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Betrayal is a recurring theme in the Fallout series of games.
Generally, betrayal is the act of "producing or exposing to an enemy in disloyalty and/or treachery." Many examples of this can be found in the Fallout series.
The Chosen One can betray John Bishop/Roger Westin by killing the men, even if they promised rich rewards by killing their opponent.
Torr Buckner can be told that he needs to go while the Chosen One can speak to Dunton brothers.
The Chosen One can be told to deliver a message to Modoc from Vegeir, but he does not need to deliver it. Instead, he can attack the town with Modoc's people.
Fallout 3[]
Anna Holt betrays Dr. Li and her colleagues when she goes to work for the Enclave instead.
In the beginning, Benny has betrayed the Great Khans after together capturing and ostensibly killing the Courier, by taking everything and running back to the New Vegas Strip.
The Courier can betray Private Stone by turning him in after receiving the Hydra from him.
The Courier can betray Eddie by turning him in to the NCR while working for him in the I Fought the Law quest.
The Twisted Hairs were betrayed by Caesar and Vulpes Inculta after an alliance was broken by the latter, resulting in the former being enslaved and conquered. Anyone who resisted was crucified along Interstate 40.
Karl, being sent as a representative from the Legion, plans to betray the Great Khans in the same way that the Legion betrayed the Twisted Hairs.
The Omertas have only one rule: Never betray the "family."
Betrayal is an omnipresent theme in the history of Vault 11.
Corrupt police officer Gerald Whitehead planned to betray pre-War drug kingpin Duchess, but she turned the tables onto him by revealing that he was under investigation.
The Vault Dweller of Vault 76 can betray the faction they work with during the raid of Vault 79, claiming all of the gold for themselves instead of the agreed-upon cut.
The Calculator was intended to aid the survivors in rebuilding America, instead, it worked for their extermination.
General Simon Barnaky, an early mentor to the player character, aids the Calculator in waging war against the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, although how willing he was in this is a matter of interpretation.
End of information based on information from Fallout Tactics
Van Buren[]
The following is based on Van Buren design documents and is not canon.