- Vault 24 was a piece of cut content from Fallout: New Vegas, only referenced on a Vault-Tec jumpsuit.
- Episode one of Fallout Season 2 features the location in full detail and unveils its inhumane experiment.
- In the show, Vault 24’s American residents were brainwashed into becoming Communists using brain-manipulation techniques and devices.
Fallout Season 2 is finally here, folks, and it features a Megaton’s worth of callbacks, easter eggs, and references to the games. From the very first sequence of the show, the meticulous attention to detail is on full display. The creators are practically flexing their knowledge by having Robert House name-drop the H&H Tools Company and sneak a Radiation King van into the frame while making nothing of it.
Fallout Season 2 Reveals the Horrific Experiment of Vault 24
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During episode one’s middle stretch, we see the Ghoul and Lucy come across the Starlight Drive-In. While this is technically a location from Fallout 4, it seems like Starlight was a chain of drive-ins that also had outlets in the Mojave. Tucked behind this one’s projector screen is a cave that leads into Vault 24.
The only previous mention of the Vault was discovered deep in the files of Fallout: New Vegas. In them, players were only able to find a Vault 24 jumpsuit and learned nothing about the contents of the nuclear bunker. This meant that the location has forever been shrouded in mystery, until Fallout Season 2 finally revealed the inhumane experiments hiding inside.
As Lucy and the Ghoul explore the Vault, they come across skeletons wearing Communist outfits. This immediately amps up the intrigue as pre-war America in the Fallout universe was intensely anti-Communist. On exploring further, it is revealed that the Vault conducted brainwashing experiments on its red-blooded American residents, forcing the principles of Communism on them. As part of their efforts, Vault-Tec employees also used a mind-control device that could directly manipulate a person’s thoughts.
Experiments such as this are pretty standard for Vault-Tec. And if you’ve played the games, you’ll know that they can be even more cruel. Nevertheless, it’s great to see the TV show answer one of the franchise’s many mysteries. Now, will it finally give Fallout: New Vegas a proper ending? Only time will tell, although Jonathan Nolan did give us a solid hint .
A massive gaming nerd who’s been writing stuff on the internet since 2021, Aryan covers single-player games, RPGs, and live-service titles such as Marvel Rivals and Call of Duty: Warzone. When he isn’t clacking away at his keyboard, you’ll find him firing up another playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas.
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