
The reasons of this are discovered later in the game.

You even have the opportunity to dig up a bit about one of the members, and see an actual icon/symbol they use. The presence of the Secret Cartel is high in the city, and you can find many symbols and hints across the maps. It is implied that the Secret Cartel and slave traders have a very close relation with the city, claiming that the Secret Cartel has its HQ somewhere in Trudograd. Trudograd is located in a kind of Muskeg, where swampy biomes are hidden under the snow. It is implied that the sequel takes place in a winter period of Trudograd, consequences of the climate change since atomic bombs fell. Inequality is a chronic problem of the city too, with fat cats living lives of inmeasurable luxury even surpassing life quality before the war and beggars dying from starvation. Corruption is rife, and crime rate is over the rooftops (pretty much literally). Based on the rumours we heard in the first game, the Major (formerly Cadet) soon discovers that Trudograd is deep in internal political conflict, and a very dangerous threat that comes from the north makes Trudogradians feel unsafe. Trudograd becomes the new location available to explore in the sequel, and we can get now truly a glimpse of what it actually is. It is considered in the Central Wastelands as the biggest settlement of the whole USSR after the war.Īfter the ending of the first game, some characters choose to move from the central wastelands to Trudograd.

Compared to Kraznosnamenny, Trudograd is a much bigger city that even gains the role of City-State, with its own political system and their own troubles. Some quest-givers come from the city, and the caravaneers describe it as a "paradise of technology" but a place where poverty and corruption is rife as well. In the first game, Trudograd is mentioned many times, including gossips from Caravaneers, random encounters with specific NPCS and certain quests that involve Trudograd in many ways.
