The Cybernetic Evolution's opinion of mutants probably isn't much better than their opinion of humans. This is probably a scouting force to assess the defenses and resistance level here, well to hell with that you aren't going to let them report shit. You immediately open fire. You kill the smaller one in the center with relative ease, but the others go into battle mode and start laying down the firepower. You nearly get yourself killed before managing to take cover.


Other mutants hear the sounds of battle and rush to the area to help you, and soon the metal interlopers are a pile of sparking scrap.

"What the hell, you find new enemies for us?" one of the mutants asks you.
"Nah, I don't think we'll be having any more problems with them. They're busy with a war with the Combine; I doubt an army of cyborgs will be coming here anytime soon. Better go report this to the Captain though."

Soon after the cyborg diversion a lot of rumors start flying around that the Cybernetic Evolution will be attempting to invade Zeropolis or even that they've somehow allied with the Shadow Horde, but none of these rumors even come true. Though it does make Captain Salazar paranoid enough to take the current war with the Shadow Horde more on the offensive, of course this doesn't pan out too well.

When Salazar starts sending troops into the actual sewers they're at a severe disadvantage and the losses on your side are terrible, yet the Captain insists on carrying out this plan.

A few years go by and the Dust District's defenses are nearly completely destroyed. You're one of last defenders left and the Zeropolis Guard no longer exists as you know it. After Captain Salazar was struck down by an assassin the organization dissolved and it just became a bunch of armed mutants trying to defend their homes.

It's a futile endeavor though the Shadow Horde is relentless and as much as you might hate it, you have to leave; it's just simply not safe to stay where you are anymore. The question is where to go?

There are probably other places in the City where the Shadow Horde isn't as strong or even in control, but that might just be a temporary solution and it might not be any safer. The only other option is to leave the City which is certainly going to be dangerous as you know mutants aren't looked upon too kindly.

You leave the City

Going to another part of Zeropolis really isn't going to help. The Shadow Horde will just eventually move on to those as well, you need to get out of this damn City. Even if you are hounded by humans at every turn, at least they're easier to deal with than those overgrown beasts that are in the Shadow Horde's ranks.

Still you think you can make things slightly easier for yourself. You're a mutant, but you aren't exceptionally mutated to such a degree that you couldn't pass yourself as one with a disguise. You immediately start searching through old Zeropolis Guard equipment, when you find a gas mask you think "Pefect."

You also get some gloves and hooded cloaked, basically clothing that will completely hide your body and face. When you look in a broken mirror you are confident that not many would think you weren't human unless they insisted you take off your mask.

After gathering what other supplies you think you'll need you leave Zeropolis. You're not sure where you're going to go though, you do know you'll have to keep moving to avoid suspicion in human towns and given the Combine only just recently won its war against the Cybernetic Evolution, its troops might be on a heightened state of distrust.

However the world is a big place and this is just a small section of it, who's to say mutants are shot on sight everywhere? Hell maybe there's even a place where there isn't killing going on every five seconds. Probably not, but it's worth a try to look for.

With this new goal in mind you begin your trek into the wasteland.