Jokeumbia Lore

= Jokeumbia =
Jokeumbia is a settlement on the farside of the wasteland from the border. Despite its notable size and reputation as a large settlement, very few wastelanders arrive there anymore. Jokeumbia has a notable, important history, and is a major landmark in the wasteland outside of the Border.
=== Founding ===
Jokeumbia initially started as Jokeumbia mall, founded long prior to the Resource war by an early member of the Jokel family, taking advantage of the growing city it was built in. It was through this mall, and many others built after it across the nation, and eventually the world that the early Jokel family amassed a large wealth. It would be through this wealth, however, that one heir to the Jokel family business would be able to capitalize on the rising proxy wars, skirmishes, and overall conflict between the global superpowers. This led to the Jokel family creating the Jokel Arms Company sometime in the late 1900s to early 2000s. This company would be based in the original Jokeumbia mall, the ruins of which are found in the wasteland today. This mall, while still functioning as a mall, would also import mass amounts of weapons produced at Jokel family-owned factories to sell en-masse to foreign powers and factions. Through this trading of arms via the Jokel Arms Company, AEGIS would eventually be gradually formed.
=== Post-Fallout ===
Following the Nuclear War caused by the Resource War, the city the mall resided in was spared from an immediate nuclear attack. While the city itself gradually decayed during the fallout, becoming effectively a desert, the mall remained mostly intact. As early wastelanders returned to the wasteland as radiation cleared, the mall provided easy shelter, even including a vast supply of weapons left over from the Jokel Arms Company, which had been merged as a branch of AEGIS near the time of the Resource War. It was these leftover supplies that would supply the wastelanders with some of their most powerful weapons, primarily a decent supply of DEWs. DEWs such as the DEW-2R were aimed at consumer markets, and some of the more powerful DEWs were even sold to powerful and rich nations and/or factions. Now with easy access to these former Jokel Arms Company supplies, these early wastelanders brought DEWs into circulation within the wasteland. 
The mall quickly became a notable settlement along with settlements such as Roseweld and Sandingo. The state of the building, while facing notable decay and minor destruction, remained mostly intact, with it being speculated it was built to withstand large explosions and even decades without maintenance. The mall eventually became a major settlement, with the vastness of the mall being good cover and protection from storms and violent wastelander groups. For a time, Jokeumbia was a safe refuge, with a handful of people protecting the settlement from raiders with weapons such as DEWs. This peace attracted many wastelanders, and it became a central hub for wastelanders arriving at and living in the wasteland. However this would quickly change
Eventually an unknown raider group began launching significant raids against Jokeumbia. While the DEWs originally located there were already mostly in circulation, these raiders seeked to seize control over all of the remaining DEWs and other weapons, as they believed Jokeumbia held more than just weaponry. Jokeumbia then gradually was deprived of its reputation of a safe haven for wastelanders, protected by an elite protection force of fellow wastelanders armed with DEWs, and simply became another contested spot for the various raider clans and factions. Despite all of this however, many still reside within the walls of Jokumbia’s mall, and it remains a major settlement. However the raids and the generally bad reputation jokeumbia has formed since the raids has led to very few wastelanders entering the wasteland, and those residing within it from going to and settling in Jokeumbia.
=== Notable Locations ===
== Nuclear Bomb ==
Crashed into Jokeumbia mall is a pre-war Nuclear Warhead. This bomb is highly believed to be a dud, and in turn ineffective. The bomb was launched during the Nuclear War caused by the Resource War. Because the bomb was a dud, the city itself was not directly destroyed by the nuke, leaving its various buildings, landmarks, and structures intact, including the mall. Had the bomb successfully detonated during the Nuclear War, it's likely the city would be left entirely gone, and AEGIS as known today with the Border may not exist. It's speculated that it was in fact AEGIS who knew which nuke was planned to be dropped on the city and so they sabotaged it via internal spies, preventing it from detonating, while this has little evidence supporting the theory, there is also little evidence against the theory as well.
== Crates ==
The Crates just outside of Jokeumbia Mall are believed to have been there since near the beginning of the Nuclear War. The crates originally contained various resources, tools, and most notably, weapons. These weapons ranged in power, from simple pistols to DEWs. While primarily centered in the area near the mall, there are a large number of crates scattered across the wasteland, which previously allowed certain raider groups easy access to certain weapons and equipment. As of now, most if not all crates have been mostly emptied, with their contents in circulation across the wasteland after being sold in the first years after the settlement’s establishment.
== Watchtower ==
The watchtower next to the entrance of Jokeumbia was created shortly after it became a settlement, as guards would begin utilizing it to protect from raiders. As the guards became more experienced, they scattered a bit more, occupying a handful of nearby buildings and constructing a wall around Jokeumbia along with a secondary building which functions both as a shorter, secondary post, but also as an equipment room, though the equipment has been long gone. Following the end of the guards after several raids to Jokeumbia, the watchtower became abandoned, used only occasionally by random wastelanders for a variety of reasons.
== Exit of the Wasteland ==
Jokeumbia also contains the only notable exit/entrance to the wasteland outside of traversing the rough terrain which surrounds it. The path itself goes down a narrow canyon, eventually going up to a mostly-covered path which eventually turns into an abandoned highway. While the path itself doesn’t lead to any cities or settlements, it has been the primary way people enter/exit the wasteland around the border for years.
== Operation: Liquidator ==
Date: REDACTED
Location: Jokeumbia Settlement
=== Report: ===
20:00 PM - 8 MDF Operatives Plant Breaching Charges on the front wall. 
20:10 PM - Alpha Squad Leader Detonates Breaching Charges
20:11 PM - Alpha and Beta Squad enter the settlement. 
20:30 PM - Charlie Squad fast ropes into the mining area via VTOL
20:50 PM - Operation Complete 
=== Casualty Report: ===
Wastelanders - 30
AEGIS - 1 (Injury)
After Action Report: 
Operation Leader: [REDACTED] 
The operation was a success the recapture of the Fedoralite mine ensures more fuel for ARD to put in that damn reactor. Clean operation but one guy got shot clearly we need to start checking under every rock next raid. The Sandingo and Roseweld settlements seem aggressive PKSF should be alerted as a possible riot may ensue. All in all, Commissioner the operation went out as planned.