The video provides a detailed summary of the world of Fallout™, a popular video game series with a rich alternate history setting. The narrative begins with a discussion of humanity's historical pursuit of better weapons and armor, and the devastating impact of World War II, which marked the first time humans harnessed the power to annihilate themselves.
The video then shifts to an alternate timeline where the Cold War continues into the 21st century, with the United States and the Soviet Union's roles reversed. The U.S. divides into 13 different Commonwealths, leading to a weakened nation. The global oil supply runs thin, leading to higher prices and competition. The U.S. goes to war with its former allies, particularly Mexico and China, over oil resources, leading to the Sino-American War.
The war results in a nuclear exchange on October 23, 2077, which destroys cities worldwide and transforms the Earth's surface. Many people survive in the new Wasteland or inside massive fallout shelters, known as Vaults. However, the U.S. government and Vault-Tec, the company that built the Vaults, had a secret plan to use the Vault dwellers as human guinea pigs for experiments.
The video introduces several factions that emerge after the war, including the New California Republic (NCR), a democratic society modeled after pre-war values; Caesar's Legion, a dictatorial slave-state; and the Brotherhood of Steel, an elite organization of highly trained soldiers. The Enclave, a faction that believes they are the last untouched humans, also remains a significant power.
The video concludes by emphasizing that much of the old United States remains unclaimed, and tribes and villages are the primary organizations for Wastelanders. It serves as an introduction to the world of Fallout™ and encourages new and returning fans to explore the game further.
1. Throughout human history, humans have continuously sought better weapons and armor in an age of constant warfare.
2. As technology improved, conflicts grew larger and more devastating.
3. World War 2 marked the ultimate deterrent, with humanity harnessing the power to annihilate itself for the first time in history.
4. The 1950s was an era of American exceptionalism and happy optimism.
5. The cold war ended, and the fear of communism and the culture of the '50s continued into the 21st century.
6. The game series "Fallout™" is based on alternate history, where the world took a much darker path due to the nuclear holocaust.
7. Even though society itself was destroyed, and the land radiated beyond reason, new factions still arose.
8. In Fallout™, the saying "War never changes" is true.
9. The Fallout™ games take place in an alternate timeline that diverts from our own in the mid 20th century.
10. The United States drastically changed itself in an attempt to stop political strife and better organize its own government.
11. The U.S. divided the states among 13 different Commonwealths.
12. The Commonwealths began competing against one another, weakening the country as a whole.
13. In this alternate timeline, China comes in to take the place of the weakening Soviets.
14. The U.S. has a new enemy on the global scale, and at the turn of the 21st century it was still U.S. foreign policy to do everything to destroy the communists.
15. As the decades went on, the global oil supply began to run thin, leading to higher oil prices and competition.
16. The United States went deeper into hostilities with former allies and neighbors as the resources ran thin.
17. In 2051, the United States accused its southern neighbor, Mexico, of destabilizing the border, leading to a collapse in political instability.
18. To protect oil interests, the U.S. invaded Mexico to maintain a constant supply between the two nations.
19. The Resource Wars began as the middle east nations and Europe fought a drawn-out, bloody conflict over the oil wells of the region.
20. Nukes were used on middle east cities, causing the Americans to fear the possibility of a nuclear war.
21. Project Safehouse was born with the official objective of providing shelters in a supposed nuclear exchange.
22. The Vaults were born to provide safe harbor inside the shelters in case of nuclear war.
23. The Commonwealth fell into civil war by 2060 as oil wells shriveled up across the globe.
24. Alaska's wells remained, soon becoming the last place on earth for cheap oil, making it a target for The People's Republic of China in the east.
25. The Sino-American War was the war that would define the Fallout™ series.
26. The U.S. created robots for war and Power Armor to devastate the enemy forces.
27. The war raged for a decade, with Canada allowing U.S. forces onto their land, souring tensions between the traditionally allied nations.
28. In 2076, Canada was officially annexed by the United States in a bid to direct Chinese forces away from Alaska.
29. The U.S. invaded mainland China with soldiers wearing Power Armor to cause enough damage at home that the Chinese would need to take troops off of the Alaskan Front.
30. The Americans fought off the Chinese and reclaimed Alaska by 2077.
31. The Great War began on October 23rd, 2077, and lasted only 2 hours.
32. The nuclear exchange destroyed cities across the world, transforming the earth's surface.
33. Water became irradiated, and the environment itself was cancerous.
34. The Enclave, a faction that believed themselves superior over the common American, formed to preserve their own existence.
35. The true purpose of the vaults was to conduct physical, psychological, and social experiments on unsuspecting subjects.
36. The Enclave's true plan was not just to repopulate the Earth, but to build themselves a spaceship to recolonize another planet.
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