[Updated and Improved, so I guess it's Version 1.1.]

[Advanced Prompt Recommended]

It was just a tattered scrap of paper tacked to a job board in the Brass Lantern in Megaton, but something about it drew your eye.

Explorers wanted - No experience necessary - for an expedition into the Capitol. Apply in person at the camp outside the west gate of Megaton. -- Aiden Sharpclaw

Curiosity, possibly morbid, drew you to go and check it out, because why the hell not?