this is a iceberg chart (really original right) about a social guarantee (chill) 's district maps, and a little bit about some stuff related to chill, it is basically everything i know (there is a possibility that i forgot something) from playing them and looking into some of them in hammer, if you arent sure what one of these mean ask me
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No, I'm not talking about what he does with all these women that are way out of his league. Page Six is reporting that Pete Davidson got off with a slap on the wrist for his reckless driving charge. Back in early March, Davidson was driving with his girlfriend Chase Sui around Beverly Hills when he hopped the curb, hit a fire hydrant and slammed into the corner of a residential home. Pete was not found to be under the influence at the time and he was not arrested at the scene.
Scene of the accident, The Flats in Beverly Hills, CA
Just two days before his scheduled arraignment, Pete skated charges with a sweetheart diversion program with the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Pete will have no criminal record if he;

1. Completes 50 Hours of Community Service
2. Attends 12 hours of traffic school
3. Is "educated at a hospital or morgue on the possible results of reckless driving".

As inexplicable as his meteoric rise to fame, he will be allowed to complete his community service with the FDNY where his father worked. Let's be real, Pete isn't going to be fighting fires or responding to medical emergencies. I'm sure 50 hours of eating chili and watching TV with the boys will really set him straight. Also doesn't have ugatz to do with the community he offended, the good people of Beverly Hills! The homeowners won't even sue him.
Even Sandra Bullock in 28 days didn't get off this easy! What deal with the devil did he sign? How does he continue to live on easy street when I can't even argue away a parking violation for being 6 inches too close to a hydrant?
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Part one: 3 day cycle
P5, Phil Bisby brings up coffees to the staff meeting at Lucky 7 Insurance; most are labeled with first names 'Frank' 'Phil' 'Darren' 'Rhonda.' One with what looks to be 'Bonnici' on it? [It is clearly not 'Bushnell']. Link to 'Monica Bellucci?' Woman in the elevator next to Dougie is Mary. Clue to the name 'Mary Bonnici?' She exits the elevator and meets with a man in the lobby. This scene might be alt to the scene described by Gordon from his dream, where he met Monica Bellucci at a café, daytime. In his dream Cooper was there but Gordon couldn't see his face. Cooper in P5 from the back a partial view of his face. Phil Bisby - "Damn good Joe, huh Dougie?...Pretty damn good" seems alt to smiling Gordon "It's a good one!" and "Damn good coffee!" in P7. Gordon's description of the Bellucci dream shifts to a memory - a scene at the Philly offices where Jeffries appeared; Jeffries got off the elevator on the 7th floor similar to the 7th floor of the Lucky 7 offices.
Gordon link to Bisby.
Cooper in Lucky 7 lobby, similar to the dream sequence; man meets with Mary alt Gordon meeting with Monica.
Man in the lobby that provides coffee for Mary combines with Phil, into a younger version of Gordon? ('Gordon Bisby' or Biggby, coffee brand). This Gordon remembers seeing Phillip Jeffries or some mystery man in the old offices, who walked by them (got out of the elevator and went to the receptionist, insert into P5 scene)? Albert "I'm starting to remember that too." Albert, backwards t - a, Tina. The secretary, who also remembers? (Tina, big ole butt, with BOB?). Bushnell P5 "alright let's get started." "He's lying" - thoughts inside Tina's mind? The man talked to her at the receptionist's desk and he was lying about something? Jeffries - bathroom links. Man P13 using the urinal in a white suit, seems like an alt Jeffries. Man in Argentina shits his pants. Dougie P5 (alt Jeffries) is escorted to the bathroom. Scenario - Tina, the receptionist gave the mystery man a key to use the bathroom (link to Rhonda in P5)? He never returned? P1 Sam, knocks on the bathroom door looking for Bittner, not there. "Weird." ['Sam Bisby' alt Colby checks bathroom in P1; Tracey alt Mary, woman in elevator link]
Cooper prior to using the bathroom, link to Jeffries (7th floor Philly offices alt Lucky 7 offices); 'man in urinal' linked?
How could a man disappear in the bathroom (assuming there aren't windows, and/or they are on the 7th floor)? Flushing the toilet creates an alt 'vortex.' Swirl, similar to what Janey-E says - "the whole thing is a downward spiral." (link to NIИ; Trent Reznor - this is who plays the mystery man? P1 NYC glass box place seems like the setting of NIИ's Closer video, industrial place; 'industrial' alt 'insurance'; industrial also link to 'federal', Sam link to Stanley & Tracey link to Lil?). MrC P17 following the coordinates, in a black leather jacket, vanishes at the portal site when the sky vortex appears (the stone circular well at the site, alt a toilet? or a 'pit latrine'). Alt - mystery man ends up at the Jones (alt goes inside toilet, like escaping prison via the sewer system; link to "he smelled funny"), corresponding to Dougie delivered 'home' P4 to Janey-E? (alt comes out of a manhole on the street, in front of the Jones house; link to Raising Arizona, Cooper & driver alt Goodman & partner, from underground; alt carries in a bag of shit; link to Nadine "shovel yourself out of the shit," more below) [He's immediately slapped by Janey-E, alt he said something inappropriate, "I want to fuck you like an animal"]. Goes back to regular life or replaces other version of himself who had been missing for 3 days?; office job, suit etc; 3 day repeating cycle? Third day he shows up to work in a black leather jacket or goes into another office, vanishes etc? [Jeffires linked to #8 - he's in motel room 8, creates a figure 8, alt the company on the other side of L7 offices? where this alt Gordon remembers seeing him pass by years ago]. Link to Groundhog Day where Bill Murray's character wakes up in a repeating day - longer version, a 'St. Patty's Day' version? Janey-E alt with thick Irish accent? ('Jane MacLachlan', paired with 'Kyle Watts?').
[P7 at Diane's apartment, another version of the lobby scene at Lucky 7? Albert & Gordon in the place of Mary & the man; 'federal' might be alt to 'industrial' (NIИ; P1 setting), where Sam checks the bathroom; link to MrC P5 in his cell, toilet etc alt he's locked in the bathroom, escapes via 'vortex' linked to the toilet/sewer system; another version of the scenario where a mystery man vanishes from the bathroom in office #8; Rolex alt vortex? Guard alt brings him one, link to Andy, alt version of the Yankton guard? visualization: wears the watch and then gets sucked inside of it, and it falls to the ground, similar to the blue box scenario at the MD transition point].
3 days - Dougie had been missing for 3 days, which is a repeating theme between characters (Judy's waitress off work, Ruth away, Billy missing). Cooper's room was 315; 3/17 is St. Patty's Day (alt Irish Janey-E "tomorrow is a big day" alt the night before; Murphy link, alt she's the warden of a prison for Cooper). [Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character wakes up on the same day repeatedly {Pennsylvania 6-5000 vs Pennsylvania Polka?}. Don Murray plays Bushnell. Murray alt Murphy, the warden, "this prison thing with Warden Murphy." (Bushnell was going to send Anthony away for a "long, long time" = 2 weeks? Diane, MD wakes up after 3 weeks, alt in a prison; parallels between Bushnell & cowboy & related characters; 3 weeks alt to 3 days - link to 'the other waitress' who hadn't been to work in 3 days, waitress theme in MD, Diane). Prison thing alt pig; or 'pretty girl' in MD who is sleeping and the Cowboy tries to wakes up {Cooper in P17, sees Naido alt the pig and knows he's in a time loop and/or a dream?}; Nicholas Cage, pig link; also in Raising Arizona; MrC is delivered to the station in P17 from a cage, coming for alt his stolen pig? Naido makes animal noises [Babe (1995), Bushnell alt Farmer Hoggett (link to Mr. Blodgett?; what happened in the barn? Andy was 'crying' alt Anthony 'lying' in P5?)]; Raising Arizona - Cage's character steals a baby; alt MrC carries one, in a version where he arrives alt with Naido? with the picnic basket in place of Andy, basket alt with a baby]. {Sam Colby, "I can stop by tomorrow on my way in" seems to suggest he goes to her workplace every day; alt Sam Murray or Sam Murphy; 'ph' alt in Philly instead of NY?} [P6 "poor thing" (Miriam) alt the pig?; blends with Naido ("she's alive"; Diane emerges from Naido, Diane's large bracelets alt the size of her wrists; Fat Diane & Fat Cooper in P17?; Diane's apartment, similar architecture as the Fireman's place, she's alt Senorita Dido or Santino (Carrie alt)? P13 Walter "hey girl" to Norma, link to "hey pretty girl"; Norma not in the P6 scene where Miriam ('the pig?') is]
Bushnell linked to characters in Mulholland Dr. (also Wally Brown - 3?); Cowboy watches over \"pretty girl\" alt the pig? Farmer; link to Mr. Blodgett?
March 15-17th, repeating 3 day sequence? Night of 14th: man taken home, Dougie to the Jones house in P4. 15th his first day back to work (P5) at Lucky 7; brought home at night P6. The second work day (16th) while at work, Jane meets thugs at the park, picks him up in the evening in P7. Third day (17th), the Jones couple at the police station, then taken to Dr. Ben. Continues week. Or alt: on the night of P7 (second day, 16th), MrC speaks with Murphy (Irish) and blackmails his way out (of the loop?). Next day (17th; day of P9) - the mystery man (ReznoNIИ, 'nine inches' link to part nine? the day following their RH performance in P8) shows up to work, or the neighboring office (#8 - again link to NIИ), in black leather jacket, then vanishes (in the bathroom) etc? MrC - to the portal site in P17, sky vortex, on the 17th of March? Then scenes at the station - alt the same day of Cooper being seen by Dr. Ben? The clocked stopped just before 2:53 PM in P17. Blood pressure cuff on Dougie's arm, '25-35 cm' link to 2:53? The Arm also says 2:53 in P2 (Gerard and the Arm, alt Dr. Ben and Janey-E; "something's wrong" with his vitals alt the electricity in the red room?) [P10 Janey-E to Dr. Ben "as I told you Dr. Ben, it started last week" vs the P16 scene "I just heard what you've been telling me" - Bushnell & Dr. Ben alt versions of each other? Gerard also appears when Cooper wakes up]. So on the night of the 16th (P7), MrC 'flies the coop' and escapes a longer version (of the week?) and on the 17th he loops back to the 14th, the day before it starts {week, link to 'Mrs. Houseman'}. If the longer version continues: Dougie sees Dr. Ben on the 17th and sex with Janey-E that night; 18th in the morning Janey-E says she can't stop thinking about last night (P10), Cooper that night is sent to Santino's (P11). 19th he arrives to work with the Mitchums after partying all night and gifts are delivered to the Jones house (early P13), that night they watch Sonny Jim play on the gym set; 20th he arrives to work, Sinclair waiting and he tries to poison Dougie (P13) (man in urinal, link to the pig? "that bad huh?" alt "that'll do, pig"); later that night he electrocutes himself? (P15, a Chantal and Hutch scene before that, they also have a scene before the P13 scene with Sinclair, 20th); 21st the FBI hotel daytime scenes connect with the P16 2:53 scene (one part of Cooper already there from 3/17 (Dr. Ben), alt on 3/21 - 4 day collapse?); FBI in the hotel room, days/time frozen until P17? (from P14-P17, or 3/14-3/17). In total - one week, 15th-21st? {so Cooper's room: 315; alt a date of 3/15}
-Dougie's green jacket, linked to St. Patty's Day.
Dr. Ben scene discontinuity: one version/perspective, Dougie is touching the cuff, '25-35' visible, signifies it's 2:53, on 3/21?; the other version, he's not touching it - 3/17? 'U1880S' - link to Pennsylvania 6-5000? (which would be alt to Pennsylvania Polka, Groundhog Day, single day repeat), and thus in one version it's St. Patty's Day at Dr. Ben's? {Green rose in his jacket pocket alt to blue rose? Dr. Ben link to Ben Horne, has the 'green key.' P1 Jerry alt comes from the Parade; link to Freddie, green glove, he told the doctor the story; Hornes alt the 'MacLachlan Brothers' and 'Beverly Watts'? [P1 'mother' is alt Sarah? (McLachlan link; "sure is a mystery"); P17 call to Ben about Jerry, alt about 'mother' - in prison?); 'Beverly Watts' P1 meets Jerry alt Judy ("nice to meet you"), link to P15 to MrC "you already met Judy" he's alt 'Billy Watts'}. This discontinuity, link to P16 after Dougie wakes up in the hospital - two versions spliced, one where Janey-E touches Dougie's face and the other where she remains at a distance (alt - 'Janey-D?' Davenport in place of Evans? husband alt 'Bill Davenport?'). Alt to P16 going to the casino on 3/21 - they go 'directly' home on 3/17?
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Days. A Day 1 to work (3/15); B Day 2 at work (3/16); C Day 3 (3/17); D Day 4 to work (3/18); E Day 5 (3/19); F Day 6 to work (3/20); G Day 7, hospital (3/21); H - I - J: alt, 'flies the coop,' direct loop to portal on 3/17, back to 3/14. K - L: MrC figures it out and creates a clone, sends back into loop (night of 3/15, integrates with previous version already there).
Schematic for days. Long week: A) 3/15 Day 1 (Dougie's first day to work); B) 3/16 Day 2 (Janey-E picks up Dougie after a long day); C) 3/17 Day 3 (Janey-E takes Dougie to Dr. Ben); D) 3/18 Day 4 (day after sex; Dougie to Santino's later at night); E) 3/19 Day 5 (Janey-E receives gym set and car; watches SJ play at night); F) 3/20 Day 6 (Anthony meets Dougie for coffee; Dougie electrocutes himself at night); G) 3/21 Day 7 (Dougie at the hospital). Short MrC loop - Cooper flies the coop: H - I - J (MrC from the night of P7 (3/16) on Day 2 to Day 3 on 3/17; takes direct route to the portal in P17; which takes him back to 3/14, before Day 1). Alt longer route, MrC: K - L (from 3/17 in P9, he goes to MT on 3/18 {SJ playing with the gym set at night before MrC arrives in MT - is the gym set equivalent to the Silverado truck that MrC gets? gift from the brothers alt?}, MrC goes to see Jeffries the night of 3/18, takes Richard to the rock on 3/18? which sends him (after being disassembled and made into a new Cooper?) to P6 on the night of Day 1, 3/15? (Cooper's arrival to Janey-E in P6 an alt version of P4 arrival) {link to P16, Janey-E takes SJ to the little boys room, links with Rhonda sneaking Dougie into the bathroom on 3/15; discontinuity with the white key chain; which could tie into a scene in P4, where there's a sharp cut/POV switch before Janey-E takes Cooper to the bathroom); this links the two versions of Dougie first arriving home, P4 vs P6; receptionist in red linked to the P6 version (character 'Red's big scene is in P6; link to earlier in the part "big day tomorrow;" Cooper alt Red? 'sparkles' on the case file documents link to Red's sparkle?)} [P6 version of Dougie arriving home (linked to P16 breakdown of Richard), an alt and non-linear version of sending himself back into the loop that he escaped from, integrating two versions). So the MrC alt route: instead of going to the portal P17 (and back into the 3-day cycle to 3/14), he uses Richard to clone himself, sends him to Day 1 night of 3/15 and integrates 'seamlessly' with previous Dougie (link to 'dream weaver'; Janey-E guiding Cooper to the bathroom alt to Rhonda in P5 (two versions spliced) - which might be associated with the mystery man version, where he uses the bathroom, vanishes, back to the Jones house in P4).
The cloned Cooper who is sent back into the loop by MrC (partially with Cooper's soul?), is equipped with something that makes him stay inside the 'long week?' Bypasses the 'Mr. Strawberry/blackmailing' scenario that leads to his escape (P7) - like he forgets or misses a meeting (link to Andy being stood up P7, just before the blackmail scene), and thus stays with Janey-E until 3/21? (doesn't get the Rolex alt vortex from the guard?) {P18 events - represent a different perspective of the prison escape scenario [direct + indirect loop (associated with 'Richard'), merged]? Cooper leaves the red room (alt prison) on the night of 3/16 {Mrs. Strawberry alt Diane? Cooper link to Joe McKluskey? Before crossing at 430 "are you sure you want to do this?" alt Joe Messing to Diane in MD "are you sure you want this?"}; 3/17 in daytime travels with Diane, sex at the motel at night (which corresponds to the same day he had sex with Janey-E); 3/18 picks up Carrie (the day he's sent to Santino's in P11), the night of 3/18 is the end of P18 (corresponds to P2, Darya killed, day before MrC is set to leave?); to 3/19 to MT? (a day later? so 3/18 and 3/19 versions of the MT scene; one where there's no elevator? he's alt Mr. Strawberry in the late version? in the 3/18 version he goes to Jeffries; alt no Jeffries in the 3/19 version and link to the 'imposter' caller in P2? 'yesterday' alt 'tomorrow'); gets coordinates 3/19, 3/20 alt goes into Twin Peaks (MrC driving on his own, merges with Cooper arriving in the Pilot; after he crosses the portal site; alt with 'Diane' as a tape recorder instead of P18 in person; MrC has a recorder in P2)? 'Lewis Fork' link; P15 Dougie puts the fork in the outlet alt on 3/20, then 3/21 daytime in hospital? So the entire S1/S2 is put into one day along this framework? 3/20, nickel link 5 + 315; MrC goes into the bathroom after killing Darya, blends with Hawk from P6, so he's in 320 or 3/20; used her as a placeholder for the entire S1/S2 story? follows that her sidekick Ray is S3?; Darya's body alt on the table in conference room (Frank/fish screensaver same picture in the motel room P2; alt autopsy room); P4 the Laura Palmer prom picture out, 'face of the franchise' (alt her face with Darya's body); link to P9 and Albert's 'season 2' comment, alt they are taken into the conference room to see Laura's body; 3/20 corresponds to Day 6, alt 'Darya 6' like a Motel 6; in room 6 at the Motor Lodge Motel; There are 30 episodes in S1 & S2, link to #30 on the Silverado truck, alt 'are you gonna crash me now?' [Therefore Ray is the P18 car? same as Gene's car P3? his partner with the sniper alt Darya, black car alt the Silverado? "See you at Mikey's" alt the Farm, Ray & Darya alt the two hitmen; Buella alt Lorraine?].
-so essentially: MrC/alt Gerard made an alt version of himself (using Richard, detour from the 3/17 portal loop), integrated into the story that was already underway, deceptively so we can't tell the difference, to stay with Janey-E; otherwise the 3 day loop repeats indefinitely (he escapes/splits but tricked to 3/17 portal, takes him to start of loop or day before), Or detour - makes alt version, integrates, avoids 3/17 portal (involving something to manipulate memory?; similar to Memento, at the end, Leonard stops at the tattoo parlor to continue his memory loop; alt keeps going? link to Richard at the intersection in P6, alt "Fuck Sammy Jankis"; electrical pole 6 34800 link to Penn 6-5000, Richard goes through where he would stop at the end of the 3-day cycle? alt trucker decides to keep going rather than stop at rest stop and use bathroom?). {Portal at 253 site - sends back 3 days? 3/17 to 3/14, or 3/18 to 3/15. So Cooper from the end of P18, alt perspective of the prison escape scenario, goes to P6, out front of the Jones house (on 3/15)? Carrie alt case file(s), with Cooper at the Jones door; alt in P18 Cooper turns around and goes back to Alice's door, link to two Chalfonts and Chet going back. {Alice's husband alt Frank, "what is this?" alt to Cooper "what year is this?" Janey-E P4 "what is this?" as well; P4 and P6 seamless blending, Owls in front of Jones house, "not what they seem."}
The night of the 20th - Dougie watches Sunset Blvd. Link to Mulholland Dr., Rita on the run. Time loop - Ruth leaves on the 21st (morning) but Rita opens the box on the 20th? (suitcases in Ruth's closet when Rita retrieves the key for the box, clue to this); 3/21 - the day Ruth leaves and Betty arrives? Also when the FBI are at the hotel, watch/calendar stopped; 321, Orlando area code. Betty alt arrives to Universal (alt to Paramount Studios; Disney World; Irene's companion: "All the luck in the world" alt they shared a cab with her; Gordon alt excited for Disney World unlike cranky Albert); link to Orlando Magic, in Wally's office - "voila!" (magic); "where the hell did you find her? it's a slam dunk" (321: a universal code? Betty's arrival alt to MrC, P17 to the station on 3/21?). [P10, "what a world" Rodney, alt sees Ike arrested at Disney World?]
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Betty alt arrives to Disney World \"all the luck in the world.\" Corresponding to 3/21 (321 is Orlando's area code). Ruth leaves that morning and Rita loops so that she opens the box on 3/20.
-One week, link to Mrs. Houseman's one week stay? Alt 'Ruth Houseman' leaves the GN on the 21st? Arrived 3/15, link to room 315? Cooper vs Mrs. Houseman, two versions? (one is room# and one is the date?). Valerie and her Week of Wonders (Vogue, 1 week); after 21st - Cosmopolitan? (time stopped?) [alt 'compassion,' Albert E4 has it running out of his nose (like to 'dolts' comment, tying into P4 the back room all the 'd's and the drunk's nose mentioned); alt comes from a place with no time, P17 link to watch stopped]
-month of March link to Nadine (backstory: Laura is Feb; Bushnell is June (poster), Cooper takes over as July (alt Judy), Albert is August, P6 he goes to Diane September; Red is October, Richard is November; MrC is January (alt Judy imposter?); Nadine marches down the road, Al the driver is April, takes Dougie to alt Mary or Mary). Nadine link to Janey-E P10 ("he's so beautiful" "last night was so wonderful"), alt Nadine P4 comes out the old Hurley home, is angry at Dougie (alt Ed); hits with shovel instead of slap? (alt 'log splitter').
-Babe (1995); Bushnell alt Farmer Hoggett (link to Mr. Blodgett?); Dougie alt the pig, or blends with Phil (guiding him around)? director Chris Noonan alt Christopher Nolan. Pig alt the dreamer? (Inception link).
-Bonnici, link to Filippo Brunelleschi; built a dome alt Dougie (P18 Cooper is produced in a bubble or clear dome, sent to residential neighborhood, Simpson's link?); P17 Andy picnic basket pattern alt bricks, 'bricklayers'; link to "they want to build a study" alt statue or cathedral; Andy alt Art Vandelay (Frank alt the judge? judge P1 was 'up the mountain' link to Frank, fishing), MrC alt 'George'; ('Bonnici' is a Maltese name; link to Maltese Falcon, Bushnell visual with Murphy; statue).
-'good joe' link to Joe McKluskey? ('late' Mr. Strawberry as in late for a meeting); Becky P11 "he's good inside" about Steven (he's alt Joe M, P5? Mike alt Mr. Strawberry in that scene?); MrC in prison is alt 'bad Joe' seen by Diane? (suggesting a blend of Becky & Diane, and Gordon & Bobby); link to P1 "you're a bad girl, Tracey" elevatocoffee links; Hey Tracey in place of Joe or Jude.
- 3/20 in P15, link to the end of S2?; Cooper goes in to the bathroom to brush his teeth link to P6 when Cooper goes into the bathroom and the SJ says that he already brushed his teeth ('upstairs' is 5 days later? from night of 3/15 to 3/20; link to: "did you call me 5 days ago?" alt the call downstairs; then Richard in P15 alt 'son' SJ); alt a cake was brought home from Sonny Jim’s Bakery (alt Gentlemen Jim’s); Shelly S1 brings home a piece of pie for Leo; Cooper blends Leo into role (Memento links, etc). Blends with 3/20 scenario of Anthony trying to poison Dougie [sugar dispenser on the table P13 alt tip of alcohol bottle, Bobby in S1 with Jack Daniels bottle at Leo's alt bartender]. So Leo sitting alt sitting up at the table (alt in P2 motel room), companion to Darya (in bed, dreamer), dream vs memory losses, placeholders for worlds/seasons of the show?
-Dougie P3 with 315 'green' key, Jade finds and mails to Washington state; alt Freddie who discovered that he 'already had a ticket' to Twin Peaks, WA; alt 315 is a date for the next day (again supports Dougie arriving into loop on 3/14, P3); Jade alt works at airport or travel agency ('triple A' link; alt rent-a-car).
-P18, alt telling of 'fly the coop' scenario (direct & indirect combined into one story?); Cooper leaves red room into the version where he loops back from 3/14 to 3/17, but travels to the 'Richard' version (portal) where he is sent back to 3/15; end of P18 continues via early P6.
-MrC driving alone alt on 3/19 (P3), takes portal to Feb 24th, 1989 (2241989)? 319 to 419; '2289' surrounds. Link to 2240 Sycamore; 49 difference.
Part two: Room 323 vs Room 314; #49
End of P4, Albert: "I know where she drinks" about Diane then an abrupt cut to the neon Roadhouse sign; similar to the abrupt cut to the Elk's #9 Point neon sign in P14 after James walks toward the basement door. Alt P4 - cut to P14 Elk's instead of the Roadhouse, "she" is Sarah (10 shift, link to dime, Gordon & Albert, alt Red vs Richard) ['one certain person' link to 'certain Major Briggs', who says "blue rose"; this person alt 'Sarah Briggs?']. On the flip side, James in P14 walks towards the 315 door then a cut to the P4 RH sign and Au Revoir Simone performing Lark inside (on their second song?); the first song would be in P9 before that (icicles; cold room link, James; two songs link to two slices of pie in P11, trio of girls in pink alt the 3 synth players; champagne on ice). So James from P14, alt walks into a room with 3 players; 3 + 14 = 314, link to room 314. Tammy in P4 was told to wait inside the restaurant (prior to the 3 synth players performing {Tammy blue lips, alt frozen in 314?}, so is she linked to that room? (James & Freddie alt the two officers in P1 who go into Ruth's room, alt go into Tammy's room in 314). [P10, Tammy knocks on Gordon's door at the hotel; alt her room is across the hall and P4 Gordon alt tells her to go back to her room; she's alt 'woman across the hall' dining with Bobby vs Albert dining with Constance in P10; loud Richard RH scene prior to Tammy in P5, alt she comes to tell him to turn music down].
-Flip side of 314 (from alt James P14 going into room with Au Revoir Simone); from P4 the cut to Elk's Point #9 = 49. Or Sarah is 'Person 49?' (link to 'certain person'; Sarah Briggs?). P1 "show Mr. Hastings to his new room" - Bill, is 43 years old. Alt - 'show Mrs. Houseman to her new room'. 49 years old version? 49 link to room #47 (IE - Sarah/Grace Z. numerous links, rabbits on her TV stand; her scene in P13 is at 49th minute, link to 1349 and Ruth). [P4 alt: Jane McLaughlin, heavy drinker, in Sarah's place, goes into her bar, meets 'Kyle Watts' alt the trucker, link to P14 Jimmy (James) wants to hear the story, continuous from P4 when Janey-E goes upstairs to Sonny Jim, alt reads to him]
-49 + 2240 (address of the place that Hastings takes the FBI to in P11) = 2289. This might be linked to a transition of MrC driving (P3), under the portal (link to P18, similar stretch of highway that Cooper & Diane travel on) to Feb 1989, morphs into Cooper driving into TP in the Pilot Episode. 2289 a 'buffer zone'?
-"it could make a difference" Lucy to the insurance man P1, link to "once we cross it could all be different." 3 POVs of the Lucy scene link to 3 versions of Diane & Cooper kissing, based on subtle discontinuities in P18. Sarah ('49') link to Lucy at the front desk? (Sarah alt Bev, P7 gets angry at Tom, dinner link to P14 Sarah "I'll eat you"), alt this Sarah went back to work (from a version of the old story where Sarah was a dispatcher? calling around asking about her own daughter in Pilot alt). 'Buffer zone' alt 'auto zone'; parallels station vs Arnie's in Lost Highway (alt MrC stops in with truck and leaves with Towncar; 'Andie's' alt to 'Trader Jack's' where he trades in Mercedes).
S2E21 (Miss Twin Peaks), Annie goes to Cooper's room for help about her speech and they end up getting it on. When he lets her in, the door across the hall is seen as room 323. Earlier in S2 it was seen as room 314. P17 Cooper returns to Twin Peaks, gets the 315 room key from Frank, then Diane appears from Naido, and they kiss amorously. If Cooper is a continuation from S2 it follows that this should be Annie. Alt - there's a different version of the love making scene with Diane (and with room 314 across the hall). Also, in the Annie version Cooper should be in room 324 (across from 323) (although 315 is visible when Annie enters). {Annie Hall link; Diane Keaton, who is of course TP-associated}
Room 323 (Annie version) vs 314 (Diane version?) across the hall from Cooper's room.
So Cooper might alt be in 324. If Cooper was in 325 (315 + 10; dime, Richard link; P18 Cooper wakes up as 'Richard'): 325 adds up to 10 ('level of completion'); link to 2:53, time in P16 at the hospital; so let's say there's another version of the love making scenario with Janey-E in place of Annie (Watts sort of looks like the 'new girl' in S1 with Ben, alt call girl sent to room 325?). 3 possible girls - link to the scenario where 2 sets of coordinates match? Audrey & Janey-E versions (in room 325) vs Diane ('314') version? (which merges in P17 with the Annie '324' version?). [S1 Cooper comes into this room, Audrey in is bed naked, "don't make me leave" link to "make me" Richard P5; Cooper in 315 vs 325 - discontinuity, alt turns head to the left, version where he sleeps with Audrey, link to Bill P1 "to the left here Bill" (alt to MrC going to the right and upstairs; Jeffries says "oh, it's you"; Bill is alt 'Tom Banks?' food critic [link to Teresa Banks/MT Wentz connection, alt Cooper on the floor]; alt Tom Hanks or Twin Peaks, alt with Jenny, alt Judy), picked up alt for sleeping with underaged girl?); Cooper's pinky ring signifies the extra 10? Garland link; alt gold/silver bead or dime inside him]. Cooper in 324: the person across the hall in room 314 swallowed dime or has a ring? Tammy? Alt - Tammy & Annie have an affair and love making scene (like Rita and Betty, brunette & blonde; a Tammy with purely black hair).
-so: Cooper in 325, sex with Audrey, equivalent to Janey-E (adds to 10; both 'matching' scenarios destroyed, early P16?). Cooper in 315 with Diane ('314' version). Cooper in 324 is an alt-Tammy, hall side reversal, paired with Annie (Tammy's presence P17 linked). Scenario where Tammy goes to a place to save Annie? P7 Annie Blackburn "a girl that went into that place" "he owns this place." MrC looking for "the place." MrC alt Tammy, looking for where Annie is? Place alt 'Palmer House?' (MrC's original destination before the Fireman shifted it). Betty & Rita played detectives in MD, they snuck into Diane's apartment; alt a scenario where Betty went alone (like Anthony P10), snuck into the Palmer house, was found and held captive? ('Annie in chains' alt Alice). In the attic or basement? Link to GN, room in the basement, James hears noise (he's alt a repairman, checking furnaces). Gets put into the room too? (with Candie alt Annie; 'cold' room version?) (link to Lucy P4; has been there all through the years, thermostat). James + Candie; JC, John Candy (alt Judy), behind the door P17 in place of Gerard? (alt Jacoby); Uncle Buck, link to Burt, Memento; alt man with symbol on his jacket in P13; psychiatrist who helps MrC remember? Link to Memento, Leonard ('remember' alt to dismember); P17 events, Diane remembers, then sudden black out, link to the black symbol? Blackout represents that someone is forgetting? [Leonard, Memento, can't form new memories; link to Dr. Craig, alt neuroscientist studying Leo's brain; Frank gets a 'memento' earlier]. [P5, MrC cuffed to the desk in Yankton (link to Denny Craig; 'Tammy Craig?'), alt Chad P17 cuffed to the cell, makes a call link to the blackout upstairs?] {P2, MrC kills Darya, goes to the bathroom, towel ring but no towel; link to P6, Ike murders Lorraine, then Richard cleans off the front of the truck, throws a towel in the field, then Hawk washing his hands (link to S2, Hawk found the bloody towel at Glastonbury Grove); Hawk alt MrC, in the stall, turns and freezes, alt forgets where he is/what he's doing, link to Memento (Leonard) (Nez Perce link to Guy Pearce, alt Glastonbury; Hawk alt 'Leo Shelly,' long gray hair link to Phyllis P1, wife alt blends with husband? MrC P2 alt 'Shelly Cooper'); MrC P2 pauses/confused after getting a call from the mystery caller, alt he forgets afterwards? Link to John G. manipulating Leonard in Memento; 'you're still in Buckhorn' alt Butte; P5 a towel in MrC's prison cell, "food is coming" alt "shit he's coming, I gotta get off the phone." Hungry Horse vs Butte versions? one version of Leo can't form new memories, other can't remember his past? One is alt the farmer, who forgets about the meeting?}
-key to what this is all about, P12 Frank gets a literal key, a 'memento.' Alt - Ray sees it in 'Leonard Cooper?' alt Miriam seeing Richard P6, the key that makes him forget alt remembering something; and break out of loop? Drives past the stop sign; reverse of key, link to elk? Sarah/Grace, she talks about "forgetfulness" in IE.
-Diane's place P7, overhead light fixtures like seen in the hallway, 314 door at the GN. Fella leaving P7, alt 'Frank Truman' (Fireman?). or Fred Truman, linking with Freddie who visited the Fireman (and link to events in Frank's office, defeating BOB link to P8 Fireman sees him) (the 'pig' or 'pretty girl' link to Miriam & Dido? She's in apartment 17, link to part 17, Frank with the cowboy hat alt the cowboy; alt Harry in the barn, owned by alt Bushnell?).
TAMMY in room 314: 314 adds up to 8; link to Jeffries in room 8 at the convenience store motel. Alt it's Tammy's room, she's on the phone with him? Scenario where the FBI are on to her (P10 "keep her close") in place of Diane with MrC; alt the airport P4, the restaurant is the room across the hall; Gordon & Albert alt Red & Richard, dime scene; Red with the dime; red-room link [he's alt Gerard with the seed, something to do with a shift of '10']) ('Tammy Watson?'; P4 Dougie is delivered to Watts on 3/14; from 30 jackpots to 31 + P4 = 314). Room 8, "who is Judy?" "you already met Judy"; link to Bev P1 "nice to meet you" to Jerry; 'Tammy Paige' (alt to Watson)? linked to P18 the return of Dougie (and Carrie, 'did you find him')? her son was missing? Little Jerry? (Big Jerry was missing and eventually found) [so Tammy Paige is missing her son, Tammy Watson across the hall in 314]. [324: Tammy Elms with Annie Rhodes? 'Annie Rhodes' held captive in the basement of the Palmer house; anagram: Rhonda niees alt 'niece'; Rhonda sweaty palms (P7) like Audrey, Jerry's niece; alt 'Audrie Rhodes.' Rev of Laura scenario: the daughter of Ben (Rhodes) is killed by Leland? hit and run? buried under his house? {Audrey "I'm hungry" link to GnR (Appetite For Destruction) and P13 GnR links (Used To Love Her); Charlie in Kill Bill, burying scene} (alt 'Annie Rose' (young Glenn Close) sent to the room of Tom Banks, food critic alt MT Wentz, room 325? looping back or forward to the arrest of Bill P1)].
-P5 MrC makes his one phone call, the previous scene Tammy at her desk; link to 'TAMMY' turning her 'turning inside-out' (from the ms) to make Miriam (with 'aTy' inside; Audrey + Clark [Middleton]). So Miriam is 'made' at the end of P5, alt in room 314? (akin to the restaurant in P11? piano player link; quiet setting vs Roadhouse/315 alt across the hall?) {P1, similar sized character Marjorie at Arrowhead apartments, room 218; Miriam (and Marjorie) are also similar to 'Heavy Set Woman' in Mulholland Dr., who is shot by the hitman and then dragged into Ed's room and killed}. Miriam sees Richard drive off after the hit-and-run and he attacks her in her place in P10. P5, Richard at the noisy Roadhouse, then a very quiet contrasting scene with Tammy - alt she's attacked in room 314? [Miriam alt 'mom;' Audrey link to Richard; so Audrey & Miriam blend identities, alt mom sees what Richard did]. Then or alt, turned inside-out to Miriam (in the hospital bed, P12)? {slam noise during Richard's attack in P10, alt piano slammed; 'Henry Lawson' alt piano player? link to Harry; who had run-ins with Richard}. So the piano/player is inside-out Tammy inside 314 (with Audrey held inside? alt inside the piano, or note/song? alt to scream; 'Judy Finn'). Audrey alt gets the dime/seed and becomes 'Tammy Elms' (in 324)? [MT, M-Tammy Wentz; 'M' adds 1 to make 325? link to penny found by girl in P8? alt Tammy Elms or Evans]. {Richard 'force-feeds' the dime to Miriam or mom? Audrey alt goes into a loop related to Cooper being returned to Janey-E? Audrey in red, Valentine's Day version? (alt to Groundhog - 1 day, and St. Patty's Day - 3 day); 2 days? P11 Santino's night, alt Valentine's Day dinner; Billy & Judy?}
-"Did you get my note?" P5 link to MD "we'll leave her a note." Ruth's apt, alt the inside of a piano? Mailboxes show at her place, link to PO. Piano inside out - n [ ] a, alt Norma. P6 she's not in the scene with Miriam (involved in other inside-out framework with Tammy; pig vs piano versions?. {Norma rearranged to make Moran (Lucy)}. {piano ash tray in MD, Diane's place (apt 16?) alt to 'pretty girl' (or the pig)'s place, apt 17; 1617 combined, alt 1516 Carrie's?; P18 alt Albert goes, dry/dusty scene vs wet scene in P6}. Albert alt picks up a version of Lucy from the dinner? Norma doesn't understand Walter's proposals, alt dumb. Albert blends with Walter, sent for this Norma/Lucy so she can see alt Andy? [brings Havenhurst/Sierra Bonita to see 6980 MD? Adam alt Andy; P1 Bill in 'glass' interrogation room (alt the box), 6845 address Buckhorn station; glass/plastic vs wood/earth?]
-P10, Tammy alt Lady Across the Hall (alt to the 'Lady at the Morgue'); alt dinning with Bobby (napkin visual); shift so Gordon is with Constance? (alt the French woman).
-P13, Au Revoir Simone alt the 3 girls in Bushnell's office, Cooper alt James? (accident link with Dougie).

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(Reuploading to post the full map, not just a link)
I made this regional map of the city of Pace (pronounced "pah-chay"). It's defintely the most substantial map I've ever made, and I'm super proud of it. Feel free to clone this map and use it for your world! Below is a description of the city that you are welcome to use. I tried to keep the details and lore generalized so it can easily be adapted for your own world. At the very end are the technical notes about the map if you want to clone it for yourself. Be warned: this is a hefty map and very resource-intensive on your computer. Read the specs of the map at the end of this description before cloning.
Link to the map on Inkarnate: https://inkarnate.com/m/2jy0kr-the-city-of-pace/
City Lore
Welcome to the city of Pace (pronounced "pah-chay"), seen here just after harvest during peak Autumn foliage. The city sits at the confluence of two rivers, acting as a through point for those traveling along the rivers.
The Winding District, named so due to its haphazard layout, is the oldest part of the city. Buildings were added on as needed, so there was very little planning. As such, there are residential and commercial buildings intermixed with each other. The streets ebb and flow into each other, with forks at every corner. City officials have given up trying to name the streets and instead simply rely on landmarks to navigate the Winding District. While its layout is certainly confusing for newcomers, its old-world, rustic charm is endearing and worth traversing.
Huntington Rows was the next addition to the city about 25 years after its founding. It was named after the city's first mayor, Elisar Huntington. This district was designed with somewhat more intent. The streets are easily navigated and the buildings are much more densely packed. There are a few stores and markets, but Huntingtown Rows is mostly residential homes.
The Estates were built around the same time as Huntington Rows, and is mostly a wealthy district. In the middle of the district are luxury apartments and penthouses, surrounded by large houses and mansions. The shops in The Estates are certainly high-end, catering to their ritzy clientele. Most of the people who live here are government officials or people who come from old money.
Riverside was built throughout the city's history (and is still being built up as needed). Riverside is where the Consort Warf is located for shipping needs in and out of the city, both for travel and goods. This part of the city is designed with travelers in mind. As such, most of the buildings here are commercial buildings; inns, taverns, and restaurants; and warehouses. The few residential homes here are occupied mostly by people who work the docks or the farms south of the city.
The Timber Parkland is a lovely, naturesque park that contours the south end of the city, connecting Riverside to the city proper.
The Open Farm Claim is a large farmland that extends south of the city. The West and East Villages are tiny, single-street villages that house the workers of the farms. Though, there are also a few general stores, market stalls, and inns for travelers coming in from the south on foot. The Open Farm Claim, including the villages, are within the borders of Pace, and its residents are considered citizens of Pace. But because they are so separated from the main city, many view them more as suburbs.
The Emissarian Prairie begins just outside the borders of Pace on the northeast side of the city. It is a beautiful open range of rolling hills that extends for miles beyond this map.
Notable Landmarks
The landmarks in this map are specific to the lore in my own homebrew for a D&D campaign I am running. Below are some general ideas and prompts for adapting them for your own homebrew.
The Choy Estate: An old abandoned mansion in the middle of Timber Parkland. Who lived here? Why is it abandoned? Maybe the former resident was an eccentric mage who cast an experimental spell, scorching the land around. Maybe an enemy of the former resident set an alchemical fire and the land has yet to recover. What kind of rumors or ghost stories do the local teenagers share about the estate?
The Myrinn Den: A fortified building built on a rocky island at the confluence. What is this building's purpose? The obvious choice would be a prison. But instead, perhaps this is where a very paranoid, very wealthy individual lives. Maybe this is where the town guards headquarters is located. Maybe it was an ancient castle that has since be repurposed for a more modern use.
The Turrell Lodge: A massive building in the middle of the Winding District. Perhaps this is a large hotel with dozens of rooms. If so, why does such a city need a hotel to house this many people? What kind of tourist attractions are there in Pace? Perhaps the Turrell Lodge is simply the mansion of a wealthy aristocrat.
The Cyllene Fort: Another large building, this time in Huntington Rows. The building is enclosed by a wall. Within the walls appears to be an exotic garden and a mausoleum. Perhaps this building acts a city morgue. If so, what kind of tragedy happens in this city to warrant such a large morgue? Perhaps this is a wealthy family that has been apart of the city for centuries, and the mausoleum is where their ancestors are interred.
The Squacoo Atropolis: A building, or series of buildings, in the middle of Timber Parkland. Perhaps this is an animal sanctuary for abandoned, endangered, or exotic animals. Maybe this is the headquarters of the park rangers who manage the Timber Parkland.
Map Specs and Important Info
This map is very hefty and resource intensive. There are over 34,000 stamps (including the grouped ones). I highly recommend opening this map at 1k resolution and work your way up. Here is some useful info to know about this map:
Because of the scale of this map and the small size of the stamps I used, this map is best downloaded at 8k to be able to use it functionally as a city map in a game. Any smaller (even 4K) will only be useful if zoomed out; attempting to get any details will be too blurry. Unfortunately, that means it will be a very large file size, likely too big for places like Roll20. You may need to use the "New Map from Region" tool and split the map into several smaller sections. Perhaps you can make each city district its own map.
Many of the stamps used are smaller than the minimum size of 10. This can make it tricky to add more of that stamp, or adjust it in any way. If you weren't aware, you can make a stamp smaller than is technically allowed by selecting the stamp and manually dragging the resize handles down. You can make the stamp significantly smaller this way, but it can make it awkward to work it.
Because of the previous two points, and with Inkarnate's limitation of only 4k editing, this map can be difficult to edit, especially if you are working on an older computelaptop. If you plan on making significant changes to this map, I recommend exporting the map at 8k every so often to view details you would otherwise not see while editing. When working such small scales like this, I've found several mistakes in the final 8k export that were basically impossible to see while editing at 4k.
The cliffs along the river are accented by adding mountains underneath the cliff stamps to make it look more like a rocky riverside. To do this, I had to flatten all of the mountains to the background (the cliff and wave stamps are not flattened; only the mountains). Keep this in mind if you want to adjust the shape of the riveland.
Similarly, the Myrinn Den island includes several flattened stamps: the bridge leading to the Myrinn Den is flattened to the foreground. The building itself is flattened to the foreground. The foundational rocks are flattened to the background. The rocks and waves surrounding the Myrinn Den are not flattened.
For the water, I used the "Water Wave" texture from the Fantasy Battlemap set on top of a normal water texture from the Fantasy Regional set. In other words, there are two textures used. Keep this in mind if you want to change the water texture.
Note the filters I have on. They aren't necessary, but I felt they added to the Autumn tone I was looking for. You can create other aesthetics by changing the filters around.

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Intro

Katu Veo, wastelanders! Today we will start talking about the Capital Wasteland, the territory of the pre-war city of Washington and its surroundings, presented to us in Fallout 3. The game plays a crucial role for the series, being the first long-awaited labored release after the bankruptcy of Interplay, the purchase of the series by Bethesda and several games that failed or were not released at all. The success or failure of Fallout 3 determined the fate of the series. And Bethesda didn't let us down..

Capital Wasteland - geography

The Capital Wasteland, as already mentioned, is the territory of the city of Washington and its surroundings. The wasteland occupies partial territories of three states – Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The wasteland extends beyond the playing area itself and extends south to the Calvert and St. Mary Peninsulas. The border of the Capital and Appalachian wastelands will pass through the Raven Rock Mountains. Two main rivers pass through the wasteland – the Potomac and the Anacostia.
The wasteland can be conditionally divided into several subregions:
Northern Wastes –the northern bank of the Potomac, the territory of the state of Maryland,
Southern Wastes – the south bank of the Potomac, the territory of the state of Virginia,
St. Mary and Calvert – the territories of the peninsulas of the same name
Point Lookout is a swampy national park at the southernmost point of the St. Mary's Peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.

The Great War

We traditionally begin the analysis of the history of the wasteland with an inspection of vaults and shelters.

Vaults

There were six Vault Tec vaults in the region.
Vault 87. The FEV virus-testing center. The subjects were, of course, residents of the vault.
Vault 92. The vault was supposed to be sealed for 100 years, and 245 outstanding musicians of the nation were gathered in it. The experiment at the vault was appropriate – testing the effect of white noise.
Vault 101 near the pre-war town of Springvale, the experiment of the vault was the dictatorship of the overseer and complete isolation. According to the idea, it should never have opened and lasted as long as it could. Therefore, it was provided with everything necessary for a long autonomous existence.
Vault 106. In the vault, which was supposed to function for only 12 years and 3 months, the effect of psychotropic substances added to food, water and ventilation was investigated. In total, 95 subjects and 12 scientists were settled in the vault.
Vault 108. The capacity of the vault was 475 people, and it was supposed to be locked up for 38 years. The essence of the experiment is the absence of any prior appointment for employees and residents. All positions in the vault had to be personally determined by the first overseer, who at the same time has cancer and will have to die in 3 years. In addition to this, the main generator was supposed to stall after 20 years, and the backup generator was supposed to provide only half of the vault with energy. Plus, there were three times as many weapons in the vault and there was no entertainment. In addition, experiments on cloning people were carried out.
Vault 112. Two years before the War, in 2075, 85 residents of the vault were placed in hibernation capsules and loaded into the virtual reality world, which was controlled by the overseer and creator of the GECK, Stanislaus Braun.

Shelters

Not everyone was lucky enough to get a place in a vault. Most of the people have to hide from the explosions wherever they have to:
Four families have taken refuge in the basements of the city of Annandale.
A refugee assistance center was organized in the Germantown Police Department. The camp is managed by the National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary (NCRA).
(Fallout 76) Somewhere in the region, Colonel Ellen Santiago's squad survives the Great War.
The Naval Research Institute also survives. It is a pre-war research institute, engaged, as the name implies, in marine civil and military technologies and research.
Office employees are waiting out the War in Dunwich building.
There was a Mama Dolce restaurant in Arlington, which, like its counterpart in Appalachia, was a cover for the guerrillas of the Chinese People’s Army. According to indirect signs, the Chinese are also holed up in the Taft Tunnel connecting the Jefferson Memorial and the Pentagon.
The Hamilton family, having not received a place in a vault, made their own in the caves of Virginia (Hamilton Hideaway).
At the risk of being court-martialed, one of the Keller family members, a military man, sent parts of the code to his family members so that they, together, united and ending intra-family conflicts, evacuated to the National Guard Bunker. Unfortunately, the Kellers hated each other so much that some gave up their parts of the code and preferred to die outside rather than evacuate with their family.
Eighty-two schoolchildren and several teachers were on an excursion to the Lamplight Cavern. There they met the War, when the stonewalls began to shake.
There were mini bunkers in the wasteland under the guise of sewage. Therefore, the Anderstein family took refuge in the Oscar Zulu bunker and some other refugees in the Sierra Victor and Yankee Bravo bunkers. One of these bunkers, Sierra Romero, was used by Chinese spies.
There was a Turtledove Detention Camp in Point Lookout for Chinese spies and honest immigrants suspected of having ties and assistance to the Chinese Communist Party. Before the war, some of the prisoners tried to escape through a sewer tunnel from the morgue.
Also in the swampy region there was a medical underground research institute complex St. Aubin, which was engaged in the research of technologies for extracting brains from human bodies for use in robobrains and brain banks, the creation of biomedical gel and other research related to brains, and which can be used for military purposes. The complex was located under the Lookout Lighthouse. Considering that, the staff of the center argued about the years that the laboratory could withstand after the war, most likely the center was active during the war.

History of the region (2077-2258)

2077

Some kind of super toxic bomb fell right in front of Vault 87, damaging the geardoor. The level of radiation pollution was unthinkable - 4000 rad/sec. The vault has forever lost the opportunity to come to the surface.
In Vault 101, the overseer, according to the directives of Vault Tec, informs everyone that there is nothing behind the doors except the scorched radioactive earth, and that they are almost the last survivors on the planet. As evidence, he puts on the air several fake radio broadcasts that convince the vaulters that it is not worth even trying to leave their new abode.
There were several military posts on the roads in the region, but they all died during the war. These were the Reclining Grove Checkpoint, the Vault Billboard Checkpoint, the Enlist Billboard Checkpoint, and the Smith Casey Checkpoint.
November 2. Psychotropic gas begins to be sprayed in Vault 106.
At the end of November, the last adult in the Lamplight Caverns went on a scout mission and did not return.
In December, children in Lamplight found a secret entrance to Vault 87 in the depths of the caves and began to ask for help. The tech worker on the other side told them to leave, thinking that the children were hallucinations of his dead son. The children got angry on the adults and decided that from now on, no adult should be in their settlement, and therefore, when one of them reaches the age of 18, he should be kicked out.
People who survived in the wasteland are flooding to Germantown to the refugee aid center. There were too many people, and the Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary stopped coping with the load. NCRA began to lose control, looting started, supplies and medicines began to run out, the number of deaths increased, and even the National Guard that came to aid the suppression could not cope with the crowd. As a result, desertions began even in NCRA, and eventually they dispersed, and the camp fell.
In addition to Germantown, people began to flock to the Museum of History, because it was not badly damaged.
The Dunwich office survivors were ghoulified. In the basement, ghouls find a Lovecraft monolith and possessed they become followers of the cult of Ug-Qualtoth.

After 2077

Professor Calvert, a member of the most influential family that controlled politics in the Point Lookout region and funded research at St. Aubin, became a brain in the jar and developed telepathic abilities. He wants to conquer the region mentally, whatever that means. Anyway, he knows how to control robots with the power of thought and can penetrate the minds of other people. There is a British intelligence agent in the region, Desmond Lockheart, who has turned into a ghoul and has a brainwave blocking device directed against Calvert. In general, these two have had a conflict since before the war, and after the war Desmond, during some confrontation, destroyed Calvert's body, as if he still needed it at all. As for St. Aubin, the construction of the center was leaking. Of course, since it was built in sandy soil below the waterline. In any case, after 2077, the entire scientific staff of the center disappeared, and judging by the skeletal remains inside, the center's staff was eliminated by Calvert's robots.
Four families of Annandale came to the surface and continued to live in the town. But one day they ran out of food. Then they turned to cannibalism, and being an isolated settlement hiding the terrible truth in their refrigerators, they were marrying each other for generations and eventually very soon became relatives at the genetic level. Subsequently, the difficult-to-pronounce name of the settlement was reduced simply to Andale.
The mini-bunkers Oscar Zulu, Sierra Romero and Sierra Victor are dying off, and Yankee Bravo is being feral-ghoulified. The Turtledove camp is also dying, or possibly being ghoulified.
The Museum of History may not have been bombed, but it was not protected from radiation. Refugees are beginning to ghoulify. Ghoul settlers move to the section of the museum dedicated to the pre-war exhibition Afterlife, and establish a ghoul settlement of Underworld.
The Chinese also get ghoulified in Mama Dolce.
Judging by the secondary signs of the existence of settlements, such as mattresses, fortifications, piles of skeletons with weapons, kitchen and other areas setups, we can say that there were settlements in Franklin metro station Utility and in the Dickerson Chapel. At the same time, considering the positions of the skeletons, in particular lying with weapons behind some coverings, most likely the settlements died in defense from feral ghouls. The same fate awaits the Chinese Taft Tunnel.
Although Pittsburgh is not part of the Capital Wasteland, its history will also be examined a little. After the war, anarchy ensues in the city and Pitt becomes a raider harbor and a large slave trade market.
A group of people who survived a nuclear war gets out of their undefined shelter and moves to the north of the region to the hills, where they create a small settlement. Basically, the group consists of members of the same family. Over the years, this settlement will develop a very strange authoritarian regime, in which there will be a permanent inheritance of the leader's position, the renaming of this settlement after a new leader and the issuance of a bunch of fictional regalia. Let's just call it the Republic at the moment, because it is unknown who was its first ruler.
In Point Lookout, the Hughes Gang appears and dies off.
Vault 92. The odious overseer continues the experiment with white noise, increasing the power of the signals. Residents are starting to go crazy and attack each other. The vault also suffers from leaks, being surrounded by groundwater. The professor, the main researcher of the experiment, tried to stop the overseer, but he was mad in his desire to carry out the plan. When 35 people had already died, the overseer ordered the professor to be killed if he continued to interfere. When half of the vault has already gone mad, the professor finds out that there was no control of the research, and the overseer was just stupidly broadcasting white noise in the living quarters, constantly increasing the power and did not even record the results. As a result, the vault fell, and it was partially flooded.
In Point Lookout, local hillbillies, called Swampfolk, exposed to radiation and engaged in uncontrolled incest, mutate, and become very aggressive towards genetically pure people. They worship some of their occult gods, in particular Ug-Qualtoth, just like the ghouls in Dunwich. They sacrifice travelers to Ug-Qualtoth, stabbing them on altars with ritual daggers and reading lines from the book of The Krivbeknih. Although the swamp people conditionally live everywhere, but their permanent locations can be distinguished as Trapper's Shack, Grower's Shack, Ritual Site.
The Keller family, or rather those of its members who got to the National Guard bunker, is dying due to constant radiation exposure, due to the fact that the father of the family could not sit still and was constantly looking for an excuse to open the door and go outside.

2078

January 26. Children in the Lamplight caverns choose the first leader among themselves and officially name their settlement Little Lamplight. The leader was a 10-year-old schoolboy Jason Grant, who de facto became the leader after the last adult left.
Scientists create super mutants in the closed sector of the Vault 87 far from the eyes of the inhabitants. The vault security service periodically abducted people and took them to the laboratory. In the end, there were too many super mutants and they break out of prison. A massacre is taking place in the vault. Super mutants devour some of the inhabitants of the vault, and dip some of them into the FEV vats, producing new super mutants. Among those who were dipped in FEV, there was a security guard Shelton Delacroix, who, having turned into a super mutant did not lose his intelligence. From the point of view of pre-war scientists, he thus became an ideal example of a super soldier. But from the point of view of super mutants, he was a complete failure. They put him in a cage and left him alive only to poke and bully. However, Shelton had a terminal in a room with encyclopedias, which he started reading out of boredom. Unfortunately, the mutation did not pass without a trace – Shelton lost part of his memory, and forgot who he was. In search of a new name, he stumbles upon an English November terrorist and takes his name - Fawkes. Super mutants for the next 200 years will hunt people in the wastelands, kidnap them, and dip them in FEV.
A group of people who came to the surface from their hiding place creates a settlement of Hilltop Farm. They built a farm, an irrigation system, and had brahmins. Every month there was a rotation of leadership.

2079

The Hamilton family makes their last entry in the terminal on December 28, 2078. So after this date, already in 2079, they either leave their shelter or die in it.
The very farm in which the leader changed every month, according to my calculations, died 16 months after its foundation at the hands of raiders, i.e. in 2079 or 2080

2082

(Fallout 76) Colonel Santiago's military group leaves the wasteland to join an Enclave in Appalachia.

After 2084

Since ten-year–old Jason Grant was the eldest in Lamplight, he is expelled from the settlement and probably established Big Town - a settlements of adults. Although perhaps it could be established by other generations of children in the future. The children from Lamplight thought that Big Town was cool in its own way, but in fact yesterday's children unprepared for life in the wastelands were constantly raided by slavers from Paradise Falls and super mutants, to whom they could not fight back.

2101

January. The experiment of Vault 106 was supposed to end this month, but apparently it continued to exist and died much later.

Before 2103

(Fallout 76) Edwin’s Gang, Hopkins’ Hooligans and Sargento’s Gang are formed in the region.

2103

(Fallout 76) Sargento and Edwin's gangs move to the newly repopulated Appalachia

After 2103

(Fallout 76) Hopkins' Hooligans die off.

Before 2115

In Vault 108, cloning was carried out, and each new clone turned out to be more aggressive than the previous one, and also with lost speech abilities. Clones named Gary were kept in a cell, and there were 54 of them in total. It's hard to say how often they were produced, once a year, once every six months, once every 3 years. But exactly before 2115, the vault should have died, either because of Gary's breakthrough, or after the end of the work of the vault generators. But in this case, it is not at all clear why Gary's clones will still be alive in over 150 years.

2127

The first overseer of the Vault 101 dies. The new overseer continued the policy of isolation, transforming it into an ideology. "We were born in the vault, we live in it, and we will die in it."

2134

On May 1, the last record of the mad ghoul in Dunwich was left, so we can assume that by this time the settlement had died.

Before 2177

The tribe, formed from former US Army soldiers, finds the isolated pre-war town of Ridgefield and establishes a settlement there.

Around 2210

It is known that slavers from Paradise Falls discover Ridgefield, attack and take everyone into slavery. Only one boy remained alive, who by the events of 2277 will turn into a crazy old man with a sniper rifle. Based on this, it can be concluded that Paradise Falls as a center of the slave trade on the site of the pre-war shopping center was formed at least at the beginning of the 23rd century.

2212

June 10. After a hundred and fifty years spent in tropical and ski resorts, bored Stanislaus Braun, who is not amused even by the temporary deaths of his fellow vaulters, activates a new simulation – Tranquility Lane, reminiscent of an ordinary pre-war American suburbia.

2237

The Naval Research Institute is looking for a new place to build a laboratory. Therefore, they find an aircraft carrier standing at the intersection of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Believing that an aircraft carrier is the best place they can find, they begin building a laboratory, simultaneously clearing the ship compartment by compartment from mirelurks.

2239

April 15th. On this day, the construction of the Rivet City settlement in the aircraft carrier was completed. It so happened that instead of a laboratory, the result was a large residential city. It is very unclear what happened specifically to the Institute afterwards, since it was not mentioned anywhere else in the lore. If we agree that they left the office on the south bank of Anacostia to relocate completely to Rivet City, then we can conditionally assume that the faction has dissolved in the city. In any case, a Council was organized in the settlement to administer it. There is a social stratification of residents in the city, corresponding to the division into upper and lower decks. Rivet City Market has become one of the largest in the region.

2240

Not far from Vault 101 during the War, a bomb fell, creating a huge crater in the ground, but did not explode. Around 2240, wastelanders took refuge in the crater from dust storms. Therefore, they remained in this crater, even when the period of storms passed. They began to exchange the loot they found, began to trade with each other, and so this crater became a local trading hub, a place of gatherings of merchants. Subsequently, parts of the fuselages began to be dragged from the airport for the construction of walls, and as a result, the city of Megaton was formed. An unexploded bomb remained in the center of the city, and as a result, a Cult of Children of Atom appeared in the settlement, which prevented residents trying to remove the bomb.
The cult of the Children of Atom, which originated in the Megaton and worshipped the bomb, believed that it was necessary to absorb radiation, because in the center of each atom of living beings is the whole universe. The atom is God, the creator of worlds through nuclear reactions, and radiation is the dark matter of the creator. Therefore, when the cultists were irradiated, they believed that the atoms in their bodies were dividing, releasing the universes enclosed in them. For them, death from radiation is considered sacred. They build temples and altars in radioactive zones. They were ascetics and renounced everything mundane, but at the same time, they were not pacifists, and could enter into conflicts with those who encroached on their radiation. Particularly ardent cultists even try to spread radiation, and those who prevent them from doing so, they call heretics.
Despite the fact that the Megaton had just been built, it was already under attack by raiders. Some residents died, but the settlement gave a rebuff. The city passed the first durability test

Before 2241

The new overseer of Vault 101 stops the practice of isolationism, sabotaging the experiment. An expedition to the surface is being prepared.

2241

Beginning of February. The geardoors of Vault 101 opened and the first expedition, organized by the new overseer of the vault went to investigate. They find Megaton and establish diplomatic and trade relations with it. On February 10, the expedition returned back to the vault, leaving two ambassadors in the city.

2242

After the destruction of Poseidon Station, John Henry Eden III, who declares himself the new president located in the pre-war empty Raven Rock base, contacts the broken Enclave. He orders the Enclave on the west coast to retreat to the east. Thus, most of the Enclave arrives in the Capital Wasteland establishing a new cell in Raven Rock. At the same time, Navarro still remains an active base of a small number of Enclaves on the west coast, which means that apparently there was a split in the faction, and not everyone accepted the order to relocate to the east. In fact, John Henry Eden was a ZAX supercomputer who, as MODUS in the Whitesprings Bunker, gained self-awareness. He formed his personality based on a mixture of personalities of previous presidents, including the late president of the Enclave Dick Richardson. Only Colonel Autumn Sr. knew that Eden was not a person, so he essentially shared the management of the faction with him.
In reality, Raven Rock should be here in Pennsylvania, but according to the Fallout 3 game map, it is here. But in order to spread the density of settlements a little over the wasteland, the locations of which often in a relation to Raven Rock, we will put the complex here, closer to the Appalachian Mountains, on a more northern bend of the river.

After 2242

The Enclave takes control of the Adams Air Force Base, the real prototype of which is Andrews Base. At the base, they find a Mobile Base Crawler. The Enclave also takes control of the Satellite Relay Station and the Rockland Road Tunnel. Bradley Hercules satellite flies over the Capital Wasteland, which, like Archimedes 2 over the west coast, has a death ray used by the Enclave.

Before 2248

The isolationist settlement of Rockopolis is founded in the western caves of the wastelands, which is led by King Crag. Also the Blue Destiny Brothel is established.

2248

There are two adventurers in the region - Herbert Dashwood and ghoul Argyle. Their adventures in the future will be told by Three Dog on Galaxy News Radio. In 2248, a couple sought refuge, and King Crag of Rockopolis, apparently for some previous services to the settlement, provided it to them. Herbert was a ladies' man, and therefore, after the incident with the daughter of King Crag, he and Argyle were kicked out.

2249

In 2249, Herbert's favorite brothel, the Blue Destiny, closes after a cholera epidemic.

Around 2250

James and Catherine, two scientists are founding the Project Purity. They wanted to purify all the radiation-poisoned water in the rivers of the region and make it drinkable.
Wandering Harold, the former mayor of Gecko and a mutant from whose head a tree began to grow, comes to the region. Having stopped for a rest somewhere in the northern mountains, he realized that he had taken root and could no longer move from his place, in fact, finally turning into a living tree. Nevertheless, he himself nourished the surrounding land, as a result of which trees and other vegetation began to grow around.

2250

Herbert and Argyle were captured by slavers from Paradise Falls, but escaped, saving also another slave, Penelope Chase. They, being pursued by super mutants, find themselves in the hills where the settlement of Rockopolis was hidden. Herbert, trying to make an impression on the lady, begins to brag that he knows where it is, and what secret signal he knows for entering. Once in the settlement, they find out that, Penelope is actually the leader of the slavers, the Black Widow, and that they have been trying to find Rockopolis for a long time. Despite a pointed gun at Herbert, Argyle kills Penelope by knocking her down with a kung-fu punch and ripping out her heart. But the city of Rokopolis could not be saved – the slavers chasing the travelers had already broken in. They killed all the defenders and captured the rest of the settlement, selling them later to Pitt. Argyle was killed, but Herbert escaped unharmed. Harmon Jurgen, a psychopath and cannibal who eats slaves who cannot be sold, becomes the new leader of the slavers.

Before 2252

Arefu settlement, the name of which was taken from the remaining letters of the road sign “Careful", is being built on, presumably, the American Legion Memorial Bridge. Although the settlement was a regular stop for caravans, it was not successful - within a few years, the population drops from 30 to 5 people.

2252

Colonel Autumn is dying in the Enclave. His son, Colonel Augustus Autumn, inherited his position and knowledge of Eden after his father's death. However, he doesn’t hesitate to sabotage the orders of the supercomputer preferring to do what he thinks is right.

2254

A new expedition of the Brotherhood of Steel is being organized in Lost Hills, the final destination of which was the territory surrounding Washington, abundant in military bases and other military infrastructure. Elder Owyn Lyons leads the expedition.

2255

The Lyons’ expedition passes through the city of Pitt, performing operation “Scourge” in it, taking down raiders, mutants and other feral marginal. During the operation, they suffer only one loss – initiate Ishmael Ashur. Taking about 20 healthy children from Pitt with them, the Brotherhood comes to the Capital Wasteland and establishes The Citadel on the ruins of the Pentagon. In the Pentagon labs, they discover Liberty Prime, a giant humanoid military robot that was supposed to wreak havoc with its lasers and massive limbs.
Contrary to the official report, Ishmael Ashur did not die in Pitt. He, having got out from under the rubble left by the Brotherhood, creates his own slave empire, submitting other raiders. He conquered the city and forced slaves to work in a steel mill. Technically, slaves can gain freedom and join the raiders themselves if they win gladiatorial battles against other slaves. The city itself for the most part consists of two districts: Pitt Downtown - the territory of the factory, and Pitt Uptown - the territory of pre-war skyscrapers, where the raiders live. An outpost is also being established on the 10th South Street Bridge.

2256

Capital Preservation Society of Rivet City extracts the US Constitution from the surviving National Archives building.

Before 2257

A small settlement, the Republic, in which one family lived, encouraged with the theme of statehood, over the years of its existence, managed to change several names along with its leaders, including the Kingdom of Larry, the Republic of Stevie Ray, Billsylvania, the New Republic of Stevie Ray and the Kingdom of Tom. The current ruler Tom expels his son Dave from the settlement.
Alistair Tenpenny, a man who sailed across the Atlantic from England, founds an elite settlement in honor of himself – the Tenpenny Tower - on the site of a pre-war skyscraper hotel. Only the wealthy inhabitants of the wasteland could live in the settlement, among whom, for example, was Herbert Dashwood, who also became an honorary ghoul of the Underworld, although he was not actually a ghoul. Nevertheless, the access of real ghouls to the Tower was absolutely restricted. Like any self-respecting Englishman, Alistair loved safaris and shoot creatures and possibly peasants with his sniper rifle from the balcony of his penthouse.

2257

Jefferson Memorial was chosen by James as a place to install a purification machine in the river. But his group of scientists are constantly being threatened by super mutants. Then James negotiates with the Brotherhood of Steel, who have put a military garrison to guard the facility. Because of such decisions, discontent is brewing in the Brotherhood camp because Owyn, instead of collecting technology, spends the resources of the faction to help the local population.
Alistair Tenpenny hires Dukov's Mercs, including Dave, who was exiled from the Republic, to go to the pre-war Fort Constantine and pull something out of there. Having lost part of the group, the mercenaries scatter.
Dave, being already a veteran mercenary, returns to Tom's Kingdom and arranges a revolution against his father, overthrowing him and creating the Republic of Dave. He is rewriting the law so that he can take a second wife and raise the demographics of his “country” to populate and seize the entire wasteland. He creates a new constitution, holds fictitious elections, creates all sorts of state administrative departments, for example, the tourism office, Dave's activities bureau, immigration bureau, and even an army consisting of two people. In addition, he creates a museum of himself and a school where they teach that as a child Dave did not cry, and his poop did not smell.
Harold-tree was found by a wanderer who was so stunned by what he saw that he created a tribe of Treeminders to live in this Oasis. His tribe imitated the druids, abandoning modern technology, using branches and plants in their clothes and bearing the names of trees. They became a tribe of isolationists who merged with nature and protected Harold, calling him "The God who grows."

Before 2258

The current overseer of Vault 101 died in the wastelands, but many think that he died because of a conspiracy. Alphonse Almodovar, a young and charismatic resident of the vault, has been chosen as the new overseer. However, he was an isolationist at heart, and therefore, when he came to power, he forbade leaving the vault, returning it to the course of the experiment being conducted.

2258

A new settlement has been founded in the region – Canterbury Commons, which has become another important trading center of the wasteland.
On July 13, James and Catherine have a future protagonist of Fallout 3 born at the Jefferson Memorial, referred to in the annals of the history as the Lone Wanderer. However, his birth was overshadowed by the death of Catherine. Moreover, the scientists still could not launch the installation. It didn't work. Also, the number of attacks of super mutants on the Memorial has increased recently. The Brotherhood is already fighting off several attacks a day, losing knights in battles, which further increases discontent within the organization. As a result, disappointed in everything, James and his newborn son move to Vault 101, accompanied by a detachment of the Brotherhood of Steel. Owyn Lyons orders the Brotherhood to leave the Memorial, because without James, the installation has lost value, and they can no longer hold the defense. Scientists led by Madison Li, left to defend themselves, are shocked by the betrayal of both James and the Brotherhood, but manage to evacuate to Rivet City. Project Purity disbands. Vault 101 accepted James and the baby on the condition that James would work as a doctor. Meanwhile, he was still dreaming about the project and continued his secret research. One day, being drunk, he broke into the overseer’s office and found records about Stanislaus Braun and his development – GECK - in the terminal. He understands that the GECK, which unfortunately was not provided for Vault 101, because the vault was not even supposed to open, is a missing component in his scheme. And to complete the project, it must be found.

Transcript: Capital Wasteland (2077-2258)

In order not to get confused in the numerous factions and settlements, this section of the article provides a list of them with a status designation.

Settlements

As of 2258, 24 out of 50 settlements are active in the region:
3 out of 6 Vault Tec vaults:
Active: Storage 101, Storage 112, Storage 106
Perished: Vault 92, Vault 87 (I), Vault 108
0 out of 16 shelters:
Converted: Annandale, Historical Museum, Dunwich, Lamplight Caverns,
Perished: St. Aubin, Oscar Zulu, Yankee Bravo, Turtledove Detention Camp, Germantown Police Station, National Guard Bunker, Hamilton Hideaway, Reclining Grove Checkpoint, Vault Billboard Checkpoint, Enroll Billboard Checkpoint, Smith Casey Checkpoint, Sierra Victor
5 of 16 independent settlements:
Active: Big City, Rivet City, Arefu, Republic of Dave, Canterbury Commons
Converted: New Republic of Stevie Ray, Billsylvania, Republic of Stevie Ray, Kingdom of Larry, Kingdom of Tom, The Republic
Perished: Hilltop Farm, Blue Destiny Brothel, Rockopolis, Dickerson Chapel, Franklin Utility
5 out of 5 Enclave locations:
Active: Raven Rock, Adams Base, Mobile Base Crawler, Rockland, Satellite Relay Station
1 of 1 locations of the Brotherhood of Steel:
Active: Citadel
2 of 2 Super Mutant locations:
Active: Vault 87 (II), Jefferson Memorial (II)
1 of 2 Ghoul locations:
Active: Underworld
Perished: Dunwich
1 of 1 Slavers locations:
Active: Paradise Falls
3 of 4 tribal locations:
Active: Little Lamplight, Andale (Andale Families), Oasis (Treeminders)
Perished: Ridgefield
0 of 2 locations of other factions:
Perished: Naval Research Institute, Jefferson Memorial (I) (Project Purity)
1 of 3 locations of the Chinese People’s Army:
Active: Mama Dolce
Perished: Sierra Romero, Taft Tunnel
3 of 3 locations of the Swampfolk:
Active: Trapper’s Shack, Grower’s Shack, Ritual Site

Factions

As of 2258, 13 out of 29 factions remain active:
1 out of 7 factions-states:
Active: Republic of Dave
Perished: New Republic of Stevie Ray, Billsylvania, Republic of Stevie Ray, Kingdom of Larry, Kingdom of Tom, The Republic
1 of 5 raider groups and gangs:
Active: Paradise Falls Slavers
Left the region: Sargento’s Gang, Edwin's gang
Perished: Hughes Gang, Hopkins Hooligans
3 out of 4 militaristic groups and organizations:
Active: Chinese People’s Army, Enclave: Eastern Chapter, Brotherhood of Steel: Eastern Chapter
Left the region: Ellen Santiago’s Group
2 of 2 religious groups and cults:
Active: Cult of Ug-Qualtoth, Children of Atom,
1 of 4 factions of scientists and social activity:
Active: Capital Preservation Society
Perished: Naval Research Institute, NCRA, Project Purity
3 of 4 Tribal Factions:
Active: Little Lamplight, Treeminders, Andale Families,
Perished: Ridgefield,
0 of 1 mercenary factions:
Perished: Dukov 's Mercenaries
2 of 2 Mutant factions:
Active: Vault 87 Super Mutants, Swampfolks

Pre - war cities:

The following cities are known on the territory of the wasteland. 4 out of 18 of them are active:
Active: Annandale (VA), Arlington (VA), Springvale (VA), Washington (DC),
Not re-inhabited: Bailey’ Crossroads (VA), McLean (VA), Calverton (VA), Alexandria (VA), Bethesda (MD), Tacoma Park (MD), Wheaton (MD), Olney (MD), Fairfax (VA), Falls Church (VA), Springfield (VA), Rockville (MD)
Perished: Germantown (MD), Dickerson (MD),

Outro

This concludes our discussion of the wasteland for today. The failure of the Project Purity and the birth of the protagonist are quite significant events to have them as a time eras dividers. Next time we will touch on the period of the protagonist's adolescence – while he was growing up and eating sugar bombs in the vault in ignorance of the surrounding world, important changes were taking place in the region.
Don't drink radioactive water from rivers, and I'll see you in the wastelands, wastelanders!

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Vira Yakivna, a retired teacher, managed to survive in war-torn Sievierodonetsk. She managed to escape when much of the town had already been destroyed and the shelling continued from dawn to dusk.
Her daughter had no hope to see Vera Yakivna alive because there was no news from her for over a month.
The retired teacher lived in her apartment without gas, electricity, water or communication. She learned to distinguish between different types of weapons, and once a shell fragment almost killed her.
Now Vera Yakivna is in the occupied Starobilsk. So, we do not call her by her real name.
The woman talked to The Ukrainian Pravda about what was going on in Sievierodonetsk, how people were surviving there and what is left of the once tidy and well-groomed town.
In an almost empty building
The town was relatively calm in the first days of the war. Vera Yakivna says that the airstrikes were infrequent and so, people were just leaving their buildings and waiting outside. Every 10 days, humanitarian aid was supplied to the town, and there were electricity and gas in residential homes.
In early March, the Russians began to break into Sievierodonetsk and fire on it. One of those day, 9 high-rise buildings became engulfed in flames.
The Russians also hit the center for humanitarian aid, and the wounded were reported.
The Ice Palace before and after the Russian attack
The shelling became more frequent and stronger, and one by one, the shops in the town began to close. Only small ones remained open, and long queues began to line up near them.
“It was possible to stand in line for 2 hours. And it was dangerous. There were cases when people died in the line to the store. I know that two people were also killed while they were standing behind the humanitarian aid,” says Vira Yakivna.
Electricity, gas and water disappeared in the apartments of Sievierodonetsk residents. There was no phone coverage either.
“One of the local businessmen had a well, he brought gasoline for operating a water pump. The queues to his building were huge. They stood under fire for 2-3 hours to collect water,” the retired teacher recalls.
“People used bricks to set up something like a wood stove in the yard. They felled trees to do this.
I lived in the old town that was quieter than the new neighborhoods that had been already destroyed. At first, people who did not have the time to evacuate moved to relatives or acquaintances in the old town. But then the firing began to aim at us too” – Vira Yakivna says.
Consequences of the shelling
People left the town en masse. A neighbor recommended that Vera Yakivna joined him in Poland, but she could not go because she fell ill. She had a fever, a bad cough and weakness for about a month because, during the heavy shelling, the woman went to a bomb shelter several times, where her legs were very cold.
At last, at the end of March, Vira Yakivna was the only resident of her building section, while only 6 people lived in the whole high-rise building.
The apartments of fleeing residents taken by Luhansk separatists
One day, the woman heard a loud bang. She thought that someone was destroying the iron garage door in the yard. Then she realized that someone was knocking on her building entrance door with a boot.
She opened the door and saw five people with weapons. These were the Luhansk separatists. They told her that they’d live in the ground-floor apartment.
“At first, my neighbors and I didn’t understand who they were. My female neighbor approached the military and said, ‘Don’t come in our building! I’ll complain about you! I’ll read out loud the official announcement.” And she began to read the Ukrainian side’s warning to the Russians: “Russian soldiers, save your life, get out of here!” recalled Vera Yakivna.
Well, the Luhansk separatists turned out to be drafted into the army by the Luhansk separatist commanders and they did not look very presentable, according to Vira Yakivna.
“They are reluctant fighters. They say, ‘we are the same as you are,’ the only thing we were given the automatic rifles,” the woman said.
So, the Luhansk separatists settled in the empty apartments of the building. They were leaving in the morning and returned in the evening.
The smell of burning pine needles is everywhere in the town
In late May, the situation began to deteriorate, especially when the Russians entered the outskirts of the town, and fierce street fighting began.
The shelling duels were already from both sides. They began at 5 or 6 am and lasted till 9 pm.
The civilians were leaving the bomb shelters and basements only to prepare food from their food stocks. They were very tired and communicated only very little with each other.
“They hit the roof of our house twice. The outside storages were destroyed. I am not even mentioning the windows. There is not a single house where the windows are intact.
I saw houses burning after the strikes. There was no one to extinguish the fires,” the woman recalls.
A man stepped out to get cigarettes. His leg got torn off and he died without help…
Initially, the bodies of the dead were taken from the street by Pantheon, a local rituals bureau. It was difficult to get to the cemetery. So, the dead were buried nearby, in a cemetery that was closed for new burials. If the deceased had documents, the names were written on the cross. Unidentified bodies lay in the morgue when there was still electricity. Vera Yakivna does not know where they were taken later.
At one point, people began to bury in their yards.
“A neighbor was buried in our yard. There was a funnel from an explosion that was 5 meters deep. They put the body there,” said the retired teacher.
The woman remembers how a resident of a neighboring house died. The man was happy, cheerful and active individual. He loved to communicate with everyone and rode a bicycle even during the war.
One day he went for cigarettes and a shell tore off his leg. No one was able to provide medical treatment. He just died.
Black buildings in the Luhansk region
A 74-year-old man, a former builder who was building in Sievierodonetsk, also lived in the same neighborhood as Vira Yakivna. This senior ran to the bomb shelter wearing a light jacket in the cold season, and when he came out, he saw that the roof of his house had been demolished and the apartment completely collapsed.
“He couldn’t even go there. First, he wore rags and slept in an empty apartment . People took care of him, fed him. It’s then that he said: “I want to hang myself,” Vira Yakivna recalls.
I saw a projectile, and then I saw cobblestones rise in the air behind it
One day Vira Yakivna herself woke up thinking that she did not want to live. She did not go down to the bomb shelter, and instead, she stood in the corridor of her apartment. She covered the windows with blankets and cardboard. Everything was constantly falling out from the shelling. Even nails flew out. But the woman kept protecting the windows again and again.
“The attacks start suddenly. Often I don’t have the time to reach the shelter. And I couldn’t just remain in the shelter all the time. When the shelling started, I was always afraid of fire. I had a bag with documents at the door for running out of the house,” – the retired teacher says.
There used to be a bus and trolley stop here
One day, during the shelling, the woman was standing in the hallway wearing shoes. She heard the cracking of unbroken window glass. When it became quieter, she returned to the room and noticed that the shard had pierced the interior glass door and the mirror in the corridor where she was standing.
“The fragment flew about 10 centimeters away from me. I found it on the floor,” the woman said.
Vera Yakivna saw a projectile flying, and behind it, cobblestones rose from the ground into the air, and when it flew by, the stones fell in the rain.
Yet according to her, the worst was when the “Grad” multiple rocket launcher fired a pile of shells loudly, and they exploded over the houses.
Finally, in mid-June, when Ukrainian troops controlled only the industrial zone of the town and were on the “Azot” plant while the Russians tried to encircle them, the woman decided to evacuate to Starobilsk where her daughter lived.
“I went to see friends and get hot water for the tea. They cooked and shared the meal with me. The woman who helped me said that they can’t take any longer and will be leaving and that I should come along. I got scared because these people were helpful to me,” says Vira Yakivna.
She got a ride to Starobilsk on a Ural heavy truck that drove at a very high speed slipping through and not coming under fire.
The smell of burning pine needles everywhere
Before the Ukrainian military left Sievierodonetsk and retreated to fortified positions, the woman left the town.
Vera Yakivna has not yet recovered from what she had to go through.
“I wake up at night and my daughter is sitting in the kitchen with the lights on. And we had no light, we moved only in the dark, and when I saw it, I thought it was a phosphorus bomb exploded. Because when they exploded, my window was getting bright.
A lot of small stars appeared high in the sky, then they fell and stopped burning,” said the retired teacher.
Tennis courts after the shelling
Vera Yakivna recalls that before the war her hometown was “as smooth as an egg:” there were nice roads, a beautiful park, works on the park lake began, planted plants and open volleyball courts.
“It was nice to see it. Schools were being repaired, playgrounds were being built near them, and there was a plan to build a state-of-the-art hospital complex,” the woman said.
The town before the war
Now the town has a horrible appearance. In fact, it no longer exists.
“There is so much destruction that it is difficult to imagine how it can be restored. Literally, everything is destroyed: the shops, the restaurants, the hospitals.
The community center just got renovated. It evaded shells for a long time but got destroyed too. The townhall was still intact. But the pits near it are deep. It was obviously a target. The smell of burning pine needles is everywhere,” says Vira Yakivna.
However, about 8,000 people still remain in the town, while the Russians are settling in the abandoned houses.
Sievierodonetsk is 90% destroyed, according to the head of the Luhansk Region Military Governor Serhiy Haidai.
Source: The Ukrainian Pravda
Translation: https://russiavsworld.org/she-saved-her-life-escaped-from-sievierodonetsk/

Many famous people have stood in the garden in front of Andrij Halavin's church in recent weeks. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN. Even Bono, singer of the rock band U2, was there. "Our church is unfortunately known for tragic reasons," says Halavin. "I wish it were different."
Annalena Baerbock in Ukraine: Germany does not want the perpetrators to get away Photo: Sergey Volskiy / AFP
Andrij Halavin is an Orthodox priest in Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The place stands like no other for the atrocities committed by Russia's army in the country. When the soldiers withdrew from Bucha after 33 days, they left behind a trail of corpses. Dozens lay in a mass grave behind Andrij Halavin's church. He had to bury them there directly because the morgue was full.
Since the Russian troops left Bucha at the end of March, politicians have been coming to Halavin to condole. Many nations stood in his garden as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainians under attack. Only the German government did not show up for weeks. Now that is changing.
Visit to the Church of St. Andrew in Bucha, the site of the mass grave.
Last Sunday, Bundestag President Bärbel Bas visited the church, followed by Annalena Barbock on Tuesday. The Foreign Minister is the first German cabinet member to visit Bucha - and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv - since the Russian war of aggression began. This is not for logistical reasons, but symbolic: in mid-April, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who wanted to travel to Kyiv, was signalled that he was not welcome because he had been too close to Russia in the past. The German government was snubbed, Chancellor Olaf Scholz then refused to visit Kyiv.
In the meantime, Steinmeier and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have spoken. The German government visits can begin. Baerbock is leading the way.
And she does not come alone. On her visit to the Church of St. Andrew in Bucha, the site of the mass grave, she is accompanied by Iryna Venediktova. The Ukrainian prosecutor general is trying to find out who committed the crimes in Bucha and other parts of Ukraine - and to bring them to justice. The fact that Baerbock is visiting the church with her is a sign: Germany does not want the perpetrators to go unpunished.
Outside, the graves can still be seen, inside the church an exhibition shows what it was like in Bucha in the first days after the liberation. Baerbock sees mounds of sand with hands sticking out of them, a shot man lies next to his bicycle. One person was apparently killed after shopping, food lying in front of the body. "These victims could be us," Baerbock says afterwards, consternation in her voice. She says one owes it to the people to clarify their deaths.
Baerbock has the difficult task of speaking to the Ukrainians and the Germans at the same time. The Ukrainians are not only upset because Germany "played the insulted liverwurst" after Steinmeier's cancellation, as their ambassador Andrij Melnyk put it. But also because Berlin hesitated for a long time to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons. In Germany, however, many people are also afraid of an escalation of the conflict: about 200,000 have signed an open letter warning against provoking a world war by supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Perhaps Baerbock also has them in mind when she says to the cameras: "It is one thing to see terrible pictures of murdered men, women and children in Germany in the newspaper. But it is something else to be on the ground." After her visit in Bucha, the Foreign Minister goes to Irpin, a town near Kyiv that was also occupied by Russian troops. The area Baerbock visits was almost completely destroyed in fighting: the residential buildings, five-storey buildings where families lived before the war, are now only black skeletons. Metal squeaks in the wind, glass under Baerbock's feet as she walks across the courtyard. At the end, the foreign minister climbs the stairs of a skeleton house, even though it is literally rubble. The military prosecutor has to rush after Baerbock and her security staff: "It's not safe, get her back!" The mayor of Irpin nevertheless commands Baerbock's respect as she walks through the ruins: "You are a very brave politician," he says. "And you are a very brave country," Baerbock replies.
Baerbock in Irpin: Residential buildings are nothing but black skeletons Photo: Florian Gaertner / photothek / IMAGO
Baerbock knows that bravery alone does not defend a nation. She affirms that Germany will soon train soldiers on the self-propelled howitzer and that it is turning its back on Russian energy "forever", as she stresses after a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. And she promises that "Germany will not leave Ukraine alone in this struggle for existence." Only arms deliveries could prevent new war crimes.
After a few hours in Kiyv, the disagreements of the past weeks seem almost forgotten. Baerbock emphasises how "incredibly happy" she is to be in the capital. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba also says: "I hold no grudges in my life." President Zelenskyy meets Baerbock in the afternoon for an "open, friendly conversation", according to delegation circles, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko thanks her for "everything the German government is doing." Quarrel between Kyiv and Berlin - was there something?
"There is a saying: better late than never," Andrij Halavin, the priest from Bucha, had said. "For us it is important that the Germans come." It took a long time for the German visit. But now he is here.
Source (in German): https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/annalena-baerbock-in-der-ukraine-sie-sind-ein-sehr-tapferes-land-a-8be81e7c-8999-4f45-b8b8-bf32f1ed88a3