Chapter 1: Welcome to Oasis

Mission(s): A Warm Welcome * Main Mission

DLC: Captain Scarlet and her Pirate's Booty

"Looks like we made it, ready?" Maya said, and Zero nodded. They had appeared at the top of a cliff hemmed in by walls of misshapen rock that curved near the top to form ominous overhangs. As Zero checked both their packs and provisions Maya checked their surroundings.

The Fast Travel station they digistructed from sits on a platform made of makeshift metal plates held up by metal beams and cross beams. Scooter must have been here some time in his life, Maya thinks since she looked to the right and up a small hill seeing a catch-a-ride station. Looking beyond their immediate area Maya saw, almost directly in front of them a hole in the rock; through that Maya sees a freestanding rocky platform atop a pillar and atop the platform is a lighthouse.

"We ready to go?" Maya asks.

Zero nods his head and then speaks, "we have now made it / it is time for adventure / go down the tunnel."

Zero handed Maya her bag which she slung over her back … they didn't usually carry the bulky packs, but their usual packs only held weapons money and the likes of that. The heavy backpacks were of similar tech but they held supplies and food … as well as a limited but ample supply of water. As they walked towards the tunnel Zero pointed to a sign they hadn't noticed before, it was covered in a grimy layer of dust and read "Welcome to Oasis."

"Well now we know what the town is called." Maya's next sentence was cut short when someone came over the ECHO system.

"Welcome to my lovely town of Oasis stranger! Now, if you could please SAVE ME FROM THE FILTHY SAND PIRATES TRYING TO STEAL MY WATER!"

Both Maya and Zero looked at each other, they nodded and then rushed down the tunnel and when it ended, they almost stopped in their tracks. The paved road led to the most ramshackle yet still intact desert town they had ever seen. The town had three collections of buildings: at the roads end several shells of broken cars lay scattered. Hanging over the mini junkyard hangs a large paper sign suspended from two buildings flanking the entrance to the town; it reads "Pier fest come and get your feet wet". In the distance and high above looms the very large form of a ship, tethered to the ground from its anchor points by to very large chains.

As they get closer Zero pulls out his Jacobs sniper rifle. Maya pulls out an incendiary shotgun, both of them move forward. Zero hangs back next to a neon sign proclaiming what the dusty sign did, it sat on a small pile of rocks on the left side of the road, and about 10 feet back from the entrance to the town.

The first pirates emerge when Maya is camped behind a broken car shell. Zero quickly realizes his disadvantage when a manic pirate carrying two flaming grog bottles rushes at his hiding place. Making a quick decision, Zero strafes across the road and using no scope pops the grogmaster in the head.

Maya meanwhile gets up close and personal with some of the gruffer sand pirates, she even melees one back into 4 more of his fellow pirates. Maya then throws a grenade, and jumps behind cover of a building. The explosion detonates, and the storm front grenade pulls the remaining sand pirates in. Electricity shocks them all, but their shields are holding.

Suddenly a sniper rifle barrel flashes come from the rooftops of the building cluster across form Maya. One by one the pirates are taken out by head shots, their shields being weakened by Maya's storm front grenade. Once the last pirate was eliminated another voice comes on the ECHO.

"He Shade, give us some water and Sandman won't use your rib cage like a hat rack."

This guy sounds like trouble better take care of him quick, Maya thinks. She walks forward and once coming upon a dry cracked fountain in the middle of the town's center a pirate captain popes up from hiding. He has no beard and Maya calls him No-Beard.

Maya blasts with her shotgun, but the guy's meaty and he barely feels the shots. And due to No-Beard's naturally damage resistant nature he ignores the pain and charges Maya. In desperation she stumbles back, as he's about to blast Maya's head in with a corrosive rocket she remembers her powers at the last minute.

Just as No-Beard is caught up in a bubble of energy, a sniper bolt explodes with a lot of force through No-Beard's brain. Maya breathes a sigh of relief, she looks to her right and sees Zero giving the thumbs up, his other hand cradling his sniper rifle. She motions for him to join her, and as he does Shade comes on the ECHO.

"Thank you so very much, my friend! YesYesYesYes! Now that my water is safe – let us chat in person! Like people."

Another voice comes on the ECHO. "What's that ruckus coming from Oasis? Oh – is that a Vault Hunter I see? I'm Captain Scarlett, and something tells me you're here for the treasure same as I am. So we've got two options: we can work together and split the treasure, or we could just try and kill on another. Or maybe both! Come find me in Wurmwater ya?"

Zero comes up from behind her a, '?', appearing before his helmet hovering.

Maya shrugs her shoulders and says, "Yeah were we coming her for the treasure? Maybe but I didn't realize there was someone else looking for it."

After these words both of them head over to a shack with a sign of a cat above it, below that cat is a smaller one playing with the larger cat's nipples. Below the neon lit cats are the words, "Kitty Kream".

Maya and Zero reach it and a panel opens below the sign revealing Shade, "I am Shade and you – YOU are the coolest people I have ever seen. Please don't go. Please?"

Zero taps Maya's shoulder and points to a weapons machine to the left of the shack, Maya nods and walks up to shade.

"The town's people of Oasis thank you. I enjoy spending this quality time with you. Please don't leave I'm lonely. Are we doing a staring contest? I will win. I am super-good at staring."

Maya's eyes widen slightly and she says, "Payment for saving your town?"

Shade just nods and hands her the money.