Timeline (Fallout)

This is a list of events in the timeline of the Fallout saga.
== 2000’s ==
=== 2045 ===
* Lenny Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
* Nora, who would become Lenny’s wife, was born in Boston.
=== Between 2045 - 2076 ===
* Lenny served time in the U.S. Army.
* Nora became a lawyer.
* Lenny and Nora were married.
=== 2076 ===
* Shaun Brown, Lenny Brown’s son, was born around October, after he was conceived in a park.
=== 2077 ===
* On October 23, the Great War happened, with China launching nuclear warheads at America, destroying the country as well as the entire globe that followed soon after. Only a small handful of humanity survived in specialized bunkers known as “Vaults”, built by Vault-Tec. A handful of them continued to have descendants well into the 2100’s - 2200’s.
* Lenny, Nora, and Shaun were known survivors of the blast and survived in Vault 111 near Concord, Massachusetts. However, the inhabitants were cryogenically frozen for over 200 years.
== After 2077 ==
* Although the world was destroyed and riddled by nuclear fire, a good chunk of the world was still inhabitable. Radiation levels eventually dropped, allowing survivors to safely explore the surface.
* At some points in time, many organizations and settlements were formed and former U.S. regions and states were referred to as wastelands. A good chunk of former California and northern Nevada were transformed into a new republic known as the “New California Republic,” whom are all trying to live up to the Old World’s government’s ways. Some cities like Las Vegas were restored or mostly re-inhabited, with Vegas being transformed into “New Vegas”, and Boston having more survivors present.
* The Minutemen became more present in the area that was once Massachusetts, now known as “The Commonwealth,” the former state’s official title.
== 2100’s ==
* Two Vault Dwellers were well known in the New California Republic area.
== 2200’s ==
=== 2227 ===
* Around this time, Lenny, Nora, and Shaun were awoken from their cryogenic sleep by two individuals, who were part of the Institute, a scientific organization, with one of them being hired gun Conrad Kellogg of San Francisco. They had come to kidnap Shaun due to him being the youngest living Pre-War baby, who would be a good specimen for their research. When Nora refused, Kellogg shot and killed her in response, allowing them to kidnap Shaun, all the while, Lenny helplessly watched, still stuck in his cryogenic pod. While everyone else who were in their pods were asphyxiated, Lenny was spared and put back into cryogenic sleep for the next 60 years.
=== 2243 ===
* Joseph, who would become a Courier, was born in New California.
=== 2258 ===
* Around June, Paul Johnson, son of scientist James Johnson, was born in the old boat carrier settlement of Rivet City in Washington D.C. of the Capital Wasteland. His mother went into cardiac arrest and died. Eventually, James moved with Paul to Vault 101 in Virginia.
=== 2263 ===
* Around this time, Joseph, who was 20 years old, traveled through Montana, There, he had a sexual encounter with a woman that led to him possibly conceiving a child, at least to his belief.
=== 2277 ===
* This year marks the 200th year anniversary of the world’s destruction.
* Around the later part of the year, Paul Johnson was banished from Vault 101 due to his father abandoning everybody and inadvertently causing a catastrophic accident. This prompted Paul to explore the wasteland search for his father, beginning his journey as the Lone Wanderer.
* Paul eventually reunited with his father and joined him in his quest to restore Project Purity, a project that would bring clean water to the Tidal Basin area of D.C.. Unfortunately, this would not last as the Enclave, rivals of the Brotherhood of Steel, took over the Project. James sacrificed himself to buy Paul and company some time to escape.
* After careful preparation, Paul and the Brotherhood launched an all-out assault on Project Purity at the Jefferson Memorial. Paul succeeded, but was confronted with the fact that the purifier needed to be started manually, but its chamber was highly irritated. Paul made the difficult decision to start the purifier himself. Paul nearly succumbed to the radiation, but somehow survived. Everyone was knocked out by a non-lethal explosion, sending Paul and Sarah Lyons into a multi-week coma.
* Paul, after regaining consciousness in two weeks, embarked on one last quest to bring down the remnants of the Enclave and their influence in the Capital Wasteland. After destroying the final Enclave base, Paul was commended.
* Around this time, the First Battle of Hoover Dam had occurred at Boulder City and Hoover Dam in Nevada between the New California Republic and Caesar’s Legion. The NCR won and took over the dam, pushing the Legion into Arizona for the next four years.
=== 2278 ===
* Around this time, Paul was hired to track down a woman in the far land of Point Lookout, a former state park on the southern Maryland coast. Paul ventured to the far location and completed whatever businesses were needed finishing and solving.
* Later in the year, Paul was abducted by aliens and put on board an alien spacecraft known as Mothership Zeta. Paul teamed up with a group of captured survivors, whicb included a former slaver, a young girl who has been in the ship for many years, presumably having been cryogenically frozen, an ancient cryogenically frozen Japanese samurai, a medic from the old operation in Anchorage, Alaska from two centuries ago, and a cowboy from the Wild West. Together, the group found a way to combat the aliens and escape Zeta once and for all. Although the cowboy and slaver had ventured off on their own to find a new way to live, Paul had taken over the ship for himself, enlisting the medic and the child as his crewmates, while the samurai stayed on board.
* Paul was called upon for help by a former labor worker from the old Pittsburgh ruins known as “The Pitt.” Paul traveled to the Pitt to assist the escaped worker in liberating the rest of the workers from tyranny. Although he nearly succeeded, he learned more about the reason why tyranny was the way of things: there was a baby girl who was the daughter of the ruler, whose blood contained a cure that would stop the local Trog infection. Knowing that there would not be a cure if he abducted the baby and knowing it was wrong to take a baby from her parents, Paul made the hard choice to turn his back on the workers and allow the rulers to continue their ways, promising for a better future, even if some would have to make sacrifices and if it would be far into the future.
=== After 2270’s ===
* Paul ultimately made the decision to leave the Capital Wasteland, content with the fact that it was now safe, secure, and has drinkable water again. Taking his companion, Dogmeat with, Paul journeyed west into the great unknown, determined to help other wastelands. His current whereabouts are unknown, but by 2287, he was last sighted near Oregon.
=== 2281 ===
* The NCR and the Legion’s conflict began to flare up again for Hoover Dam, beginning the preparations for the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, having been four years since the last battle that resulted in NCR victory.
* Around this time, Joseph was hired to deliver a package to the Lucky 38 Casino in New Vegas, Nevada. However, Joseph was ambushed by New Vegas resident Benny and the Great Khans near Goodsprings, shot twice in the head, and left for dead, half buried in the sand, with his package having been stolen, which contained a Platinum plated playing chip. Joseph miraculously survived, however, due to the ammo type used by Benny being weak 9x19 bullets and the bullets avoiding vital targets, as well as the fact that a Securitron from New Vegas, Victor, having discovered and dug him out, bringing him to former Vault 21 resident and Goodsprings doctor, Doc Mitchell.
* Bitter over his near-death experience, Joseph set out across the Mojave Desert in search of Benny in an attempt to kill him and take back his package. After befriending the NCR, Joseph finally reached New Vegas, where he found Benny in the Tops casino. Using his wits, he created a ploy to have the bodyguards allow Joseph to legitimately murder Benny in his suite. This plan worked and Joseph walked free, but gained a reputation, being sought by all sides, including Caesar’s Legion, despite being on their negative side.
* Joseph was contacted by the infamous and reclusive Mr. House, who was a Pre-War man who uses a computer monitor to communicate. Joseph was hired to help upgrade his Securitons to better secure New Vegas and combat both NCR and the Legion. However, although Joseph helped him upgrade his robots, he refused to turn on the NCR.
* Joseph was called into Fortification Hill near Lake Mead in Arizona by Caesar himself, who wanted to personally speak with Joseph about helping him conquer New Vegas. Due to the Legion being a barbaric organization, Joseph refused to help.
* Joseph was called upon by the NCR to help tie up loose ends and wipe out competitors, including the Great Khans and the Brotherhood of Steel - Mojave Chapter. Rather than destroying those organizations, Joseph had persuaded the Khans to not join the Legion in the upcoming battle for Hoover Dam, but rather, move to the Great Plains and create a new legacy for themselves, while enlisting the help of the Brotherhood in the upcoming battle.
* Joseph was required to enlist the help of the reclusive and secure Boomers, who were Vault residents of the Nellis AFB. Joseph managed to gain their trust and favor and after restoring an old bomber plane, enlisted their help in turning the tides against the enemies at Hoover Dam.
* Joseph was required to assassinate Mr. House due to him being a liability and an opponent. Joseph managed to invade his chambers, where he laid, over 200 years old. Joseph had decided to cut him off from his machines and systems, trapping him into his own chamber without any means of communication for the remainder of his life, effectively “assassinating” him.
* NCR President Aaron Kimball arrived at Hoover Dam to deliver a speech, but a Legion assassin disguised as an NCR soldier attempted to murder Kimball. Joseph managed to outsmart the assassin and stopped him, allowing Kimball to make a safe retreat back to New California.
* With alliances having been made and plans having been prepped, the Second Battle of Hoover Dam finally commenced, with Joseph in attendance. Joseph, the NCR, the Boomers, and the Brotherhood of Steel all battled against the Legion, storming their Legate camp in Arizona. There, Joseph finally confronted the Monster of the East - Legate Lanius. Despite the two being equal combatants, Joseph used his persuasive skills to talk Lanius into retreating back East. Although Lanius promised that the two would meet again and one would surely die in a battle known as “The Monster of the East vs. The Man of the West,” he agreed to the retreat, seeing Joseph as his equal. The battle was won by the NCR.
* Joseph received the highest honor out of any NCR citizen and received praise for his efforts. All other organizations have met their own ends or fates; the Great Khans moved to the Great Plains of Wyoming, with the Followers of the Apocalypse entering an alliance with them, the Kings of Freeside had negotiated a deal with the NCR, allowing peace and prosperity in Freeside of New Vegas, Joseph’s companions having journeyed onto their own fates; Rex settling down as a faithful guard dog due to his brain transplant, which implemented memories from an old guard dog, Cass having found peace in settling her disputes against the Van Graffs and Crimson Trading Co. legitimately, and so on. Hoover Dam remains held by the NCR as well as Vegas. Towns like Novac and Primm remain standing.
* As for Joseph himself, he finally retired from his courier job, but began his work as a faithful Mojave protector. He still remains in New Vegas to this day, awaiting the return of the Legion, as promised.
=== 2287 ===
* Lenny Brown finally woke back up from his cryogenic sleep after 60 years, having been released by whom is later revealed to be Shaun, now 60 years old and in charge of the Institute. From there, Lenny embarked on a revenge driven mission to track down and kill Kellogg, rescue Shaun, and destroy the Institute, befriending the Commonwealth Minutemen and Brotherhood of Steel along the way.
* The Brotherhood of Steel relocated a good chunk of their forces to the Commonwealth to destroy the Institute and harvest Pre-War technology.
* The Commonwealth Minutemen, thanks to Brown, was re-established for the first time after the Quincy Massacre years prior. Lenny himself became General and took Fort Independence back.
* Lenny successfully tracked down Conrad Kellogg and killed him. He used his memories afterwards to track down Shaun.
* Lenny finally reunited with Shaun, learning about his role in the Institute.
* In the end, Lenny ultimately chose his newfound friends and families over Shaun, who has become blinded to the fact that the Institute causes harm to the people of the Commonwealth. With the help of the Brotherhood of Steel, Lenny launched an all-out assault on the CIT ruins where the Institute was located. From there, they rigged it to blow. In the end, the Brotherhood emerged victorious. Shaun, bedridden from cancer, told Lenny how to evacuate the innocents living in the labs. After, Lenny blew the charges, destroying the Institute for good.
=== 2288 ===
* Roughly a year later, Lenny was called upon by Nick Valentine and Ellie Perkins and asked to investigate a missing persons report made by the Nakano’s in northern Massachusetts. Lenny learned that the Nakano’s daughter, Kasumi, had ran away and fled to a mysterious place known as “Far Harbor,” which was once known as Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island in coastal Maine. Lenny agreed to travel to Far Harbor to track down Kasumi and possibly bring her home with Nick.
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