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tanithwolf

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Stephen O said:
tanithwolf said:
Well I'm Irish so I'm instantly qualified to run the local saloon, where I shall gather information on everyone and sell it for caps. Especially if your some kind of lone wanderer. For more information follow this link: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Colin_Moriarty

Edit: There will also be a sign up saying "People caught crouching, will be shot".
I'm scottish, so I'd be your greatest customer.
In that case how would you like a live in job, you'd just have to be exposed to vast quantitys of radiation first. And of course you'd have to have a new name to go with that new look, how about a good strong name like Gob, everyone likes Gob.
 

ardencabbel

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Dango said:
I'd hire several armed bodyguards to help me head out and map the wasteland, while keeping a day-to-day journal.
Need a publisher for that map? And a revised copy of that journal (gotta change names to protect the innocent and all that) could make a pretty popular reading piece for citizens of the wastes!

(Edited: Spell check can't fix correctly spelled typos)
 

Moonlight Butterfly

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ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
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Limited run of publications until I can get a chemist to help me figure out how to make molerat blood into sustainable ink.
I think you can make a decent ink out of soot and animal glues. However it does make the paper brittle after a long time. The bark on the burnt out trees might be another option for ingredients although I'd imagine that's hardly less sooty :p

I only know this becuase of studying history rofl.
Brittle paper might not be too much of an issue. As society progresses in the wasteland, better papers and inks can be worked on. And it creates a collector base for people that took the time to preserve all those 'First Runs'.
Well it's only after a really long time that it starts to corrode the paper so I'm sure that it would serve it's purpose for how long you need it to :p You need acid to make animal glues I think but assuming there is water, salt and electricity around that shouldn't be a problem. I'd imagine Nuka Cola would work as an acid aswell if it's any like Coke.
I like it! And keeping with the naming theme of the wasteland, I could call the newspaper the Nuka Cola News!
We would have to be careful of the radiation levels given off by the ink due to it's ingredients but I'm guessing it might be marginal compared to the atmospheric radiation of the post nuclear wasteland. :p

I just realised I'd be Moira Brown wouldn't I....well shit. *strokes mustache of science*
 

Shifty Tortoise

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damndaewoo said:
I'm a mechanic, and even though there aren't any cars in the fallout universe I refuse to believe that not one single vehicle survives nuclear apocalypse so I'd be setting up Junk town motors.

Also not too bad in the wilderness, no Bear Gryls (or however it's spelt) but I can get by so I'd be able to scavenge parts/gas/vehicles from the nearby area.

Don't know if I'd actually be able to shoot someone though, unless they were trying to kill me.
No cars in the Fallout 3 world at least, there's one in Fallout 2 though. And there's always the Vertibirds :D

I think i'd probably be killed and cannibalised in the Fallout world if i'm quite honest. If by some freak accident i survive all attempts on my life, i'd build mansions and castles out of corrugated iron and other junk for all the citizens of the town... They will be deadly death traps, i'm no architect.
 

Smokej

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1)get alot of jet, psycho, mentats and nuka cola
2)travel to New Vegas
3)????
4)profit!!!
 

ardencabbel

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xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
Limited run of publications until I can get a chemist to help me figure out how to make molerat blood into sustainable ink.
I think you can make a decent ink out of soot and animal glues. However it does make the paper brittle after a long time. The bark on the burnt out trees might be another option for ingredients although I'd imagine that's hardly less sooty :p

I only know this becuase of studying history rofl.
Brittle paper might not be too much of an issue. As society progresses in the wasteland, better papers and inks can be worked on. And it creates a collector base for people that took the time to preserve all those 'First Runs'.
Well it's only after a really long time that it starts to corrode the paper so I'm sure that it would serve it's purpose for how long you need it to :p You need acid to make animal glues I think but assuming there is water, salt and electricity around that shouldn't be a problem. I'd imagine Nuka Cola would work as an acid aswell if it's any like Coke.
I like it! And keeping with the naming theme of the wasteland, I could call the newspaper the Nuka Cola News!
We would have to be careful of the radiation levels given off by the ink due to it's ingredients. :p
Offer a subscribers discount at the local clinic (a small advertising fee would be levied of course, unless they were willing to provide health care for newspaper staff) for rad treatments is the easiest way to solve that small issue. But if we are lucky, the newspaper might glow. Nuka Cola News: You can read it in the Dark!
 

Bran1470

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to tell you the truth i would kill everyone and loot their stuff just how i did while playing fallout
 

Moonlight Butterfly

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ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
xXxJessicaxXx said:
ardencabbel said:
Limited run of publications until I can get a chemist to help me figure out how to make molerat blood into sustainable ink.
I think you can make a decent ink out of soot and animal glues. However it does make the paper brittle after a long time. The bark on the burnt out trees might be another option for ingredients although I'd imagine that's hardly less sooty :p

I only know this becuase of studying history rofl.
Brittle paper might not be too much of an issue. As society progresses in the wasteland, better papers and inks can be worked on. And it creates a collector base for people that took the time to preserve all those 'First Runs'.
Well it's only after a really long time that it starts to corrode the paper so I'm sure that it would serve it's purpose for how long you need it to :p You need acid to make animal glues I think but assuming there is water, salt and electricity around that shouldn't be a problem. I'd imagine Nuka Cola would work as an acid aswell if it's any like Coke.
I like it! And keeping with the naming theme of the wasteland, I could call the newspaper the Nuka Cola News!
We would have to be careful of the radiation levels given off by the ink due to it's ingredients. :p
Offer a subscribers discount at the local clinic (a small advertising fee would be levied of course, unless they were willing to provide health care for newspaper staff) for rad treatments is the easiest way to solve that small issue. But if we are lucky, the newspaper might glow. Nuka Cola News: You can read it in the Dark!
We could use Nuka Cola Quantum for special editions :D I think it would glow then rofl. Especially if we used Nuka Lurk parts for the glue xD
 

DaMullet

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Being a programmer I would have one option

1. find myself a robot
2. reprogram it
3. repeat until I have an army
4. ????
5. Profit
 

mklnjbh

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Sounds like there is a pretty rad town going on here. I am not very skilled in anything, minus biology, so I suppose I will live my life as a handyman, repairing things and working construction as the town expands.
 

MadMechanic

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The likelihood of me living through the nuclear holocaust are pretty unlikely.
Anyway... If I was allowed to live in the town- I'd be the oddjob man. (No, not Oddjob, I mean do odds and ends...)

I'd pick up my trustly L86-LSW (from my cadet armoury...), and use my shooting and limited combat skills to try and protect the town. I'd always be the first to jump up to the fight to defend us. Whether I'd be any use though...
I'd use my mechanical/engineering skills to help patch up machinery (guns, cars, etc, so long as it's mechanical) to try and ensure the town continues to function.

And then... how can I help the town with my history, politicaal studies and English :anguage?
Perhaps become the town scribe/archivist? Sort of like the BoS, but not a twat - combined with my mechanical skills, I could archive and log technology for the next generation of people.
With my knowldge of the English language, I could try to ensure future generations can communicate properly (anyone ever see Threads? I'd like to avoid that...). I could be a teacher. With my historical and political insight, I could guide our leaders - look to the darkest days of the past to avoid an even darker future. Whilst having no power, I could advise our leaders.

But like I said, I doubt I'd managed to live through the explosions or radiation...
 

Zenn3k

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Become a raider, rape and pillage.

If that doesn't work out, become the lawful "elected" ruler of said town.
 

Jacob Haggarty

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I would start a travelling circus!

For four nights only it would stop at certain, non-threatening looking, settlements and offer the best experience in gambling to be had in the wasteland! Cards! Dice! Drinks! Acts! "Reasonable" prices!

The people of these towns will be treated to four nights and four days of drunken wonder! Fireworks and exotic dancers, fire eaters and jugglers! Not to mention a plethora of tantilising carnival classic games, and caged monstrocities from the dankest darkest parts of the most dangerous areas of the wastes! Shriek, at the horrifying mole-rats! Scream, at the morbid captive FERAL ghouls! Gasp, at the hulking great super-mutants! Laugh and jeer, at the sickening raiders (bring plenty of old fruit!).

So come one, come ALL, and forget the squalor and strife of the waste-lands for just four days as you feast and drink and laugh until you simply cant take another bite, slurp another sip or Snigger another giggle!

I am Jacob Haggarty, and welcome to the carnevale of the wastelands!
 

The Harkinator

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Well I've been away for a while, how's the town coming along?

My god we have become a city with more personality and charm than anything ever seen in Fallout.
 

Jovip

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Years of weapons training and fabrication skills?
Years of suvival training and experience?
A tactical mind and leading ability?
Yea. i'll be ok. not to mention my moral compass has long been broken

Edit: Forgot to mention i am an author and English major. So, that can definitely be put to use.
 

MrRetroSpectacles

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Justice4L said:
MrRetroSpectacles said:
A student probably isn't ideal, but I could use my creative writing to help someone that intends to rule gain more support through my propaganda machine. I'd train with wasteland travellers so I could defend myself both in civilisation and the wastes, but mostly I'd live a cushy life as the left hand of a powerful leader.

I'd also have my own network of intelligence gatherers, so I have eyes and ears all over the town, everything that happens does so with my knowledge and approval, only the leader shall be able to overturn my decisions should the need arise. However, a great amount of effort would be attributed by me to hospital maintenence,education and combat effeciency for people of all ages, our little town would become a fortress and sanctuary. Do inform me if this is a little bit megalomanic...
I would hire you. As my second in command, there is nothing we can't do :p

You could use your writing skills to spread the word of my New York, and if business goes well, you will be paid large amounts of caps.
Nothing would stop us, with my influence on the people you'd quickly ascend to be the most popular and powerful leader in World history. I'd take my caps and use them to form my surveillance networks that'd keep our rule safe, then use more and whatever else I gained to pursue the charitable activities, all of which are then attributed to you. You'll be a God, and I'll be the shadow of a God, working in the dark. So long as I receive my due payments and privelages the spotlight would be yours. This World is ours!
 

Kenjitsuka

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I would scrounge/steal a gun and use it to get more resources.
Stealing as well...

If you are claiming to be benevolent, think about this real long and hard...
The wicked and bold survive, sadly.
You're a "winner" or you are dead. :eek:

I don't have any qualms about dying tho...
 

lRookiel

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Im quite Subtle and light on my feet so being a thief to make my living would suffice, until i get caught and have to fight my way out (Hopefully will either have stolen a weapon or sold enough of my stolen gear to get one).

Another option would be to join a gang or find a community to live with and earn my keep that way. ive often thought of these types of scenarios, plus ive got quite good speech and persuasion irl anyway so i could always try to persuade people to follow me :3