"The Punishment Due"

**"The Punishment Due"** is the first main story Quest in Fallout: Lonestar.

### **A Fateful Meeting**

After a routine roundup of undesirables and criminals, **Nine**, **Nanashi**, **KenStar**, **Brinkley**, and **Truman** all found themselves in shackles and in the custody of **The Confederacy**. After being ushered into separate communal cells, the group began to meet and mingle with each other and other prisoners such as Molly and Miranda Maggia (**The Radium Sisters**), **Fogerty**, Malcolm Scott, Phil Whack, Joe Cool, Trapper Frank, Nanook, and others. The newly arrived convicts were then called into the office of **Warden Travis**, the cruel and malicious head of the prison. He explained to them the rules of the jail and how it differed from other prisons. At Convict Hill, prisoners had 3 days to either prove their worth to either the prison itself or the Confederacy, or be executed. Prisoners who proved useful to the construction of the jail were held in their own private cells and were given food and water on a daily basis; they were referred to as Lifers, as they would potentially spend the rest of their lives breaking rocks, tending fields, and helping maintain the prison.

The Warden expressed interest in Nanashi for his seemingly endless potential for work, KenStar for his brute strength, and was incredibly intimidated by Brinkley after an impressive speech. But the others were up for execution unless proven useful. Whatever the case may have been, the group decided it was obviously best to escape.

### **Jailbreak**

The group along with dozens of other prisoners were escorted into the courtyard and instructed to either work the fields or to break rocks in the small quarry. After the prisoners were settled, the Lifers were brought out and sent to their respective positions. The Lifers included **Willy Poor**, **Uncle Remus**, and **Lewis Fury**. The group hadn't decided an exact plan to escape, but Brinkley took it upon himself to start the proceedings. He threw his voice and made it seem like **Deputy Goggins** had badly insulted him, resulting in Lewis Fury losing his temper and throwing a wheelbarrow at the deputy, brutally killing him. The guards, having been instructed specifically not to kill Fury, instead tried to subdue him with beanbags and tazers to no effect. In the ensuing chaos, the group banded together and with the help of The Radium Sisters, Uncle Remus, and Fogerty, they escaped using Lewis Fury's rage as a distraction. While escaping, the group decided to open all the cells and cause a massive riot throughout the entire prison, also releasing **Leatherface** among others. In doing so, Poor Willy was murdered and eviscerated by Leatherface while Nanashi and KenStar subdued and killed Warden Travis. As they boarded the **Midnight Special**, they saw the prison ablaze with guards trying to contain the fire and the prisoners, but seemingly failing. What seemed to be Lewis Fury's body was seen bring paraded by prisoners, and his final fate has yet to be determined. News reports later stated the prison was reclaimed, but over half the inmates escaped and most of the building was destroyed. This would be the even that gave The Convicts their name and what gained their infamy with The Confederacy.