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{{quotation|Unfortunately, we were crowded and life was very bad. There was a schism, and many people left, taking with them the best equipment. Still, some of us tried to stay in the Vault. But then we were attacked. I was hurt, and I ended up here. Now I try to help people..."|[[Katrina]] of [[Shady Sands]]}}
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{{Quotation|Unfortunately, we were crowded and life was very bad. There was a schism, and many people left, taking with them the best equipment. Still, some of us tried to stay in the Vault. But then we were attacked. I was hurt, and I ended up here. Now I try to help people..."|[[Katrina]] of [[Shady Sands]]}}
   
'''Vault 15''' is a [[Fallout locations|location]] in the [[Core Region]] in [[Timeline#2241|2241]].
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'''Vault 15''' is a [[Fallout locations|location]] in [[New California]] in [[Timeline#2241|2241]].
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
Like many of the vaults, it was part of [[Vault-Tec]]'s grand social experiment. The [[Fallout Bible]] (by [[Fallout 2]] / [[Van Buren]] says the experiment in this vault entailed that it was to stay closed for fifty years, populated by vault dwellers of extremely diverse ideologies and cultures<ref>[[Fallout Bible 1]]</ref>. The situation caused by the experiment led to a great schism, during which four groups ultimately left the vault to brave the [[Wasteland|wastes]] during the spring of [[Timeline#2141|2141]]. Three of these groups became roving gangs of [[raiders]]: the [[Jackals]], the [[Vipers]], and the [[Khans]] in the winter of the same year. The fourth group settled down a few miles west of the vault and founded the village of [[Shady Sands]] in the spring of [[Timeline#2142|2142]].<ref>[[Fallout Bible 3]]</ref>
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Like many of the vaults, it was part of [[Vault-Tec Corporation|Vault-Tec]]'s grand social experiment. The [[Fallout Bible]] (by [[Fallout 2]]/[[Van Buren]]) says the experiment in this vault entailed that it was to stay closed for fifty years, populated by vault dwellers of extremely diverse ideologies and cultures<ref>[[Fallout Bible 1]]</ref>. The situation caused by the experiment led to a great schism, during which four groups ultimately left the vault to brave the [[Wasteland|wastes]] during the spring of [[Timeline#2141|2141]]. Three of these groups became roving gangs of [[raiders]]: the [[Jackals]], the [[Vipers]], and the [[Khans]] in the winter of the same year. The fourth group settled down a few miles west of the vault and founded the village of [[Shady Sands]] in the spring of [[Timeline#2142|2142]].<ref>[[Fallout Bible 3]]</ref>
   
 
While the three gangs harassed the village and each other over the years, Vault 15 itself gradually fell into disrepair. By the time the [[Vault Dweller]] came across it in his search for a replacement [[water chip]] for [[Vault 13]], it was already ransacked and had also undergone complete power failure, several cave-ins, water damage, and other catastrophes. The intervening years has not done anything to improve the vault, but they have brought new occupants. When the Vault Dweller massacred the Khans in [[Timeline#2161|2161]] a sole survivor [[Darion]] was corrupt with guilt because he alone had survived when the rest of the tribe died. Darion then spent the next 8 decades of his life rebuilding his petty tribe to the once great gang that scoured the wastes, also out of revenge against [[Tandi]] and the [[Vault Dweller]]. The result was the New Khans. A small settlement of [[squatters]] has made its home at the entrance to Vault 15. The squatters forge a precarious existence there by the sufferance of the gang.<ref name="FO2 Guide">''[[Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets]]''</ref>
 
While the three gangs harassed the village and each other over the years, Vault 15 itself gradually fell into disrepair. By the time the [[Vault Dweller]] came across it in his search for a replacement [[water chip]] for [[Vault 13]], it was already ransacked and had also undergone complete power failure, several cave-ins, water damage, and other catastrophes. The intervening years has not done anything to improve the vault, but they have brought new occupants. When the Vault Dweller massacred the Khans in [[Timeline#2161|2161]] a sole survivor [[Darion]] was corrupt with guilt because he alone had survived when the rest of the tribe died. Darion then spent the next 8 decades of his life rebuilding his petty tribe to the once great gang that scoured the wastes, also out of revenge against [[Tandi]] and the [[Vault Dweller]]. The result was the New Khans. A small settlement of [[squatters]] has made its home at the entrance to Vault 15. The squatters forge a precarious existence there by the sufferance of the gang.<ref name="FO2 Guide">''[[Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets]]''</ref>
   
Shortly after, the squatters allowed [[Darion]] and the rest of the Khans to move into the vault itself on the condition that they repair the vault's systems in order to help provide the squatters with food, water, and other amenities. At first, this setup was advantageous enough that the squatters rejected all efforts by the [[NCR]] to annex them or even gain simple access to the vault.
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Shortly after, the squatters allowed [[Darion]] and the rest of the Khans to move into the vault itself on the condition that they repair the vault's systems in order to help provide the squatters with food, water, and other amenities. At first, this setup was advantageous enough that the squatters rejected all efforts by the [[New California Republic|NCR]] to annex them or even gain simple access to the vault.
   
 
Then, the [[Chosen One]] came along. President [[Tandi]] hired the Chosen One to infiltrate Vault 15 - or at least get the squatters to allow NCR access - to retrieve computer parts and other equipment vital to the NCR's continued expansion. While accomplishing this quest, he discovered the truth behind Darion's operation; he and his men were actually a band of raiders calling themselves the [[New Khans]], using the vault as a base of operations towards Darion's goal of revenge against Tandi and everything the Vault Dweller stood for. Also, the food and water that he had been providing the squatters with didn't come from the vault's systems after all, but the spoils from raids the New Khans had been running along the wastes between NCR and [[Vault City]].
 
Then, the [[Chosen One]] came along. President [[Tandi]] hired the Chosen One to infiltrate Vault 15 - or at least get the squatters to allow NCR access - to retrieve computer parts and other equipment vital to the NCR's continued expansion. While accomplishing this quest, he discovered the truth behind Darion's operation; he and his men were actually a band of raiders calling themselves the [[New Khans]], using the vault as a base of operations towards Darion's goal of revenge against Tandi and everything the Vault Dweller stood for. Also, the food and water that he had been providing the squatters with didn't come from the vault's systems after all, but the spoils from raids the New Khans had been running along the wastes between NCR and [[Vault City]].
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Due east from [[Vault 13]], construction on this Vault has gone extremely smoothly. Much work was done to reinforce the walls of the third level of this Vault, to make all the future [[Vault Dweller]]s more secure in the knowledge that in the event of even a major earthquake, the regulatory computers of the Vault would continue to function. Recent tours of the newly constructed Vault, have had many a potential Vault Dweller walking away with a new found awe of the improvements done to this already impressive Vault.
 
Due east from [[Vault 13]], construction on this Vault has gone extremely smoothly. Much work was done to reinforce the walls of the third level of this Vault, to make all the future [[Vault Dweller]]s more secure in the knowledge that in the event of even a major earthquake, the regulatory computers of the Vault would continue to function. Recent tours of the newly constructed Vault, have had many a potential Vault Dweller walking away with a new found awe of the improvements done to this already impressive Vault.
 
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:Source: [[Vault Locations v34.129]]
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:Source: [[Vault locations v34.129]] holodisk
   
 
==Layout==
 
==Layout==
 
===Surface (''Fallout'')===
 
===Surface (''Fallout'')===
 
[[File:Fo1 Vault 15 Surface.png|left|220px|thumb|Just a shack in the middle of nowhere?]]
 
[[File:Fo1 Vault 15 Surface.png|left|220px|thumb|Just a shack in the middle of nowhere?]]
A small building sitting in the middle of an empty space. This entrance is usually guarded by a [[Radscorpion (Fallout)|radscorpion]] if you have a low luck.
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A small building sitting in the middle of an empty space. This entrance will be guarded by a [[Radscorpion (Fallout)|radscorpion]] if you are unlucky.
 
{{clear}}
 
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===Entrance (''Fallout 2'')===
 
===Entrance (''Fallout 2'')===
 
[[File:Fo2 Vault 15 Entrance.png|left|220px|thumb|Raiders' hole]]
 
[[File:Fo2 Vault 15 Entrance.png|left|220px|thumb|Raiders' hole]]
This area has almost the same layout as [[Vault 13]]'s entrance. You need to deal with force field to proceed.
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This area has almost the same layout as [[Vault 13]]'s entrance. You need to deal with a force field to proceed.
 
{{clear}}
 
{{clear}}
   
 
===Living quarters (''Fallout'')===
 
===Living quarters (''Fallout'')===
 
[[File:Fo1 Vault 15 Living Quarters.png|left|220px|thumb|Rats, rats and more rats!]]
 
[[File:Fo1 Vault 15 Living Quarters.png|left|220px|thumb|Rats, rats and more rats!]]
This area has a layout much like [[Vault 13]]. Here most people will get their first armor. You will need a rope to go down further at the end of this area. In the 3rd room counting from the left you can find a locker with a rope in it.
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This area has a layout much like [[Vault 13]]. Here most people will get their first armor. You will again need a rope to go down further at the end of this area. In the 3rd room counting from the left, you can find a locker with a rope in it.
 
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*1 [[Hunting rifle (Fallout)|hunting rifle]]
 
*1 [[Hunting rifle (Fallout)|hunting rifle]]
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*24 [[10mm (Fallout)|10mm AP]]
 
*24 [[10mm (Fallout)|10mm AP]]
 
*40 [[.44 magnum (Fallout)|.44 magnum FMJ]]
 
*40 [[.44 magnum (Fallout)|.44 magnum FMJ]]
*1 [[First aid book (Fallout)|first aid book]]
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*1 [[First Aid Book (Fallout)|First Aid Book]]
 
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==Inhabitants==
 
==Inhabitants==
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===2141===
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*[[Aradesh]]
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*[[Katrina]]
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*[[Jonathan Faust]]
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*Garl Death-Hand's father
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*[[Garl Death-Hand]]
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===2161===
 
===2161===
 
*[[Rat (Fallout)|Rat]]s
 
*[[Rat (Fallout)|Rat]]s
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* Vault 15 can be found nine squares east of [[Vault 13]].
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* Vault 15 can be found nine squares east of [[Vault 13]] (Fallout 1) or six squares east (Fallout 2).
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* The in-game maps in the first two Fallout games give contradictory information about the locations of Vault 13, Shady Sands (later N.C.R.), and Vault 15. In the first game, Vault 15 is near the [[Wikipedia:Nellis Air Force Base|Nellis Air Force Base]] in Nevada. In the second game, it is considerably farther to the west, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
 
* Areas of Vault 15 which were blocked off by fallen rocks in ''[[Fallout]]'' are accessible in ''[[Fallout 2]]''.
 
* Areas of Vault 15 which were blocked off by fallen rocks in ''[[Fallout]]'' are accessible in ''[[Fallout 2]]''.
 
* In the entry tunnel in ''Fallout 2'', there is a ladder that leads straight to the exit grid in "The Squat." Through The Squat however, there is no way to enter the tunnel, until The Squat has joined the NCR. This ladder becomes accessible through Zeke's house.
* If you examine the Fallout eastern U.S.A. map carefully, you might recognize that Vault 15 is close enough to the [[Mojave Wasteland]].
 
* In the entry tunnel in ''Fallout 2'', there is a ladder that leads straight to the exit grid in "The Squat". Through The Squat however, there is no way to enter the tunnel, until The Squat has joined the NCR. This ladder becomes accessible through Zeke's house.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
Vault 15 appears in ''[[Fallout]]'' and ''[[Fallout 2]]''.
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Vault 15 appears in ''[[Fallout]]'' and ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and is mentioned in the ''[[Fallout Bible]]''.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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Fo2_Vault_15_Squat_PostNCR.png|The squat after accepting [[New California Republic|NCR]]'s help
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{{Navbox Vault 15}}
   
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[[Category:Fallout 2 locations]]
 
   
 
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[[pl:Krypta 15]]
 
[[pl:Krypta 15]]
 
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[[zh:15号避难所]]

Revision as of 17:26, 29 July 2015

 
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"Underground Troubles" (Fallout) "City of the Dead" (Fallout 2)

Unfortunately, we were crowded and life was very bad. There was a schism, and many people left, taking with them the best equipment. Still, some of us tried to stay in the Vault. But then we were attacked. I was hurt, and I ended up here. Now I try to help people..."Katrina of Shady Sands

Vault 15 is a location in New California in 2241.

Background

Like many of the vaults, it was part of Vault-Tec's grand social experiment. The Fallout Bible (by Fallout 2/Van Buren) says the experiment in this vault entailed that it was to stay closed for fifty years, populated by vault dwellers of extremely diverse ideologies and cultures[1]. The situation caused by the experiment led to a great schism, during which four groups ultimately left the vault to brave the wastes during the spring of 2141. Three of these groups became roving gangs of raiders: the Jackals, the Vipers, and the Khans in the winter of the same year. The fourth group settled down a few miles west of the vault and founded the village of Shady Sands in the spring of 2142.[2]

While the three gangs harassed the village and each other over the years, Vault 15 itself gradually fell into disrepair. By the time the Vault Dweller came across it in his search for a replacement water chip for Vault 13, it was already ransacked and had also undergone complete power failure, several cave-ins, water damage, and other catastrophes. The intervening years has not done anything to improve the vault, but they have brought new occupants. When the Vault Dweller massacred the Khans in 2161 a sole survivor Darion was corrupt with guilt because he alone had survived when the rest of the tribe died. Darion then spent the next 8 decades of his life rebuilding his petty tribe to the once great gang that scoured the wastes, also out of revenge against Tandi and the Vault Dweller. The result was the New Khans. A small settlement of squatters has made its home at the entrance to Vault 15. The squatters forge a precarious existence there by the sufferance of the gang.[3]

Shortly after, the squatters allowed Darion and the rest of the Khans to move into the vault itself on the condition that they repair the vault's systems in order to help provide the squatters with food, water, and other amenities. At first, this setup was advantageous enough that the squatters rejected all efforts by the NCR to annex them or even gain simple access to the vault.

Then, the Chosen One came along. President Tandi hired the Chosen One to infiltrate Vault 15 - or at least get the squatters to allow NCR access - to retrieve computer parts and other equipment vital to the NCR's continued expansion. While accomplishing this quest, he discovered the truth behind Darion's operation; he and his men were actually a band of raiders calling themselves the New Khans, using the vault as a base of operations towards Darion's goal of revenge against Tandi and everything the Vault Dweller stood for. Also, the food and water that he had been providing the squatters with didn't come from the vault's systems after all, but the spoils from raids the New Khans had been running along the wastes between NCR and Vault City.

After Darion was killed by the descendant of the man he had sworn vengeance against nearly eighty years earlier, that very same man brokered a deal with the squatters, who accepted the NCR's assistance. With the support the Chosen One secured from the New California Republic, the Vault 15 squatters soon became self-sufficient and productive members of society. The Chosen One's help with Vault 15 launched the New California Republic's push to civilize its neighbors. Though there were many more obstacles to overcome, the NCR now had a foothold into the northern wastes.

Pre-war advertising

Transcript

Due east from Vault 13, construction on this Vault has gone extremely smoothly. Much work was done to reinforce the walls of the third level of this Vault, to make all the future Vault Dwellers more secure in the knowledge that in the event of even a major earthquake, the regulatory computers of the Vault would continue to function. Recent tours of the newly constructed Vault, have had many a potential Vault Dweller walking away with a new found awe of the improvements done to this already impressive Vault.

Source: Vault locations v34.129 holodisk

Layout

Surface (Fallout)

Fo1 Vault 15 Surface

Just a shack in the middle of nowhere?

A small building sitting in the middle of an empty space. This entrance will be guarded by a radscorpion if you are unlucky.

The squat (Fallout 2)

Main article: The Squat
Fo2 Vault 15 Squat

Some grumpy squatters for welcome

A grouping of tents, small buildings and some trees up against the side of a cliff. There are squatters wandering the area.

Eastern entrance (Fallout 2)

Main article: New Khans encampment
FO2 Vault 15 Eastern Entrance

Lift & shack

Raiders built a lift to have an easy access to Vault bypassing the squat residents and built a shack for its protection. This shack is the place where Chrissy is kept.

Entrance (Fallout)

Fo1 Vault 15 Entrance

Into rats' den

This area has the same layout as Vault 13's entrance. On the first corridor you will find a mole rat. At the end of this area you will need a rope to go further down into the vault.

Loot in Entrance

Entrance (Fallout 2)

Fo2 Vault 15 Entrance

Raiders' hole

This area has almost the same layout as Vault 13's entrance. You need to deal with a force field to proceed.

Living quarters (Fallout)

Fo1 Vault 15 Living Quarters

Rats, rats and more rats!

This area has a layout much like Vault 13. Here most people will get their first armor. You will again need a rope to go down further at the end of this area. In the 3rd room counting from the left, you can find a locker with a rope in it.

Loot in Living quarters

Living quarters (Fallout 2)

Fo2 Vault 15 LQ

"Hey, look -- the lights came on. What the..."

This area has no rubble. There is also (with a good repair skill and a tool) a generator that can be repaired, this turns on the lights and the console to activate the level 1 force field.

Command Center (Fallout)

Fo1 Vault 15 Command Center

Chip ain't here...

Much of this level is buried under tons of rock and rubble, including the command and control center. The rest of the vault's equipment has been ruined or destroyed. There are many pig rats, rats and one mole rat.

Loot in Command Center

Command Center (Fallout 2)

Fo2 Vault 15 Command Center

Darion, a mean dog and a lot of guards

The command center is in control of Darion, the leader of New Khans. Though most of the computers have been destroyed, there are few of them that work... barely.

Inhabitants

2141

2161

2241

Related quests

Fallout

Fallout 2

Notes

  • Vault 15 can be found nine squares east of Vault 13 (Fallout 1) or six squares east (Fallout 2).
  • The in-game maps in the first two Fallout games give contradictory information about the locations of Vault 13, Shady Sands (later N.C.R.), and Vault 15. In the first game, Vault 15 is near the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. In the second game, it is considerably farther to the west, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
  • Areas of Vault 15 which were blocked off by fallen rocks in Fallout are accessible in Fallout 2.
  • In the entry tunnel in Fallout 2, there is a ladder that leads straight to the exit grid in "The Squat." Through The Squat however, there is no way to enter the tunnel, until The Squat has joined the NCR. This ladder becomes accessible through Zeke's house.

Appearances

Vault 15 appears in Fallout and Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.

Gallery

References

Vault 15