[b][i]Old Man's Corner[/i][/b]

As the trio of Vertibirds sailed to what was once Central Park, Colonel Alan Anderson, clad in his bright violet Power Armor, grinned as he mused.

Liberty Island and Old Man's Corner had been rivals for years, perhaps decades. Where one was dedicated to the brighter aspects of the Old World and the restoration of its better values, the other was a cesspool of humanity where violence and degradation were a way of life. And the Colonel desired to rule both. If not for the Enclave's doctrine of Genetic Purity, he would have conquered Liberty Island and allied with Old Man's Corner, but he saw how people were looking at him, especially his Heir Apparent, Alex (said Heir in question was still guarding Par back at the base). 

And he knew this: that allowing Old Man's Corner into the fold was not like inducting the inhabitants of Vault 81; the latter were at least 'genetically human'. Even then, he mused as the Vertibirds drew close to the slavers' city, he would have risked a pact with them if not for the fact that since Par - yes, [i]his[/i] Par - had set fire to most of the eastern half of the settlement, the Slavers' Guild had been weakened, leaving it easy prey.

The clang of bullets against his Vertibird's armor snapped Alan from his thoughts, and he gave instructions for the gunship to do what it did in Liberty City: rip apart the crude defensive lines and soar to the city centre, where he and his 'Hedonists' would land and destroy the enemy leadership. The other two Vertibirds, after wreaking aerial havoc, would then sail for the grain silos and the remaining aresnals the Slavers' Guild had, and deploy troops there in order to take control of those areas.

In minutes, it was all over. The Guildmaster, a corpulent man who may or may not be the same as the mysterious 'Mr. Big' - Alan didn't really care - had been brought out and decapitated, the city was being looted for its supplies, and for the men brought in from Vault 81, the prettier women were to be sterilized and given to them to satisfy their hyper-sexual lusts. Alan smirked; Liberty City had fought harder than this.

"People of Old Man's Corner," he announced, "my name is Colonel Alan Anderson of the United States of America, and this settlement is now returned to the control of the United States Government. Thanks to the new policies mandating enslavement of mutants instead of extermination, you will now live on as property of the nation; do not resist if you value your lives. I repeat, do not resist if you value your lives..."

[b][i]Sky Citadel[/i][/b]

Elder Mavarek was a big, well-muscled old man with a great white handlebar mustache and wrinkled brown skin and bright brown eyes who constantly wore his Power Armor, even in meetings. Sitting on a chair that had been toughened to handle Power Armor, the old man mused on the news brought to him by the latest courier.

"Old Man's Corner has fallen," he said to Lawrence once he arrived. "The Enclave now surrounds us on three sides."

"Four!" said another Paladin who had just burst in. "The Enclave surrounds us on four sides! From their new position at Liberty Island, the Enclave have dispatched a force to the Hoboken Terminal's ruins, where they are setting up anti-aircraft artillery!"

"Damnit!" the Elder said, "if they set up AA Guns at both New Jersey and Liberty Island, we'll have to say goodbye to getting any help from Sarah!" He then turned to face the Paladin who had burst in.

"Jackson, you and I will take a squad of eight to Hoboken. Lawrence, you split the newcomers you brought here into two groups; one to attack Old Man's Corner before the Enclave finish set up their positions there, the other on a raid into the Enclave's main base itself. There, they are to rescue the 19-year old boy who allowed said newcomers to come to us in the first place."

"Remember, his sacrifice of his dignity and liberty also saved our contingent on Liberty Island." A pause, and Elder Mavarek would then take show Lawrence a hologram - a hologram of New York's old tunnel network.

"One of these leads to underneath the Enclave Base; I know it."

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