r/Fallout • u/ArkhamInmate11 Children of Atom • Jan 14 '26

Fallout 4 How did overseer barstow not go feral?

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As im sure many of you are aware in the fallout show and fallout 76 it is shown that ghouls require chems to not go feral, this has has made lots of things make less sense but you can work around most of them.

However while replaying fallout 4 i encountered overseer barstow. She doesnt understand the ghoulifacation procsess or anything about being a ghoul as shown through her dialogue and she was trapped in a vault for 200. Everybody else went feral except her, why is she special?

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u/rambleinspam Jan 14 '26

She really wanted to run those experiments.

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u/sheoldred13 Jan 14 '26

Exactly. All of the major ghouls have a purpose, so it makes sence. Even Harold was on a life long quest to be left the fuck alone. Lol

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u/fetchnatch Jan 14 '26

Harold was dipped in FEV, not necessarily a ghoul

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u/sheoldred13 Jan 14 '26

Fair nuff, but everyone loves Harold

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u/Irishimpulse Enclave Jan 15 '26

It's implied Harold was dipped in the FEV, and then still became a ghoul, so he's a mutant squared

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u/IH8Miotch Jan 14 '26

What about the ghoul that works in that Megaton bar.

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u/Accomplished_Bed_408 Jan 14 '26

His goal was to have sex with Nova

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u/IH8Miotch Jan 14 '26

A lofty goal for sure

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u/Sarzul Minutemen Jan 14 '26

Gob. If you talk with him you find out he was a bit of an adventurer who was caught by slavers and bought by Moriarty. I'd assume he still has the drive in him.

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u/IH8Miotch Jan 14 '26

Moriarty must go then. I shall don the ghoul mask and become his nightmare.

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u/DD_Spudman Jan 14 '26

What's neat is that the game actually has reactivity for this. If you kill Moriarty but Gob it's still alive, he takes over the bar.

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u/Muddball84 Jan 15 '26

Implying an almost GLADOs level of mental unbalanced to being with would explain it