Fallout

Warning : spoiler for Fallout time of year 1

Summary

A young mystery was make when Prime Video’sFalloutshow reintroduced Shady Sands , and was in the end answered in the season 1 close . Revealed early on in the serial to be the original home of theBrotherhood of Steel’sMaximus , Shady Sands was one of the many settlements found inFallout’sversion of southern California . But as the show confirmed , the people of Shady Sands are no longer among the life at this juncture in theFallouttimeline .

Shady Sands made its unveiling in the originalFalloutvideo game , exhaust in 1997 . A major fix in the game , Shady Sands was a town where the player took on a identification number of authoritative seeking , associated with various NPC , and bring forward the chief fib . It ’s since been acknowledged by other games in the franchise as well , suchFallout : New VegasandFallout 4 . As for its ultimate destiny inFallout’sapocalypse , it ’s now known that while the community from the first game did survive for some time , it was destroyed before the start of the show .

Shady Sands Was New California Republic’s Capital In Fallout

Shady Sands has been around since before the timeframe of the first Fallout game

Shady Sands was the key building engine block in the creation ofFallout’sNew California Republic , a large and sinewy internet of colonisation inFallout’sworld . Shady Sands was founded in 2122 , between the events ofFallout 76and the 1997 game . In 2189 , people within the society officially established the New California Republic and its order principals in Shady Sands . In other Son , Shady Sands was the New California Republic , but over metre , it evolve into a electronic internet of communities , with Shady Sands being one among them , albeit the most important .

Thanks to an unexpected reveal in Prime Video ’s Fallout show , the franchise now has a detailed blood narrative for a popular character from the game .

As metre passed , Shady Sands take form official ties with nearby settlements like Los Angeles and Hub . The more communities it joined forces with , the strong it became . As the colony that originate it all , Shady Sands was delegate the capital of the New California Republic in 2198 . Across all its connected settlements , the NCR eventually boasted a flourishing universe of over 700,000 , with at least 3,000 of those locate in Shady Sands by the 2240s . But though Shady Sands had come far since its creation , its number naturally could n’t save up it from a nuclear bomb , which wiped out Shady Sands in 2277 , 200 old age after the Revelation of Saint John the Divine happened .

Fallout TV Show Poster Showing Lucy, CX404, Ghoul, and Maximus in Front of an Explosion with Flying Bottle Caps

Hank Had Shady Sands Destroyed After Rose Took Lucy & Norm To Live There

Lucy’s father eliminated Shady Sands from the board

In a shocking twist , it was discover that Vault 33 Overseer Hank MacLean was the real cause of all the deaths at Shady Sands inFalloutseason 1 ’s ending . According tonewFalloutcharacter Moldaver , Hank " burned that metropolis to the ground " in reply to his wife ’s decision to flee Vault 33 with her children , Lucy and Norm . After depart the vault in pursuit of her , Hank took both of the kids out of Shady Sands and launched a atomic dud at the city . As Muldaver said , " that ’s how Vault - Tec deals with rival . "

The Destruction Of Shady Sands Caused Maximus To Join The Brotherhood Of Steel

Hank MacLean’s past formed a bridge between Lucy and Maximus' backstories

What come about to Shady Sands was n’t just full of life to the backstory of the MacLeans , as it was also what brought Maximus into the Brotherhood of Steel ’s ranks . He say as much as himself when he claimed that he joined the Brotherhood to " offend the the great unwashed who hurt him " in the first installment . He was referring to the wipeout of Shady Sands , the catastrophic consequence that made him an orphan . His flashback confirmed he was found as a child by one of the Brotherhood of Steel ’s knights , embellish out inFallout’sPower Armor . Inspired by the Brotherhood ’s rescue of him , Maximus was further motivated into pledge his life history to their cause .

In a sense , Maximus ' earlier supposition about why Shady Sands was destroyed was surprisingly accurate , though he obviously had no knowledge of Vault 33 ’s involvement . Maximus line its fate as " what always happens , " impute it to the eternal wildness of the apocalypse and humanity ’s inability to agree on how to save the human beings . Hank ’s Holy Scripture proved Maximus was n’t necessarily wrong ; the Overseer was convinced that Vault - Tec need Shady Sands gone so that they could action their misrepresented visual modality for the rebirth of civilization inFallout’sfuture .

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