The raiders caught you off guard, knocked you out and dragged your body back to their shack, if you had noticed them then you would've killed them all, it is your profession. You hear voices inside the shack, you can't quite make out what they're saying, you try to open your eyes but your vision is clouded, great. You decide to pretend you're still asleep, knowing raiders they're probably going to cut off your limbs and beat you with them, but they want you awake when they do. You eventually get your bearings and assess the situation, 2 raiders are in the shed, from what you can tell, though there might be more, they've stripped you to your shorts, you open your eye a bit and see your gear on a table next to you, big mistake. The rope that binds your wrists is loose, also a big mistake. After silently releasing your wrist you reach over and grab your combat knife and slip it behind your back. One of the raiders goes out and you take your chance, you jump up and stab the raider in the neck when his back is turned, you then drag his limp body in the corner so the other raider will not notice him. You take position at the side of the door, good thing the room was pretty dark or this wouldn't work, the raider comes in and you stab him in the neck too. After dumping his body you put on your gear, a backpack with your food, drink, and medicine, a GPS, a FN FAL you found in a museum, your combat knife, a 10mm pistol, and 5 frag grenades. The rifle you keep on your back while the knife, pistol, GPS, and grenades you keep on your belt along with ammo and a small sack with your caps; finally you put on your clothes, a merc veteran outfit with a special thin metal breastplate underneath, it can stop most standard bullets except for sniper, minigun, shotgun, and 44 magnum, good thing you haven't run into any super mutants. Taking a peak outside you see no one else and decide to continue on your journey to Megaton. Your GPS tells you that you have a 2 hour hike to Megaton; before you do that you stuff some stimpacks and beer in your backpack.

After a long hike and 2 molerats you reach the gates of megaton, going inside you are met by the sheriff who warns you not to try anything, it's obvious he is eyeing your clothes, you assure him that you won't be any trouble and that you want to buy a house here.

"We got a house open, gave it to a guy who defused the bomb, but he moved to Rivet City."
"How much?"
"hmmm, I see you're a merc, how about this, I'll let you live here as long as you help protect the town, sound good?"

You needed a place to stay and you were told of how safe it was, you agreed and he handed you the key and pointed you in its direction, you find the house and get settled in, by settled in you threw your backpack down and headed out the door, ignoring the robot. The heat was strong outside, you eye a bar but you didn't go there for a drink, but for information. After a quick conversation with the lady at the bar outside you are pointed to Craterside Supply, heading up the ramp you enter the supply and stop dead in your tracks, a woman is at the desk, leaning over a 10mm submachine gun tinkering with it, your male instincts draw your eyes lower, her jumpsuit is unzipped a bit and she isn't wearing an undershirt, her cleavage is exposed, you see a bead of sweat roll from her neck down to in between her breast. She takes a rag to her neck and finally notices you standing there like an idiot.

"hiya stranger, haven't seen you before, what can I getcha?"
"I'm uh…..looking for an energy pack for my GPS, a solar one is you have it"
"I've got just the thing, it's In the back"

She walks off in the other room and you turn around to lean on the bar, on the wall is a hired gun staring at you.

"hiya"
"don't start that shit with me, I saw you eyeballing Moira, and let me tell you, she's as prude as she is weird, and she's pretty damn weird. I tried having a go at that my first year here, still have the scar to prove it, just do your trading and get out."

She returns with the solar powered energy pack.

"this version is a bit more advanced, it recharges in the sun and has a battery life of 13 hours, because of this I need to charge a bit more…500 caps…"

It's a good thing you killed a bunch of raiders before coming here, you have around 2000 caps on hand, 500 in your sack, perfect amount. You dump your caps on her desk and she hands you the pack, which you replace with the old one, it needs to be charged so you thank Moira and give a small nod to the hired gun before heading back to your house and taking a nap. You wake up 2 hours later and fill your sack up with another 500 caps before heading out to that bar you were at earlier, after paying for your meal you look behind you to the babble of some guy standing in water talking to a nuke, you're told by the lady that he's a member of 'The Church of Atom' and that they keep to themselves. If Christianity can survive a nuclear holocaust, then crazy people can too. After familiarizing yourself with the city you get wasted and pass out in front of your house.