Press Start to Continue: Vault 77

Most of the stories of Vault Dwellers carry with them air of caution to those that hear them. There is one story that straight up terrifies those that hear it and that’s the story of the Puppet Man of Vault 77.

History

Vault 77 is unique in the experiment that Vault-Tech preformed on it. While most Vaults where populated in the hundreds or thousands 77 only had one man and a box of puppets. The Vault did its job and kept the man safe from the Fallout .  After a year alone the man discovered the puppet crate and began to give the different hand puppets names personalities and roles in his vault. The man was content with his puppets until he found the vault boy puppet that spoke to him. After that things changed the King puppet was murdered by the Vault Boy puppet. The Puppet Man and the Vault Boy puppet then left the Vault. The journey was eventful as they met other Vault dwellers it wasn’t until they met a few slavers that thing turned bad. Under stress they murdered all but one slaver and the legend of the Puppet Man was born. This legend would haunt even the slavers of Paradise Falls as they found his jumpsuit. What happened to the Puppet Man no one knows but his story still haunts raiders of the Wasteland.

Next week we travel to the capital to wasteland and learn the  that Mariposa Military Base wasn't the only place making monsters

Commentary

Ok this is a special Vault as it doesn’t appear in any game. However after finding the jumpsuit in 3 and the holotape I took to the internet, and I found a comic from Penny Arcade called One Man, and a Crate of Puppets. The Comic told the story above better than I can. Sadly the comic is no longer listed on Penny Arcade or the official Fallout site. The good news is nothing on the internet dies and ever strip of the comic can be found here and below.  Now I originally said that I was only going to cover Vaults that appeared in the core games but this one is special. Reason why the Jumpsuit is in Fallout 3 and I don’t think anyone in the fandom thinks that this vault is non canon. On top of that this is my favorite Vault ever and I would like to see the more from the Puppet Man in Fallout 4 please.