» Fri May 04, 2012 4:57 am
Well, where my opinion differs is that the Enclave does have other bunkers, vaults, military bases, etc that they have control of.
Why? Because the Enclave want that stuff. Proven in games, Enclave "raid" pre war bases of this nature.
If the find one that would make a suitable base, they wouldn't just leave it. They woukd take it.
All bases, bunkers, etc in game are pre-war. The rig, pre-war. RR, pre-war. They don't build bases, they take them over.
The Enclave were performing mainland ops as early as 10 years after FO1. Probably earlier than that. You do not perform land ops undetected for 100 some years without bases, stations, bunkers you can hide out in while doing the op. Basically, there supply line wasn't 200 some miles away.
For example. I am in the Enclave. I am exploring region A. It would be a waste of valuable resources if every day, I pack up all my gear, travel back to the rig, then next day load up all my gear, head back out and repeat.
What is more likely is I setup a base in region B, and from that location I can explore region A, C, D, and E. Depending on my mission depends on how big my base of ops has to be, and if the mission was temporary or ongoing.