The Unanswerable Questions of Fallout 3

[nekoali]

The survivors of 106 are something of a mystery to me as well. They're not aggressive towards each other anymore, so maybe they worked out an uneasy truce. I suppose there could be some women down there to have more children.. though that would be a really bad environment to grow up in. I ran through twice so far... First time it was all guys in the vault, second time there was one woman.

 

Alternately, given their voices and haircuts, they could be a bunch of raiders who stumbled into the place after all the vault residents were dead. They figured it was a good place to hole up for a while and swapped out their nasty leathers for some (relatively) clean vault uniforms. Then the madness started to kick in...

 

Personally, I find it amazing that there are thousands, or millions even of intact bottlecaps in the wastelands to be used as currency. Even if you wind up being the richest person in the wastes near the end game, you still wind up probably holding on to upwards of 10,000-20,000 caps easily. Probably a lot more if you use melee/unarmed a lot and don't have to buy a lot of ammo.

[DaCrazyBegga]

ALL THOSE ANWERS ABOUT

QUESTION 5 ARE WRONG

 

The only reason why Fawkes cant type the code

is BECAUSE HIS FINGERS ARE TOO DAMN FAT

HE WOULD PRESS 4 BUTTONS AT ONCE

[roadbum]

Believe me, I ask questions like these everyday I play the game, plus a hundred others besides. I drive myself crazy trying to think of all the ways I would change the game to a more logical storyline if I was rich and could hire a team of game developers to "rearrange things" It's also why I ALWAYS play the game in full God mode with no guilt. No, the best way is to not ask questions, play the game for what it is and enjoy yourself!

[Gorzog]

Woooooooooo! YEAHLOREDISCUSSION!

 

On that note, I'm ignoring questions that are best answered by "Gameplay." or "Balance."

 

Re: Astorius

 

Why would someone design a control panel to flood a room in deadly radiation?

I think, more accurately, it wasn't designed with regards to safety protocols so much as completing the task at hand. Madison says that he caused an overload, which would be fairly simple if there were no inhibitors.

 

Where is all the purified water coming from, if it's such a big deal?

Dad says that purification can be done on a small scale, but that the Purifier does it a million gallons at a time.

 

Why are raiders cannibalistic?

I get the impression they're supposed to be warlike and sadistic, not cannibalistic.

 

Why are there so many robots wandering around?

Other than the RobCo HQ and the pre-War repair center the Mechanist uses, and being the former hub of American government?

 

Where did all the rats go?

It seems rats and other vermin in FO3 (like IRL) are mostly heard, not seen. I hear skittering all the time and look around expecting to find enemies, only to see nothing.

 

Why do the Centaurs look different?

I thought they made a fairly "true" transition to 3D.

 

Why do we only encounter two intelligent Super Mutants?

Apparently the FEV hinders brainpower, but that through arduous effort (and according to one VERY interesting theory on the Vault wiki, Zen philosophy) can higher thinking be maintained in the transition, making the two "intelligent" SMs we meet the distinct exception to the rule.

 

How did Tenpenny survive so long without being overrun by Raiders?

A substantial elite security presence rivaled only by Wasteland military facilities? (And, of course, a singular assault by the Lone Wanderer, or a horde of ferals, if one feels so inclined.)

 

Where's the tribals?

I do miss them. Perhaps Ashur can tell us?

 

Re:Tahadar

 

- If the muties have lost .. uhm... certain organs, how do they pee or crap?

Just because they have no reproductive organs doesn't mean they necessarily lose their excretory organs (and as far as I'm aware, the anus isn't a reproductive organ - we'll just halt that train of thought right there, thanks). Alternatively, they might excrete less waste (thereby being more efficient machines - which fits with the original purpose of FEV and might explain their increased size and incredible growth potential), or have developed new methods of removing waste. Hell, they might just excrete it all through their skin! (That would explain the smell...)

 

- Why enclave troops appear only after a certain quest is done? What they were doing before?

According to Lyons, they just "arrived" and we not previously present in the capital wasteland, which I find slightly suspect, being the remnants of the American Government in the homeland of the American Government.

 

- Why you can eat molerat, dog, lurk, ant even human meat but you can't eat deathclaw meat?

Genetic modification makes their meat inedible? Poisonous? Deadly?

 

- Why a character with 10 perception and 100 small guns can't see what Tenypenny shoots?

Clearly his age has increased his hard skill and attribute caps, making him awesome. Alternate theory: he can't see it either, it's just completely random that he happens to kill stuff.

[AlexxEG]

4) she's having her period and is pissed off at us

A male mutant having a period? News to me.

 

how do you know what a mutant have or don't have? :P

[vagitoe]

If they can have power armor, computers, robots and radios; why can't they get cars to run? I figured I would see raiders on ATVs and motorcycles, the BoS driving military equipment, slavers with prison buses -- other than the Vertibird, there isn't a single vehicle in the game.

 

Also, wouldn't the cigarette filters pick up the radiation too? If so, then I can't imagine smoking radioactive cigarettes would be advisable. Your lungs would liquify after just a few packs. :sick: There are drugs all over the place, so why go huffing radio active smoke like a wuss when you could be thinkin highah!!! :thumbsup:

[Androidk18]

Why cant you give the waterbeggers radaway? wouldn't that solve their radiation problem and give them a new lease on life?

 

I dunno... seems kinda evil that you don't have that option.

 

Also, if the enclave never showed their faces around the capital wasteland how does dad recognize them first off when they show up at project purity?