Wasteland Warriors

Wasteland Warriors is a faction in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was first introduced in Chapter 5: Season 3. They are a group marauders led by Megalo Don causing chaos and destruction wherever they go.
They are the main antagonist faction of Chapter 5: Season 3.
==Overview==
The Wasteland Warriors are a crew ruled by the "wannabe tyrant" Megalo Don, who seeks to destroy the Island using his Leviathan."I was right, the man's a full blown wannabe tyrant. He wants to take the island, and he might just be strong enough... But he's not going to make his move until his little shark ship is refueled, which explains the pipeline." -Hope, Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests Welcome to the Wasteland Megalo Don sees the weak as toys for the strong and invites all to serve his crew as their toys, for he sees it the most magnificent purpose they can have."What use are the weak if not as play things for the strong. So... live out your magnificent purpose as true toys for my CREW. (breathes) Trust me... it is for more glorious and honor... than any life you'd build for yourself." -Megalo Don, Mysterious Transmission Everyone is free to join the crew, if they are strong enough to take the places. "We are always looking for new brutes and brawlers to join my marauders! (breathes) To apply, let's just say jobs among the marauders are taken. Not given. -Megalo Don, Mysterious Transmission
==Locations, Members and Technology==
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===Major Bases===
Name and Image 	Name and Image	Information
Brutal Beachhead	 	Megalo Don's Leviathan Ship along with external facilities used as the headquarters of the Wasteland Warriors.
Redline Rig 	 	A Nitro refinery run by The Machinist. It was built on top of Pandora's Box and was used to harvest and ship Nitro in barrels and splashes across the Island.
Nitrodrome 	 	Circus of car spectacle, chaos and ceremonies. Run by Ringmaster Scarr. Record times are commonly hit here by Brite Raider."I have no idea how I keep putting up record times at the Drome, okay?! I just sort of... hit the gas, close my eyes, and hope for the best." -Brite Raider when asked about The Nitrodrome, Chapter 5: Season 3
===Former Bases===
Name and Image 	Name and Image	Information
Pea Bois HQ 	 	Peabody's headquarters for automobile assistance, after ending their alliance he stopped selling them parts.
Sandy Steppes Outpost	 	An outpost taken over by the wasteland, and later turned into a base for The Underground.
Megalo Depot 	 	Former waypoint of the pipeline. It got exploded during the Refinery Event, by Doctor Doom.
Forecast Towers 	 	Forecast Towers formally guarded by Wasteland Guards, now owned by the Kingdom of Doom.
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===Leader===
Name 	Description 	Status
Megalo Don	"Wannabe tyrant" and Lord of the Wasteland Warriors. He aims to raze the Island using his Leviathan ship once it's powered with enough Nitro. He has mastered Nitro's capabilities and dictates himself as a godlike entity"All this self-serious architecture! (breathes) And that sad mountain monument to the banished Gods! Your only God now is ME, dear ones. (breathes) And I will raze this entire pathetic island TO THE GROUND! Once my Leviathan awakes." - Megalo Don, Mysterious Transmission, whilst viewing the Islands' inhabitants as toys."What use are the weak if not as play things for the strong. So... live out your magnificent purpose as chew toys for my CREW. (breathes) Trust me... it is far more glorious and honor... than any life you'd build for yourself." - Megalo Don, Mysterious Transmission From what Rust tells us, Megalo Don has been taken care of by Doom.	Missing
===Members===
Name 	Description 	Status
The Machinist	The Wasteland Warriors' one and only competent, master mechanic and owner of the Nitro Refinery. She is The Operator's sister, and was tasked by Megalo Don to build a pipe that will be used to grant Megalo Don's Leviathan ship with enough power from Nitro to raze the Island to the ground."Megalo Don has exactly one competent engineer, and she is splitting her time between building the pipeline... And defending the refinery from people like us." -Jones, Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests Raiding the Rig	Missing
Scarr 	The Ringmaster of chaos, destruction and ceremonies at the wasteland's circus of car spectacle: the Nitrodrome. She later gave her Pandora gem to The Looper, after they impressed her. 	Missing
===Warriors===
Name 	Description 	Status
Wasteland Heavy Elites 	Elite heavy armored nitro fueled shotgun wielding Wasteland Warriors that protect important locations and commandeer, or other times lead various War Bus Convoys. 	Inactive
Wasteland Tactical Elites	Elite light armored nitro fueled assault rifle wielding Wasteland Warriors that protect important locations and commandeer, or other times lead various War Bus Convoys.	Inactive
Wasteland Heavy Grunts 	Heavy armored shotgun wielding Wasteland Warriors that patrol various outposts and man the turrets on War Busses. 	Inactive
Wasteland Tactical Grunts	Light armored assault rifle wielding Wasteland Warriors that patrol various outposts and man the turrets on War Busses. 	Inactive
===Former Allies===
Name 	Description 	Status
Peabody 	A specialist vehicle repair engineer team of three sentient peas that assists the Wasteland Warriors, notably Scarr."You need ANOTHER timing belt? It's been three days." -Peabody's Special Dialogue with Ringmaster Scarr, Chapter 5: Season 3 Phil, however, informs Hope of Megalo Don's requests for pipelines."Megalo's been askin' about pipeline parts. A LOT. Just FYI." -Peabody's Special Dialogue with Hope, Chapter 5: Season 3 The three of them later ended their alliance by helping Hope, Jones and The Looper.Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests: Pea Bois Inc. and Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests: The Great Leviathan Heist 	Defected
The Wanderer	A so-called "ally" of Megalo Don, who once shared common interests with him and matters to settle on the Island. He disguised himself in a white cloak and began observing everything from the shadows and spooking a lot of people from his ghostly behavior."If you can believe it, yeah. Wasteland's full of weirdness. Some call it the weirdland. But recently there's been this… figure. In the distance? They don't scare me, of course. But I've heard they scare other people…" -Rust when asked about "Anything strange…?", [[Chapter 5: Season 3] Members of the Wasteland Warriors were forbidden from touching or talking to him, or trying to look under his hood. He was also prophesied to be a threat by The Oracle."Storm clouds gather. The Wanderer draws near. Even in the darkness... hope will guide you." -The Oracle, Chapter 5: Season 2 Story Quests Medusa's Snapshot During the Refinery Event, Doctor Doom would sabotage Megalo Don's plans by implanting a virus on his Pipeline, causing it to back up and explode revealing Pandora's Box.	Defected
===Possible Members===
Name 	Description 	Status
Drakon Steel RiderNitro Fusion Megalo Don Loading Screen, depicting Drakon assisting Megalo Don and The Wanderer in their war efforts.	A racer of the wastelands whom claims to have never lost a race"I've never lost a race. I won't start now." -Drakon Steel Rider to Burnout, Chapter 5: Season 3. and enjoys the thrill of the scorched winds.	Unknown
Cinder 	A strong and skilled racer who is ready for any race. 	Unknown
Hot Rod T-60 Power ArmorHot Rod T-60 Power Armor Loading Screen. 	A T-60 Power Armor loaned by East Coast Brotherhood of Steel. 	Unknown
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===Weapons===
Name and Image 	Name and Image	Information
Nitro Fists 	 	Nitro-fueled gauntlets that unleash a fiery flurry of punches.
Boom Bolt 	 	A fast firing moddable crossbow that shoots explosive bolts.
Ringmaster's Boom Bolt 	 	Ringmaster Scarr's personal Boom Bolt.
Megalo Don's Nitro Fists 	 	Megalo Don's personal set of Nitro Fists.
Megalo Don's Combat Shotgun 	 	Megalo Don's personal enhanced Combat Shotgun.
The Machinist's Combat Assault Rifle	 	The Machinist's personal enchanted Legacy Combat Assault Rifle.
===Vehicles===
Vehicle Name and Icon	Vehicle Name and Icon	Information
Behemoth 	 	SUV of the Wasteland Warriors.
Lockjaw 	 	On the hunt.
War Bus 	 	Armored Battle Bus of the Wasteland Warriors' patrollers containing two roof-top cannons. Its horn doubles as an EMP pulse.
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==History==
===Chapter 5: Season 2===
The Oracle prophesied Darkened skies, choking dust, the arrival of The Wanderer and that Hope will guide the Loopers through the darkness.
====Sandstorm Event====
Megalo Don and his Wasteland Warriors were attracted by Pandora's Box power on The Island after Zeus freed it. He used his ship's lights to send a morse code message to everyone on the island: "GET REKT".
===Chapter 5: Season 3===
A group of Marauders calling themselves The Wasteland Warriors led by Megalo Don would arrive on the Island along with the sandstorm, they immediately took control and claimed ownership of the Sand Biome with Ringmaster Scarr building The Nitrodrome where once stood Fencing Fields. Megalo Don would order The Machinist, the Wasteland Warriors engineer to extract Nitro from The Wasteland and build a pipeline so he could use it to fuel his ship with it and raze the Island. Hope discovered that Megalo Don plans to destroy the Island, but won't be able to launch his raid until his Leviathan ship is refueled with enough Nitro, to be able to power the Leviathan., so she call Jones to get The Looper's help to try to stop him. In the meantime, Megalo Don and his crew cause chaos and destruction over the Wasteland, causing conflict with opposers such as The Chums"The marauders think they're all that. But the Chums are where the real punk rock is gonna be. I just gotta make sure Chiara's on board. Pretty soon though? We'll be the ones rocking The Wasteland! -Power Chord when asked about The Slides, Chapter 5: Season 3, The Underground and their new wastelander allies, including Rust and Brite Raider."This wasteland is... a lot. Thanks for having my back." -Hope's Special Dialogue with Brite Raider and Rust. 
After hearing some chatter, Hope sent The Looper to get more information, they learns from Brite Raider and Rust that Megalo Don has been writing down some plans that feels unusual given his normal behavior and that everything is at Redline Rig. The Looper then infiltrate the Refinery, and take down a guard to get their keycard card and access Redline Rig's terminals. After sending all the data to Jones and Hope, they learn The Machinist is Megalo Don's sole competent engineer and that her mission is to build the pipeline. After that, Hope also learn that the Wastelanders have started to find gems from Pandora's Box."The Wastelanders have been finding gems... I think they're from the box..." -Hope, Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests Raiding the Rig Feeling that the Box wants to be found,"The box wants to be found. I can feel it." -Hope, Chapter 5: Season 3 Story Quests Raiding the Rig understanding that the Box want to be found, she decide to recover all the gems to avoid them falling into wrong hands. Meanwhile, the people of the Island keep feeling like they're being watched by a mysterious hooded figure around various locations on the Island. Megalo Don, through his Mysterious Transmissions, states that the powers of the gems from Pandora's Box attracted him here, feeling worthy of its power he wanted to take it for himself. He also reveal that he and The Wanderer share a common goal and the later has important matters to resolve. Megalo Don orders that nobody should see his face, claiming it to be beyond their comprehension, or maybe not. It is so mysterious that even Megalo Don himself has not seen their face.
The Looper would find and recover one of these gems at Brutal Beachhead and give it to Hope, which would give her a sudden headache. Later another from Ringmaster Scarr, who was seemingly not aware that her boss was searching them was recovered; after thinking The Looper is cool, was willing to trade her Pandora gem to The Looper for "a stunt so dangerously, rip-roariously metal that it makes the gods wet their big, golden bloomers." Once her gem is given to Hope, she reveal she just got a vision of Megalo Don working with a cloaked Wanderer. Later Jones discovered the third gem was owned by Peabody, once the Looper managed to get it after helping their auto technician in training, Dummy and gave the gem to Hope, she got another headache, stronger this time. With the pipeline starting to make good progress, and the Warriors' plan nearing a successful ending, Hope order to fin the last gem. After talking to Peabody, The Looper learns Megalo Don kept his valuable in cache on the Island. After searching the caches in vain, they tried to recover Megalo Don's map of his hidden cache, once done The Looper recovered the Gem and gave it to Hope which causes The Oracle, who prophesied The Wanderer, to return and assist The Underground in what comes next. In the meantime, The Wanderer assures Megalo Don of his plan with The Leviathan ship, so Megalo Don spends his time hunting for Jones and Hope to get his Pandora gems back. 
====Refinery Event====
While failing to recover his gems, Megalo Don activated his pipeline to fuel The Leviathan to finally raze the Island, only for the pipelines to be hacked by Doctor Doom, which causes it to explode in a chain reaction, which also causes the rise of Pandora's Box, near Redline Rig.
===Chapter 5: Season 4===
With Doom harnessing the power of Pandora's Box, he no longer needed Megalo Don and "took care of" him, causing the Wasteland Warriors to disband their operations, leaving The Leviathan stuck in its place and the Wasteland losing its spirit."The wasteland is gone... in spirit, at least...", Rust's NPC's "First Interaction", Chapter 5: Season 4
==Trivia== 
*The Wasteland Warriors are referred to as 'marauders' in Epic's blogpost."This band of marauders brings a whole new meaning to scrappy crew — each one is an automobile expert who’ll tread on any rebellion."
-Chapter 5: Season 3 Blogpost
*Promotional material sometimes showed characters on the wrong faction, such as Rust, Drakon Steel Rider and Peabody, and can be an unreliable source. 
**It is for this reason that the "Possible Members" section is formed.
*With the timing of the Mysterious Transmission broadcast going live, it can be assumed Megalo Don's self-proclaimed birthday is around July 29th. 
**Megalo Don decided to make this date his "birthday", so that he would be given the heads of Jones and Hope as gifts.
==References==
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Category:Wasteland Warriors
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