Fallout: (Nuclear)Winter Is Coming

I had finished up in my lab and decided to wait until later to set up the auto-doc and have the implant done.

I was currently in the residential area where I had some Mutfruit trees growing.

I treated the six trees I had growing like my own children.

Theres a simple serenity in tending to plants and it helped me center myself like any good hobby does.

The trees produced 10-15 fruits a week, which I'm grateful for because the Mutfruits are freaking delicious.

"Young master Frankie, here is some refreshments." My Mr. Handy robot said with the classic british butler personality as he placed a platter next to me that had an ice cold glass of Mutfruit juice.

"Thanks Alfred. Just what I needed."

I tilted the glass back and drained the entire contents.

"Haaa, that hit the spot."

"I'm glad, sir. For lunch, I was thinking of preparing-" a brash feminine voice cut him off before he could finish his sentence.

"Idiot! Boss doesn't need you to make his lunch. Me and Savvy already made it. You're just in the way!" A Miss Nanny floated on the scene with Savanna in tow.

"Ms. Rosie! Please act with the proper etiquette of a maid. Why must you be so vulgar?"

"Vulgar? You looking for a fight fancy pants? We can settle this anytime!"

I watched on in amusement as the two robots I had purchased bickered with eachother.

When I finally unboxed the two of them, I configured the Mister Handy with the default personality.

I named him Alfred as a nod to Batman's guardian and butler Alfred Pennyworth.

But I took some liberties when configuring the Miss Nanny.

I wanted to practice the knowledge I had gained from my Advanced Robotics perk. And I ended up with Rosie. Her personality was modeled after the Miss Nanny from F76 that had a raider personality.

I liked the brash and brutal bot so much I made my own version.

Watching these two robots bickering with eachother has been the highlight of my time in this vault.

Honestly, things were pretty awkward when it was just me and Sav. But when I finally had the confidence to bring both bots out, the whole atmosphere of the vault seemed to brighten.

Savanna certainly seems happier with another "female" to talk to. And even finds the dynamic between Alfred and Rosie as amusing as I do. Which has brought us closer as well.

As the duo continued thier bickering, Savannah came over and stood next to me.

"Mind if I pick one?" She asked.

"Sure, but pick that one over there. It's more ripe."

She had also developed a taste for the strange fruit. She had never seen a mutfruit before but quickly fell in love with the delicious green apple-like flavor of them.

I watched as she plucked a fruit and bit into in and then made a face of contentment.

"So, did you finish that thing you were gonna show me?" She asked.

'Oh right. I was going to show her those blueprints after I finished some of them.'

With the knowledge I received from the perks I got, I thought about new things I could create with that knowledge that was not native to this world.

From things like robots seen in other movies or games to serums that give powers and abilities.

Unfortunately, my current level of knowledge, not everything is something I'm capable of reproducing.

I had made a set of schematics for a robot from a movie I had seen but I wasn't able to think of a way of recreating a serum that gives the user super powers.

That's still beyond me.

I told Savannah I was working on creating new robots and after meeting Alfred and Rosie, she has taken an interest in robots.

"Yeah, I got some cool ones drawn up. Let me get cleaned up first and I'll go grab them."

I took a quick shower and then went down to the server room where I had left my schematics since that is the most secure place in the vault.

I only grabbed the completed schematics and then headed back to cafeteria is residential sector.

I set the each schematic on the table and let her look at them while I enjoyed the lunch they prepared for me. Mutfruit juice and a turkey sandwich.

I'm still thankful I bought what I could and stored it in the cryo freezer. I was lucky to get that with the food shortage. But money talks.

"Oh, this one is cute! What is it?" Savannah asked as she held up the schematic for an a Wall-E unit.

"That's a Wall-E. They are scavenger bots designed to pick useful materials up and compress them into blocks."

She looked thoughtfully at the plans and then asked. "Can you make me one?" She was attempting to hit me with puppy dog eyes. And it was effective.

"Uh... sure. I wanted to try making one soon anyway." I said as I bashfully scratched my head. "What about the others? You don't like them?"

"Well... they are ok... just not as cute as this one."

I chuckled and thought, 'I guess a ClapTrap and BB-8 isnt as appealing as the cute Wall-E. But I thought she would like the Dog Collectron more. Oh well.'

Well I didn't mind. I wanted to make a Wall-E since I felt they were very useful scavengers.

I had thought about using eyebots but those are more suited for recon since they cant lift much weight.

The Wall-E isnt designed with weapons but instead will have a hardened shell it can retreat into if there is danger. It will look like a small metal box and hide itself in order to wait out the danger until combat bots arrive for backup.

They can recharge their fusions cells using solar panels and will be capable of self repair as long at there is a cache of replacement parts available.

Using these bots, I could have them scrap an entire city and make way for construction bots to do thier job.

Well that was far out into the future, but it was fun to think about.

It wasn't easy designing these bots. Taking the Fallout Robotics knowledge and trying to translate it for robot designs from other verses took alot of creativity and problem solving.

Some of these bots I dont have a use for but designed them anyway for fun and practice.

"Give me about two weeks and I think I can have it done." I said thoughtfully.

"Thanks Frankie!" She hugged me suddenly causing me to tense for a second.

"No problem! Now back up." I said with my head turned bashfully. Even though we now had the robots I was still struggling to contain myself with the only female in the vault.

At first I tried to keep her at arms length to focus on grinding XP. But after the weekly quest dissapeared, I have hit a plateau.

300Xp a day from the dailies isnt much and neither is the paltry Xp from crafting.

If I want to keep leveling up, it looks like I would need to leave the vault and complete Quests or kill creatures and wastelanders.

But timing is everything. I dont want to go out into uncharted territory. The danger is simply too great with how much lingering radiation there is.

I have no idea what to expect right now, but I do know the events surrounding the games I played.

So the earliest entry would be 76, 25 years after the bombs dropped, but I honestly wanted nothing to do with that mess, canon or not.

The next I played chronologically would be Fallout 3 in the DC wasteland. Aug 17th, 2277, 200 years after the bombs dropped, the Lone Wanderer emerges from vault 101 to find thier father, and the events after that took place leading up to the completion of Project Purity. Something I am highly interested in.

After that is New Vegas which officially starts on Oct 19, 2281 in what remains of Las Vegas. On the 11th of October, The Courier is shot by a man named Benny and robbed of his package, the Platinum Chip. The events start on the 19th, when the Courier awakens from thier coma after being shot in the head and patched up by the local doctor. The Courier then chases down who shot them to get the Platinum Chip and can decide to choose with the various factions for the control of Hoover Dam.

If I could get my hands on that Platinum Chip, I could get an army of Securitrons under my command. A generous boost to my power in this world. If I could take them out of Vegas.

After New Vegas is Fallout 4. The story officially starts on Oct 23, 2287, when the Sole Survivor exits vault 111 in search of their child and the murderer of thier spouse.

This will lead them down a rabbit hole to find the truth and the story ends when the Sole Survivor picks a side and destroys the Institue or the Institute's enemies.

The story takes place where I am currently, in the Boston Commonwealth. And is the place I am most comfortable with. Since my vault is here, I plan to make Boston my home.

And if I can take over the Institue, I could have many new technologoes and resources at my disposal.

Nothing will be impossible then... I just need to plan the best time to exit my vault to capitilize on certain opportunities.