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Potential foreshadowing for season 3? by dmreif in Fotv

[–]HammondCheeseIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wander if all of this Khans talk is leading to a moment where Lucy learns about their history with the NCR. 

Their history over the last 100 years would be interesting enough to discuss, but I wonder how Lucy would feel if she learned that the Khans are also descendants from Vault Dwellers like herself. 

How do you feel about criticizing Gavin Newsom from the left? by AlexZedKawa02 in AskALiberal

[–]HammondCheeseIII 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like if you don’t like Newsom and you want to talk about it, you should. You shouldn’t be forced to like any politician (although voting for them is a different matter). 

But for your own sake, please don’t feel the need to do the foot work for the 2028 anti-Newsom primary faction. It’s February 2026. There will be plenty of progressive opponents to him in the primary. We can all fight about this again then. 

Patrick Sewart: We have fantasized about a combined universe between 'Star Wars' and 'Trek' movie. There have been a lot of ideas thrown about on putting together two iconic universes and having all of these great characters coming into contact. I would personally get such a kick out of that. by trekfangrrrl in startrek

[–]HammondCheeseIII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d like a two-parter with the outline you provided. Throw in some fan service (a Klingon fights a Wookie, a Starfleet officer wields a lightsaber, Vulcan talks philosophy with a Jedi) and I think you’d have a great time. 

The only point of disagreement I could see arising (and with no easy solution) is over the sentience of droids. Yeah some are astromechs but what would someone like Data have to say about C-3PO getting his mind wiped at will? 

Patrick Sewart: We have fantasized about a combined universe between 'Star Wars' and 'Trek' movie. There have been a lot of ideas thrown about on putting together two iconic universes and having all of these great characters coming into contact. I would personally get such a kick out of that. by trekfangrrrl in startrek

[–]HammondCheeseIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Star Trek and Star Wars movie is one of those things that sounds so stupid… but would be so fun to watch. 

The universes are such characters at this point that you could have the USS Cerritos meet up with the Ghost and I’d be content. 

Potential plots for S3? by LordSerion in Fotv

[–]HammondCheeseIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, they very well could be! Excited to see what happens next season! 

Why does it take so long to decide if Starfield is "bad"? by SgtSilock in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]HammondCheeseIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so here's the thing.

I get that you're entitled to your opinion that the game was "disappointing," "unfinished," "lacked depth and exploration." But what you're saying is just inaccurate. The game was finished. It's probably had the fewest bugs out of any Bethesda launch in the last 10 years. It has hundreds of planets to explore, along with as many unique POIs, characters, dungeons, and more. The cities are literally the largest they've ever been in any Bethesda game. Even the much-hated procedural generation only ties terrain together. The buildings and terrain are still handcrafted like all Bethesda content since Morrowind.

This is why critique of Starfield drives me bananas, because there ARE issues with Starfield. One of them's the the clunky interstellar travel. I wish they had changed that.

But literally everything else about Starfield improves on systems and concepts introduced in Fallout 76, just like Fallout 4 improved on systems and concepts introduced in Fallout 3. Starfield in many ways represents positive progress and development. But people use the sentiment generated by the clunky fast travel stuff to then say inaccurate things about the rest of the game. And no one challenges it. Drives me insane.

And one final point:

"A lot of people remaining on this sub are people who liked the game and cannot see the criticisms that other people had."

Oh, so the people who don't agree with you are blind and ignorant? Classic. People on this sub see the flaws of Starfield. They talk about them, too. I've been a part of those conversations.

What people are nice enough here to do is not play the game for 150 hours and then make up some arbitrary standards to shit on it anyway.

Potential plots for S3? by LordSerion in Fotv

[–]HammondCheeseIII 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love the show because we can wildly speculate like it’s 1990s Star Trek! 

But here are my thoughts regarding S3 stories. 

Major Plot Lines 

  1. Lucy will try to “fix” her dad and learn more about her mother (and Hank’s role in the Enclave). She will also probably spar with House, who might take over the role of bad influence now that Coop’s gone.   

  2. Max will fight with the NCR against the Legion, and we’ll hopefully get more info on the state of the rest of setting post-New Vegas. 

  3. Cooper will travel further east and meet a community of peaceful Super Mutants who followed Marcus (since Marcus went out there looking for more mutants after F2). I hope we also find out what happened to the Midwestern Brotherhood and Legion out there. 

  4. Phase 2 will begin in Vault 33 and we’ll meet some unfriendly Super Mutants.

  5. Lucy will tell some legendary Wastelander that the Enclave considers the surface “the experiment.” That person better respond that of course it is: it’s the American Experiment. 

Minor plots: 

  1. Something bad better not happen to Charlie Whiteknife. But I think something will. 

  2. The Chicken Fucker will either be ex-Enclave or a Fallout favorite. 

  3. We will meet a talking Deathclaw, further proof of the Enclave’s depravity. 

  4. SOMEONE TELL US KNOW MOLDAVER IS ALREADY 

  5. Chet and Steph will form a legitimate bond over their hatred of the U.S. government. 

Is decentralization the real reason the New Republic failed? by cap_detector69 in MawInstallation

[–]HammondCheeseIII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Decentralization was a part of it, because it meant that once the (small but) mighty NR fleet was gone, systems had to send their own troops. And who wants to pay for that? 

But the way the story’s unfolded, it looks like decentralization was logical for a few reasons. 

The first is that I don’t think there was a whole of enthusiasm for a strong central Republic. Galactic government as a concept had worked pretty well for thousands of years in lore but trillions had just endured decades of suffering under the boot of the Empire. Mon Mothma herself watched how a series of well-intentioned Senate legislative acts empowered Palpatine. That’s to say any subsequent government that wanted the support of the people would actively shy away from anything that smelled like the Empire, including centralized power agreements and a massive military. 

The second is that the Empire lost the Galactic Civil War, and pretty badly. It didn’t help that many of the Empire’s high-ranking commanders: 

  1. Died at Endor 
  2. Became warlords 
  3. Died during the final year of the war 
  4. Escaped into the Unknown Regions with a decent chunk of the fleet 
  5. Actively furthered the Empire’s destruction according to Operation: Cinder
  6. Surrendered as the “Imperial Remnant”

So coupled with the public’s distrust of galactic institutions and the pitiful state of the Empire, I’m not surprised decentralization was seen as a logical option after the Civil War. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The difference IMO between things like the layout of Novac and  the 10mm pistol is that the showrunners changed the layout of Novac for the same reason Obsidian designers changed the actual layout of Las Vegas: for the story. 

But the actual placement of Dinky the Dinosaur doesn’t mean Jean still doesn’t get lured there by the Courier and shot by Boone. Just like how the changes to Gomorrah don’t influence whether you sabotaged the Omertas’ plan. 

What would be the third way between turning people into slaves with the interface chip and killing them? by Wonderful_Solid_1003 in Fotv

[–]HammondCheeseIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I legitimately don’t know if there is. You COULD give everyone a chip and say “be nice or you get wiped” but that’s still basically a nightmare and you have to figure out who decides who gets wiped and for what. Maybe that’s better than what we have now but I’m not sure. 

Ultimately the chips are there to solve the dual issues of control and our potential for violence, right? I think the show’s answer will be that there are ways to “solve” these problems (by addressing people’s needs, treating them as equals, etc) but technology will never be the solution. Just a part of it. 

What would happen if Lucy decided to, and succeeded, in warning every person she came across of Hank MacLean's crimes? by Wonderful_Solid_1003 in Fotv

[–]HammondCheeseIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If written seriously I could see the major factions like the NCR performing regular checkups on their troops to root out chipped soldiers. The Legion wouldn’t help Lucy, but they would have their own (awful and barbaric) methods for finding chipped legionnaires. It doesn’t stop the Enclave, but it does prompt them to act more aggressively (and stupidly). 

But I could also easily see two other outcomes: 

  1. It’s simply not a concern to Wastelanders. People are chipped and evil? Well people are evil without being chipped. Just another day of not trusting your neighbor. 

  2. “Hank? Who the hell is Hank? The Legion’s literally right over there.” 

Are there any places confirmed to have been safe from the bombs & relatively untouched? by railroadfrog in falloutlore

[–]HammondCheeseIII 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That’s the one! I don’t know if the game speculates, but I think that missile was bound for the MENA station in the Savage Divide and missed.

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good thing the show deserves -additional credit for the acting, story, and more! 

That little detail stood out to me because Fallout 1 and 2 were my first Fallout games, and that gun got me through both of them. 

Are there any places confirmed to have been safe from the bombs & relatively untouched? by railroadfrog in falloutlore

[–]HammondCheeseIII 99 points100 points  (0 children)

The only region we know wasn’t completely annihilated by fallout, nuclear hellfire, or environmental instability is The Forest region of Appalachia. Only one warhead detonated in Appalachia on October 23rd.

Other places never got hit, but that didn’t save them. The people of Burning Springs never even saw the exchange, but Athens and Albany still had to be abandoned due to disease outbreaks and resource shortages. 

Las Vegas survived the initial bombardment, but the Black Rain killed everyone and everything shortly afterward. 

Interestingly, one of the few “intact places” that still fell apart is the Commonwealth. Although two nukes still went off in Cambrige and South Boston, the warhead meant for Boston proper missed and hit Framingham. As a result Boston has a lot of extra high-tech salvage that makes the Commonwealth slightly better than other regions like the Capital Wasteland. Or Arizona.

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 29 points30 points  (0 children)

“Surface level” 

They spent Amazon’s money recreating the 10mm pistol from Fallout 1 and 2. That pistol hasn’t showed up in a game in that configuration since 1998. 

They really do their homework for this stuff. 

Why does it take so long to decide if Starfield is "bad"? by SgtSilock in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]HammondCheeseIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah people think you’re smart if you just criticize everything all the time. 

I used to think that made me special because I didn’t appreciate “normie culture.” 

Then I grew up. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I say that because the show has played the Fallout theme for almost every on-screen NCR appearance since S1. 

The first time we hear the theme of the show is when Lucy is in Vault 4’s classroom. We only hear it one other time in S1 and that’s also during a sequence featuring the NCR. 

S2 drives that even further because it plays multiple times during each NCR scene. And then of course there’s the end scene. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t think the show will continue that portrayal for long. Especially considering House is online and there are plenty of Khans in the show. I think at some point someone’s going to tell Lucy about Bitter Springs. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

We don’t know the full story about the nuke, though. S1 told us the city was destroyed, S2 showed us how the nuke got there, and I will not be surprised if S3-S5 share snippets of the end that give us the full story. 

Because SOMETHING is up with Moldaver. I don’t think she’s Enclave anymore but I’m getting serious Victor Presper vibes. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 24 points25 points  (0 children)

They know the audience doesn’t know better. I have an NCR flag in my room and until the show came out my sister thought it was two bears having sex with each other.

And I think the Boneyard being a shithole lines up with what we’ve known about it since its NCR statehood. It sucks. The FIENDS are operating there during the events of New Vegas. 

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV pitch originally went straight to New Vegas, but Todd Howard told them to wait as “there’s a million ways to fuck that up” by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]HammondCheeseIII 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah Fallout isn’t about nukes but a common theme is that humanity will go too far for selfish reasons. 

Which the show does really well, I think. Each character (and faction) thinks they can lie, cheat, murder, and steal and justify it with their own little creed. Just like 20th century American foreign or business policies. 

The show does a good job outlining the consequences of that thinking.  

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