The supervisor program could be the last word objective of Vaults 31, 32, and 33, however that does not clarify why the residents of Vault 32 began killing one another … except that a part of the Vault trio is a deliberate rat utopia designed to stop overcrowding within the Vaults. As such, the darkish secret behind the Vaults could also be that by controlling the inhabitants alternate system between Vaults 32 and 33, Vault 31 can make sure that the sharpest minds find yourself in Vault 33 and the lethal results of overcrowding will fall solely on Vault 32. Presumably, the overseer will flee again to Bud’s indifferent elites as soon as issues turn into violent, which might additionally clarify why lots of the useless folks Norm sees in 32 had tried to achieve Vault 31 — they could have seen their overseer escaping, and maybe even caught a glimpse of 31 earlier than the door closed.
Supporting this idea can be the truth that when Vault 32 is repopulated, the Vault 33 residents chosen for the duty are nearly completely weak-willed people, comparable to Chet (Dave Register), Woody (Zach Cherry) and Davey (Leer Leary). It is a fairly sturdy trace that 32 is finally nothing greater than an elaborate system designed to regulate the inhabitants and eliminate undesirable, non-managerial genetic materials.
The Nationwide Institute of Psychological Well being’s rat experiments have appeared in popular culture earlier than, together with among the finest fantasy films of the Eighties, “The Secret of NIMH,” which additionally drew inspiration from such checks. Nevertheless, now that “Fallout” Season 2 received the affirmation followers hoped for, there’s an opportunity that the present’s Vault 32 arc is constructing towards probably the most horrifying variations of John Calhoun’s rat utopia in fiction.