History Quotes / Fallout3

-> ''"You saved us. But that doesn't change the fact that [[[[spoiler:you killed the Overseer in cold blood to do it]], and I can't let that sort of thing stand here. I guess it's a bit familiar. You've already been forced out of the Vault once before. At least now you know what's out there. I'm sorry. [[ContinuityNod You're a hero...]] [[VideoGame/Fallout1 and you have]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain to leave.]]"''

->''In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation.''

-> ''It was here [[PlayerCharacter you]] were born. It is here you will die. Because in Vault 101, no one ever enters, and no one ever leaves."''

-> ''DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!''\\
''DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM!''\\
''BETTER DEAD THAN RED!''\\
''COMMUNIST DETECTED ON AMERICAN SOIL. LETHAL FORCE ENGAGED!''\\
''AMERICA WILL NEVER FALL TO COMMUNIST INVASION!''\\
''EMBRACE DEMOCRACY, OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED!''\\
''DEMOCRACY WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!''

-> ''"Karma's a real bitch. You'd be wise to remember that."''

-> ''"Too many of you think we're all just zombies. They don't know, or don't care, that we're just as human as they are inside. We bleed! We hurt! We regret! And you know what really pisses me off? They think the only way to kill us is to shoot us in the head, like in the old zombie stories, and that will put us out of our misery."''

-->-- '''The Mechanist''', ''The Superhuman Gambit''

-> ''"You saved us. But that doesn't change the fact that you [[spoiler:killed the Overseer in cold blood to do it]], and I can't let that sort of thing stand here. I guess it's a bit familiar. You've already been forced out of the Vault once before. At least now you know what's out there. [[ContinuityNod I'm sorry.]] [[VideoGame/Fallout1 You're a hero...]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain and you have to leave.]]"''

-> ''"It's amazing that people trust you enough not to attack me."''

-> ''"Tunnel Snakes rule!"''

-> ''"Can I do something for you? Or... to you?"''

-> ''"You are my employer and I will do as you command."''

-> ''"People of the Capital Wasteland. I am Colonel Autumn. By now, you have encountered Enclave troops in your towns, in your settlements. When you see the Enclave, you see the United States government. We are authorized to restore order and civility, by any means necessary. Just stay out of the way and let us do our job. Interfere with the Enclave's mission, and you will be dealt with. Harshly."''
-->-- '''Augustus Autumn'''

->''I'd trust a wastelander to shine my power armor, and even that's pushing it."''

->''But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world. But war... War never changes.''

->''In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters known as Vaults. But when they emerged, they had only the hell of the wastes to greet them - all except those in Vault 101. For on that fateful day, when fire rained from the sky, the giant steel door of Vault 101 slid closed, and never reopened.''

-->-- '''TheNarrator''', OpeningNarration

-> ''"We live in an age of poverty, greed, violence, destruction. Indeed, the very seat of the federal government, Washington D.C., has been reduced to what is now known as the "Capital Wasteland." The Capital Wasteland... How did it come to this, America?"''
-->-- '''President John Henry Eden'''

-> ''"Did you ever try to put a broken piece of glass back together? Even if the pieces fit, you can’t make it whole again the way it was. But if you’re clever, you can still use the pieces to make other useful things. Maybe even something wonderful, like a mosaic. Well, the world broke just like glass. And everyone’s trying to put it back together like it was, but it’ll never come together in the same way."''
-->-- '''Moira Brown'''

-> ''"Karma's a real bitch. You'd be wise to remember that."''
-->-- '''Michael Masters'''

-> ''"In all things, a calm heart must prevail."''
-->-- '''Fawkes'''

-> ''"Have you ever watched the moon rise over the Wasteland? I wish I could have given you something as wonderful as that."''
-->-- '''Uncle Leo'''

-->-- '''James'''

-->-- '''Three Dog'''

-> ''"Ha! Now that's what this Wasteland needs; [[ActionGirl More women with spunk...]] [[StuffBlowingUp And explosives!]]"''
-->-- '''Herbert "Daring" Dashwood''', '' '''[[ShowWithinAShow "The Adventures of Herbert 'Daring' Dashwood"]]'' '''

-> ''"This next piece reminds me of something my husband said: Friendship is like a violin. Even if the music stops, you'll still have the strings."''
-->-- '''Agatha'''

-->-- '''TheNarrator''', [[spoiler:Ending Narration ([[ModularEpilogue if the Lone Wanderer has Good Karma, activated Project Purity themselves, and didn't add the modified FEV into the purifier]])]]

-->-- '''TheNarrator''', [[spoiler:Closing Narration (if the Lone Wanderer has Good Karma, activated Project Purity themselves, and didn't add the modified FEV into the purifier)]]

-> ''" In all things a calm heart must prevail."''

-> ''"Ha! Now that's what this Wasteland needs; [[ActionGirl More women with spunk!]] [[StuffBlowingUp ...And explosives!]]"''

->''[[spoiler:The Capital Wasteland proved [[CrapsackWorld a cruel, inhospitable place]]. But the Lone Wanderer [[IdealHero refused to surrender to the vices that had claimed so many others]]. The values passed on from father to child – selflessness, compassion, honor – guided this noble soul through countless trials and triumphs.]]''

-->-- '''TheNarrator''', [[spoiler:Closing Narration (if the Lone Wanderer had Good Karma, activated Project Purity themselves, and didn't add the modified FEV into the purifier)]]

->''[[spoiler:But it was not until the end of this long road that the Lone Wanderer learned the true meaning of that greatest of virtues – [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]]. Stepping into the irradiated control chamber of Project Purity, the child followed the example of the father, sacrificing life itself [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the greater good of mankind]].]]''

->''[[spoiler:Thankfully, when selected by the [[AIIsACrapshoot sinister]] [[PresidentEvil president]] to be [[WeCanRuleTogether his instrument of annihilation]], the Wanderer refused. Humanity, with all its flaws, was deemed worthy of preservation. [[HopeSpringsEternal The waters of life flowed at last – free and pure, for any and all. The Capital Wasteland, at long last, was saved.]]]]''

-->-- '''TheNarrator'''

-->-- '''TheNarrator'''

->''"And so it was that [[PlayerCharacter the Lone Wanderer]] ventured forth from Vault 101, intent on discovering the fate of a father who had once sacrificed the future of humanity for that of his only child.''

->''The Capital Wasteland proved [[CrapsackWorld a cruel, inhospitable place]]. But the Lone Wanderer refused to surrender to the vices that had claimed so many others. The values passed on from father to child – selflessness, compassion, honor – guided this noble soul through countless trials and triumphs.''

->''But it was not until the end of this long road that the Lone Wanderer learned the true meaning of that greatest of virtues – [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]]. Stepping into the irradiated control chamber of Project Purity, the child followed the example of the father, sacrificing life itself [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the greater good of mankind]].''

->''Thankfully, when selected by the sinister president to be his instrument of annihilation, the Wanderer refused. Humanity, with all its flaws, was deemed worthy of preservation. The waters of life flowed at last – free and pure, for any and all. The Capital Wasteland, at long last, was saved.''

->''So ends the story of the Lone Wanderer, who stepped through the great door of Vault 101 and into the annals of legend. But the tale of humanity will never come to a close, for the struggle of survival is a war without end. And war...''

-> ''[[ArcWords War never changes.]]"''

->''But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world.''

->''But war... War never changes.''

->''In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters, known as Vaults. But when they emerged, they had only the hell of the wastes to greet them - all except those in Vault 101. For on that fateful day, when fire rained from the sky, the giant steel door of Vault 101 slid closed, and never reopened.''

->''"War... War never changes.\\
Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God, to justice, to simple psychotic rage.\\
In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation.\\
But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world.\\
But war...\\
War never changes..."''

-->-- '''Agatha'''

-->-- '''Three Dog'''

-->-- ''Three Dog''

-->-- ''Fawkes''

-->-- ''Uncle Leo''

-->-- ''James''

-->-- ''Fawkes''

-->-- ''"Fawkes"''

-->-- '''Michael Masters'''

-->-- President John Henry Eden

-->-- '''Moira Brown'''

Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God, to justice, to simple psychotic rage.\\
In the year 2077, after millenia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation.\\

->''"War...\\
War never changes..\\

-> ''“Did you ever try to put a broken piece of glass back together? Even if the pieces fit, you can’t make it whole again the way it was. But if you’re clever, you can still use the pieces to make other useful things. Maybe even something wonderful, like a mosaic. Well, the world broke just like glass. And everyone’s trying to put it back together like it was, but it’ll never come together in the same way.”''

-->-- ''Opening Narration''

-->-- ''Opening Narration''

But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was just the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man, had succeeded destroying the world.\\
But war..\\
War never changes.."''

Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing path with rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God, to justice, to simple psychotic rage.\\

-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''