Battle Of Vault 76

On February 15th 2072 UAV data from months of surveillance finally pinpointed the exact location of the **Enklave** HQ, **Vault 76**. **The Ashtron Empire** wasted no time mobilising the **69th Infantry Division** to strike at the heart of the last **Nazis** in North America.

### The Battle

In the early hours of the morning a scout team was sent out to verify the location of the vault, after 15 minutes of avoiding detection from patrols they were able to confirm its location and they started setting up on a nearby ridge. **Angus** was at the nearby command post and after the all-clear was given all troops geared up and headed towards the ambush point. They quietly made their way to the setup location and the combat engineers carefully opened up a crate and pulled out a large cannon looking thing. This experimental prototype named the 'Hole Puncher' was aimed directly at the Vault's door (you can probably guess why).

A Bright flash radiated out from the cannon and a loud jet engine noise was heard but after a second it stopped and the melted vault door collapsed. All the Ashtronian troops charged from their positions while supported by Mounted **NUT-69** Machine Guns and **AHD-1 Dragon** Drones. The Enklave guards standing outside the vault had no time to react before their heads were melted by the constant hail of bullets and plasma rounds. The 69th flooded through the entrance of the vault and changed their tactics to close-quarters combat. They had just made it to the first security checkpoint before their attention was diverted to the noise outside. 500 Enklave troops had been nearby and rushed to take back their Base. From the trees, they attempted to surround the 69th while being concealed. The troops in the vault took up positions at the entrance of the complex and started firing down into the trees.

Angus got into contact with the **Ashtronian Space Command** who send down a drop pod packed with robotic drones and other munitions. 3 **MAP-88** Artillery Platforms were sent down and they demolished the woods with their rockets. The Enklave was losing too many troops in the attack and retreated. The Ashtronian commanders decided to split the force up into 2, one would continue to capture the Vault and the other would follow the Enklave and prevent any future counter attacks. The Vault force charged up the Hole Puncher and shot another hole into the vault which allowed the troops to bypass the elevator and go directly into the atrium. They put in their gas masks and flooded the ventilation with sleeping gas which knocked out the Enklave members who were not in their armour. The last of the Enklave troops were dealt with by Ashtronian heavies with plasma casters who melted the power armour right off them.

### Capture Of Daniel Smith

The Last room to be searched in the Vault was the overseer's office. When the troops breached the door they saw a single man in a business suit slumped over his desk. He was later identified as Reichsminister Daniel Smith, Leader of the Enklave and descendant of J**ohn Smith**. He was quickly captured and taken back to the command post, But unbeknownst to the soldiers, something was not going to let them kill him. **Frank Horrigan** Slowly emerged from the treeline outside the Ashtronian Command post with his blade drawn. Angus quickly but calmly pressed the red button under his desk.

***"You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. Time to die."***

The Beast of a man unloaded his minigun into the command centre tearing up almost everyone and everything in it. Angus was hit multiple times but still had the strength to lift his arm at Frank, His arm unfolded into a grenade launcher and shot a plasma charge at him pushing him back and causing some metal plates to glow red hot. Frank tried his best to ignore the pain of his searing flesh and grabbed the limp general by his neck before slicing him in half.

Not even a second later Frank was punched into the air and then thrown into the wall of a cliff. Illuminated by the dawn light was **Ashtron Gaming** and a battalion of the **Omega Corps** who quickly got to work attacking Horrigan (some also picked up the pieces of Angus) Ashtron grabbed Frank by his helmet and dragged his head across the rock wall, Horrigan lifted his blade and stabbed Ashtron through the shoulder but this only made the God-Emperor angrier. Ash threw Frank up 2km into the air and he fell all the way back down onto a jagged cliff. almost all of his bones were broken but he still managed to get a few words out before Ashtron melted his skull.

***"You (cough), you haven't won here. You and your mutie-bastard friends are gonna join me in a big ol' mushroom cloud sendoff. I just triggered the self-destruct. (Heh, heh; cough, cough,...) The work will go on. You didn't do nothing here, 'cept seal your own death warrants. Duty, (cough) honor... courage... Semper Fiiiii........"***

Thinking Quickly Ashtron lifted his fist and teleported all the remaining troops outside the blast radius. Two minutes later they all watched the vault get swallowed by a bright orange fireball and the last of the American Reich along with it.

### Aftermath

Angus woke up in the hospital amazed that he was still alive

***"Thank Jebus, I was afraid that I was going to get killed by a tall, decrepit, insanely loyal second-in-command with a passion for blades again... Fuck you beta"***

The General looked down at his new robot legs and semi-cybernetic organs and other random robo-parts before saying "hmmm" and leaving to hang out with Mr Pigeon. Ashtron quickly got ahold of Daniel Smith and forced him to watch the footage of Vault 76 Blowing up. While Daniel was left speechless watching his family's life's work go up in smoke (literally) Ashtron shot him in the back of the head and dumped his body down an abandoned well.

***"... Now I guess we can help out with the whole Skelehimmler thing"***