the demonstration Vault, and eventually most of them emerged in 2092, founding the Boneyard. Many of them were the founders of Adytum, a fenced town in the suburbs of the old Los Angeles. Some, however, founded other communities, like the Blades, the Rippers, the Followers of the Apocalypse and the Gun Runners. | |
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| + | In the 2150s, a pack of deathclaws appeared in the Boneyard, taking over the base of the Rippers. In 2159 Jon Zimmerman, the town's mayor, hired a band of mercenaries known as the Regulators to help protect Adytum from the deathclaw and the odd random attack by raiders, who by 2161 were in control of Adytum. | ||
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| + | By 2241, Los Angeles became one of the states of the New California Republic and Adytum became known as New Adytum. | ||
= Communities = | = Communities = | ||
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=== Adytum === | === Adytum === | ||
| − | Adytum is | + | Adytum or Adytown is a small industrial town in the southern section of the Boneyard, founded by the inhabitants of the demonstration Vault. The community was fairly self-sufficent, growing its own food and manufacturing ammunition from chemical components garnered on-location (from Brahmin dung for example) to exchange for necessary supplies. Aside from the inhabitants eking out an existence, the Adytum is home to several scavengers under the informal leadership of Sammael, who comb the city for long lost artifacts and information. |
| + | The town was well fortified, surrounded by a double chainlink fence and patrolled by armed Regulators. However, it became dependent on deliveries from the Hub when their hydroponic farms broke down, with the merchants abusing their position as the sole sustenance of the community, making a tidy profit on ammunition from Adytum. | ||
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| + | === The Rippers === | ||
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| + | The Rippers were a familiar gang of inbreds from the LA Boneyard, prone to violently attacking anything and anyone not related to them. They initially lived where the Mother Deathclaw is in the Boneyard, as evidenced by the "Ripper!" movie poster outside her house hutch. They had a fortified building with traps and landmines around it where they took prisoners to be tortured and killed. They were arch-enemies of the Blades. They were probably either killed by the Deathclaws or moved somewhere else when the giant lizards took over their fortress, until they eventually again were exterminated by the Gun Runners who took over the fortress and started a business there, surrounded by deadly toxic moat. | ||
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| + | The leader of the Rippers was called Tangler, whose characteristic feature was a cybernetic hand. Interestingly, Morpheus, leader of the [[Cathedral|Children of the Cathedral]], also used to be a member of this gang. | ||
=== Followers of the Apocalypse === | === Followers of the Apocalypse === | ||
| − | The | + | The Followers of the Apocalypse inhabit a library in the western segment of the Boneyard. Lead by Nicole, the Followers are dedicated to scholarship and to ensuring that humanity does not repeat the mistakes that led to the Great War. |
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| + | While ostensibly like the [[Cathedral|Children of the Cathedral]] in being dedicated to the cause of spreading peace throughout the wasteland, they are suspicious of the latter's motives. Talius, a ghoul-like mutant partially exposed to FEV by the Master's forces, found refuge among the Followers, and helped them understand the true nature of the Children. | ||
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| + | After the death of the Master, the Followers of the Apocalypse became a major influence in the newly-founded New California Republic. With the Vault Dweller's help, they gained control of the LA Boneyard. | ||
| + | [[File:Blades.png|thumb|The Blades]] | ||
=== The Blades === | === The Blades === | ||
| − | + | The Blades are a group of survivalists led by a woman named Razor, living in a pre-war nightclub in the Boneyard north of Adytum. | |
| + | While a peaceful group, they are persecuted by the Regulators, who both coerce them into doing their bidding and frame them for crimes against the people of Adytum. This makes it appear that the Adytowners are seriously threatened by the Blades; a convenient pretext for the Regulators' own repressive policies. | ||
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| + | While relatively unarmed, a man named MacRae teaches the Blades his knowledge of combat skills as self-defense, and guards their front-door entrance from intruders. He is mainly the only 'representative' the Regulators parley with; however, there is little peace-talk. If the Vault Dweller agrees to help the Blades fight the Regulators, they will be instructed to go to the Gun Runners' fort and ask their leader for weapons and ammunition. After the Vault Dweller does what is asked, the Blades storm Adytum fully geared (the Vault Dweller may be in the fight as well if the player wishes). | ||
=== The Gun Runners === | === The Gun Runners === | ||
| − | + | The Gun Runners are a "gang" operating out of a fortified factory in the north-eastern part of the Los Angeles Boneyard. | |
| + | Originally, they were a normal gang, like the Skulz, Blades etc., which had come to the Boneyard from the Hub in hopes of securing their own territory in the city. Shortly after arriving, approximately thirty years before Fallout takes place, they decided to start a gunrunning business, having settled themselves in an abandoned factory with functioning manufacturing equipment which they used to assemble high-tech weapons and ammunition. Up until roughly ten years before Fallout takes place, they had been using their own supplies of scrap metal in their manufacturing process, but since running out they have had to rely on trade with Adytum to support their business. Once the Regulators began running Adytum, trade between the two groups became far less fair with respect to the Gun Runners, and they began to grow desperate in search of another location which they could use to supply themselves. However, the Deathclaws, which had taken up residence in the Boneyard, made such a difficult move impossible. This is where the Vault Dweller stepped in. | ||
| − | = Interests = | + | When the Vault Dweller cleaned out the warehouse of Deathclaws, the Gun Runners were free to begin a regular trading route with the other groups in the LA Boneyard. This activity was impossible before, due to the Deathclaws. Their first move was to give arms and armor to the Blades, who then went on to free Adytum of the Regulators' oppression, creating New Adytum in its place. |
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| + | The factory/fortress itself is surrounded by a pool of highly toxic waste, and the only way across is a single wooden plank, connecting the two sides of the moat. | ||
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| + | As of 2162, their leader is Gabriel, a charismatic man, equipped with a Winchester P94 and Combat Armor. His right hand man is a dwarf named Zack, who sells the weapons the Gun Runners manufacture. | ||
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| + | The Gun Runners guarding the outside of the factory were equipped with DKS-501 sniper rifles and Combat Armor. Those inside had Metal Armor, Shotguns, Desert Eagles and an L72 BigBazooka. | ||
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| + | === The Children of the Cathedral === | ||
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| + | [[Cathedral|Children of the Cathedral]] (commonly abbreviated CoC) were a widespread religious cult that the Master established as a cover for his activities and to spread his philosophy. | ||
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| + | = Things of Interests = | ||
| + | * Inside Adytum you can find 2 traders, a workbench and a cow which generates some easy xp. | ||
| + | * The Blades have a workbench and a trainer, who can train level 1 and 2 armorer. | ||
| + | * The Gun Runners have a trader and a level 1 and 2 energy weapons trainer. | ||
* There is also a warehouse, where people trading with the Gun Runners must pass through, and sometimes one can find PK'ers here. | * There is also a warehouse, where people trading with the Gun Runners must pass through, and sometimes one can find PK'ers here. | ||
* There is only one quest for the Boneyard, which gives a [[Talk_to_the_guard_to_get_a_bonus_to_the_Small_Guns_skill|bonus to small guns skill]] | * There is only one quest for the Boneyard, which gives a [[Talk_to_the_guard_to_get_a_bonus_to_the_Small_Guns_skill|bonus to small guns skill]] | ||
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| + | = Sources = | ||
| + | History, pictures and backgrounds were borrowed from these links; | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Boneyard | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Adytum | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Blades | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rippers | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Followers_of_the_Apocalypse | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gun_Runners | ||
| + | * http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Children_of_the_Cathedral | ||
Revision as of 02:12, 11 January 2010
| « The city of Los Angeles must have been the largest in the world before the War. The L.A. Boneyard stretched forever, the skeletons of buildings lying under the hot sun. Not even the wind entered this dead city. I found many enemies, and a few friends, in the Boneyard. I killed when necessary and learned more about the nature of my true foes.»
Vault Dweller's memoirs
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Contents |
History
Most people in L.A. died after the bombs dropped, due to radiation poisoning, disease, famine, and each other. Some, however, took shelter in the demonstration Vault, and eventually most of them emerged in 2092, founding the Boneyard. Many of them were the founders of Adytum, a fenced town in the suburbs of the old Los Angeles. Some, however, founded other communities, like the Blades, the Rippers, the Followers of the Apocalypse and the Gun Runners.
In the 2150s, a pack of deathclaws appeared in the Boneyard, taking over the base of the Rippers. In 2159 Jon Zimmerman, the town's mayor, hired a band of mercenaries known as the Regulators to help protect Adytum from the deathclaw and the odd random attack by raiders, who by 2161 were in control of Adytum.
By 2241, Los Angeles became one of the states of the New California Republic and Adytum became known as New Adytum.
Communities
Adytum
Adytum or Adytown is a small industrial town in the southern section of the Boneyard, founded by the inhabitants of the demonstration Vault. The community was fairly self-sufficent, growing its own food and manufacturing ammunition from chemical components garnered on-location (from Brahmin dung for example) to exchange for necessary supplies. Aside from the inhabitants eking out an existence, the Adytum is home to several scavengers under the informal leadership of Sammael, who comb the city for long lost artifacts and information.
The town was well fortified, surrounded by a double chainlink fence and patrolled by armed Regulators. However, it became dependent on deliveries from the Hub when their hydroponic farms broke down, with the merchants abusing their position as the sole sustenance of the community, making a tidy profit on ammunition from Adytum.
The Rippers
The Rippers were a familiar gang of inbreds from the LA Boneyard, prone to violently attacking anything and anyone not related to them. They initially lived where the Mother Deathclaw is in the Boneyard, as evidenced by the "Ripper!" movie poster outside her house hutch. They had a fortified building with traps and landmines around it where they took prisoners to be tortured and killed. They were arch-enemies of the Blades. They were probably either killed by the Deathclaws or moved somewhere else when the giant lizards took over their fortress, until they eventually again were exterminated by the Gun Runners who took over the fortress and started a business there, surrounded by deadly toxic moat.
The leader of the Rippers was called Tangler, whose characteristic feature was a cybernetic hand. Interestingly, Morpheus, leader of the Children of the Cathedral, also used to be a member of this gang.
Followers of the Apocalypse
The Followers of the Apocalypse inhabit a library in the western segment of the Boneyard. Lead by Nicole, the Followers are dedicated to scholarship and to ensuring that humanity does not repeat the mistakes that led to the Great War.
While ostensibly like the Children of the Cathedral in being dedicated to the cause of spreading peace throughout the wasteland, they are suspicious of the latter's motives. Talius, a ghoul-like mutant partially exposed to FEV by the Master's forces, found refuge among the Followers, and helped them understand the true nature of the Children.
After the death of the Master, the Followers of the Apocalypse became a major influence in the newly-founded New California Republic. With the Vault Dweller's help, they gained control of the LA Boneyard.
The Blades
The Blades are a group of survivalists led by a woman named Razor, living in a pre-war nightclub in the Boneyard north of Adytum.
While a peaceful group, they are persecuted by the Regulators, who both coerce them into doing their bidding and frame them for crimes against the people of Adytum. This makes it appear that the Adytowners are seriously threatened by the Blades; a convenient pretext for the Regulators' own repressive policies.
While relatively unarmed, a man named MacRae teaches the Blades his knowledge of combat skills as self-defense, and guards their front-door entrance from intruders. He is mainly the only 'representative' the Regulators parley with; however, there is little peace-talk. If the Vault Dweller agrees to help the Blades fight the Regulators, they will be instructed to go to the Gun Runners' fort and ask their leader for weapons and ammunition. After the Vault Dweller does what is asked, the Blades storm Adytum fully geared (the Vault Dweller may be in the fight as well if the player wishes).
The Gun Runners
The Gun Runners are a "gang" operating out of a fortified factory in the north-eastern part of the Los Angeles Boneyard.
Originally, they were a normal gang, like the Skulz, Blades etc., which had come to the Boneyard from the Hub in hopes of securing their own territory in the city. Shortly after arriving, approximately thirty years before Fallout takes place, they decided to start a gunrunning business, having settled themselves in an abandoned factory with functioning manufacturing equipment which they used to assemble high-tech weapons and ammunition. Up until roughly ten years before Fallout takes place, they had been using their own supplies of scrap metal in their manufacturing process, but since running out they have had to rely on trade with Adytum to support their business. Once the Regulators began running Adytum, trade between the two groups became far less fair with respect to the Gun Runners, and they began to grow desperate in search of another location which they could use to supply themselves. However, the Deathclaws, which had taken up residence in the Boneyard, made such a difficult move impossible. This is where the Vault Dweller stepped in.
When the Vault Dweller cleaned out the warehouse of Deathclaws, the Gun Runners were free to begin a regular trading route with the other groups in the LA Boneyard. This activity was impossible before, due to the Deathclaws. Their first move was to give arms and armor to the Blades, who then went on to free Adytum of the Regulators' oppression, creating New Adytum in its place.
The factory/fortress itself is surrounded by a pool of highly toxic waste, and the only way across is a single wooden plank, connecting the two sides of the moat.
As of 2162, their leader is Gabriel, a charismatic man, equipped with a Winchester P94 and Combat Armor. His right hand man is a dwarf named Zack, who sells the weapons the Gun Runners manufacture.
The Gun Runners guarding the outside of the factory were equipped with DKS-501 sniper rifles and Combat Armor. Those inside had Metal Armor, Shotguns, Desert Eagles and an L72 BigBazooka.
The Children of the Cathedral
Children of the Cathedral (commonly abbreviated CoC) were a widespread religious cult that the Master established as a cover for his activities and to spread his philosophy.
Things of Interests
- Inside Adytum you can find 2 traders, a workbench and a cow which generates some easy xp.
- The Blades have a workbench and a trainer, who can train level 1 and 2 armorer.
- The Gun Runners have a trader and a level 1 and 2 energy weapons trainer.
- There is also a warehouse, where people trading with the Gun Runners must pass through, and sometimes one can find PK'ers here.
- There is only one quest for the Boneyard, which gives a bonus to small guns skill
Sources
History, pictures and backgrounds were borrowed from these links;
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Boneyard
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Adytum
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Blades
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rippers
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Followers_of_the_Apocalypse
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gun_Runners
- http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Children_of_the_Cathedral
