Ashton

**Ashton** is the remains of a city in the Divide.

## Background

Main article: Background of the Divide
Along with its neighbor Hopeville, Ashton was home to several United States Armed Forces nuclear missile bases and silos. In 2077, along with the rest of the world, it burned in nuclear fire. Although the Ashton area was a major part of the ballistic defense matrix, the missiles raining down on the city must have caught the soldiers there by surprise, as the ICBMs never left their silos.

Close to two centuries later, a small survivalist community emerged near the ruins of Ashton and Hopeville. Though small at first, the willingness of a single Courier to travel the hard road to and from the community  Named the Divide, it was a community of hardy folk, building a new future using the Old World as foundation. It was a new nation, slowly stirring to life, forging new ideals to apply to the new world they were placed in.

The success of the community eventually it drew the attention of the New California Republic, who began to annex it swiftly for a newly established supply line across the treacherous Divide into the Mojave Wasteland. This drew the attention of the Caesar's Legion, which attempted to cut the new supply line. This war did not destroy the settlement, however. It was the work of the Courier who, returning to the Divide again, carried a package from Navarro by order of the NCR. This package containing the activated ICBM launch codes, and when the package was close enough it sent a signal to the dormant nuclear missiles, causing them to begin detonating one after another, splitting the earth, cracking and twisting the landscape, and causing massive earthquakes. This turned Ashton into what it is now.

## Layout

Ashton lies on the eastern edge of the High Road only a couple miles from Hopeville. The city is an offshoot from Junction 7 (the main highway that runs through Hopeville). Although one of the major cities in the Divide, much of Ashton has been reduced to rubble and is no longer accessible; the Ashton Missile Silo being the only facility that's still remotely intact.

## Locations

* Ashton Missile Silo
* Ashton Silo Control Station

## Appearances

Ashton appears in the *Fallout: New Vegas* add-on *Lonesome Road*.

## References

1. ↑ Ulysses: *"Never would have known the Divide had it not been for you.   "*
(Ulysses' dialogue)
2. ↑ The Courier: *"This road leads nowhere. There's nothing in the Divide."*
Ulysses: *"Many in the Mojave think the Divide's nothing but canyon and storm.  always.    And if your eyes try to make sense of it when you reach it... "*
The Courier: *"If you blame me for what happened here at the Divide - why do you care?"*
Ulysses: *"  The Divide, its buildings, its people, were built around those same markings, surrounded them here... ...markings like the flag on my back. When I  your road to the Divide those years ago, I saw the symbol I wore all around me. An Old World symbol. Strong, to survive here - its people, strong.  Caesar was right to want it dead. NCR was right to want to rake their claws in it. Seeing it... changed me, just as seeing Hoover Dam changed Caesar and the NCR. "*
(Ulysses' dialogue)
3. ↑ The Courier: *"So you believed in this place. What it once was."*
Ulysses: *" Not the America of old. But something larger than the tribes of the East, something larger than the houses of the West. Something better. The Divide... could have bridged both, like Hoover Dam.   "*
(Ulysses' dialogue)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Courier: *"What happened here?"*
Ulysses: *"You delivered a package. Had markings that matched those in the Divide. Not all... but enough. Military markings, from some place the Bear had savaged in the West. "*
(Ulysses' dialogue)
5. ↑ Chris Avellone Twitter