#purist

The Enclave is the shadowy remnant of the pre-War United States government, evolving from deep‐state continuity protocols into a quasi-state paramilitary force obsessed with restoring a “pure” America through genocide and advanced technology. Originating in the cold corridors of West Tek and other defense contractors, the Enclave survived the Great War on offshore platforms and fortified bunkers, later resurfacing as the main antagonist in Fallout 2 under President Dick Richardson before being shattered by the Chosen One. Decades later, it reemerged in the Capital Wasteland as John Henry Eden’s Raven Rock faction, led on the ground by Colonel Augustus Autumn, only to be undone at Project Purity by the Lone Wanderer in Fallout 3. By the time of Fallout 4, the Enclave proper has collapsed, leaving behind preserved schematics—most notably for X-01 power armor—and a handful of surviving soldiers featured in Creation Club content known as the “Enclave Remnants”.

Origins and Pre-War Activities

West Tek, FEV and Early Projects

The West Tek Corporation was founded in 2002 as a U.S. defense contractor specializing in advanced weapons, power armor, and FEV research for the Department of Defense. In the mid-2070s, its NBC Division spun off the Pan-Immunity Virion Project (PVP) into the Greenhouse Initiative before pivoting entirely to the Forced Evolutionary Virus—an artificial pathogen designed to create super-soldiers.

Continuity of Government and the Vault Experiment

Fearing nuclear war, the continuity of government established secret programs to preserve elite citizens. Vaults—ostensibly for public safety—were actually sociological and technical experiments directed by the Enclave, monitored from fortified locations like the Poseidon Oil Rig and Raven Rock.

The Great War and Enclave Survival (2077)

On October 23, 2077, as global nuclear exchange commenced, President Richardson and key government figures evacuated to the Poseidon Oil Rig—their primary stronghold offshore—and other secure sites worldwide. There, the Enclave consolidated its remnants, preserving technology, data archives, and vertibird forces to one day reclaim the mainland.

Fallout 2 Era (2241–2242)

Mariposa Excavations and FEV Production

In July 2236, Enclave scouts rediscovered the Mariposa Military Base—home of pre-War FEV research—and began large-scale excavations using forced labor from nearby settlements. Exposed slaves and scientists released residual FEV into the ruins, spawning the first super mutants and subjects like Frank Horrigan.

Richardson’s Genocidal “Project”

Under President Dick Richardson, the Enclave weaponized FEV Curling-13 for a final genocide: any “genetically non-compliant” human would be eradicated via tainted water supplies. The Chosen One’s infiltration and sabotage of the oil rig in 2242 halted the plan and obliterated the Enclave’s headquarters.

Fallout 3 Era (2277)

Raven Rock and President Eden

A core group under President John Henry Eden—an AI housed in the Raven Rock military complex—reassembled the Enclave on the East Coast.

Eden employed Eyebots for propaganda and relied on Colonel Augustus Autumn to command ground forces in the Capital Wasteland.

Project Purity and Internal Schism

Autumn seized control of Project Purity, intending to leverage purified water for Enclave dominance. Eden, however, planned to inject the purifier with a deadly virus, igniting a rift between ideology and tactics. The Lone Wanderer’s intervention—either by self-sacrifice or with Brotherhood aid—destroyed Eden’s plans and dismantled the Capital Wasteland Enclave.

Fallout 4 Era (2287)

Technological Legacy: X-01 Power Armor

The Enclave’s archives preserved schematics for the experimental X-01 power armor, the pinnacle of pre-War design. Post-War, limited production runs by the Enclave and other factions kept X-01 suits in occasional service.

Creation Club: Enclave Remnants

In April 2024, Bethesda’s free next-gen patch for Fallout 4 introduced “Enclave Remnants”—a Creation Club faction of surviving Enclave soldiers seeking lost X-02 armor in the Commonwealth. This group’s quests and workshop items offer the only living Enclave presence in the Fallout 4 era.

Conclusion

The Original.

π is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. π is a value. π Day is 03.14 every year. The decimal representation of π is 3.141592... and π Day is placed on 03.14 as the 3 most significant digits are 3, 1, and 4.

While the month part(03) of the date is a valid approximation of the value of π, the day part(14) has no real relation to π. 1 and 4 are digits based on base 10 fractions. 10 is not a special number. 10 is not a prime number. 10 is not a unique number. 10 is not a first of its kind. 10 is simply an arbitrary number that happened to align with the number of fingers on a typical human being.

π Day is a day to celebrate π and math. The glory of π should not be represented by whimsical, arbitrary choice of notation for an approximation of π. Even a binary notation would not be able to capture the pure value of π (this is not even possible on our current calendars, with π being 11.00... when represented in binary). Not even 2, the first and last even prime, and the smallest integer that can birth new values through multiplication, can capture the essence of π.

I made this today. How far are you willing to stretch what counts as a tone indicator?

(Personally, I am format rebel, function neutral.)