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| - It is speculated that the Republic of Texas was founded somewhere between 2077 and 2083. The Great War saw the cities of Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin, El Paso, San Antonio, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Garland, Lubbock, Irving and Laredo almost completely destroyed. Oil City (then known as Houston) survived the attack for unknown reasons. Cities such as Amarillo and Pasadena were abandoned or devoid of most of their population because of the Black Rain which followed quickly on the Great War's events.
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| - It is speculated that the Republic of Texas was founded somewhere between 2077 and 2083. The Great War saw the cities of Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin, El Paso, San Antonio, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Garland, Lubbock, Irving and Laredo almost completely destroyed. Oil City (then known as Houston) survived the attack for unknown reasons. Cities such as Amarillo and Pasadena were abandoned or devoid of most of their population because of the Black Rain which followed quickly on the Great War's events. The survivors who founded the Republic were mostly ghouls, because of their exposure to the Black Rain and high radiation levels in general. They were called the Heroes of New Texas by those who joined later on. Because of their ethnic state, the Republic Government today doesn't discriminate against ghouls, and treats them as equals. The Heroes were based around what was then known as San Antonio, one of the destroyed cities in the Great War. They quickly started gathering survivors and held up in what was called the Alamo, which was a museum. The Heroes, still young at the time, and filled with enthusiasm (out of the six, four were political sciences students) met with the de facto "leaders" of their group, and decided to establish a community in and around the Alamo. In 2090, the population of the Alamo has risen from 32 to over 150 (mostly ghouls at that time). On 24 June 2090, because of space shortages, the Heroes gathered with some of the town folk, and proposed that the remains of the surrounding buildings should also be secured and habituated to be used as extra living and storage space. By 2092, the Alamo's population had risen to over 600 people. The makeshift fencing set up around the Alamo was officially dismantled in that year and moved outward to include two whole city blocks in Downtown San Antonio. Vault 40, which was located under the Weston Centre in Downtown San Antonio, opened in late 2095 and gave the Alamo a population boost of about 150 people. It was discovered that the Overseer had to manually open the Vault after residents started suffocating. Engineers later discovered there was a design flaw in the Vault's air circulation system. Today, the Vault is an important bunker for government officials of the Republic, and houses the Central Region Emergency Task Force. In 2100, the Alamo had expanded around the entire downtown area of what was once San Antonio. The Heroes of New Texas were still the ruling council at this time, but an outcry for "traditional American democracy" started to reign from the people. The Heroes respected this, and announced a general election would be held in the near future to elect a President, who would act as the chairman and de facto leader of the Heroes' council. Agriculture had become a large part of the Alamo's prosperity by 2100. Cattle, which by that time had started mutating into Brahmin, glittered the countryside around San Antonio, and against all expectations offered a sustainable amount of food for the populace for years to come. Many outward expeditions were ordered between 2098 and 2103 to officially determine the status of surrounding cities and in turn dictate the expansion policy of the Alamo. Areas such as Austin, Plano, Dallas and Fort Worth were all targeted by the 30-man expeditions. The Heroes of New Texas advised travelers to stay out of Houston, as they expected hostilities from the large community living in the undamaged city. However, contrary to the advisory of the Heroes, merchant travelers seeking business started trading with the local Oilers of Oil City. The Alamo's population at this time was over 2,000. In 2105, the first democratic elections were held. The first President of the Alamo was Jeremy Fellers (one of the Heroes of New Texas). One of his first acts was to rename their community to Texas, as it had by this time expanded out of the Alamo. He also created the Alamo Security Force (ASF) to protect the community, and trade caravans as they leave the borders. The ASF was established as a fifty-man unit of which the bulk of the troops were used to guard the gates into the core of the Alamo's populace. Small patrols were sent out weekly to ensure no raiders set up permanent camp nearby, as well as creating the illusion of omnipresence to the outlying Texan settlements. Fellers is still regarded today as one of Texas' greatest leaders for the vast amount of work he did during his 10 year term. Among other things, he oversaw the establishment of an organized farming policy and personally started a restoration project for pre-War books and documents. His restoration project gave rise to technology preservation programs and later, a fully-fledged education system which to this day credited to him. His ventures earned him the nickname of "The Preservationist", and firmly established him as one of the foremost Heroes of New Texas.
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