Fort Independence – Capital Wasteland 
“Send word to the Colonel, 4 men approaching the fort. From the looks of it, they are from the Children of Atom. “A soldier said to another as he watched from a recently built wooden tower, “Hope everyone took their rad-x today.” The other soldier ran over to the building to get Colonel Samuels. They were in the midst of setting up turrets, and other equipment that at the moment was gabling their radio communication. 

The Colonel stood from his desk in his pristine white uniform, designed to mimic that of officers of long time past, from the time of the revolutionary war. As he stood up and headed for the door, his personal guard began to accompany him. Two crusaders fully outfitted in plate armor with a Red cross emblazoned on the front. An armor resembling that of crusaders, a fitting image for them on their current mission. They were armed with swords for close combat and assault rifles for long range. However, being elite troops and fiercely devoted to the Cross, they preferred to use their swords when striking down those they considered “heathens”. 

The guards at the Main gate stood at attention. They were concerned, not because these were well armed strangers, but because these men seemed to enjoy being bathed in radiation. They had been given plenty of Rad-x due to recent nuclear strikes in nearby areas, but it concerned them being so close to these strange men and woman. The colonel stepped out the front doors of the Fort, and stood there as one of the soldiers at the gate opened it up for their guest.  “Greetings, Children of Atom representatives. I am Colonel Samuels, officer in charge of this expedition.”