That idea just makes no sense at all. 1st, in a post-apocalyptic world, a soft yellow metal won't be valuable just because it's shiny (I doubt jewlry will be too common). 2nd, if you're making the vault to see how well people can trade why is the place going to be closed for 100 years? That's decades of wasted potential for test data!henritje said:
Design your own Vault experiment!
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gold has some scientific properties (it,s used as a conductor and in a world where spare parts are rare a metal like that would be valuable since there is no way of making more like with bottle caps)soulblade06 said:
One more idea:
A vault where the participants have all their needs fulfilled, as well as a computer with internet access. The inhabitants of this vault will be tasked with posting on a forum about ideas for scientific experiments that could be carried out in other vaults. The inhabitants will be brought in well before any potential conflict is noticed, and will be sealed in for all eternity to prevent their deranged madness from polluting the future of mankind.
A vault where the participants have all their needs fulfilled, as well as a computer with internet access. The inhabitants of this vault will be tasked with posting on a forum about ideas for scientific experiments that could be carried out in other vaults. The inhabitants will be brought in well before any potential conflict is noticed, and will be sealed in for all eternity to prevent their deranged madness from polluting the future of mankind.
A vault whereby the population is taught that the only way to survive is by making a blood sacrifice to an artificial God-like entity in the form of a vampire monkey robot (Only seen as a statue in a large church chamber). All residents would also be taught that the wasteland is crawling with these creatures and any who dared to venture out of the vault would become prey to massive packs of them.
Once a month, each dweller would be told to give up 1 pint of blood to be offered in a shamanistic ritual, lest the statue come to life and slaughter them all. Of course, this is all hooey as it wouldn't actually ever come to life, but whenever the dwellers start questioning the prospect of it not happening, it would be switched on and start walking (Frankenstein-style) around the vault for all to see.
The given blood would be used, a little part of it for the show of the ritual but the most part would be packaged and shipped out of the vault through secret underground tunnels and distributed at random around the wasteland.
And that's why there are so many blood packs in weird places...
Once a month, each dweller would be told to give up 1 pint of blood to be offered in a shamanistic ritual, lest the statue come to life and slaughter them all. Of course, this is all hooey as it wouldn't actually ever come to life, but whenever the dwellers start questioning the prospect of it not happening, it would be switched on and start walking (Frankenstein-style) around the vault for all to see.
The given blood would be used, a little part of it for the show of the ritual but the most part would be packaged and shipped out of the vault through secret underground tunnels and distributed at random around the wasteland.
And that's why there are so many blood packs in weird places...
A vault where any mention of religions like Christianity or Islam would be punishable by death. Instead, all religious texts expound the wonders of the scientific method and technology in general. Also include plenty of laboratories, scientific equipment, etc. I'm thinking cybernetics would become pretty popular...
I would fill a vault with 1 person with acces to everything he could ever want, but not a single living life form to interact with. Just himself...alone...forever.
(No he cannot want internet acces or anything that would allow him to interect with a living being outside of bacteria and the like)
(No he cannot want internet acces or anything that would allow him to interect with a living being outside of bacteria and the like)
Vault 136: populated with severe cases of pyromaniacs and others who are addicted to explosives and make it so that instead of entertainment equipment there is an infinite supply of matches magnesium nitrogen dynamite and other explosives (different from the boomers because they just had guns)
vault 482:all residents of the vault are baby's are taken care of by machines but have no vocal cords (surgically removed) and no sign language teaching equipment
vault 666:half inhabited by devout satanists who are also sadists, and half christians who are pacifists
let the games begin
vault 482:all residents of the vault are baby's are taken care of by machines but have no vocal cords (surgically removed) and no sign language teaching equipment
vault 666:half inhabited by devout satanists who are also sadists, and half christians who are pacifists
let the games begin
A vault where 50% of the resident spends 4 years of their lives playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, while the other 50% play Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Then, for 1 day 50% of the CoD clan plays BC2 against 50% of the BC2 clan, while 50% of the BC2 clan plays CoD against 50% of the CoD clan, swap the day after. Finally, I put them all in a forum similar to this where the only available topics are computer generated and always based around "which game is better."
I will then observe if this has any effect on the preference, and how many seem to have a sensible argument to support their opinion.
I will then observe if this has any effect on the preference, and how many seem to have a sensible argument to support their opinion.
A vault with precisely ONE as of yet non-homicidal sociopath in attendance, to see the effect of a sociopath on a small, closed social system.
Interesting idea for Vault 482. Would the machinery have voices to talk to them with? I know there has been a strong link shown between higher-function relational thought and language, and you may be reducing these children to the intellectual status of the average chimp as a result.LordZutaki said:
Experiment one, to test the human condition under extreme motherly discipline... The Mother Vault. The entire experience is conducted via an overbearing mother AI, punishing the smallest infractions with robotized wooden spoons that pop out of the walls, early and draconianly enforced bedtimes, extra chores, and any time food is popped out of the synthesizers, its completely randomized and has a 10% chance of just being random ingredients thrown together (the Mother AI "trying something new"). Except on birthdays. Birthdays are a big social event, where the other Vault dwellers are made to take care of the chores and the like, and what's more, the Birthday Boy/Girl/Geezer/Hag gets to pick what everyone has for dinner. Oh, and not finishing everything on your plate results in privileges like videogame-time being taken away. And if you don't clean your room or yourself in too long, while you're sleeping, the door is sealed and locked, an alarm sounds to wake you up, and your room is first sprayed down completely with soapy water, then rinsed with cold water (no hot water for you!). Not sure what it'd be testing.
The other would be a Vault where everything is actually real, but at the same time, via small "hints" slipped into classroom lessons, sound tracks repeating that at low volume in all headboards, and everything going batshit wonky every now and then, it tries to convince them that its really all just a dream they can't wake up from.
That would be to see how long it is until someone develops a God-complex, thinking they can control the dream.
The last one is simply called "Everybody gets a gun." It would test firearms safety once and for all.
The other would be a Vault where everything is actually real, but at the same time, via small "hints" slipped into classroom lessons, sound tracks repeating that at low volume in all headboards, and everything going batshit wonky every now and then, it tries to convince them that its really all just a dream they can't wake up from.
That would be to see how long it is until someone develops a God-complex, thinking they can control the dream.
The last one is simply called "Everybody gets a gun." It would test firearms safety once and for all.
As a duely-appointed Enclave commander, I feel it is my duty to instruct you in the ways of the Vault setup. When setting up your Vault, here are some ideas to stick to in case you come up dry.
{1} You shove a whole bunch of scientists into a place deep underground and tell 'em it's called Black Mesa... Then, you surround them with dubious lab equipment and flood the place with mutations once some wet-behind-the-ears nobody in an armored suit screws up a lab experiment... And this is how they record episodes for Freeman's Mind.
{2} Build it inside of the San Andreas faultline, claiming that the Vault is completely earthquake proof. However, while this is also a lie, you seed their entertainment library with disaster movies like Volcano, Crack In The World, and so on. You tell them they have to stay down there 500 years, just to be sure, and you also weld the door shut.
{3} Secretly transport your people to the Vault entrance without them knowing where exactly they are going. Tell them their Vault is in New Jersey, and that there's no time to lose. Quickly shove some map references and instructional kits to stay down there for about a hundred years. They will be prepared for anything in New Jersey...but it'll be Canada!
{4} Another media disaster one. Fill their entertainment library with nothing but science fiction, bad or otherwise. Make sure to include anything about zombies, nuclear disaster, the end of the world, and give them 800 copies of the Zombie Survival Guide. Then, after a mere two centuries, pop the lid and see what happens...
{5} Finally, Project Vice. In the bottom level of the Vault is a creature in stasis which is vicious, regenerative, and can even take a human form. It is incurably evil, produces all sorts of volitile elements and compounds in its body, and its container is incapable of being destroyed. The timing mechanism malfunctions and releases it three years in. Have fun!
{1} You shove a whole bunch of scientists into a place deep underground and tell 'em it's called Black Mesa... Then, you surround them with dubious lab equipment and flood the place with mutations once some wet-behind-the-ears nobody in an armored suit screws up a lab experiment... And this is how they record episodes for Freeman's Mind.
{2} Build it inside of the San Andreas faultline, claiming that the Vault is completely earthquake proof. However, while this is also a lie, you seed their entertainment library with disaster movies like Volcano, Crack In The World, and so on. You tell them they have to stay down there 500 years, just to be sure, and you also weld the door shut.
{3} Secretly transport your people to the Vault entrance without them knowing where exactly they are going. Tell them their Vault is in New Jersey, and that there's no time to lose. Quickly shove some map references and instructional kits to stay down there for about a hundred years. They will be prepared for anything in New Jersey...but it'll be Canada!
{4} Another media disaster one. Fill their entertainment library with nothing but science fiction, bad or otherwise. Make sure to include anything about zombies, nuclear disaster, the end of the world, and give them 800 copies of the Zombie Survival Guide. Then, after a mere two centuries, pop the lid and see what happens...
{5} Finally, Project Vice. In the bottom level of the Vault is a creature in stasis which is vicious, regenerative, and can even take a human form. It is incurably evil, produces all sorts of volitile elements and compounds in its body, and its container is incapable of being destroyed. The timing mechanism malfunctions and releases it three years in. Have fun!
I'd split a vault in half, filling one half with homosexual males and the other half with homosexual females.
The halves would meet once every 2 months.
The halves would meet once every 2 months.
i was wondering if language could be created from the residents and the robots would not have voice equipment, all major functions are automated and
my idea was if an entire new communication system could be created, seeing as they would have no prior knowledge that they could, though i find it morally distasteful, i think it deserves a test
my idea was if an entire new communication system could be created, seeing as they would have no prior knowledge that they could, though i find it morally distasteful, i think it deserves a test
