Hello sorry I'm a little late for chapter one. I had a review saying how did the na'vi industrialize so quickly? Do not worry I thought this through so you will know in the next few chapters
A Desperate Warning
Megaton, Capital Wasteland
July 5,2281 2 days prior to invasion
The year was 2281, and the Capitol Wasteland was much like it had been before the Lone Wanderer, Jacob, had emerged from Vault 101. As 23 year old man with brown hair and brown eyes, tall in stature and somewhat athletic with several scars on his body from the various battles and skirmishes he encountered on various adventures , he had managed to defeat the Enclave and activated the Purifier in memory of his late father, James the Lone Wanderer was a leader of the people now.
Today was like any other day in Megaton, with Lucas Simms keeping watch and Deputy Weld standing staunch outside the city greeting the various travelers and caravans that passed by. When the Lone Wanderer woke, he was greeted by Dogmeat licking his forehead, and said excitedly yet somewhat drowsily, "Hey boy! How are you doing?"
Dogmeat barked and Jacob gave the hound a small treat. Wadsworth, Jacob's Mr. Handy floated into his bedroom and casually stated, "Sir, there is a man at the door. Would you like me to greet him for you?"
Jacob replied sleepily, "No Wadsworth, I'll go see who it is." He then checked his Pip-Boy, finding it was 6:30AM, and with a sigh he dressed into his T-51b power armor.
As he was walking down the stairs he muttered curiously to himself, "Who is it this early in the damn morning?" And as Jacob opened the door he came face to face with Paladin Shield one of his first soldiers brought under his command. The man was tall and athletic, the T-51b he wore only made him more imposing.
Saluting Jacob, he shouted in a loud voice, "Orders sir."
Jacob, slightly annoyed with why he was awoken so early asked, "What in the hell is the matter, because it better be important?"
Shield simply held the door open for Jacob and said, "You'll see."
As they both walked out of Megaton, Jacob noticed something out of the ordinary not too far away; there was a metal piece of debris jutting out of the mountain nearby. Jacob grabbed his shocksword quickly and turned it on as they neared the derelict wreckage of the ship crashed near Vault 101, one of the pre-war bunkers designed to keep people safe from the destruction of the Great War. The ship was battered beyond recognition, almost making it unrecognizable, save for a small logo on the ship's hull that looked like a dragon.
As Jacob approached the wreck he spotted several figures waiting outside. They were Brotherhood Outcasts; a splinter faction that didn't agree with Elder Lyons, and due to Jacob's intervention in installing their new Protector McGraw and Head Defender Morill as leaders, tensions between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Outcasts was still present. A soldier armed with a assault rifle, combat armor and a terrible attitude stopped Jacob and in a loud booming voice stated, "This is Outcast business, Brotherhood. Why are you here?"
Shield walked forward, took off his t-51b power helmet and stated, "We mean no harm, and we are only wondering why the hell this, thing is on the mountain?"
An Outcast scribe walked off the wreckage, closely guarded by two power armor-clad defenders, as she said loudly, "That's what we are trying to find out."Just as she spoke, several infantrymen broke open the ship's hatch and smoke billowed out. The Outcast scribe jumped on top of the wreckage, and along with Jacob and Shield They examined what little of the interior they could see. The ship looked like a small scout or transport ship, and inside everything was unnatural the craft had no signs of aging as any pre-war technology would have, Jacob then began wondering if this was an extraterrestrial ship.
As Jacob trudged into the ship, an infantryman followed close behind with a hunting rifle, and both of them glanced about. The ships interior was a little more than twice the height of an average human and contained several boxes with unknown contents as it was hard to see any label and the small flickering emergency light barely illuminated anything in the cargo hold.
After a brief period of searching Jacob found the pilot, charred and, slouched over a control panel, and upon further examination corpse he found it was rather human like. It oddly resembled a 10 foot tall human with a thin build, blue striped skin ,four tapering fingers and a long ponytail somehow attached into a connection port on the right side of the computer terminal.
As the infantrymen pulled the body from the wreckage, the scribe walked over to Jacob and demanded, "What the hell is that, thing?"
Jacob said as he climbed out of the wreckage, " I have no damn idea, but I don't like it, maybe some aliens were trying to scout for an invasion."
Glancing across to Shield, he noticed he was with several members of the Megaton militia that must have arrived shortly before he exited the wreckage. In an offering tone, his soldier said, "We have a transport that can take us to the Super Duper Mart." The Super Duper Mart was an old supermarket converted into a fortress
The scribe, having little choice uttered, "Yes that would be a great idea" Shield then radioed to the Mart that they needed a flatbed.
And about three minutes later, one showed up the driver-Knight Captain Colvin-said after briefly viewing the charred corpse of the alien, "Holy shit! Where the hell did you find that son of a bitch?"
The Outcast scribe jumped in the back, answering and pointing, "In that wreckage over there."
"I'll radio for some more scribes to take a look at it but we need you at the fort to help us with the body." He replied after looking at the wreckage for a few seconds.
Everyone else piled on to the truck before it sped down the hill toward the fort. Super Duper Mart was one of two forts in the region-the other being Springvale Elementary-and it was more suited for taking in scientific specimens, such as the burned body. Just as they got to the fortress Paladin Vargas, flanked by a dozen other initiates, uttered almost in unison with his companions, "What the hell is that."
Paladin Shield stepped off the truck and said, "An alien is what it is." And then, accompanied with the outcasts and other initiates he stepped into the fortress and left a silent Jacob and Colvin behind. That was before Colvin offered to Jacob, "I'm going to Rivet City do you want to hitch a ride? You look like you could use a break from Megaton life."
Jacob climbed aboard into the cab and gratefully said, "Yeah that would be great."
Rivet City 10:13 AM
Butch DeLoria a former punk in Vault 101 and now a chief of the Rivet City security detail, opened the door into the rivet city marketplace and saw all the vendors already selling there wares. He began his patrol of the city as he saw an old military flatbed approaching. The truck stopped abruptly and Jacob exited the truck, Colvin then said, "See you later and stay safe." Jacob waved back and Colvin drove away, over to the purifier.
Jacob looked to the entrance of Rivet City saw Butch alongside several of his security team, all had been equipped with infiltrator model assault rifles and jet black combat armor. Butch saw Jacob walking up the stairs and greeted him happily, "Well now, I never thought I would see you here after all, you are the Protector of Megaton."
Jacob jokingly returned, "Yeah but at least I came to see you."
Butch and Jacob then began walking over the bridge, talking and laughing when chief of security, Harkness, approached and said questioningly, "Jacob, why are you here?"
Jacob answered solemnly, "I believe an alien invasion is going to happen."
Butch chimed in worriedly, his pleasant expression vanished, "What is going on?"
Jacob then stated, "An Alien ship crashed outside the Springvale ruins we believe an alien invasion may happen."
Harkness seeming scared called over his other two heads of security, Danvers and Lepellitier, and then said, "Should I ready my troops."
Jacob said, "Yes field them, and arm them with effective weaponry. These aliens look like they're tough, so don't give your security teams degraded weapons."
After a moment Harkness nervously replied, "Butch and I will begin arming our soldiers, then, Commanders Danvers and Lepelletier will begin pulling our soldiers from caravan runs."
Jacob in a relieved tone said, "Good, I will go warn the Outcasts and the Brotherhood immediately."
1:15 PM The Citadel
Jacob left Rivet City in a corvega with two other officers from rivet city both were questioning Jacob about what he saw, and the driving officer seemingly scared asked, "Are we gonna...die?"
Jacob consoled her, "No, I don't think. Just stay calm please."
The other manning the .50 caliber machine gun on the roof then said, "Well if any come, I'll blast them to shit if they fight me!"
As the car pulled up to the Citadel, Paladin Bael signaled for the gate to be opened and a soldier manning the crane lifted it up. As Jacob exited the corvega Paladin Bael said, "Hey Jacob what the hell are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in Megaton?"
"I'm here to warn the elder an invasion is going to happen." Jacob spoke hurriedly.
Bael, surprised, replied, "Well shit. Go in assuming that's true..." and he moved out of the cars path.
As the car entered the bailey, Jacob jumped out and approached Elder Lyons. He saluted him and the elder said, "There is no need for pleasantries, Jacob. What is going on? I have Protector McGraw screaming about some aliens he found, what the hell is going on?"
Sarah Lyons, the elder's daughter approached Jacob and hugged him and said, "What is happening?"
"I believe an alien invasion is going to happen." Jacob replied painfully as if he sensed that it would actually happen.
Both surprised, Sarah and Elder Owyn said in unison, "Why would they invade? There is nothing here."
Jacob pleaded, "Just please heed my warning, please. We need to fortify what we can and we have to do it now."
"Ok Jacob, for you. I will have Liberty Prime and a few vertibirds go to Rivet City to secure it. But please keep my daughter safe." said the elder.
"No father, please, you go I'll stay here and fight." chimed Sarah confidently.
"No my daughter, you must go with Jacob. He will keep you safe, I will stay here and evacuate the scribes." Said the elder in a somber tone.
"Yes father...Just be careful." Said Sarah as she left the building frowning.
"It will be ok Sarah." Jacob murmured soothingly as they began walking away.
As she replied she tried not to cry, her voice choked slightly." I hope he will be ok"
"He will, I know it." Jacob assured her giving her a small smile.
Paladin Gunny and several power armored Paladins walked forward and asked, "We have orders to go to the purifier. Are you going with us?"
"No Gunny, but Sarah will, please keep her safe. I'm going to Megaton to get the militia mobilized." Jacob replied as he put on his power helmet
"Jacob, my father told you to go to the Purifier with me." Sarah yelled indignantly.
"No Sarah you will go with Gunny he will keep you safe. I'm going to Megaton to keep them safe"
After a calming pause, Sarah sighed and wiped back a tear, "Ok...Please just be safe." And she boarded the flatbed.
Jacob then requested for a car to take him to Megaton where Shield was.
2:46 pm Citadel Laboratory
Owyn Lyons and scribe Rothschild then walked down to the comms room where scribe Bowditch had just established contact with McGraw at Fort Independence. As they appeared McGraw said "My scribes keep yapping about an alien they found near Vault 101"
"Yes that is correct my Head Paladin, Jacob the Lone Wanderer found one and believes an invasion is imminent." the elder stated.
McGraw scowled, "Jesus ,what the hell? As soon as we take over Fairfax, aliens are going to invade? Alright i'll fortify Fairfax but no promises if I will be able to defend you."
"Good McGraw, that's all I need. Steel be with you." Said the elder with a grave nod.
"Ok, goodbye I will rally as many of my soldiers as I can." said McGraw and then the transmission stopped.
6:30 pm GNR plaza
Three Dog was preparing for his mid-hour news update when a call from Paladin Kodiak reached him in his vertibird.
"Hello, what do you need?" Three Dog said in a puzzled voice over the radio.
"Let me in you need to hear this and broadcast it." Kodiak demanded.
"What is it?" Three Dog asked as a Knight opened the door before Kodiak then entered Three Dog's room and handed him a list of cities that needed to be evacuated.
Kodiak said, "You need to broadcast this it is a list of cities to be evacuated in preparation for an alien invasion."
Three Dog adjusted his glasses and shrugged, "Sure, but not all of these cities and towns can be evacuated in time."
Kodiak said evenly, "At least they will be prepared."
Nodding, Three Dog went up to the radio microphone and began the broadcast, "My fellow wasteland friends please listen to me. Once again we are under threat by a powerful enemy,an alien race that is going to invade, and you need to be prepared. Don't fight. Leave, run, hide, fight your battles another day-and maybe we will win. Just go seek shelter, safety, if you are confident in your abilities then fight, but please stay alive for me, for the Good Fight. If you live in militarized cities like Rivet City or Megaton stay put and the Brotherhood will help you...This is Three Dog signing off for today. Stay alive and we will win." At this point Three Dog was crying and Kodiak had to help him up and away from the took a few moments but when Three Dog calmed down, Kodiak said, "We will fight for you man, for the Good Fight."
Stay tuned for chapter two when the Mojave finds out the na'vi are coming.