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war
world war 1 ends -
fallout companys
Sunset Sarsaparilla starts production -
Sierra
Sierra Army Depot is built. Its mission is to store and maintain a defensive supply of military ordnance. This mission continues until 1991 -
Nuclear
The Los Alamos Nuclear Research and Development facility, codename: the Reservation, completes construction. Los Alamos becomes part of the research team for the Manhattan Project -
war
The first atomic bomb is detonated by the United States. -
war
World War II comes to an end. Sometime between now and 1961, divergence occurs. -
weapons
A Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress crashes into Lake Mead, remaining mostly intact -
Politics
The People's Republic of China is founded -
space
Captain Carl Bell of the United States Space Agency became the first human in space. This claim is disputed by both the Soviet Union and China. Captain Bell's flight in Space Capsule Defiance 7 lasted twelve minutes and seven seconds, and made a full revolution around the Earth. Bell died when the capsule crashed on its return to Earth -
space
The Virgo II Lunar Lander Valiant 11 with U.S.S.A. astronauts Captain Richard Wade, Captain Mark Garris, and Captain Michael Hagen lands on the Moon. The astronauts become the first humans to walk on a celestial body other than Earth -
Politics
By this year, the United States is divided into thirteen commonwealths; each of which encompasses several states. The national flag is changed to reflect this and depicts fourteen stars - thirteen in a circle to represent the commonwealths and one in the middle to represent the federal government and the nation as a whole -
space
Virgo III Lander Valiant 12 lands on the Moon -
Weapons
The mission of Sierra Army Depot is changed. It is now responsible for the demilitarization of stores of surplus ammunition that have been deemed unfit or obsolete for military purposes. This mission is to be overseen by the Industrial Operations Command in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, providing a greener, cleaner way to dispose of military ordnance. The mission continued until 2050 -
weapons
The West Tek Research Facility is founded -
vegas
In Vegas, Smitty's opens its doors -
space
The last manned mission to the Moon occurs -
Space
The Delta IX rocket is commissioned by the U.S.S.A. The Delta IX rocket is the last of the manned rockets to the Moon -
Information
Hubris Comics begins publishing comic books, one of their most popular is Grognak the Barbarian. -
Nuclear
The Delta IX rocket is converted for U.S. military purposes. Crew and instrument sections are replaced with a nuclear warhead -
Tech
The Mister Handy series of robots is first brought to market as a general construction and maintenance unit by General Atomics International -
Energy
Prometheus Coal, a division of Poseidon Energy, opens a coal mine in central Utah. As a result a small village is settled nearby called Eagle Rock -
Tech
An early bug in Mister Handy robots that caused interference in the operation of the multiple arms is fixed with a hardware update, with no major problems since then -
Vault tech
The Tibbets Prison is commandeered by the United States government in association with Vault-Tec and Poseidon Oil to tie into their Project Safehouse. On April 5, 2040, the Secretary of the Army makes the decision to build a new Disciplinary Barracks, with a capacity for 456 inmates. A cost ceiling of $363 million in allocated construction dollars is set. The target budget year for funding this project is fiscal year 2041. Construction begins in fall of 2042, with completion projected for fall o -
Mother ship zeta
Doctor Morrison Rand is abducted by aliens on-board Mothership Zeta when leaving the campus of Banfield College in Humboldt. -
Vault tech
discussions with Vault-Tec to determine space and functional requirements for the new Tibbets facility -
Fallout companys
Robert House founds RobCo Industries -
Tech
A major earthquake takes place in Mexico City. The Mister Handy general construction robot becomes the leader in sales in Mexico -
Fallout companys
Nuka-Cola is invented by John-Caleb Bradberton -
Tech
The X277 "Viper" magnetic rail cannon developed for the U.S. Military by West Tek is deemed too costly to produce on a mass scale and abandoned. -
Resorces
The Great Passion Fruit Famine hits America. People actually notice the taste difference in Nuka-Cola when the passion fruit flavor was removed -
sierra army
The mission of Sierra Army Depot is changed again. It is refurbished with the latest in technology and is from now on used as a secret research installation for developing and testing robotic, biological and conventional weapons until 2076.[ -
Energy and war
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 -
weapons
The N99 10mm pistol becomes standard issue military sidearm following the phase out of the N80 -
Plague
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 -
war
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 -
UN
The United Nations, already suffering, begins to collapse. In a series of heated debates, many nations withdraw from the organization as the U.N. tries to keep the peace -
Fallout companys
The widely known Nuka-Cola’s Dazzling Blue bottle color was adopted as standard after market research programs indicated that the blue color was the favorite in 86 people out of a hundred polled -
UN
The United Nations is officially disbanded -
energy
A television documentary revealing the withered husk of the Texas oil fields brings the oil shortage into American households and reveals how deep the energy crisis runs -
tech
ZAX 1.0 goes online, 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; one version, ZAX 1.2, would later be constructed for West Tek -
war
Like an exclamation mark on the end of a very bad year, a terrorist nuclear weapon destroys Tel Aviv