Great Lakes Naval Station Underwater Complex

The Great Lakes Naval Station Underwater Complex is a active underwater complex similar to Vault-Tec vault or bunker structure built for the Federal Remnants of the United States in the post-war era. The structure was built under Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois in the Great Midwestern Commonwealth near the Great Lakes Naval Station in Waukegan, Illinois. The area is a Federal Enclave and is under the control of a Federal Remnant force which is ran mostly by the department of the Navy. 
==Pre-War Origins==
Fascinated with bases that could stand the test of time against enemies Foreign and Domestic. The Federal Government approved a massive military spending bill which included protecting and inhabiting Posideon Oil rig for people the Government wanted. In Chicago which was a half way point to California the Great Lakes Naval Base was used as a restricted area in which other Chiefs of staff and their kids could hide out. Especially for important state officials from New York and Chicago. They built a facility underwater at the base of Lake Michigan with the attempt to use its primed location for easily accessible fresh water access and geo-thermal energy. With the potential of oil harvesting in the upper Great Lakes Region. Only accessible by submersible watercraft. The base is entirely self sufficient. Using Vault Tech food dispenses and inside hydroponics laboratories. The only resource the people need is uranium based. However with a 900 year supply of energy that time won't be anytime soon. Submarines require new nuclear material roughly every 20 years however with infrequent use, the crafts appear to give way more usage. The Federal Remnant hides here when they aren't on the Naval Base itself or on the Frontline. It would be very hard for any outsider to get onto the base without a submersible suit or watercraft.
==Immediate Post-War==
When the bombs had dropped. Dozens of high state level employees and Federal representatives and their children were escorted or had already arrived inside the dubbed 'Chicago Enclave'. Communications between the facility, Raven Rock, White Springs, and Control Station Enclave had been lost in the blasts and radio signals were weakened by the underwater depth of the facility. It wouldn't be for some time until branches of the Federal Remnants would be brought back together. Until then no President was elected but constituent posts continued such as Governor of Illinois, Mayor of Chicago, Illinois Senate and Representatives, and other roles but often these were summarily honor titles as the chief of naval operations had executive authority over the facility under the martial law order.
==The Aftermath==
===2077-2198===
The Great Lakes Naval Underwater Complex had spent the first century quiet as the radioactivity levels and utter destruction of the City of Chicago and surrounding areas had been too badly impacted for any restoration efforts. Even as noted organizations such as the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel (endonym: Eastern Brotherhood of Steel) had moved around the area before the turn of the next century but never fully occupied the core center of the city or the base.
===2198-2240===
The underwater complex begins to repair and restore some communications capabilities. Eventually it would reach communications with the West Coast and scattered would reach and make it's presence known to the East Coast. However it was not given much significance or notice.
===2241-2278===
After the destruction of Control Station Enclave and the destruction of Navarro. Californian Federal refugees begin pouring from West to East. Some take up post in Chicago. A new draft is called and populations of the Chicago natives are taken for a new President and his military adjutant Colonel to Washington, D.C. for the 'Crusade for the Capital'. Many would meet their deaths there or at the Adam's Airforce Base which is where it is said that Dr. Whitley sends his eyebot to receive repairs from Chicago Remnant outposts.
===2278-Present===
After the blackout of all other Federal Remnant facility communications. The Chicago based Great Lakes Naval Underwater Complex sits in ambiguity of it's mission as it waits for further orders from a New President or take it's own initiative. Notable exceptions of people who were able to get out and do things include Jeremias Klink. The leadership is entirely content with sitting in the dark and waiting instead of the risk in losing what they dubbed 'America's last hope'.
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