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From The Adams AFB Archives:

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RECORDING START

Soldiers of the Enclave, guardians of the New America.  This is your President, John Henry Eden.  By now, you have all heard that a treacherous attack was made on us, on our own soil.  It is with heavy heart that I speak to you now, to tell you of all that has happened on this terrible day.

Approximately twelve hours ago, our open settlement at Huntsville, in the great state of Alabama, was struck by nuclear weapons.  The destruction and loss of life to this peaceful place was, as you have probably guessed, horrific.  LIkewise, great damage was done to the nearby facility at Redstone.  General Lesley Squires, the esteemed head of the Enclave military, was in Redstone Base at the time and, under his leadership, rescue and relief operations were immediately begun.

It is then that the full extent of this treacherous attack became clear.  Whoever committed this atrocity had obviously made careful preparations.  The troops sent to aid Huntsville's survivors were ambushed and wiped out, and the Redstone facility then came under attack from several groups of Wasteland scum.  General Squires and the remnants of his men fought most courageously, as one would expect, but they ultimtely fell to the much larger force before reinforcements could arrive.

So what are we going to do, you ask?

I have appointed Colonel Augustus Autumn as acting head of the Enclave military.  He is an officer of considerable ability, who has vowed to uphold all that General Squires stood for.

I have declared War Condition Yellow for all sectors and commands. I can assure you that whilst this condition does modify a number of laws and regulations, our ideals will be preserved.  As previously, Congress will continue to advise me on important matters.

We have, in the short time since, made remarkable progress in tracking down and dealing with the scum that attacked what was left of Huntsville and Redstone.  It is clear that most were dupes with little or no knowledge of their paymasters.  Investigations continue as I speak, and forces are already hunting down more of those responsible.

The nuclear attack came from a Chinese orbital weapons platform known as Shan Dian 4, believed to have been inert since The War.  Clearly, whoever reactivated it had a degree of technical ability.  Given that this device or others like it have not been used since, it is my sincere hope that our foe, whomever he might be, has no more weapons of this kind.

I say to all of you now.  We will mourn our lost.  We will rebuild.  And we will find those who did this terrible thing, and justice will be served upon them.  My promise to you, America.

RECORDING END

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Yes, the Enclave is really REALLY upset by what just happened.  Go figure.

No mods this time either.  Other than MS Paint to tweak the image.

Given the degree of control that Eden & Co already had, this is not a 'Reichstag Fire' situation.  Technically, it's a 'Big Lie' - "We have absolutely no idea what happened or what to do about it, but we have to say SOMETHING to give people a target besides us ..." .

FYI, Shan Dian is Mandarin Chinese for "Lightning".  The number '4' commonly symbolizes death in China and other Asian cultures.