Overall the build to this point has been good. You definitely made the right choice in having a long timeline. Any battle between post Fallout 3 Enclave and post New Vegas NCR besides small units would have been unbelievable. Thousands of miles and lack of a society capable of crossing it would have broken my SOD beyond belief.
It'd be logistically impossible, for one.
That said I do feel even with the decades of build up that some things seemed rushed. Having lots of new skyscrapers in D.C. for one. Even in today's world you have to travel to edge of the beltway to see really skyscrapers. The Enclave is all about Amercian history and regaining what was lost. I would then expect to see D.C. rebuilt with more lower level buildings. Not to mention that finding funds to build this gs like the mentioned freedom tower would be a massive project on a newly formed country that has to rebuild everything. To put it in perspective the REA was founded in 1934 to bring electricity to rual Amercia and it took till the 1970s for 98 percent of amercian farms to have electric power. That is 40 years in a county jail hat was not destroyed and facing manpower issues.
The skyscrapers are where they are IRL, and presumably were pre-War, on the other side of the river from the city of Washington DC, though still within DC proper - the Retrocession was reversed after the Capital Wasteland had been restored to some sort of order. Washington DC as it is right now would be pretty recognizable to somebody teleported there from RL, with a few striking differences:
1. National Cathedral now located three blocks west of Dupont Circle, looks like a clone of St. Paul's in London.
2. Central part of National Mall paved over, has giant triumphal arch located at west end. Presidential Inaugural Platform now a permanent stone construction.
3. Giant sports complex built in the suburbs to the north.
4. Metro, bus, streetcar and maglev-monorail networks ("there's a monorail network!") run by competing private companies.
Some buildings might look different, but generally it would be the same. As to the Liberty Tower, it's frankly much larger than the skyscrapers around it, which are shorter - but then it's projected to be a kilometre tall, it's certainly going to be!
So far it does seem like the NCR's post New Vegas bombing has created a bit of problem for them. The people ppl le in power or at least some of them like the advisor have brought their own hype. While the Enclave is more authoritarian then they would admit to the NCR has lost the the ability to really gauge the Enclaves actions and still have there veiw colored by the Oil Rig Enclave.
Yes. Though it's not entirely the NCR's fault, as the preview I posted demonstrates.
It also does not help that the NCR still seems to be in a version of the glided age. While nice safe roads and the mass adoption of trucks broke carvan compies others like the Brahmin barons still have their power unbroken.
The Brahmin Barons are frankly a lot weaker than they used to be. In the caravan era of the NCR they not only controlled a decent percentage of the food supply but had an almost complete lock on long-range transportation of goods and people.
But at least it seems the NCR has managed a fairly successful industrial build up. While their top of the line gear may not be better and they lack some assets like space nukes the Enclave will not be able to roll over them. But I do feel that the focus on the NCR heartland will hurt them. The fact th that they thought to remove the AA defense of FortHood shows that the NCR needs to start rethinking the current war soon or they will be fighting in Vegas in days.
The thing is, the NCR feels it can afford not to defend Texas that strongly since Texas isn't their territory. Also, a Texas that's ravaged by war is a Texas that won't be economically competitive with the NCR in their planned post-war.
So I am look in ng forward to seeing a real clash between the two superpowers without proxy fighters on any side. I honestly thing both are in for a surprise sn8ce they have not frouvht a true life or death battle for more then a generation. The Enclave's battle in Roto while hard if lost where not going to destroy the Enclave. Cause a massive set back but the Enclave would live on. The same with the NCR. While the Legion winning in New Vegas would hurt it would not destroy the NCR. The Legion was dead once Cesar died and fighting though mountains with short supply chains would lead to the NCR bleeding the Legion dry. The last existential fights was the D.C. brotherhood for the Enclave and the Enclave at the Oil Rig for the NCR. Both those are now outside living memory for them which causes a change in viewpoints of those making plans and those actually fighting the war.
Yes, very much this.
