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The Texas Commonwealth was one of the thirteen commonwealths of the pre-War United States.
Background
Created in 1969, it was comprised of the former states of Texas and Arkansas.[1] The commonwealth bordered the Gulf Commonwealth, the East Central Commonwealth, the Plains Commonwealth, the Four States Commonwealth, and the country of Mexico.
Former Texas
The Texas Rangers were a pre-War law enforcement agency created in 1823 to protect the borders of the state. Tycho mentions that the Desert Rangers considered them part of their heritage.[2]
Tycho is known to have gone as far as the Gulf of Mexico in Texas before heading back west.[3]
John Cassidy wondered whether Texas survived the war at all.[4] After his quest with the Chosen One was over, Cassidy went on to search for Texas, breaking south through the NCR and past Dayglow.
High Elder Rhombus organized what would become known as the 'Texas Expedition' to try to track down the remnants of the Master's Army. It turned out that Attis was gathering his mutant army there to search for the FEV stored in Vault-Tec's Secret Vault under the ghoul city of Los.
In 2208, after the paladins went missing, some initiates were sent to the town of Carbon to find them. Attis' Army was ultimately discovered and destroyed by the Brotherhood.
The Texas Chapter of the Brotherhood expanded, and occupied and set up bases in the Alamo and Fort Worth. The Alamo was untouched following the war, but would be later assaulted by the Twisted Hairs while under Brotherhood Occupation, while the Jackals would overrun the outpost at Fort Worth.
Other notable locations in Texas include Lubbock, a city divided between ghouls and humans, being raided by Jackals; Lone-Star, a major trading hub; Austin, currently inhabited by Super Mutants, and ruled by the intellectual and altruistic Keats; and lastly the Corpse, the sunken ruins of Corpus Christi.
Texas Rattlers are mutant snakes found in the former state of Texas.
After the Caesar's Legion's defeat at Hoover Dam, Caesar has moved east of Texas, past the legendary Midwestern cyclones that rage for most of the months of the year.[5]
In 2052, a television documentary into the withered husk of the Texas oil fields brought the oil shortage into the American households and revealed how deep the energy crisis ran.
On the eve of the Great War, the Boston baseball team achieved a three-games-to-none lead over the "unbeatable" Texan opponents.[6]
Two individuals in Appalachia, Tex Rogers and Jeff Lane, are mentioned to be from Texas.[7][8]
Before the Great War, El Paso was the third city in a series of carjackings committed by "Shanghai Sally" who was an alleged Chinese spy on the run from law enforcement.[9]
Galveston was the destination of "Shanghai Sally," for her escape from the United States. Upon reaching the city on July 17, 2072, she was identified by a Red Rocket gas attendant. She stole a speed boat along the coast and sped off before being attacked by heavy ordinance from the USS Wade, leaving her dead and the speed boat a pile of charred remains.[9]
Known locations
| Name of location | Former state | Game(s) |
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| The Alamo | Texas |
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| Austin | Texas |
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| Carbon | Texas |
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| The Corpse | Texas |
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| El Paso | Texas |
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| Fort Worth | Texas |
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| Galveston | Texas |
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| Lone Star | Texas |
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| Los | Texas |
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| Lubbock | Texas |
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| Plano | Texas | 
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| Little Rock | Arkansas |
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Appearances
The Texas Commonwealth appears only in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and was to appear in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2. It is also mentioned in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, the Wastelanders update, and the Fallout Bible.
References
- ↑ Plaque on the Massachusetts State House in Fallout 4 gives 1969 as the formation date of the "Thirteen commonwealths."
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{1001}{}{Rangers}"
Tycho: "{1101}{}{We Rangers hail from back east, what used to be called Nevada. Our heritage stretches back to the days of the Texas Rangers. We learn survival and combat skills in order to go out into the world and have a chance of surviving and making things better.}"
(Tycho's dialogue) - ↑ "Tycho took off to wandering the desert with traders and explorers for several years, returning from time to time with goods or maps. Most likely he started with small trips and went further abroad as he became more experienced. He went as far as the Gulf of Mexico in Texas and then headed back west. Eventually he wound up on the west coast as a long-range explorer from a loose group of desert rangers whose actual origins, scope and purpose weren't defined."
(Fallout Bible 9) - ↑ John Cassidy: "{364}{}{Wonder if Texas survived the war...}"
(John Cassidy's dialogue) - ↑ Denver design document - Anton
- ↑ Boston Bugle building terminal entries; Article 5
- ↑ Interloper developer notes on Jeff Lane: "A slightly crazed truth seeker from Texas, originally drawn to Point Pleasant in search of the Mothman. Embarking with renewed purpose and excitement."
- ↑ Message to Marge 1
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shanghai Sally: Chapter Closed