Cajun Wasteland

In General
The Cajun Wasteland, or the Big Easy, as it is more affectionately called, spans the ruins of New Orleans and the alluvial coastline, stretching into the coastlines of Mississippi and Texas, as well. Formerly a major port, the beautiful city of New Orleans, from which the wasteland gets one of its nicknames, was largely spared from the bombs that rained down. Two bombs were intended for the city, however they landed in the Gulf of Mexico and causes colossal waves, which drowned those parts of the city below sea level. These sectors remain underwater, even to this day. The city (especially the northern sectors), however, remains irradiated, due to the bombs that were dropped on Baton Rouge.

On That Fateful Day
Even the Birthplace of Jazz, it seemed, was not allowed to be spared from this holocaust.

In August of 2076, the city of New Orleans had experience a devastating, Class 3 hurricane, by the name of Kendra, which destroyed large sectors of the coastline. The city had been on the brink of recovering when the first bombs were dropped.

Baton Rouge was destroyed first, a nuclear bomb being dropped right on top of the State Building. The entire city went up in nuclear fire, leaving very little opportunity for people to escape to the safety of the Vaults. The swamplands of Louisiana nearest to the city were obliterated or set ablaze, causing the deaths of many more people.

Luckily for New Orleans, the Chinese miscalculated on the bombs they attempted to drop, causing the nuclear warheads to be dropped in the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting tidal waves ravaged much of the coastline of the Gulf Commonwealth, especially the coast of New Orleans.

New Orleans was already renowned for its susceptibility to flooding, due to the majority of the city being below sea level. Thus, instead of being blasted apart by an explosion, much of the city was torn apart by irradiated waves. Even to this day, most of the city that remains is still underwater.

Vaults
Vault 63 Location: Unknown, presumably in the bayou. General Synopsis: One of the few Vaults equipped with a GECK, Vault 63 also had the blessing of being one of the few vaults without a social experiment. It opened in October of 2177, 100 years after the bombs fell. The GECK worked well, and created a hidden paradise deep in the sick and twisted swamps...

Vault 71 Location: New Orleans East, New Orleans General Synopsis: The experiment going on in that Vault is unknown. What is known, however, is that the Vault Door was not closed fast enough, and, as such, many of the Dwellers died before it closed. The surviving people, who left in 2054, form the higher levels of the Vault Army.

Vault 73 Location: The French Quarter, New Orleans General Synopsis: The experiment going on in this Vault was that the Dwellers were only allowed to leave their rooms for work, or, at some points, breeding, and were kept under armed guard. It was an attempt to see the effects of forced isolation on the general population. The Vault opened in 2245, and the equipment left over from the Vault-Tec guards led to these Dwellers forming the main fighting force of the Vault Army.

Vault 103 Location: TBA General Synopsis: TBA

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