You’re the sole survivor of your vault, awakening 210 years after the Great War. A war so devastating it turned the world you remembered into a wasteland
The human population is at an all time low, the risk of being killed due to exposure or some form of mutant & even bandits at an all time high
It’s hard to survive outside the walls of a city with raiders, mutants and all manner of monstrosities outside the walls. Inside the walls life of tough but safer
You remain in Diamond City for a time, making ends meet for a time until you hear from traders a very interesting story
A man called Price, from the old world, is building a settlement outside the safety of the cities, gathering together all sorts of people to restore order to the new world, the best thing he is allegedly a notorious military captain from before the war who has the experience to back his words
So with your hope dying in Diamond City, you set off with what caps you have in search of this new settlement