The resulting 'Great War' lasted a mere two hours, but the atomic fire that burned the world was so incredibly destructive that it not only caused the collapse of global civilization, but irrevocably changed the planet's climate as well.Īcross the United States, pockets of humanity survived the bombs on the surface, in personal shelters, or by hiding in the Vaults: massive underground bunkers built by the Vault-Tec Corporation. No one knows or cares which side fired the first missiles, but once they were up, everyone else fired too. then, on October 23, 2077, the world ended in nuclear holocaust. Eventually, the two superpowers clashed over the Alaskan oil fields, hoping to secure just a little more of that black gold. Unfortunately, the good times would not last: the world's inefficient technology depleted fossil fuels even faster than in the real world, causing massive resource wars to break out worldwide while China and the United States began hoarding their last fuel reserves. The shift towards nuclear energy gave way to technological wonders previously relegated to science fiction, from robot butlers to wrist-mounted computers. After World War II, the United States became an okay place to live.

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