Aloha Islands

The Aloha Islands are the remains of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
== Overview ==
The Aloha Islands is what remains of the island state from the Southwestern Commonwealth. Much of the natural beauty was destroyed by Radioactive fallout that defertilized much of the rich tropical forests. Many of the settlements were abandoned or bombed, specifically Honolulu. 
Before the bomb, it was a tourist hotspot. The perfect Getaway holiday. Sunshine, Palm trees, What was not to like? Today it's mainly the same, only a bit more dry, and with Mutated sharks and other nasty things lurking around the dry forests of the island. Not to mention the raiders and bandits that fight tooth and claw for the limited resources on these tiny island nations.
Each island has had its own culture after the bombs fell. People of all walks of life can be found on these fair isles. From Cutthroat pirates in the Pirate Cove to entrepreneurial business men in Pearl City.
== Background ==
===Before The War===
Before the war the archipelago was known as Hawaii, former fiftieth state of the United States and eventually part of the Southwestern Commonwealth District. It was regarded as 'the' vacation getaway for the west-coast and was molded as such, in typical over excessive American fashion.  
In the last months before the great war, Hawaii was heavily marketed towards American citizens , mainly to take their mind off the looming threat of war. And as a dare towards the recently beaten Chinese by getting Americans close to their Pacific sphere of influence. War Monuments were also built around Honolulu with the new found American holiday-goer money. Eventually, Hawaii enjoyed a slight economic boom despite the astronomically high gas prices. Sun, sea, beach resorts, good food, and exotic sensations: Hawaii was a brand. Marketed to Americans, wealthy enough to afford a holiday. A testament that the American way of life was not dead. 
=== On That Fateful Day ===
On the 23rd of October of the year 2077, at exactly 06:10 AM, the tourists and inhabitants of Hawaii were woken up by the screams of sirens. An attack was imminent and most islands had only minimal protection against a nuclear holocaust. Most resorts had deep underground basements and parking lots where the majority of tourists and civilians hid themselves. There was only one Vault on the entirety of Hawaii, inland on O'ahu island: Vault 4. Desperate people tried to push themselves into the Vault but the Army personnel from both Pearl Harbor and the MCBH could maintain order, just barely. At 06:20 AM Honolulu was bombed, the flash illuminating the dawn sky was visible from most islands, the blast however, was not deadly nor powerful enough to reach them. After the initial attack and no news from either the local and mainland government, the survivors were cut off. Many were at their wits end and would perish when the world was inevitably cloaked with an almost eternal Fallout, they died either of radiation poisoning or starvation because of the limited food supply. Even though Hawaii escaped relatively unscathed, the simple fact it was now isolated proved that even here society would crumble. Only centuries later when the majority of radioactivity had waded and the Vault re-opened the islands would once again rebuild.
==Factions==
=== The Trans-Pacific Ferry Service ===
The Trans-Pacific Ferry Service is a major company that takes both freight and paying customers between the different island states of the Aloha Islands. Their headquarters is in Pearl City and they possess over a large fleet of sea-worthy(ish) vessels.
They will take you to any island (except Pirate Cove) for a price of 500 bottlecaps. Haggling and bartering for a price reduction is possible with some captains, but it can easily back-fire and you can be banned from the service for a short time.
== Locations ==