Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Hoover Dam

 Hoover Dam is an installation in the eastern Mojave.

Background
Hoover Dam was built in 1933 named after Herbert Hoover. The Dam collected water from the man-made Lake Mead.

Control over the installation was a major subject of tensions between different factions of the Mojave wasteland, when, after The Great War, the New Californian Republic put it back into partly operation.

Sometime around the time of The Fall, the Colorado river and Lake Mead dried up, leaving the dam inoperable and leaving far reaching consequences, from environmental decay to decreasing stability in the Mojave.

While it is unknown as to how the water disappeared, rumors have floated around of an 'eccentric' pre-war research facility that has recently been flooded. While still rumor and myth, if not entirely unknown, to those left in the Mojave, the few people knowledgeable enough may put together rumors of teleportation and heavily advanced technology in the crater-shaped region, leading to some of them moving in on the region to secure the technology for themselves, fighting each other and the 'local' inhabitants in the meanwhile.

Surprisingly, Colonel Cassandra Moore, the former commander of the forces protecting the dam, is still present, albeit with unknown designation.

Despite its severe decrease in value, Hoover Dam remained as one of the few NCR strongholds left in the Mojave, now occupied by personnel of the Royst-Bernard Expedition, a still formidable landmark in the east.

Overview
With the installation being one of the last remaining NCR strongholds, the Survivor will be met with considerable resistance, when trying to infiltrate.

Despite the water having disappeared, reaching the dams crest or inner structure from either the former water side, or the dry side seems not to be possible.

The dam crest still being a maze of sandbag fortifications can provide cover, and with NCR exposing a surprising lack of attention on guard is a feasible route for entry, as long as no direct attention is drawn.

The inside of the dam is heavily guarded. Making entry directly through one of the Visitor Centres will have the Survivor face NCR troops wearing NCR Salvaged Power Armor, and heavy weapons including Heavy Incinerators.

Entering through one of the Dam Towers not directly connected to Visitor Centres seems advisable.

While armor, weaponry and ammunition will be available from neutralized NCR, food and drink are scarce, and are not worth the effort.