Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout. Fallout is owned by Interplay and Bethesda.

War...war never changes. From the time Cain killed Abel, humanity has been a violent race. We've killed each other over anything; wealth, power, God, or personal hatred. Thou the weapons and technology has changed, the urge to wage war has never changed.

When nuclear bombs rained from the skies during the Great War, it left the Earth bathed in fire and nuclear waste. The United States was all but destroyed. Many lucky people found safety inside the great underground Vaults; protected from the horrors those left out side had to endure. Many believe this Nuclear Apocalypse was the end...it was not.

Those who survived the war found themselves facing a barren and radioactive world. Major cities had fallen and millions killed. Even the wildlife was not spared. Once harmless creatures had been mutated into blood thirsty disfigured monsters. But humanity moved on.

Of all the factions that rose up in the 200 years after the war, the Brotherhood of Steel was one of the most powerful and famous. They spread across the former United States searching for Pre-War technology. Each group was loyal to the cause of recovering and collecting this priceless technology. All but the southeastern Brotherhood.

In the year 2270, the Brotherhood of Steel in the Florida region when silent. The Brotherhood heard no word from those that had been stationed in that area. It wasn't until 2285, 15 years later, that news of a great nation rising in the south, spread from the Capital Wasteland to the New California Republic. This nation was expanding each year. It spread from Florida, it claimed the former states of Alabama, Georgia, and southern South Caroline. Named after a nation that had dissolved over 400 years earlier, the rising power was the New Confederate States of America.

A/N: This is going to be my first Fallout fanfiction story. I've played Fallout 3 and New Vegas and I got to say, they are the best games I've ever played. Please leave a review and if you like the story, follow or favor it! Later.