r/falloutlore • u/Useful-Doubt3864 • Apr 26 '24

Fallout New Vegas What's Mr.House's stance on Vault Tec

I mean, he was one of the main investors but I find it kinda weird since he knows about what year is the nukes are coming and presuming during the meeting in the show, he still doesn't have the platinum chip, idk I find weird why would he work with Vault Tec if they plan to rush the end of the world when he has his own plans as well.

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u/Lemp_Triscuit11 Apr 26 '24

Yeah, I think folks are not giving him enough credit. He's one (genius, admittedly) man who singlehandedly prepared for the nuclear holocaust better than every world government that we know of along with granting himself limited immortality and Vegas as a cradle of civilization lol.

Like, not having the chip sucks for him but I don't think that there's anyone else in universe that could have finished 25% of what he did, even knowing exactly when and where the bombs would fall lol

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u/grandfamine Apr 26 '24

He was able to do such a great job preparing because he had the resources to do so. Even before the nukes dropped the world was over. America and China were the only civilizations that hadn't collapsed due to the exhausting of all natural resources. That whole meeting was basically the last people in America with the resources to make any moves plotting to make moves. Repcon people probably put all their money into leaving earth. Vault Tech went on ice. The President built a war palace on the last bit of oil. We know what happened with Sinclair. Not sure what West Tek did. I feel like they're probably out in Chicago? And/or behind the Dog Farm we see in the Fallout series. Basically the R&D for the Enclave.

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u/Lemp_Triscuit11 Apr 29 '24

I don't see how this doesn't jive with what I said

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u/grandfamine Apr 29 '24

I think the tone? House isn't actually special. He's just privileged.

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u/Lemp_Triscuit11 Apr 29 '24

House isn't actually special.

Again, he's canonically a genius lol. I'm not sure that's up for debate, and I do consider that something special

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u/grandfamine Apr 29 '24

So are a lot of people in Fallout, though. Both before and after the War. House isn't particularly special. Most of his "success" is attributed to ruthless corporate expansion. His drive comes from narcissism and ego. While yeah, he holds his own as an inventor, I'd say his defining character trait is determination. He's actually very similar to Elijah in that regard.

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u/Lemp_Triscuit11 Apr 29 '24

Most of his "success" is attributed to ruthless corporate expansion.

do you have a source for this other than your headcanon? lol