Some things I've noticed now that we're in a larger more populated area.

Ammunition seems to be the new norm in currency. Everyone can use it in some way or another, it can be broken down into base components for use in other applications, used for hunting and defense from roving groups of marauders (which apparently is an issue outside of the larger cities). This is a currency I can understand, I know it's kinda still bartering but it's still similar to money. Home reloads are worth less (with exception depending on the quality of the reload), there's a shop on the east side of denver that's got a factory remanufacturing setup going and thats more or less the middle grade of ammunition and anything that's sealed in the box pre-war (unless it's trashed to the elements) is your top shelf ammunition.

For example: One round of pre-war new manufacture in good condition will net you a box of 20 re-manufactured of the same caliber, or a box of 50 rounds of some of the same that some guy made in his basement. The basement ammo get you more shots, but the re-manufactured is more consistent in quality, while the pre-war can be used as hard currency with very little variation in value from shop to shop. We caught onto this rather quickly though and have been sparing with selling our ammunition for goods. While it is a fast way to get supplies, it also invites the possibility of not having anything to defend ourselves or hunt for food if we do need to do so.

Eivan, Axel and myself are not anomolies. There are others that can for all intents and purposes use magic. Not sue if it's the radiation that caused it or what, but honestly I'm not complaining because it has its uses. If Denver is a good representative sample it appears that one in 4 people has some kind of aptitude for it, and among those people it's 1 in 50 or so that can do things that would make for an amazing one man Vegas act.

Rogan linked up with the airforce group that's here. They made their way north from Cheyenne mountain after the radar and sat links were blown off the top and while they were headed north a big one hit the side of the mountain and cracked it in half. According to them the East coast looks like it got hit with the densest bombing campaign. They were tracking at least 30 missiles that deployed over the DC area with a followup of a full bomber wing heading over Canada in their general direction, but that one didn't get to be tracked to destination. They also said something about a trio of missiles deploying over western wyoming, one of ours and two from the east. It's a guess that would require someone going back into the area, but it seems that Yellowstone's eruption wasn't exactly a fluke but rather may have been intentional as part of some obscure mutually assured destruction protocol from the cold war.  Rogan asked this one for me, and I know everyone probably wants to know too "who shot first?", unfortunately that's inconclusive. Due to the air-traffic that was on the east and western coasts and interference due to the fighting on the west coast and staging in the pacific with the Russian fleet for a counter invasion into the Chinese mainland the NORAD guys said they can't say for certain but that it may have been an automated system based around continuity of the white house, or lack ther-of since it was hit during the first salvo. Either way they said one radar pass everything was clear, the next pass everything was lit up like  new years with launch pings across the U.S., Eurasia and Eastern Europe, with western Europe following suit about ten minutes later.

Kinda heavy stuff, but it's probably one of those things that need to be out there for people to read, even if there isn't a clear idea of where the first missile was fired from.


That's about it, an explanation of the new economy for people who are still inside the bunkers (or up at the IMS) and a heavy topic.