^^Mother Isolde's daughter was also turned into a unique glowing one by an ancient device found under the Glowing Sea.
I know there are a few of you here who might need to explain.
So I think the main feature of TDC we have to look at is that it is not actually that dangerous of a disease. Most people who contract it only suffer surface tissue damage and a generalized physical weakness (stage 1) which while totally gross isn't terrible either. Some infected go insane (stage 2) and eventually develop into trogs (stage 3).
For super mutants and ghouls there's a few other factors to consider. Neither would likely develop stage 1 of the disease because they both have robust immune systems. It gets interesting at stage 2. Because super mutants and ghouls do still suffer from mental illnesses. All TDC does at this stage is screw with brain chemistry. What I think complicates it is that stage 2 has to be triggered by exposure to the Pitt's unique radiation. But SMs/ghouls don't absorb radiation the same way humans do (they still do, but they don't suffer rad sickness), so that might impact whether they can go wild/trog? And the answer to that would resolve whether they can also become trogs. My personal take is that it's possible though unlikely. Just because both mutants are resistant to even some of Fallout's crazier diseases already, such as the Scorched Plague.
I think the problem with bots as Pitt laborers is that the infrastructure for slavery already exists. The raiders had been doing it for generations, then Ashur inherited the situation, gave some slaves a chance to emancipate themselves but otherwise forced everyone else to remain shackled until TDC was cured. Morally, it makes complete sense to swap out slaves for robots. But they aren't going to do that when the current system works for them.
Apples to oranges
And if you're allergic to both it doesn't really matter.
He was still planning on enslaving the Capital by restricting their access to clean water.
The mechanics of 76's ghoul player aside, yes, playable ghouls is something that has appeared in discussions about wanted features in future games for years.
Quarter of the way through this century feels crazy.
Happy New Year to everyone on Nukapedia! The annual thread is up, see y'all there!
https://fallout.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003896159
It's that time of year again! A brand new Relaxation Thread is dropping for a brand new year. Come in to chat about anything you'd like, share stories, pictures, etc.
Link for last year's thread, where you can also scroll back and find all of these going back to 2020! See if we can break the record for most posts on a thread this year?
https://fallout.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003804229
^What do you mean?
The Enclave is an egomaniacal organization positing itself as the one true, legitimate authority in the Wasteland due to its direct descent from the prewar national government. They viewed those who survived the Great War as beneath them, useful only as resources (though a few rare wastelanders find themselves joining the Enclave because their skills make them valuable).
The Enclave teaches its own people that it's alright to commit atrocities because in the end they are doing what is right. They are going to rebuild the good ol' America of the past, leaving the backwards, dirty mutants behind. And when their initial plans of murdering everyone else in the world failed, some of them realized that was stupid. Why kill everyone when you can just rule over them? Leverage necessities in exchange for total submission, kill troublemakers, and reclaim your place as the leaders of the free world.
This is what the Enclave thinks and uses to reason their actions in canon.
Totally genocidal maniacs, but they pass the fashion check. Villains tend to get that one right.
It's such a woosh moment for Daniel.
Daniel: We need to evacuate the tribals. They're too pure. We can't let them become killers.
C6: But, like, can't we teach them that you don't have to kill everyone you meet?
Daniel: 😮
Just to note, the space explanation isn't canon. In the main timeline the Societal Preservation Program's goal was to provide research to the Enclave. That's all we know as fact.
Though Fallout 76 and the TV show established that Vault Tec intended to usurp the project for themselves.
Merry Christmas everyone! And happy holidays too!
^Aye.
Turning on Shaun imo. The Institute has pretty much played it safe for decades. Then the leader gives unprecedented access into the facility to someone affiliated with the Institute's enemies. While the rest of the story has you doing far more detrimental things to them, it plays off that initial lull in their defenses all because of Shaun's feelings towards the SS.
Joshua Graham going off, and only off, of the lore. You can talk gameplay all you want but C6 being the ultimate master of any combat form and the peak human/cyborg fighter is not represented in the story in the slightest.
We know that C6 is an accomplished traveler having apparently been across New California and at least the northwest part of the Four States Commonwealth. Implies they have at least some combat ability, since the Wasteland is a very dangerous place. That is all
Joshua Graham is an accomplished military officer who was trained to fight from a young age despite living in a peaceful time for his people, has also traveled a large part of the west as a guide, and led the Legion's forces. He isn't just a backseat order-giver either. Graham was the field commander of the Legion directly taking part in three decades worth of battles. He survived multiple assassination attempts by the NCR and lastly Caesar's betrayal.
C6 does not win this one looking at the question from a lore perspective.
Caesar isn't actually rebuilding Rome.
Everything else 100%. Caesar's policies severely weaken the Legion in any long run, and he never talks about what his post-Vegas plans actually are despite that apparently being the big next step.
At least Caesar actually gets anything done.
The Institute lost all of its allies to the stupidest reasoning possible and then swore to become Saturday-morning cartoon villains because of it.
I'm not sure why my line of thinking would be compared to an American neocon lol.
Fallout is literally a post apocalyptic landscape. You assume that a nation spreading itself is bad because you don't agree with politics in real life? It's not compatible, and rather dismissive. The wasteland is no longer America, and the NCR is not the United States.
Healthcare - Isn't bad just because more people are offering it in the Wasteland.
Security - Doesn't mean that a limited amount of robots is going to be sufficient to protecting the whole Mojave. In fact, the ending slides state the opposite.
Equality - Means that you won't be gunned down as a mutant citizen or enslaved and raped because you're a woman in the wasteland.
Culture - Same as healthcare, is not bad just because there is more of it.
Opportunity - With a structured society at your back? You guess.
