Fallout
word of advice : Spoilers for Fallout season 1
Summary
A item that easily could have gone unnoticed subtly laid the groundwork forFalloutseason 1 ’s biggest wrench . Easily the big contribution toFalloutlore in Prime Video ’s show thus far is what it establish about Vault - Tec ’s secret history . AsFalloutseason 1 ’s endingconfirmed , Vault - Tec was responsible for thedestruction of Shady Sands , a major community from the first plot . But even more significant than that surprise reveal was Barb ’s suggestion that Vault - Tec fire the shot that starts the Great War .
uncalled-for to say , theVault - Tec meeting in theFalloutseason 1 finalewas nothing short of illuminating . It also created some stage of controversy , as Vault - Tec ’s perceived role inFallout’sapocalypsenow is likely considerably more blanket than what was once thought to be . However , a detail in a old game reveals that the implicit in framework for this twist has existed in the franchise for 16 years .
Nuclear Weapons In The Fallout Games Appear To Belong To Vault-Tec
It helped support the Vault-Tec theory for years
Long before theFalloutseason 1 finis , there were theories that Vault - Tec was in secret behind the dropping of the first bombs . Most hinged on inside information from bothFallout 3andFallout : New Vegas . Both included undetonated atomic bombs that were mistrust to be manufacture by Vault - Tec . Symbols found on the Megaton turkey inFallout 3and " The One " inFallout : New Vegaswere interpret as Vault - Tec logos . However , there were very slight difference between them , enough to make reasonable doubts that Vault - Tec made the bomb calorimeter . However , no other explanation for the logos was ever offered by the games , and the similarities were too great to ignore .
AfterFalloutseason 1 , it ’s all the more probable that the resemblance is n’t a coincidence . Regardless of whether Vault - Tec finally did do as Barb indicated and drop the first bomb , the company ’s admission to nuclear weapons is now confirmed . Many of the arguments against the theory stemmed from the fact that Vault - Tec ’s expertness was in buildingthe vaults inFallout(not weapons of monumental wipeout ) , butthe reveal that Hank MacLean launch a nuke at Shady Sands put this speculation to perch for estimable .
Fallout Confirms Vault-Tec Used Nuclear Bombs (But Not That They Launched The First One)
While this hint from theFalloutgames and the Shady Sands eddy does confirm this dark mystery about Vault - Tec ’s past , it ’s worth note that it still does n’t prove that they commence the Great War . AsFalloutco - showrunner Graham Wagnerhas said , there ’s still " more story to evidence " in regards to what came next for Vault - Tec and the start of the Great War . member of Vault - Tec was clearly willing to use the bombs ( and even on their own nation ) , but there ’s no solid confirmation yet that they drop the first bomb . UnlessFalloutseason 2 unwrap otherwise , the possibility stay on that China bombed Alaska before Vault - Tec could strike first .
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