#VAULT 101 DWELLER SKIN#

Since you started the topic, you ought to know best exactly what you mean when you're distinguishing between 2 different 'kinds' of people. First you've got to know what you don't know. Looks like there's a lot of details you've got to get squared away, since you're either mistaken about or unaware of many of them, but correcting all of that is easier said than done. In fact, if the FEV-2 didn't completely destroy our re-productive organs, then the Master would have been the best hope for humanity (of course some people are going to resist being dipped in a virus which painfully forces you to evolve, so he had to take 'cautionary' measures).Ĭlick to expand.I wouldn't use the words 'the best health' to describe the sweeping sterility of the entire male populace and verging on the edge of genetic extinction by the time the Chosen One happened upon them. But as crazy or 'disgusting' as the Masters plan may have seemed, back then (60 or 80 years after the Great War), it was probably the best plan anyone had (damn sure better than the Enclave's 'kill everyone who ain't pure' plan). He really did have our best interests at heart (even if he was partly insane). He figured if humanity couldn't evolve on their own, he could MAKE them evolve with the Forced Evolutionary Virus, and therefore save the human race. So when he stumbled across the FEV he came up with the plan for the Unity (that and probably a mixture of general insanity one might gain from floating around in FEV-2 VATS for months on end). Aside from his worry that we would eventually kill eachother over differences, he also feared that mankind wasn't adapted to an irradiated mutated world, and by the time we finally did evolve our race would probably already be near death. Unless, of course, they are forced to evolve. Who knows, by the time the human race already starts to evolve to adapt to their irradiated world, they may already be on the verge of extinction. Evolution usually works for the best since it allows species to survive and adapt to conditions they normally wouldn't, but it can take a verrrrrrrrrrrry long time. Wastelanders might suffer from a lot, but they suffer and survive, and they've got natural selection on their side.įor people to actually adapt to the (massive amounts) of radiation around them, it would mean the human race evolving (not necessarily in a physical manner of appearance, but instead within our genome, chromosomes, and general DNA makeup). Vault Dwellers could probably maintain a reasonable level of fitness via gym facilities and keep themselves healthy with their advanced tech, but even in the first game, before the vault experiments, there was plenty to suggest that the Vaults weren't the perfectly functional underground tomorrowlands they'd been sold as. I'd give Wastelanders the edge on this one. The psychological stresses of those conditions would lead to discontent, widespread neuroses, and who-knows-what-else, even among populations raised to them. Even in the non-homicidal vaults, conditions would be cramped, monotonous, and controlled, privacy and personal space would be at a premium, and freedom would be nonexistent. That isn't even broaching the subject of psychological health, either. I'm not sure the dwellers would be such a hale and hearty lot. And that's staying under for three to six months at a time, where a lucky vault citizen might have to do it for ten decades.

#VAULT 101 DWELLER SKIN#

I know Vaults are future-tech, and optimistic future-tech at that, but men serving on modern submarines under similar conditions commonly suffer from upper respiratory issues, musculoskeletal issues, skin problems, and a host of other symptoms, as well as an increased risk of mesothelioma and certain other illnesses due to constant exposure to hazardous chemicals and materials necessary for the sub's construction and operation. Vault dwellers spend their entire lives in cramped, relatively dimly-lit conditions, consuming recycled food and water and breathing recycled air that's been repeatedly pumped through ancient machines and been tainted with 'tolerable' traces of all kinds of chemicals, residues, and rust. The tempering influence of exposure isn't to be underestimated, and I'm sure that wastelanders and tribals have far better constitutions and tougher immune systems than anyone fresh out of the vault, on the whole. I think that depends on your definition of health.

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