This dream stems from Loyal's finding of a file concerning the crashed B-29 bomber in Lake Mead, which the Boomers plan to recover and use. īoomers use pre-War virtual reality (VR) pilot training stations to train themselves for the day when they will take to the skies, as their fascination with aerial combat grew during their time at the base. Boomers also receive a rudimentary education, covering farming and combat, and have access to the base's medical facilities. Maize is also used to produce fuel in its biodiesel refinery, while power is provided by the Nellis solar array and its generator. The base is mostly self-sufficient, growing its own crops using water pumped from Lake Mead, with basic nourishment provided by grains and green vegetables, while protein is provided by soy and legumes. They began using the base's remaining defensive structures and their own stockpile of heavy arms, retrieved from Area 2, to keep any strangers from setting foot anywhere nearby ever since. Their Pip-Boy Geiger counters indicated that the base was still somewhat radioactive, but not dangerously so, as enough time had passed for many of the isotopes to have effectively degraded. Īround 2231, the Boomers, who had departed from Vault 34 and walked the wastes seeking a new refuge, came across the Nellis Air Force Base and settled there. Over the following decades, wastelanders avoided Nellis by habit due to the radiation levels, leaving it empty and desolate. Nellis served as the United States Air Force Warfare Center with the motto 'Testing, Tactics, Training.' During the Great War, Nellis was struck by several nuclear weapons, leaving the base highly radioactive.

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