Fallout Wars

[Ambiguous]

I had an idea for a story a short while ago, about a spy infilitrating a criminal organisation based in Switzerland. She intended to take them apart from the inside, but quickly realised that part of their goal involved surviving an impending catastrophe in order to become a world superpower in the aftermath.

 

Realising that they were the only major entity actively pursuing this goal she decided that, for her own survival, she was better off going rogue and joining the organisation.

 

Fast forward a few decades and the Fallout nuclear war happens, the organisation survives and the leaders awaken from cryogenic slumber (including the spy, who by this point had become involved with the group's leader)

 

Jump forwards in time again and the (now former) spy's estranged daughter has been abducted by a ghoulified former ally of her mother, who blames her for not bringing down the criminal organisation, thereby allowing European forces to take possession of the facility.

 

Using something similar to the memory den, the daughter is allowed to view her mother's true history. The former ally is attempting to poison her against her mother.

 

 

This was the initial idea anyway. But it got me thinking...

 

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What if the reason why there's no Chinese forces in Fallout America (there should be, they were clearly more prepared than America was for the impending nuclear holocaust, given that they started it), is because the remnants of the communist regime (which presumably also includes the USSR) are engaged in a stalemate with the Swiss Collective (the criminal empire's new alias).

 

It's essentially Fascist Europe vs Communist Asia, both sides using GECK-like technology to restore parts of the planet (one of the primary resources could be fresh water/food, gathered from green zones)

 

I'm thinking that this would remain separate from the main Fallout series (both factions are trying to restore their own territories before worrying about America, who they both believe is thoroughly crippled at this point in time), but would serve as a way to fill in some blanks regarding the alternate Earth created by the Fallout timeline.

 

 

Anyway, just an idea I had.

[CiderMuffin]

China fired the nukes because the US had landed on Chinese soil and was basically destroying them. The American forces were pushing hard into China to the point that China no longer had reliable supply chains. The only place on American soil that the Chinese invaded was Anchorage and they were pushed back, everything else was done through espionage and stealth subs. That's why you never see Chinese soldiers in large numbers on American soil, because there weren't any.

[Bernt]

Well - actually there is a fairly large number of Chinese - ghoulified - soldiers at Mama Dolces near the Arlington Cemetery in Fallout 3. And I think I remember a chinese radio braodacsting near the Citadel. I don't know how it fits in. But at the time it made sense :smile:

[CiderMuffin]

Well - actually there is a fairly large number of Chinese - ghoulified - soldiers at Mama Dolces near the Arlington Cemetery in Fallout 3. And I think I remember a chinese radio braodacsting near the Citadel. I don't know how it fits in. But at the time it made sense :smile:

Those were all spies which ties up again in "China only doing espionage work in the US"

[Ambiguous]

Aha, thanks CiderMuffin, that was all information I had completely forgotten. And unfortunately makes at least half of my scenario completely moot.

 

Bugger.