"This episode opens with a sequence of two women running through a snowy forest while being chased. When one of them is shot, we learn just who they are: Steph, the now-eyepatched future Overseer of Vault 33, and a woman we learn to be her mother. Her mother is shot, and she tells Steph to do whatever it takes to make it to America no matter who stands in her way. "They're not humans," she says. "They're Americans.""
"This explains one of the biggest reveals in a previous episode: Chet finds a secret compartment in a drawer that contains Steph's pre-apocalypse wallet and ID, a temporary status ID that labels her as a Canadian. But what's more shocking than the Canadian identity is how Canada is referred to on the card: "United States Annexed Territory Canada.""
"In Fallout canon, there's one foreign country that is constantly poised as the enemy: China. It's something we've seen echoed in Cooper Howard's flashbacks during the Battle of Anchorage. After China invaded Alaska in 2066, the United States pressured the Canadian powers that be to increase military presence more and more until the U.S. complete took over, annexing the country entirely."
A snowy escape scene reveals Steph and her mother fleeing and the mother instructing Steph to reach America, calling their pursuers "Americans." A discovered pre-apocalypse ID labels Steph as Canadian and lists Canada as "United States Annexed Territory Canada." Fallout lore positions China as a primary foreign adversary and connects the Battle of Anchorage to major geopolitical shifts. After China's 2066 invasion of Alaska, the United States increased its military presence in Canada and ultimately annexed the country, altering borders and revealing concealed chapters of pre-war history tied to key characters.
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