Anchorage Reclamation simulation

The Anchorage Reclamation simulation is a virtual recreation of the famous Anchorage Reclamation created by Virtual Strategic Solutions, Inc. for the U.S. Army. It can be found and entered at the Outcast outpost in the old VSS Facility at Bailey's Crossroads.

Development
General Constantine Chase commissioned Virtual Strategic Solutions, Inc. to develop a virtual training exercise simulation for soldiers to use in the future. The project was often bogged down by Chase, who wanted the simulation to be impossibly perfect. In addition, Chase vaguely complained that the simulation "didn't feel right." The setting was designed to reflect the developments of the Anchorage Reclamation, but VR designers were convinced the simulation was, "without any shadow of a doubt, divorced from reality" and the engagement could not have legitimately happened as it was being portrayed. The writer goes on to say that everyone was beginning to think Chase was going insane, but no one confronted him because they feared that the military would take over the project. At the very end, the writer questions why running the simulation was necessary anymore, since "any tactical data was mined months ago".

In particular, Vertibirds were present in the simulation in full operational capacity when in fact they wouldn't even reach prototype stage until much later. There is dubious that Chimeras appeared on the battlefield as shown in the simulation, since no other source material on the Reclamation makes any mention of it.

Layout
The simulation is divided into two sections: the artillery battery and and the main battlefield. The Chinese artillery battery is nestled in the icy cliffs of Anchorage, connected by precarious catwalks between crevasses and a network of mountain passages that serve as intelligence bunkers. These catwalks and underground networks lead to the artillery fixtures.

On the battlefield, the United States Armed Forces main base of operation, the U.S. Army field base, sits in the far west of the simulation. The Chinese controlled ice camp is east-northeast of the field base and further through the ice camp is the Chinese Chimera depot. South of the U.S. Army field base is the abandoned mining town which is now occupied by the Chinese. Beyond the mining town is the intelligence-gathering Chinese listening post. Directly east of the field base is a wide expanse of trenches, leading to the pulse control field. Across the field is the Chinese compound, the base of operation for the Chinese in Anchorage.

Appearances
The Anchorage Reclamation simulation appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Operation: Anchorage.