They could have loaded the information to their Pipboys and transferred directly to the computers of their installation when they arrived. If these members of the pre-war military had been using a computer interface like the Pipboy, there would have been no need for them to store this information on holodisks to transport it. We don't however, and of further interest is that all correspondence, data, and logs we find from members of the Brotherhood (including Roger Maxson and the original member of the Exodus from Mariposa) are in the form of Holodisks.

Also, if the military had used a Pipboy pre-war, we'd likely find one among the original Lost Hills Brotherhood, who are all directly descended from the pre-war military unit stationed at Mariposa Military Base. We find no evidence of any kind of Pipboy used by the military here. SAD was sealed before the war and is never opened until the events of Fallout 2 around 2240. Of particular note should be Sierra Army Depot. Personally I refuse to use the mining helmet and Im using an invisible pipboy mod since I dont like how it often cause clipping and most gear setups simply look better without it. had a purpose-built computer interface which was required in conjunction with the neural interface suit to relay biometrics from the user to the simulation computer and, for whatever reason, there were none there or functional when the Outcasts got into the VSS Installation.įurthermore, we never find a Pipboy of any description in any of the pre-war military installations we visit in any of the games. Handheld flashlight - posted in Fallout 4 Mod Requests: I dont know if Im the only one that would absolutely love to see a handheld flashlight. Phone Case Pipboy of Steel Pip Three Enclave 3 Boy 4 Fallout Brotherhoof Dog Compatible with iPhone 12 Pro Max Mini 11 Pro Max XR SE X/Xs 6S Samsung S21 Ultra Plus.

A computer interface of some kind was needed, and El' Dubya's Pipboy fit that role. This item will be released on June 29, 2022.

Leonard Boyarsky designed the original Vaultboy, btw. I keep seeing it brought up that a Pipboy is required to access the Anchorage simulation, but this is untrue. I modded one of the Fallout 3 images (by Natalia Smirnova, interface artist at Bethesda) to represent Fallout 4 instead.

There's really no evidence in any of the games that the military was ever issued anything like a Pipboy. The picture you linked says that Bethesda used old military radio's as aesthetic reference while designing the Pipboy, not that the in-universe researchers at RobCo. This video looks at the pipboy mods, Official Pipboy Readius and A Familiar. I think you're grasping at straws a little bit, here. Fallout New Vegas Mod Clinic Part 13: Handheld Pipboys.

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