Colonel Autumn

Colonel Augustus Autumn was the commanding officer of the Enclave Armed Forces following the destruction of the Oil Rig and dissolution of their chain of command. A loyal soldier, when the new President, John Henry Eden, ordered him and his troops to relocate to the Raven Rock military base on the opposite end of the country, he obeyed the order, gathered his troops and their equipment, and led his men through the post-nuclear United States.

Upon arrival, he was the only one privy to the fact that John Henry Eden is actually a ZAX unit that has achieved awareness. He followed his orders, although he did have his disagreements. Autumn overtook Project Purity and seemingly died when James flooded the project's chamber with deadly radiation. However, he managed to survive thanks to injecting himself with a drug, likely the Enclave's more powerful equivalent of Rad-X or Rad Away.

The tension between the AI and the colonel finally snapped Autumn's loyalty, as he openly disobeyed the President's orders and took over command over the remainder of the Enclave forces and relocated them to the Jefferson Memorial, to make their last stand.

Autumn is generally ruthless and shows no regret over such actions as shooting unarmed captives; he actually executes the player in the event that he or she surrenders the actual code to Project Purity. However, he is not completely heartless, as he is able to be reasoned with during a final encounter, and according to President Eden actually objected to placing the FEV into Project Purity to kill all contaminated humans in the region.

Death
Autumn is confronted by the player at the very end of the game's main quest, just outside the Purifier control room. He is accompanied by his two personal bodyguards, a pair of high-level Enclave soldiers equipped with Telsa Power Armor and Gatling Lasers.

There is more than one way in which Autumn's story ends which depends upon the player.
 * He might be killed in the Memorial by the Vault 101 Dweller in late 2277.
 * If the Vault 101 Dweller so chooses, he may argue with Autumn and let him live, whereupon he and his personal guards will simply leave.

Equipment
Colonel Autumn wears a tan trenchcoat over his jet black uniform and uses two weapons, both custom made: an N99 10mm Pistol and an AEP7 Laser Pistol.

It is possible to acquire this equipment before the the final showdown at the purifier or without using cheats if Autumn manages to "glitch" out of the purifier room.

Autumn's trenchcoat is an average armor, roughly equal to Vault Security armor, and though twice as powerful as a standard 10mm pistol, his custom version is still quite weak. However, his customized laser pistol is one of the most powerful weapons in the game; it's almost as damaging as the Alien Blaster (albeit without the dramatically increased critical chance multiplier), and has also been modified for full-auto fire.

Appearances
Autumn appears only in Fallout 3.