Ground Zero Location

Ground Zero is a region of Texas in Faloot that contains several locations. As a whole, Ground Zero is the single largest highly irradiated area as a result of a single nuclear device.

## Ground Zero

Ground Zero Crater

map of Ground Zero

## **Background**

Originally Houston, the area was the target of a massive nuclear detonation during the Atomic War. Ground Zero itself is a dangerously irradiated hotspot, with above-average radiation levels throughout its territory. It is located where the southern freeway connected to San Antonio Freeway ends. This area was where the atomic bomb struck in 2020. It is a large isolated patch of heavily irradiated landscape, ripped up and reshaped by the atomic blasts that carpeted the area. Much of Ground Zero consists of scorched earth spotted with radioactive ponds, charred trees, wrecked cars and heaps of rubble. What few buildings remain that weren't outright reduced to thinly-spread debris are half-buried by landslides and sinkholes caused by the bombs.

Despite all these dangers and more, Ground Zero does harbor life, including humans. The sickly greenish-yellow glow emitting from the crater can be seen from far across the state of Texas. Southeast of Ground Zero, is also the Small Shack, inhabited by Birgil.

## **Layout**

Ground Zero is extremely dangerous and should not be explored at a low level or without adequate supplies and protection. The entirety of Ground Zero is heavily irradiated, normally causing at least 10+ Rads a second in most areas (60+ when standing in water), killing unprotected players in less than two minutes. To survive, one should bring along an ample supply of RadProtc and Radiaton-y to minimize exposure. Further protection can be achieved by wearing rad-resistant armor, such as power armor or a hazmat suit (though the power armor gives better protection from enemy attacks).

More dangerous than the radiation is the local wildlife, as only the hardiest creatures can survive here: packs of Behemoths, radspiders, and mutant insects such as Iradiated bugs, The chard ones and Criplers roam the wastes attacking anything in their path. Useful resources (food, chems, ammo, etc) are scarce in the open wastes of Ground Zero, although the various ruins and wrecked vehicles scattered about the area contain modest amounts of loot. These ruins hold their own dangers, however; namely in the form of large packs of Iradiated ones and the occasional Bloodmite swarm.

## **Locations**

* Abandoned shack, northwest of the Lion Factory almost on the western map border.
* Lion Factory, northeast of the crater and northwest of the capsized factory.
* Capsized factory, south of the crater.
* Crater, just to the south of vault 69, or about 76 miles
* Decayed reactor, northwest of the destroyed factory.
* Destroyed factory, at the southwest corner of the map.
* First church of god, west of the abandoned shack.
* Ellwood Manufacturing, north of the Huston Military Base.
* Parking garage, an unmarked location just north of a destroyed Mega-mart
* Pip Food n' Gas , an unmarked location just southeast of Small Shack.
* Small Shack, in the southwest past the crater
* Houston Military base, south of the crater.