AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Nope. Quest quest quest quest quest.

Killing things should be reserved for self defense, and deciding that the entire population of a town doesn't need to exist anymore.

Killing things works well when you explore as much as I do. Level 12 and I just got into Novac.

Dead Wind Cavern is empty and the "legendary" deathclaw is dead. Compared to the abominations at the Divide, he was a little bitch.

Vault 11 cleared. These Vault-Tec guys were fucked up.

Did you check under the Overseer's desk?

Yes I did. Hence the fucked up bit. Sitting in a chair and suddenly robot deathsquad. Huzzah for pulse grenades.

You know what's really fucked up?


Vault-Tec clearly intended for the inhabitants to rebel against the ultimatum given to them and this message patting them on the back for being stellar examples of humanity, yet they still built mechanical euthanasia into the program. Why bother? Why not just have the tunnel lead to a back door and release the person into the wilderness? He might good as dead anyway, but at least then they would have a fucking chance.

That's actually what I was expecting. I sat in that chair and figured that the machine would tell the dweller the truth behind the process, open a door, and give them some supplies to start their new life away from the Vault. Hence the appearance of the robot deathsquad was a huge "OH FUCK YOU GUYS" moment.

To be fair, the second I caught a whif that the place was a "sacrifice one of your own to survive" I predicted that the main plot was driven by the fact that the inhabitants were supposed to rebel. That whole premise has been played and done in countless sci-fi movies.

As for there actually being a robot death squad, remember that they had a vault where the main test was "what do radiation do!?" where the locking mechanism was designed to not close properly. Vault-Tec was run by a bunch of dicks. That much is clear.

Amoral scientists are one thing, but Vault-Tec was clearly run by either sadists or idiots. Possibly both. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that there were a few Vaults that were actually designed to do what they were supposed to - save lives. Vault 3 is one example.

Shit, just make the backdoor/airlock as indestructible as the Vault door. Bond villians were in charge of Vault-Tec.

Yeah, if there's one thing about the Vaults it's their incredible durability. Mechanisms still work, systems still work, and even if there's some cave-ins it doesn't detract much from the Vault's ability to function. Though the inhabitants seem to be very good at fucking over their Vaults.

Also in Vault 11 I found something I assume to be a mini-nuke trap. It was on the floor with the Overseer's office, but down a ways. Boone runs in, breaks a tripwire, and nothing happens for a few seconds. Then suddenly everything blows up and I'm dead.

Grenade bouquet, the tripwire drops a few frags that were hanging from the ceiling. They were rather common in Fallout 3 but you can finish New Vegas without ever seeing a single one.