Long 15

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“*Never again do you or any other courier and caravan need walk that route. Let the Mojave breathe without that asphalt scar raking it.*”
—Ulysses

The **Long 15** is a location in the former American Southwest in 2281. It was devastated by nuclear missile strike from Pre-War silo in The Divide.

## Background

It is part of the pre-War Interstate 15 and is used by the New California Republic as a minor military base and a checkpoint for travelers heading to and from the Mojave Wasteland. It's not clearly stated that the Courier launched the nukes at the NCR previous, during, or after 2nd Hoover Dam battle (and not at Dry Wells because no way to access that region). However, considering Cooke raided and destroyed many NCR caravans without getting label as a Terrorist so, it's safe to assume Courier get this treatment for an event of THIS magnitude.

## Layout

Due to the destruction caused by the nuclear warheads launched at the end of The Apocalypse, the area is populated with ghouls of all types including glowing trooper ghoul. NO sign of organized command is found.

The road from the entrance gate leads northwest and southwest around the crater site. The road to the northwest is populated by ghoulified troopers. To the southwest, a gate leads to a destroyed camp consisting of a small firing range, numerous ruined buildings and vehicles, and several crashed vertibirds.

The road through the camp ends at a destroyed medical aid station with various lootable containers with larger amounts of ammunition and supplies spreading from the overturned trucks, to sandbag emplacements, and medical station.

## Notable loot

* Great Bear grenade rifle - In a gun case near medical station
* Flare Gun - in an unmarked container NOT of the three high-tech cases.
* Three high-tech gun cases - One near the highway pillar; two more gun cases lie further down the road, at the end of a block-off-road near an overturned truck.
* Various high level weapons like 12.7mm guns can be found on the grounds in front of the firing range.

## Notes

* Dust Survivors can travel to the Long 15 due to its location inside the Mojave with clear markers on Worldmap. No visible way to access Dry Wells (plus their NPCs there are not converted) so a safe assumption being no nuke fallen on that region.
* The area is highly radiated comparable to Vault 34, or more. The edge of the crater emits 20 rads/sec.
* The monument for the Ranger Unification Treaty can be seen in the direction of the Mojave Outpost.
* Several black outlines of persons who was vaporized by the blast can be found in the firing range. These imprints happen in the real world and are called "nuclear shadows," caused by the intense heat of an atomic blast. The blast changes the colors of surfaces like steps, walls, and pavement. When people or items block this light, their outline is left on the surface behind them. In the real world, the impression on the wall would be the opposite of that seen in-game, with the dark area consisting of the individual and wall or surface appearing lighter, akin to a real shadow.
* Containers here can have (randomly) MRE, highly nutrious but not very healing. This can be an early source for MRE, short of going the long way around to The Divide.