The story opens in what appears to be present-day Los Angeles. At a street tram station, a crowd of people wait for the morning ride. Most of them are buried in the Los Angeles Times. Among them is our Hero, a restless young man who looks bored and disconnected from the world around him. He chats with a friend about a dream he had the night before; one of fishing in a clear mountain stream and he actually managed to catch a fish. His friend warns him that it’s not healthy to dream of such things. When the tram finally arrives, everyone files inside for the daily commute. At first, the ride seems ordinary. Through the tram’s windows, we see familiar LA streets rushing by. The Hero calls out certain things that he sees, a red caddy, a girl wearing a yellow raincoat. Then the lights flicker, leaving the passengers in the dark. A voice informs them there is a technical difficulty and viewing will be unavailable. The city outside isn’t real, it’s a projected film loop, and the tram has barely moved a few feet from the platform. The Hero is inside Vault 13. A vast underground shelter, home to thousands of survivors from before the Great War. The entire facility has been built to resemble a retro-futuristic version of 1950s Los Angeles, complete with false daylight, artificial trees, and climate-controlled streets. Its purpose, to keep its population content and sane in total isolation. But our Hero is not coping well with this latest breakdown. In fact, he causes quite a stir, protesting aloud to the other commuters that he’s tired of having his whole life manufactured. There must be something better. Video surveillance captures his public rant, and vault police are sent to arrest him. A female officer runs him down after he tries to escape. The Hero knows the vault inside out, using passageways most dwellers don’t even think about, but it doesn’t take her long to cut him off and tackle him to the ground, Something she’s wanted to do for quite some time, as she’s grown tired of the Hero’s public rants, this wasn’t his first and it won’t be his last either. To her disappointment, her superiors instruct her to let him go. Later in the day the hero is at his prestigious job, or so he’s told, as Assistant Vault Supervisor, working on Supply Inventory. He inspects the Vault’s G.E.C.K. The Garden of Eden Creation Kit. A miraculous, one-shot terra forming device to be used by the Vault Dwellers upon eventual emergence onto the surface. Every day, he watches an old promo tape about it, dreaming of using it himself. But then he discovers something serious. The vault’s water purification chip is broken, and the backups are all gone. There’s only a week of water left before the vault runs dry and chaos ensues. The Hero takes this discovery to his boss, who’s also his father, who praises the hero for his sharp mind but also scorns him for the scene he caused during the morning commute. He’s seen video tape of the tram incident, there’s no denying it, and his father warns him to stop disturbing the peace, as one day there will come a time where he won’t be able to help. There seems to be some internal strife among the populace, some believe the surface is damnation, while others think it’s salvation. It’s become a generational thing, youngsters want out, grow up and accept their lives in the vault, have kids of their own and the cycle repeats, but the Hero points out that all his generation’s complaints with Vault life are irrelevant as without water there will be no vault...
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