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Throughout the years, the history of Monongah has been one of hopes and tragedies. A curse seemed to linger over the town and the mines which sustained the residents…one which seemed to envelop the whole area after the Great War. Earle Williams had never forgotten the promise of wealth, nor his desire to return home to Monongah someday. After convincing a group of like-minded members of Foundation, Earle would lead them into the depths of the mine in search of their fortune…and instead, they would find themselves victims of horrifying experimentation. Team Cryptid follows in Earle’s footsteps and soon discovers there are some secrets that should stay buried.

The ground beneath our feet is shifting. Just who are the PACT and why do they want the Colonel? In a forgotten Vault, Valeria will discover a grand conspiracy which has guided the course of human history for decades, pitting nations against each other to achieve their own ends. The greatest threat to humanity stands revealed and the Colonel will face the hardest decision of her young life.  The final stories of Appalachia are being told…and war, war never changes.

The pieces are moving across the chessboard that is Appalachia. The Brotherhood of Steel and the Overseer may be putting themselves on a collision course with the Whitespring, without understanding the true threats facing them all. The Colonel must lead her band of survivors back to the Whitespring, putting their lives in the hands of their new allies, the Mole Miners… but now she walks a treacherous path with an uncertain future. Team Cryptid finds itself facing an even greater danger deep within the mines of Monongah, while the residents of Vault Town discover unlikely allies on their doorstep. While Trader Red and her companions continue their hike south, hunters are now hot on the trail of the rarest cryptid… but who is the predator and who is the prey?

Isolated from the Whitespring, the Colonel faces difficult choices and few options as her world has been turned upside down. Vinny Costas sets his sights on Appalachia’s rarest Cryptid, while Lilith and Shadow cross swords… an unstoppable force meeting the immovable object, over the fate of our star-crossed Astronaut. Team Cryptid descends into the depths of the Monongah Mine, not knowing what horrors they might find lurking in the darkness. And Trader Red comes face to face with the Cult of the Mothman. The final tales of post-war Appalachia are just beginning to be told and our characters have hard roads ahead.

Today we have a very special cross-promotional episode, in support of Frontier: Stories from Starfield. This new Podcast anthology follows multiple writers and creators as they weave tales of space adventures, cosmic horrors, and the down to earth trials and tribulations of humanity making its way through Settled Space. This anthology can be found on Spotify, iTunes, and wherever else you access your favorite podcasts. Keep an ear out for our own episode, Neon - a space noir tale that delves into the darker sides of human nature. But first, we are pleased to introduce this very special episode - “Voice in the Field” by Bryan Bachman. Weapons of war come at the cost of those who’ll do the building. Those who’ll mine the resources. And those who’ll seek those resources out. Those are the individuals who wear the same insignia of a grand organization yet carry the mantle of the individual soul. It is not the organization that is often struck, but the individual whose traumatic life is exploited by those who seek to do the harm. It is in the darkness and solitude of space that those that seek to exploit, hunt those that would be exploited. Please enjoy & stay tuned for the next episode of the MODUS Files, “Shadow Games” - coming soon!

Today, we take a break from the harrowing journeys our characters find themselves in; and celebrate the fun of Halloween in our own very special way. So grab some candy, and maybe even a spirit, and join us for this very special Halloween episode of The MODUS Files that we call "Jesse Desse Blain”

Everything we once knew about Appalachia is being rewritten as the secrets once buried have come into the light. The survivors of the New Enclave discover the Mole Miners aren’t who they thought they were…not monsters, but another in a long line of tragedies which had befallen the former residents of the region. Doctor Hairfield and Sofia continue their escape from the Whitespring, but have they gone from the frying pan into the fire? MODUS stands revealed, and his plans for Appalachia and his…human assets…harkens to a much darker vision of the New Enclave. Team Cryptid arrives at Monongah Mine, while Lieutenant Jones and Cindy plan to do some exploring of their own, to discover how the Super Mutants invaded Foundation. And Trader Red is ready to start her journey south, and finds that she is more connected to the story of Appalachia than she ever knew.

Not since the Scorched poured forth from the Cranberry Bog has Appalachia faced a threat as terrible as the Super Mutants who have overrun most of the Savage Divide. The New Enclave suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Emmett Mountain and the survivors have been forced to flee, scattered to the four winds. Worse, MODUS has taken steps to protect himself…not from the Super Mutants, but from “human failings and weakness,” utilizing nightmarish technology and data collected from Project SOMNUS and Commander Sofia Daguerre’s "Deep Sleep" Program. Trader Red survived her ordeal in the Mire, only to find herself altered, both a blessing and a curse…and ponders what her future may hold. And as Appalachia fractures, dark forces hidden away below our very feet are emerging into the light. They have their own plans for the world above…plans, which if allowed to succeed, will forever alter the course of humanity.

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Nearly thirty years ago, the Great War devastated the globe…and shattered the dream that was America. Twenty-five years later, the survivors of Vault 76 strode out into an Appalachia overrun with monsters of radiation and mutation with a mission to rebuild what has been lost. After hardship and struggle, our characters find themselves on the precipice. Everything they fought for is at risk…and a new threat, far greater than they had ever faced before, has risen out of the ashes of the Old World. In our third season of the MODUS Files, the future of Appalachia…and humanity itself, will be decided by war…and War…war never changes.

Once upon a time, many years ago in a place called Vault 76, the best and brightest of the old world were safe from the ravages of nuclear fire and destruction. This is not their story, but tonight we follow a lost soul who wandered from the hills of Tennessee to Appalachia… trying to escape her past. Instead, she went from the frying pan into the fire.  The Wasteland can be a cruel and unforgiving place, happy endings are as rare as hen’s teeth… but just when you think the story is over, we find a new one is just beginning.

From the beginning, the future of Appalachia has rested on the actions of multiple, competing factions. The New Enclave, the 76’ers, Foundation, Crater, the New Responders, the Blood Eagles, and the Cultists have all pursued their own goals and their own vision. Much as the conflict between the original survivors doomed them all when the Scorched rose from the Cranberry Bog, a vast new threat descends upon a region divided.  However, the hordes of Super Mutants are merely a tool of a larger conspiracy, one which has been growing beneath our very feet, with plans that extend far beyond the borders of Appalachia and threaten to forever alter the course of humanity itself. Deep within the Whitespring Bunker, MODUS has his own designs on the future, relying on technology of the past to ensure that his survival will never be compromised by mere human failings. As the events overtaking Appalachia burst into the open, our characters find themselves at a crossroads. Live or die, the future will be forever altered.