2nd Brotherhood-Enclave War

Prelude
After the 1st Brotherhood-Enclave War in the Capital Wasteland in 2277, the Enclave were forced to flee South, into Virginia. There, they set up in the Richmond Military Base, collecting their strength until in 2278, the Brotherhood of Steel ventured into Virginia, under the suspicion that the Enclave had fled South. True enough, the Enclave had fled to the Richmond Military Base for their comeback to gain the Capital Wasteland back.

War
In 2278 the conflict between the Virginia Brotherhood of Steel and Enclave began to affect the people of Richmond City and other settlements such as New Roanoke. Despite the feelings of many residents of Richmond City regarding the Brotherhood, the city did eventually start a connection with the Brotherhood in 2280, trading and offering aid in small battles. While they were doing this, however, the Enclave set up small outposts, such as Oliver Hill, as well as working on building up the nuclear missile silo that had been dormant for over 200 years. In 2285, however, the war grew in urgency as the Nick Naitel Company grew in power, mainly because of the connection between Nick Naitel and the Enclave, and the Enclave began attacking with more force, as well as infiltrating the city and other factions.

Despite this, the war didn't become urgent until the Enclave were expelled from the Richmond Military Base, due to the deathclaws who had inhabited the area. The Brotherhood, seeing this as a chance to gain the information and technology of the Enclave, made to infiltrate and take the military base. However, the Enclave had, with the aid of Nick Naitel and his army of mercenaries, took back the military base from the deathclaws, putting the creatures to use as a military asset with the control devices that had been developed in the Capital Wasteland. The Brotherhood began a full scale attack on the Richmond Military Base, pushing forward in an attempt to stop the Enclave from completely gaining control. They managed to get inside the bunker and capture Lieutenant Whitcomb and Nick Naitel, as well as freeing Nova Vane from their control. Before they could gain complete control, however, Lieutenant Whitcomb started the launch sequence for the nuclear warhead, which was going to be headed for the Capital Wasteland, directly aimed at the Citadel. While the Brotherhood and remaining Enclave forces fled, Nova Vane stayed behind in order to stop the launch sequence. He failed in stopping it but managed to rig it to explode before it could get in the air, and thus the missile detonated inside the silo, destroying the entire military base and killing anyone still inside, marking the end of the 2nd Brotherhood-Enclave War.