Capital Enclave Remnants

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America was once thought lost on the west coast, the embers of freedom dying out as the Oil Rig was brought into a cascade of melting metal and chunks of concrete. However, the last patriots willing to fight and die for America made a great trek east, following the calls of old men in bunkers on the East Coast, Ravenrock being brought forth under the old capitol as the headquarters of the Enclave. However even that was not sacred, and the remains of America were once more destroyed by tainted minds, corrupted by sweet lies of liberty whispered in to the years of what few remained in the world. After this, many thought America was finally lost, but in response to this, the men of Columbus would only laugh.

## Background

After the destruction of Raven Rock and Adams Air Force Base in the war with the Capital Brotherhood, and any attempts to contact Chicago being mysteriously silent, the scattered and disparate remains of the United States Armed Forces were thinly spread across Eastern and Columbia Commonwealths. With the remains of Command were nowhere to be found, the remnants had begun dispersing into local communities, acting as lowly raiders, mercenaries or other ruffians, and often abandoning their armor, or integrating into settlements and establishing their own ranches, farming the land and leaving their old lie behind. Small cells still operated across the area, combatting Brotherhood expansionism and operating with little semblance of order, and very sparse communication.

The commander of the 109th Logistics Squadron, Major Richard Anderson, had begun using his supply of power armor, fusion cores and spare parts to build up a small fortune, and a large following of remnants, abusing his influence from his untouched supply shipment to slowly pour remnants toward a city he was always particularly fond of: Columbus, Ohio, which served as his new headquarters. He consolidated the remnant forces into one, tight ten mile long perimeter in an area surrounding a pre-war military relay facility and black site known by locals as "The Tower". Captain Leslie Montoya, the head of the 209th Aviation Company, had been one of the first commanders to acknowledge the signal.

An extreme anti-mutant figure, the Captain had taken up raiding following the destruction of Adams Air Force Base and built quite a name for himself in the months following. His unit, the "Prodigal Sons", were a veteran formation, and just as radical as he was, involving themselves in numerous anti-Brotherhood raids and decimating groups who opposed themselves to the Enclave. They'd torn their way through the east coast, decimating settlements and tribes as they tore their way toward Chicago, however they too were untouched by communications with Chicago, and thus when the Lieutenant's radio signal started flooding their communication equipment, they decided to move on it, as they had nothing better to do.

In the months following, a basic semblance of hierarchy was restored as spots in the chain of command were filled and some basic sense of order was restored the group. However, as supplies began dwindling, the group began large scale supply requisitions not to dissimilar to the Brotherhood's models, patrolling roads, encroaching on Caravans, and seizing any valuable technologies or food for extremely cheap, often extorting them with threat of violence. Several reports began flooding Brotherhood intelligence of these operations, and once or twice the squads dispatched got into combat with Brotherhood forces, which alerted the local chapter of Brotherhood to their existence.