Abstract
- Vault-Tec originated as a department of the Enclave, indicating Hank MacLean’s potential alliance with this villainous group in Fallout.
- Dr. Wilzig’s ties to the Enclave recommend Hank MacLean’s connections to this faction transcend his previous with Vault-Tec.
- The Enclave’s doable involvement in serving to Hank destroy Shady Sands factors to a bigger conspiracy involving them because the true villains of Fallout.
After what occurred in Fallout’s first season, I am satisfied Hank MacLean is in league with the Enclave. Fallout season 1’s ending confirmed that Hank is hardly the good-natured father determine he was offered to be initially of the present. Not solely did he commit some atrocious acts because the overseer of Vault 31, however he additionally labored for Vault-Tec earlier than the Nice Warfare, making him a face for one of many greatest villain organizations in Fallout’s world. Apparently, although, they will not be the group he is at the moment aligned with within the sequence.
As Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul identified within the Fallout season 1 finale, it appears Hank is on his solution to discover the individuals who have been pulling the strings within the franchise. That may indicate he is on the lookout for the opposite Vault-Tec executives, who may be in cryo storage someplace, very similar to his fellow junior executives being saved in Vault 33. I feel that is near the reality, however I believe the total reply to the Hank MacLean thriller goes past his connections to Vault-Tec. If the lore is any indication, I feel his true masters are the identical people who Dr. Wilzig walked away from earlier within the sequence.
Vault-Tec Initially Labored For The Enclave
Vault-Tec Began Out As An Arm Of The Enclave
An enormous a part of what drives my suspicions about Hank and the Enclave is their historical past within the franchise and the truth that it is already been hinted at within the sequence. Within the Fallout video games, it is understood that the Enclave – created as a wing of the USA authorities – was behind the whole Vault-Tec operation. The Enclave commissioned Vault-Tec to construct the vaults in locations everywhere in the nation. Plus, they had been additionally those who wished Vault-Tec to make sure that experiments had been performed in every of the vaults in Fallout.
It is price noting that this facet of their backstory doesn’t contradict what occurred in the Vault-Tec assembly when Barb was heard giving this now-historic order. That is as a result of there was a second, shortly earlier than her massive speech, the place she appeared up at a shadowy determine observing the proceedings. The concept that Barb was quietly directed to guide the assembly in that route signifies that he was the one who actually made that call. As a result of it is extraordinarily unlikely that the present is massively altering Fallout canon, I am certain the thriller character represents the Enclave.
A Dr. Wilzig Scene Makes It Extra Doubtless That Hank Has Ties To The Enclave
Fallout Already Hinted At A Connection Between The Enclave & The MacLean Household
The Enclave nonetheless having their hooks in members of Vault-Tec – even at this level in the Fallout timeline – is sensible, particularly when contemplating that the Enclave nonetheless has a presence within the apocalypse. As Dr. Wilzig’s introduction proves, the villains of Fallout 3 have a base at an undisclosed location someplace on Fallout’s map. How a lot contact this iteration of the Enclave has with what’s left of Vault-Tec is unclear, however some kind of connection was implied, because it’s obvious that Wr. Wilzig is aware of one thing about Lucy’s household.
Dr. Wilzig stated Lucy’s surname with out being advised of it, which all however confirms that he is aware of both her mom or her father. Provided that he is a part of the Enclave, I’ve taken this as an indication that Hank MacLean has an alliance with them. Dr. Wilzig might have met him sooner or later, particularly because it’s already identified that regardless of the strict guidelines of the vault, Hank hasn’t precisely been confined to underground this complete time. It isn’t implausible that he is had some degree of affiliation with them through the years.
The Enclave Might Clarify How Hank Destroyed Shady Sands
Did The Enclave Assist Hank Destroy Shady Sands?
To me, the idea feels extra credible when taking a look at what he did to Shady Sands. Fallout confirmed that Hank was accountable for a nuke wiping out Shady Sands, however by no means actually defined how he pulled it off. Admittedly, the finale hinted that Vault-Tec might have launched the primary nuke. My doubts about Vault-Tec utilizing nukes to launch the Nice Warfare apart, there is not any foundation for Hank to explode Shady Sands on his personal. Clearly, Vault 33 does not have entry to a nuclear silo, which means he needed to launch a nuke from some place else.
One doable nuclear supply that Hank might have turned to is the Enclave. It isn’t been confirmed in-universe that the Enclave possessed nuclear weapons, however they did have weapons of mass destruction (such because the orbital missiles used in opposition to Liberty Prime in Fallout 3) so it is not unfeasible that they’d some of their arsenal.
Along with doubtlessly having the means to destroy Shady Sands, the Enclave additionally had the motive. Shady Sands is part of the New California Republic, a serious Fallout faction and an enemy of the Enclave. The NCR is a becoming instance of what the Enclave fears most, which is a functioning physique of presidency making an attempt to reclaim the USA. As a remnant of the federal government, the Enclave believes that they are the one group entitled to fulfilling this position. With that in thoughts, there is not any doubt they’d log off on a plan that they thought would set off the NCR’s downfall.
An Alliance With Hank MacLean Would Assist One other Enclave Principle
If the Enclave helped Hank earlier than together with his Shady Sands drawback, it would not shock me if he sought them out for assist a second time. As for why he will New Vegas particularly, I thought-about the chance that he could possibly be on the lookout for Mr. Home since he dominated New Vegas and was on the assembly, but it surely’s arduous to think about the Rob-Co CEO, for all his flaws, nonetheless being on the facet of Vault-Tec. Hank teaming up with the Enclave, is actually believable, although, particularly if it is true that the Enclave are the true villains of Fallout.
The thriller determine within the assembly, the Enclave being the faction that finally units up the chilly fusion plot, and their questionable experiments in episode 2 all match throughout the theme that the Enclave is the foundation of many of the issues in Fallout. With their previous wants within the video games, to not point out their position within the origin of the vaults, makes them probably the most acceptable candidate to be the ultimate villain of the sequence. The particular person guilty for the destruction of Shady Sands and far of season 1’s story standing revealed as a pawn of the Enclave would go hand-in-hand with that concept.
