Also, my character shares no relation with the Bishop family of New Reno.
And finally, this first chapter has nothing to do with Fallout 3, but I like backstory.
Chapter One
My name is Ryan Bishop, and I am, well actually once was, a Major in the Enclave Armed Forces. I was the most brilliant tactician and skilled scout-sniper the Enclave has seen in a long time, well, since my father anyways. I was born in 2227 at the Poseidon Oil Rig in the Pacific Ocean, coincidentally, three days after the birth of my rival, Augustus Autumn. The caretakers noted that our rivalry began at a young age, when he took my teddy bear and I threw a toy car at him.
However, this was probably not the only cause for the hatred between us, my dad, Kevin Bishop was the commander of the elite Verti-Assault teams and a powerful soldier, and his dad, George S. Autumn, the head scientist, also resented each other greatly. The two fathers always fought for the attention and the pride of being the most important Enclave official. This rivalry went back generation after generation, even back to 2077, when John Bishop and Ulysses Autumn were spared from the Nuclear Armageddon because of their importance to the US government. This rivalry most likely passed on to Augustus and I, although the hate could also be caused by my constant mocking of Augustus' hair beginning to turn gray when he was eighteen.
Nonetheless, the Bishops and Autumns had hated each other since right after the war, and this hate would ultimately bring about the defeat of the Enclave, thirty years in the future, but that has no bearing on the story currently.
The president had noted the rivalry, and sent George and Augustus to the recently constructed Navarro base to get them away from my father and I. Augustus and I were both fifteen, and were to begin our training to become soldiers, but thankfully, our training would be separate, and it seemed like the family rivalry was finally over.
In the fall of the year, which was 2242, my father took me on a Vertibird to undergo a training mission. The mission went well, and I killed my first super-mutant, but on the way back the Oil Rig, we noticed we could not contact them for landing clearance. Our radio was ablaze with pvssyr, and we learned that the oil rig had been destroyed, and by order of Dr. George Autumn, the now ranking Enclave member, to regroup at Navarro.
We landed quickly noticing a very large amount of other Vertibirds. All manners of Enclave personal were gathered around the airstrip, totaling around three hundred soldiers, scientists, officers and civilians. Some were sitting, others were just wandering aimlessly. They needed direction, and a good leader, like my father. However, being one pay grade below Dr. Autumn, he was forced to obey his orders.
Speak of the devil, Dr. Autumn and his son approached us.
"Listen Bishop, I know we aren't exactly on good terms, but we have a disaster on our hands, and I'll be quite frank with you, I have no idea what to do," Dr. Autumn said. "I received official orders from someone named John Henry Eden, who claims to be the new president, and he's ordering us to re locate to Raven Rock.
"But...thats just outside of Washington DC! He wants us to cross the entire country?" My father asked.
"Unfortunately, that seems to be the case," Autumn replied.
"Dear god, we won't have enough Vertibirds or fuel for that! We'll have to walk!" My father said.
To be continued soon.