The destruction of Control Station Enclave was a sabotage operation carried out onboard a pre-War industrial oil rig off the West Coast of the North American continent, in the Pacific Ocean. The rig was being utilized as the headquarters of the paramilitary organization known as the Enclave during their operations to destabilize and conquer the wasteland until they were stopped by the Chosen One in late 2242. The event serves as the climax of the main story for Fallout 2.
Prelude[]
Vault 13 and Arroyo[]
Around mid-May 2241, the leadership of the Enclave sent a coded sequence to the computers within Vault 13, tricking them into declaring the All-Clear Signal to its current residents (including some of the Vault Dweller's generation). The dwellers accepted, believing it to be Vault-Tec finally telling them to begin reclaiming the wasteland for humanity.[Non-game 4] A day later, the Vault dwellers opened the blast door for the first time in a long time, expecting to be welcomed by Vault-Tec staff. Instead, they appeared before two assault squads backed by vertibird support from the Department of the Army. The ensuing invasion incurred at least three known deaths of residents who allegedly "resisted capture," while the paramilitary troopers stormed the Vault interior and abducted the remaining population.[Non-game 5] The day after, the Enclave sent in a battalion of genetically-augmented intelligent deathclaws to occupy the Vault with the intent of killing off any potential witnesses and masking their presence.[Non-game 6] Initially unbeknownst to them, the very intelligence they gave the deathclaws led to the pack leader Gruthar and his mate Kerith abandoning the Enclave's mission and securing the Vault as their nest, from which they hoped to live a peaceful, solitary life with their kin, including a son, Goris.
Two months after the Enclave's secret attack on Vault 13, the isolated tribal village of Arroyo in what was once the American state of Oregon suffered the worst drought in its history, forcing the village elder to declare a ceremony to select a champion who will save them. In late July, the Temple of Trials was entered by the elder's own offspring,[Non-game 7] who passed their test and was subsequently named the Chosen One. They were thereafter given their mission to locate a G.E.C.K. unit as the only hope to save the village.[Non-game 8]
A little over a month into their journey, on August 30, 2241,[2] the Chosen One had a pivotal encounter with the Enclave in the form of a squad by the cybernetically-enhanced mutated juggernaut,[Non-game 9] Frank Horrigan of the Secret Service attempting to press-gang a group of farmers, then giving the order to execute them when they refused. Upon noticing the witness, despite his extreme anti-"mutie" hatred, Horrigan spared the Chosen One solely on the basis of seeing them as a complete nobody and a waste of effort, as they were not his target at the time.
Towards the end of the year, on October 23 (164 years to the day of the Great War), the Chosen One received a vision in their dreams of the village shaman, Hakunin, reminding them of their duty to save Arroyo from its plight.[3] They may have continued to receive dream visions from the shaman throughout the early months of 2242, each growing more desperate and imploring the Chosen One to complete their journey if not done so.[4]
A savior comes[]
Regardless of the Chosen One's prior progress, on July 20, 2242, a little under a year since their departure from Arroyo, the Enclave discovered the location of the village and sent in assault teams to raze it and kidnap as many able-bodied tribesmen as they could, killing off any resistance from the severely under-equipped tribals who were helpless against their power armor and energy weapons. The Chosen One only realized something was wrong after receiving a fourth and final dream vision from Hakunin. However, by the time they returned, the Enclave had already left with the captured tribesmen. A severely wounded Hakunin held on long enough to reveal to the Chosen One that their tribesmen were taken south to a place the troopers called Navarro, as a pitstop for a final destination somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean, before succumbing to his wounds.[5]
Leaving the ruins of their village, the Chosen One embarked on a new mission to save their kidnapped tribesmen and stop the Enclave's plans for world conquest by acquiring the means to reach their seabound fortress, a pre-War industrial oil rig 175 miles off the coast of California.[6] In the course of their journey, they had acquired the assistance of several companions including the super mutant mayor of Broken Hills, Marcus;[7] veteran wastelander John Cassidy;[Non-game 1] fellow tribal Sulik of the Primitive Tribe.[Non-game 1]; and the AI-controlled robobrain, Skynet.[Non-game 10] Together, the Chosen One and co. traveled to San Francisco where they found an old Poseidon Energy oil tanker vessel, the PMV Valdez. With the help of its captain A. Ron Meyers, a deserter from the Enclave who abandoned their genocidal mission,[8][9][10] and an unconventional crew of vagrants who inhabited the hull, the Chosen One's group went about repairing the ship's disabled systems, a result of the Enclave, following security act 9837-334-27A, stealing vital components from it sometime in the past precisely to ensure it could not be used to reach their headquarters.
Under this guiding objective, the Chosen One went to Vault 13 to acquire the parts of the navigational computer (inadvertently witnessing the slaughter of its deathclaw population by Frank Horrigan minus the absent Goris),[Non-game 11] and to the Enclave's vertibird refueling station at Camp Navarro for the tanker FOB held by its commanding officer;[11][12] in the latter case, they also managed to assassinate the Enclave researcher Doctor Schrebur and rescue the cybernetic K-9,[Non-game 3] and liberated the captive intelligent deathclaw Xarn.[Non-game 12]
Once all the necessary pieces were assembled, the Chosen One and co. disembarked from San Francisco onboard the Valdez, using its NavCom software to automatically guide them to the oil rig. Due to still retaining an "Identify Friend or Foe" (IFF) system onboard, a hold-over of its shared pre-War history with the oil rig, the vessel was recognized by the Enclave base’s systems as friendly, ensuring it was able to dock at the seabound fortress without being targeted by its defenses.[13][14]
Event[]
- The following is based on player-dependent gameplay events in Fallout 2.
Upon arriving at the oil tanker and docking the ship, the Chosen One may have either stormed the Enclave defense perimeter with their companions or covertly entered disguised in a suit of power armor, thus allowing them to bypass the armored troopers and heavy-duty turrets. They made their way to the base's detention and research level, where they discovered the holding cells containing the captured Vault dwellers and their tribesmen from Arroyo, including their mother. The village elder and Martin Frobisher, acting as the Vaulters' spokesmen, advised the Chosen One to retrieve Vault 13's G.E.C.K., which the Enclave stole and kept stored in a lower-level access corridor, and then shut down the facility's nuclear reactor to disable the protective force fields so they could escape back to the ship.
Once they reached the corridor and figured out a trap room puzzle to retrieve the G.E.C.K., the Chosen One went through the oil rig's presidential level, where they had a face-to-face encounter with Dick Richardson, president of the Enclave, and Charles Curling, head of the United States Chemical Corps. In conversation with one or both of them, the Chosen One learned the ultimate goal of the Enclave and why they had captured the Vaulters and their tribesmen: to test and develop a biological weapon that would be added to the oceanic jetstreams, spreading it across the inhabited hubs of the wasteland and killing off all the irradiated inhabitants to allow the Enclave to "reclaim" the lands of America unopposed. After dealing with the president and obtaining his access key, the Chosen One reached the bottommost level of the rig containing the reactor and found a way to sabotage the reactor, leaving them only minutes to escape.
Afterwards, the Chosen One went for the rig's entrance to leave before the rig exploded, with everyone else already onboard and waiting for them. Just before reaching the entrance, they were intercepted by the Enclave Control Company led by Sergeant Granite, who gave them a fair warning that their escape route was cut off by Frank Horrigan himself, reputed to be an unstoppable killing machine; the Chosen One was able to convince Granite and his team to abandon the Enclave and join them in the coming fight.[Non-game 13] After a pitched battle against the heavily armed and armored juggernaut, the Chosen One emerged victorious and killed Horrigan, immediately escaping onto the oil tanker to sail away. They reached a safe distance just in time for all passengers to get a stellar view of the oil rig being annihilated in a massive fireball, scattering burning metal pieces far and wide.
Aftermath[]
The nuclear destruction of the oil rig put a firm end to the Enclave's plan to poison the Earth's jetstreams and commit genocide on the wasteland's inhabitants. With the loss of many senior authority figures including the president himself, the organization suffered a substantial setback to its agenda along with significant reductions to its manpower, throwing the remnants into temporary disarray amidst the absence of hierarchal leadership.[Non-game 14]
In the aftermath, Enclave personnel that survived, or were not present on the oil rig at the time of its destruction, would ultimately fall back to various secondary locales across New California and beyond.[15] Later in 2242, the bulk of the leadership at Camp Navarro eventually abandoned their base and left for the Capital Wasteland on the East Coast under the command of high-ranking scientist Autumn Senior, by order of John Henry Eden, who claimed to have succeeded Richardson as the Enclave's president. (In reality, Eden was a simulated persona created by the ZAX supercomputer of the Raven Rock military complex, a fact known only to Autumn.)[Non-game 15][Non-game 16] Those who continued to remain at Navarro were eventually wiped out to a man when the military forces of the New California Republic carried out a massive assault sometime around 2246,[16] with the even fewer who survived that becoming the target of manhunts by the Brotherhood of Steel.[17]
Despite the best efforts of both the NCR and Brotherhood, some Enclave remnants escaped their grasp and attempted to integrate themselves peacefully into wasteland civilization while concealing their checkered pasts. This intiative met with varying degrees of success, through a fair number are known to have managed to live in relative obscurity in frontier areas away from the Core Regions, such as the Mojave Wasteland. Among these remnants, none ever learned the full story of the oil rig's destruction, and what little was known was vague on details.[18]
Appearances[]
The destruction of Control Station ENCLAVE serves as the climax of the main story for Fallout 2 and is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas and the Fallout Bible.
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References[]
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me more about the tribal."
Marcus: "We were looking for a GECK to save the village of Arroyo. Eventually, we did. Nuked an oil rig in the process. We went separate ways after that. I went east into the Rockies, looking for other mutants like myself. Don't know what happened to my friend. I've got a feeling it turned out all right in the end."
(Marcus' dialogue) - ↑ The script for this scene triggers the encounter on the specific date of August 30th in Fallout 2.
- ↑ The script for this scene triggers the encounter specifically on October 23rd in Fallout 2.
- ↑ Hakunin dreams
- ↑ Hakunin: "{265}{hak109}{Dark souls came. They took everyone.}"
The Chosen One: "{266}{}{Dark souls? What do you mean?}"
Hakunin: "{267}{hak110}{A rush of wind came. On it were great dragonflies that spat flame. Evil men crawled from the beasts' bellies and brought death to our warriors.}"
The Chosen One: "{268}{}{Our warriors couldn't stop them?}"
Hakunin: "{269}{hak112}{The spirit was willing, but the spearheads were weak. The evil ones burned our warriors with the lights of hell.}"
The Chosen One: "{270}{}{They killed everyone?}"
Hakunin: "{271}{hak113}{All were dead or taken. My spirit returned to flesh only to reveal the truth to the Chosen.}"
The Chosen One: "{272}{}{What happened to the ones taken?}"
Hakunin: "{273}{hak114}{The beasts swallowed all, then took to the winds.}"
The Chosen One: "{274}{}{Uh, which way were the winds that they followed going?}"
Hakunin: "{275}{hak115}{Did you never listen when I taught you the yearly dance of the wind spirits? South, of course.}"
The Chosen One: "{277}{}{Oh, those winds. Of course.} "
Hakunin: "{278}{hak116}{Yes, they traveled the wind south. I overheard the dark souls speaking. They planned to rest their beasts at a place named Navarro before crossing the great basin of our earth-mother's tears.}"
(Hakunin's dialogue) - ↑ Central computer: "{116}{}{Where is the Enclave main base located?}"
"{125}{}{Searching... Accessing geographical maps... Data acquired. Enclave headquarters is located 175 miles off of the coast of California in the Pacific ocean. Coordinates are 37 degrees 18 minutes north latitude by 120 degrees 7 minutes west longitude.}"
(CCNCOMP.MSG) - ↑ The Courier: "Tell me more about the tribal."
Marcus: "We were looking for a GECK to save the village of Arroyo. Eventually, we did. Nuked an oil rig in the process. We went separate ways after that. I went east into the Rockies, looking for other mutants like myself. Don't know what happened to my friend. I've got a feeling it turned out all right in the end."
(Marcus' dialogue) - ↑ Chosen One: "I see. What else is going on out there on the rig?"
A. Ron Meyers: "Beats me. I was a Navarro tech, not a rig operator. We talked to them over the comm lines, and that was about the extent of it."
(A. Ron Meyers's dialogue) - ↑ Chosen One: "How do you know all this?"
A. Ron Meyers: "I used to serve with the Enclave. Then I realized it wasn't the USA I was fighting for; it was for the rich old bastards who didn't want to give up their power. I deserted and now I live here with more honest people."
(A. Ron Meyers's dialogue) - ↑ Chosen One: "How did you hook up with them?"
A. Ron Meyers: "Easy enough. I just left the Navarro base one day and headed down here. I figured it was the last place anyone would look. Besides, I'm not important enough for the Enclave to look for me - I'm just a loose end."
(A. Ron Meyers's dialogue) - ↑ The Chosen One: "{179}{}{First, why do you have a base at Navarro?}"
Dick Richardson: "{250}{prs45}{Simple. Navarro is an isolated base. Our vertibirds have a limited range. They refuel there.}"
(Dick Richardson's dialogue) - ↑ The Chosen One: "{180}{}{Before you get into that... I saw some of your vertibirds doing some trade with New Reno. What's that all about?}"
Dick Richardson: "{248}{prs44}{We've run short of certain critical chemicals. We can get them from the drug labs of New Reno. If the mutant-mobsters use our guns to kill each other, just saves us the trouble.}"
(Dick Richardson's dialogue) - ↑ The Chosen One: "{107}{}{I hear you're the one who knows all about this ship.}"
A. Ron Meyers: "{113}{}{This ship's a Poseidon tanker. It's equipped with tech that lasted through the war. It's got a FOB that allows access to the navigation computer room, and it's got an IFF transponder that protects it from Poseidon guns.}"
(A. Ron Meyers’ dialogue) - ↑ The Chosen One: "{125}{}{What's an IFF transponder and a FOB?}"
A. Ron Meyers: "{128}{}{IFF: Identify Friend or Foe. It means that this ship is identified as a friend, so other Poseidon things - like, say, an oil rig - won't fire at you when you come into range. Oh, and a FOB is some sort of Enclave technology that lets you enter a door electronically. You'd probably find one of them at one of their bases or some such place.}"
(A. Ron Meyers’ dialogue) - ↑ The Chosen One: "{150}{}{Yeah, okay. How do I find them?}"
AHS-9: "{151}{}{The Enclave are a remnant of the past - a neurodyne that has yet to be aligned. They have hidden bases all over the shards of old California, and their strongest stronghold is off to the west, over the waters.}"
(AHS-9's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "What happened to Navarro?"
Arcade Gannon: "After the Enclave's command structure fell apart, it was only a matter of time before Navarro was overrun by NCR forces. My mother and I left with some of the troopers from my father's old unit, the same people I've kept in contact with over the years. Anyone who didn't get out was killed by the NCR. Even some of the ones who escaped were eventually hunted down by the Brotherhood of Steel."
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Where did the Enclave go?"
Arcade Gannon: "A lot of different places. I only know what I was told. Some of them were cut down by the NCR and the Brotherhood. Some of them went east. My mother never told me what happened to my father, but she and I went south with some others and integrated into the NCR. When the NCR learned that Enclave personnel had integrated, we kept moving to the fringes. It's one of the reasons why I wound up out here."
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "What happened to the Enclave oil rig and Navarro?"
Judah Kreger: "Internal sabotage took down the oil rig - never did get the full story. The NCR took out Navarro, saying we posed a threat to the region."
(Judah Kreger's dialogue)
Non-game
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fallout Bible 5: "9b. Hey thanks for answering. You probobly can't find the other questions because I was at my bro's when i sent em. I asked about what happened to some of the fallout 2 npcs after the game. We know myron gets stabbed by a jet addict ironically in the den. And Marcus goes off to go do some heroics of his own. But what about cassidy, sulik and the EC squadren to name a few."
"Cassidy and Sulik: Can't say, no documentation exists. To be honest, I'll probably leave their fates open, since I don't want to pigeonhole two of the most favorite NPC allies from Fallout 2. I kind of hope that Cassidy eventually got his heart meds, though. At last word, Sulik returned to the primitive tribe for a few moons (months) after breaking paths with the Chosen One, then headed east in search of his sister. Cassidy went on to search for Texas, breaking south through NCR and past Dayglow."
"The punks on the tanker also survived, and they had a great view of the Poseidon oil rig exploding. They eventually into an uneasy trading relationship with the Shi after the destruction of the Hubologists, and the two groups went on to make San Francisco a major fishing and trading center." - ↑ Fallout Bible 6: "Skynet's fate is undocumented. If I was to speculate, he left the player and began to travel west into the wasteland, looking for terminals and data to acquire more knowledge, collect more data, and perhaps "settle down" in a mainframe. The frame he was in, and the brain he had could only store so much information, and AIs need more data storage space to grow in order to evolve. It is possible he made his way to the Glow, but it's not known for sure. Any fan writers out there, feel free to round out what happened to him - considering his combat messages alone, the world's in for some shakin'."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fallout Bible 6: "After getting his motivator repaired, K-9 was left in NCR by the Chosen One so that he could receive necessary repairs from Dorothy and, not long after his recovery, Dr. Henry (who had been placed in critical condition after being reportedly assaulted by the Chosen One some time earlier). Dr. Henry, afraid that too much information about the Enclave would be obtained from K-9, attempted to destroy the cyborg, but was stopped by cyberdog and Dorothy, who suspected what Dr. Henry was planning. The NCR government used the attack as an excuse to confiscate K-9 and cyberdog in order to learn more information about the Enclave as well as what makes the two of them "tick." At last report (and over Dorothy's objections), K-9 and cyberdog were disassembled and analyzed. Structural damage during the disassembling is reported to have killed them both."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2242 May 15 Enclave sends a coded sequence to Vault 13, activating its central computer and declaring that is time to leave the Vault. Martin Frobisher gathers the Vault dwellers together for tutorial movie."
Note: Although the Fallout Bible 0 timeline states the year to be 2242, the in game clock states 2241. - ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2242 May 16Less than a day later, Vault 13 is opened, only to be greeted by two Enclave verti-assault squads. The squads kill three of the citizens who were "resisting capture," and storm the Vault, kidnapping all the inhabitants."
Note: Although the Fallout Bible 0 timeline states the year to be 2242, the in game clock states 2241. - ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2242 May 17 Enclave animal handlers drop a Deathclaw unit into Vault 13 from a safe distance to kill anyone investigating the Vault and cloak the Enclave's presence. Other Deathclaws are sent into the desert surrounding Vault 13 to check for any escapees or witnesses."
Note: Although the Fallout Bible 0 timeline states the year to be 2242, the in game clock states 2241. - ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2241 July 25 Fallout 2 Begins: Chosen One begins his mystic test, descending into the Temple of Trials."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2241 July 27 Chosen One leaves Arroyo in search of the GECK."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "Just to clarify..."
"Horrigan is a mutant, but Horrigan was a monster before his exposure to FEV in the military base (he had many psychological problems which may be included in a Horrigan psychological profile in the future)."
"It's important to note that Horrigan has never considered himself a mutant; only the scientists at the Enclave would consider him one, but they mostly referred to him as an "experiment," and even then, not to his face. Most soldiers considered Horrigan a walking nuke, something the tech boys built, and they were not generally aware of his mutant status. Most did consider him a freak, however, and there were few soldiers who wanted to accompany him on missions."
"Horrigan has always been loyal to the Presidency, to the Enclave, and the armed forces - this loyalty was present before his exposure to FEV, and it was reinforced by Presidential Directive through various conditioning and testing programs developed by the Enclave. Horrigan's low Intelligence (which was further damaged by the FEV exposure) made these conditioning programs take root easily." - ↑ Fallout Bible 6: "Skynet's fate is undocumented. If I was to speculate, he left the player and began to travel west into the wasteland, looking for terminals and data to acquire more knowledge, collect more data, and perhaps "settle down" in a mainframe. The frame he was in, and the brain he had could only store so much information, and AIs need more data storage space to grow in order to evolve. It is possible he made his way to the Glow, but it's not known for sure. Any fan writers out there, feel free to round out what happened to him - considering his combat messages alone, the world's in for some shakin'."
- ↑ According to John Deiley, who designed Vault 13, the inaccessible good ending where the deathclaws survive was intentionally scrapped because the Enclave plot required the slaughter of the deathclaws.
- ↑ Fallout Bible 6: "According to F2 designer John Deiley, Xarn was supposed to go back to Vault 13 and warn the Vault about Horrigan's attack, but he never made it (in the original design, he was supposed to be able to go back and save all the deathclaws and warn them about the Enclave, but this didn't make it in). He was last seen wandering east into the wastes toward Vault 13 - he never made it, however, so his final destination is unknown."
- ↑ Chris Avellone, Fallout Bible 6: "He and the EC crew hopped aboard the tanker, and escaped to the mainland after watching the fireworks from the top of the tanker, whispering "gawd-damn" to themselves and throwing suggestive glances at the women from Vault 13 and Arroyo. After reaching the mainland, they headed north to Navarro and were never heard from again, though their adventures could fill several eras worth of pulp comics."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2242 Fall Fallout 2 Ends: The Chosen One enters the Enclave using the damaged tanker and destroys the Poseidon oil platform, killing the President of the United States and ending the Enclave's plans for world domination. "
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.41: "The Enclave
In the recent past, the Enclave—the remains of the United States government—were evacuated to an oil rig off the coast of California. Little is known about what happened to these forces, although the country has a new commander-in-chief: President John Henry Eden. However, recent reports and chatter have pinpointed the resurgence of the Enclave, with their base centered on a secure underground facility known as Raven Rock. Initial contact was made there 35 years ago.
During this time, the new President Eden has been slowly rebuilding his resources, thanks in part to the technology already available at the Raven Rock military base. Vertibirds, weapons, and robots were easy to construct, but human followers were more difficult to find. The answer was to rely on Colonel Autumn, who controls the Enclave soldier forces, as well as creating a propaganda-spewing series of Eyebots sent to roam the Wasteland, spreading hope. Eden could spout his pro-government rhetoric, and promise a return of the pre-war America of legend: a land of white picket fences, baseball, apple pie, and good, old-fashioned American global supremacy.
President Eden's secretive plan all along has been to rule over an America of the "pure," free from any mutation. He has learned of a ridiculously ambitious experiment known as Project Purity, and knew the time to strike had come: His Enclave forces would "reclaim" the Jefferson Memorial. By controlling the purified water, Eden would control the Capital Wasteland, and the rest of the country eventually. What better way to administer modified F.E.V.- which kills anyone infected with any form of mutation-than through the water supply?"
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide faction profiles) - ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.66: "Colonel Augustus Autumn
Autumn grew up on an oil rig off the California coast (the base of operations for the Enclave, the secretive contingent of the United States government that survived after the apocalypse). His father was the high-ranking Enclave scientist on orders from the president to move all high-ranking officials to the only other secure Enclave location with a functioning ZAX super-computer, Raven Rock. Colonel Autumn has proven to be far less subservient than his scientist father, often openly disagreeing with the president's decisions."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)