The 105 other Vaults were presented with a variety of scenarios, ranging from annoying to downright lethal, to gauge how humans would react and how they would survive them (if at all): Some were not provided with enough food synthesizers for their population, others had only men in them, or were designed to open prematurely. Of the 122 known public Vaults, 17 were designed to work more or less properly, as control Vaults. Īs such, all Vaults were designed to feed data to the Enclave. The Program was basically a vast data gathering exercise, to provide the Enclave with the information necessary to construct a multi-generational starship that would take a select group of people ("the best and brightest") off world to colonize new worlds, rather than try to restore the Earth: Enclave projections assumed the worst possible outcome: Global thermonuclear war renders Earth completely uninhabitable. Rather than act to save humanity directly, Vaults were built to test their population as part of the Societal Preservation Program. Project Safehouse was subverted it for its own ends. The entire program was hijacked by a national conspiracy involving human experimentation overseen by what would become the Enclave. Vault construction timetableĬontrary to what its demonstration Vaults would claim, the Vaults were not meant to save humanity in general. Promotional tours and awarding of prizes like the Pressed Vault Suit Award were also used to promote a positive image of the company, regardless of the numerous problems associated with it. and even sponsor a large exposition at the Museum of Technology in the capital, designed to promote their shelters and explain their functionality. It was also a tremendous success for the company, allowing it to expand its headquarters to Washington, D.C. Vault-Tec even advertised Vaults in newly annexed Canada, though these were in the early stages of completion. Yet for all these problems, Vault-Tec was able to create a number of miracle technologies and develop shelters that really protected the inhabitants, as long as they worked properly. Īdditional problems were caused by consistent mismanagement, corruption, and embezzlement that seemed to define Project Safehouse before the war. Turnouts for the drills fell as the years went on, further limiting the Vaults' role in ensuring the survival of humanity. Ongoing drills in completed shelters slowly created a "cry wolf" effect. The construction of several Vaults was delayed, particularly Vault 13 (which only started construction in August 2063) and the network surrounding Washington, D.C. The building of the shelters proceeded rapidly and most were completed by 2063. įollowing the success of Vault-Tec Corporation's demonstration Vault built near their headquarters in Los Angeles at the time, the company won the bid for constructing the shelters. ![]() Installations built as part of the Vault-Tec Societal Preservation Program commonly claimed to have a chance to fail equal to 1,763,497 to 1 however, the reality was a far cry from this bold claim. For example, the intended budget for Vault 13 was $400 billion dollars, and by the end of its construction the total costs reached $645 billion, well over 150% of the initial figure.Īs a crucial element of national defense, much of the project was classified and protected under the New Amended Espionage Act, encouraging embezzlement and corruption. ![]() The sheer costs of a single Vault are staggering. The impoverished government was forced to finance the project with junk bonds and even then, only commissions 122 of these shelters nationwide, allowing less than 0.1% of the population to save their life in the event of the holocaust. Breakthroughs in construction techniques allow for these gargantuan bunkers to be constructed at a rapid pace. This massive national defense endeavor was intended to create shelters that would protect the population in the event of a nuclear war or plague. In response, the government set Project Safehouse in motion in 2054. The origins of the Vault network date back to the early 2050s, when the Euro-Middle Eastern War, the New Plague, and the collapse of the United Nations resulted in a nation-wide scare. A Vault-Tec propaganda poster which hides the reality that many Vaults were sites of civil unrest and mental/physical torture
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