President Xin was a possible Chinese political figure mentioned in the Sierra Depot GNN transcript, having supposedly held the office of president in January 2073.
Background[]
It is claimed President Xin contested the United States' claim to the world's remaining oil reserves under the Pacific Ocean.[1] Xin claimed that a Chinese project to access the oil was scheduled to be completed before the U.S. equivalent, but experienced a series of accidents that delayed its completion.[1]
In response to the United States announcing their success, Xin released a statement that he had proof of U.S. sabotage on the Chinese oil platform and requested an international panel be appointed to investigate.[1]
However, this information is from the Sierra Depot GNN transcript, which is an unreliable source.[2]
Appearances[]
Xin is mentioned only in Fallout 2.
Behind the scenes[]
President Xin originates from the Sierra Depot GNN transcript, which contains various lore inconsistencies and was, per the Fallout Bible, set to be heavily revised and partially dropped from continuity.[Non-game 1][Non-game 2] Subsequent games make no reference to Xin, instead focusing on Chairman Cheng as the apparent leader of China.[3] While this does not necessarily disprove the existence of President Xin (China's governmental structure technically allows for the election of a president who holds no leadership positions in the Chinese Communist Party, and such a president would likely be subservient to a party leader such as Cheng), Xin is nonetheless unmentioned outside of this single, unreliable source.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sierra Depot GNN transcript
- ↑ See Sierra Depot GNN transcript for more details
- ↑ Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 all reference Chairmen Cheng, but make no mention of President Xin.
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout Bible 6: "In the official universe, Skynet is not his real name. Like some other aspects in the Sierra Army Depot (i.e., the news reports), it needs to be revised into the timeline. Sue me."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 7: "Same with some aspects of the Sierra Army Depot (the news holodisk, Skynet's "name," etc, etc). At some point I'll put together a list of things that are going to be dropped from continuity because they are so painful they make sitting on the can squeezing out a load of superheated plasma seem pleasurable by comparison."