Mouthful of a title, I know.
I recently played through FO3 again, and noticed that aside from the possibility of Autumn still being alive on a good karma/high speech run, the Enclave actually seem to be running away as you arrive at Adam's Airforce Base. Quite a few of the Vertibirds you see are leaving, rather than providing support. Everything else seems to be an attempt to slow you/the Brotherhood. I firmly believe they abandon the Base Crawler in favor of retreat. This is backed up by Elder Lyons appraisal when you return, that they have been badly wounded, but in the future may very well come back. And this is without destroying the Citadel and leaving the Base Crawler intact for the Enclave to return to if they wished. However... I'm not actually making this post to have another 'is the Enclave still relevant' topics, as there have been many of those.
No, what i'm trying to do is research into the arguments made by those who like me believe they are. Because while have I things that make me think that way myself, a few have been raised in other discussions that I'm having issues verifying.
First and biggest, is one that occasionally pops up stating there is a map in the Oil Rig of various bases around America, thus proving that the Oil Rig was not the only potential base outside Navarro. To this end I've loaded up my FO2 and wandered onto the presidential level of the Rig, and the map with red dots on (which is what I assume they are talking about, unless someone knows more) is itself is mostly covered by a monitor of Richardson's face.
However... http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb...es/8/86/Fo2_Oil_Rig_Presidential_Quarters.jpg
^^That image, which I won't link as an image due to its size, shows it all. Anyone have any clue what all the rots dots may in fact signify? I'm curious even if they are unrelated to the topic.
My memory is fuzzy atm, so if anyone has any information on this i'd be appreciative if they would be willing to speak up. I'm going to go read around some topics to refresh my memory.
I recently played through FO3 again, and noticed that aside from the possibility of Autumn still being alive on a good karma/high speech run, the Enclave actually seem to be running away as you arrive at Adam's Airforce Base. Quite a few of the Vertibirds you see are leaving, rather than providing support. Everything else seems to be an attempt to slow you/the Brotherhood. I firmly believe they abandon the Base Crawler in favor of retreat. This is backed up by Elder Lyons appraisal when you return, that they have been badly wounded, but in the future may very well come back. And this is without destroying the Citadel and leaving the Base Crawler intact for the Enclave to return to if they wished. However... I'm not actually making this post to have another 'is the Enclave still relevant' topics, as there have been many of those.
No, what i'm trying to do is research into the arguments made by those who like me believe they are. Because while have I things that make me think that way myself, a few have been raised in other discussions that I'm having issues verifying.
First and biggest, is one that occasionally pops up stating there is a map in the Oil Rig of various bases around America, thus proving that the Oil Rig was not the only potential base outside Navarro. To this end I've loaded up my FO2 and wandered onto the presidential level of the Rig, and the map with red dots on (which is what I assume they are talking about, unless someone knows more) is itself is mostly covered by a monitor of Richardson's face.
However... http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb...es/8/86/Fo2_Oil_Rig_Presidential_Quarters.jpg
^^That image, which I won't link as an image due to its size, shows it all. Anyone have any clue what all the rots dots may in fact signify? I'm curious even if they are unrelated to the topic.
My memory is fuzzy atm, so if anyone has any information on this i'd be appreciative if they would be willing to speak up. I'm going to go read around some topics to refresh my memory.
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