Today in the CBO
Settlements Today
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
13 April 2297 - Nordhagen Beach, Part 2
On certain Tuesdays for the 2297 season, 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. These will be done at Nat Wright-Kowalski's availability.
Owner - Emogene Cabot
According to a terminal, Emogene is a lot more complicated than the public facade she portrays. It states, "The youngest and most flirtatious member of the Cabot family. Like her mother and brother, she uses a special serum to defy aging and has been since she was 32 years old.
"Her terminal entries reveal her to be a skilled hacker, as she played around with RobCo's database server.
"During the Great War, while Jack and Edward Deegan were away at Parsons State Insane Asylum, Emogene was also responsible for thwarting a takeover of Cabot House by Anders, one of their employees, who tried to forced the family out of the house at gunpoint.
"While appearing to be the most frivolous and irresponsible of the Cabots, In reality she is actually quite emphatic and self aware. An argument can be heard where she chastises her mother for being picky about what food the they eat when the rest of the the Commonwealth barely have enough to survive. This indicates that Emogene is well aware of how good her family have it in life."
Nate Howard first met Emogene when he rescued her from an agressive conversion cult called the Pillars of the Community at the Charles View Ampitheater at the request of her brother Jack. Emogene was romanced by the leader of the cult who pretended to care about her but intended instead to convert her as one of his "wives." When she refused, the cult leader locked her away with aggressive psychological conversion attempts. Nate put down the entire Pillars of the Community when they refused to give her up and instead tried to convert Nate.
Getting to know the Cabots better, Nate learned several things about the Cabots. For one, like him, they were a pre-War family. Unlike Nate being locked in a cryopod, the Cabots had something else keeping them alive, an alien serum.
We do not have the time to delve into the entire story, but their father, Lorenzo Cabot, had made some discoveries of an ancient alien ruin in the 1890s where he found a mysterious crown that gave him superhuman abilities but also made him insane. From the crown, Lorenzo developed the mysterious serum that the Cabots still use until this day. Lorenzo remains a captive of the Parsons State Insane Asylum, but he has made a "lifetime's supply" of the mysterious serum. As far as we know, only the Cabots have this serum.
Emogene 2296 - Before she took her 10-year dosage
There are definite changes in the age appearance of the 400-year old Emogene once she takes the serum. Not only does she change in appearance, but she also appears to renew her vigor for life. These days, Emogene is often seen hitting up the Nordhagen Beach clubs and inviting a few of her "boytoys" to her mansion, including most of the Party Boys players.
Emogene 2297 - After she took her 10-year dosage
New Sponsors, Same Old Joe
Another of the pre-War companies resurrected in Nate Howard's Boston, Slocum's Joe is now the sponsor for the Party Boys, taking over after Kasumi Nakano bought the Jamaica Plain Red Rockets franchise.
According to a terminal entry, "A staple of pre-War Bostonian and Appalachian fast foods, Slocum's focused on two things: Joe and doughnuts. Slocum's always tried to stay one step ahead of the competition, such as by trying to solve the problem of keeping coffee hot and doughnuts fresh.
"Their answer was Slocum's Buzzbites, a delicious doughnut filled with hot coffee and chemically preserved to stay hot, which had a 90% chance of inflicting 3rd-degree burns on consumers. This lead[sic] to it being deemed too dangerous for distribution by authorities. The actual coffee was noted to be 'stale, acidic rubbish,' priced at 28 dollars" (
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Slocum%27s_Joe_(company)). Mmmm. Just the way we like coffee.
Slocum's Joe logo
Joe Savoldi, who used to run the small bar in Bunker Hill along with his son Tony, was handpicked by Nate to take over the company. According to Nate, "I couldn't think of a better choice to start making terribly delicious coffee and piping-hot doughnuts. Besides, the name fits."
Joe Savoldi showing off his massive muscles
Joe and Tony run the Slocum's Joe franchise just as Nate imagined it. The grandson of a Minutemen soldier, Joe takes special care to train all of his employees personally. Tony runs the numbers of each business, and now you can find Slocum's Joe shops throughout the Commonwealth. One deal that the Savoldis made was to have a Slocum's Joe in a prime location along the Nordhagen Beach boardwalk, which makes that location the highest-yielding location, doing even better than the Slocum's Joe in Diamond City.
Tony Savoldi - Runs the business portion of the Slocum's Joe franchise