"For example... Memorabilia of the reservation, some information about the .m.b project, and a plan for the space program codenamed Hermes, and the nuclear bombs built at the Los Alamos military base were sent to the .m.b space station in space. ”

Andy just smiled when he heard the strings, not thinking that he was interested in it, and it was not without reason that he thought so.

"String, thank you for your hard work, but I've long known about these things, whether it's the pre-war .m.b project or the Hermes project, guess what? I've seen unassembled parts of the .m.b-003 nuclear space station in the hangar in Bloomfield, I've seen the wreckage of the crashed .m.b-002 at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I've seen the AI in the vicinity of Tibbetts Prison firing a signal to .m.b-001 in space, and I've even seen the two Hermes space launch vehicles that never had a chance to take off, and they still stand motionless on the rocket launch pad at the Bloomfield Space Center, and of course they don't make sense to move anymore...”

The strings crossed their waists a little unconvinced.

"Alright, I know you're a wasteland hero now well-informed enough that you can stop your showmanship. What I'm going to say now is that even if you've seen so many powerful things, you can't imagine what I found in Clarke's terminal. ”

Andy looked at her playfully, and couldn't help but hug her in a circle in the air.

"Okay, then tell me the big secret you found now."

The string screamed as it spun in the air, and hit the ground with two punches to Andy.

"You scoundrel! Don't tell you! ”

The two played around for a while, and then Xian was willing to speak.

It turned out that she had cracked a complex code in the most secret area of Clark's terminal, and it was deduced from some clues that string found in the terminal that this code was the launch code used to launch the Hermes rocket before the war, in other words, Dr. Clark had planned to go to the Bloomfield Space Center west of the Los Alamos military base before the war and participate in the launch mission of the Hermes rocket project, otherwise the code would never have fallen into his hands, of course, this is now meaningless.

Andy looked at the long and complicated cipher strings that had been sent to his beep-boy, which could only be used as a memento.

In addition, the string also sent the memorabilia of the reservation to Andy's Pip-Boy.

The reservation was first established in 1943 as a military base for the development of nuclear bombs; In 2063, due to the layout of the .m.b project, Colonel Green and Dr. Clark were sent here as chief scientists and safety directors, and in 2065 the reservation officially began to produce a special nuclear bomb for the .m.b project, but due to the lack of a suitable launch vehicle, formal space transportation did not begin until 2072 at several different space centers, including the Bloomfield space center and the Hermes rocket in the Hermes program.

This process has been slow due to the huge amount of money required and the complexity of the project, and to make matters worse, in October 2076, the reservation received a notification from the government, the budget of the .m.b project was cut, the subsequent nuclear bomb delivery plan was stalled indefinitely, and the few nuclear bombs that had been produced and could not be shipped were sealed in the underground storage of the reservation.

When the Great War broke out in 2077, the area was directly hit by multiple nuclear bombs near the reservation, and the explosion of the nuclear bomb caused a severe earthquake that damaged the geological structure of the area around the reservation, and caused damage to the shell of the underground bunker, a large amount of radiation seeped into the ground, most of the people died of radiation poisoning or became mad ghouls, and a few survived, but all of them were transformed into ghouls, who were also the original members of the post-war reservation.

In December 2087, after ten years of hiding underground, Dr. Clark decided to leave the reservation to search for survivors and do his best to help them, at that time he thought that the whole world had been drowned in the wrath of the nuclear bomb, and the survivors should all be in a similar state to himself, but the subsequent facts were beyond Dr. Clark's expectations, and before leaving the reservation, he agreed with Colonel Green that during the departure, Colonel Green would be the leader of the reservation, and if he could not return, he would continue to do so, If you can come back alive, it's business as usual.

In December 2088, after a year of exploration, he was the only one of the twelve people, including Dr. Clark, who returned alive, but behind him were dozens of new followers, all of whom were ghouls like him, and Dr. Clarke's temperament also changed dramatically because of this encounter, and after a month's rest, in January 2089, Dr. William Clark began to explain the changes in the world to the rest of the reservation, elaborating on the outside world' Slippery's hostility and discrimination against them made it clear that it would be difficult to leave the reservation and live in a different land full of prejudices against others, and with this, Clark began to preach his messianic identity and a series of prophecies about the Wasteland Holy Spirit and the Promised Land of Revelation, declaring that the gods had decided to make the whole earth the promised land for them, and that it was only natural for the new humans to replace the old ones, and his appeal grew, and Colonel Green eventually chose to abdicate but still retain his independence。

In order to further refine this alternative plan, Dr. William Clark soon ordered Dr. Sebastian to start the 'Breeding Project' to find the possibility of ghouls having the next generation, starting with the 'natural way' and then expanding to genetic engineering and cloning technology, various attempts continued until 2189, which determined the extreme scarcity of ghoul active germ cells and the extreme difficulty of fertilized egg implantation.

In 2220, under the orders of Dr. Clark, the reservation officially began foreign trade, and the blacksmith shop of Level 2 opened, which began to produce armor and weapons, and in exchange for these products, the Blackfoot tribe and Caesar's Legion sent the first slaves, the healthiest of whom were sent to the Green Room, which was dedicated to reproductive experiments, while the rest of the slaves were forced to work as coolies in a filthy and harsh environment until they died of exhaustion.

In 2227, the first true 'new human' was born in the Green Room, and as a slave to the host, the ' Dr. Clark named him Measles because he observed a rash on the newborn's neck, and the miracles that followed him convinced him that everything he was doing was right, and Measles became Dr. Clark's most important agent and the second person on the reservation a few years later, setting out to manage the entire operation of the reservation, and showing amazing ability and intelligence.

In 2242, Nuckey Nellie was selected by Dr. Clark as the centerpiece of his future plans, but the weapon could not be transported from the ground to the surface due to the lack of a cable, which was later obtained by Measles with Andy's help from the salvage crews in Dog City in 2253.

Beginning in 2249, a long-term trade agreement was formally signed between the Reserve and Caesar's Legion, under which a centurion and a flag bearer regularly raised a sufficient number of slaves to deliver to the Reserve each year, but the actual implementation of the agreement was problematic, and the Legion's differential attitude towards ghouls seemed to be the root cause.

In 2253, this far-reaching armed coup d'état took place on the reservation, and the Wasteland Sons faction, led by Dr. Clark, were completely defeated by the Grimm Guards faction led by Colonel Green.

The above is the memorabilia of the reservation in the record of Clarke's terminal, over the years, a lot of manpower, material resources and scientific research energy of the reservation have been put into the 'breeding plan', and now all the results have been wiped out.

Speaking of the Hermes rocket, though...

Andy's worried expression resurfaced.

"String, did the Great Dome gain any results in searching for Prester's location before you left?"

The string shook his head.

"It's not that simple... But it's been a few days, and I'll use the reserve's communications antenna to communicate with the Dome, and we'll need to stay here for a while. ”

Two days later, Andy was sitting in an underground bunker to maintain his pistol, he bought a lot of ammunition at Hank's super discounted price, and sold all the guns he used to get everywhere from him, anyway, he basically only likes to use pistols, and other weapons are also a burden left in the Pip-Boy.

With his connections, he got another set of metal armor from Betty, which had better protection than the previous one, but was heavier.

Xian suddenly walked over with an anxious expression.

"I found it, but it's weird."

She sent Andy's beep-boy a map coordinates, and when she opened the map, she saw that the coordinates were in the edge of the map, which meant that the coordinates were almost outside the boundaries of the Great Southwestern Federation.

"They went so far?"

Andy subconsciously asked, and then suddenly realized that this is the safest choice, if the signal of Tibbetts Prison was not successfully intercepted and tampered with by Prest, the four states of the Great Southwest Federation would be destroyed as an epidemic area with a nuclear bomb as designed by the Derek Greenway before the war, in that case, if the den of Prester and his gang was also chosen in this area, they would not be able to escape at that time, so it was the safest choice to distance themselves.

The first time he met Prester and his gang was during the escape from Tibbetts Prison, and the second time he met Prester when they entered the Dome, and then his soldiers were discovered by Andy in Dog City and the Grand Canyon, but the next two encounters were apparently just that he instructed his men to go to two locations to collect necessary items.

In other words, as Prester's plan progressed, so did the gang move deeper and deeper into the east, a choice that was not random and arbitrary, but purposeful, just in case.

He took a closer look and saw that the map point coincided with a mission objective, which was the reward coordinates that Odysseus had sent out before the explosion of Tibbetts Prison... Leavenworth Prison.

Andy frowned, isn't this a coincidence? The coordinates that Odysseus gave him also meant something?

"Anyway, we're going to have to get over there as soon as possible."

The two then approached Colonel Green to explain the situation, and Colonel Green said that he had one last gift for the two, and Andy was given a large amount of medicine shortly after.

Anti-radiation, radiation, hemp boiling-x, madness, treatment needles...

Colonel Green proudly introduced the two men.

"These will be our main export products from now on, they are all made with pre-war pharmaceutical equipment and under the guidance of excellent chemists using the original recipes, and no one in the wasteland will be able to produce this kind of thing, and even if there is, it will only be a fake with a similar appearance and a different inside, and I believe that this is as competitive as weapon armor."

Andy picked a few to put in the Pip-Boy, making sure Colonel Green was right.

"It's great that not only will the reservation continue to improve the quality of life through trade, but it will also help the people in the wasteland... These drugs make more sense than those weapons, and I only want to remind you of one thing, Marty once created an extremely addictive drug that caused a lot of chaos outside. ”

Colonel Green immediately understood what Andy meant.

"Don't worry, I won't allow him to do it again, I've seen addicts crawling all over the ground before the war, and I've been involved in some of the tobacco, alcohol, gun and drugstore bureaus... Working in secret, I won't make money on these caps, and I'm not going to allow others to cause trouble for the reservation. ”

Colonel Green hesitated, and then spoke of a hidden concern in his heart.

"Andy, you said that the NcR has put quite a lot of troops in this area, and the soldiers are born for war... I can only hope that they will not become interested in a remote and radiant place, if not, we will be prepared for the worst. ”

Andy couldn't help but be silent for a moment, NcR's footsteps in the Eastern District will definitely not stop, after the Brotherhood of Steel retreats, there is no longer the force here that can stop them from continuing to advance eastward, and Colorara will definitely not be the limit.

Speaking of places full of radiation, Riyo Prefecture, one of the five native states of the NcR, is named after the 'shining place' in the state, similar to the reservation, which was also hit by a nuclear bomb before the war, and the strong green radiation light lasted for a long time, and only ghouls could live in the local area for a long time, of course... The large number of high-value pre-war relics found in it also attracted many human scavengers who were not afraid of death, and even formed a joint salvage company with the ghouls.

So knowing this example, Andy couldn't really respond to Colonel Green, saying that NcR wouldn't be interested in a radiation pit where only ghouls lived.

The Los Alamos military base is home to a lot of valuable pre-war equipment, including chemical instruments for making medicines, workbenches for making weapons armor, complex biological laboratories, a large number of discarded pre-war military vehicles, and maybe even a production line for making nuclear bombs....

"I'll keep an eye on that."

Andy thought about it and could only say this.

"If there's anything bad going on, I'll do my best."

...................

The Atomic Humvee was reactivated, and Andy drove north with String and Black, and according to the map markers, if you want to get to Leavenworth Prison in the east without detouring, you must first reach a railway junction, through which you can quickly travel to the east and through the surrounding mountains.

Xianzheng plays with Blackie, and she seems to like this cute-looking little animal.

Andy looked ahead, but his thoughts drifted away, he was thinking, if Caesar's legion wanted to go west, there were not many paths to choose from, the southern reservation had a wide radiation zone, and it was necessary to wear armor to avoid radiation poisoning, and the central plains had seasonal radiation hurricanes, which were not safe to pass for most of the year.

The northern Dog Town is also in a harsh environment, and now the number of wild dogs has increased further, and it is also affected by radiation hurricanes and red sandstorms blow from time to time, so the Legion's stronghold in Dog Town is also seasonal.

In the past, he thought that these three roads were the only way to connect the east and west, but now he knew a new road, it turned out that there was a mountain railway between Denver and Boulder City, the hills could withstand hurricanes, the railroad was flat and stable, if Caesar's legion found this entrance, wouldn't they have found the possibility of a long drive...

He silently clenched the steering wheel, feeling a little anxious.

Xian saw that his expression was not right, and asked.

Andy shared his concerns with the strings, who asked rhetorically with some incomprehension.

"Is this Caesar's Legion really as strong as you think? They sounded like a group of Buraku slave warlords, how different did that compare to the armed slave traders that the NcR had defeated in the past? ”

Andy was stunned for a moment, and found that he couldn't explain this matter clearly, he was now worried about the threat of the Legion, but this was just a 'feeling' summed up by what he had seen along the way, and the members of the Legion he had seen were not a few, counting the Hangman he met in the abandoned fortress, Terence who met in Dog City, and Caius who met in the reservation, then he had seen two centurions and a bannerman, and the rest of the spies, spies, spies and bribes scattered in various settlements, tribes, and gangs were countless, However, these alone are far from enough to prove their hard power.

When it comes to the NcR, people always talk about the large garrisons that have gathered at Fort Ashid and Hoover Dam, and this kind of military power is truly displayed in front of everyone's eyes, but what about the Legion? Many of the immigrants from the west did not even know or believe in their existence, or even if they did, they despised them as contemptible as the brigadier generals.

No one spoke of the fall of Fort Alashid anymore, and many people thought that it was just a false conclusion drawn in the chaos, and that it was more plausible to blame the attack of the Brotherhood of Steel, as judged by the Brigadier General, in his opinion, the natives were natives, and the natives of the Eastern District were no different from the natives of New California, and they were just small problems that the NcR was about to fall apart as soon as he was serious.

Thinking of Colonel Green's hidden worries, Andy couldn't help but think, if this continues, NcR may be the first to clash with the Ouroboros in the north, and Kurisu's reforms have made a difference to Blackfoot, but what about Hekate's pretentious guy? She's not going to be convinced... Now that almost all of the Buraku people in the Eastern District are under her control, the NcR will inevitably go to war with them if they want to deepen their control over the region.

The previous idea seems to be starting to fail, so what to do next?

Andy sighed and decided to give up thinking first, prioritize the matter, and solve the immediate problem first.