You and a rag tag band of prospectors, mercenaries, scavengers and other such drifters have been hired on behalf of the newly formed bureau of technology & robotics to hunt down the location of a vault that's rumoured to have some experiments to do with robotics, armed only with vaugw instructions, the gear on your backs and a promise of 10,000 NCR dollars as a reward, you and your team venture into the unknown wastelands.