Vault 83

Experiment
Vault 83 was meant to test the relations of criminals and police officers who were crammed in the same location at once. When the Great War occurred, 500 criminals and 500 police men were shut into the vault, much to the anger of the people living around the vault. The criminals were shut in prison cells featured in the vault while the police were put into luxury housing. Vault-Tec ordered the Overseer, who was always a police man, to treat both sides equally, knowing that the Overseer wouldn't agree. They monitored the groups to see how soon they would turn against each other and start fighting due to their differences in treatment and class.

Result
Vault 83 kept order for 13 years until the criminals, tired of the inequality and harsh treatment of the police officers and Overseers, started a revolt against the police officers. While the police were able to keep the riots contained for a year, eventually there was a breakout of such magnitude that much of the population of the vault was slaughtered in 2092. Those who survived the massacre fled from the vault, into the wasteland. The survivors separated, the majority staying in Ashland and eventually building up what would later be known as the Ashland Slavers. Those who left Ashland found the Belmont Golf Course, which they took and eventually formed the Belmont Raiders.