Atomic Postman
Vault Archives Overseer
A part of the Vault Dweller's memoirs that provokes a lot of confusion for me is the following passage:
"I found myself in Junktown. It was here that I learned the most important rule of all: doing a good thing sometimes means being a very bad person. My memories of Junktown are tainted, and I feel no remorse for my actions in that place."
What could he be referring to? I realize it could be in reference to siding with Gizmo, but this seems very uncharacteristic/out of character with the Vault Dweller as portrayed in Fallout 2 and the memoirs itself. I am aware of the potential connection to the cut content switcheroo ending where Gizmo ends up leading to the better outcome, but considering that the Memoirs were made after this was cut (and therefore it can't be referring to this as the event), and even still the Vault Dweller has no way of knowing this outcome, I don't know, I find it very hard to believe. It doesn't make sense to me.
I have another quibble with the seeming inconsistency where the memoirs seemingly imply that the Vault Dweller rescued Tandi via dueling Garl and therefore meaning the Khans plagued the area for years after, despite the fact that Fallout 2 confirms that the Dweller went in guns blazing and wiped them out to the (near) last. But that is fairly minor as it can be chalked up to the Shady Sands region dealing with other raiders of the same tribal family like the Jackals and the Vipers.
So what did the Vault Dweller actually do in Junktown?
"I found myself in Junktown. It was here that I learned the most important rule of all: doing a good thing sometimes means being a very bad person. My memories of Junktown are tainted, and I feel no remorse for my actions in that place."
What could he be referring to? I realize it could be in reference to siding with Gizmo, but this seems very uncharacteristic/out of character with the Vault Dweller as portrayed in Fallout 2 and the memoirs itself. I am aware of the potential connection to the cut content switcheroo ending where Gizmo ends up leading to the better outcome, but considering that the Memoirs were made after this was cut (and therefore it can't be referring to this as the event), and even still the Vault Dweller has no way of knowing this outcome, I don't know, I find it very hard to believe. It doesn't make sense to me.
I have another quibble with the seeming inconsistency where the memoirs seemingly imply that the Vault Dweller rescued Tandi via dueling Garl and therefore meaning the Khans plagued the area for years after, despite the fact that Fallout 2 confirms that the Dweller went in guns blazing and wiped them out to the (near) last. But that is fairly minor as it can be chalked up to the Shady Sands region dealing with other raiders of the same tribal family like the Jackals and the Vipers.
So what did the Vault Dweller actually do in Junktown?
