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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona.
Background[]
Established as a national park in 1919, the Grand Canyon was a national landmark, a canyon stretching 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and one mile deep. Before 2057, the park had an average of five million visitors per year. In 2057 by federal mandate, due to the uranium demand shortly before the Great War, the U.S. government removed the Grand Canyon's status as a national park and allowed private mining companies to exploit its supply of uranium beginning in May of 2057, with the park being closed indefinitely. The resulting mess was an environmental disaster. As a result, the canyon has become one of the deadliest places in the wasteland, home to hideous, cannibalistic mutants seen nowhere else. Sane people avoid it.[1][2]
The player character was supposed to enter the canyon to locate the remains of the second B.O.M.B. orbital station. On the way, they would encounter a handful of characters, including scavengers and Victor Presper's soldiers.[3][4] The player would also be able to locate the aforementioned uranium mines, which are of interest to Willem Clark, as they would provide the raw materials necessary to expand his nuclear arsenal in a bid to eradicate "smoothskins".[5]
Given the Grand Canyon's size, transportation over to the other side is difficult. As such, before the War, a sky tram was constructed allowing safe passage over to the other side. However, after the War, most of the mechanism was scavenged - the player character would then have the opportunity to locate the lost machinery (irreplaceable after the war) and restore the tram to full functionality.[6][7]
Appearances[]
The Grand Canyon was to appear in the canceled Fallout 3 project Van Buren by Black Isle Studios.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Grand Canyon is based on the National Park of the same name in Arizona.
- Unlike with several other locations intended to appear in Van Buren, no design documents for the Grand Canyon were ever leaked.
References[]
- ↑ Dialogue files extracted from the Van Buren tech demo
- ↑ Santiago dialogue file
- ↑ Grand Canyon PIPBoy entries
- ↑ Ike dialogue file
- ↑ Reservation design document: "Lastly, if the player has been through the Grand Canyon and discovered the uranium mines, Willem will want a rail system to go there so he can mine more uranium. His ultimate goal is to eliminate all possible threats, use the newly mined uranium to make a dirty bomb arsenal – or maybe even a couple of nuclear bombs if there's enough material – perfect the ghoul procreation process, and wipe out all the smooth skins so the "Children of the Wasteland" may rule the Earth."
- ↑ Van Buren leaks at the No Mutants Allowed forum
- ↑ No Mutants Allowed posts on Van Buren
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