First Prepper

The **First Prepper** is a prepper and delivery recipient of Sam's. He's a seventh generation prepper, having gotten into that lifestyle well before the Death Stranding occured.

## Story

### Background

Back when the First Prepper ancestors first decided shelter life was the only life for them, during the most intense moments of the cold war, and that were two types of people: Those who wanted to nuke the rest, and those who wanted to nuke those other guys before they could nuke them first. Just when his kin got to thinking that maybe they’d be better off digging themselves shelters, the mans in charge came want to actually pressing the big red button, the president got himself shot, and suddenly it seemed the world really was fixing to tumble off a cliff. All this made more family become preppers, until there was a whole village of guys looking to dig in and sit out the end of the modern world.

His grandfather was born on the cusp of the new century, a century a lot of folks thought they might not live to see, where more than ever were taking up their way of life, times where Prepper Village became Prepper Town. However, the century clicked over just fine but the year later, when his grandfather was a kid, a huge terroristic attack hit the America, which later came out fighting for "justice". The people got bogged down in wars overseas and faced ridiculous levels of inequality at home resulting in totally lost faith in the government, and another new generation of preppers was created.

Not so long after that the Death Stranding happened, the US government actually thought the Stranding was another attack at first and they messed up their response to it. However, preppers like his grandfather were already prepared for that eventuality, and didn’t need no country to take care of them. The event did not affect their lifestyle at all even if, as the First Prepper admits, not self-sufficient as they use porters for bringing what needed.

One day, over a decade before they met, the First Prepper first heard rumors about Sam, the most famous porter.

### Sam's Westward Expedition

Sam made contact with her during his westward expedition to get him to join the UCA and the chiral network, but it turns out to be a tough nut to crack. Due to his family's philosophy, he refuses to join the UCA talking to the porter as little as possible, just right for the delivery. As Sam completes more and more deliveries and visits him, the First Prepper begins to tolerate him and wait for his deliveries to talk to him, until he finally decides to join the UCA and connect to the network, while not disavowing his family heritage.

## Connection rewards

* Chiral Bandwidth Increase
* Desert Pink Ludens Mask and Backpack Color
* Chiral Bandwidth Increase
* Desert Pink Cap Color
* Desert Pink Sam Sunglasses Color

* Monster Energy Accessory

## Miscellanea

### Mails

* How Prepping Got Started
* Good to Meet You At Last!
* Preppers at the Turn of the Century
* Joining the UCA
* Food Tastes Better When You’re Up High!

## Notes

* The First Prepper shelter is located in one of the most dangerous places of the central region, because it's just a few steps of a cliff and in a slippery ground. It's located near the top of one of the highest peaks of the mountain range, just to the east of the Spiritualist on the other side of a tall ridge, overlooking a long drop down to the marshlands near the Craftsman where a MULE Camp is present.
* His ancestors became preppers during the most intense moments of the cold war, probably between the 60's or 80's of the 20th century, made they one of the first prepper family, also cover many of the most important events of the same century.
* Sometimes there may be a bug where despite having completed all his deliveries with perfect score and read all his emails the level connection stuck in 1 star. To solve this you should do over again his last order with perfect score and then he will level up and unlock more orders/emails.