Timeline

This timeline is for users of the Fallout Roleplaying Wiki to put down the dates of major events in their fanon. The emboldened years and events are major canon events and should not be changed unless it is to make the entry more clear and concise.

21st century

2077

• The Great War: bombs are launched; who struck first is unknown. Other countries, seeing the missiles on their way, launch their planes and fire their warheads as well. Air raid sirens sound, but very few people heed the warning, thinking it is a false alarm. The vaults are sealed. Two hours of nuclear bombardment ensues upon the earth's surface. The effects are far worse than most imagined. The earth's faults shift violently, thrusting mountain ranges through the soil. Whole lands are submerged under floods of water.

22nd century

2161

• December 5: The Vault Dweller is sent out into the wastes to find a replacement of the Vault 13 water chip.

2162

• May 10: The Vault Dweller returns to Vault 13 after putting a stop to the Master and his plans, only to be exiled. He is joined in exile by residents of the vault who advocated leaving. The Vault 13 exiles begin their march north through the wasteland.

2197

• January 1: A Brotherhood of Steel squad, led by the Warrior, is sent to free the village of Brahmin Wood from raiders.

2198

• After rushing to Vault 0, the Warrior destroys the Calculator, Vault 0's mad AI, defeating its robotic army.

23rd century

2214

• October: Theodore Calhoun is born in Trapper Flats, Utah.

2218

• November 15: Zhōu Wěi Gāng is born in Chinatown, San Francisco, California.

2220

• Jack Hunter, a.k.a Special Agent CRONOS, is born inside of the Enclave Oil Rig.

2236

• May: Theodore Calhoun is wed to Charlotte "Charlie" Le Bret.
• June: Raiders attacked Trapper Flats during the night. The town was burned to the ground and every townsfolk was murdered, except for Theodore Calhoun, and his wife, who went missing after the raid. As a result, Calhoun became an informal employee of Samson Caravans.

2237

• Zhōu Wěi Gāng completes his training as an official Steel Palace guard

2241

• July 25: The Chosen One begins his mystic test, descending into the Temple of Trials like his mother before him.

2242

• Fall: The Chosen One defeats Frank Horrigan and destroys the Enclave's Oil Rig.
• Zhōu Wěi Gāng is ordered to be executed for a misunderstanding interpreted as treason. After escaping his would-be execution, Zhōu escapes San Francisco and continues running from Shi assassins and spies.

2243

• One of Samsons Caravans caravans was raided by a group of tribal-raiders called the Sun Birds in the Texas Commonwealth. The founder of Samson Caravans died in the attack, leading to the collapse and absorption of the caravan in to Happy Trails Caravan Company. Theodore Calhoun began wandering and took the moniker "Texas".

2252

• Amadeus is born in the American Southwest.

2254

• November 26th: Lachlan Hoffmann is born in Vault 116.
• Texas wanders into the city of Lobo, Texas and secured a job with the Texas branch of the Alamosa Trading Company.

2258

• The Painted Rock tribe of the American Southwest is assimilated into Caesar's Legion.

2262

• Zhōu Wěi Gāng stumbles upon New Vegas in the Mojave Wasteland and becomes a part of the Westside militia in exchange for a consistent source of shelter and food.

2274

• January 11th: The door to Vault 116 is opened by The Enclave to assimilate its population.

2275

• The Alamosa caravan that Texas is guarding comes to the aid of the town of Coyote Bluff in the Mojave Wasteland, which had recently been raided by Vipers. The entire caravan stays in Coyote Bluff thereafter and makes it a permanent residence.

2277

• August 17: James disappears from Vault 101 and his child, the Lone Wanderer, heads to the surface to search for him.
• The First Battle of Hoover Dam takes place between the armies of Caesar's Legion and the New California Republic.

2278

• The Lone Wanderer activates Project Purity, either with or without the modified Forced Evolutionary Virus of the Enclave and the Capital Wasteland was changed forever. Raven Rock and Adams Air Force Base are destroyed, and the Citadel may also be destroyed (depending on the Lone Wanderer's actions). The Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel begins to distribute Aqua Pura to a thirsty Capital Wasteland.

2280

• The small remnant of the Enclave's leadership, Enclave High Command, reaches its plotted course of destination inside of the defunct pre-War U.S Navy vessel, Falls Edge.
• The Enclave gains a solid foothold in the Core Region, quickly establishing its dominance over the citizens of the NCR.

2281

• October 19: The Courier regains consciousness and leaves Mitchell's house in Goodsprings for search of revenge against Benny.
• Operation Presumption is commenced and Agent CRONOS is deployed into the Mojave Wasteland.
• Texas secures for the Courier to check up on Coyote Bluff, so he can slake his wanderlust and escape out into the barren wilderness of the American Wasteland.
• The Enclave sweeps the Capital Wasteland and dispatches anyone who stands in their way.

2282

• The Courier's actions decide the outcome of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam and the fate of the Mojave Wasteland.

2284

• The Enclave commences an unceasing effort on the completion and arming of the Retro-Adaptation Virus.

Notes

The basis for this timeline came from Tranquility Lane, a Fallout fanon wiki because making a timeline from scratch can take many hours and it is for the community, not for any one user.