View from the Vault, Part 1

View from the Vault Part 1 By Piper Wright

Whenever I take a walk through Diamond City, there are so many things people tell me to be grateful for. Purified water, working lights, electricity, security. True, what we have would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago. But it's easy to forget that, even after all the progress we have made, we are still living in the shadow of the world that was. A world before the threat of radiation. Before the Super Mutant and the Feral Ghoul and the synth.

So, as fortune often has it, I crossed paths with [Name]. Vault Dweller. A person who is experiencing the Commonwealth for the first time. What would [his/her] fresh set of eyes say about how far we've come? Is Diamond City the "Great, Green Jewel" we have always claimed it to be?

Before we begin to answer that question, we have to know who [Name] is. Where [he/she] comes from. To my surprise, [he/she] did not have much to say about his life in the Vault at all. Because [he/she] spent all that time staring at a piece of frozen glass. Every day. For over two centuries. That's right, [he/she] isn't just a Vault Dweller, [he's/she's] an original Vault Dweller. [He/She] spent [his/her] entire time on the inside cryogenically suspended.

Continued in Part 2.

View from the Vault Part 1 By Piper Wright

Whenever I take a walk through Diamond City, there are so many things people tell me to be grateful for. Purified water, working lights, electricity, security. True, what we have would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago. But it's easy to forget that, even after all the progress we have made, we are still living in the shadow of the world that was. A world before the threat of radiation. Before the Super Mutant and the Feral Ghoul and the synth.

So, as fortune often has it, I crossed paths with [Name]. Vault Dweller. A person who is experiencing the Commonwealth for the first time. What would [his/her] fresh set of eyes say about how far we've come? Is Diamond City the "Great, Green Jewel" we have always claimed it to be?

Before we begin to answer that question, we have to know who [Name] is. Where [he/she] comes from. In speaking to him, [he/she] stressed that [his/her] time inside the Vault was normal. But what is normal for a Vault? This reporter knows that life behind the sealed gear doors of a Vault-Tec facility is supposed to be a bastion of the old world. A preservation of life before the bombs.

Continued in Part 2.

View from the Vault Part 1 By Piper Wright

Whenever I take a walk through Diamond City, there are so many things people tell me to be grateful for. Purified water, working lights, electricity, security. True, what we have would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago. But it's easy to forget that, even after all the progress we have made, we are still living in the shadow of the world that was. A world before the threat of radiation. Before the Super Mutant and the Feral Ghoul and the synth.

So, as fortune often has it, I crossed paths with [Name]. Vault Dweller. A person who is experiencing the Commonwealth for the first time. What would [his/her] fresh set of eyes say about how far we've come? Is Diamond City the "Great, Green Jewel" we have always claimed it to be?

Before we begin to answer that question, we have to know who [Name] is. Where [he/she] comes from. [He/She] began our interview joking about his time in the Vault. "It was just me and a thousand guinea pigs. They turned... carnivorous." Of course, this reporter knows that life behind the sealed gear doors of a Vault-Tec facility is actually supposed to be a bastion of the old world. A preservation of life before the bombs.

Continued in Part 2.