<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/05/Top%207%20Gut%20Wrenching%20Choices/Finished/fallout3_megaton1--article_image.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br/>"Some say the world will end in fire,<br/>Some say in ice.<br/>From what I've tasted of desire<br/>I hold with those who favor fire."<br/>-Robert Frost-</span><br/><br/>If he had only known how prophetic his words would be...perhaps Frost would never have penned them?  In the climax of a brutal war between the United States, and The Peoples' Republic of China mankind brought about his own judgment. Bombs were launched; who struck first is unknown. And in truth does not matter. Other countries, saw the missiles on their way,  and launched their planes and fired their own warheads as well.  For two whole hours nuclear bombardment was unleashed upon the earth's surface. The earth's faults shift violently. Mountain ranges thrust themselves through the soil. Whole lands  submerged under floods of water.<br/><br/><br/>This was not, as many feared, the end of the world and of all forms of life on it. No it was simply the beginning of a new world, a world of pain, of suffering, of cruelty, and of twisted life that was a shadow of its former self. But not all the survivors of The Great War were forced into this new existence. A small, but lucky, portion of the country's population took shelter in massive underground shelters spread across the country and known collectively  as Vaults. It was in these Vaults that they weathered the storm taking place above their heads and awaited the time when it would be safe to return to the surface. One such shelter was Vault 111.<br/><br/>(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9143/v111door.png)<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-Overseer's Log-<br/>October 23, 2077<br/>Entry 1</span></strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatright">(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/466/fafawdfawf.png)</div>In accordance with Vault-Tec<sup>™</sup>standard operating instructions. I am keeping this log to preserve a historical record of the events taking place within this Vault (Vault 111) from this point forward, until such time that the Vault is re-opened. The warning sirens have been going off for the past 10 minutes. It's a good thing I was carrying my Vault-Tec<sup>™</sup>extra early warning system...or we might not have been able to get this place running in time! As you can no doubt see in the picture I've attached to this report the entrance to the cave which Vault 111 was built into is already open. Things are moving at a decent pace, as long as nothing goes wrong we should be ready to seal the Vault within the next 10-15 minutes. I will continue this report at that time....<br/><br/>Well my estimates were a bit off.... It took us 20 minutes to get everyone inside. We ran into some trouble when we caught Mr. Espinoza, our reactor technician, trying to sneak his entire family into the Vault. I know it sounds a bit harsh, but you have to take into account that Mr. Espinoza counts his wife, his three children, his mother, his father, his grandmother, and his mother-in-law as his "family"(Though only God knows why he'd be trying to sneak his mother-in-law INTO the Vault...if it was my mother-in-law I'd be trying to sneak that old bat OUT!). Normally Vault-Tec<sup>™</sup>procedure dictates that anyone caught trying to sneak unauthorized personnel into the Vault is to have their place in the Vault revoked and to be left outside. But since Espinoza is one of our vital members we had to do things 'diplomatically.' Long story short he got his entire clan in and sadly....the Morgans won't be joining us in the Vault.<br/><br/>Despite the set back we are all inside now, and my head engineer tells me we have a good seal on the door! So this will not be my last entry!<br/><br/>-Thadeus Blok<br/>Vault 111 Overseer<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-Overseer's Log-<br/>November 3, 2077<br/>Entry 5 </span></strong></span></div><br/>It's been 11 days since the bombs fell. We haven't been getting any radio signals from Vault-Tec<sup>™</sup>or the government. I was advised in my instructions that this might happen and I'm not too worried. Also...the mouth to the that houses the entrance to the Vault was blown away during one of the nuclear explosions...I don't mean that it has collapsed on us...I mean it's blown away!!<br/><br/>And THAT does worry me. For two very specific reasons. First off it means our door is practically out in the open and anyone who just strolls on by can see it! The second reason is that I'm not sure how stable the 'mountain' we were built into is and I fear there is a very good chance that without the supports that had been built into the cave's mouth there is a chance of a landslide burring the Vault! I haven't expressed these fears to the general population..and I most likely wont. The last thing we need is someone getting too nervous and trying to open us up before it's safe....<br/><br/><br/>-Thadeus Blok<br/>Vault 111 Overseer<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-Overseer's Log-<br/>November 27, 2077<br/>Entry 13 </span></strong></span></div><br/>There are people out there, they have been there for about 3 days now. I don't know where they are from. I'm guessing they are survivors from the surrounding area...either way there's a group of about 20 or 30 of them out there right now. They're just camped out around the door. The first day they were shouting at the cameras. I guess they didn't realize that there aren't any microphones for us to hear them from. Either way they figured it out. They are holding up signs now... most of them say something along the lines of "let us in." A few of the angrier looking men have signs along the lines of "Let us in NOW !(Followed by quite a few different expletives). I'm actually kind of amazed what men and women will stoop to when they get desperate. There's even a woman (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/274/e/7/City_Flasher_by_Mrissxd.jpg) out there who exposed herself to the cameras and had "I belong to who ever opens the door' written on her body in what looked like blood red lipstick...at least I hope it was lipstick. I'd wanted to keep this a secret so as to avoid unrest but the news about the 'beggars' has already spread like wildfire through out the Vault. We held a vote last night on whether or not to let them in. The vote was nearly unanimous in favor of keeping the door closed. Which is good because I hadn't intended on opening it either way....the rad levels are still TOO high.<br/><br/>-Thadeus Blok<br/>Vault 111 Overseer<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-Overseer's Log-<br/>August 14, 2078<br/>Entry 123 </span></strong></span></div><br/><br/>We received the all clear signal last night, so we prepared to open the Vault. There was quite a bit of excitement. I mean, yes, the world outside is literally a wasteland. And the last we've seen of any survivors was the few 'beggars' who didn't leave the entrance before dying. But we had the G.E.C.K. and with it we'd be able to start a new civilization!<br/><br/>Well...at least that's what we thought....When it came time to open the door we punched in the correct code and nothing! We tried three more times and the damn door wouldn't open! Our engineer isn't too sure what's wrong with the door but he can't seem to get it to function...<br/><br/><br/>It's been 6 hours since I entered the information above, we finally figured out what the problem with the door is. Several of the pneumatic levers somehow ruptured. Along with several key gears managing to fuse together. According to our engineers we don't have the parts needed to fix the door. Or the ability to design and produce them. In short we don't know why all these parts broke, and we can't fix them. We are stuck here for the long haul....<br/><br/><br/><br/>-Thadeus Blok<br/>Vault 111 Overseer<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>..............advù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀Oadvù4ƒ╪δ¥δ┼♠HÄ416☺98♦☺69‼7kƒ±→■☻♀O.......<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-Overseer's Log-<br/>June 1, 2277<br/>Entry 13897 </span></strong></span></div><br/>This is Thadeus Blok IV, I am Vault 111's Overseer and I have been for 17 years, ever since the death of my father Thadeus Blok III. This entry is to address the fact that due to a computer failure all Overseer's Log entries dated after August 14, 2077 have been lost. And so it falls to me to preserve our history as best I can. With the knowledge that this log will now form the core of our education system's "Recent History" section of the curriculum I hereby pledge as you're wise, fair, and knowing Overseer to provide an accurate account of events.<br/><br/>After our forefathers discovered that the Vault was permanently sealed they (intelligently) gave up on the prospect of life above ground and focused on giving future generations a better future under ground. Ten years after that decision was made any argument against it was rendered moot... A band of surface survivors appeared at the Vault's door and began to attempt to force their way in. They looked quite fierce and evil! But thankfully the door to Vault 111 held firm! They continued their attempts for several months using everything from construction tools to guns but nothing worked. Finally they attempted to use some explosives(God only knows how they managed to get their hands on them) to blow the door open. Needless to say, the plan didn't work, and instead of breaking open our door they only succeed in causing a land slide and burying our Vault's entrance under what I estimate to be several tons of rock and earth. Since that time we have had no contact with the outside. The cameras placed at the Vault's door were destroyed and we are too heavily burred to receive any radio signals (if such signals even exist...which is doubtful).<br/><br/>As far as more recent events goes, for the past 10 years we have been hearing more and more noise coming from the other side of the door. At first we thought it was simply rocks shifting. But soon it became obvious that someone up there is trying to dig their way to us. For our protection I enacted laws requiring the Vault's entire population to begin preparing to defend themselves if the time came. At first it seemed like the outsiders would show up any day and it would then be time to do or die. But that just isn't the case anymore. 14 months ago the digging noises ceased. We haven't heard anything from the surface since. I can only presume that who ever was attempting to get to us has given up on their fools errand. Despite what some of our more jumpy residents may believe I encourage everyone to focus on their appointed tasks,  give no further thought to the outside world, and always remember We are born in the Vault, We die in the Vault.<br/><br/><br/>-Thadeus Blok IV<br/>Vault 111 Overseer<br/>