by Max Barry

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Region: The Fallout Wasteland

Old Friends Part 7: Stamford

By this point, the remaining Silverhawks were fanatics, having either completely bought into the idea that Simon Gray was attempting to build a new America through this new empire or who were simply too devoted to him personally to leave. These were the fanatics that held the town of Stamford, the final stronghold before the heart of the Silverhawks could be reached. The standard Vertibird attacks went ahead without issue, cutting down the Raiders who could only do so much to fire back. Then, the soldiers advanced, broken into small squads and moving between small sections of cover on the outskirts of the town that hadn't been encompassed by the settlement's walls. Snipers aimed at Raiders who seemed to be organizing the defense and took them out, making the Raiders an even easier target. Then, in break with tactics that had been used in past assaults on Raider strongholds, the Sentinels were not deployed via vertibirds into the center of the town to disrupt the Raiders, but rather, they directly assaulted the gates after snipers and other soldiers had eliminated the majority of the soldiers on the wall. Using a combination of punches, shoulder rams, and laser fire at the locks on the other side of the gate, they smashed through the metal and wooden structure. Now through the walls, they acted as a spearhead for the rest of the attack force, cutting down Raiders with Gatling lasers, miniguns, and normal laser rifles. The Raiders attempted to establish a single line to contain the attack, but found the center of the line destroyed, and the two halves of the city cut off from one another as more Enclave soldiers rushed in. The battle went on for a few more hours, as Enclave soldiers cleared individual buildings where Raiders were hiding out, fighting which resulted in very few casualties for the Enclave or civilians. The fighting itself was intense though, as each hallway became a trench, each doorway and room a bunker. After the battle, the civilians were brought to medical centers established in safe zones during the fighting and treated for the injuries they had received under the Raiders. As for the Raiders themselves, only a handful surrendered, and were sent off to training camps for the military to prove their loyalty towards the Enclave. With this victory, the final push was at hand, New York City, the home of the Silverhawks, was within reach.

Casualties:
3,000 Silverhawks
300 Enclave Personnel

2,000 people integrated
Pop gain: 1,700

Empire State Building, New York City

Simon Gray was panicking. His empire collapsing around him, small groups breaking away in New Jersey, and now the loss of Stamford? He knew it was only a matter of time before the end came, but he would not simply surrender. Instead, he ordered the city fortified, the remaining tunnels and bridges fortified, and he himself now spoke on the city wide radio;
Attention Silverhawks. I know in the past few month we have been receiving a series of defeats at the hands of an enemy we have discovered is called the Enclave. He looked over at a man, sitting, tied to a chair. He had been known as John, alias Nightwatch, but truly named Nicholas Connelly. A group of Simon's bodyguards had discovered the truth during a routine inspection, when they discovered Nicholas using a radio he had gained access to and was using to communicate back to his superiors. He had claimed there were no others and that he was alone, but time would tell. Simon continued;
They claim to be the remnants of the old government of these lands, and have promised a return to the old world. But I ask you this? Was the old world better? When men and women fought one another over reasons they had long forgotten? Was the old world better when it set itself alight? I say no. I say that the best thing the old world did was give birth to the new. We are the Silverhawks. We will defeat these pretenders and build a new America! With that, he turned off the radio, turned to his bodyguards and said,
"We're heading east to the Hamptons Radiation Fields. I'll make the final stand there if and when New York falls." With that, he began to walk off, followed by his train of bodyguards, before turning back and saying, "Oh, and kill the spy." One guard stayed behind and walked over to Nicholas once the others had gone and held his rifle up to Nicolas's head. A gunshot, the Raider fell to the floor. Behind him stood the other two Operatives, Sarah and Julian.
"Come on," Sarah said, untying Nicholas, "Let's get out of here, we've done our job. We need to get back and alert the Director." Nicolas nodded and said,
"Alright. Pass me that gun." Julian tossed him the Raider's rifle, and they headed for the exit, sneaking past the Raider patrols and into the night.

Praal, Liberated New Arizona, and New-confederate states

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