Well, in FO2, they did have the vertibird outpost on the mainland and were capturing Vaults, so it's not much of a stretch to assume they would have been developing (or assuming control of) small outposts and bases everywhere.Emphraim said:That's what annoys me... there isn't an actual explanation. The best I can find is this:
One line that says they moved east; no description of their movements, why, the dangers they faced, nothing. I guess Bethesda just was lazy with the story.The Enclave was not destined to die with the oil rig. Remaining West Coast Enclave forces, under the command of Colonel Augustus Autumn's father rallied to the command of a new, enigmatic President, John Henry Eden, and rallied to the facility of Raven Rock on the East Coast. Unbeknownst to anyone but Autumn's father and later Autumn himself, Eden was in fact a ZAX super-AI developed by the Enclave in the pre-War period to allow the government to be continued in the event of disaster, and had achieved self-awareness and direction. Previously employed as Presidential adviser and Raven Rock administrator, Eden took command of the East Coast Enclave forces. For a further thirty years, the Enclave stayed shut up in Raven Rock, only sending out Eyebots to scout the wastes and transmit Enclave Radio to the denizens.
But you're completely right. Considering the amount of pre-war computer logs that have no impact upon the game but to create atmosphere, you would have thought that there would have been some information in Raven Rock or at least some suppositions by the BOS at the Citadel.