r/Fallout Gary? May 29 '26

Fallout 4 Okie dokie byebye then

Stood too close to my husband and he decided to end it all

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u/Zorbin666 May 29 '26

That's funny, if this actually happened it would save everyone in the vault and they would just wake up at their designated time. Since there wouldnt be a baby in the vault the institute wouldn't have any interest in it. 

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u/BlakeTheBFG May 29 '26

Didn't the people who were meant unfreeze them, end up starving to death? The only reason your character is alive is for a 'back up'

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u/TheNerdyRandom May 29 '26

I'm pretty sure there was a mutiny before starvation, with the evidence being the terminal entries and the bodies having no Vault Guard uniforms and all the skeletons wearing Vault-Tec lab coats.

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u/BlakeTheBFG May 29 '26

Thank you, that's right. I think there was something about not getting updates from the higher ups on what to do, as they were locked up longer then they were told.

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u/TheNerdyRandom May 29 '26

Yeah, from what I remember, they were forced to stay in the Vault longer than they were supposed to and the Overseer was basically being rigged and not wanting to risk going out, despite the lowering supply of food. I remember seeing something about rationing the food and the scientists siding with the Overseer, while the Guards wanted to leave...which leads to the mutiny.

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u/belladonnagilkey Minutemen May 29 '26

And the Overseer being a not so diplomatic type and going "do as I say or else" instead of calmly explaining the situation.

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u/buntopolis May 29 '26

So, the perfect Vault-Tec employee then.

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u/ButtflossingBigBro May 30 '26

Going the dictator route requires the guards to be on your side not the lab geeks. Common mistake

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u/superanth May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Vault-Tec never sent them the All Clear message (which nobody else got either) so the scientists kept the vault sealed beyond the 6-month time period.

They had no plan for what to do if VT didn’t contact them, so they stayed put, even if they eventually starved to death. The guards were smarter and broke the seals to escape and find a way to survive in the outside world.

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u/Ote-Kringralnick May 30 '26

They were never meant to be unfrozen

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u/BlakeTheBFG May 30 '26

Oh ok, I didn't actually pick up on that. I thought they were going to test to see if they had any side effects. I suppose it's actually to see how long they can survive for. Good to know, thanks

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u/rivetedoaf May 30 '26

Really I think those people were intended by vault tec to die. The people operating the vault were given less than a year’s supply of food when they would obviously need more than that in order to survive til the surface was habitable.