Poseidon Energy



Easily the most powerful energy company in the world prior to the Great War, Poseidon Energy had its fingers in virtually all forms of renewable and non-renewable power sources. Though most of the public knew that Poseidon was a huge corporation and didn’t particularly trust them, very few people were aware that several companies owned by Poseidon were given lucrative defense contracts by the U.S. government – or rather, by Enclave members working as lobbyists for their contracts (it seems Enclave members were employed by Poseidon as lobbysts). Most of Poseidon’s most promising projects never reached their final stages.

Though not technically part of the Enclave, many powerful corporations benefited from the Enclave’s actions and their research facilities were protected during the firestorm of 2077. Chief among these was Poseidon Energy, whose facilities continue to be used by the broken remnants of the Enclave following the Chosen One’s assassination of the Enclave’s U.S. President and the destruction of their Poseidon oil tanker headquarters off of the California coast.





Known Poseidon Energy branches

 * Poseidon Oil, present at Gecko powerplant,
 * Poseidon Gasoline, present at San Francisco and Los Angeles,
 * Poseidon Net or PoseidoNet - its four computer stations were still online:
 * two on the oil rig, one of them is Vault-Research Control station,
 * one in Camp Navarro,
 * one in Reactor No 5,
 * there was separated computer station on PMV Valdez also, linked into docking facilities only,
 * there were two accesible for the Chosen One Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminals on the oil rig - one on Entry Level (enables command on security system turrets) and second one at the Executive Office (at least - according to dialogue file).

There were several companies owned by Poseidon Energy, however it is not certain, if Poseidon Oil, Poseidon Gasoline and Poseidon Net were companies.

Known Poseidon facilities

 * The oil rig 175 miles off the coast of California was the home base for the Enclave. It is unknown whether the platform was originally constructed for this purpose (presumably through a secret military-industrial contract) or was later converted. It is referred at source files as a "station" also.
 * One of the largest known ships still afloat, the PMV Valdez (Poseidon Merchant Vessel) was last seen anchored at the dock in San Francisco.
 * One of their atomic power plants, Reactor No.5, remained in use after the war. In year 2241 it was operated by ghouls settled there (able to tolerate the low radiation levels).
 * Private data network, PoseidonNet, was still found to be in operation after the war. Used by the Enclave, it was further evidence of Poseidon strong links with government.

Poseidon-Enclave abandoned projects
Very few people were aware that several companies owned by Poseidon were given lucrative defense contracts by the U.S. government – or rather, by Enclave members working as lobbyists for their contracts. Most of Poseidon’s most promising projects never reached their final stages. In their paranoid dreams for a coup against the real U.S. government, the Enclave kept their special toys out of military consciousness until it was too late to actually use them.

After the War Poseidon does not exist as a real force in the world. However, tech scavengers like the Brotherhood of Steel and Enclave still try in vain to decipher Poseidon plans and either confiscate them or turn them into working models, respectively.

There were a bunch of unfinished Enclave/Poseidon projects that science-oriented characters could complete (the story behind the projects was planned to help tie the Enclave to Poseidon).
 * APOLLO - Laser Pistol,
 * ARES - Plasma Spear,
 * ARTEMIS - Light Rail Gun,
 * ATHENA - Advanced Power Armor, TL 9,
 * HERAKLES - Power Fist,
 * HERMES - Advanced Combat Armor, TL 9,
 * NEMEAN - Sub-dermal ballistic armor implants,
 * PHOENIX - Sub-dermal thermal armor implants, like the ones received in the Fallout 2.

Finished products

 * In the larger world's background ODYSSEUS, also known as ULYSSES, was is an extremely advanced AI created by Derek Greenway and developed by Poseidon Energy. Its two names emphasize the difference between Poseidon's Greek names and Greenway's Roman names (see also: Diana).
 * T6 Fusion Generator was a sixth generation TRIDENT class fusion generator from Poseidon Energy. It was relatively large and inefficient, mostly used for the powering of vaults and other small, isolated settlements. Present at van Buren demo malfunctioning vault.

Greek mythology named objects
It is not certain, if it were Poseidon projects:
 * ARGOS - the robotic juggernaut controlled by ODYSSEUS (mythological Odysseus'es dog),
 * CRB-S or Cerberus - 3 giant robotic dogs from Denver Police Department.

Trivia
Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea as well as of horses and of earthquakes. His weapon and symbol was trident. Unfinished Enclave/Poseidon projects was codenamed with Greek mythology names also.

Appearances in games

 * The Poseidon gasoline is present on the Boneyard map screen in Fallout.
 * Poseidon Oil appears in Fallout 2.
 * Some Poseidon projects and products were planned to appear in Van Buren.