It’s been a month since the bombs dropped back in June. Some way or another, you narrowly escaped being vaporized, taking shelter in or around Yakama State Park, a secluded tract of wilderness nestled in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state located just across Highway 97 from what was once the small Indian reservation town of Wapato. Some kilometers to the north of the park lies Cougar Creek, once a sleepy little town, now an irradiated collection of burnt out ruins along Highway 12.
In the wake of the outbreak and the U.S. military’s subsequent drastic measures to contain the infection as it spread westwards, you will find yourself setting up shop in a forest with little to offer in terms of shelter, processed food, or other, more urban, comforts. If one dares to venture into Cougar Creek, they will have to brave the threat of radiation, unless they manage to scavenge appropriate protective equipment. The only hope that survivors may have to continue living on in this world may very well lie in continuing to subsist off the land, taking up farming, and building up communities to withstand the test of time.
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