You are taken to a large fortified settlement.

Your journey on a cart, accompanied by two unfriendly and armed men, lasts a long time. Probably around 5 hours.

However, the positive fact is that the cart, which is pulled by two bull-shaped... “creatures”, moves much faster than an ordinary pedestrian traveler.

It is also important that your armed “friends” know the way to the settlement much better than you.

So when you reach your destination in the evening, it's obviously a good thing - because otherwise you would have to look for a place to sleep in the wasteland. This would be an extremely dangerous undertaking.

However, your “companions” are also a source of danger. You definitely shouldn’t forget about this...

As the wheels of the cart roll along the well-trodden, bumpy road, on which there are only pitiful remains of asphalt, you peer into the terrain ahead.

You see the silhouettes of large concrete buildings ahead, most of which are ruins.

But there is an important difference from what you saw in the wasteland: these ruins are inhabited by people.

Building frames and wall fragments were used to create observation towers. You see how the holes in the walls are filled with rubbish, fragments of fittings and something else...

It looks like mountains of sandbags!

The gaps between the ruins of buildings are littered with rusty cars and other debris.

In fact, a wall was built around this settlement from similar... “specific” materials.

You see armed men patrolling the area. In those places where at least parts of the roofs of the buildings have been preserved, you see shooting positions on the roofs equipped with sandbags.

Taking a closer look, you notice people there with firearms.

You're thinking, “Sniper positions? If this settlement can organize something like that, then the local residents clearly have greater resources than those savages who wanted to kill me with a piece of sharp armature..."

You also notice flags with a white four-pointed star on the roofs.

Meanwhile, the cart drives up to the gates of this “fortress.”

The role of the gate is played by the rusty frame of a bus...

From the roof of the building someone shouts: “Who are you? What do you need?"

Jasper replies: “Don’t pretend you didn’t see us when we were driving up, you fucking asshole! Open the gate, Johnny! Kenneth and I went hunting and got lizardmole meat. And we also caught one guy. The boss will decide what to do with him.”

You hear grumbling.

Then a grinding sound.

Probably some complex mechanism is working on cables and ropes.

The rusty bus, which was blocking the cart’s path into the settlement, slowly moves to the side.

Bull-shaped creatures pull a cart into the settlement.

You look around the interior of the settlement.

Many people walk between the ruins of buildings. There are probably hundreds of people here. Perhaps even about a thousand. Mans and womans. You also see groups of dirty children dressed in rags. Children run through the streets of the settlement and shout something with laughter.

You notice a large number of armed patrols, clearly busy maintaining security and stopping what is considered inappropriate behavior in this settlement.

Something seems strange to you.

Until you understand what exactly...

You also notice animals that look like bull-shaped creatures that are harnessed to a cart.

You think, “These animals are probably common here. It looks like they are used as draft animals and probably in the beef industry...”

The cart drives up to one of the buildings and stops.

Your “companions” **** you to get off the wagon. Then they get off on their own. Kenneth takes the dead lizardmole's carcass and drags it inside the building.

You hear the sound of an irritated female voice: "What the fuck, idiot?!” Put the meat on another table! You'll get everything dirty!"

During this time, Jasper stays with you.

His smile and gaze hint to you that he continues to closely monitor your behavior. The muzzle of his revolver is also pointed in the direction of your stomach.

After some time, Kenneth returns.

He grumbles: “Nancy paid as usual... Grumpy bitch... Could have paid more! This lizardmole was fattier than usual!”

Jasper says: “Well! Let's go to the boss! There's a chance he'll pay us for this asshole."

They **** you to go deeper into the settlement.

Ten minutes later, your group approaches a building that looks less destroyed than the others.

You see a high fence with barbed wire. A group of heavily armed guards stands near the massive metal doors. Five people. Everyone is dressed in large bulletproof vests. On the left arm of each guard is a gray bandage with a white four-pointed star symbol. Each of them has a helmet on their head. Each of them is holding a shotgun in their hands.

It looks like…

A realization arises in your mind: “Of course! These helmets are similar to the standard police helmets that are part of the standard police uniform when required to control a riot or when necessary to apprehend a dangerous armed criminal!”

While the guards are searching you, you notice that “police” inscriptions on some of their helmets are almost erased.

You try to have time to look around before you are **** to go inside the building.

On the large dirty grayish concrete wall of the building you notice a dilapidated inscription and the inscription: “Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison.” Nearby, the inscription “Fortress Jackson” is painted in white paint.

You think: “This settlement was created on the site of a large prison! It seems... I think I can try to remember... I heard something similar earlier from some of my colleagues..."

After the search, armed guards **** you to go inside the building.

You hear Kenneth’s alarmed cries: “What about the payment?! We are due payment for this asshole!”

One of the guards says: “If the boss finds this person useful, then you will be paid. Now get out of here!”

Two guards accompany you inside the building.

While you walk, you try to remember at least something useful.

It seems that you have heard something about this prison. Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison. This is a big prison. In 2045 it was expanded even further. The prison's capacity began to number more than ten thousand prisoners. Why did this happen?

The guards led you inside the elevator.

Marvelous!

This elevator is working!

This means that this building has a power supply and working equipment.

The elevator goes down slowly.

And suddenly you remember: “Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison! Expansion of the prison through large-scale construction of underground prison facilities! And one more thing: there was a secret part of the program that was not advertised in the media. In the lower underground levels of this prison, experiments were carried out on people sentenced to d e a t h! I don’t know the details, but one of my colleagues mentioned that scientists who agreed to participate in providing these experiments were promised a fivefold increase in salary!”

As the elevator moves down, more and more memories appear in your mind.

Riots in the cities of the east coast of the United States in 2044. Due to the economic crisis and the staggering rise in fuel prices, crowds of impoverished people took to the streets of major cities. Bloody suppression of these riots with the help of army units and armed national guards. Mass casualties among demonstrators. Tightening of legislation. More and more people are being imprisoned on charges of un-American activities and participation in riots. There is not enough space in existing prisons. The US government allocates huge amounts of funding to build new prisons and expand old prisons.

You think of an underground prison like this as something like a bunker.

It is likely that some prisoners in this prison were able to survive. They survived the consequences of nuclear war.