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young archimedes: and other atomic inspired soundscapes, a retrofuturistic playlist made especially for my institute scientist, dr. yvette carmichael-holdren!

enjoy over an hour of modern and early electronic music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, featuring selections from the BBC radiophonic workshop and raymond scott, the father of electronic music.

i was inspired by UPA animation and illustrated science manuals from the 50s and 60s for the cover. you can listen to young archimedes on spotify or youtube!

We are born in the Vault, we live in the Vault, and we die in the Vault.

Does he even know what a goose is? Are there geese in the post-apocalypse? The answer to both is probably not.

The answer to both is actually yes! :]

I had some ideas, so I guess this is as good an opportunity as any to talk about them.

Enclave "experiment" gone wrong like they always do, and released a giant mutant prehistoric bird into the wasteland.

The idea was to de-extinct the quetz by using living animal DNA to do some mad science with. Of course for the purpose of making a weapon, naturally.

I thought it would be fitting or karma at least to have it mutate from the Canada goose. So the remains of the Canadian Air Force can get some revenge on what's left of the USA, especially considering Fallout's alt history.

Veronica thinks Christine left the Brotherhood to get away from her homophobic parents, but she apparently joined their version of internal affairs and remained even more committed to the Brotherhood than Veronica is. That raises the question of how Veronica didn't know about this, what role the Brotherhood's culture actually played in Christine's decision, and how much Christine knew about Veronica's status, because Veronica's dialogue makes it sound like they talked in person before Christine "left". Maybe Elijah tampered with messages to Veronica. That would explain why she got over the breakup quicker: she thinks Christine dumped her via text.

But by far the most wrong thing Veronica says about Christine is "I'm sure she's moved on." Girl, you can’t imagine how Not Over you Christine is. It is vital to the themes of Dead Money that Christine hasn’t let go of Veronica. She’s so not over Veronica, she went on a mission of vengeance to kill the guy who broke them up. Yeah, he's committed other atrocities since then, but she definitely volunteered for the job when his name popped up on the hit list. Being too brain-damaged to write and getting her vocal cords scrambled couldn’t stop her from expressing how being separated from Veronica has filled her with murderous rage. Can relate.