I don't think they have a canonical reason, it was just a neat aesthetic they wanted to useI'm pretty sure it's this, but my best guess is that the presence of the Enclave meant that they made sure America stayed the way they wanted it.
But had considerably more advanced nuclear development.To give an idea of how advanced, their cars run on nuclear batteries.
To give an idea of how advanced, their cars run on nuclear batteries.That is nothing when it comes to being advanced. They can heal broken bones with a shot.
It's funny, there's a "gas" station in one of the series' episodes, but if you look closely at the sign, they're selling coolant.
That is nothing when it comes to being advanced. They can heal broken bones with a shot.Sure but I don't know if that has anything to do with their nuclear development.
1. The transistor just wasn't invented until way too late for it to make a significant difference, meaning most computational technology is still working off of vacuum tubes, and most other technological development was likely impacted by that (as well as the eventual oil shortages that ended in the Great War).I'd like to know how they were able to make advanced electronics and robots without transistors.
I'd like to know how they were able to make advanced electronics and robots without transistors.They do have transistors (one of the devs point out way back that robots in the first two games would probably not take such high damage from EMP grenades if they ran on vacuum tubes), they're just not ubiquitous.
I'd like to know how they were able to make advanced electronics and robots without transistors.
Massive nuclear breakthroughs. Everything basically running on free energy. Massive medical breakthroughs where most things could be healed with a single injection.
I mean... Society just went in a different way, really. Why advance when things are going absolutely amazing (until everything exploded.)
The idea is loosely that people were locked in vaults so the culture they had in the vault is what stayed with them for decades. And without networks of people culture doesn't really change much.
Nope.
The bombs dropped in 2077.
I mean wasn't it Vault-tec's fault that everything exploded?Didn't the great war start because they were running out of resources in the first place?
Didn't the great war start because they were running out of resources in the first place?
are we calling the war with the fallout the great war or are we referring to World War 1? LolI honestly thought that's what it's called, but I could definitely be wrong.
I honestly thought that's what it's called, but I could definitely be wrong.
The idea is loosely that people were locked in vaults so the culture they had in the vault is what stayed with them for decades. And without networks of people culture doesn't really change much.
I want to know why they were able to invent and continue building things like robots, flying warships, power armor, Synths, and laser guns, but couldn't figure out how to get any of the pre-existing cars to run or build a house out of anything but loose sheet metal and plywoodMy head Canon is that the cars use fusion cores and the major factions would rather use the scrapped cores for electricity /power armor/weapons.
Wait, the nukes aren't in the 50's?As per falliout story no
* Transistors were never inventedPlease tell me that's not canon.
* Why not?
it's literally just an alternate history so the timeline is different. it's a bunch of "what ifs". what if we designed everything around tesla instead of edison? what if the 60s cultural revolution never happened and we never got the disco 70s and crazy 80s? what if the american dream lifestyle took center stage, such as culture did in the 90s, and continued forward for decades without much change (besides technologically). it's really not difficult to figure out.
It's partly silly, yes, but it's not exactly a realistic setting anyway. Radiation doesn't work like how it does in the games for starters.I guess I could see it if we assume there's a meta-author who himself lives in the 50's and just hasn't heard that there's an alternative to vacuum tubes.
I want to know why they were able to invent and continue building things like robots, flying warships, power armor, Synths, and laser guns, but couldn't figure out how to get any of the pre-existing cars to run or build a house out of anything but loose sheet metal and plywoodThat's just Bethesda. Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 have people building houses and restoring society. And in Fallout 2, you actually help fix a car and drive it around, though it's noted to be exceptionally rare to have a working one there. The fuel cell regulator you need to fix it is said to burn out pretty frequently by accelerating too fast, so it's likely not a lot of them are still around.
My head Canon is that the cars use fusion cores and the major factions would rather use the scrapped cores for electricity /power armor/weapons.That's not headcanon, it's just actual canon lol. The Highwayman you drive in FO2 is fueled with small energy cells or microfusion cells. The energy cells are batteries and the microfusion cells are "self-contained fusion plants." Both are also ammo for energy weapons.
Please tell me that's not canon.
Please tell me they don't expect me to believe these robots are running on vacuum tubes lol.
They do have transistors (one of the devs point out way back that robots in the first two games would probably not take such high damage from EMP grenades if they ran on vacuum tubes), they're just not ubiquitous.
Didn't the great war start because they were running out of resources in the first place?The war that precipitated the end of the world, yes. China had invaded Alaska for it's oil reserves.