Description
An original novel set in the Fallout universe, written to be accessible to all, featuring unique people and places
Fallout: Vault X tells the story of John. A vault dweller, who spent every day of his twenty five years underground. Like his father, and his father before him. Proud to live in the last remaining bastion of humanity, all that survived The Great War of the atomic age. Hidden deep below the surface of the earth, toiling under brutal conditions. Year after year, decade upon decade. All to expand into the natural cave system the Vault occupied, building for the future. However, John knew what his forefathers did not, that everything he’d been taught was a lie.
After finishing school at the age of ten, John received his standard issue pipboy. An arm mounted personal computer, worn by everyone in the Vault. Used to coordinate the relentless pace of expansion, needed to work as an apprentice. To learn the craft that would be his life’s work. A noble calling to ensure a future for all that remained of the human race.
A quirk of fate saw John equipped not with the crude, clunky, pipboy model his father wore. That almost everyone around him wore. His looked smaller, sleeker, finished in a jet black sheen. And capable of doing far more than its drab counterparts.
The world above had been ravaged by atomic flames, yet life clung to its bones. The Red Valley fared better than most in the century since the bombs fell. The clean water and rich soil protected by rolling hills. All spared from direct strikes, for the most part. Life survived here. Trees spawned from charred ground, misshapen, green leaves turned red. Along with simple crops, grown wild at first, then cultivated by the survivors.
The scavengers of the old world were inventive, hardy people. All determined to rebuild in the ruins of a world they never knew. In the decades that passed settlements emerged. They grew, spreading along the valley floor. Reclaiming the pre-war remnants of the once industrialised heartland. Salvaging the robotic wonders of a bygone age to build their walls and work their fields. To protect them in the dark of the wasteland. But such things are uncommon in this world, and the rarer something is, the greater its value. And the worth of pre-war technology had not gone unnoticed.
The last, real, power in this world rested in the mechanised hands of The Brotherhood of Steel. Forged from the mortally wounded old world military. The Brotherhood used its access to the weapons made for a conflict no one won to strike out into the wastes. Men and women were equipped with advanced armour, aerial transportation, high grade weaponry. Accompanied by the training, strength, and will, to put them to use. They established chapters and set up outputs far and wide. All dedicated to a single purpose. To ensure the technology left abandoned by its long dead creators didn’t fall into the wrong hands. Namely, any hands that were not their own.
This is the world John escaped into. A place of horrors brought forth from atomic fire. A place where survival meant battling against the darkness. Fighting a war each day to get to the next. And war...war never changes
Chapters
- Chapter 1 : Chapter 1 Esc
- Chapter 2 : Chapter 2 Red Rocket
- Chapter 3 : Chapter 3 The Grand
- Chapter 4 : Chapter 4 “Get up stupid.”
- Chapter 5 : Chapter 5 “It saves two lives.”
- Chapter 6 : Chapter 6 “Threat detected.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 7 : Chapter 6 “Threat detected.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 8 : “It’s an old Mr Fix It trick.”
- Chapter 9 : Lying signs that told the truth
- Chapter 10 : Robco’s Rest 1/2
- Chapter 11 : Robco’s Rest 2/2
- Chapter 12 : “Is this what you normally eat?” 1/2
- Chapter 13 : “Is this what you normally eat?” 2/2
- Chapter 14 : Robco Industries (1/2)
- Chapter 15 : Robco Industries (2/2)
- Chapter 16 : “It ain’t all whiskey and roast pork…”
- Chapter 17 : “Not all who wander are lost son.”
- Chapter 18 : “Two thousand four hundred and seventy five metres.”
- Chapter 19 : Shadowtown
- Chapter 20 : The Tower With Power
- Chapter 21 : “One of them pro bono type deals.”
- Chapter 22 : “Run.” (1/2)
- Chapter 23 : “Run.” (2/2)
- Chapter 24 : Paladin Sara Maxwell (1/2)
- Chapter 25 : Paladin Sara Maxwell (2/2)
- Chapter 26 : “Agreed.”
- Chapter 27 : Ad Victoriam (1/2)
- Chapter 28 : Ad Victoriam (2/2)
- Chapter 29 : Structure and routine
- Chapter 30 : Her Father, The Elder
- Chapter 31 : “A big metal door in the ground.” (1/2)
- Chapter 32 : “A big metal door in the ground.” (2/2)
- Chapter 33 : “Say thank you old dead guy that invented auto-stand.” (1/2)
- Chapter 34 : “Say thank you old dead guy that invented auto-stand.” (2/2)
- Chapter 35 : "Never given or taken lightly."
- Chapter 36 : Operation Mole Rat (1/2)
- Chapter 37 : Operation Mole Rat (2/2)
- Chapter 38 : R and R (1/2)
- Chapter 39 : R and R (2/2)
- Chapter 40 : “This is the mission.” (1/2)
- Chapter 41 : “This is the mission.” (2/2)
- Chapter 42 : “There’s no place like home.”
- Chapter 43 : Contingency plans
- Chapter 44 : "Arise."
- Chapter 45 : Vol. ll Chapter 1 Rosie (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 46 : Vol. ll Chapter 1 Rosie (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 47 : Chapter 2 “Don’t touch that.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 48 : Vol. ll Chapter 2 "Don't touch that." (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 49 : Vol. ll Chapter 3 Factory Reset (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 50 : Vol. ll Chapter 3 Factory Reset (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 51 : Vol. ll Chapter 4 “Throw the ball, then catch it.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 52 : Vol. ll Chapter 4 “Throw the ball, then catch it.”" (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 53 : Vol. ll Chapter 5 Wandering the Wastes
- Chapter 54 : Vol. ll Chapter 6 “Beatniks at the top of the world.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 55 : Vol. ll Chapter 6 “Beatniks at the top of the world.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 56 : Vol. ll Chapter 7 “A woman with an eye for a bargain.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 57 : Vol. ll Chapter 7 “A woman with an eye for a bargain.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 58 : Vol. ll Chapter 8 “No number. They always have a number.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 59 : Vol. ll Chapter 8 “No number. They always have a number.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 60 : Vol. ll Chapter 9 “Something quiet, something loud, and something sharp.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 61 : Vol. ll Chapter 9 “Something quiet, something loud, and something sharp.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 62 : Vol. ll Chapter 10 “Here to see the Manager. We're expected.”
- Chapter 63 : Chapter 11 “It, not she, it.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 64 : Vol. ll Chapter 11 “It, not her, it.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 65 : Vol. ll Chapter 12 “Paging Doctor Powell.”
- Chapter 66 : Vol. ll Chapter 13 “Sliced it like an orange.”
- Chapter 67 : Vol ll Chapter 14 “Think of it like a radio. That can kill you.”
- Chapter 68 : Vol. ll Chapter 15 Forty two days
- Chapter 69 : Vol. ll Chapter 16 “Recharge our batteries.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 70 : Vol. ll Chapter 16 “Recharge our batteries.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 71 : Vol. ll Chapter 17 “Talent of a misspent youth.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 72 : Vol. ll Chapter 17 “Talent of a misspent youth.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 73 : Vol. ll Chapter 18 “I’m pretty sure my skull is bulletproof.”
- Chapter 74 : Vol. ll Chapter 19 Much better than Vault Day (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 75 : Vol. ll Chapter 19 Much better than Vault Day (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 76 : Vol. ll Chapter 20 “It is preferable to have an efficient cycle.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 77 : Vol. ll Chapter 20 “It is preferable to have an efficient cycle.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 78 : Vol. ll Chapter 21 “Sometimes the old ways are the best.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 79 : Vol. ll Chapter 21 “Sometimes the old ways are the best.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 80 : Vol. ll Chapter 22 “Second?”
- Chapter 81 : Vol. ll Chapter 23 “Mark two eyeball.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 82 : Vol. ll Chapter 23 “Mark two eyeball.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 83 : Vol. ll Chapter 24 The Red Hand (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 84 : Vol. ll Chapter 24 The Red Hand (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 85 : Vol. ll Chapter 25 “This is like the shadow of what I see."
- Chapter 86 : Vol. ll Chapter 26 Rosie snapped her fingers
- Chapter 87 : Vol. ll Chapter 27 “First law protocol is in effect.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 88 : Vol. ll Chapter 27 “First law protocol is in effect.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 89 : Vol. ll Chapter 28 Apparitions
- Chapter 90 : Vol. ll Chapter 29 “The sixteenth at Cypress Point looks fun.”
- Chapter 91 : Vol. ll Chapter 30 “Probably the Brotherhood, or the Baron, or someone new.”
- Chapter 92 : Vol. ll Chapter 31 Ranking Officer
- Chapter 93 : Vol. ll Chapter 32 “So, how did you earn that name?” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 94 : Vol. ll Chapter 32 “So, how did you earn that name?” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 95 : Vol. ll Chapter 33 “Tempest, meet Tornado.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 96 : Vol. ll Chapter 33 “Tempest, meet Tornado.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 97 : Vol. ll Chapter 34 “I’m going home.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 98 : Vol. ll Chapter 34 “I’m going home.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 99 : Vol. ll Chapter 35 “Twelve hundred and thirty eight.”
- Chapter 100 : Vol. ll Chapter 36 “Never keep a Lady waiting, didn’t they teach you that.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 101 : Vol. ll Chapter 36 “Never keep a Lady waiting, didn’t they teach you that.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 102 : Vol. ll Chapter 37 She’s somebody's Rosie.
- Chapter 103 : Vol. ll Chapter 38 “Never heard of Rangers.”
- Chapter 104 : Vol. ll Chapter 39 “You must feel like it’s your birthday.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 105 : Vol. ll Chapter 39 “You must feel like it’s your birthday.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 106 : Vol. ll Chapter 40 “What’s a Deathclaw?” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 107 : Vol. ll Chapter 40 “What’s a Deathclaw?” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 108 : Vol. ll Chapter 41 “Not each.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 109 : Vol. ll Chapter 41 “Not each.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 110 : Vol. ll Chapter 42 “Come with me.”
- Chapter 111 : Vol. ll Chapter 43 Resistance
- Chapter 112 : Vol. ll Chapter 44 Ronin Vs. The Mechanist (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 113 : Vol. ll Chapter 44 Ronin Vs. The Mechanist (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 114 : Vol. ll Chapter 45 Rosie and the Robot Factory
- Chapter 115 : Vol. ll Chapter 46 “Oh so that’s a dog.”
- Chapter 116 : Vol. ll Chapter 47 "Listen, Rosie..."
- Chapter 117 : Vol. ll Chapter 48 "Not for sale.”
- Chapter 118 : Vol. ll Chapter 49 "Consider it a donation." (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 119 : Vol. ll Chapter 49 "Consider it a donation." (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 120 : Vol. ll Chapter 50 “It ain’t worth it.”
- Chapter 121 : Vol. lll Epilogue. Excerpt 1.1 - “The day today is March 14th 2070, this is GNR."
- Chapter 122 : Vol. III Chapter 1 “The day today is March fourteenth, twenty seventy. This is GNR.”
- Chapter 123 : Vol. III Chapter 2 The Grey Man (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 124 : Vol. III Chapter 2 The Grey Man (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 125 : Vol. III Chapter 3 The Not So Grand
- Chapter 126 : Vol. III Chapter 4 Vault X
- Chapter 127 : Vol. III Chapter 5 The Day The Bombs Fell
- Chapter 128 : Vol. III Chapter 6 “Like I said, it gets cold up here.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 129 : Vol. III Chapter 6 “Like I said, it gets cold up here.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 130 : Vol. III Chapter 7 “Jack of diamonds.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 131 : Vol. III Chapter 7 “Jack of diamonds.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 132 : Vol. III Chapter 8 “Never start a snowball fight with a physicist.”
- Chapter 133 : Vol. III Chapter 9 The Shaw Protocol
- Chapter 134 : Vol. III Chapter 10 “Question twenty eight."
- Chapter 135 : Vol. III Chapter 11 “I thought that was a conspiracy theory?”
- Chapter 136 : Vol. III Chapter 12 The True Power of His Genius
- Chapter 137 : Vol. III Chapter 13 Ghoulification
- Chapter 138 : Vol. III Chapter 14 “Touch of the old world blues."
- Chapter 139 : Vol. III Chapter 15 “You’ll wake the whole damn block!”
- Chapter 140 : Vol. III Chapter 16 “Not much personality.”
- Chapter 141 : Vol. III Chapter 17 “Most people will tell you the Wright brothers made the first flight."
- Chapter 142 : Vol. III Chapter 18 A Vail of Inky Blood
- Chapter 143 : Vol. III Chapter 19 Covenant
- Chapter 144 : Vol. III Chapter 20 “If thine eye offends thee.”
- Chapter 145 : Vol. III Chapter 21 “There’s that word again."
- Chapter 146 : Vol. III Chapter 22 “A true company man.”
- Chapter 147 : Vol. III Chapter 23 “Liar.”
- Chapter 148 : Vol. III Chapter 24 Old friends New Faces (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 149 : Vol. III Chapter 24 Old friends New Faces (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 150 : Vol. lll Chapter 25 “Like finding a Rembrandt drawn in crayon.”
- Chapter 151 : Vol. III Chapter 26 “Victor X-ray. Actual."
- Chapter 152 : Vol. III Chapter 27 “Parasympathetic entanglement.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 153 : Vol. III Chapter 27 “Parasympathetic entanglement.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 154 : Vol. III Chapter 28 “You know what Einstein said about coincidence."
- Chapter 155 : Vol. lll Chapter 29 The Horror of Vault X
- Chapter 156 : Vol. III Chapter 30 “This is going to feel a little weird.”
- Chapter 157 : Vol. III Chapter 31 “We don’t do this because it’s easy.”
- Chapter 158 : Vol. III Chapter 32 “Axe will be under A.”
- Chapter 159 : Vol. III Chapter 33 “Twelve.”
- Chapter 160 : Vol. III Chapter 34 “Act like you’re in charge.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 161 : Vol. III Chapter 34 “Act like you’re in charge.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 162 : Vol. lll Chapter 35 “What would you do to get out?”
- Chapter 163 : Vol. III Chapter 36 “Just one more thing.”
- Chapter 164 : Vol. III Chapter 37 “A study in blue.”
- Chapter 165 : Vol. III Chapter 38 "Sister."
- Chapter 166 : Vol. III Chapter 39 “Nasty piece of kit.”
- Chapter 167 : Vol. III Chapter 40 “Outside your need to know.”
- Chapter 168 : Vol. III Chapter 41 The Brother’s Hood
- Chapter 169 : Vol. III Chapter 42 A good story attached to his name
- Chapter 170 : Vol. III Chapter 43 “Deathclaw territory.”
- Chapter 171 : Vol. III Chapter 44 “Dead reckoning.”
- Chapter 172 : Vol. III Chapter 45 Alpha
- Chapter 173 : Vol. III Chapter 46 Matriarch
- Chapter 174 : Vol. III Chapter 47 "Now and always." (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 175 : Vol. III Chapter 47 "Now and always." (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 176 : Vol. III Chapter 48 The Tenth Man (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 177 : Vol. III Chapter 48 The Tenth Man (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 178 : Vol. III Chapter 49 The Subtle Trap
- Chapter 179 : Vol. III Chapter 50 Elder Clarke Maxwell
- Chapter 180 : Vol. III Chapter 51 Jones
- Chapter 181 : Vol. III Chapter 52 “I was pre-med, not pre-mad scientist.”
- Chapter 182 : Vol. III Chapter 53 “You see what I see.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 183 : Vol. III Chapter 53 “You see what I see.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 184 : Vol. lll Chapter 54 “Excalibur Actual.”
- Chapter 185 : Vol. III Chapter 55 “Hey, you. You're finally awake.”
- Chapter 186 : Vol. III Chapter 56 “How was your first day as a warlord?”
- Chapter 187 : Vol. III Chapter 57 “Rolling in heavy."
- Chapter 188 : Vol. III Chapter 58 "Concerned citizen."
- Chapter 189 : Vol. III Chapter 59 “A spot of tea, sir?”
- Chapter 190 : Vol. III Chapter 60 “Unknown status below.”
- Chapter 191 : Vol. III Chapter 61 "You can’t go back.”
- Chapter 192 : Vol. III Chapter 62 “It’s a fair deal.” (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 193 : Vol. III Chapter 62 “It’s a fair deal.” (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 194 : Vol. III Chapter 63 “What’s a Ben Franklin?"
- Chapter 195 : Vol. III Chapter 64 “I am what they made me.”
- Chapter 196 : Vol. III Chapter 65 “Thank you for your cooperation.”
- Chapter 197 : Vol. III Chapter 66 The Red List
- Chapter 198 : Vol. III Chapter 67 “They’re having meetings about having a meeting."
- Chapter 199 : Vol. III Chapter 68 This Machine Kills Fascists (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 200 : Vol. III Chapter 68 This Machine Kills Fascists (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 201 : Vol. III Chapter 69 “Besides, I’ve always wanted to be on the radio.”
- Chapter 202 : Vol. III Chapter 70 "Option B."
- Chapter 203 : Vol. III Chapter 71 Under New Management
- Chapter 204 : Vol. III Chapter 72 Riding Shotgun (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 205 : Vol. III Chapter 72 Riding Shotgun (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 206 : Vol. lII Chapter 73 "Queen of the Hunt."
- Chapter 207 : Vol. III Chapter 74 “Those are bad odds...”
- Chapter 208 : Vol. III Chapter 75 The Southern Gate
- Chapter 209 : Vol. III Chapter 76 The Eastern Gate
- Chapter 210 : Vol. III Chapter 77 The Western Gate (Part 1 of 2)
- Chapter 211 : Vol. III Chapter 77 The Western Gate (Part 2 of 2)
- Chapter 212 : Vol. III Chapter 78 “Not exactly fair on the rest of the world."
- Chapter 213 : Vol. III Chapter 79 "The honour is still mine."
- Chapter 214 : Vol. III Chapter 80 The End
- Chapter 215 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 1 “Nan-ni shimasho-ka?”
- Chapter 216 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 2 “Mortis.”
- Chapter 217 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 3 "Fetch."
- Chapter 218 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 4 “Good morning Doctor Blake.”
- Chapter 219 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 5 Intellectual Property
- Chapter 220 : Vol. III Epilogue Part 6 “Outstanding Captain Blake.”
- Chapter 221 : Vol. lll Epilogue Part 7 All Good Things...
- Chapter 222 : Tales From Vault X - Part 1 Rosie Vs The Ghoul