Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/The Strip

The Strip is a location in DUST.

In DUST
At some point after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, despite suffering a defeat to Independent Vegas, NCR forcibly annexed the city, driving the Courier into hiding and branding him as a terrorist.

After the discovery of the Sierra Madre, NCR researchers set up laboratories in Vault 21 (and later the Lucky 38) to conduct ethically questionable experiments on radiation resistance, in a sealed location out of sight of the general populace. Desperation for human test subjects led the team to begin abducting residents of Freeside. This among other factors would spawn a rebel uprising led by the King, which led NCR forces to establish the brutal martial law. Purportedly, internal sabotage from a disgusted employee led to a containment failure in Vault 21, killing many researchers and forcing the NCR to seal the Vault off with toxic waste. The NCR moved its research into the Lucky 38 as the rebellion simmered.

In 2287 a huge dust storm from the Divide bore down on the Mojave, and the New Vegas rebels took advantage of the lessened NCR presence and attacked the Strip. After cutting through the gate and abducting several VIPs, they breached the Lucky 38 and the resulting battle released the Cloud onto the Strip, causing widespread chaos and destruction. The Dust Storm spread the cloud across the American southwest, as flaying winds and deadly radiation mixed with the toxin, turning the people of New Vegas into ghouls, Centaurs, and a cloud-based form of Marked Men. Surviving NCR personnel responded by executing civilians in the streets and sealing the Strip gate shut, leaving victims and their own comrades to die. The Rebels managed to evacuate many Freesiders into the sewers. Some managed to survive in hazmat suits but eventually transformed into Ghosts from cloud exposure. Unmutated NCR and survivors would eventually be killed by fighting, the Cloud, or mutants.

By 2301, the Strip is a tangled, toxic ruin completely covered in the Cloud and intense radiation. The few intelligent Mutants still alive have descended into Insanity and Cannibalism. All three Strip gates are blocked by debris, requiring numerous side-routes through the Casinos to fully traverse the area.

There are three ways to enter the Strip in DUST. Player characters can enter via the main gate between it and Freeside. The key to that gate can be found on NCR Rangers at Camp Golf. The second means is through the Lucky 38, which has an entrance to the last level of the sewers under New Vegas. Finally, there is a door on the outside wall of New Vegas not far from the Sunset Sarsaparilla Bottling Plant. It has a hard lock and leads to an elevator shaft in the Tops Casino. The entrance is one-way.

The monorail between McCarran and the Strip is still operational, though player character must obtain a key located at the NCR Embassy to utilize it.

Locations

 * Lucky 38
 * Gomorrah
 * The Tops
 * The Ultra-Luxe
 * NCR Embassy
 * NCR Monorail Station
 * Vault 21
 * Workshop