Damn, you’re fast. Keep it up! Exciting chapter, too. Poor Twily’s in trouble! And then there’s Frank...*gulp*

This, is likely to go very badly. Quick Tara, teleport him somewhere inconvenient! Like New Vegas, he'll love it there!

Horrigan might be monstrous trouble, but he does know how to doomguy his way through.

Didn't expect the showdown to be between Tara and him though. Interesting!

oh poop.

guess Tara's bout to get t o r n i n h a l f

Good chapter, but I did notice you've a habit of falling back on assumed audience knowledge when introducing things such as Scorchbeasts and Midnight Sparkle. It only works if the audience already knows about such things from the main media which while no problem for dedicated fans does risk a continuity lockout for less dedicated readers who are not familiar enough with the series involved to know why they're such terrifying things. Not a terrible problem, but definitely qualifies as a fanfic sin in my reckoning.

You did manage to do deathclaws justice for a first introduction, they are after all the apex predators of the wastelands capable of ripping through even power armor like sheet metal. And Horrigan fiddling with his volume control added a nice bit of levity.

Also Adam have a split second moment of emotional weakness. Poor guy is gonna have some severe mental health issues if he doesn't get some time to wind down soon. Then a gain considering how abruptly his life when from safe, sterile, vault life to daily struggle to survive against mutated horrors and the roller coaster that is his misadventures I don't blame him. But the chips are down, it's time to ante up.

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Yo present a compelling argument, the problem is the Enclave suffer from a rampant xenophobia against outsiders to the extent that not only do they not recognize the "citizenship" of wastelanders they don't even recognize the humanity of anyone outside their ranks, hence why they're original plan was outright genocide of everyone in the wasteland so that they could then proceed to manifest their destiny uncontested (fortunately the Chosen One cut that plan short).

I do agree that if they pulled their heads out of their asses and actually set out to help the wasteland they could in fact rebuild America better then before its destruction, unfortunately they're so mired in their way of thought that they're one of the worst factions in the wastes.

Also claiming their the remnants of the U.S. government is a bit of a generalization, it would be more accurate to refer to them as a sort of U.S. Illuminati group as their membership did infact include various pre-war business moguls from Corprations such as Poseidon Energy, and West-Tec medical, and Vault-Tec and they infact purged any 'non-enclave' U.S. officials who had gotten into government shelters when the bombs fell.

Horrigan met it head-on. At the last second before impact he threw his arms out and caught it by the jaws, stopping it dead in its tracks. With a savage wrench, he yanked the Scorchbeast's head down to the ground, then slammed a fist through its skull, pulverising it’s brain through mashed bone and flesh.

As a player of 76 I certainly wish I could do that to those things.
Things coming to a head even sooner than I thought! Hope that Horrigan has more story later as well as the Scorthbeasts and aren't just wiped out within the next few chapters.
I do wonder if the Enclave have a Scorthbeast Queen? And some of the girls and Adam run into their first Deathclaws.
Interesting things coming!

Welp, at least Tara retains a moral compass. Let's just hope it isn't gone by the end of things – dark magic is fickly like that.

Just realized this made 76 canon. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

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Yo present a compelling argument, the problem is the Enclave suffer from a rampant xenophobia against outsiders to the extent that not only do they not recognize the "citizenship" of wastelanders they don't even recognize the humanity of anyone outside their ranks, hence why they're original plan was outright genocide of everyone in the wasteland so that they could then proceed to manifest their destiny uncontested (fortunately the Chosen One cut that plan short).

Thats the thing, Autumn views all humans (including outsiders and wastelanders), as "U.S. citizens". Autumn wants to activate the purifier so that people will flock to the Enclave for safety and protection. Eden wants to kill all wastelanders, but Eden isn't really in control. Autumn is the true leader of the Enclave, and he is probably the least xenophobic Enclave leader.

I do agree that if they pulled their heads out of their asses and actually set out to help the wasteland they could in fact rebuild America better then before its destruction, unfortunately they're so mired in their way of thought that they're one of the worst factions in the wastes.

That's Autumn's plan.

Also claiming their the remnants of the U.S. government is a bit of a generalization, it would be more accurate to refer to them as a sort of U.S. Illuminati group as their membership did infact include various pre-war business moguls from Corprations such as Poseidon Energy, and West-Tec medical, and Vault-Tec and they infact purged any 'non-enclave' U.S. officials who had gotten into government shelters when the bombs fell.

Yeah, fair enough.

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Well 76 did have a half decent story from what I've heard, it just wasn't expressed very well due to a MMO being a poor medium for it.

Also regarding Autumn, even if this characterization of him was accurate it would at best put him as being an aggressive parallel to Lyons of the Brotherhood of Steel, and we can already see what his attempts of reforms did to the BoS. An Enclave schism might be interesting to see, they're not total monsters just the ones in charge. But do you really want a faction of 'traditionalist' Enclave to step up to the plate?

Also Autumn's views don't match with his actions, at best he seems to be using humanitarian efforts as a means to an end in securing the wasteland for Enclave control. If he does assume control he would likely use the purifier to shackle wastelanders as a type of underclass to be exploited by the Enclave. It's already been previously stated that if Autumn really wanted to be a humanitarian he would have worked with the Purity team and BoS on the purifier without coercion or threat, instead they invaded and occupied the facility.

Saying Autumn can reform the Enclave is about as misguided as saying Nate/Nora can reform the Institute in FO4, it's not likely to happen and when the faction backslides everything will be worse due to the gains they made while they were 'good guys'.

Nice cover art

Just noticed the new cover art. For a moment I thought it was a new story that I somehow missed. Nice job. Kudos to the artist.

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The story of 76 is definitely something Bethesda could of worked a bit more on. But it can still be an interesting/entertaining game.

Amazing cover art! Was it done by yourself or is it fanart?

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I commissioned it from Night-Quill. Check out the story description for his details!

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I only know 76's story from watching a few lore vids on youtube. I'm actually quite curious to what a 'Resident of 76' such as yourself has to say on it. From what I gathered it was pretty much Bethesda par for the course in terms of good concept and framework but with poor execution in practice. Combine that with how MMOs have to keep the game world-state static for when the next player(s) come along at it makes the game world far too static to tell a compelling story experience.

Combine that with hearing nothing but reports of it being a buggy mess and even what little play vids I did see looking more like a generic shoot'em up then Fallout and I just have no interest in playing 76 myself... until modders get around to remaking it in FO4 at least.

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Yeah it probably wasn't delivered well but it can fun even with it being pretty buggy before (maybe a little still but it's gotten better)
I'm just hoping the wastelanders dlc improves things

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nice cover art.

i take it you ask for something to give the setting of the story of sunset given she kind of the main carter of the story

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I pretty much just asked for a picture of Sunset with a Pip-Boy and a hunting rifle, Night-Quill did the rest.

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well nice work on him then.

also ya am a bit behind on this story is all right now but in a few i let you know what i think so few of this story so far it really good

There’s something I just realized about the cover art. Shouldn’t Sunset be wearing her newer outfit?

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Technically, but I started writing this fic before I saw the specials with her newer outfit and, frankly, I just prefer her friendship games one. Honestly I'm just gonna handwave it by saying she fancied wearing an older outfit when they switched the Diviner on.

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Also regarding Autumn, even if this characterization of him was accurate it would at best put him as being an aggressive parallel to Lyons of the Brotherhood of Steel, and we can already see what his attempts of reforms did to the BoS.

He is somewhat like that, although a bit less humanitarian and unlike Lyons and the BoS, the Enclave is 'democratic' in a way so Autumn probably has a large voting bloc and other political machinations on his side.

An Enclave schism might be interesting to see, they're not total monsters just the ones in charge. But do you really want a faction of 'traditionalist' Enclave to step up to the plate?

Except that will never happen. In Raven Rock, Autumn orders the troops to directly disregard Eden's orders, and they do. Thus, Autumn has essentially total control over the Enclave.

Also Autumn's views don't match with his actions, at best he seems to be using humanitarian efforts as a means to an end in securing the wasteland for Enclave control.

His plan is to seize the purifier and then use it as a safe haven to distribute supplies to wastelanders, securing their loyalty to the Enclave.

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f he does assume control he would likely use the purifier to shackle wastelanders as a type of underclass to be exploited by the Enclave.

Probably not, he views them as American citizens. Ghouls and Super mutants would probably be the ones exploited for slave labour and such.

It's already been previously stated that if Autumn really wanted to be a humanitarian he would have worked with the Purity team and BoS on the purifier without coercion or threat, instead they invaded and occupied the facility.

There's many possible reasons why he invaded. One possible reason could be that the purifier was under BoS control in the past, and the scientists there worked with the BoS. Therefore the purifier is essentially BoS to the Enclave. The Enclave and BoS have a bitter rivalry and want to annhilate each other since Fallout 2. Any attempts at peace from either side would end in warfare.

Saying Autumn can reform the Enclave is about as misguided as saying Nate/Nora can reform the Institute in FO4, it's not likely to happen and when the faction backslides everything will be worse due to the gains they made while they were 'good guys'.

Fallout 3 still suffers from shitty writing but not as bad as Fallout 4. What the fuck are the institute's motivations?

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The school from the anime Corpse Party. Not for the faint of heart.

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Would this be a bad time to mention that Dunwich is a Wasteland staple?

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Yes. Yes it is...

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Well I don't think they're aware of Equestria proper as much as they are of the EqGirls-verse. Still an unwanted outside context problem for that world though.

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It is the main setting for the "Corpse Party" series. It is otherworldly plane created from the grudges of the murdered innocent whose damned souls sustain it whilst drawing in more victims. Any who die there are doomed to remain there experiencing the pain of their death for all eternity. It's like Silent Hill's Japanese High-school AU. It definitely ranks up there on the "Fuck no" scale even when compared to the worst places in the FO-verse. At least if you die in the wasteland you're just good old normal dead... most of the time.

There are several Let's Plays of Coprse Party available on youtube for your viewing pleasure if you're curious about the series, and there was even an anime adaption as well.

Well I finally caught up. Great story!

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Now I’m eager to see the girls enter that building...

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I've had that particular part of the story planned out since the very beginning. It's going to be a very special part

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you know i always wonder this but how in the hell a hunting rilfe use a pistol round. i mean really its like shooting a 22lr in a way but a bigger 22lr round

Tara:

"Don't worry, there's nothing in this base I can't handle."

Fate: Challenge accepted

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I appreciate you approve of my work. (I'm re-reading this story for the fifth time.)

"Where's the Colonel?" Horrigan asked.

I spontaneously imagined Horrigan with the Bane voice from The Dark Night Returns and that thought just makes me laugh. XD

"You think the magic is your ally...but I was reborn in it. Empowered by it."

Revulsion and terror rooted Doctor Turner to the spot as Horrigan straightened back up and looked back over his shoulder. He looked like something that had crawled out of a madman's nightmare; eyes burning crimson and the joints of his armor glowing acidic green, with blood and brain matter dripping from his clenched fist.

After seeing an image of the original Frank, I am now imagining this version of him as the Fallout equivelant of Doom Guy.

And now I just really want to see Doom Guy fight Frank.

"Then Congress can choose another President, obviously." Tara gave Becky a mildly confused look, then chuckled as realization hit. "Seriously? I'm not going to try and take the Enclave for myself, you twit. You know I'm not interested in leadership."

I find it quite funny that even though she has gone mad with magic, she still doesn't want to lead, instead being content to eliminate those she finds unfit for the job.

"I can sense huge amounts of magic dotted around the base," Tara replied. "There's no way the other scientists managed to gather that much already, not unless Turner showed them how he created more." She let out a dark laugh at the look of shock on Becky's face. "Don't worry, there's nothing in this base I can't handle."

FRAAANNKKK HOORRIIIIGAAAAAAANN