![]() ![]() ![]() Only this time, the spoils of war were also its weapons: Petroleum and Uranium. In the 21st century, war was still waged over the resources that could be acquired. Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. ![]() This occurs as the camera pulls out from close up of the television screen and slowly reveals the ruins the television set stands on and the open view of Necropolis from the half-collapsed structure. Next, ads for Corvega and Mister Handy appear before the TV shuts down and the music echoes into the latent ambiance of the destroyed world. A power-armored soldier is then shown in front of the American flag with 13 stars and a war bond ad. Then a Galaxy News Network (GNN) program starts, stating that "Our dedicated boys keep the peace in newly annexed Canada" and showing two American soldiers in power armor executing a Canadian insurgent and waving at the camera. The intro begins with " Maybe" by The Ink Spots and a screen of a Radiation King television set showing a Vault-Tec ad for Vault 13, featuring the Vault Boy watering plants and waving at the camera as the Vault blast door closes, followed by the "Vault of the Future" picture. The video cuts out, setting the tone for the subsequent narration. Advertisements give insight into the aesthetic of the time, introducing products and the general retro-futuristic style. The viewer is introduced to the conflict overseas and subsequent current violence underway. And the Earth has not forgotten.The first video provides an overview of the themes and important aspects of the game, including Vault-Tec, nuclear war, and the respite of the Vaults. Your home.īut the scars left by the war have not yet healed. ![]() And so, for a generation since its founding, Arroyo has lived in peace, its canyons sheltering it from the outside world. There, he founded a small village, Arroyo, where he lived out the rest of his years. He traveled far to the north, until he came to the great canyons. In confronting that which they feared, he had become something else in their eyes.and no longer their champion.įorsaken by his people, he strode into the wasteland. When at last he returned to the home he had fought so hard to protect, he was cast out. Only through the bravery of this Vault Dweller was the evil destroyed.īut in so doing, he lost many of his friends and suffered greatly, sacrificing much of himself to save the world. It corrupted all it touched, twisting men inside, turning them into beasts. According to their legend, this evil arose in the far south. They hold that their founder and ancestor, one known as the "Vault Dweller," once saved the world from a great evil. One of the northern tribes claims they are descended from one such Vault. When the great darkness passed, these Vaults opened, and their inhabitants emerged to begin their lives again. Some had been fortunate enough to reach safety, taking shelter in great underground Vaults. Humanity was almost extinguished, their spirits becoming part of the background radiation that blanketed the earth.Ī quiet darkness fell across the planet, lasting many years. Continents were swallowed in flames and fell beneath the boiling oceans. Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies. A great cleansing, an atomic spark struck by human hands, quickly raged out of control. The earth was nearly wiped clean of life. The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones. Too many humans, not enough space or resources to go around. The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted. ![]()
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