Vault-Tec HQ

The door opens onto the shadows of a half-collapsed metro tunnel. It is probably best not to ask about the stink on the wind. Outside the sunlight is enough to make Ellen squint and hold a hand in front of her eyes as she says, "I hope you all took that Rad-X. We're about a block or so from that downed Delta-IX rocket, and there were still a few mutants in the crater when I told Star Paladin Cross I thought I'd seen reinforcements in the tunnel."

She pauses at the distant sound of a lot of laser fire.

"That last part might not be so much of a problem for long."