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For the group operating in New California in Fallout 2, see Secret Service (Fallout 2). |
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The United States Secret Service (or simply Secret Service) is a law enforcement agency operating under the Treasury Department of the United States government, encountered in Appalachia in Fallout 76, introduced in the Wastelanders update.[2]
Background[]
Founded in 1865, shortly after the American Civil War, as part of the federal Treasury Department to combat the widespread counterfeiting of the U.S. Dollar, the Secret Service later became the de facto federal police force alongside the United States Marshals Service until the creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Other duties of the Secret Service include providing personal bodyguard protection to the standing president of the United States.[3] As part of this duty, the Secret Service maintained an office at Rapidan Camp, the presidential retreat in Shenandoah National Park in West Virginia.
Shortly before the Great War, members of the United States government quietly removed the supply of gold bullion from Fort Knox and transported it to Vault 79 in Appalachia. By removing the gold from the well-known Fort Knox, the intent was to assist the re-establishment of government operation post-holocaust by ensuring that the federal reserve would be hidden from Chinese nuclear strikes and remain intact for use by surviving government officials. To ensure this, the Secret Service was placed in charge of protecting the vault and its gold reserves, alongside members of the United States Armed Forces, with Derek Garrison acting as the agent in charge.
Following the nuclear apocalypse, the Vault and the agents inhabiting it remained sealed, awaiting orders from the outside that the gold reserves were needed. At an unknown point, there was a mutiny led by an agent nicknamed "Shorty"[4] among the inhabitants, leading to many being killed and contributing to their numbers dwindling further over the years as at least three others took their own lives.[5]
By 2103, rumors of the intact gold drew enterprising treasure-seekers to the region, and after attempts to fortify the Vault resulted in its reactor malfunctioning and some of their members turning into feral ghouls, the surviving agents were forced to enlist the help of a Vault Dweller from Vault 76 to rescue them. After the Dweller breached Vault 79 and resolved the problem, they were permitted by the Secret Service to leave with some of the gold they had been protecting as a reward for their assistance.
Known members[]
 AC |
 Mercy |
 PITA |
 Regs |
 Slick |
 Digger |
| Bubba | Grills | Mac |
| Shiny | Shorty |
Technology[]
As a law enforcement agency of the former United States government, the Secret Service was outfitted with resources including weapons and armor to suit a heavily fortified bunker. Among the tech they had access to were specially designed suits of armor and underarmor, though apparently by 2103, no produced units were left intact and only the blueprints remained, kept by Reginald "Regs" Stone.
Appearances[]
The Secret Service appears only in Fallout 76, introduced in the Wastelanders update.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Secret Service is based on the real world United States Secret Service.
- In the setting of the Fallout series, the Secret Service is still overseen by the Department of the Treasury. In the real world, the Secret Service has been under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2003 following the passing of the Homeland Security Act in 2002 as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that damaged the Pentagon and destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Their duties still include defending the Federal Reserve and protecting the President, Vice President, their families, and other high-ranking members of the federal government.
Gallery[]
.jpg "FO76 Chris Ortega (Secret Service Power Armor).jpg (147 KB)")
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 T-65 power armor
- ↑ Vault Dweller: "Who are you guys?"
Derek Garrison: "We're what's left of the Secret Service. As part of the Treasury Department, we look after the nation's currency, as well as protecting it's
leaders. When it looked like everything was going sideways, the government ordered all the gold reserves moved to Vault 79. We were put here to protect it. From people like you to be honest."
(Derek Garrison's dialogue) - ↑ United States Secret Service on wikipedia
- ↑ Reginald Stone's journal
- ↑ Cole Carver's journal
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