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    Portable Nuclear Weapons in the Fallout Universe.

    Are portable nuclear weapons to be taken as a serious invention in the Fallout Universe, or are they simply a gameplay enhancer added by Bethesda to make the post-nuclear setting much more nuclear? Note a Real World Historical Example of an infantry operated nuclear weapons system the M29 Davy...
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    Left-wing Bias in Bethesda's Fallout Products

    I've noticed that Bethesda in their take on the Fallout Series, seems to portray events from a very leftist point of view, and throughout their games promote leftist talking points (Note I have not played Fallout 4, but I'm sure there are a ton leftist bits in there too) Fallout 3: The Main...
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    With Age Comes Experience....unless you're a Bethesda Fallout Character.

    During the period of Classic Fallout, one used to be able to pick the age of the character and though that had no particular effect on the game, it was all part of the role playing experience, allowing the player to in effect make the Vault Dweller or the Chosen One in the prime of their lives...
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    The Sino-American War: A Matter of Months Or Years?

    Now back when Fallout 2 was the newest and greatest Fallout property, the GNN Transcript which could be found at the Sierra Army Depot, read to the effect that the PRC launched its invasion in early October and though initially took Alaska, was quickly repelled by the United States, who then...
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    General Draft in the New Vegas Timeline?

    One thing that struck me as kinda odd, with reference to the NCR Armed Forces presence in New Vegas, was that some personnel implied that they were draftees, while others claim that they serve in an all volunteer force, while furthermore there is a line of dialogue or perhaps a computer...
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    An Open Letter to Bethesda Fans

    To whom it may concern, Now for whatever reason, and granted most of them are probably not particularly good or thought out ones, you seem to think that it's a good idea to share your rabid and over the top obsession with a community who generally either did not like the handling of the...
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    Bethesda's Fallout 4: Continuity Breaker

    It's been well established since Bethesda's first go at the Fallout Franchise, that they weren't particularly interested in the Fallout continuity to begin with, however it seems that Bethesda's Fallout 4, has wholly given up on even trying to respect the continuity(some of which they now...
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    The misunderstanding that is the "Enclave"

    Now first off, let me state that for all intents and purposes the reasoning behind this thread is to discuss some of the strange plot holes that relate to the former United States Government faction, and hopefully not to get overrun by the fanatical fan base who salivate at the mere mention of...
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    Internet Moderators: Giving status to those who have none in the real world!

    It's interesting, with the exception of this website which actually seems for the most part highly tolerant of rather unorthodox behavior by many of its posters, most internet forums seem to be under the dictatorial rule of individuals who for whatever reason have not made great strides in their...
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    John Cassidy: Arms Dealer

    After the destruction of the Enclave and the sacking of Navarro, the paychecks stopped coming and for an arms dealer, the combination of disgruntled soldiers and large stockpiles of weapons lead to the hottest time in arms dealing...
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    Armed Forces of the NCR

    Since the NCR's Armed Forces are at best poorly defined and tend to contradict each other(see Fallout 2 vs FNV), I drew up a very basic model which would more accurately represent the NCR's military. NCR Department of Defense(Overall command authority of the services): NCR Armed...
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    Fallout's Depiction of the Military

    Though Fallout (1,2, Fallout 3: Van Buren, FNV and Tactics) does a decent job of depicting a wide variety of firearms, it falls down heavily when making reference to the military(structure, organization and operations). The first big thing I've noticed is that the Fallout series tend to have a...
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    The purpose of the Press Gang in Fallout 2

    So I was always curious who were the Press Gang hanging out around San Francisco working for? Were they unknowingly working for the Federal Government(incorrectly called Enclave by the good people at Bethesda), attempting to capture subjects for their modified F.E.V. experiments or perhaps they...
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    How did the PRC successfully invade the United States?

    One point of the Fallout Timeline that always gave me the moment of pause and had me scratching my head was how the PRC managed to launch a successful invasion of the United States. It might have been answered somewhere in the Fallout Bible, but can anyone answer these: Was the PLAN (Chinese...
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    Fallout: A Post Nuclear Reboot

    Before we get to the crux of the matter, let me start by saying that I started off playing Fallout when the demo of the Scarpyard(what would later become Junktown first came out), and from that point I was hooked on something that seemed so outside anything that either the film industry or any...
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    Enclave: A Place And Not A Faction!

    I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've come to the conclusion that the use of term Enclave in reference as an organization is wholly incorrect! If we examine Fallout 2, we'll notice that the the only times in which the "Enclave" is referred to is with reference to the Poseidon Oil...
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    New Vegas: A Great Allegory to the Iraq War.

    So after a few playthroughs of New Vegas I've found that the story seems to be more a parallel of the Second Iraq War (03-08), than being a spiritual successor to Van Buren(FO3). Camp McCarran: The first piece that really struck me that much of a inspiration came from current events was the...
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