That's what annoys me... there isn't an actual explanation. The best I can find is this:Srkkl said:Yeah I just looked it up, they were a shadow coperation mainly comprised to keep "important" people alive. To answer your question I believe it was the fabled writer with the magic pencil that makes the story bend to his will haha. But I'm sure if you look on the vault wikia page it will give some kind of explination.Emphraim said:Actually, the Enclave was an organization made up of the descendants of politicians and military officers from before the war who have connections to large private corporations. They had their main base on the Poseidon Oil Rig on the West coast. What I don't get is, after the rig was blown up, how and why did the survivors cross the entire country to go the DC?Srkkl said:Well it was in a completely new setting, just because the Enclave was almost wiped out in the old area dosn't mean they aren't going to be badass in the new setting. Also if I'm not mistaken the Enclave was basically the army before the bombs fell or at least thats what I got out of it, so wouldn't they be nation wide?Emphraim said:Fallout 3 is almost perfect with mods. Only thing I would like to change is the main story. It seemed a bit convoluted and it should not include the BOS or Enclave. In Fallout 2, it seems like the Enclave had been finished, yet they suddenly came back in full force in Fallout 3. That annoyed me a bit.
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.