The Curious Case of Fallout's Last President

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The Fallout universe has until now, worked hard to conceal any information about America's prewar presidents. So today, we work hard to un-conceal such info. Diving deep into game files, holodisks and recent revelations made by Fallout 76, we investigate the last President of the United States' identity.

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Timecodes:

0:00 Introduction and basic preamble

4:05 Fallout 1 Revelations

8:22 Fallout 2 Revelations

17:52 Fallout 3 Revelations

25:53 Fallout 4 Revelations

35:18 Fallout 76 Revelations

[EpicNate]

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Some notes-

-The 'Di' letter in Fallout 76 was recently reinstated to contain the accurate faded signature.

-An additional letter in the Prime Minister's cabin suggests the date of his meeting with POTUS was November 16th, though no year was provided.

(Persuade) What do you think about this mystery?

[lexus]

Fun fact:

During development Bethesda kept the making of the white house on the back burner so long that when they were approaching release they realized the white house was still not completed.

There wasn't time to make a full building/interior so they just made it a crater

[cyprusmiraque]

"Hey devs, what can you tell us about this bunker we found?"

"You WHAT?!?"

[TihetrisWeathersby]

The only president I recognize is John Henry Eden, President of the Enclave, President of America, President of your Hearts.

[captainweekend]

The British Prime Minister being at Rapidan Camp when the bombs fell is a pretty major revelation since it implies quite a few things. First, that the UK at this point had not devolved into anarchy as a result of the resource wars, and was a functioning nation, perhaps even a regional or global power. Second, that it's possible that pre-war the Enclave were looking to recruit politicians from other nations into the organisation, perhaps giving the Enclave global ambitions post-war, the reconquering of America being only the first step towards global domination.

[betheguy_posts]

Putting an Enclave base in Norfolk (spesifically the Norfolk Naval Base) makes a lot of sense considering how military-centric Norfolk is in real life. Driving around while having a military drone flying overhead watching for traffic violations every day was a surreal experience that took some getting used to.

[dustinfreeman]

My personal theory is that Zeus was the final American president, and Bagman was the Enclave’s chosen president. So there were two presidents, and the Enclave orchestrated the assassination to remove the opposition/avoid a potential power struggle. They wanted their chosen President to be solely in power.

[uninspiredgaming]

The convoy, the briefcase, the codename "Zeus"; that all makes me think he's carrying the Nuclear Football.

[KOSMOSA]

if fallout 3 had an equivalent of the Wild Wasteland perk, a glowing one in the white house remains named "Mr. President" would have been just beautiful.

[gagewarner]

I'd love to watch Nate play through the games, even on an easy difficulty, and just explain the lore as he encounters it, discovers new things, and goes over connections. Even if Nate then still made these videos to go in depth over new details because in the moment you can only recall so much

[doo]

Love the ‘placeholder - do not use’ image 😂

[williamfoekema]

funny how the skeleton of "zeus" is missing its head and a soldier was still trying to give him a stimpak, that's some grim fallout humor for ya

[rabidwallaby]

A popular codename for the Whitehouse is Olympus...where Zeus and the other gods lived. I think it's a safe bet that they're alluding to Zeus being the President and Bagman tasked Mr Osborne with taking him out.

[TheSorrel]

What I find interesting about this is that it shows that the Enclave wasn't this omnipotent force that played everyone like a damn fiddle. People where onto them, to the point that they might have had to set their plans into motion prematurely or didn't have enough time to prepair completely.

Maybe the people investigating the Enclave before the bombs fell, while failing in the short term, actually lead to the Enclaves downfall some hundreads years later.

[kaaaputnik]

I've gotta say, I'm happy for you man, it's really refreshing to hear you having so much fun with this one. From your voiceover alone it's audible you're having a blast

[hydrixs]

"Placeholder, DO NOT USE"
*proceeds to use in malice*

[spencerfidelis]

"Harold Osborne" ...Harvey Oswald... Zeus was the big pres, I'm sold

[PrimevalRedDragon]

I have a theory that Bagman is actually the Vice President. He probably acted as the president’s (Zeus) bagman receiving and distributing the illicit funds for the Enclave project hence the code name. This might have caused him to be in closer contact with other Enclave members than the president which allowed him to seamlessly take command when he ordered for the sniper to take out Zeus leaving him in charge regardless because of chain of command. I also find it interesting that the VP is the only member to have a “message sent” notification for the early warning system.

[ianmackay]

I think PR_002 is closer to a "Presidential Retreat 002" then "Poseidon Rig 002". I mean I think they designate the same place, the first one just sounds more official.

[thehucklebillyfenn]

I think that Bagman is an actual name just because the name “Di BAGman” sounds like something Fallout devs would name a politician. 😂