In early 2277, a gang of raiders occupied nearby Springvale Elementary School, intending to tunnel from the school basement into Vault 101.

Moriarty has a line on everything that happens in Megaton and it all eventually gets back to him. On the subject of trouble, Colin Moriarty runs the town saloon and has a less than decent reputation, keeping the drunks drunk and and his employees in servitude. Lucas Simms is the self-appointed town sheriff and does not hesitate to throw anyone out if they cause trouble. In 2277, space is limited in the town, forcing many residents to live in the common house, a building that would usually be reserved for meetings and voting. īy the time of the expedition, the front gate of Megaton had been completed. Palmer appointed two vault residents, Agnes Taylor and Lewis, as vault ambassadors to Megaton. Initially, the locals were cautious of the strangers before eventually accepting and welcoming them into their settlement. In February 2241, an expeditionary party of Vault 101, led by Anne Palmer and sent by the Overseer of the Vault, made contact with the residents of Megaton. First contact with Vault 101 and raider attack That is not to say a lot of other people felt it was best to not disturb it it was not hurting anything and it could have adverse effects if transferred to another location. The bomb in the center of the crater remained there when the wall was being erected, the settlement needed as much manpower as it could get and removing the bomb would have upset those that worshiped it, pushing them away. Over the course of a couple months, the residents of the town built the walls out of necessity aircraft debris from an air station a few miles from the crater was the only material that remained and was readily available. After the raid, Moriarty inherited his father's wealth and his bar, Moriarty's Saloon. Early that year, raiders attacked the town, resulting in the death of the 14 year old Colin Moriarty's father. Ĭonstruction on the wall started in 2241. Vargas' father became wealthy on these caravan routes and eventually convinced others to build the scrap metal wall surrounding the town to repel raiders.

A generation later, the crater had turned into full on trade hub. After the storms died down, some people began to wander the wastes, but would return to the crater to trade their scavenged goods. Locked out of the vault, these settlers, including Manya Vargas' great grandfather, simply settled into the crater for protection against dust storms. Megaton's crater was first settled by a large group of people who either worshiped the undetonated bomb or sought shelter in Vault 101, but were denied access because the vault dwellers were not allowed to leave or let anyone in as part of the vault's experiment.

1.2 First contact with Vault 101 and raider attack.

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