9. The settlement of Hopeville, a location in the Lonesome Road DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, was likely an Enclave-affiliated town. While it is never stated directly, there is plenty of evidence throughout the campaign. For one, its over-the-top patriotism, embraced by primary antagonist Ulysses, sits right in line with the political agenda of the Enclave. Hopeville also is one of the game’s few abundant resources of Energy weapons, which are typically the weapon class of choice for the Enclave. Additionally, ED-E’s hidden programming reveals evidence of Enclave activity in Chicago and he winds up in Hopeville on his way to Navarro, the major Enclave settlement from Fallout 2. And, given that the Enclave is the shadowy remnant of the former U.S. government and Hopeville was at one point essentially sold to the mad scientists of the government-funded Big MT for weapons and weather experiments, it kind of makes sense.
Now, some say that I’m wrong and that Hopeville was occupied by NCR. I don’t agree. The NCR sent the Courier to Hopeville specifically to detonate the missiles lying underneath the ground. Why would they do that to their own? They wouldn’t. But they would do it to their greatest enemy at the time–the Enclave.
