Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/The Divide

The Divide is a region to the northwest of the Mojave Wasteland.

Background
An isolated town located on the California/Nevada border, Hopeville and Ashton were established in the late 21st century, The Divide was victim to a nuclear massacre in The Great War, and later again to a nuclear massacre in 2277, caused by The Courier. The ones that survived the nukes quickly turned into Marked Men, Bull and Bear, united by radiation. The only non Marked Man survivor was Ulysses, one of Caesar's frumentarii, fighting in the Divide front lines during the nuclear explosion.

The Divide with its varied history, having been part of what once was America's ballistic shield with its network of underground nuclear missile silos, was the subject of one last, devastating nuclear catastrophe.

Years after, Ulysses contacted The Courier, inviting him to walk the Lonesome Road with him, planning to once more rain nuclear fire on the wastes.

It is presumed Ulysses was defeated in his last confrontation with the Courier in Ulysses' Temple, leaving the Marked Men leaderless.

Soon after, the Marked Men, without hope to continue, a wise Marked Man stepped up and formed an alliance with nearby tribes of the Divide, Junaid.

Overview
In 2301, The Divide is home to five tribes constituting an alliance, forming a functioning society with the tribes complementing each other in multiple ways:


 * Deep Wells


 * Dust Walkers


 * Mole Herders
 * Stone Wolves

The tribes started accepting lone souls who were seeking for refugee in the Wastes, accomodating those who survived The Fall, even though they shoot on sight the Survivor.
 * Sun Children

The player starts in the end of the High Road upon entrance, and the section leading to Ashton is blocked off. The only path is through the High Road to Hopeville, leading to the Market District.

Threat Level
Dust Walkers, Stone Wolves, and Deep Wells are the most well armed in the Divide, Dust Walkers wear sand resistant clothing to protect from storms in the High Road, and prefer long range ambushes, taking out the survivor before he can see them. Stone Wolves are expert crafters, using makeshift weaponry and armor, they can quickly take out the Survivor with high damaging makeshift weapons.

Sections

 * Hopeville
 * High Road

Entrances
The vanilla path to the Divide is blocked, the old bunker door seems to have been destroyed presumably by the Marked Men, perhaps to make sure The Tunnel Men didn't come back. The only entrance to the Divide is through Zion, where you have to brave Spore Carriers, NCR Remnants, and a very angry Spore Carrier.. The entrance from Zion to the Divide is through the Pine Creek Tunnel, though you have to find a key to open it. Tips And Tricks details how to get the key, but it spoils an ending. You will have to go through the tunnel, which spans more than 300 miles!

Exits
You can find an exit back to the Mojave in the Hopeville Silo Entrance, in a ladder leading back to the Canyon Wreckage.

DUST Events
After the death of the leader of the Marked Men, Ulysses, The Marked Men merged with tribes neighbouring the Divide, Their power spread as far as to Kai'sar's Hill, occupied by Dust Walkers.

The First Coming
Sometime after the ending of Honest Hearts and the death of Ulysses, The White Legs were pushed back to Pine Creek Tunnel, retreating all the way to the Long Dark, causing the massacre of Vault 74 and the First Coming. During that period, The Marked Men were weak, due to the lost of their leader. The White Legs came to The Divide, but only made it to the High Road before they were pushed back to The Long Dark. The Marked Men hunted the remaining White Legs and wiped them out.

The Second Coming
Around 2287, The Dead Horses were forced to retreat from Zion, due to increasing threat of The Wendigo and food shortage. The Dead Horses ventured into the Long Dark, when they arised in The Divide, they were met with hostile forces, again the tribes of the Divide were massacred, but they ended up winning when they hunted the Dead Horses in the Long Dark, sucessfully wiping out the Dead Horses.

The Tunneler Incident
It is believed that after the Divide tribals tamed Deathclaws and chased out all Tunnelers from the Divide, The Tunnelers mass emigrated to The Mojave, causing chaos and being partially responsible for the Fall.

Trivia

 * Many players seem to have no knowledge about the Divide exit to the Mojave

Glitches

 * Even though tunnelers were exterminated from the Divide, you can rarely find a few fighting Dust Walkers in the High Road tunnel