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| − | [[Vault-Tec]], when constructing their [[Vault]]s made sure that their inhabitants are well protected from outside threats. One of the key pieces of engineering that protected the dwellers was the '''Vault door'''. |
+ | [[Vault-Tec Corporation|Vault-Tec]], when constructing their [[Vault]]s made sure that their inhabitants are well protected from outside threats. One of the key pieces of engineering that protected the dwellers was the '''Vault door'''. |
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===Interior doors=== |
===Interior doors=== |
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[[File:3288 Vault Doors.jpg|thumb|150px|A typical Vault Interior Door]] |
[[File:3288 Vault Doors.jpg|thumb|150px|A typical Vault Interior Door]] |
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| − | The Vault Door is a type of electro-mechanical door used in the [[Vault-Tec]] [[Vault]]s for creating physical barriers between |
+ | The Vault Door is a type of electro-mechanical door used in the [[Vault-Tec Corporation|Vault-Tec]] [[Vault]]s for creating physical barriers between corridors, rooms, and stairways. The hatch is a heavy steel door, of either one or two pieces, supported in a heavy steel frame built into a wall and powered by concealed powerful hydraulic motors. |
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===Standard door=== |
===Standard door=== |
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[[File:FNV Vault Door.png|right|200px|thumb|A ruined, yet still functional, Vault door]] |
[[File:FNV Vault Door.png|right|200px|thumb|A ruined, yet still functional, Vault door]] |
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This is a one-piece hatch. Hydraulic motors swing it 90 degrees on a hinge when opening. On one side of the hatch, there are two circular indicators. When the hatch is closed, both indicators display diagonal red lines on a white background. As the hatch is opening, the indicators display '''OPEN''' in red text on a white background, while the other shows '''STAND BACK''' in red text on a black background. |
This is a one-piece hatch. Hydraulic motors swing it 90 degrees on a hinge when opening. On one side of the hatch, there are two circular indicators. When the hatch is closed, both indicators display diagonal red lines on a white background. As the hatch is opening, the indicators display '''OPEN''' in red text on a white background, while the other shows '''STAND BACK''' in red text on a black background. |
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+ | ==Vault blast door== |
| − | A [[Vault]] requires proper sealants against radiation and other hazardous elements that may be created in the event of a nuclear war, to properly protect its inhabitants. [[Vault-Tec]] used a number of different door models in their shelters, the most common being the 'Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343 (denoted as such in the [[Vault 15]] townmap). |
+ | A [[Vault]] requires proper sealants against radiation and other hazardous elements that may be created in the event of a nuclear war, to properly protect its inhabitants. [[Vault-Tec Corporation|Vault-Tec]] used a number of different door models in their shelters, the most common being the 'Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343 (denoted as such in the [[Vault 15]] townmap). |
==='Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343=== |
==='Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343=== |
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+ | [[File:Fo2 Seal-n-safe Vault door 343.png|right|200px|thumb]] |
Most common model, this door was first used in the [[Los Angeles Vault|demonstration Vault]] beneath [[Los Angeles]]. It had a smooth outer surface and opened outwards, rolled to the side by an extending mechanical arm. It was a very compact design, usually followed by a long air lock, ending in a high security door, with two layers of steel and a slab of lead in the middle. |
Most common model, this door was first used in the [[Los Angeles Vault|demonstration Vault]] beneath [[Los Angeles]]. It had a smooth outer surface and opened outwards, rolled to the side by an extending mechanical arm. It was a very compact design, usually followed by a long air lock, ending in a high security door, with two layers of steel and a slab of lead in the middle. |
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| + | In ''Fallout Shelter'', player-created vaults use the Seal-N-Safe 343, which can be upgraded to the nine cog model seen below. |
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| − | A different model was used in the [[East Coast]] and the [[Mojave Wasteland]] Vaults; this particular one opened inwards, with the use of a hydraulic arm. The door is shaped like a cog. When opened, a siren activates and a large mechanical arm swings down from the ceiling, opening the vault door from the inside. The door is pulled inward and rolls off to the side allowing access. This method produces a high volume metal grinding due to the weight of the door. |
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| + | ====East and West Coast==== |
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| + | [[File:Vault 101 entrance ext.jpg|thumb]] |
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| + | A different model was used in the [[East Coast]] and the [[Mojave Wasteland]] Vaults; this particular one had a larger opening diameter and was much thicker than the Seal-N-Safe 343. Usually mounted near the door is a warning light and siren which are both turned on during the first few seconds of the door's opening or closing cycle. One installation has the ability to mount security cameras beside the door. The East Coast model is opened from the inside using a large mechanical arm mounted to the vault entrance's ceiling. When the door control panel is used to open the door, the arm swings down and pulls the door inward and onto a gear rack built into the entrance floor, allowing the door to roll aside. |
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| + | ====Commonwealth==== |
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| + | [[File:Vault 111.png|thumb]] |
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| + | A different model was used in the [[The Commonwealth|Massachusetts]] region. This model is very similar to the doors seen in the [[Capital Wasteland]] and [[Mojave Wasteland]] regions. When properly maintained and serviced, the door has a dark grey base, and has a bright yellow center and outer rim. The Vault number is neatly drawn in black. On the rear-side of the door are black-and-yellow warning symbols, and a light bearing the text "clear" mounted beside the door. Within the base is a yellow purge valve with an hydraulics tank. It is one of the only doors so far known to have text on the door. [[Vault 111]] in particular has an elevator, an additional protective measure as a nuclear blast wave would pass over it.<ref>Pre-War screenshot shows the top-side of the Vault door bears text on the black inner-most panel reading "stand within circle"</ref> leading to the surface entrance to the Vault. It is a large convex structure, and has a vault-shaped elevator and blue and grey paint throughout the structure. It also bears yellow pipes, gas tanks, warning lights, black plates dotted throughout, and a red in-take valve. |
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| + | ====''Fallout Shelter''==== |
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| + | Every Vault in ''Fallout Shelter'', has the same standard model of door. When the vault door is upgraded to Level 2, the nine cog model is used. |
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| + | ==Notes== |
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* Despite having no visible keyboard, the door access panels on the east coast use a password (though it may be that the password is input through speech, as shown by there being a large speaker mounted on the panel's face). |
* Despite having no visible keyboard, the door access panels on the east coast use a password (though it may be that the password is input through speech, as shown by there being a large speaker mounted on the panel's face). |
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* Access panels are usually free-standing, supported by small metal columns set into the ground. The likeliness of them surviving intact after a nuclear blast, being almost directly impacted by it, is very low; most are still in working condition despite this. |
* Access panels are usually free-standing, supported by small metal columns set into the ground. The likeliness of them surviving intact after a nuclear blast, being almost directly impacted by it, is very low; most are still in working condition despite this. |
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| − | * The door in [[Vault 108]] cannot close by activation of the access panel. Instead, the player can activate the door itself |
+ | * The door in [[Vault 108]] cannot close by activation of the access panel. Instead, the player can activate the door itself. |
| − | * The East Coast and Mojave Wasteland inward opening vault doors make less sense than their west coast counterparts in terms of effectiveness as a blast door. The vault door's purpose was to withstand the blast of a nuclear weapon and act as a seal from the environment outside. The west coast doors would accomplish this end more effectively as they closed from the outside, either against mechanical stops or a friction wedge design which, when acted on by the pressure wave and blast of a nuclear weapon would force it harder against it's stops strengthening the sealing effect of the door. Inward opening doors would not do this, possibly exposing its occupants to outside contamination. This may have been a deliberate design choice by Vault-Tec. While most west coast vaults open directly to the outside, most of the east coast vaults were built with their entrances within existing caves which would limit the door's exposure to direct blast pressure and allow a cheaper and less complex door design to be used. |
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| − | + | ==Gallery== |
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+ | Vault 92.jpg|[[Vault 92]] blast door (open) |
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+ | Vault 106 door geck.jpg|[[Vault 106]] blast door (closed) |
| − | + | Vault_3.jpg|[[Vault 3]] blast door (closed) |
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| − | + | Vault112.jpg|[[Vault 112]] blast door (closed) |
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| − | + | Vault 22 outside.jpg|[[Vault 22]] blast door (open) |
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VaultDoorAccessPanel.png|The blast door is opened by an adjacent password-protected console which may be wall-mounted or free standing. |
VaultDoorAccessPanel.png|The blast door is opened by an adjacent password-protected console which may be wall-mounted or free standing. |
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Vault door CA1.jpg|Concept art by [[Adam Adamowicz]] |
Vault door CA1.jpg|Concept art by [[Adam Adamowicz]] |
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Vault door CA2.jpg |
Vault door CA2.jpg |
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| + | securitydoor.jpg |
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| + | Vault 111 pre war.png|[[Vault 111]] door, just before the blast |
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| + | Vault111WideOpen.png|Opened Vault 111 door, worn through the blast, and time |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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| + | ==References== |
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[[Category:Fallout world objects]] |
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[[Category:Fallout 3 world objects]] |
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[[Category:Fallout: New Vegas world objects]] |
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Revision as of 17:05, 28 June 2015
Vault-Tec, when constructing their Vaults made sure that their inhabitants are well protected from outside threats. One of the key pieces of engineering that protected the dwellers was the Vault door.
Door variants
Interior doors
A typical Vault Interior Door
The Vault Door is a type of electro-mechanical door used in the Vault-Tec Vaults for creating physical barriers between corridors, rooms, and stairways. The hatch is a heavy steel door, of either one or two pieces, supported in a heavy steel frame built into a wall and powered by concealed powerful hydraulic motors.
Standard door
A ruined, yet still functional, Vault door
A typical door used in the Vaults, composed of two pieces that connect and seal (with the use of special interlocking cones) when the door closes. An emergency override handle is placed above the connection seam. Under normal circumstances, when a hatch is locked, only an experienced locksmith could lockpick the hatch. Each door is operated by hydraulic motors that effect 3300 lbs of pressure when operating the door.
Doors are designed with three safety features. The first is a caution zone marked by yellow lines on the floor. The second is an automated system that reverses the door if it detects an obstruction, and attempts at closing the door a few moments later. If the obstruction remains under the door, it will continue repeating this motion until powered off or the door finally closes. The final feature is a power box next to the door, which can be used to shut off electricity to the bulkhead and seal it. Under normal circumstances, the lamps on the power box are green. If the power to the door is cut using the switch, they glow red.
Security door
This model is identical in function and safety features to the door above, except there is a centrally painted white vertical band with a stop sign and the words "No Access - Authorized Personnel Only". There are downward pointing chevrons above and below the text.
Maintenance hatch
This is a one-piece hatch. Hydraulic motors swing it 90 degrees on a hinge when opening. On one side of the hatch, there are two circular indicators. When the hatch is closed, both indicators display diagonal red lines on a white background. As the hatch is opening, the indicators display OPEN in red text on a white background, while the other shows STAND BACK in red text on a black background.
Vault blast door
A Vault requires proper sealants against radiation and other hazardous elements that may be created in the event of a nuclear war, to properly protect its inhabitants. Vault-Tec used a number of different door models in their shelters, the most common being the 'Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343 (denoted as such in the Vault 15 townmap).
'Seal-N-Safe' Vault Door Model No. 343
Most common model, this door was first used in the demonstration Vault beneath Los Angeles. It had a smooth outer surface and opened outwards, rolled to the side by an extending mechanical arm. It was a very compact design, usually followed by a long air lock, ending in a high security door, with two layers of steel and a slab of lead in the middle.
In Fallout Shelter, player-created vaults use the Seal-N-Safe 343, which can be upgraded to the nine cog model seen below.
Nine cog model
East and West Coast
A different model was used in the East Coast and the Mojave Wasteland Vaults; this particular one had a larger opening diameter and was much thicker than the Seal-N-Safe 343. Usually mounted near the door is a warning light and siren which are both turned on during the first few seconds of the door's opening or closing cycle. One installation has the ability to mount security cameras beside the door. The East Coast model is opened from the inside using a large mechanical arm mounted to the vault entrance's ceiling. When the door control panel is used to open the door, the arm swings down and pulls the door inward and onto a gear rack built into the entrance floor, allowing the door to roll aside.
Commonwealth
A different model was used in the Massachusetts region. This model is very similar to the doors seen in the Capital Wasteland and Mojave Wasteland regions. When properly maintained and serviced, the door has a dark grey base, and has a bright yellow center and outer rim. The Vault number is neatly drawn in black. On the rear-side of the door are black-and-yellow warning symbols, and a light bearing the text "clear" mounted beside the door. Within the base is a yellow purge valve with an hydraulics tank. It is one of the only doors so far known to have text on the door. Vault 111 in particular has an elevator, an additional protective measure as a nuclear blast wave would pass over it.[1] leading to the surface entrance to the Vault. It is a large convex structure, and has a vault-shaped elevator and blue and grey paint throughout the structure. It also bears yellow pipes, gas tanks, warning lights, black plates dotted throughout, and a red in-take valve.
Fallout Shelter
Every Vault in Fallout Shelter, has the same standard model of door. When the vault door is upgraded to Level 2, the nine cog model is used.
Notes
- Despite having no visible keyboard, the door access panels on the east coast use a password (though it may be that the password is input through speech, as shown by there being a large speaker mounted on the panel's face).
- Access panels are usually free-standing, supported by small metal columns set into the ground. The likeliness of them surviving intact after a nuclear blast, being almost directly impacted by it, is very low; most are still in working condition despite this.
- The door in Vault 108 cannot close by activation of the access panel. Instead, the player can activate the door itself.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Pre-War screenshot shows the top-side of the Vault door bears text on the black inner-most panel reading "stand within circle"