History WMG / Fallout76

Due to the purity of the vault dwellers and the nature of their selection process the enclave would desire to bolster their ranks with vault 76 stock. So the enclave show up, court them with trade and help them with the scorched. The enclave would be the first living people outside of the vault they would encounter so it'd be easy for the enclave to swoop in and help with the intention of getting new recruits. The residents of vault 76 are interested in restoring america and so are the enclave so the goals also align.

[[WMG: The residents of vault 76 end up forming the backbone of the east coast enclave seen in fallout 3]]

[ [WMG: The residents of vault 76 end up forming the backbone of the east coast enclave seen in fallout 3]]

The experiment is to let loose a bunch of disparate probably egotistical and maybe slightly misanthropic people into the wastes, give them nukes and see what happens. Will this group actually come together, cooperate and build a civilized community? Or will they [[{{Griefer}} grief each other]] till everyone is obliterated?

During Bethesda's E3 conference, it was revealed that many nuclear secrets were still buried in West Virginia, even post war. Player(s) can even use nuclear silos to target specific areas of the map and wipe them out for revenge, and resources.

Simply put, despite all the pre-release about Vault 76 being the future of America, Virgina eventually devolves into warring factions armed with the remnants of America's nuclear arsenal and over 175 years will eventually turn ''Almost Heaven'' into ''Hell on Earth'', a place so desolate and devastated that everyone just pretends it no longer exists.

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[[WMG: The NPCS will be Robots and Ghouls]]

Presumably there would be other Vaults in the West Virginia area. If they aren't control vaults they might not be open yet, but that just means the players could stumble across the still-sealed vaults. If there really won't be any human NPCs, maybe the reason for that is that the Scorchbeasts view them as prime habitats. If they can tear their way into the Vaults, perhaps the various Vault locations will be the places you're supposed to nuke. It could also explain why you can't build a town around 76, since the tutorial could consist of a Scorchbeast turning the area into its new lair while you run for your life.

''[[VideoGame/Fallout3 Fallout 3's]]'' main plot revolved around the Vault Dweller's discovery of his father's project to create device that would cleanse the polluted, radioactive water of the Potomac. Even though the Capitol Wasteland was created by DC getting nuked to hell during the war, the waters of the Northern Potomac begin in Fairfax Stone State Park in West Virgina, which is well outside the Wasteland and theoretically clean. But if ridding ''Fallout 76's'' Scorchbeasts involves nuking their underground lairs, as has been implied, then that might be enough to permanently poison the water table where the Potomac emerges, irradiating everyone who drinks from it downriver. Cue a mass MyGodWhatHaveIDone by the players, as Ron Perlman's ending narration informs them of the consequences of their actions.

Similar TES: Online, players will have the opportunity to visit other unvisited locations in the lore, which will serve to establish the east coast America further.

It was also said that they will still have quests, as with traditional Fallout. The trailer showed several Mr.Handies in the vault. With no human quest givers, the non-humans living in the wasteland will have to pick up the slack to keep the story moving.[[/folder]]

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It was also said that they will still have quests, as with traditional Fallout. The trailer showed several Mr.Handies in the vault. With no human quest givers, the non-humans living in the wasteland will have to pick up the slack to keep the story moving.