It starts to get late as we come into a town that is built next to the Shenandoah River. She talks to me as we walk. "Watch yourself around here. This town isn't known for its friendliness. Keep your head down until we get to my place." I nod as we walk through the dirty shanty town. We walk down the central dirt pathway passed a few stores. people call out, advertising their wares, weapons, and other things of the sort. We come up passed the circle that the town is built around and I notice a strange flag atop a flag pole. The flag has wings and a sword sticking up through some gears. I shrug it off as nothing and I keep following Hannah.

We arrive at her door and we go into the hut that I assume she lives in. She puts her bag down and motions for me to come in. "Please have a seat."

I nod, "Thank you, but I must ask. Why did you want me to come with you?"

She smiles, "You seemed like someone who was looking for a place to settle down and start a new life. And me, being the kind soul that I am, have simply led you to our fine town, where you can do just that."

I smirk, "Cute story. Look, I'm not in the business of being lied to. So, either you are gonna tell me why I'm here, or I'm going back to wandering."

She sighs, "I see. Well, here's the deal. Since you seem to be in the business of charitable work, I have a favor to ask."

I give her a deadpan look. "I'm gonna stop you right there. The only reason I did anything for those people is that they gave me a place to stay and I got them into trouble. I owed them a debt. You? I don't owe you a god damn thing." I stand up and I head for the door.

I stop when she speaks up. "I helped you rescue that woman from that raider camp. Don't think you could have done that on your own."

I turn, "I'm sure I could have... but you were a big help. ONE favor. then I'm gone."

She smiles and I sit next to her. "That raider camp that you saw, was only one in a big gang that runs this entire region. I need your help to find the main camp and cut the head off the snake, as it were."

I look at her with a straight face. "And who is funding this Military Campaign?"

She doesn't bat an eyelash. "The Brotherhood of Steel."

I look at her confused. "The Brother-who of What?"

She says, "We're a military faction that cropped up a year or two after the bombs fell. We swiftly gained popularity over on the west coast, now we are attempting to spread to the east coast."

I say, "Then why don't you get one of them to help you?"

She sighs, "Because, my superiors do not believe this to be a pressing matter. They seem to not believe me that these raiders are bigger than they look. They said that if I could get someone to be my partner on this then they would give me a little bit of funding. Weapons, Ammo, Some personnel."

I nod, "So you want me to help you conduct a military campaign against a bunch of raiders because you think that they have more control than they look like they do."

She looks down, "Look, I know it's a risk, but this could do a lot of good for the honest people living in this area. maybe even across the state."

I say, "Or, we'll push them into another region where they will again gain power and create a lot of bad for innocent people."

She looks at me, "Not if we cut them off at the head. In my experience, raiders tend to become confused and disperse when their leader is taken out.

I sigh, "You better hope that you're right." I sigh again, "I'm in. how do we get started?"

She spends the night explaining how we will bring this up to her superiors until we both decide to go to sleep.