Wasteland Conqueror

From what I know about the three Wastelander games, Undercity 7 will probably be my best bet simply because that specific undercity never truly faced any dangers in Wastelander 3. The reason for that is due to it being located quite a number of miles north of Las Vegas in a remote area of the mountains.

Which, no doubt, has helped keep it concealed and from becoming found by any wastelanders, at least to my knowledge. Besides that, the undercity is basically a very well armed sleeping dragon that is more than equipped to handle most of the top tier powers if they ever decided to expand from far below.

With that said, more and more undergrounders are venturing forth out and into the wasteland to complete the increasing amount of lucrative work the Undercity 7 government keeps issuing to the wasteland explorers of the city. Thus, their hidden status won't remain forever, regardless of the many measures they've put in place to try to keep the whereabouts of their location and existence unknown. Despite that, I shouldn’t have anything to worry about until the year 2268, which is the time you venture out from Undercity 7 in Wastelander 3 at the age of 18…

My thoughts continued running off into a number of directions and after letting my mind roam uncheck for a while, I reeled it in and resumed my previous train of thought.

Getting back on track, together with its advantageous location, the undercity can provide me with a safe place to grow and strengthen myself prior to many of the events that take place in the three games. One of those events being the main powers of Las Vegas going to war with foreign powers trying to wrestle control of Hoover Dam away from them for its power production and the large reservoir of clean fresh water it holds.

Other than events like that, there are also the Zetan aliens I have to worry about that are still roaming around the planet, capturing wastelanders and numerous types of mutants throughout the wastes for their experiments and other unknown reasons upon their flying saucers. So getting as strong as I can get in the safe confines of the undercity should help with avoiding any abduction attempts and getting anally probed, or at least I hope so…

Another benefit of going with Undercity 7 would be that both of my would-be parents will have quite a bit of knowledge as well as experience in two very useful and important fields. Learning that knowledge they hold will help prepare me for the myriad of dangers that lurk out in the wasteland.

In addition to that, the two of them will be relatively well off, since they are researchers. And assuming both of them are who I think they are, my would-be father should be close to the governor of the undercity with the two of them being childhood friends and all.

Presuming that's how things are, I can potentially use that close relationship that my new father has with the governor to build myself up even further. Expanding upon that idea, the governor's daughter should be born shortly after me, so I can also try to build a close relationship with her as well. Not the most moral thing to do, but this is the wasteland, after all. Therefore, I'm going to need to take and abuse whatever advantage I can to ensure I survive and thrive. 

On top of what I've already covered, the state of Nevada has the military site Area 51. That site is supposed to house an underground research facility with many advanced technologies held within, including many of alien origin. I take control of that military complex, the technology it houses will no doubt propel me technology wise leagues above every power in the wasteland with exception to the Zetans. Though it should help me out a decent bit when I eventually need to deal with them at some point or another however that relies upon if I even make it that far.

Apart from the highly advanced tech, the base will most definitely have plenty of military equipment sitting there untouched, ready for the taking, because of the site being heavily guarded by numerous automated defenses and minefields. I don’t know for sure if that will be the situation here since it was never accessible, considering it was an unreleased expansion and all. But from what I gathered through in-game information and reading up on it online, that is what it’s supposed to be.

Moving from Area 51, the state has a ton of natural resources in general that I can take advantage of once I obtain some robots. Continuing down that line of thinking, seeing as I would be in a massive self-sufficient undercity and given what I remember of the facilities Undercity 7 had in the game, I should be able to buy and produce the robots myself when I acquire the necessary equipment.

However, as a prerequisite to either of those options I will definitely need to dedicate a decent amount of time and effort to researching and studying various fields, especially robotics to take proper advantage of them… But now that I'm thinking about it, I don't believe the numbers I'll be able to produce there will be all that great unless I want to dedicate a shitload of time and resources to it, which I don't particularly want to do due to two reasons.

The first is there is already an established facility with the necessary manufacturing equipment for robots situated relatively close by to Undercity 7. Furthermore, the facility is located on the way to Las Vegas and the only thing I would have to do to utilize it is I’ll have to repair whatever manufacturing machines need fixing and replace whatever parts that have degraded over the last two centuries since the place was last in use.

Second, assuming I were to allocate a good portion of my time to getting robot production up to the level that I would want it to be at, it would inevitably set me back and slow my progress in other areas. As a consequence of that, my personal survivability would be lower than if I were to keep myself relatively balanced across a multitude of areas. Thus increasing the danger I would face in the wasteland, which may or may not result in my death, if I'm not careful or just plain unlucky.

For those two reasons, I'd rather not waste my time on building the equipment and machinery required just to be able to get up to a similar level of that plant's production capacity when I can just simply travel to the facility to take control of it, repair it, and have it start pumping out robots.

So supposing I end up deciding to go with option one, I'll increase my stats, gather as much knowledge as I possibly can, and acquire a bunch of equipment and gear over the years for my journey. And when I'm eventually old enough, probably at the age of 18, and have made more preparations than probably necessary for my venture into the wasteland.

I'll leave the comfort and safety of Undercity 7 behind and head out into the wasteland to take over the nearby Cyberdynamics Robotics Facility. Which from what I can recall from memory was specifically a robot manufacturing plant under the Cyberdynamics Corporation prior to the Zetans triggering the all-out nuclear war between the various powers that be back some 200 years ago…

When I got to thinking about the all out nuclear Armageddon that took place, my mind began venturing off track again. Trying to imagine myself in that sort of scenario and what would give me the best chance of fighting and possibly defeating the zetans, to prevent myself from having to go through and experience the same kind of destruction the people of this earth had to face 200 years ago.

Well, if I ever get to the point that I gain complete control of Las Vegas and the former state of Nevada, I can think about this further. Until then, I need to figure out how I’m going to get to that point. Then again, I got the feeling that I’ll survive, So hopefully as I’m journeying through the wastes, I remember some more important information that could give me a greater edge against them and if not that maybe I’ll come across something that can.

Continuing on with my plan again, once I have control of the facility and have repaired it, I’ll start production of robots and begin acquiring resources with them. As the resources I have available to me increase further and further, I’ll fortify the facility, add turrets and other defenses, and make it into my home base for the foreseeable future.

And when I have amassed a decent size army of robots, I’ll make my way to Las Vegas to get my cut of the pie before going on to devour the rest of it when I have the ability as well as the forces to accomplish that goal.

I think that's a good enough general plan for Undercity 7, at least for now. I’ll probably think of many more things to add on later as I make my way in the world, and in the event that I come across some difficult variables that require me to modify my plans I can make necessary changes as things come my way.

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Finished reading through all the details for each scenario, I spent a good while contemplating and going over the benefits, as well as the demerits of each choice, to see if I had missed something. I hadn't, thus it was time to make my decision.

Undercity 7 is hands down the best overall option honestly and with the amount of time I've spent looking at each of them, the others don't really compare to what I can accomplish there.

Yeah, none of them are as good, so I'll be going with the Undercity 7 and building myself a robot army down the line when I have the ability as well as the necessary resources. And if I can become strong enough, one day I can think about taking over the wasteland. Having said that, wasteland conquering will have to wait until after I gain control over Las Vegas and the whole state of Nevada.

That doesn't sound like too bad of a goal to strive for, although I don't know if I'll ever be able to achieve it with the numerous powerful factions that exist out in the wasteland that I'll most definitely come into conflict with while trying to conquer the wasteland. Not to mention the Zetan aliens above that I doubt would be pleased to see the rise of another human power after they set the earth ablaze.

My decision made and a grand goal set for myself, I selected the sixth starting option, Undercity 7, Nevada, and finalized my selection. The very instant I locked in my choice, the holographic screen poofed out of existence. Several seconds following its departure, a cyan-colored portal opened up in front of me and rapidly sucked me into itself, where I immediately lost consciousness once again.