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<blockquote data-quote="Falkus" data-source="post: 2587253" data-attributes="member: 22634"><p>“Suck it up, you’re the engineer,” Gunther said, in response to Hef’s complaint, ands followed Hef into the shaft. Gunther was shining a heavy duty floodlight down the shaft for Hef to see.</p><p></p><p>The other three followed right behind them.</p><p></p><p>About thirty feet down, they found it. Hef’s Geiger counter started clicking, and metal shards on the floor confirmed it. The roaches had tunneled into the vent from the adjacent, abandoned uranium mine. Hef crawled up to the hole, tossed in a chemical lightstick, glanced in and confirmed it.</p><p></p><p>“This ain’t good,” Hef muttered, grabbing his radio. “Hey, boss,” he said, calling Helena. “We got problems. Looks like the roaches buried in from the mine. What do you want us to do?”</p><p></p><p>“Meet me in the command center for more orders,” she replied crisply. “I’ll have an equipment package ready for you.” And she signed off.</p><p></p><p>“What’s this going to be about?” Quinn wondered.</p><p></p><p>“I’ve got a bad feeling I know,” replied Grey.</p><p></p><p>After a few minutes of amusing comedic events involving a narrow vent shaft, people’s faces and their behinds, the team managed to get out, with Hef welding the vent shut after them to keep anymore roaches from getting.</p><p></p><p>“It’s simple, really,” Helena said. She was a tall, cacusian blonde with an Uzi holstered at her side. She took her job as security chief seriously. “Thanks to the bodies and analysis you performed, we know that these rad roaches are similar to ants in that they have a hive style life. That means there’s a queen and a pile of eggs. Guess who’s going to go destroy them? All you have to do is go into the uranium mine through the old exit, plant a few napalm bombs on the eggs, and get out.”</p><p></p><p>“It’s a uranium mine, we’re going to be contaminated,” Beef protested.</p><p></p><p>“You’ll have radiation suits. Nothing to worry about. Just don’t get them ripped,” she advised. “Young will let you through the airlock. Be careful. He’s also got your extra ammo and the napalm charges.”</p><p></p><p>“Anything else that can make this easier?” Quinn asked.</p><p></p><p>She handed over a sheet of paper. “Here’s a map we map using sonics. I recommend checking out the big caves, that’s most likely where it is.”</p><p></p><p>Half an hour later, and Team six was suited up. Floodlight in hand, they advanced through the door. It was an airlock, essentially, designed to keep radioactive particles out of the vault. Of course, it was moot, given that the radiation eventually got in through the inadequate air filters.</p><p></p><p>“Looks clear,” Gunther said, shining his floodlight down the mine tunnel, holding his pipe in his other hand.</p><p></p><p>“Say, you’re a demolitions expert,” Hef asked Gunther, looking at the wall. “What would happen if we planted a charge here to bring down the wall.”</p><p></p><p>Gunther examined the wall for a minute. “Well,” he commented. “Given that this wall was modified in accordance with Vault-Tec’s plans for a second vault here, taking this wall down would collapse half of level seven in our Vault, destroy the coolant systems for the reactor, and cause the fusion kernel to drop through the center of the planet in less than a second, while destroying everything in a mile radius.”</p><p></p><p>“That’s a bad thing?” he asked.</p><p></p><p>Despite the fact that the helmet visors were mostly opaque, the rest of the team managed to give me strong off withering glares that he shut up.</p><p></p><p>Doing their best to keep quiet in the clumsy radiation suits, the team advanced down the tunnel, until they reached an intersection. Quinn’s keen eye picked out a pile of rocks next to the wall.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a body,” Hef said, after Quinn pointed it out for everybody to see.</p><p></p><p>“Oh come on,” Grey replied, as Hef started to shove rocks aside. “It could be anything.” He cut off as Hef uncovered two skeletons in Vault 52 suits. They’d been dead for at least fifty years. “Including a body,” added a Grey.</p><p></p><p>A quick search of the remains turned up a pair of glock 20s, and some clips, that Grey took. There was also a pair of smashed Pip-Boys. One was beyond repair, but he managed to download a file from the other one.</p><p></p><p>“Audio log of Jim Hansen. We managed to get out through the doors leading to the old uranium mine. They got the rest of us, only me and Suzie left. We didn’t have time to grab radiation suits, so we’ve got to get out of here as fast as possible. There has to be an exit some- what’s that sound? Oh sweet mother of-” and the recording cut off.</p><p></p><p>“Interesting,” Hef muttered, and decided the keep the file for future reference.</p><p></p><p>After that brief interlude, the security team continued moving up the tunnel, Gunther’s floodlight lighting their way.</p><p></p><p>The tunnel eventually opened up into a large cave with some old mining gear. The team’s attention was more focused on the six hundred pound cockroaches scurrying around.</p><p></p><p>“Okay, here’s the plan-” Quinn started to say, but was cut off as Gunther let out a berserk roar, and charged the cockroaches, swinging his lead pipe and banging it off the floor.</p><p></p><p>“Oh, to hell with it,” muttered Quinn, and pulled the pin on a white phosphorus grenade and threw it into the room. With a whump, it detonated, frying three cockroaches instantly. He’d aimed it carefully so as not to roast</p><p></p><p>A slashing mandible caught Gunther on the chest, but it didn’t even slow him down, as Beef blasted away with his Desert Eagle, and Hef fired his shotgun, both missing.</p><p></p><p>Grey, on the other hand, wasn’t shooting, but closed his eyes and concentrated. One of the rad roaches was about to clamp down on Gunther’s leg, when it suddenly light out a high pitched squeal, and collapsed dead on the ground, it’s tiny mind fried.</p><p></p><p>And with all the bugs but one dead, Gunther pounded away with his pipe, splattering the last one across the floor.</p><p></p><p>Once the flames from the Willie Pete grenade died down, the team could make a full search. Several lockers with radiation suits dating back to before the war were found.</p><p></p><p>Hef and Beef found an old generator hooked up to the lights on the ceiling of the tunnel. The fusion cell in it still had half its charge.</p><p></p><p>“Sweet, I want it,” Hef commented, as he started to get out the tools to remove the cell.</p><p></p><p>“Hold on,” shouted Grey. “Turn on the generator, I’d rather have some light.”</p><p></p><p>“Not a chance, these things are rare. I can use it.”</p><p></p><p>Beef cut to the chase, and flipped on the generator, which activated the ceiling lamps, casting a dim glow all over the mine shafts.</p><p></p><p>Hef quickly turned it off, returning the mines to their state of pitch black. “I want the fusion cell, and I don’t want to run it down.”</p><p></p><p>“It’s a micro-fusion power cell, and these are lights,” Grey pointed out. “It’ll last for a hundred years, we’re not going to drain it, and we can get it after we’re done.” He turned on the generator again, and glared at Hef, who finally relented.</p><p></p><p>“Fine,” Hef grumbled, and fell into formation, thumbing another shell into his custom made shotgun.</p><p></p><p>It took about ten minutes of searching through the various caves in the mines, until the team finally arrived at a large cave. Gunther went first, checking to see whether or not it was the right one. A thousand tiny cockroaches swarmed out of the room, going all over him, his radiation suit being the only thing that saved him from being consumed like a moldy piece of bread.</p><p></p><p>It was the right room.</p><p></p><p>Stay tuned, for the thrilling conclusion of Episode One</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Falkus, post: 2587253, member: 22634"] “Suck it up, you’re the engineer,” Gunther said, in response to Hef’s complaint, ands followed Hef into the shaft. Gunther was shining a heavy duty floodlight down the shaft for Hef to see. The other three followed right behind them. About thirty feet down, they found it. Hef’s Geiger counter started clicking, and metal shards on the floor confirmed it. The roaches had tunneled into the vent from the adjacent, abandoned uranium mine. Hef crawled up to the hole, tossed in a chemical lightstick, glanced in and confirmed it. “This ain’t good,” Hef muttered, grabbing his radio. “Hey, boss,” he said, calling Helena. “We got problems. Looks like the roaches buried in from the mine. What do you want us to do?” “Meet me in the command center for more orders,” she replied crisply. “I’ll have an equipment package ready for you.” And she signed off. “What’s this going to be about?” Quinn wondered. “I’ve got a bad feeling I know,” replied Grey. After a few minutes of amusing comedic events involving a narrow vent shaft, people’s faces and their behinds, the team managed to get out, with Hef welding the vent shut after them to keep anymore roaches from getting. “It’s simple, really,” Helena said. She was a tall, cacusian blonde with an Uzi holstered at her side. She took her job as security chief seriously. “Thanks to the bodies and analysis you performed, we know that these rad roaches are similar to ants in that they have a hive style life. That means there’s a queen and a pile of eggs. Guess who’s going to go destroy them? All you have to do is go into the uranium mine through the old exit, plant a few napalm bombs on the eggs, and get out.” “It’s a uranium mine, we’re going to be contaminated,” Beef protested. “You’ll have radiation suits. Nothing to worry about. Just don’t get them ripped,” she advised. “Young will let you through the airlock. Be careful. He’s also got your extra ammo and the napalm charges.” “Anything else that can make this easier?” Quinn asked. She handed over a sheet of paper. “Here’s a map we map using sonics. I recommend checking out the big caves, that’s most likely where it is.” Half an hour later, and Team six was suited up. Floodlight in hand, they advanced through the door. It was an airlock, essentially, designed to keep radioactive particles out of the vault. Of course, it was moot, given that the radiation eventually got in through the inadequate air filters. “Looks clear,” Gunther said, shining his floodlight down the mine tunnel, holding his pipe in his other hand. “Say, you’re a demolitions expert,” Hef asked Gunther, looking at the wall. “What would happen if we planted a charge here to bring down the wall.” Gunther examined the wall for a minute. “Well,” he commented. “Given that this wall was modified in accordance with Vault-Tec’s plans for a second vault here, taking this wall down would collapse half of level seven in our Vault, destroy the coolant systems for the reactor, and cause the fusion kernel to drop through the center of the planet in less than a second, while destroying everything in a mile radius.” “That’s a bad thing?” he asked. Despite the fact that the helmet visors were mostly opaque, the rest of the team managed to give me strong off withering glares that he shut up. Doing their best to keep quiet in the clumsy radiation suits, the team advanced down the tunnel, until they reached an intersection. Quinn’s keen eye picked out a pile of rocks next to the wall. “It’s a body,” Hef said, after Quinn pointed it out for everybody to see. “Oh come on,” Grey replied, as Hef started to shove rocks aside. “It could be anything.” He cut off as Hef uncovered two skeletons in Vault 52 suits. They’d been dead for at least fifty years. “Including a body,” added a Grey. A quick search of the remains turned up a pair of glock 20s, and some clips, that Grey took. There was also a pair of smashed Pip-Boys. One was beyond repair, but he managed to download a file from the other one. “Audio log of Jim Hansen. We managed to get out through the doors leading to the old uranium mine. They got the rest of us, only me and Suzie left. We didn’t have time to grab radiation suits, so we’ve got to get out of here as fast as possible. There has to be an exit some- what’s that sound? Oh sweet mother of-” and the recording cut off. “Interesting,” Hef muttered, and decided the keep the file for future reference. After that brief interlude, the security team continued moving up the tunnel, Gunther’s floodlight lighting their way. The tunnel eventually opened up into a large cave with some old mining gear. The team’s attention was more focused on the six hundred pound cockroaches scurrying around. “Okay, here’s the plan-” Quinn started to say, but was cut off as Gunther let out a berserk roar, and charged the cockroaches, swinging his lead pipe and banging it off the floor. “Oh, to hell with it,” muttered Quinn, and pulled the pin on a white phosphorus grenade and threw it into the room. With a whump, it detonated, frying three cockroaches instantly. He’d aimed it carefully so as not to roast A slashing mandible caught Gunther on the chest, but it didn’t even slow him down, as Beef blasted away with his Desert Eagle, and Hef fired his shotgun, both missing. Grey, on the other hand, wasn’t shooting, but closed his eyes and concentrated. One of the rad roaches was about to clamp down on Gunther’s leg, when it suddenly light out a high pitched squeal, and collapsed dead on the ground, it’s tiny mind fried. And with all the bugs but one dead, Gunther pounded away with his pipe, splattering the last one across the floor. Once the flames from the Willie Pete grenade died down, the team could make a full search. Several lockers with radiation suits dating back to before the war were found. Hef and Beef found an old generator hooked up to the lights on the ceiling of the tunnel. The fusion cell in it still had half its charge. “Sweet, I want it,” Hef commented, as he started to get out the tools to remove the cell. “Hold on,” shouted Grey. “Turn on the generator, I’d rather have some light.” “Not a chance, these things are rare. I can use it.” Beef cut to the chase, and flipped on the generator, which activated the ceiling lamps, casting a dim glow all over the mine shafts. Hef quickly turned it off, returning the mines to their state of pitch black. “I want the fusion cell, and I don’t want to run it down.” “It’s a micro-fusion power cell, and these are lights,” Grey pointed out. “It’ll last for a hundred years, we’re not going to drain it, and we can get it after we’re done.” He turned on the generator again, and glared at Hef, who finally relented. “Fine,” Hef grumbled, and fell into formation, thumbing another shell into his custom made shotgun. It took about ten minutes of searching through the various caves in the mines, until the team finally arrived at a large cave. Gunther went first, checking to see whether or not it was the right one. A thousand tiny cockroaches swarmed out of the room, going all over him, his radiation suit being the only thing that saved him from being consumed like a moldy piece of bread. It was the right room. Stay tuned, for the thrilling conclusion of Episode One [/QUOTE]
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