I saw a video in which some characters of the Fallout tv show open a fridge and find an alien and just toss it out because they want the working fridge. I’ve never understood (or really bothered with) why Fallout had the nuclear “event” which triggered the use of the shelters. Was it an alien invasion?

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    The real reason why the nuclear apocalypse happened hasn’t been explained in any of the Fallout media yet, but it feels like the show is going to reveal it at some point if it didn’t already.

    Considering all the “experimental” Vaults and whatnot, and how politically powerful Vault-Tec appeared to be, the vibe I get is that there might have been some sort of conspiracy.

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      I read a comment online saying the Fallout TV series implies that Vault Tec started WW3 and let the apocalypse begin all because they wanted to conduct vault experiments, I really hope that’s not the actual reason, cuz that would be really stupid.

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        You’re right, that would be really stupid, just like Americans fighting over guns in a zombie apocalypse (ammo and medicine are the real limited supplies, especially if you suck at fighting zombies), or killing off a couple percent of your population because wearing masks is uncomfortable. So it seems very plausible.

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        why would it be stupid? this isn’t ‘implied’; that’s literally the story. ignoring that the Fallout TV show is really just an incoherent misanthropic screed which is an extension of Todd’s contempt for New Vegas, Obsidian and Interplay:

        the resource wars weren’t going to end any time soon, the USian people were getting tired and socialist sympathies were rising. it was established in New Vegas that the US false-flagged themselves in order to justify a nuclear exchange against China in order to cull the population and reënact Manifest Destiny. part of the Enclave’s whole deal is trying to genocide the wastelanders to prepare North America for recolonisation.

        it’s been my headcanon as far back as Interplay’s Fallout that an Americanist cabal believed the USian people were the US’s true enemy, and that by false-flagging themselves they could force a chosen few into the vaults where they could experiment eugenically with creating the ideal society to inherit the post-apocalyptic world free of foreign adversaries.

        VaultTec’s product is the end of the world, so they sold the end of the world.

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          Uhhh… The show basically confirms your “head canon” in season 2.

          Also, I’m just gonna say that I absolutely hate how people will still claim that Todd hates New Vegas/Obsidian; he’s gone on record multiple times saying that’s not the case, the entirety of season 2 of the show was literally “New Vegas 2.” The only reason your playthrough/ending of NV isn’t canon is because in lore it’s been about 15+ years since, and we all know nothing is ever permanent in Fallout.

          I’m getting real tired of people spreading straight-up false information because it makes them feel better about a game they played when they were 10-13.

          Edit: just gonna leave this article here for folks to read.

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            … a game they played when they were 10-13.

            Hey there, I’ll have you know I played it like 5 times when I was 10-13 and then consistently every few years until my 20s and then again a few years ago at 25 thank you very much.

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              Lol so did I, and I love New Vegas, I’m just tired of the ridiculous fanboys always bandwagoning with their fingers stuck in their ears refusing to believe reality.

              They’re the NeoCons of video games.

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      Absolutely. Pair that with the fact that they were/are working with the Enclave (another thing with Fallout, Vault-Tec and the Enclave, two of the biggest shadiest agencies in pre-war America, are actually still active 200 years later), it’s almost guaranteed.