Top 10 Things To Remember Before Fallout Season 2

#10: Knight Maximus

We seriously doubt that Maximus will have a villain arc in season two, but we have to be honest - things aren’t looking good. In the finale, Maximus leads the Brotherhood assault on the observatory, where he observes Moldaver’s cold fusion reaction. Before dying, Moldaver tells Maximus that the Brotherhood is not to be trusted, that they will likely utilize the cold fusion for their own gains, and that he should attempt to sabotage their efforts from within. She then dies from a gunshot wound, and other Brotherhood members falsely deduce that Maximus killed her. With that, Maximus is promoted, his brothers-in-arms hailing him as Knight Maximus. How will his newfound power come into play? And will he heed Moldaver’s warnings?

#9: New Vegas

It’s kind of hard to forget, considering the powerful final image, the promotional material, and the legacy of the game, but we’re heading to New Vegas! Viva New Vegas! The very last scene of season one shows Hank MacLean observing the city from a distance, The Lucky 38 unmistakable on the orange horizon. Why he’s going there remains unknown, but it almost certainly has something to do with Vault-Tec. We won’t spoil anything here, but non-game players are in for a treat, as New Vegas is filled with rich lore, gorgeous locations, and unforgettable characters. And as this show is canon with the game, we can guarantee that they’ll be included.

#8: Thaddeus

Johnny Pemberton memorably portrays Thaddeus, Maximus’s Squire. Well, Knight Titus’s Squire, technically, but Maximus is assuming his identity. His storyline ends quite memorably, as he trades Maximus’s fusion core for a mysterious yellow serum in order to heal his mangled foot. The serum salesman cryptically tells Thaddeus that after consuming the liquid, he will no longer need to worry about radiation. This, combined with his newfound healing ability, strongly suggests that the serum is turning him into a ghoul. Some fans disagree, arguing that this is just an obvious red herring and that Thaddeus is turning into something far more horrific. Some think that the serum is actually a variety of the Forced Evolutionary Virus and that Thaddeus is becoming a Super Mutant.

#7: Vault-Tec

“Fallout” tackles a variety of genres, including conspiracy thriller. Throughout the series, we learn that Vault-Tec is far more nefarious than it lets on - and that it may have even destroyed the world for the sake of its own shareholders. In one meaningful flashback, we see Cooper’s wife, Barb Howard, meet with a number of Vault-Tec investors. Here, she discusses the great plan, which begins with dropping various nukes and instigating The Great War themselves. They will then hide in the Vaults, use them as testing grounds for social experiments, and then repopulate the world with themselves entirely in control. Put simply, Vault-Tec wants to inherit the Earth, and they are absolutely not to be trusted going forward.

#6: Moldaver’s Past

When we’re introduced to Lee Moldaver, it’s 2296 and she is raiding Vault 33 But then we’re thrown a bit of a twist in episode six - Moldaver pre-dates The Great War! She was around in 2077, going by what is presumably her real name of Miss Williams. She was a scientist working on cold fusion, but Vault-Tec purchased and then buried her technology, fearing that infinite energy would undermine their business opportunities. She also met with pre-war Cooper and gave him the listening device that he later used to spy on Barb and learn the truth of Vault-Tec’s ambitions. Hopefully season two will answer one burning question on everyone’s minds - how did Moldaver not only survive, but not even age, over the last two centuries?

#5: Betty & Hank In 2077

And speaking of people’s pasts, we learn that both Hank and Betty were Vault-Tec employees in the pre-war era. Hank used to work as an assistant to Cooper’s wife Barb, and Cooper even met Hank in person, albeit in a much younger form. He was then put into cryosleep (we’ll get to that later), reawakened in 2268, and sent to Vault 33, where he became overseer. Suffice to say, his loyalties still lay with Vault-Tec. And if you don’t remember, Betty Pearson is the present-day overseer of Vault 33, having taken the mantle after Hank was kidnapped by Moldaver. Like Hank, she was also an assistant of Barb, and she also met Cooper before The Great War.

#4: Hank Nuked Shady Sands

For much of season one, Hank is depicted as a sympathetic character, but that is entirely thrown out the window in the twist-filled finale. Not only do we learn about his loyalties to Vault-Tec, but we learn that he is responsible for the biggest loss of life this side of The Great War. Probably. Hank’s wife Rose fled to the surface, deducing that civilization had returned. She took their children, Lucy and Norman, and fled to a nearby settlement called Shady Sands. Realizing that the city was becoming its own stable government under the New California Republic, Hank had the city nuked. It ensured Vault-Tec’s supremacy and killed who knows how many people, including Rose, who turned into a ghoul from the resulting radiation.

#3: The Ghoul’s Family

One major storyline that season two will, or should, be tackling is the search for The Ghoul’s family. As we learn in the finale, it’s highly probable that his family is still alive and out there somewhere, likely under Vault-Tec’s control. The last time we saw Barb was in that meeting with Vault-Tec investors, and we learned that she and Cooper had gotten a divorce. And while we assumed that his daughter Janey died in The Great War, it’s heavily insinuated that she is also alive. As it stands, both The Ghoul and Hank’s daughter Lucy are now following him to New Vegas, hoping that he will lead them to other Vault-Tec executives - and maybe The Ghoul’s long-lost family.

#2: Vault 32

We’ve been having all this fun on the irradiated surface, but we mustn’t forget the conspiracy going on underground! As Norman eventually discovers, Vault 32 was once used as a breeding ground for Vault-Tec executives, a eugenics project meant to create loyal and devoted managers. Vault 32 eventually learned of this and led a violent rebellion, which eventually led to a civil war and the complete decimation of the vault’s population. Moldaver then used Rose’s Pip-Boy to gain access to 32, and it’s through here that she infiltrated 33. As of now, Vault 32 is currently being reinhabited under the orders of Betty, with Stephanie Harper being elected as its overseer.

#1: Vault 31 & Bud’s Buds

The whole conspiracy traces back to Vault 31 and its system of Bud’s Buds. These are named after Vault-Tec senior junior vice president Bud Askins, who hoped to create the perfect Vault-Tec society by freezing a select group of devoted employees. These are Bud’s Buds, and they include both Hank and Betty. These employees were preserved in cryostasis and stored inside Vault 31. They would then be thawed and integrated into the societies of Vaults 32 and 33, becoming their overseers and ensuring the continuation of Vault-Tec’s complete control. The hope was that this would create a perfect society and allow Vault-Tec to take over the world. Oh, and season one ends with Norm stuck inside Vault 31, having been trapped by Bud’s preserved brain.

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