At one point Garden Key or Fort Jefferson as it is sometimes known, was a massive but incomplete Civil War era fortress built in the Florida Keys, which later turned into a popular tourist destination. Spared of nuclear attack during the Great War the Fort became a refuge for the tourists and reenactors that were on the island, for a time a the island lived in peace. But in 2190 the island and fort were taken over by the infamous Pirate; Otto Thornton and his band of buccaneers. Since then the island has become a seedy pirate haven.