Shady Sands is a place of promise, a renewal of humanity if they could only get their feet on solid ground. They've just found their balanceMaximus's father manages to unearth clean waterwhen a bomb is snuck into town and detonates, killing everyone except for Maximus. "We were just getting started," his mother tearfully says just before a radiant cloud glows right outside.
Whenever I spot [the Brotherhood's] reconnaissance units in the ruins, I stalk them from behind and take them out with my trusty .50 caliber rifle. I kill them all and leave no evidence. I've decided to strip them naked and leave them lying there in their underwear. They're invaders, so mercy is unnecessary. Choosing the Red Rocket truck stop as his home base, Oshii has surrounded his mini-fortress with the power armor suits he's collected from his perpetual battles against the Brotherhood of Steel.