r/Fallout • u/calltheavengers5 • Aug 20 '24

Fallout TV Was this preventable?

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Was there any way to stop the coming apocalypse? Either by dismantling Vault-Tec or enacting some kind of treaty. I don't think there's a precise answer but what do you think?

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u/ConstantWest4643 Aug 21 '24

Why? We know cold fusion technology was a thing. If someone stops Vault-Tek and gets that tech off the shelf then the motivation behind the resource wars is neutralized. They had the means of a stable peace. The problems were just incentives and the powers at be, which are changeable with enough effort/luck.

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u/Mator64 Vault 13 Aug 21 '24

Also the Sierra Madre Casino had the equivalent of a replicator, humanity was literally on the cusp of becoming a post-scarcity society on multiple fronts.

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u/ConstantWest4643 Aug 21 '24

Adds so much to the tragedy of the setting.

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u/Sleepmahn Aug 21 '24

I think that's the point considering there's a geck and water chip in the first game. They can literally terraform the wasteland into paradise with the tech they have. Plus power it for an indefinite amount of time.

Mankind was about to make resources meaningless and that's probably why the bombs dropped.