Part One: The United Regions of the Capital
The Creation of the Capitol
Elder Owen Lyons, our first president was born in a distant land once called California. In the year 2254 he lead an expidition planned by the Brotherhood of Steel. Lyons' missions was to strip the Capitol of it's technology and go back to California, but once he got here he decided the technology could save the people of the wasteland. He decided to protect the people of the wasteland from the deadly supermutants, the dreadful raiders, and the terrirfying Talon Company Mercenaries. He did so for years until 2077 when the Lone Wanderer left Vault 101 and traveled the wastes, searching for his father, James, the man who sacrificed himself to allow his son to escape the Enclave. James had been trying to make a water purifier during the years leading up to the Lone Wanderer's birth. After he died the Lone Wanderer was captured by the Enclave, he broke out and disabled their leader, President John Henry Eden. Elder Owen Lyons' daughter, Sarah Lyons', and a giant robot called Liberty Prime attacked the Enclave controlled purifier with the Lone Wanderer and Lyon's Pride. Only Sarah Lyons and the Lone Wanderer made it into the Purifier where they killed Colonel Autumn of the Enclave. Then the Lone Wanderer activated the Purifier, sacrificing himself in the same spot that his father died for him.
After the Lone Wanderer's death the Brotherhood of Steel dissolved the remnants of the Enclave and pushed the group of former Brotherhood of Steel paladins called the Outcasts from the region. They then halted the creation of supermutants, killed off the raiders and slavers, and pushed Talon Company from the region. By the year 2286 Lyons had absolute control over the region. At that time many small settlements that had made treaties with Lyon's men where moving to the ruins of D.C. By 2293 they region was a country, named The United Regions of the Capital. Owen Lyon's was elected as it's first president. Under his rule a small country called the Republic of Dave and a hotel resort called Tenpenny Tower were annexed into the Region. By the time he retired there were seven states, Oasis, D.C., Rivet, Tenpenny, Canterbury, Megaton, and Arefu. Since then one more has been added, Lamplight.
Daniel Wake yawned as he read this. He was a fifteen yearold boy living in a town called Mirelurk, after a creature that had once inhabited the area. Mirelurk was located across the river from the purifier (Now called the Lone Wanderer Memorial). The year was 2331, the United Regions of the Capitol (URC) was at a time of war, they were fighting the Pitt, Ronto, and the Commonwealth over the land known as New York. The URC has had to resort to instating a draft just to keep troops within the area, Daniel was going ot be sent out to war in two weeks. He didn't want to study for the CTCC (Capitol Test of Complete Citizenship) which was required to take when you turned sixteen. But he had to take it now, before he was shipped out to the front lines because he wouldn't be able to return until he was nineteen, if at all. Daniel was terrified about being sent to war, his older brother Owen Wake (named after Owen Lyons) had only been killed six months before by a Commonwealth attack drone. The death toll was in the seven hundreds, with almost twice as many captured by Ronto to become slaves. It all struck fear into Daniel, the war wasn't going in their favor and many feared being invaded by the Pitt.
Two weeks later Daniel was standing with thirty other boys his age, all in the pale brown uniforms of the Capitol. They saluted Sentinentel Kane Laren, a legendary stradigist who isn't afraid to fight alongside his troops.
"Okay initiates," he barked in a throaty voice, due to smoking, "You will be in Battilion 27, we are to strike the route called the Interstate. If we are successful then the Pitt will be cut off from supplies and reinforcements, which will cause their offensive position to crumble. But if we fail then you all will be slaughtered by their brutal raiders. Do I make myslef clear?" The Initiates replied, "Sir yes sir!" Laren smiled. "Excelent. We will be moving out by vertibird until we reach Woodland, from there we walk by foot to the Interstate and eliminate the Pitt! Do you understand!" Again they replied, "Sir yes sir!" "Excelent! Dismissed." Laren said walking away. The Sentinentel's speech had released a small amount of terror he had felt. This man, a legendary war hero was going to lead them. He felt as if he had nothing to worry about until he recalled where they were going. The heart of the Pitt's transportation, the Interstate.