History FanFic / ChildrenOfTheAtom

** The Legion newspaper [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel "Vox News" claims to be "Fair and balanced" but is clearly propaganda against The Wanderer, ghouls, and basically anybody else the Legion doesn't like.]] It also claims Jason enslaved a man (portraying him as a villain), yet on the next headline claims that Paradise Falls (a slaving hub) generated "thousands of caps and countless new jobs for Wasteland citizens."

* ColdSniper: Gallows.
* CoolGuns: Too many.
** The Bozar.
** The CZ-57 Avenger. A unique minigun with the highest DPS in the entire game.
** The Perforator. A modified version of the standard assault rifle with a suppressor and scope. Naturally, it fits Jason's stealthy combat doctrine perfectly.
** The Railway Rifle. A steam-powered railroad spike-flinging monstrosity. Need I say more?

A collection of fanfics taking place within the greater {{VideoGame/Fallout}} universe. Written primarily by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2837779/commandocucumber commandocucumber]], Children of the Atom follows two distinct and largely self-contained plotlines that interweave from time to time, forming a greater whole. One thread follows the Lone Wanderer (Jason Howlett) and deals with ongoing difficulties of creating peace in the fledgling nation of the [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Capital Wasteland]]. The other follows the Courier (Jessica Chase) as she cements and expands Robert Edwin House's hold on New Vegas following the battle of Hoover Dam.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking:
** Brutus, commander of a gigantic Super Mutant army, is able to badly injure Fawkes, one of the toughest people in the wasteland.
** Tanka is a general in Brutus's army, and over 13 feet tall.
** Casey Jones, another of Brutus's generals, averts this. He was promoted because he's a visionary, not because he can fight.

-->'''Sarah''': What happens when [[EldritchAbomination it]] tries to get rid of us?
-->'''Gallows''': ''[DramaticGunCock]'' It'll meet me coming the other way.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:

* FiveManBand:
** TheHeroine: The Courier, Jessica.
** TheLancer: Boone and Cass. Mostly Boone, though.
** TheBigGuy: Veronica.
** TheSmartGuy: Arcade, but Raul has his moments.
** TheChick: Strangely, Jessica herself falls into this category. Which makes sense, since she's more of an {{ambadassador}} in this universe.

A collection of fanfics taking place within the greater {{VideoGame/Fallout}} universe. Written primarily by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2837779/commandocucumber commandocucumber]], Children of the Atom follows two distinct and largely self-contained plotlines that interweave from time to time, forming a greater whole. One thread follows the Lone Wanderer (Jason Howlett) and deals with ongoing difficulties of creating peace in the fledgling nation of the [[{{VideoGame/Fallout3}} Capital Wasteland]], though the later arcs are primarily about the [[spoiler: supermutant invasion]]. The other follows the Courier (Jessica Chase) as she cements and expands Robert Edwin House's hold on New Vegas following the battle of Hoover Dam.

* BiggerBad: Calhoun's Legion to Caesar's Legion. House knows they're coming and that his forces, the NCR, and every other faction in the Wasteland together couldn't stop them, but he ''also'' knows [[HumongousMecha Liberty Prime]] is in the Capitol Wasteland and can stop them. [[spoiler: He doesn't know that Liberty Prime was destroyed, though.]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: (Clone?)Burke.

* GuileHeroine: Jessica.

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* StoryBreakerPower: Toyed with. Narg and Cole initially stay out of the goings-on in the Capitol Wasteland, as they're [[BiggerBad hunting the person who gave Brutus the technology he needed to create his army]] and they want the Wastelanders to grow on their own and learn to handle their own problems. The other point being that Narg can wipe out an army on his own, and the story would wrap up far too quickly if he just strolled in and wasted all the Super Mutants. That said, Narg does get involved and is very much the reason that the humans even stand a chance of winning in the battle to retake the Purifier.

* GenreShift: In-universe. Jessica is used to the post-post-apocalyptic Mojave, where things are relatively safe if you stick to the roads and don't go actively looking for trouble. She's not a gunslinger on a good day, gets dropped into the DeathWorld of the Capitol Wasteland, and finds out the hard way that trouble can and will find you easily, and not being careful will get you killed quickly.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Burke: (to Jessica) "You always were too much trouble! You and your Brother!"]]

* TooDumbToLive: Some raiders deliberately antagonize Narg who just wants to use a radio tower. After throwing grenades on him. [[NighInvulnerable Which did nothing.]] Later, some unarmored Enclave troops try to arrest Narg, who is wearing a set of Enclave Power Armor that has stood up to just about everything thrown at it. He flings one of them out of a Vertibird, then tells the pilot to turn around. The ''pilot'' tries the same thing, and gets flung out the windshield for his trouble.

* BadassGrandpa: Narg was active in 2241. It's a few years after the events of Fallout 3, set in 2277. He hasn't slowed down at all. ''Albert Cole'' is somehow still alive and kicking, despite being alive since 2141. He's now known as The Mysterious Stranger.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7846577/1/Genesis Genesis]] (covering the events of Fallout 3, broadly), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6923615/1/Fallout-3-Modus-Operandi Modus Operandi]] (Complete), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7113457/1/Fallout-3-Aqua-Vitae Aqua Vitae]] (Complete), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7909191/1/Fallout-3-Mutatis-Mutandis Mutatis Mutandis]] (Dormant), collectively known as the 'Modus Operandi' timeline.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Jason and Narg [[spoiler: torture a mutant for info. Except Narg has different questions]]

!! ''Children of the Atom'' provides examples of:

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted by Burke - the minute Jason drops his guard long enough, Burke shoots him in the head and locks him in a Vault where he can't be retrieved or heal. Lampshaded by Jackrum when Brutus [[spoiler: chooses to inject Jason with FEV II rather than just kill him despite knowing how dangerous he is.]]

-->Once Upon a Time: Jason Howlett left the vault he had lived in the entirety of his young life. Chased the trail of his father, and followed a path that would end, ultimately, in tragedy. Since then, he has been a lone wanderer.
-->This is the story that followed.
-->Once Upon a Time: Jessica Chase lost a certain package destined for New Vegas, and most of her memories. In the shadow of looming war she struggled to get back what was hers, and emerged from war as the right hand of the mysterious Mr. House.
-->This is the story that followed.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Jason's Railway Rifle does this. He uses it to crucify his enemies as a warning to the rest.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7846577/1/Genesis Genesis]] (covering the events of Fallout 3, broadly), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6923615/1/Fallout-3-Modus-Operandi Modus Operandi]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7113457/1/Fallout-3-Aqua-Vitae Aqua Vitae]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7909191/1/Fallout-3-Mutatis-Mutandis Mutatis Mutandis]], collectively known as the 'Modus Operandi' timeline.

* BadassBoast: Narg delivers a truly epic one to the [[spoiler: Enclave troops brought to help the wasteland]]. Gallows also gets one during Point Lookout.
-->'''Sarah''': What happens when it tries to get rid of us?

* BadassLongcoat: Jason wears a Regulator Duster.

-->'''Jackrum''': Right. Well then, here he is, Summers. [[ShmuckBait Go ahead and take him.]]
-->'''Jason''': The FEV Cure is in my blood now. Try and take it. Please. I've had a bad day so far.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Brotherhood has a lot of problems, in no small part due to the fact that Jason isn't much of a team player. They've been bleeding troops and equipment when they could have been using alien weaponry and following (relatively) secure routes through the sewers. He also didn't tell the Brotherhood about how dangerous [[DeathWorld Point Lookout]] was, but he didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to go there, and he didn't realize how badly his taking Blackhall's book would affect the place. They weren't doing themselves any favors, either - the Brotherhood was focused on fighting the Super Mutants in the ruins of D.C., on their own turf, rather than striking at the source of the mutants, soaking up casualties just to hold ground that they didn't need to begin with and relying on Jason to do the heavy lifting on actually defending the Wasteland.

* ActionGirl: Interestingly enough, the courier averts this. Jessica has more of a diplomat build, and is pretty usless in a straight fight. The other female members of her group play it straight, however.

* DynamicEntry: Narg drops from a crashing Vertibird to re-enter a battle.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Calvert. [[spoiler: Jason killed Desmond and left Calvert alive for his knowledge of Pre-War technology, but did ''something'' that prevented Calvert from really interacting with the outside world in any way.]]

* ZergRush: The Trogs in the Pitt are much more numerous than in canon, and can overrun almost anything.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Burke to Talon Company, Littlehorn to Burke, [[spoiler: Calhoun or Caesar's Legion to Burke and Littlehorn.]]

* RuleOfCool: Jason wears a [[{{BadassLongcoat}} Regulator duster]] because he likes the look, even though it's far from the most effective armor available.
** The author names this trope when talking about Nargs [[{{PoweredArmor}} power armor]]

* TooDumbToLive: Some raiders deliberately antagonize Narg who just wants to use a radio tower. After throwing grenades on him. [[{{NighInvulnerable}} Which did nothing.]] Later, some Enclave troops try to arrest Narg. He flings one of them out of a Vertibird, then tells the pilot to turn around. The ''pilot'' tries the same thing, and gets flung out the windshield for his trouble.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Brotherhood has a lot of problems, in no small part due to the fact that Jason isn't much of a team player. They've been bleeding troops and equipment when they could have been using alien weaponry and following (relatively) secure routes through the sewers. He also didn't tell the Brotherhood about how dangerous [[DeathWorld Point Lookout]] was, but he didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to go there, and he didn't realize how badly his taking Blackhall's book would affect the place.

* GondorCallsForAid: When Jason is captured by Ashur, ''every settlement in the Capitol Wasteland'' sends people to help out.

* HealingFactor: Jason, as long as he has 400+ rads or is in direct sunlight. He can survive bullets to the head, regrow fingers, endure nukes, and heals from smaller wounds extremely fast.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Brotherhood has a lot of problems, in no small part due to the fact that Jason isn't much of a team player. They've been bleeding troops and equipment when they could have been using alien weaponry and following (relatively) secure routes through the sewers. He also didn't tell the Brotherhood about how dangerous [[DeathWorld Point Lookout]] was.
* YouShallNotPass:

A collection of fanfics taking place within the greater {{VideoGame/Fallout}} universe. Written primarily by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2837779/commandocucumber commandocucumber]], Children of the Atom follows two distinct and largely self-contained plotlines that interweave from time to time, forming a greater whole. One thread follows the Lone Wanderer (Jason Howlett) and deals with ongoing difficulties of creating peace in the fledgling nation of the [[{{VideoGame/Fallout3}} Capital Wasteland]], though the later arcs are primarily about the [[spoiler: supermutant invasion]]. The other follows The Courier (Jessica Chase) as she cements and expands Robert Edwin House's hold on New Vegas following the battle of Hoover Dam.

* BottomlessMagazines: In - game, the CZ - 57 Avenger can be fired for four seconds before it needs to be reloaded. Narg fires it for 30.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Sarah Lyons]], thanks to Point Lookout. Again, when [[spoiler: The Citadel falls]].

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Brutus]] gives his prisoners a choice: Die, or join them by [[spoiler: becoming a Super Mutant.]]

** TheHeroine: The Courier, Jessica

** TheBigGuy: Veronica

* WhatTheHellHero: Early on in the story, both Boone and Veronica voice their displeasure at the fact that Jessica cheated the NCR out of Vegas and massacred the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. However, the latter comes to terms that TheExtremistWasRight.

* BadassBoast: Narg delivers a truly epic one to the [[spoiler: Enclave troops brought to help the wasteland]]
* BadassGrandpa: Narg was active in 2241. It's a few years after the events of Fallout 3, set in 2277. He hasn't slowed down at all.

* BadassNormal: Jackrum, the Talon Company mercenary.

* FirstNameBasis: Sarah calls Jason Howlett Jason. Everyone else calls him The Lone Wanderer.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Riley's Rangers, Fawkes, Elder Lyons, Phantom, most of the Brotherhood of Steel and the Outcasts, Little Lamplight, probably Arfu and Bigtown, Nadine, Tenpenny Tower...]]

** Jason. The Enclave suspects him of killing 311 Enclave personell. (He leaves no one alive, so they're not sure.) The total number of Enclave killed by the Brotherhood of Steel during the war is about 450.

* TooDumbToLive: Some raiders deliberately antagonize Narg who just wants to use a radio tower. After throwing grenades on him. [[{{NighInvulnerable}} Which did nothing.]]