With Power Armor and Vertibirds being the main symbol of "vehicle" power in the franchise for so long, it would be interesting to see a future faction using other military equipment in limited numbers (tanks/fighters).

I'd like to play Fallout right after bombs fell, seeing the army transition into brotherhood of steel or even enclave. The setting itself is tense, not to mention all the drama, war, trade, alliances, story's of the groups and individuals can be told... Not to mention having traveled to Asia or Pacific in fallout universe

You know, its almost too bad there weren't Enclave Remnants in Fallout 4. Nate is probably one of the few they'd accept on and it would give more onfo on them.

Realistically speaking there should be dozens upon dozens of remnant groups of varying sizes and affiliations after the war, not just the enclave or brotherhood. There’s countless bases across the nation and the world, and there should be military outpost holdouts as one possibility. There could’ve been many other factions with different goals than the Brotherhood and enclave depending on the region or even having national cohesion. I would compare this to the collapse of the Russian empire during the First World War, where the military fractures among political lines and each have their own goals and plans.

I can imagine, just based on it being a sniper, that units deployed to the Gobi Desert may have been special operations to foster insurgency in an occupied area and/or to help disrupt trade and resource movements between the Soviet Union and China.

I am an apiary [honeybees] biologist. I think I remember Deathclaws being mostly genetically modified iguanas, if so then the following may answer the question on the "intelligent genes" heredity. The answer about death claw intelligence may not actually be in the sex chromosomes at all. Consider that Iguanas can have a range of chromosomes depending on the species. Either being n28 or n36. Which means an n28 female and an n36 male can have cross breading, resulting in... a range of interesting outcomes. Then consider that some extremely rare cases have been studied of the female iguana having a different number of haploid chromosomes than their same species male counterparts. I think it's the last part which may answer the question of intelligent deathclaws. It may be that the females have an additional chromosome or lack a chromosome which in some way inhibits the turning on/off of the alleles that the "Intelligent gene" would provide. It may also be that the Female and male Deathclaws are two separate species with varying numbers of chromosomes even among siblings. This may also explain how we see a massive range of Deathclaw adaptations in just a few hundred years. (We know Deathclaws are prewar and have resistance to FEV and Radiation, so this alone does not explain such adaptations.) I hope this was helpful. If you want further explanation, then please feel free to comment. [EDIT: Turns out they are mostly GMO Chameleons. However this does not change the theory. Read my reply to Frank Horrigan for more detail.]

I agree with you that I always assumed that the Gobi Campaign was a separate, earlier incident than the Sino-American war, because it seems really bizarre for the US to attack that area of China and it would be unclear how they would have access without cooperation from the USSR

Fate of US military and individual units/members can provide plenty of material for several Fallout games. Though as someone being more interested in gadgets I would like to see more of various military hardware. IRL militaries operate dozens of vehicles of various specialties, often in few variations and so so far we've got very little taste of that.

I'd love to see a realistic game say, 35 to 40y after the bombs fell. The military has lots of underground bases, many being virtually resistant to radiation and nukes. The first generation of surviving generals and such could die off, with their children having replaced them. It'd need more tech and stuff like working cars, APCs, etc. You might even find an Aircraft Carrier that can't move and have the chance to repair it to a state of limited mobility.

I would add that, as a soldier in the National Guard, the National Guard isn’t a branch of the military. It’s a reserve component of the Army and Air Force (Army National Guard and Air National Guard). The National Guard simply belongs to those two branches, from which, the state is allowed to use for domestic missions.

You forgot Camp Navarro (Poseidon Energy Oil Refinery turned military base and jumping off point to the Mainland for Enclave Forces) when you listed active Enclave Installations. Also, through ED-E in New Vegas, we learn that the Enclave has Outposts in Chicago as well. Also there is the Vertibird Refueling Station near Jacobstown as well (though it is minor.)

I always wondered what happened to all the Aircraft carriers, Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates and Submarines in the US Navy. Something like 310 ships of different class exists now, who knows how many there would have been by 2077. I know there's Rivet city and a sub or two and not all would be on deployment but that doesn't explain all of them. I wonder if the is a third post war paramilitary organization that are the remnants of the US Navy that exist out there somewhere.

I'm loving the content so far. In keeping with the "Atom's faithful" vibe, it'd be pretty cool to see a video on the various religions and cults that have popped up post war.

I have always scratched my head at this and all of the explanations for why america fell. Cause In real life the united states has dozens of detailed and indepth failsafes within Failsafes of even more dozens of plans for what to do in the event of nuclear war. Thier plans range form "we can easily survive this, let's just worry about keeping our troops and people safe" to "its over for the united states lets keep all of our important artifacts intact so that whoever comes after us can follow in our footsteps of protecting freedom." This isn't just me making things up, this actually exists. But in Fallout it seams like none of these got actived, in fact it almost seams like someone went out of their way to prevent these plans form being inacted.

The Gobi desert irl has a lot of uranium coal and oil. China does have a portion of the Gobi desert in their borders and have some extraction projects in the desert that are currently ongoing. That would explain why the us army would invade. It's also possible that Chinese/us forces could have fought proxy wars in Mongolia

In the BoS Tactics game there was a stage where you could pick up a tank while destroying a robot (mechanoid) factory that was once occupied by a remant of the military. I can't recall where on the map (Midwest), but it was made clear through the level that an 'Army' had occupied the location prior to the mechanoids sweeping through the region, and it is filled with a lot of lootable military weapons, including shells for the tank.

WELCOME TO CAMP NARRVO YOU MUST BE THE NEW REPLACEMENT YOU ARE OUT OF UNIFORM SOLIDER WHERE IS YOUR POWER ARMOR THE TRUTH IS YOU LOST A VERY EXPENSIVE MK COMBAT ARMOR YOU WILL STAY IN THIS MANS ARMY UNTIL YOU ARE 510 YEARS OLD THAT IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU WILL BE IN THIS MANS ARMY

One reason, completely speculative, why Hong Kong might not have been mentioned as a US target - Who said in the Fallout universe that the UK ever gave it back? I mean we don't know much about how close the Commonwealth was (with the only references to the UK's geo-politics being that it was part of the European Commonwealth, which sounded like a more integrated EU, along retaining a separate military). It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the Fallout equivalent of our words Commonwealth is a much closer union, potentially meaning Hong Kong remained outside of CCP hands... just a theory.

Man deserves more subscribers for the amount of time and effort he puts into his videos, thank you for giving us this kind of content.

That sucks that people we’re leaving (I’m assuming) gross comments about your wife. Sorry that you guys had to deal with that. I thought RadQueen was a lovely addition to your content & look forward to the day she decides to join in on another video, if she ever does. Which, after the kind of experience it sounds like you guys had with the comments in the last video, I wouldn’t blame her if she doesn’t want to be in another video. Hope you guys have a great weekend & can’t wait for your next video! This one was great!

Regarding the skirmishing going on the Philippines, that could be a sly reference to the real-life New People's Army (NPA), a communist terrorist group and the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines operating out of the southern islands of the country. Perhaps in the _Fallout_ universe the NPA is financially and materially supported by the Chicom government. That said, based on historical precedent, if the U.S. was participating in the fighting (perhaps the Philippines is still a colony or protectorate of the U.S. in the _Fallout_ timeline), the U.S. Marine Corps was the military branch most likely directly involved. Even though the Gobi Campaign is referred to literally only once by the name of an obscure sniper rifle, I think it's reasonable to speculate that it was largely a special, maybe even covert, operation conducted jointly by the U.S. Army Rangers and the CIA; the U.S. was secretly helping the tribal Mongolians battle the invading Chicoms. This has historical precedent in the Soviet-Afghan War, in which U.S. special forces soldiers and CIA operatives clandestinely assisted the Afghan Mujahideen in fighting the occupying Soviet military. I speculate that the Gobi Campaign was successful, judging from the name of a unique weapon in _Fallout 3_ called the Victory rifle, which is the same kind of sniper rifle of the Gobi Campaign scout rifle.

I imagine the gunners and Talon Company were formed from remnants that didn't join the Brotherhood.

You'd think that a militant group like the Enclave would have made a bigger push to reacquire displaced military personnel after the bombs dropped. If they prepared the navy with instructions to fall back to the oil rig they'd of had (going by real world estimates here, 490 ships with over 340k active personnel with 7k being pilots and over 3.7k aircraft) and considering the military draft/buildup in the Fallout Universe those numbers are probably doubled. If the enclave at that time had that number of personnel they could have established a massive stronghold on the mainland, going into hiding for 160 years really hurt their chances because nobody respected their self proclaimed authority and drove the other factions that formed over the centuries to see them as a major threat.

Great video. I commend you on the quality. I can’t imagine the amount of work you put into this. I’ve always had a special appreciation for fallout lore. The universe is very rich .

In fallout 76 a detachment of the U.S army attempted to guard the monongah power plant I think it’s called. But took heavy casualties to raiders and ended up abandoning it and leaving it to the raiders.

I've always loved the Pre War U.S. military, but then again I love anything to do with the Pre War U.S., also including mods that add pre war stuff. Then again I love anything related to Retro Futurism or vintage stuff. Not to mention Fallout London's depiction of a retro futuristic UK, it really is a work of art.

Bar Harbor is on MDI in Maine not Massachusetts

I think it would be cool in a future game to see a local faction which is a remnant of the US military but has become a clan of war lords

Pure gold. Thanks for the upload.

As an alaskan myself i like the fact that allot of their military info in these games are correct. Including the names and locations of our military bases up here. Chugach, elmendorf, and fire island are all real military installations here.

I’d just like to see those cool dual barrel tanks and stingray fighters in full action. Furthermore, I’d love to see more pre-war content in the next game.

I wonder what a fallout game set in the Philippines would be like. I mean, where I visited was just a few steps away from FarCry 3, I can totally imagine pirate raiders, regional variants of ghouls modeled after aswangs and manananngals, and all sorts of giant lizards and bugs. Heck, imagine a radwhipscorpion!

This is a very interesting topic, very excited for this one! Keep up the great work RadKing! Can't wait to see what's next for your channel, some tremendous work on your part lately and can only get better and better from here.

Don't have time to watch now but im gonna get cozy as HECK tonight and enjoy the heck imagining the info you present here. Peace

What if the fighting in the Gobi desert was a standoff between the USSR and China. In our timeline they had plenty of standoffs and border conflicts.

I clicked on this thinking it was a documentary about the real world army, instead I get this incredibly interesting Fallout history.

There’s a mod I usually run on a plate through, it’s similar to the more ghouls one but adds military gear on a good bit of them and adds even more around outposts and checkpoints it’s pretty heartbreaking thinking all those deployed to help civil unrest were still wandering around as the bombs were falling

I want to see an fps set before the bombs falling during the great war in china or alaska. Not an rpg, just a battlefield type fps set in the war

Great video as always King. I'd also like to think that the gobi rifle was from either another conflict or from a spec ops team that was sent in to disrupt trade within the Gobi region. Also, when do you think you'd do another energy weapons video?

Space Force confirmed with the Battle of Tranquility Sea!

I suspect the U.S may have been fighting the zeta aliens in the moon, but as you said anything regarding that would be pure conjecture.

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Great video. I think doing one on all the companies of fallout would make a good topic to cover.

If they ever make a fallout game in china, it would be really cool to see a pre apocalypse portion of the war where you're fighting and then out of no where the missles launch. Sending you into a misson to find a shelter or something

Just to add on with military units joining the Brotherhood Paladin Romani was a member of the national guard station near Mariposa who eventually joined the Brotherhood.

4:40 I like the idea of SF in the gobi desert working with insurgents in the area to destabilize the Chinese army. The green berets are known for this irl and there are even some examples, especially during Vietnam and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Id like to point out invading major cities like Beijing might not be feasible in terms of cost. Alot of men, equipment, and vehicles that may be lost immediately for a potentially failed landing. A stronghold objective VS encircling the stronghold is always gonna be a top priority for their ultimate decision making.

I know that barely anyone probably gonna see this but. I always liked the idea that some *other* US army remnant survived in a place like fort Knox, whether something really prominent having large sets of Kentucky or maybe even more, or just the nearby area, it just seems cool.

I used to cut hair at the “old white resort.” The only difference was the ghouls had more money in there pockets in real life.

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this before, but what about the very, very rich oil and mineral reserves in Siberia? In the real-world China and Russia have fought several small wars/border incidents over Chinese incursions into Siberia. It had been reported that Siberia had more oil than all of the Middle Eastern countries combined, Russia just never had the ability to readily tap into those resources. I would also guess that at some point China would have had to take over that area at it would also have been the best area to launch their Alaskan campaign from. Maybe whomever was responsible for the lore did not know this or maybe did not believe enough people would know this to care, I have no idea why conflicts between Russia and China would have been left out as it would have been related to the Resources Wars.

One minor correction at 12:26 - Bar Harbour is in MAINE, not Massachusetts.

It would be cool if you would do a: The Buildings of Fallout.

The Fallout game I want, and will NEVER get? Fallout: Gobi. You can't tell me no one in China had plans akin to Vault-Tec's.

It's not fallout but there is a great TTRPG called Twilight 2000 that goes right into the degradation of military structure directly after a nuclear exchange between the US and Russia in Central Europe. It shows how quickly loyalties are damaged and even broken when desperation takes hold and everyone is fighting to survive.

You left out that group of army remnants you find during the settlers side of the wastelanders main quest

Always making my Friday glow a bit brighter! Thank you radking

I clicked this not knowing it was fallout related and then heard what happened to them after nuclear annihilation

4:54 It's entirely possible in the fallout universe that maybe the UK held onto Hong Kong, given the generally more jingoistic nature of much of fallout's history following its divergence from our timeline.

Awesome video friend, thanks for compiling all this into one nice video

Very interesting! You put a lot of work into this and it shows! Thank you!

People don’t realise the distance between Shanghai and Nanjing on that map....it’s around 305km (190 miles) that’s quite a distance to punch into mainland China...

Time to listen to another of rad daddy's vids while working Also when do you think you'll be on 76 next?

I have seen a lot of your fallout videos and love them keep up the good job and thanks for all the info 😁

I have been recommending your channel to all my friends and they all love your videos

I would love to see a Vietnam era USMC unit in a fallout game as a faction

I based a lot of my stuff off the concept of how people are from my time within the military. The Air Force is the first to go personally. As they are SOOO reliant on oil for fuel, and there is very little evidence of planes using nuclear power before 4. With the crumbling of everything around them, they are the first to be folded into various other units. The Navy is next, as the water will be simply so radioactive, that having ships in the water is terrible. They pull back and are merged with the Air Force and then later the Marines. The Marines and Army would probably be the longest lived, but it won't be long. Once the bombs drops, the chain of command is going to be shredded in very short order. The lost of radio communication, ruining of all electronics, and more in such a short time, lower enlisted will take their kits and run, heading to the families. Following this, other soldiers, longer lived in the military will slowly trickle out, until at some point, a commander just issues the order "Survive and link up with people as you can. Protect the people." In my table top games, my groups often find various areas where military personnel were setting up what they can to protect communities. There are die hard groups as well, ones who stayed strong for along as possible before the routes needed to keep them supported decayed away. After that really, there isn't much. The Enclave is miliary/government, BoS had a lot of original military, but after that is was... Well... Nothing. I personally suspect the Arizona Rangers were a group of former soldiers, and descendants of soldiers before merging with the NCR.

This Video includes more than I bargained for. Thank you very much for your dedicated and loving videos! Including the odd meme and joke ;)

Just discovered you and I gotta say you got yourself a new subscriber. Good stuff mate.

I still persist in my idea that the next Fallout should have you start in a large underground Enclave vault where you are sent out into the wasteland to see what is what/prepping for genocide and one of the possible endings is you persuade the Enclave that 'the world is awful, mutated, it sucks, but it is still worth fighting for' and you can unify with the Brotherhood of Steel and the ending in that case is a broadcast where the Enclave and Brotherhood have joined and call themselves the US Government and promise they will end the reign of the mutants, purge the wasteland of monsters, destroy bandits, protect the innocent, through fire and sword the wasteland will be reclaimed!

Halt, Nellis was not were the Boomers found the artillery! Nope, they raided a storage site (don't remember if that was army or national guard) and dragged what ever they could use from there to Nellis!

I've been binging your content as I've just recently discovered your channel great work

Hey man, great stuff here! I bet a lot of time and effort went into making this video. Earned my subscription! Keep up the great work

Having a bad day then new radking appears. Praise Atom!

This was a great fun video 😀. The only criticism I have (which is small) the Army National Guard is a reserve component of the US Army, indeed they are the most used and called upon but they are all technically part of the Army, they all wear Army uniforms go to Army schools use Army equipment etc. You could have put the National Guard in the Army section for efficiency 🙂

Love seeing you and your content grow man. Been here for awhile and love your videos

New to the channel and loving the content keep it up man !

People may call me a dumbass for playing and liking Fallout 3, but it's still my and my best friend's favorite game of all time.

This is such a good channel. Ive had a fallout shaped hole in my heart since i found out Oxhorn was ..less than savory... and yours is so good! I love your actually pronouncing the names of places!!! I love this channel now

Hehe El-EM-endorf station hehehehehe you hit pronunciations so well usually - even in other languages so it was super giggly to hear this one. I loved this video and the Alaska expansion, Alaska is awesome everyone should visit.

Great Video, as always! I Watch you Since you had 1338 subs!

I thought RadQueen did an excellent job and the back-and-forth style was easy to follow.

There needs to be a proper U.S Military/Army remnant, not affiliated with the Enclave just descendents from the pre war army and soldiers families.

Very interesting! Thank you

Love the new intro, dope.

Enjoy the condensed info, it’s fun to get different “fact” and “opinion” on the fallout universe. Remember fallout fans, it’s a video game. In the words of the greatest joker of all time, “why so serious”!!

Short answer: The Enclave.

Thank you for making a slow work day better!

The background video with the intense tactical flintlock rifle is hilarious. Never saw someone that patient in fallout 76.

The Enclave despite having many advance technology. Sure have their ass kick around allot. Maybe the Brotherhood should learn something.

They became the enclave and went into space

These long videos r the best content

Holy crap new intro looks awesome

I mean from what I could tell what was left of em Either left to find there family's while the ones the did stay probably didn't last long then there's the chance a good few of em could've joined the brotherhood but and entire group of em Found the enclave joined then Realized what was happening And all party's evolved Where killed

I wish this video had chapters :(

Love your vids I hope you have a great day

love the channel no offense but your videos are amazing to fall asleep too theyre interesting but calm and its about a game i love but know little about keep up the good work

Huh, if there are American servicemen or at least the descendants of servicemen in other countries that can easily justify a Fallout game taking place in another country. Would be cool to see one on mainland China and you find Zao from Fallout 4 having returned home.

I thought this was going to be a political commentary or something but then I looked at who uploaded lmao

Ayyyyy new radking vid ahh yeahhh, looking forward to this

It's a small thing but I noticed three missed specific instances. There's a National Guard depot, training site, and armory on the edge of the Capitol ruins, where the Keller family intended to take shelter. At the very least it's partially active even after a seeming direct hit, with military robots. It was also a research area as that's where you find the experimental MIRV. So it wad active and operational up to the day of the Great War and maybe after, certainly after with the robots. Fort Constantine was active until they day of the war, and held some kind of important Power Armor. It had better be special given what you have to do to get it. And finally... they all but outright say that THE nuclear football was lost in a military base on the West Coast. It had to be the football, as it had all the proper and potent authorization codes to immediately and without further needed confirmation activate the ICBM silos. Only the top level authorization codes could get all those warheads activated and fired instantaneously. And they were then built into ED-E 2, which is why Ulysses needed him to launch the last active warheads.