Fallout Timeline

China is unified under Mao Zedong's communist regime, ending almost forty years of constant warfare in Asia.

The Korean War comes to an end, with the U.S and allies victorious. After pushing to the Chinese/Korean Border, China attempts to intervene, but threats of nuclear war keep the communists from entering the war.

Captain Carl Bell of the United States Space Agency is the first man in space, though this is disputed by both the Soviet Union and China. Bell would ultimately die when his capsule's parachute failed on reentry.

Valiant 12 lands on the moon.

Robco becomes one of the most profitable nations on Earth, providing domestic and military robots in the millions.

Global Markets are rocked when Saudi Arabia announces that its major oil wells have run dry. Nations begin to become more aggressive with foreign policy, as resources become critically important to continued national integrity.

The Third World War erupts between the E.U, Middle Eastern Nations, and various North and East African Nations, all fighting over the dwindling resources of the Middle East.

A major city in Israel, Tel Aviv, is nuked by terrorists, this sets of a chain reaction, leading to nuclear exchanges the following month.

Following the nuclear strikes that also hit American assets in the Middle East, the U.S enters WWIII, and begins air strikes and rapid deployments against all sides.

Following the end of WWIII, the EU falls apart, with its former members tearing each other apart for the remaining resources among them.

The United States storms out of the talks after China threatens war, with the President declaring that all American Oil would henceforth be used only in America.

China invades Alaska to seize its oil reserves. The United States declares war in response, the Sino-American War begins.

After the Canadian Annexation is complete, protesters are shot without trial, military occupation secures the pipeline, and Major cities are put under Martial Law.

A new generation of Power Armor is deployed to the Chinese Front, further demoralizing the enemy force, leading to surrenders, and the start of the collapse of the Chinese War Effort.

Anchorage is liberated, and Chinese forces are removed from Alaska.

The President and the Enclave retreat to various bunkers and secured locations, anticipating a WMD attack from China.

A black rain (caused by the irradiated material and from widespread fires) begins to come down across the globe, causing further widespread death, and poisoning.

The first winter following the the bombs is a harsh hellscape. Clouds and snow blot out the Sun, massive amounts of plant life perishes, and snow falls in even the most arid deserts.

Dr. Grey finally isolates the cause for FEV variation, and creates the first Super Mutant. The other failed subjects are assimilated by Grey, who now has dozens of minds within him, creating the single entity known as "the Master." This is considered the birth of Unity.

The Master switches to raiding caravans as a source for humans to convert into Super Mutants. These raids yield many more humans, but unfortunately for the settlements of the west, they fail to understand the situation, and chalk it up to predators and raiders. Over the next few years, these raids allow the Army to grow into the thousands.

The Gun Runners are founded in the ruins of Los Angeles, which is now known as the Boneyard.

After capturing a group of Vault Dwellers from the Boneyard, the Master notices how they transform differently. These Mutants have better intelligence, blue skin, and the ability to communicate telepathically with him, he named them Nightkin. After discovering the reason for this was that they were without radiation, all of Unity moves to the Boneyard Vault, and begins to use its mainframe to find more Vaults full of dwellers.

The Vault Dweller leaves Vault 13, looking for a Water Chip for his Vault. Along the way he aids Shady Sands, Junktown, and the Hub. The Dwellers journey ultimately ended with him and the companions he found destroying Mariposa, and then the Boneyard Vault, and killing the Master. Though he would be turned away from his Vault in the end, after his fame was causing others to want to leave after him. Eventually a group did, and followed him north, into what was once Oregon.

After reaching Hoover Dam, the NCR is approached by Mr. House, the immortal overlord of New Vegas, and brokers a treaty with the NCR Diplomatic Corps. In exchange for Vegas retaining its independence and 5% of the power and water from the Dam, the NCR could garrison the rest of the Mojave, and take the rest of the power and water from the Dam.

The first skirmishes and conflicts between Caesar's Legion and the NCR start, as the Legion begins raiding various camps and patrols throughout the Mojave/Arizona Border. After hearing eyewitness accounts, and combing through various reports, and intel on the enemy, it becomes clear that they are facing an army, not raiders, and the NCR declares war on the Legion, without really understanding the foe at their door.

The Redwood Regiment (1st, 7th, and 19th Battalions) under the command of General Olsen sieged the Brotherhood Bunker Delta. Using extreme amounts of High Explosives and infantry-mounted nuclear devices, the NCR was able to breach the bunker, but the defenders initiated the self destruction not long after. For his actions here, Captain Parker was promoted to Major, and made Olsen's Executive Officer.

Following the Gold Raids, the NCR dollar plummeted in value, as it no longer had anything backing it. NCR Citizens crowded the banks, trying to pull out their savings before it was too late, but the damage was done. The first national currency of the New World was worth almost nothing overnight. The Senate tried to fix the situation by transitioning to a fiat currency, but the dollar would never truly recover, eventually to the point of cents and one dollar bills no longer being minted, due to how worthless they were.

The Redwood Regiment, now under the command of Colonel Parker, after reinforcing with the 22nd and 30th Batttalions, launches a full scale assault against the Brotherhood's command center at Lost Hills. The Artillery and explosive barrage that the NCR employed could be felt for in Vault City, over a hundred miles to the north. Cracking open the bunker, the NCR continued its advance, before withdrawing as the Self Destruct was sounded. Lost Hills destroyed itself, along with the council of Elders, leaving a very young Jonathon Maxson, out in the wastes, as High Elder.

The NCR sieges the last central command of the Brotherhood at the city of Maxson. The Redwood regiment, along with the Rangers and 1st Armored, fought the brotherhood building to building, and even floor to floor. Along the way, the NCR would simply demolish heavily defended buildings, rather than clear them, causing heavy brotherhood casualties. At the end of the battle, the Maxson bunker self destructed, and High Elder Maxson died with it. After this, the remaining Brotherhood Bunkers would be hunted down, in the dark, completely isolated from one another.

New Vegas, under the control of Mr. House and his mob families, opens for business to celebrate the NCR's victory over the Brotherhood of Steel.

The Lone Wanderer is forced to leave Vault 101 after their father leaves without notice. What ensues is a journey that involves purifying the water of the Capital Wasteland, and defeating the Enclave once and for all in the ruins of Washington D.C.

The Courier is hired by Mr. House to finally deliver his Platinum Chip, but is accosted by House's right hand and shot in the head. Surviving, the Courier embarks on a journey of vengeance. Along the way, he braves the Divide, Sierra Madre, Zion Canyon, and the Mojave. In his quest, he usurps House, and allies many of the tribes and minor factions of the Mojave with him, creating a major power base, as the new Overlord of New Vegas.

The Gun Runners, growing annoyed with the upheaval in NCR, transfer their Headquarters to New Vegas, dealing a massive blow to the NCR's economic and industrial sector.

Following the Gun Runners' initiative, the CCC relocates its HQ to its Vegas branch, causing further economic turmoil within the NCR.