After searching it for salvageable technology, they cleaned out the trash and scum that had been running the place and fed the hungry.
Then one day, a troop of Brotherhood soldiers passed through the town. Life revolved around foraging for food, stealing money, and avoiding the attentions of the thugs that ran the town. Left without parents at an early age, Nadia grew up rough on the dusty streets of one of the urban settlements that litter the wasteland, with few friends and fewer comforts.