Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Mead Canyon

Mead Canyon is a dead lake located in the northeast Mojave Wasteland. Formerly the Hoover Dam reservoir, it was drained sometime concurrent with the fall, possibly due to the activities of the tunnelers.

Overview
Mead Canyon is a large and highly uninhabitable area, with a large tunneler population and a non-negligible number of feral ghouls. Making matters worse, a person or persons unknown has buried hundreds of landmines across the canyons expanse and set up numerous other booby traps at the few noteworthy locations found therein.

Abandoned NCR Camp
The NCR had established a base camp near the center of Mead Canyon, crafted from parts of an old salvage platform from before the lake dried up. It is believed that they attempted to mount an expedition from here to locate and terminate a prominent anti-NCR terrorist who was believed to be in the area. This attempt ended in failure and the NCR contingent was apparently wiped out to the last. Near the camps west end are the remains of this expedition as well as their now broken weapons. While the placement of these remains does have some significance, it is not readily apparent from this perspective

Courier's Overlook
Northwest of the NCR camp, a ramp has been set up to allow access to the top of one of the canyons many rock formations. Following this back to the NCR camp, a survivor will see a lawn chair and the note "Like the view?" which boasts the cryptic warning "You're about to like it even more!". From this perspective, it can be seen that the bodies and weapons of the expedition have been arranged to spell out "FUCK NCR". Loitering at this location is not recommended as doing so will trigger a cache of mini-nukes buried under the message to detonate, flinging the bodies across the canyon and killing or crippling anybody nearby.

Crashed B-29 Bomber
A crashed strategic bomber from before the great war can be found east of the NCR camp. While certain post-war faction are rumored have designs on this aircraft, these obviously went unrealized as the bomber remains where it has been for the past 200 and some years. Underneath the plane's right wing are a pair of dead tunnelers, an inaccessible crate and a note from somebody who knew of the tunnelers arrival in the Mojave and tried to warn the people, only to be rebuffed. The left wing shields a merchant supply crate which is protected by a hard lock. There is a large concentration of landmines in this area

Lake Mead Cave
Immediately adjacent to the bomber is a cave, located on one of the nearby rock formations. A ladder descends into the cave entrance proper, which contains a bear trap, the crucified remains of an unknown person and the eulogy of a courier. There are also a pair of graves located just outside the entryway containing random items but the persons buried there remain unknown.

Other points of interest
Near the southeast end of the canyon is a slot canyon rigged with pitching machine traps and more landmines

South of the bomber are a number of mutilated and crucified NCR troopers, presumably members of the same ill-fated expedition mentioned above

A crashed pre-war sunset sarsaparilla truck is located on the north end of the canyon. Numerous empty bottles and caps can be found here

Trivia
Spore Carriers can occasionally be encountered in Mead Canyon. This significance of this is not known

By exploiting terrain glitches, a player can access Fortification Hill from Mead Canyon. While this was not intended by Naugrim, there are a few notable changes to the area suggesting that the area was slated to make an appearance in DUST at one point.