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First thing I would do when I leave the vault? Immediately begin looking for friends in the wasteland, hopefully a companion so we can explore the wasteland together. You know, a life mate! Someone to weather the harsh wasteland with me. They just better hope we don't get stuck in another vault... or they might become lunch O_O
 
After emerging from the vault, I would scavenge as much as I could. I'm a hoarder and I want everything because it could be useful later. After getting out of Boston, I would kill as many bandits/animals for some quick XP and gear and do some of the side quests.
 
Hey there, thank for this giveaway!

Question:
What would you do immediately after emerging from a Vault?

Answer:
The first thing i would do is try to find as much food and water as much as possible, to keep my body strong and fit for the apocalyptic Journey. Once i'm done, i would go straight to find a weapon to protect myself, since i don't know what might be lurking around me. Then prepare and pack every resources i had found and go to a journey that i will never forget.
 
Using the GetUThere app, I would find the fastest, most convenient route to Boston Logan. According to jethub it is one of the top airports for private aircraft travel, the level of customer service and attention to detail is unrivaled. They conclude by stating, "You won't be sorry." Having been convinced, I would head to the airport, first stopping at the nearest QuikMart to stock up on KitKats. If I ran into any trouble, I would break out the Kitkats. The trouble makers would then take a break and I could slip away while they were enjoying their Kitkat.

Upon arriving at Boston Logan, I would find a small plane and fly to Disneyland. It is, after all, the happiest place on earth.
 
I see from the PipBoy map that we're up by the NH border.
So, go east until you hit I-93, then travel south parallel to it-- not on it, silhouettes get you killed!
All the way to Davis Sq in Somerville, and find the best damn meats and cheezes in all the world at Spoke!
Once fortified, snipe my way to victory...
 
I would go to the top of the tallest building still standing. From there block access for anyone to follow without making noise and proceed to scan the area. Try to figure out what the heck is going on around the area and hopefully plan a route to supplies i'd need. Snipe all the bad guys i can and move lower as needed. Always on the lookout for more/better firepower see if i can clean up the immediate area to have a place to fortify run my sorties from. Find a dog for extra protection and warning system.
 
My first mission, upon exiting the vault and being blinded by the glaring sun, would be to get myself a pair of slick shades. Its seriously way too freaking bright out here.

After I have acquired some aviators I would head off in search of the nearest coffee pot. After 200 years of being asleep, I must be choking for a good pot of coffee.

With my coffee in hand, and shades on my eyes, I would then proceed to create an army of robot minions and start a coffee shop. If I ever ran out of 200 year old cans of coffee, I would make my own coffee substitute out of some obscure roots and pretend it's the real deal.
 
If I haven't made it to Robert's Steakhouse before the apocalypse (and assuming I'm in Boston), the first thing I'm going to do is head to New York and see if it still exists. Nothing will stop me from making it to that steakhouse strip club before I die.

After that, on a more serious note, I'd arm up, try to find civilization, and build a fortress in the upper Yukon if I'm the last person on Earth.

I love that I'm reading The Stand when this game came out. I didn't set it up that way, but it's awesome to read a book about the apocalypse and play a game about the apocalypse at the same time.
 
#AmericaIsNotThatGreatAnymore
I'm gonna be like One Punch Man, all points into strength, stupid as a mutated rat, killing everyone with fists.
Because firearms are for the weak.
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*Died instantly*
OK, I'm not like One Punch Man, I'm gonna be like a crazy Russian with hundreds of guns.
Name: Vladimir Vladimirowitsch Vladoff
Ah, Much better.
RPG in the one hand, Mini gun in the other and a Machete between the teeth.
Now they can come at me. I'M PREPARED!!!
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One
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Two
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Five
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Fifteen
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Thirty
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Fifty
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Already one hundred foes down.
Look at this guy, he has now chance.

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No no no no no, the ammo is empty.
*Died*
I'm just gonna evade them from now on., being a pathetic beggar.
I'm just not capable of anything else. *Cries a little*

That's how it would happen, probably.
 
Well my wife is from Boston and I certainly lean far more towards the Sox than the Yankees, however for humor and the sake of this contest I have to say...

I would IMMEDIATELY book it to Diamond City and grill all the npc's around Fenway to see if the Bambino's Curse is still in place, as let's remember this is of course alternate time line USA and the Sox NEVER won back the World Series in this world!
Assuming it is not, I would asap crash course a Mod for the Ghost of ol' Bambino to re-instate the curse and haunt all who dared question his 'thority, complete with a Green Monster Goo attack he hits from his home-run-bat & possibly give him an alternate attack with a pitchers glove n' ball as a nice nod to his previous pitching abilities/position....perhaps also populate areas around Boston with new comics to tell of the Curse's lore and give people amusement/knowledge, maybe 1-2 with new perks related to being able to use a baseball bat in creative awesome ways during play ;*)
 
The best way to survive is to know your surroundings and be prepared for anything! As such, I would make friendly with the locals, learn what the local problems were, set up a community getting everyone together, and then create the perfect harem using my vault protected superior genes to take over the world.

You know, the basics.
 
Where do I start... If it was possible to move about outside you could build or create almost anything you wanted. Some serious scavenging would be in order and start building. Maybe a house with some way to defend it or a mode of transportation. Head over to the Hoover Dam and press some buttons. See what's left at an army base. Blow some stuff up, like bring a whole skyscraper.
 
The world would be my toilet. No body of water would be safe from my fecal fury.

Realistically though I would just curl up in a corner and cry.
 
I'm sure upon exiting the vault, I would seek out the nearest cold beer. I'm going on the assumption that the vault's supply has long-since been depleted. Mmm beer. [You are now addicted to coldbeer]
 
I loved reading through all the responses, and I hope everybody else did, too! Some were great, many were dark, most were silly, and a few were just overly inappropriate (those were removed; you know who you are!). All in all, the turnout was great and we're thrilled that so many people participated!

For our randomly selected winners: rtware923 & papaspud!

And for our staff-selected winner, chosen for his awesome little short story: Ihmhi6!

You can find his entry here and you all should totally give it a read because it is really quite good! Very "Black Mirror"-esque, and we all loved the details and backstory provided before he ended with what he wanted to do after emerging from a Vault. Great job on this, Ihmhi6!


All winners will receive a PM from me shortly with instructions on how to claim their prize. Thank you, everybody, for participating! We'll be back next week for another giveaway. Have a great weekend!
 
Blinded by the sudden brightness of the daylight sun, I find myself in a crouched position, naked and cold. As my eyes begin to adjust, I slowly stand up and begin to scan my surroundings. My first mission: find a set of clothes that fit. Scanning the area, I see a person sitting in a nearby shed. I enter the shed and quickly scan the man's torso and legs from behind: dimensions are a perfect match. 'Give me your clothes', I say to the sitting man. No response. I reach out to touch the man and he crumbles into dust, his clothes deflating into a crumpled dust-covered pile.

Fully clothed, I scan the horizon and proceed south towards the only signs of civilization: some smoldering ruins 3835 meters from my current location at the end of a road lined with potholes and rusted out autos. My primary mission: find and destroy any surviving subjects from vault "Dugout" buried within Eway Ark. In the year 2279, one of these subjects invents a mod for the Pip Boy device that calculates all recruiting stats to help the future Crimson Rads to win 5 World Series in a row.

As I approach the ruins, I read " e way ark" on one of the buildings. My data tells me this ruin matches the dimensions of Eway Ark. While scanning the rotting bleachers of this ark, I see a large roach creature gnawing on what humans call a "hot dog" that had survived the blast. As I head towards the vault opening, I tell the roach creature, 'I'll be back.'
 
Depends on where I lived.
Born outside a city in Sweden so "child war-time preparation" would had been to hide in the forest (or in my own little "dirt vault" under some grass) I guess.
I have no idea about the radiation so let's just assume it's no issue where I am and that ~everyone else is dead. Or maybe not. I haven't really played Fallout damnit! I've bought 3 and New Vegas and I've got the others for free on GOG but I've just dipped my toe into Fallout 3.

Step 1: Get radiation suit.

Step 2: Find a cat. Life is meaningless without a cat. (Yeah, 36 year old and forever single, still virgin, don't judge me - cat's rule!)

And then I was thinking farming, I'm vegan and all. But it's a game with guns ..

Step 3: Find a Stridsbåt 90 somewhere, they are bound to be one somewhere, at this time and age it should be nuclear powered and let's just assume Sweden wasn't ruled by environmentalists socialist feminazis, ok?! (Stridsbåt 90: https://youtu.be/6sH-M_awQ7g?t=31s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfpXFKKKl4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I42PVJtOlc - It's my zombie fighting platform of choice.)

(???!)

Step 4: Pick up some board-games and some nice people with the boat, then find an abandoned container ship a la water-world (love that film!) instead.

Step 5: Enter container ship with newly found friends, board-games, some cats, maybe put some dirt and plants and grow things on it, some farming equipment such as a tractor or two.

Step 6: Set sail on some island out in the Pacific, stay there, hang around and appreciate a free life. (This is to feel quite safe from any nukes.)

But I guess more likely I'd die early due to my low experience with the game and hence no awareness or experiences whatsoever about what I've gotten myself into.
Turns out I need to play a lot more Fallout or I'm dead!
 
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