Today in the CBO
Settlements Today
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
26 May 2296 - Warwick Homestead
Each Tuesday for the upcoming weeks through the playoffs, we will feature one of the settlements, teams, and owners of the Commonwealth Baseball Organization. This is meant to tell you more about life in the Commonwealth, as well as give you more information about the teams and their owners.
In our seventh installment of "Settlement Today," I visited the home of the number one team in the Commonwealth Baseball Organization, Warwick Homestead.
According to the intranet, "The Warwick homestead was once a waste treatment plant before the bombs fell. It was discovered by the Warwick family and they began a thriving farm, and a relationship with the Atom Cats. At some point before 2287 Bill Sutton and Cedric Hopton joined the farm" (
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Warwick_homestead).
Warwick Homestead, circa 2287
Today, the settlement has moved to both a permanent home for a large number of people working in farming, fisheries, and trade. Warwick Homestead also provides a large number of its crops to Atom Cats Garage, Quincy, and Jamaica Plain.
Warwick Homestead, 2293. There were no updated photos available at the time of this print.
Owner - Roger Warwick
Roger Warwick has an interesting history and connection to the former Institute line of human replacement. According to the intranet, "When [Nate Howard] speaks with Wally or Janey, Roger's children, they say that their father is a lot nicer than he used to be. In fact, Roger is a synth that was built by the Institute. The exact point at which the original Roger Warwick has been replaced is unknown.
"He is a key component of the bioscience division's testing of genetically modified seeds on the surface. Terminals located inside the bioscience wing of the Institute indicate that Roger, along with the crops, will be retrieved by the Institute. All evidence of the initiative will be purged, hence implying his family with the rest of the settlers at Warwick homestead will be terminated once the experiments have concluded" (
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Roger_Warwick).
Obviously, that all changed once Nate Howard took control of the Institute and turned it from whatever it was to an advanced and more humane institution than it once was.
Surprisingly, not only was Roger's family not devastated by learning their father was a synth, but they actually thanked the Institute for the "man" he had become. In other words, they loved the new Roger.
That new Roger turned the genetically-engineered crops into a grand seller throughout the Southeast portion of the Commonwealth. With the constant business pushed their way from the Atom Cats Garage, Warwick Homestead may not be the richest farm, but it is doing well.
Crops and Smells
Warwick Homestead has a smell that visitors notice, but they do not complain about the taste of the crops. Many have described the Warwick crops as having the Commonwealth's "juiciest melons," "sweetest tatos," and "softest corn."