Forum:Why is the Enclave so interested in Project Purity?

Before the whole Project Purity, they already could manufacture clean water and food. So why don't they just put the virus into the water they're making now and give it to the people of the wasteland? --Big Wang 11:55, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Super mutants, feral ghouls, and mutated animals would just attack Enclave personnel trying to offer water. They want the Wasteland's entire ecology purged of mutation, not just the people. If they purify the basin and add the modified FEV, the water source for almost the entire CW will be affected, causing the virus to kill even the creatures that cannot be bargained with. --DGoose 21:55, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Uh, are you two morons or something? The game clearly states that Autumn was against poisoning the water supply. The Colonel wanted to activate the Purifier, so that the Enclave can have a bargaining chip when uniting the Eastern wastelands under their rule. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/5/5c/Scribe.jpg/15px-Scribe.jpg Tagaziel (call!) 22:23, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I suppose you're right. I guess I was thinking in terms of President Eden's rationale, not Colonel Autumn's. Yeah, Colonel Autumn thought the FEV plan was too extreme. There's nobody to subjugate if everybody dies of a horrible virus. The rudeness was completely unnecessary, though. You made a good point, don't sully it by being insulting. It makes you sound ignorant, even when you're not. --DGoose 00:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the rudeness, with the amount of human intellectual trash washing through The Vault I became angry and bitter and there was no reason to take it out on you, therefore, my sincere apologies, DGoose. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/5/5c/Scribe.jpg/15px-Scribe.jpg Tagaziel (call!) 10:24, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Water is a life essential. If you controlled the water supplies, you'd control the population. I don't think the Enclave could produce the water supplies necessary for the entire wasteland population with their pre-BoS attack facilities. PP was well publicised (via GNR). Everyone was going to use it when it was active. The Enclave just wanted to monopolize it, possibly rationing it. Much like the BoS have. I mean, what if Lucas Simms insulted the BoS. Control over supplies of essential products is a huge political tool. I think it's a factor in the longevity of the real-world Chinese or USSR regimes. 90.201.91.94 03:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It's all a conspiracy created by the Enclave's bartender, he needs to water down his drinks to gain more profit and he has to use purified water becuse Enclave soldiers will know if there's radiation in the drink, but that cost money, so with free PP-water he gain maximum profit and can one day hopefully buy a pair of really nice loafers. So he hacked into Eden and placed the order to capture Project Purity. Gabriel Cortez 03:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC)