So, I’ve been looking at the human and FEV sections of this fandom and I’ve been wondering, am I thinking about this too much or am I missing something?
Alright, there are two types of humans right? Near-human and prime-humans. Near-humans are born in the wastes, being exposed to remnants of FEV and radiation from the Great War. Near-humans are damn near identical to prime-humans but their genetic makeup is a tad different to increase the gene pool variety.
Then there are the prime-humans, born in the vaults or Enclave stations. Prime-humans are direct descendants of US citizens, having their DNA not messed with by FEV or radiation.
That’s some background to help us out. Now it gets interesting. When Enclave president, Dick Richardson announces to the Chosen One that when Curling-13 is unleashed from the oil rig, it will kill off all remaining mutants and near-humans. Question is, why make it lethal to vault dwellers? He said himself that anyone born outside a vault or the oil rig is "near-human" and will be purged, but then you find out that not only some of the Arroyo tribals have died from the virus, but also some Vault 13 dwellers.
What for? Do they think the vault populations are gonna rat them out to the police for the murder of 99% of the human population? I also forgot to mention something to ya. It says in the human section that people who leave the vault and have children in a new tribe, the children are also considered to be prime-humans, like the Boomers in the Mojave Wasteland, who are descendants of the original Vault 34 population. Same thing with Vault City. Their descendants came from Vault 8. Did the Enclave only consider themselves to be the true successors of the US?
Then finally, we have the Chosen One, the child of the village elder, who herself is the daughter of the Vault Dweller and Pat, both from Vault 13.
Since the Chosen One is a descendant of the Vault Dweller, shouldn’t they be a prime-human? If so, they should be just fine!
I am sorry for going on a tangent about this but I was just replaying Fallout 2 and it just stuck with me for a couple of days. Is all this a lore thing I missed, lore that was added later or just a mistake made by the developers? I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking you guys! If you guys know something about this, please talk about it! It would really help me out.
Thanks to anyone who bothered to read these crazy ramblings!