Rebuild Capital Wasteland.

Chapter 16: Vault and money

"No, i said let the drain pipe go along the road and put at the end of the basin. Then the sewage will go out to the open sea and taken by the drift. Now it will go into the basin and our fresh water source!."
Reilly was frowning around her mouth. How did TLW manage to cope with these idiots. Right now she was standing with the work-leader of the drainage workers. They have been given the task of placing a water pipe all along the area and let it go out the ocean. But the idiot had taken a short cut and let the pipe go out into the basin. It would pollute the sensitive eco-balance that were starting to grow around the area.
"But miss Reilly, the cost would decrease if we..."
"If everyone gets diarrhea and throw up. That would again increase the sewage that goes into the water, that again would." She stopped when the fact actually went into the work leaders mind.
"Ohhh, yeah, i did not thought about that."
"No shit." she said while she realised the double pun.
"Look, just get it started again. We need to support the growing population. The pipe needs to be active within two months."
"Dont worry Miss Reilly, this is a temporary setback, we now have the expertise. It will be done."
The work leader started running away, realising that he was pushing this extremely talented soldiers nerve.
She just watched until the work leader was out sight. She realised that when the biggest problem was a sewage pipe it was actually a pretty good situation to be in. And why should it not be. Things were looking good now. It was three months since the battle of The Pit and the last threat too the Capital Wasteland was gone. Elder Lyons had started with what he called the modernization of the wasteland. A five year plan that would bring this area to its former glory. Or at-least create some sense of civilization. Since TLW was gone she was appointed as the main overseer of the project. Sarah Lyons had also been promoted. Annabelle had said that the nerve endings had really taken a beating, and she had severed signs of shellshock and mental exhaustion. So with that in mind Sarah had the choice of leading the Steels for another year or two before se would either collapse, or should could take some months off and then come back. With great irritation she said yes to the later one. But after two weeks with basically sleeping, eating and going to the bathroom she had to admit that it was nesscesary. She had taken the top suite at Vernon hotel, and every day a scribe came too her with some new books that she could read trough. With that in mind it was Reilly that had the seniority and was basically the commander in chief of 1000 soldiers and a sizeable air fleet. But that also meant doing idiotic task like organising and leading the work around.

But it was all worth it when the good news were starting to go in. After the battle Reilly organized the effort of salvaging Legion equipment. They had too leave without most of the equipment. There were tons of weapons, ammunition and food that could be used. Unfortunately the artillery that TLW blew up was beyond salvaging. It was basically a big cube of melted metal. And then there was the case of the tribes that organised themselves to fight back against the Legion. Some diplomatic connection needed to be established. This was Sarah's department, but the last months it was also Reilly's problem. The solution were thankfully done by the regulators. After the scums of the Capital Wasteland was basically eradicated they lost purpose. They were now patrolling the huge areas of trade routes. Santiago who were in charge had perfectly organized themselves into smaller cells and became the hope of the wastelands behind the Pit. This again led to the other case. The demolition of the wall. It was something of a big case amongst the advisors of the Citadel. Some argued it was needed, but other said the the defence perimeter was now the Pit and the material used for the wall could be used for the re-construction effort. Anyhow, Reilly did not have a meaning in this case and was just waiting for someone too make the decision. She looked at her watch. It was only nine in the morning. Time to go back too the Capital wasteland. If she hurried it would only take an hour or so.

When she arrived at the Mall area she realised how beatiful it now had become. Was it like this people lived before the great war? It was like paradise. People walking around the streets smiling. The only people having guns were the paramilitary guards that stood watch at the street corners. The vendors had now gone inside an sold their goods at their store. The grass had been coming up on the green patch between the roads. Some kids playing and from her view there were more renovated buildings than destroyed one. She had taken a look at the lastest cencus. 74 percent lived under stable roof. 85 percent of them again had water and electricity in their apartments. Right now they were only allowed electricity 8 hours a day, but within 2 years they were hoping too increase it. The problem was that the only electricity source came from two places. The reactor under the citadel and the batteries at jefferson memorial. Of course Rivet City had their own supply, but it was barely keeping up with demands from the engineers and scientist now working there.
The solution was simple. They needed the generators from vault 101. It was a kind of dilemma. Only 2 hours away from Megaton it was in the middle of the capital wasteland, but no one have heard from them since TLW was expelled 2 years ago.