The ominous Vault 69 sounds like a cheeky joke in Fallout. It is. But at the same time, it’s more serious than one might think…
In the universe of Fallout, it’s not just about bizarre monsters and the radiation of the world, but also about the Vaults. These safe bunkers are designed to provide refuge from radiation and allow humans to repopulate the surface in a few decades. However, some of these Vaults appear a little “curious”.
We’ll reveal what the mysterious Vault 69 is all about.
Spoiler alert: Those who have not seen the series “Fallout” or played the games will encounter some light spoilers regarding both in this article.
What are the Vaults? Vaults are massive underground complexes in the Fallout universe, built to protect against the radiation of the inevitable nuclear war. Particularly important and wealthy individuals could book a place here as a precaution for the atomic war.
What most didn’t know, however, was that the Vaults were simultaneously used for various social experiments. For example, one Vault claimed that one resident must be sacrificed each year for the Vault to continue to exist. Other Vaults serve research purposes, where residents are drugged.
So the Vaults are only superficially intended for safety. Aside from some Vaults that are for “management,” the others almost always serve some weird purposes.
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What is Vault 69? Vault 69 might be one of the strangest Vaults, and if you have a mischievous grin on your face with that number, you are absolutely right.
Because the experiment of Vault 69 had a very special arrangement for its residents. There was one man and 999 women. He is basically the rooster in the henhouse
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Of course, Vault 69 is based on the common meme “69” that pops up from time to time, such as in games like Borderlands 3. The 69 refers to a sexual practice or sometimes just sex in general, and accordingly, the Fallout universe had to create a somewhat questionable “social experiment” with “Vault 69”.
Whether the lonely gentleman experienced his personal harem, some amazonic submission, or something completely different, we will hopefully find out someday.
Where does the info come from? The few pieces of information available about Vault 69 come from the Fallout Bible and the comic “One Man, and a Crate of Puppets.” Additionally, it appeared in an artwork for the “Van Buren” Fallout, which was never published. There, the corresponding Vault is mentioned.
Are there other curious Vaults? There are plenty. For the majority of the Vaults, the creators have not released anything yet. The purpose or the experiments conducted in these Vaults are still unknown until they are mentioned in a game, series, or another medium someday.
However, it is known that there was also a Vault 68. This reversed the experiment: Here there are a total of 999 men and only one woman. Again, one should carefully consider whether one really wants to know how that turned out.
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