The entire story takes place around 6 years after the events of Fallout 3 and 2 years after the events of New Vegas. Also weapons from Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas are readily available. The first chapter of the prequel to this story "From the Pitt: The Crew" is posted and is currently in progress.
Mercenary Nick Mason cursed as he fumbled with loading a new drum magazine into his combat shotgun.
As the magazine clicked into place, he pulled the trigger twice in succession. The 24 pellets struck the Deathclaw square in the chest; Large chunks of the reptilian's flesh fell off with the shot. He fired one more shell off, 7 of the pellets hitting the beast in the jaw, tearing it off.
Standing on the outskirts of Old Olney, He drank water out of his weathered canteen before reloading his last magazine into his shotgun. He was tasked with hunting down a small Raider gang from his contact in Canterbury Commons.
Nick was sure the bastards would be dead from all of the Deathclaws in the area, but he needed proof that the Raiders was dead.
His combat armour was badly scratched from his fight with the Deathclaw and his combat helmet was slightly dented.
He heard that the gang was well equipped and numerous, so Nick made himself a walking armory, besides the combat shotgun in his hands, he had a R91 assault rifle slung across his back; under that he had a H&K MP9 10mm submachine gun. On his left hip he had a 9mm handgun with and extended magazine and he had a scoped .44 magnum on his right hip to level it all out.
He reached into his gear bag and took out his sunglasses and put them on as he headed into town.