Ausir said:
These mutants are not remnants of the Master's army. They originated on the East Coast.
Sorry but there is only one process and it does not matter were they originated ... Super Mutants are created by being exposed to the FEV and they are sterile, eventually they will catch on about not having female Super Mutants and not having little Super Mutants being born at some point (unless they are REALLY stupid, you know ... the "I fail to grasp the concept of breathing" type of stupid).
Oh and there is the fact the Enclave knows all about the short comings of dipping people into FEV and they would have no problems in pointing then out.
Also think about the conditions for a bit, you are not going to find vats of FEV lying around, the only one that had the technology to create the virus is the Enclave, the Super Mutants are not going to be able to simply replicate it without access to it and they would not, most Super Mutants are not overall bright and so it would be beyond their capabilities.
And last think about if they were doing that ... well would not be the main quest stopping the Super Mutants from taking over the world by dipping everyone in FEV? and we know its not.
I do not have problems with Super Mutants in Fallout 3 but they are already pushing it with the "giant sized" ones ... I really do not want to heard about FEV nº4, without all those pesky side effects of high chances declined intelligence and sterility.