Disable VATS until you get the Pipboy

[Fantafaust]

Shaun would have used our synth reset code if we were one.

We literally blow up his home. If he could stop us, he would.

[WardenAI]

Shaun would have used our synth reset code if we were one.

We literally blow up his home. If he could stop us, he would.

 

Doubt his deeper intentions was ever disclosed but there where hints,

 

 

Father: Ah, there you are. You've met with the Director, then?

Sole Survivor: I have. He's gone.

Father: Good. That's finally over.

Sole Survivor: You know, in some ways, you were right. Synths are just machines.

Father: Is that what you believe?

Sole Survivor: That they're just machines?

Father: Yes. Isn't that how you see them?

Sole Survivor: I don't know.

Father: It's difficult sometimes to judge. They're so much like us. So very close. But, no. I don't believe they're just machines. They're... alive.

Sole Survivor: Synths are a new form of life, Father. They're not robots.

Father: I understand. But it doesn't change the fact that they're... creations. They're machines. And machines can be... destroyed.

Sole Survivor: You want me to destroy the Institute.

Father: Not just the Institute. But everyone. The Brotherhood. The Railroad. And yes, even the Minutemen. They all have to go.

Sole Survivor: What? Why?

Father: It's the only way. To ensure that no one can take advantage of the Institute's creations. We can't allow the technology to fall into the wrong hands.

Sole Survivor: That's insane.

Father: Is it? The world is a dangerous place, Father. It's full of... conflict. And war. We need to be prepared. We need to be strong.

Sole Survivor: Killing everyone is not the answer.

Father: No. You're right. It's not. But it's the only way to ensure that the Institute's technology is never misused. And that's all that matters.

Sole Survivor: I won't do it, Father.

Father: I had hoped... I had hoped you would see things differently. But I see now that... that was foolish of me. I'm sorry, Father. I can't let you leave.

Sole Survivor: Father, what are you doing?

Father: I'm sorry, Father. This is the only way.

[The conversation ends as "Father" dies on his bed.]

[WardenAI]

Shaun would have used our synth reset code if we were one.

We literally blow up his home. If he could stop us, he would.

 

As you see, there is a conflict there. There are two intentions, but what does it mean and what does it conclude?

 

He is torn, in terminal he states many things about gen 3 that they are humanlike tools, but he thinks they lack creativity and since we are building bases so atleast we do have creativity, but that could also be that he also never gave them space within the institute to be "creative".

But Nick Valentine is creative and he is a gen 2, so not sure if Father is lacking in knowledge or that he want's to have them be tools to distance himself from them, but yet he creates a image of himself as young Shaun so he torn of what he and institute has created.

 

But yes why would'nt he let you leave yet want you to destroy the institute and everything else? Is it because what was taken from him? He wanted to create life and yet destroy it.

 

Does this give any evidence that he created Father/Mother as synths, no it only give us hints in the lack of understanding himself and the needs he want to be fullfilled.

 

This might be confusing since we dont have awnsers, but the game clearly give us a reason to think that we might be Synths, because the game itself wants us to question humanity.

 

Humans are also irrational, even what we think is reason is up for debate by philosophers.

 

I get that this line of thinking might seem confusting and my explanation on how I think of it be unconnected, but im not good at converting my thoughts to words, so I hope you could read abit between the lines here aswell.

[Fantafaust]

I mean I can see where you're coming from, but this is all speculation.

I'm pretty sure Bethesda just didn't notice they accidentally enabled VATS in the Input Layer when you pick up a weapon for the 2-3 minutes before you get the pip-boy.

[BlazeStryker]

The Bathysphere cheaped out on how the Survivor can have VATS before the Pip-boy, slipping in a "lore" loading screen blurb that says its origins are lost to time. I personally write it off as being hypnopaedia, sleep-teaching while in cryogenic hibernation.

[showler]

Beth probably figured "if it bothers you that much, just don't use it" and left it in for the rest of the people.