re: Fallout **SPOILER** Discussion Thread

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I got the feeling through the later episodes that there was some population control at play in 32. Can't remember how I picked that up or if it was just my own theory. But I guess that doesn't really make sense because if you were from 31 and you knew the game was rigged why would you ever agree to be overseer of 32.

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I think the idea originally was to have the two vaults work towards generating different resources, and then add some additions to the breeding pool through these marriage swaps. I don't think 32 was SUPPOSED to fail; something happened, the residents figured it out, killed the overseer (or at least had him tied up) and then while trying to cut into Vault 31 Bud initiated a fail safe that caused everyone there to kill themselves.

Psychotropic drugs were already in use at other vaults and could have been the reason for this.

I'd also speculate that V31-33 aren't "experiment" vaults in the same context of the others - they want the vaults to succeed, so they'd fall into the category of "Control Vaults" that were actually meant to help repopulate the US (just, you know, with one HUGE asterisk).

Not like the vaults were people were experimented on, cloned, gassed, driven mad, etc.