Today in the CBO
The View from the BMU
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
26 April 2298 – Outpost Zimonja
On certain Tuesdays for the 2297 and 2298 seasons, we will feature one of the settlements where teams in the Boston Minor Union play.
In our seventh trip around the BMU, we will go to the northern radio tower settlement, Outpost Zimonja.
Boomer Sooner
Nate was a lost soul in a jungle of uncertainty at the start of his escape from Vault 111. After that time, he wandered along the northern parts of Sanctuary Hills and Concord for a time before finally making his way south across the river.
What he did not know when he went far enough east was that there was a small settlement that had been taken over by raiders with a raider with a knack for obliterating his enemies. Nate was still green in the Wastes, so when that pre-War familiar whistle of a mininuke came his way, he knew he had to get out of there quickly.
Zimonja Outpost - 2287
The place where the mininuke came from was a radio outpost in the wilderness due northwest from Malden. That raider encampment was run by a vicious killer named Boomer. Not only was Boomer a tough early match for Nate, but he had to play dodgenuke at the same time.
In time, Nate got smart. After retreating out of self-preservation, Nate later returned with a friend, a rocket launcher. Once in position atop the bridge overlooking Outpost Zimonja, Nate fired down upon Boomer, cooking him inside his own power armor suit.
Nate then took over the area and made it his own northern settler outpost to prevent more raiders and super mutants from entering the Lake Quannapowitt area.
The Great North, the Safe North
While Outpost Zimonja is not heavily-populated these days, the area is still considered a vital defensive outpost for the northern safe zones in the Commonwealth. The area is now home to a dedicated Minutemen patrol unit around Lake Quannapowitt, west around Tenpines Bluff, and south to Dark Hollow Pond.
OZ 2350
The area has not seen its population boom just yet, but there are plans to build a megatower to the area. According to artist depictions, one day the community will fuse with the bridge above it in a skyscraper community. That way the Minutemen patrols can see a wider range towards the north and the community will not have to await caravans coming from far away to deliver supplies. In other words, the future of the OZ is to be self-reliant.
