Ian Jackson was the overseer of Vault 32 who perished during the rebellion in his Vault circa 2294.
Background[]
Like other overseers of both Vaults 32 and 33, he was a junior executive of Vault-Tec and a graduate of Bud Askins' executive assistant training program "Bud's Buds,"[1] kept in suspended animation in Vault 31. In the 23rd century, he was reactivated before Betty Pearson and assigned as the new overseer of 32. During his tenure, the dwellers somehow learned that they were actually a part of a social experiment, treated as a breeding pool by the "Management" in Vault 31. The truth tore the Vault apart, with Jackson captured and tortured by the rebels before he was strangled with a cable in his office.[2]
The resulting civil war destroyed the Vault, with the dwellers killing each other, committing suicide, or otherwise wasting away. Lee Moldaver later assumed the guise of a Vault 32 overseer, using the intra-Vault messaging system to notify Hank MacLean of Jackson's passing (using the excuse of a crop blight) and introducing herself as the new overseer.[3] The charade worked, and Jackson's body and fate weren't found out until later, by Norm and Chet, exploring the wrecked Vault.[2] His remains were eventually removed when Vault 32 was cleaned up for resettlement.
Appearances[]
Ian Jackson appears only in the Fallout TV series.
References[]
- ↑ Norm MacLean: "Is this where my dad's from?"
Bud Askins: "You'll never find out. Oh. He's gonna find out. These are Bud's Buds. My Buds. America outsourced the survival of this country to the private sector. But it would have been insane to keep a failed nation alive. So, we kept Vault-Tec alive instead. A well-trained staff of highly supervised junior executives from my own assistant training program. Because the future of humanity comes down to one word: Management."
("The Beginning") - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fallout, "The Ghouls"
- ↑ Hank MacLean: "Welcome, neighbors from Vault 32. I am Hank MacLean, overseer of Vault 33."
Lee Moldaver: "Lee Moldaver, overseer of 32. Thank you for your hospitality."
Hank MacLean: "Oh, we were sorry to hear of Overseer Jackson's passing in your telegrams."
Lee Moldaver: "When blight hit our wheat, we lost a lot of good people, but this trade will help us get back on our feet."
Hank MacLean: "Yes, well, as arranged, we offer you seed and parts for machinery."
Lee Moldaver: "In exchange, we offer you a breeder."
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