So… Fallout has aliens?

2026-07-12 02:47 UTC

I saw a video in which some characters of the Fallout tv show open a fridge and find an alien and just toss it out because they want the working fridge. I’ve never understood (or really bothered with) why Fallout had the nuclear “event” which triggered the use of the shelters. Was it an alien invasion?

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@hobata@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 03:01

not an invasion, just scouting thing.

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@Zahille7@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 03:09

In the lore, the “Zetans” have visited/researched Earth for at least a few centuries (the Mothership Zeta DLC for FO3 has you meeting different characters like a feudal samurai, a cowboy from the old west, and an astronaut from before the bombs dropped). The real reason why the nuclear apocalypse happened hasn’t been explained in any of the Fallout media yet, but it feels like the show is going to reveal it at some point if it didn’t already. But that’s also not really the point of the games/story of Fallout in general; the tagline is literally “War Never Changes” because it’s about human nature. You should watch the show. It’s great and very accessible for someone who hasn’t played the games. Plus it might give you the itch to try them out, and they’re incredibly fun.

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@Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 07:38

The aliens are just there. They aren’t important. Other shit was going down.

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@mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 10:13

Yeah there was a really cool easter egg in fallout 3 way in the north that was pretty much impossible to find fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_crash_site

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@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2026-07-13 10:33

They were already in first Fallout game, you could find random desert encounter with crashed flying saucer and two alien skeletons, loot from them was alien blaster and a portrait of Elvis Presley.

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@RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 22:10

The aliens just. Sorta existed. The humans did the world ending by themselves, the aliens were just here. Like on a trip and suddenly a war breaks out around you.

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@NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2026-07-14 02:30

even in the original games their was <1% chance encounter (while traveling) of finding an alien/spaceship with a one-of-a-kind alien weapon.

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