This isn’t the first civilization I’ve caused to be wiped from existence. Life comes at you fast in the Waste, and one wrong step can result in the deaths of many, many innocents. I don’t reload my latest save and try again. The one-armed leader thanks me for helping draw out his enemies, and walks away laughing, on his way along with his followers to hang the young lady in the cage. Bullets fly, blood is splattered, and in a matter of seconds one of the two factions is completely wiped from the face of the earth. In an explosion of violence, the one-armed leader’s party attacks without warning. I mention that the other side is unwilling to give it up. The one-armed leader quickly brings up the religious artifact. I have managed situations like this in video games many times, and I am confident that I can navigate this tense situation so long as I think through what I say and tread lightly. With both sides assembled, I carefully open face-to-face negotiations. The only sticking point left standing in the way of peace is the matter of the religious artifact, which both sides cling to, well, religiously. The faction leader that still has both of his arms has even agreed to sacrifice his arm, if that’s what it will take to save his daughter form the one-armed leader’s faction. Both sides are hopeful for reconciliation, if only to get the trains running again. They have agreed to meet at a neutral location. Though I have been warned by both leaders not to interfere with the conflict, and I have been mocked by citizens in the street for even trying, I am committed to at least attempting to save the life of the young lady in the cage.Īfter some carefully applied pressure and some verbal gymnastics, I finally manage to get both sides of the conflict to the bargaining table, so to speak. I have been running back and forth between the two factions’ camps, delivering messages in an attempt to open lines of communication.
Now, after years of hostilities, the one-armed leader is currently holding the opposing leader’s daughter in a cage, threatening to hang her unless the opposing leader agrees to A) cut off his own arm, and B) return a religious artifact that is claimed by both sides. The leader on one side lost a daughter and an arm in the opening salvos of the conflict. As part of that, I need to resolve this issue and get the trains running again. As a Ranger, it is my job to keep the peace. Railroad shipping has ground to a halt, cutting off precious supply lines to outlying areas. It is unclear what happened, but lines were drawn, the factions separated, and the killing began. Somewhere along the line, things went wrong. The groups used to live together in harmony, working together to keep the railroad running in post-apocalyptic Arizona.
I have spent several hours attempting to negotiate a truce between two warring factions in Wasteland 2.
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