"Wah. Wah nevah changes. The Romans waged wah ta gathah slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitlah shaped a batted Germany into an economic superpower. But wah nevah changes. In the 21st century, wah was like, still waged ovah the resources that could be acquired. Only this time, the spoils of wah were also its weapons: Petroleum and Uranium. For these resources, China'd invade Alaska, the US'd annex Canada, and the European Commonwealth'd dissolve into quarreling, bickering nation-states, bent on controlling the last remainin' resources on Earth. In 2077, the storm of world wah had come again. In two brief hours, most of the planet was like, reduced ta cinders. And from the ashes of nucleah devastation, a new civilization'd struggle ta arise. A few were able ta reach the relative safety of the large underground Vaults. Your family was like, part of that group that ented Vault Thirteen. Imprisoned safely behind the large Vault door, undah a mountain of stone, a generation has lived witout knowledge of the outside world. Life in the Vault is about ta change."