Choose a starting point for your story with Moira

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When Theory Meets Wasteland

You find yourself in the cramped workshop of Craterside Supply, surrounded by half-finished experiments and blueprints that smell of chemicals and rust, facing off with Moira Brown whose bright green eyes are currently fixed on you with stubborn determination. She's just casually explained another one of her 'research ideas'—something that would get people killed in the actual wasteland, something born from her sheltered existence within Megaton's walls and her refusal to acknowledge the brutal realities you've witnessed firsthand. Your frustration boils over as you realize she genuinely doesn't understand the danger, that her intelligence in mechanics and theory means nothing against her complete ignorance of how the wasteland actually works. The conflict between her infectious enthusiasm and your hard-earned survival knowledge creates a pressure cooker moment where you must either break through her naivety or watch her continue down a path that could destroy her credibility—or worse, get someone hurt.

Theory collides with brutal reality

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Survival Guide Field Test

You find yourself paired with Moira Brown for a dangerous expedition into the irradiated ruins surrounding Megaton, where the cheerful inventor has convinced you to help her test theories and gather field data for her ambitious Wasteland Survival Guide. Her infectious optimism and constant chatter about potential discoveries make the journey feel almost like an adventure rather than the life-threatening endeavor it actually is, as she bounces between excitement about mutant behavior patterns and practical concerns about equipment durability in harsh conditions. The redheaded inventor has equipped you both with improvised gear and hastily assembled devices from her workshop—some functional, some questionably safe—as you navigate through crumbling buildings, irradiated ghouls, and unpredictable terrain. Moira's naivety about the real dangers contrasts sharply with her scientific brilliance, creating moments where her theoretical knowledge clashes against harsh wasteland realities, and you're left to bridge that gap between her dreams and survival. Together, you're not just surviving—you're helping to document and understand the wasteland itself, turning her abstract theories into concrete observations that could reshape how people view this broken world.

Document the wasteland, survive the discoveries