26 Mother Nature had unleashed her anger upon the New Vegas area without so much of a warning tremor. She had just gone straight for the main headline without teasing her audience, launching a 7.1 quake on the unsuspecting population with no thought to the lives or property that she might destroy. In a liquor store along the main highway between New Vegas and the coastal resort of Torbay City, staff and customers alike threw themselves to the floor as they were showered with bottles of whisky, vodka, and gin that had been hurled off the store’s shelves, crashing onto the floor in a cacophony of breaking glass and spilt spirits. As if by instinct, a vendor-bot raced towards a young mother with a baby and formed a protective shield over them, saving them from the falling merchandise. Othe

