<span style="font-style: italic">Year 2785</span><br/><br/>Rael Leuter woke up to the noise of Big Iron by Marty Robbins (m<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPArO-OI_3U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPArO-OI_3U</a>m) He was groggy, and a little hung over. He swung his legs out of bed and grabbed the bottle of Whisky next to his bed. Though true alcohol is illegal in Vault City, being a member of the Vault City Guard has it's perks. He got dressed, pulled on his duster, hat, and sunglasses, and grabbed his .44, which he holstered to his belt. He walked out of his room, located in the original Vault 8. The Vault is mostly used for storage these days, and Rael prefers his privacy, so it's perfect. He left the Vault and walked to the Courtyard, his post.<span style="font-style: italic">This shit never gets old</span>he thought to himself. He then turned to Robert, who stood on the other side of the gate. "This shit never gets old, does it Rob?" He laughed and just shook his head. "Man these Outsiders never shut the hell up." he said. Robert was a descendent of one of the original Vault Dwellers. Thus, he was extremely bigoted towards anyone not from the Vault. Even if they've passed the Citizenship Test, which Rael has. "Tell me again how you passed that bloody test man." he asked. Rael just shrugged. "I'm just really smart." He replied. "Next to nobody can pass that test." Robert said. A quiet fell between them as a crowd gathered near the gate. They were all shouting some nonsense or other, like they usually do. But today, the crowd was much larger, and it was growing.<br/><br/>Robert turned to Rael, and with a nervous smile, said, "Uhh Rael... What's going on?" "What are you asking me for?" he said, growing annoyed. He then turned to the crowd and said in an authoritative voice, "I'm gonna need everyone to disperse. You are getting unruly and are disrupting the peace. You need to leave. Now." No one listened. Instead, they all started shouting about their rights as citizens, even though none of them were. They started pressing against the gate, as well as Rael and Robert. They pushed them off of themselves and drew their weapons. Robert had a 10mm Pistol and Rael had his .44. The crowed backed off a little, then surged forward again. Some had bats or bits of wood. One took a swing at Robert, Rael shouted into his radio for backup, and Robert fired his weapon, all in the matter of a few seconds. The crowd was quiet. Rael glanced over to make sure his partner was alright. Robert was holding his head. His hand came away a little bloody. Then Rael saw the body. Robert had shot his attacker right in the head. No survival. The crowd attacked in force after they noticed the body. Robert and Rael opened fire as more of the Guard came running to help. They began firing an assortment of weapons into the crowd. Rael ran out of ammo and fell back. He lost sight of Robert right before he had fired his last round.<span style="font-style: italic">This is utter bullshit</span>Rael thought to himself, just a little annoyed at the crowd. As he retreated and reloaded, the rest of the Guard caught up. Together, they pushed the rest of the crowd back and regained control of the area. The survivors of the assault quickly dispersed and blended back in with the rest of the Outsiders.<br/><br/>Rael was called to the Central Council. He didn't know why, but assumed that it had to do with the Outsider Rebellion as it was now being called. Apparently they had attacked a number of other areas as well, but the largest force was at the gate. He was then called into the Chambers. The First Citizen spoke, "Rael Leuter. Due to your heroic actions during the Outsider Rebellion, we are promoting you to Captain of the Guard. An honor indeed, especially for someone not originally from Vault City. Along with this promotion comes a pay raise, a bonus, and some leave. I would recommend taking the leave right away. Now comes the hard part. Your partner, Robert, was killed in the fighting." Rael lowered his head.<span style="font-style: italic">I knew it... as soon as I lost sight of him, I knew...</span>The First Citizen had continued talking, "... 187 total casualties in the fighting. Among them were only 15 of our Guard and 3 Citizens. The Outsiders will be punished immensely for this. Normally, The Captain of the Guard would lead the retributions, but you will be taking that leave. We'll need you at top shape when you come back to work. You're dismissed." she finished. Rael returned home and drank. And drank. Then decided that he was gonna go to New Vegas and gamble. Gambling was illegal in Vault City. Not even the Vault Guard were allowed to. So he started packing.