u/Thelostguard

One of the more notable pieces of lore to come from fallout two is Richard Moraeu/Gray having been a vault-born, vault eight, specifically. He would live to see the people exit the vault, and be exiled not much longer.

Fast-forward about thirty years, the Master has began forming the basis of the super-mutant army. By another thirty years time, he has more than learnt that Vault-Subjects often produce the best mutants, hence the take-over of Vault 17, and every mutant, even the idiot Harry, having orders to capture pures, that is to say, vaultborn or similar.

So..Gray knows about Vault Eight. It was his home, its possible he spent most of his life there before the mutation. Did he consider them too tainted by life on the wasteland? Was he not the type for revenge? Or would be attacking the nascent Vault City be a move so massive as to alert the rest of New California to super-mutants?

Judging by the lines of Senior Scribe Vree, Mariposas existence was something of a toss-up even in the Brotherhood of Steel only a single life removed from the time of its use. However, following the actions of the Vault Dweller and the short lived war with the unity, wouldn't its existence become obvious, even with the self destruction?

Maybe the Vault-Dweller hadn't gone public with its existence and the Brotherhood simply looked over the wrong crest. Then, in the aftermath of the Enclave reopening it, shouldn't New California be experiencing a similar mutant problem as it was that prompted the initial Richard Gray expedition? Its vats still exist, nothing other than the mutants you aren't forced to kill (Who reasonably should be travelling with the other unity warbands, or at least acting as local raiders.) impede an animals access to it.

Now, in the modern day, Mariposas existence should be even more obvious than ever. I find it hard to imagine the Unity warbands you meet in Fallout Two lurking around quite a bit of the late-game areas not having any idea where Mariposa is, especially because they're night-kin. Have the NCR never explored directly west of the namesake city?

Lastly, if it is occupied, who by? Is the NCR enforcing a quarantine or making use of it as a bioweapon? Have the Super-Mutants of New California returned to it? We know FEV can be made in the post-war if the institute (& Enclave, & Dr. Westen Loko somehow just having some w/ him) are any indication, so it seems like their holy grail to fix the oncoming extinction problem. Maybe it was the Brotherhood, and the NCR trying to push to it is what triggered the war in the first place.

Anyways, any answers or lines that could indicate to an endpoint for Mariposa? It seems like one of the most valuable places in America, if not the world.

One of the more disproportionately famous things of lore introduced in Fallout One is something of a hidden twist. Super-Mutants (And FEV mutants in general.) are totally sterile outside of asexual reproduction. However, the fact the Vault Dweller may, or may not have learned it, and the Brotherhood by extension, is to my knowledge, not known.

If it is, did they go public with that knowledge? Are people aware that Super Mutants propagate via FEV exposure rather than standard reproduction?

Title. I've played fallout two previously, but after moving to a new Windows Ten PC (my previous one was, too.) a year and change ago, I cannot launch it. To describe my problem, no matter the copy (I've tried it on epic, when they were giving it free, GOG and now steam.) it always manages to open the launcher. However, once I click play, the game "runs" for about two or three seconds (this is according to steam) but I can never find it in my task manager. Then, it closes, with no sort of message detailing the problem.

I've downloaded the unofficial patch, changed ddraw.dll to sfall, hex edited, changed my graphics (basic, 7, and nine, neither work.) refresh rate, allowed it thru my antivirus, and more. Despite this, I get this problem in any copy.

Hi, I've been something of a bum wandering around the town for coming on four odd years now, and very recently (I'd say just around the outbreak of the first bad part of summer this year) I've been encountering two of the same exact Mormon recruiters.

Is this an experience dating back to your young-adulthoods or is this new?

I'm currently apart of the lore group for a little project, and while reading up on the canon X-Wing, I noticed this in Wookiepedia.

> Ironically, the Incom Corporation had first designed the X-wing for use by the Imperial Navy. The Galactic Empire had asked for a new rugged, single-pilot starfighter to help fill out its ever-expanding fleet, to which Incom was obliged to fulfill. Taking inspiration from the Z-95 and ARC-170, Incom engineers created a prototype that combined aspects of the two earlier designs. After receiving Imperial approval, production began on the new X-wing line, only to be halted. Ostensibly the Empire had found new concerns with the starfighter which caused the stoppage. In truth Incom had been sidelined in favor of Sienar Fleet Systems and their (much cheaper) TIE series starfighter. Faced with a glut of expensive starfighters going unsold, Incom was more than pleased when agents of the Rebel Alliance eventually contacted them about making use of the X-wing[3] through methods that remained confidential to the greater Alliance.[34]

This sources itself points to the Rebel Starfighters Owners Workshop Manual, something I don't own. Tried to find any online copies and for screenshots, but no game. Anyways, to return to the point, this opens up a very surprising thing. Was the X-Wing an immediate post Clone Wars design? We know the TIE was in service from 18bby at the least (Mon Cala invasion) so if the X-Wing was commissioned and started production before the SFS and the TIEs full adoption, it means they're actually rather old.