Now I bet you want to her a story of some wasteland hero who comes in guns blazing to save the day, or an unstoppable knight who fight for the paragon of hope and justice, but no. Your stuck with me Salvage just your normal run of the mill earth pony with only a talent for messing things up. I mean I go out trying to earn my namesake and I get sucked into a huge adventure, when all I want to do head back and enjoy a Nuka cola and count the rad-roaches. Well I guess I better start with the setting to be all proper like, and no before you even ask this story didn't happen in a Galaxy far far way or the idealize pre-war Equestria either. Nope just right here in the good old capital wasteland, the new stomping grounds of the “stable dweller”, it wasn’t always this way with traders tradin, raiders raidin, and the rest of us just trying to make a living. It all started a long while back bout 10 years before Little Pip first stuck her head out of that vault chasing Velvet Remedy. thou a few things about the wasteland stay the same, there still a watcher trying to find the bearers, Dj-pon3 still spitting out the beats and the goddess still capturing ponies and try to make alicorns. so yeah war never changes the people and the places do but not good ol war the one constant in the wastes.

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well while your here i might as well tell you bout myself. I’m a normal earth pony with dark orange coat and a grey mane well for my build, no I’m not a tank like stallion in fact I was picked on as a colt well that and the fact that I have a pile of junk as my cutie mark. I mean really my classmates get guns, mines,and creatures and I get a pile of scrap metal. By the way names Salvage. so shall I get to the story?

Ugh my aching everything…. Wait how did I get here, OK Salvage calm down I’m just in  a random place that apparently complete untouched by the bombs. Not that that’s completely unordinary or anything. how come when the bombs fell only creepy places were left untouched.I’ll just grab my bobby pins and,Buck there gone, everything is gone. Well this is just great, finally get sent out for my first real job, and now I’m coltnapped and stuck hear with nothing to do, just sit and wait. well at least I’m alive that's a plus so I kicked back I started whistling a tune i heard on the radio.

!!""Hey! I know that tune, did you learn that from my friend Scratchy?!!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, where’s that coming from?  “hello?”

“!yes, I am here silly, who did you think ran this place, o you must be new! I’m going to throw you a party! there will be cake and ice cream! do you like ice cream? my favorite flavors are strawberry because it pink like me!”

“wait, who are you?” scratch that  “what are you  and how to you talk that fast, slow it down so I can under stand you better”

“is this better? I can’t believe I finally got a new friend to help me do some testing”

“wait I didn’t agree to any testing especially by  so psycho machine! and I’m not your friend, I already got one and shes a hooffull” I mumbled the last part.

“so wait you don’t want to be friends? what did i do wrong, I know i didn’t sing a random I would sing but the speakers are broken”

Thank Celestia

“So what I just test something for you and you will let me go? nothing life threat hing right”

“After the party of course but I don’t want you telling were this surprise is so you will have to Pinkie promise not to tell. I don’t want those meany weeny raiders finding this place”

“Wait what “pinkie promise” what the Buck is that?”

“Silly whoever you are, a pinkie promise is the utmost bond of trust two ponies can have, and if you break it you will lose their trust FFFFOOOOOORRRRREEEEVVVVVEEEERRR. Ok? When you’re ready to start just go through that door”

Just like that, the door opened, leading to a small room beyond, so I thought “what the hell it’s better than rotting in there for all eternity.”  I trotted over to the next room where on a pedestal was a strange cuff like machine clearly designed for comfortable wear. I think there called ‘pip buck’ or something? I never was talented with these arcane techno whatchamacallits. i preferred the simple machines and clock work gadgets to these magical run machines. call me old fashioned or what ever but I don't trust spells or magic in the most part. I mean arn’t they what made this place into the wasteland anyway?

“What are you waiting for, try it on!”

“Whatever you say giant omnipresent voice”  so as I lowered my leg towards the strange device, it jumped up, and snapped itself onto my wrist. Dang it, this will be hard to remove. Suddenly the world was filled with light everywhere, and  things started popping up……

//Scanning for abnormalities none found

//diagnosing health

//displaying h.p

//installing vats

//inventory sorting spell active

//map opening

// loading process100% complete

//activating function Gemini Authorization code alpha bravo delta

// Password accepted load personality folders (one found)

//Activating exe.applebloom

Whoa what the hay just happened why can’t I feel my legs….wait project files, what in a cotton picking minute are files doing in my head?

“Hello ? who are you”

Now don’t you know the sister of a minstery mare, and the head of stabletech when you see her.

Okay, now I got a heavy watch that yells at me, why in all of Equestria did this happen to me?

  “hey, Pinkie why is my pipbuck talking to me, and more importantly wheres the mute button or volume slider”

Wait pipbuck….why would I be a pipbuck unless…. No it can’t be over it can’t, quick you whoever you are what year is it?

“Wait you mean after the bombs fell ,or before? Time gets a little sketchy after the mega spells”

Oh no what happend, did the stables work, quick we have to see stable 1 NOW !

“you mean the failed one in Canterlot? yeah if you are who you say you are then by the way not your best work by a long shot ”

It Failed then you mean their dead, all my friends are dead?

“Apple bloom did project Gemini work? Are you in there please tell me we all can’t wait to remeet you come to the think tanks and we have a “glad the death wasn’t permanent” party I’ve been planning for years won’t go to waste”

“Pinkie what did I say about talking to fast?”

“fine fine fine mister grumpy pants” Pinkie obviously

Really, these prewar ponies, do they even try to make sense some times ? so I decided to try my luck , “so can I go now?”

Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up please tell me did any of the stables work?

“Yes, if I can recall, many of them did work, and some of the best heroes in the wastes came out of them I believe”

Really? Thank Celestria, my life wasn't a total disaster. Its funny I would be normally more emotional. What gives Pinkie?

“Well silly I was gonna tell ya, well you know how you said this pre-war place was undamaged, that made have been a itsy bitsy lie, you see, the AIs are broken into several sections and I only had one, if I remember correctly some raiders broke in, and stole everything except that one, I’m still trying to get them out to here.” Pinkie said

Go figure and here i was thinking this could have been easy for a change, but no plot twist, note to self figure out how a simple salvage mission could go so wrong. wait why the hell should I help a bunch of prewar freaks when i can just head home and search there

“Wait, I believe your forgetting something why should I risk my life and limb, for a bunch of rust buckets”

Well I can see you are a reasonable stallion, yes? Well think about it, these raiders took a lot of prewar equipment, and if you help me get those files you can keep all the other non-needed stuff that we come across? Sounds like a good deal right?

“What are you a stock broker?”

“No silly she’s a dictionary.”

why won’t this crazy pony just shut up? that doesn’t even make any sense

Thanks Pink I needed that, so what do you say mr.

“Salvage, just Salvage, and seeing as that’s my only choice In the matter, I guess I’ll help you”

“Okey dokie lockiy,just head out that door and your equipment is under the cake I backed for you”

I quickly  hurried out of the room and sure enough my sack o bits was laying right there but the cake was a lie , not surprising really.So as I headed out the door the first stage of this wild adventure just beginning, I wondered what have I gotten myself into and more importantly how do i get this stupid thing off?

Salvage stats

Strength:5

Perception:8

Agility:5

Endurance:5

Intelligence:8

Charisma: 5

Luck:2

Quest perk: Robo-ghosts: you have the ghosts of some famous people in your pipbuck this unlocks a whole new set of side perks by completing the quest.

Quest perk : apple bloom v1

This perk give you a 20 % science bonus when dealing with stable tech items and for some reason you know a lot of big words. What are you a dictionary?