The Ground-Zero used to be a very popular yet underground punk bar/music-hall/hangout in New Nevada, before the war. But after the nukes hit, most of the club’s inhabitants were either dead or trying to survive. However, the building itself remained mostly intact, except for the third floor.
The derelict bar remained in its abandoned state for years, until a small group of thugs stumbled across it on their way to Needles. Devil, a vicious punk with a face full of piercings and a fist full of steel, convinced his companions to settle down in their newfound habitat. Making use of the electrical equipment left over from the bands that used to play, they regained power by tapping into Needles’ electricity.
Minion, the hulking mohawked pugilist, began selling the ancient liquor to get cash, whenever likeminded thugs passed by to replenish their stamina.
After a while, more and more social outcasts began showing up at the Ground Zero. Punks, tribals, mutants, or anyone who had been ousted from society for being too violent to coexist, or had been persecuted for being different from others managed to find their way to the bar by the handful.
You stumble upon an old brick building with loud 80's punk-rock music blasting out of it. There's lots of grafitti all over the walls. This building would have been taller, if it weren't for the top floor being gone. A few piles of rubble are next to it, and a burnt-out shell of a Mack truck is on its side, forever parked, near the door. A neon sign flickers above the doorway. The all-too-familiar sound of an Uzi being fired in burst-mode, and what looks to be a dead body laying in front of the door makes you think twice about entering this gang hangout.
Notable NPCs
- Minion the Bartender.
- Joykill, Badlander Recruiter.
- Iggy, the Mutant Merchant
- Renton “the Genius”
- Ian, the Mechanic Thug
- Doc Moreau, Maker Of The Man-Eating Monkey Mammalians
Ground Zero is the home of the Badland Originals.