In that time the development of atomic energy started to move forward, however it was too late already in 2060, when US economy bankrupted and car traffic stopped all over the US as the fuel started to be too precious and expensive. However they finally find out that all this effort is pointless as the consumtion of US was huge and oil resources would run dry one day anyway, no matter how many of them they would capture all over the world. Oil was interest of USA maybe in first decade od Resource Wars (destabilizing Mexico in early 2050's, pressure on Canada to allow US forces to protect oil pipe from Alaska, establishing Anchorage Front line to protect rafineries in 2059 and so). They didn't, you're right (except of uranium naturally). They didn't even need to fight over oil or other resources anymore. He took office shortly after Guterez was exiled, and watched helplessly over his two years in office as the Vault fell apart.Originally posted by bloodymonarch:The funniest thing to me is the whole microfusion cell thing.

Steven Aton - First elected Overseer of Vault 4.

Raul Guterez - Final Security Chief, served as an officer for 25 years, a sociopath that killed McDonald to seize power.

Ran a police state for fifty years before assassination.

Craig McDonald - Charismatic Vault resident who the rallied population to place him as Overseer.

Vault 4 Equipment Roster Subsection A: Weapons With an almost total power failure and the water chip ruined, the vault became a dilapidated ruin. For more than 150 years, adventures would search for the Vault hoping for a better life, but those lucky enough to find it were often killed by the cazadors infesting it. The Vault remained a legend with the locals, who believed the Vault to be just as the Pre-War advertisements stated any Vault was a paradise with no trouble or worries, at complete contrast with the hell of the outside. Vault 4 fell into disrepair over the years, and eventually became a cazador nest. On JanuOverseer Aton opened Vault 4, and he and the remaining residents departed for the last time. After Aton's victory in January 2131, many of the remaining population were dead, and the damage sustained by the agricultural equipment responsible for all of the Vault's food production had been destroyed. By late 2130 many had taken up arms against Aton after he proposed leaving the Vault. It had been contained, but maintenance was impossible. In addition, the Vault 's reactor had been damaged in the fighting, and had begun leaking radiation. Vault 4 was in trouble at this point, with only 239 people left, many feared the population would die out. with Steven Aton being elected for a five year term as the new Overseer. Over the next two years a democratic government was established with the remaining population. In the end, Guterez lost, and was exiled for his crimes, while the rest of the Vault prepared for their futures. By 2129 McDonald, now 78, was losing control, and after Security Chief Raul Guterez launched a coup to become Overseer, McDonald was killed, and the Vault fell into chaos between Guterez's supporters and the rest of the population. This severely hurt McDonald's control of the Vault, and it dropped even more when he ordered it sealed permanently and destroyed the Vault's GECK to prevent people from attempting to leave. This order led to what became known as the August Massacre in the Vault, after 54 people were shot after fleeing.

Overseer McDonald had anticipated this, and had already ordered security to shoot any residents who tried to leave. Vault 4 opened for the first time on August 23, 2114, and many tried to escape into the wasteland once clear of the Vault. People lived in fear of upsetting the Overseer or his security forces, and when the Overseer announced that the a scouting team was to be sent outside, volunteers thronged to sign up.

The damage to the Vault was quickly repaired, and soon the security force had swelled to over 150 men. Under his rule, Vault 4 finally became politically stable, but was transformed into a police state. McDonald came through with his promise, but nothing more.

In a large fight, the power structure was reversed, and the defeated leaders exiled from the Vault, dying soon after. Most residents wanted order and control, and that was that McDonald promised. Vault 4's power structure constantly found itself changing, with no real control for any particular group, it was ony when Craig McDonald, a young man living in the Vault, rallied many factions against the most powerful faction in the Vault, that order came. The vault was to test how civilization might come from total anarchy. No resident entered the vault with a set responsibility, thus no engineers, no security, no Overseer. Vault 4 was to serve as a variation on the experiment of Vault 108, but without any controlling influence at any time.

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