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Most Plausible

Vault-Tec Built Traps to Hunt Surface Dwellers

89% Plausibility

Most Debated

Vault 31 Runs Two Systems Against Vault 33: A Doctrine That Lies and a Pipeline That Enforces It

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Strength Breakdown

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5 theories83%
Plausible
1 theory17%
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Did You Notice

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Hawthorne Vault-Tec Facility

Hawthorne Medical Laboratories bears Vault-Tec logos and is designed as a deadly trap with false doors and gas chambers

Maximus is a survivor of the Shady Sands crater destruction that killed over 34,000 people.

Maximus reveals he survived the Shady Sands crater destruction that killed over 34,000 people

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Maximus Shady Sands Survivor

Maximus reveals he survived the destruction of Shady Sands crater

Hawthorne Medical Vault-Tec Trap

Hawthorne Medical Laboratories is a Vault-Tec facility with hidden trap doors, incapacitating gas, and false walls designed to capture intruders

Fiends Are Cannibals

Maximus identifies the travelers as fiends, a name for people who eat people

Shady Sands NCR Capital Destroyed

Shady Sands was the NCR capital with 34,000 people before destruction, confirmed by billboard and crater

Vault 31 residents have historically held the Overseer position in Vault 33 as part of an inter-vault trading arrangement, which Norm finds suspicious.

Norm discovers all former Vault 33 overseers came from Vault 31 through inter-vault trades, raising his suspicion

Power armor is designed with an intentional weak point (the fusion core) that can be removed from outside, making it vulnerable to quick incapacitation despite being formidable in battle.

Thaddeus disables power armor by removing its fusion core from outside, revealing a critical design weakness

Vault 32 Door Breach Deaths

Vault 32 residents died attempting to breach the inter-vault door, leaving corpses and a blood-written warning message

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