Lore

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Entries in bold are important for the area around / in Phoenix.
Entries colored are lore important for the different factions around Phoenix.

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Year Month / Day Occurence
2050 In anticipation of the upcoming Project Safehouse (vaults), Vault-tec and Robco set up testing facilities in cooperation with the University of Phoenix and begin testing autonomous construction equipment on campus grounds and the surrounding area
2052 Macrosoft joins the vault-tec/robco cooperation at the UOPX technology cluster
2057 Construction of Vault 50 starts underneath Green Mountain
2062 Vault 50 is completed and serves as a testing ground for vault-tecs AI technology, as a partner project to Vault 51
2077 October 23 Great war
A large amount of people seek shelter in the mostly abandoned tunnels underneath UOPX, forcibly gaining entry
Seismic shock caused by nuclear bombs causes the UOPX campus to collapse, creating Junk Canyon
Vault 50 successfully seals at almost full capacity
Vault 7 north of Phoenix seals with full capacity, with 900 males and 100 females, mostly Vault-tec employees and their families
General Secretary Mosyakov and his company are sealed inside a military bunker, surviving the nuclear bombs but becoming ghoulified
2078 - 2080 Phoenix is spared a direct hit, thus relatively many survive, although mostly ghoulified due to no adequate rads protection
2080 People and Ghouls emerge from the sewers
A large group of Ghouls who survived inside the maryland archives make a living scavenging in the nearby junk canyon
2102 Richard Grey's expedition to mariposa. Mark, Harold and Grey separate
Mark turns into a ghoul after having had open wounds exposed to rads and FEV
2103 - 2130 The master conducts tests on local subjects around Mariposa
2130 The great winter occurs
2130 - 2135 The master uses caravans and rapidly creates an army
2137 Unity established
2152 Children of the cathedral established as a unity front
2155 The master moves into the LA vault
The Vipers are driven out of California by the BoS
2156 Remnants of the Vipers and other Raider groups band together and move to Phoenix as the C-Raiders
2157 Necropolis raided by the Master
2160 Lt. Adams is sent out by the Master to find Vault 50
2161 October BoS dissect a supermutant for the first time
November Lt. Adams arrives in Phoenix and begins searching for the vault, encountering notable resistance in different parts of town
December After fighting a losing battle against the Mutants, one group of ghouls seeks refuge in Maryland while others form the Sewer Rats. This marks the last time these two factions communicate
December Having been confined inside the Archives for the forseeable future, the Ghouls use what manpower and tools they have to expand their dwelling, soon breaking through to another large cavern in the east.
The Muties discover both Vault 50 and different robco and west-tek facilities, the latter of which they take up residence in.
Fallout begins
2162 March 3 The master is killed by the vault dweller
March 24 Unity eradicates Necropolis
April 20 Mariposa destroyed by vault dweller
May 10 Fallout ends
2163 BoS drives muties off and shares some technology with the wastelanders
Lt. Adams learns of the Masters fate and decides to continue his work as the Disciples. Instead of bringing the Vault Dwellers back, they are being dipped in the hospital
FEV starts contaminating the underwater stream that is feeding the maryland archives, turning the ghouls feral
After having dominated Phoenix for 2 years, the Disciples have gathered all they need and retreat into the Hospital, cutting expenses and focussing on research, leaving Vault 50 empty
2170 With the Mutant threat seemingly gone, the C-Raiders spread out over Phoenix, using Hell Hole as their base
2172 Enclave locates Mariposa
2185 Broken Hills founded by jacob and marcus
For the last time, a male overseer is elected in Vault 7
2186 Jacob leaves
2189 NCR is founded
2190 Jacob arrives in Phoenix and helps the sewer rats establish the safehouses
Vault 70 opens up in Utah and New Jerusalem is founded by its inhabitants. Tim & Tom & Teds Lawyer Agency is founded to keep the law and rally people under a quasi-religious codex, based on mormonism
2190's TTTLA moves to California and engages in bounty hunting, becoming increasingly violent and confrontational
2200 The first Cheap-Boys are randomly being found and used
The military bunker housing General Secretary Mosyakov suddenly unseals. Hound Square is founded
Winter A small farming community in Queen Valley east of phoenix is suffering from drought and rising tensions within
2201 Spring The farmers of Queen Valley move to phoenix in search of water and settle into the Verde waste water treatment plant
2204 After years of violence, Tom grows weary of fighting and gets killed by Tim and Ted for becoming too soft. Jim, Jo and Jack witness the crime and sentence Tim and Ted to death, taking over the agency and moving to Nevada. Tim and Ted are removed from the Codex while Tom is enshrined as the founder
2205 Spring A collective of local farming families near Dallas, TX, known as the Brahmin Boys, start making their way westwards, lead by Metzger
A faction forms inside Vault 7, pushing for leaving the vault and conquering the Wasteland
2207 The Brahminboys encounter a group of armed ghouls lead by Melchior who survived in a military bunker and gladly joined them
2208 Coming closer to Arizona, the Brahminboys keep hearing more rumours about Phoenix and decide to change their course
2209 After 8 years of relative peace, internal struggle breaks out within the communities around Verde and a string of murders occur. To prevent future violence, the communities are reformed into separate branches under the banner of The Family. One branch lead by Aidan moves into a hotel east of Phoenix while other branches remain in the core, around Verde and Sun City Grande
2210 On the border of Arizona, the Brahminboys save a village of tribals from a slaver attack. The tribals under Varik join the Brahminboys on their way to PhoenixOn the border of Arizona, the Brahminboys save a village of tribals from a slaver attack. The tribals under Varik join the Brahminboys on their way to Phoenix
2211 The Brahminboys arrive in Phoenix and set up camp in Maricopa Ranch
2215 Enclave starts working on APA, Dick Richardson rises to power in the congress
2217 JJJLA find a 'welcome to Phoenix' holodisk and perceive it as their next holy quest
The current Overseer of Vault 7 is elected and opens the vault, forming the Vault-Technologists
2218 Spring For the first time in over 50 years, Super Mutants are beginning to become a regular occurence around the Hospital again
Fall Increasing amounts of travelers and new arrivals in Phoenix, as well as the arrival of the Lawyers throw the Family branches around Verde into disarray
Winter After a few chaotic weeks, the Lawyers attack the Family headquarters in Sun City Grande, forcing them to flee to the Hotel outside of the core
2219 Spring Lawyers settle into the Grenadier complex, renaming it the Cradle of Justice
Summer The Family fortifies its new Headquarters in the hotel and Aidan assumes direct control of all branches as the Godfather of the Family
2220 March Dick Richardson becomes president
May A BoS Squad lead by Paladin Whittaker arrives in Phoenix to investigate the rumors about a new Masters Army. After encountering Mutants at the hospital they are able to take shelter in Robco, as their BoS armors are technically US Army issue and trigger IFF protocols in the Robots
October APA finished
November An Enclave recon section is sent via Vertibird to Phoenix to investigate the status of west-tek and robco facilities. While disembarking, they are encounting heavy attacks by Mutie forces. One Verti crashes in Paradise Valley with 2 pilots on board, the other Verti successfully retreats after having dropped off Soldiers. The recon section, now consisting of ~10 soldiers, retreats into Global Electrics Administration, a Poseidon subsidiary. The 2 downed pilots get attacked by C-Raiders, only one manages to escape through the sewers to the sewer rats
December AoP starts
2238 FEV infect humans unknowingly mutating the autistic spectrum disorder. Unlimited autism is the result of the evolution. Sarcastic entry :)