Scorchbeast lure

Scorchbeast lures are devices used by the Free States in Appalachia to lure a scorchbeast to a kill zone and ground it there so it can be more easily dispatched by disorienting its echolocation.

Background
The technology of the scorchbeast lures was developed by the Brotherhood of Steel to attract scorchbeasts into a protected zone to more easily kill the creatures. It was after their fall to the Scorched Plague, and their warning broadcast, Raleigh Clay gathered Free States members to see what they could salvage from their old stomping ground, Camp Venture. The opportunity to gather resources and intelligence was a boon, as it included the sonic generator technology. Which after some review, Ella Ames came up with an idea. They could use the sound waves to create a trap for the Scorchbeasts. Seeking to disorient it, and ground it long enough for extermination. The work on these lures would take their time away from the development of the Scorched Detection System. Some time after proving its effectiveness the Free States captured Hank Madigan. His attempts to contact them only proving successful after tampering with a working lure. His hopes were for an alliance between the Fire Breathers and what was left of the Free States. They were unwilling to so freely trust an ex-Brotherhood member in his promises of the Fire Breathers handling the Free States raider problem.

The work itself was almost unending as attested by Edward Hayes, who was constructing the majority of the equipment. Those in the vicinity of one would get messages radioed to their PIP-Boys. The Free States would eventually construct twelve sites.

While the lures were a success their relationship with Madigan would prosper. He would eventually earn their trust and help them with the construction of the Scorched Detection System. He was given the only uplink they could make made his way to the Top of the World to complete the network. There he tried to connect the device to their system without them knowing. He also hoped he could negotiate with the raiders. He was captured and tortured for information, eventually dying in the cage they kept him in. They were planning to ransom the Uplink technology back to them, only for them to learn soon afterword that all the members of the Free States were dead.

Operation
These devices operate by attracting scorchbeasts into a pre-determined kill zone, there the lures would disorienting its echolocation, grounding it to be more easily dispatched. These devices would continue to operate until the battery powering it would run out of power.

Quests

 * Event: It's a Trap: A scorchbeast has been lured to a kill zone for killing....

Locations

 * South of Hemlock Holes
 * East of Clarksburg
 * Northeast of Greg's Mine Supply
 * South of Summersville Docks
 * East of The Rusty Pick
 * South of Red Rocket Filling Station
 * East of The Bounty
 * Northwest of Autumn Acre Cabin
 * At Treehouse Village
 * At Ransacked Bunker
 * North of Ranger District Office
 * East of NAR Repair Yard