Forum:Who exactly were the Enclave before the War?

Of course everyone knows who the Enclave are, but were they always called the Enclave? Could the have been the Illuminati, or some other crazy name in the Fallout Universe? ---MerchantofDeath 22:39, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * It was a pre-war conspiracy that included high-ranking government officials, military officers and corporate executives. Ausir(talk) 22:43, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

Well, I get that. But wouldn't they have been something else before they started calling themselves the 'Enclave', since they were a worldwide conspiracy. --MerchantofDeath 00:42, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

SergeantDornan: It was my understanding that the Enclave were the remnants of the United States Government (the higher up, more corrupt individuals). I doubt they had anything to do with the Illuminati, but you never know.

I'm probably guessing that they were, but the Enclave might have been a 'local' organization. ---MerchantofDeath 01:52, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

The corporate end of it consisted of at least Poseidon Energy and Vault-Tec. I'm of the mind that RobCo Industries had nothing to do with them; the Enclave were content to let the war happen as long as they survived, whereas House actually wanted to save an entire city.--OvaltinePatrol 17:54, February 22, 2011 (UTC)

They were a conspiracy whose members dug in in the S.F. bay (as you already know). They share some characteristics with (apparently) real existing conspiracy parties, but I think they really were just a bunch of valuable individuals (and lots of guards of course) whose survival should be ensured for being able to restore the U.S. after the war. Maybe this project was dubbed Enclave before the war but it also could be that they just were pretty bored on the oil rig and decided to paint their logo on all of their equipment. xNOKIx 10:21, February 25, 2011 (UTC)