Enclave Department of the Army



The military arm of the Enclave uses the pre-War United States system of operation and organization. The President is the commander-in-chief,<ref name=Fallout 3 Official Game Guide p.41: "In the recent past, the Enclave—the remains of the United States government—were evacuated to an oil rig off the coast of California. Little is known about what happened to these forces, although the country has a new commander-in-chief: President John Henry Eden. However, recent reports and chatter have pinpointed the resurgence of the Enclave, with their base centered on a secure underground facility known as Raven Rock. Initial contact was made there 35 years ago." while actual command and logistics of the military is oversaw by Enclave High Command. <ref name=Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.44: "After the destruction of Raven Rock, the Enclave performed a mixture of tactical retreat and all-out flight, and their grip on the Capital Wasteland loosened severely. Now contending with malcontented soldiers, the remains of Enclave Camps dotted throughout the Wasteland with little or no contact or on-going tactical orders, and a lack of new recruits, the Enclave may be a doomed force. However, a small influx of specially trained fighters is seeking to fill the gap left by the Brotherhood of Steel’s advances. Posted to previously unknown and highly secretive locations outside of the Capital Wasteland, only the most veteran of Enclave forces trained in multiple forms of combat earn the right to call themselves Sigma. These six-person squads feature a leader clad in Hellfire Armor and carrying an Incinerator, and each man in has seen numerous combat sorties and lived to tell about them. Sigma Squads are posted around locations deemed by Enclave high command as “imperative” to the salvation of the cause, so whenever you encounter Sigma Squads, you know something vital to the Enclave is close by." The Enclave military collectively forms the Department of the Army, which has at least two other departments: Research & Development and Peacekeeping and Recovery, charged with staffing Constituency Enforcement Points whenever they are set up in the wasteland. The Enclave has also recreated or re-activated several pre-War divisions. The Secret Service was reformed, tasked with protecting the government (most notably the President), though their activities will occasionally include being deployed on delicate missions to the mainland (such as silencing a Brotherhood outpost or state-sanctioned assassinations). The United States Chemical Corps returned as well, its duties included the development of the FEV-II.

Apart from units based on their pre-War analogues, the Enclave has several formations unique to itself. The most well known are the Verti-Assault teams: heavily armed squads of Enclave troopers, widely known for their tendency to go in shooting without asking questions. They usually let someone else sift through the ashes to figure out what was going on. Other units include the Enclave Control Company, responsible for perimeter defense, and Enclave Squad Sigma, used for securing high priority targets. Fauna Detail Charlie is an Enclave unit responsible for the handling of animal subjects, more specifically, deathclaws.

The Enclave experiments with robotic automation in their armed forces. Camp RHO, for instance, is one such experiment undertaken under the auspices of the Army's R&D wing, field testing a prototype R76-H3-0 chip that forms the core of an automated defense grid of advanced stationary turrets which is oversaw by a single Enclave officer.<ref name="FO3OGGGYE44"

The United States Navy was also deployed to the Enclave Oil Rig.

Before the Great War
Little is known about the status of the Enclave military forces before 2077, however, the Enclave presence on the Oil Rig indicates that at least some kind of a security force was present.

Another indicator is the Bloomfield Space Center, which was taken over by Enclave agents following the abandonment of the space project by the U.S. government and secured for their purposes (including transportation off-world).

After the Great War
With the great nuclear devastation of 2077 and the subsequent collapse of the United States, Enclave members and loyalists have relocated to reinforced locations all across the United States, with the headquarters being established on the Poseidon Oil Rig. Additionally, numerous military stockpiles were commandeered, either remotely or by the evacuating Enclave themselves, providing the organization with necessary ordnance and logistics.

With gargantuan levels of radiation persisting on the mainland, they were forced to remain within their bases, as the regular T-51b power armor was unable to provide adequate protection. The Enclave armed forces were steadily drilled, trained, and expanded, with new equipment being developed for use in the field, including the venerable advanced power armor.

Overview
The Enclave's military force is small but powerful (according to the Fallout Bible, the Enclave armed forces is composed of hundreds of soldiers). Their limited numbers (decimated further after the destruction of the Oil Rig) are offset by their unlimited access to advanced technologies―a private is usually outfitted with a suit of advanced power armor and a high-grade energy weapon (usually a laser rifle or plasma rifle). They also possess the ability to project power beyond any other factions in the wastes, thanks to their Vertibirds. Furthermore, their numbers are augmented by an assortment of military robots at their disposal, ranging from Mister Handy service bots to the powerful sentry bots.

In terms of training, they are second to none, drawing from the best traditions of pre-War U.S. military and training their soldiers using its methods, resulting in a uniformly efficient and deadly fighting force. The only comparable organization in this regard is the Brotherhood of Steel, and even it is inferior, as the Brotherhood's xenophobia and focus on technology have resulted in military training eroding.

Equipment
By the 23rd century, the Enclave is the most technologically advanced organization in the wasteland. Their technological superiority is most apparent in their military: the Mark II and Hellfire power armors (using lightweight metal alloys and ceramic composites), post-War creation introduced in 2220, standardized utilization of plasma, laser, and pulse weaponry technologies (most notably the urban plasma rifle developed shortly before the War by REPCONN Aerospace), and, of course, two mass produced models of the VB-02 Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) tilt-wing aircraft.

Enclave laboratories and bunkers also possessed cutting edge equipment, light years ahead of anything wastelanders can currently muster. Apart from infrared spectrometers, chemical synthesis equipment and other advanced tools, the Enclave also possessed the necessary equipment and knowledge for conducting genetic analysis, engineering and large scale virus synthesizing. Their scientific expertise was matched only by their industrial capacity: the Enclave had the ability to mass-produce next generation power armor, high tech weapons, Vertibirds, robots and more. It was also one of the few organizations to use high speed data networks, in the Enclave's case, the pre-War PoseidoNet created by Poseidon Energy.

Military presence

 * See also: Enclave facilities

The Enclave Main Command was located on the Poseidon Oil Rig, where the Commander-in-Chief (the President) and other high-ranking officials were also located, along with the necessary support staff and a large contingent of soldiers of the regular Army and elite Secret Service agents, all armed with power armor and energy weapons.

The second was Navarro, a pre-War Poseidon Oil refinery-turned-military base acting as a way-station for Vertibirds and their then-primary military outpost on the mainland. It was heavily defended, with dual plasma turrets covering the perimeter and guards in advanced power armor stationed in the base and patrolling the areas around it, with deadly efficiency.

In addition, numerous other outposts were present all across the United States, either manned or automated (such as the Raven Rock military base, and the much smaller RHO Experimental Camp).

After the destruction of the oil rig, the remaining Enclave forces rallied and withdrew to the East Coast under the command of Augustus Autumn's father. Their destination was the Raven Rock military base, which was adopted as their new command center.

Verti-assault Teams
Arguably the most elite combat units, Verti-assault Teams are composed of crack Enclave troopers equipped with advanced power armor and heavy weaponry, described as usually going in shooting and letting someone else sift through the ashes to figure out what was going on. These squads were the ones that raided Vault 13 and Arroyo, securing the necessary test subjects for The Project.

Enclave Patrols
One of the most deadly of encounters in the wastes, Enclave Patrols are composed of three troopers in advanced power armor usually armed with various energy weapons (laser and plasma rifles) or infantry support weapons such as Avenger miniguns.

They are made more dangerous by their employment of effective small-unit tactics. They use techniques such as flanking and using sentry bots to provide cover fire. They rarely use hand-to-hand weapons, and are very adept at using high-yield grenades to force enemies out of cover.

Enclave Control (EC) Company
A military company responsible for perimeter defense, a squad of which assisted the Chosen One in eliminating agent Frank Horrigan, under the command of Sergeant Granite. Their members are equipped with the best and most advanced weapons available to the Enclave and are a very versatile outfit.

Granite's squad was composed of four soldiers:
 * Granite, energy rifleman, YK42B pulse rifle
 * Energy rifleman, turbo plasma rifle
 * Fire support, L30 Gatling laser
 * Sharpshooter, PPK12 Gauss pistol

Constituency Enforcement Points
A network of military checkpoints set up across the wasteland after the reactivation of Project Purity.

Links

 * Enclave outposts map (NMA)