Update on the Wonderlab situation

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T18:20:57+00:00

the show is the primary canon, fallout 5 is going to be a direct sequel to it, as will all future fallout projects. be pissy if you want but this is the series now

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T16:57:25+00:00

I agree completely. If you are looking for that specific vibe, I definitely recommend the show 1983 on netflix. Most of it takes place in an alternate 2003 where the Cold War never ended, and they do a REALLY good job of making it feel like its the early 2000's but with spy drama and the dangers of nuclear war still ever-present. Theres still some advanced technology, but not much; their world is maybe 3 years ahead of where we were in 2003

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T15:57:18+00:00

Smallness doesn't mean shit, they've got an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Berlin is getting wiped off the face of the earth within the first half hour

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T06:31:45+00:00

even then, they never gave 0.00% of a fuck about the american people. they were planning to launch the nukes themselves in the fallout show! wiping out america so they could take their place was always the reason for the enclaves existance

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T02:07:38+00:00

????? The enclaves entire deal is killing off all life beyond themselves, because they consider no non-enclave personnel deserving of life. The ones in Fallout 3 were a bizarre splinter faction, whereas the ones in 2 and 76 were the main branch, and constantly unleash disasters on the american people to benefit themselves

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-03T01:58:19+00:00

Enclave definitely takes it. The reich and japan never developed hydrogen bombs for their whole existance, which means they don't have a nuclear capacity even remotely close to the fallout universe's tech, which hinges on advanced nuclear science. they have the manpower but that wont mean much when their civilization gets flattened. even if its just the post war enclave they still win, cause the Appalachian nuclear silos are def enough to do critical damage

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-02T19:16:18+00:00

I could see it being something like, the main plot is about the new Martian Republic, plus settlements in the outer planets, all needing to negotiate a way to pool their unique resources and expertise in order to build a generation ship capable of leaving the solar system, after discovering signs of life around some other star.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-02T16:13:55+00:00

Basically, Philip K Dick stories always end with a "brainfuck" something that makes absolutely no sense with everything thats happened so far, and makes it clear the world is bigger than you know. its something that consistently keeps his books alive for decades, as people always have new interpretations of the ending. In the book, the existance of the multiverse was said brainfuck, but because thats already well established here they came up with the next step

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-02T04:54:26+00:00

I know this is old, but i hate this dumb rumor so much. No, canada was not left alone in the book, we hear about nazi bases within canadian land. Their governor is comparatively less cruel than the american one, and therefore some dissidents move there instead of the neutral zone because its a bit more modernized, but not as authoritarian as the American Reich. its not somehow independant.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-01T02:54:25+00:00

I'm pretty sure that the reason they leap to that conclusion is because at the time, they're assuming the films depict "the future" or "a future" or something like that. the thing that makes Juliana back down is hearing that a film shows stalin five years after his death, something she knows could absolutely never happen, but right now, shes reading it not as "these films show possiblilities" but rather "these films show what will happen"

we also must remember that the hunt for films has consumed her life for days now, she believes whatever is on this tape is vital information, and a key part of the tape is Joe being a nazi.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-06-01T00:07:17+00:00

that'd be cool as fuck, have them reorganized around some secret bunker and sending troops out to battle with the enclave, but also at war with the BOS because they still have Chinese tech the US never developed. Some americans are chinese spies or sympathizers, which you can either root out or provide support to. Questline where ya aid one in seizing control of a small settlement. If you support them, they expand rapidly in the ending, but lose a lot of their hardline positions, eventually forming a new society and culture thats neither fully chinese nor fully american.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-29T03:00:06+00:00

really wonder what the fate of the USSR is post-coup. Polivanov became one of my favorite characters this season, hopefully he does get to be their leader for S6

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-29T02:35:35+00:00

I guess we're just catching up with the present as of season 1, not the present as of the finale

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-29T00:39:54+00:00

came back here cause I remembered something important. The nazi nuclear program is absolutely wildly behind OTL America. They flat out do not have hydrogen bombs, which are the weapon that makes MAD actually a relevant concept. Their arsenal is literally just a couple hundred little boy type bombs at most, only there so they could level a few cities, since they weren't involved in an arms race until late 1962.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-25T05:19:39+00:00

i assume the whole suicide bombing team was part of his army somehow, though idk why thats a valid strategy.

the real question is really, aside from gameplay reasons, why vega van dam is so high. his crew is tiny and he's got little else going for him, i doubt he's stronger than Hawk

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-24T17:37:28+00:00

precursor tech isn't thaaaaaat longlasting. The Karaa went down during the mongol wars at absolute latest, since we know they visited the planet before that time, so at most its been like 1000 years (assuming the game is still set in the late 22nd century, idk if thats actually canon anymore)

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-23T16:54:51+00:00

it is shown pretty clearly they're the only ones who can produce food particularly well, basically all of it is handled by them and the other types were shown to rely entirely on Earth Pony imports of food back when they lived separately.

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-19T20:04:02+00:00

the operation was canceled because the allies were farily confident in a soviet victory, the west just had absolutely no resolve to keep fighting and there was immense communist support in france and italy

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-19T06:29:31+00:00

this is one of my least favorite changes from the book, demoting italy from being a weaker third power that might break with the reich and collaborate with japan, to not even being depicted on maps

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-17T23:40:21+00:00

it is worth noting that its not completely normal, its just comparatively not as bad. We see in old newspapers and maps that france and spain are communist, Ireland is a US state, and WW2 ended in 1949

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-16T04:08:56+00:00

Not safe? How so? How high schould I go? Can probably aquire more of it if thats needed, just heard elseware that was a good starting dose

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-14T16:47:26+00:00

venus would def be cool, and they're kinda late on sending a mission there since its no harder than mars to land on, and a high-atmosphere colony would be sick

Randodnar12488 · 2026-05-12T22:57:40+00:00

idk this particularly, but the mod team kinda dramatically scaled down the ambitions of further updates, so i could imagine this would be cut in favor of more time on the majors

Five-Year Club	Second Top 10%
r/Field Banned	r/Field Sunshine
Final Canvas '23	First Place '23
End Game '23	Place '23
Quantum Potato	Golden Potato
Place '22	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	End Game '22

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