Vault-Tec has at all times been a quiet villain within the Fallout universe, however the Fallout present actually drives house how evil the corporate is. 

Vault-Tec not solely orchestrated the Nice Conflict that ended the world but additionally created the vaults as a method of trapping individuals inside generations-long experiments. The present calls out a few of the worst vaults from the Fallout lore, and it reveals us the unusual relationship the individuals of the wasteland have with the vaults. Regardless that Vault-Tec created its most important product for nefarious functions, some individuals actually have discovered lasting peace contained in the vaults. 

Spoilers for the Fallout TV present comply with.

Vault 33

Lucy’s father Hank is the overseer of Vault 33, which is situated close to Los Angeles. The individuals of Vault 33 even have quite a bit in frequent with these of Vault 76 in Fallout 76, they’ve simply been dwelling their lives underground for for much longer. Life in 33 is all about getting ready for Reclamation Day, when everybody will be capable to go above floor and start rebuilding America. 

What actually units Vault 33 aside is that it’s related to 2 different Vaults, 32 and 31. Each three years, the Vault populations reconnect and commerce members in a wedding ceremony that’s meant to stop inbreeding. Vault-Tec actually thought issues by means of, however despite the fact that life in 33 is peaceable and secure, it’s a part of a darker story. 

Vault 32

The individuals in Vault 32 presumably lived related lives to everybody in 33. They farmed, maintained the Vault, and realized new expertise to prepare for Reclamation Day. Someplace alongside the road, the individuals in Vault 32 discovered what Vault 31 was utilizing them for, and so they rebelled towards the experiment. That clearly didn’t work out as a result of by the point we see the within of the vault, everybody in it’s already useless. 

Vault 31

Vault 31 is the place Hank’s from, however it’s truly only a secret cryo-storage facility for Vault-Tec executives. For over 200 years, Vault-Tec’s prime brass have been thawing themselves out one-at-a-time and ruling over Vaults 32 and 33, that are mainly simply breeding swimming pools for the Vault-Tec execs. We all know that, earlier than the warfare, Vault-Tec deliberate for its leaders to survive all of their competitors, however the finer particulars of that plan are nonetheless one thing of a thriller. 

Vault 4

The experiment in Vault 4 concerned scientists utilizing genetic modifications to rework the human physique – although it appears to be like like they solely made it so far as including ears and noses to locations they shouldn’t be and creating a person with one eye. In comparison with the opposite vaults, Vault 4 had far more contact with the skin world. It was so properly acquainted with the wasteland that it took in refugees from Shady Sands after they wanted a brand new house. By the point the present begins, the individuals of Shady Sands and the residents of Vault 4 have fashioned one neighborhood that gives some peace to everybody, educates youngsters, and presents medical help to wasteland wanderers. 

Vault-Tec easter eggs

We don’t see another vaults within the present, however the season finale reveals that Vault-Tec bought vaults to different highly effective corporations that needed to run their very own experiments. A consultant from Large MT suggests a vault that’s purposefully overcrowded to drive residents to compete for survival. REPCONN needs to have a vault ruled by a robotic. West-Tek has plans for a vault that works to create “a brilliant mutant soldier.” We additionally hear a couple of vault with psychedelic medicine within the air and one other designed to run checks on youngsters. 

These experiments sound an terrible lot like Vault 27, Vault 51, Vault 87, Vault 106, and Vault 75, a few of which we’ve truly gotten to go to within the video games. The horror of the faults has at all times been a key a part of the sequence, and the present calls out a few of the worst vaults there ever have been.