In a matter of hours, the planet was forever changed as the nuclear warheads descended. Life was altered for centuries to come. Once the bombs stopped falling, the surface of the Earth was very different, far from its former lush greens and blues. Cities were devastated and ruined, most flora and fauna went extinct within an instant, desolate radiation-stricken deserts threatened what little life remained—a wasteland awaited the survivors of humanity. Some survivors tried to rebuild and gather whatever resources they found in the wastes. Many others took to the open, smoldering horizon to make a life for themselves. These irradiated landscapes proved both dangerous and wondrous to those trekking through the unknown. Many turned to scavenging for lost treasures or resources from the devastated remnants of civilization, and some would get lucky and find surplus storage from the pre-War era.