This post is in reference to the late 90's computer game "Fallout". Mods, please move this if it's been placed in the wrong section.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')rom wikipedia.
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world following The Great War, a nuclear war that occurred on October 23, 2077 and lasted less than two hours but caused immense damage and destruction. Before The Great War were the Resource Wars, during which the United Nations disbanded, a plague rendered the United States paranoid, and Canada was annexed.
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Fallout timeline
by midnight-gamer » Thu 21 Jun 2007, 18:13:00
I found a timeline of events that fills in the fictional history. When I played this years ago the thought of a "resource war" was abstract to me. Now it seems not so unlikely.
Here is a link to the timeline http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Bible_1
And a link to wikipedia explaining the fallout gameworld.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_%2 ... er_game%29
-A small section I cut and pasted.
2051
Seeking to protect business interests and their oil supply, the United States begins to exert increasing pressure on Mexico, citing the political instability and pollution stemming from Mexico as a threat to the United States. Various economic sanctions serve to destabilize Mexico, and the United States military enters Mexico to keep the oil refineries running and making sure oil and fuel continue to make their way north across the border... at Mexico's expense.
2052
A television documentary into the withered husk of the Texas oil fields brings the oil shortage into the American households, and reveals how deep the energy crisis runs.
2052, April
The Resource Wars begin. Many smaller nations go bankrupt, and Europe, dependent on oil imports from the Middle East, responds to the Middle East's rising oil prices with military action. The long drawn-out war between the European Commonwealth and the Middle East begins.
2052, May-July
The United Nations, already suffering, begins to collapse. In a series of heated debates, many nations withdraw from the organization as the UN tries to keep the peace. At the end of July, the United Nations is disbanded.
2053
The socially transmitted "New Plague" arises, killing tens of thousands. The United States closes its borders and the first-ever national quarantine is declared. The source of the plague is unknown, but rumors persist that it is a genetically engineered weapon.
2053, December
Like an exclamation mark on the end of a very bad year, a terrorist nuclear weapon destroys Tel Aviv.
2054, January
Limited nuclear exchange in the Middle East raises fears throughout the world.
2054
In light of the Euro-Middle-Eastern conflict and the plague scare, the United States begins plans on Project Safehouse. The project, financed by junk bonds, is designed to create shelters, also called Vaults, for the populace in the event of a nuclear war or deadly plague. Construction begins late in 2054 and proceeds rapidly due to advances in construction technology.
2054
ZAX 1.0 goes on-line, developed by Vault-Tec. Initially a prototype of some of the systems designed to govern the vaults, it is given to the government to help the Department of Energy collect resource data. Within a year, it is taken by the military for plague and tactical research.
2055
FSEF [Actual name of organization is unknown; the acronym is not defined in the timeline] start working on a new virus to kill the New Plague. This virus is the FEV-1, Forced Evolutionary Virus.
2055
ZAX 1.2 is brought in to regulate conditions in FSEF [The Glow]. It is not part of the Vault-Tec preservation software, so it does not have any orders to protect humanity after the bombs fall.
2057, Summer
A strain of FEV is tested on animals.
2059
The Anchorage Front Line is established, as the United States increases its military presence in Alaska to protect its oil interests. The Anchorage Front Line causes tensions in the United States and Canada, as the United States attempts to pressure Canada into allowing American military units to guard the Alaskan pipeline.
2059
The first artificial intelligence is born. Limited by memory constraints, its expansion is rapidly halted. The discovery paves the way for future AI research in laboratories throughout the United States.
2060
Traffic on the streets of the world stops moving. Fuel becomes too precious to waste on automobiles, so alternatives are explored - electric and fusion cars begin to be manufactured, but factories can only make limited amounts. Pressure on fusion research increases.
2060
The Euro-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry... there is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin.
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Re: Fallout timeline
by Tanada » Thu 21 Jun 2007, 18:19:46
I think the resource wars in your game are schedualed about 40 years later than reallity, but only time will tell.
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One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Re: Fallout timeline
by billp » Thu 21 Jun 2007, 22:39:55
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he game is set in a post-apocalyptic world following The Great War
We listened to Cormac McCarthy's The Road between Moab, UT and Albuquerque, NM.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')onday, April 16, 2007
McCarthy Wins Pulitzer Prize
Cormac McCarthy's The Road has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Good. But more depressing than reading Peak Oil or The Oil Drum.
We are, of course, optimists.
We listened to The Camel Club on the way to MT and back.
Recommened too.
One of the characters in an Iranian named Ahmad.
Cheers
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