Hi Folks... For your consideration an Alternative timeline where the Chosen One does not defeat the Enclave... Instead the Enclave come whilst s/he is in Arroyo... This is Part 1; Part 2 coming soon.


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Freed from the slaver Metzger; Vic returns to his old life of trading with tribals based out of his shop in Klamath. One of his journeys eventually takes him back to Arroyo where the spirit of Haunakin returns to his body to pass on one last message warning of the beginning of the end coming from the west.

In Sulik's village; Sulik is trying to recruit a new team to assist in the search for his sister. When a hurried Vic arrives seeking help to interpret the shaman's last message. Recognising the severity of the message he agrees to again suspend the search for his sister for greater concerns. They travel to Navarro; where Vic is able to put his old world technology knowledge to the test and determine the Enclaves plan to release a virus into the atmosphere. As this occurs later than when the Chosen would have done in the core Fo2 timeline the plan is further down the track; Vic and Sulik take a sample of the vaccine and head for the only power they know may be able to do something about it - The NCR. The Enclave timeline gives only a few months until its released.

President Tandi upon receiving the information and the vaccine calls an emergency council of all the NCR Govenors; the Ranger and Army heads. The Republic's growing strain with the brotherhood is set aside and a representative is also invited into the meeting. A decision is made that whilst the Brotherhood and NCR will attempt to recreate the vaccine; the Vaults where possible will be prepared for immediate rehabitation. In order not to panic the public this is kept top secret; although with Westin's links to Vault City the news also soon spreads there and the city is evacuated.

Seeing Vault City uninhabited; the courtyard residents celebrate what they see as their liberation - rioting and looting is rife in the inner city until cooler heads prevail…. and realise that the Vault City citizens would not have left their city for the vault unless they believed the end of days were coming. Although the former residents of the courtyard beg and plead to be admitted into the vault the actions of the days prior harden the citizens resolve not to admit the courtyarders. Remembering the stories of their grandfathers about nuclear fire liquidating whole cities the courtyarders abandon Vault City and scatter in all directions; warning all they meet that the end of days is returning.

At Mariposa the NCR and Brotherhood send a joint team to obtain FEV samples. Recognising the gravity of the threat the Brotherhood even permit some NCR researchers to use their prized powered armour for safety - what good is the codex if the end of days comes? Western Brotherhood members in the rest of the world all return to lost hills; the environmental controls there are likely to protect the brotherhood; but food is likely to be short.

The Squat at V15 is evacuated at gunpoint to become the NCR's continuity of government centre. This coupled with the rumours from vault city begin to panic the populace. Those prone to believe in conspiracy tales begin to evacuate the cities. NCR officials deny any threat to the populace and invent stories to explain missing officials who have left for the Vault.

In Modoc after the stories of Vault Cities evacuation reach them; the residents form a mob to demand access to the ghost farm's shelter. There are heavy casualties on both sides. Similarly the residents of Klamath take to the caves under the mall.

In New Reno the Wrights evacuate to Sierra; but not unnoticed - they are followed by members of each of the families. In the 4 way battle that occurs the only true winners are the carrion eaters but those smart enough not to get shot form an uneasy truce and hunker down together.

The Curling strain of FEV is released. As the FEV in the atmosphere is a lot less concentrated than the FEV that was released in the timeline where the Chosen destroyed the rig the progress is slow. The Tanker Vagrants; Shi and Hubbologists are the first to die. As the brotherhood facility in San Francisco has been adapted to detect FEV the Brotherhood alert their allies; who in turn accept the last evacuees in their vaults and reseal them.

Those who sought shelter at the Ghost Farm; Klamath Mall or the Sierra Military Depot die. Whilst these might have provided decent shelter for a nuclear blast they have no protection against viruses. The deaths spread eastward slowly across what was the continental US like as if a curtain is being pulled. Those who remained or reentered the vaults survive. Those who did not die.

In the Midwest the Brotherhood at Cheyene mountain detect the slowly increasing FEV count and take shelter in their bunkers. Where the bunkers offer full environmental protection they survive; but many are lost.

To Be Continued… In our next exiting episode: The Enclave return to the CONUS....

There's just one thing, how does the Chosen One dying make the FEV less effective? I guess it would be pertty damn short if it didn't but still...

It doesn't. In the Rig when we see it work its a small contained space so the FEV is more concentrated. The Atmosphere OTOH is huge so it takes a long while to spread and it less concentrated as theres more air.

Two weeks is the figured given for global saturation, guess thats still sometime.

Ah; forgot about that. Hmm..... I'll have to take a copout then and say 2 weeks was what Marketing promised.