Poll: Which Fallout faction is best for humanity?

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Chimichanga

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Mr. House. He can get humanity back into space in 50 years and could possibly bring his method of longevity to market. Sure, he's a callous despotic douche, but his efficiency makes up for it all.

Caesar's Legion would only be the benevolent dictatorship it is until Caesar dies. It was a cult based around one old man with heart problems. When he kicks the bucket, Lanius takes over and it would all probably go to hell.

NCR would be a close second to House due to my own American bias towards democratic republics. They remain a second due to their incompetence, corruption, and inefficiency.

The Followers of The Apocalypse are radical idealists. While everything they do is genuinely done for the good of mankind, they themselves are rather impotent and have no means to achieve their ends. They are idealists plain and simple - little more.

The Enclave is essentially just the NCR but better equipped and more efficient at the cost of being a wee bit more xenophobic to the point of omnicide. They're basically the American government in a state of indefinite emergency powers, so my guess is that if they ever succeeded they would eventually go back to being a democratic republic like they were before. Well-intentioned extremists. Due to the fact that they have essentially been destroyed throughout the Fallout cannon, I don't think they could ever do so, so I have no idea why they were put on this poll.

The Brotherhood of Steel is really interested in power - just the acquisition of technology. They don't seem to really give a shit about the world outside technological progress, making them powerful for what remains of them albeit negligible. The whole "BoS = caring/helpful good guys/protagonists" is a Bethesda interpretation they placed in Fallout 3 (although they do refer to the Washington chapter as being sort of 'renegade' in that regard. They also don't really apply to this poll. Not to mention that as of FO: NV they are suffering the same problem as The Enclave and are dying out, albeit at a slower rate, so there probably aren't enough of them to enforce any real order.

Anarchy : See FoTA, it's essentially what they are working for.
 

Chimichanga

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Mr. House. He can get humanity back into space in 50 years and could possibly bring his method of longevity to market. Sure, he's a callous despotic douche, but his efficiency makes up for it all.

Caesar's Legion would only be the benevolent dictatorship it is until Caesar dies. It was a cult based around one old man with heart problems. When he kicks the bucket, Lanius takes over and it would all probably go to hell.

NCR would be a close second to House due to my own American bias towards democratic republics. They remain a second due to their incompetence, corruption, and inefficiency.

The Followers of The Apocalypse are radical idealists. While everything they do is genuinely done for the good of mankind, they themselves are rather impotent and have no means to achieve their ends. They are idealists plain and simple - little more.

The Enclave is essentially just the NCR but better equipped and more efficient at the cost of being a wee bit more xenophobic to the point of omnicide. They're basically the American government in a state of indefinite emergency powers, so my guess is that if they ever succeeded they would eventually go back to being a democratic republic like they were before. Well-intentioned extremists. Due to the fact that they have essentially been destroyed throughout the Fallout cannon, I don't think they could ever do so, so I have no idea why they were put on this poll.

The Brotherhood of Steel isn't really interested in power - just the acquisition of technology. They don't seem to really give a shit about the world outside technological progress, making them powerful for what remains of them albeit negligible. The whole "BoS = caring/helpful good guys/protagonists" is a Bethesda interpretation they placed in Fallout 3 (although they do refer to the Washington chapter as being sort of 'renegade' in that regard. They also don't really apply to this poll. Not to mention that as of FO: NV they are suffering the same problem as The Enclave and are dying out, albeit at a slower rate, so there probably aren't enough of them to enforce any real order.

Anarchy : See FoTA, it's essentially what they are working for.
 

Agayek

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I'd say the Brotherhood of Steel, with the provision that they stop being recluses and actually do something. Mostly because they have power armor, and as we all know, power armor can only ever lead to this:

 

Chelsea O'shea

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i keep seeing people saying enclave....but that can't run things...i will state again,the enclave was destroyed in fallout 2,the enclave in 3 were remnants and were also brought down,there is no more enclave.

the BoS are tech whores,the east coast set of them don't have the resources to hold up the country as they are pretty much a group of their own and not connected to the rest.

the legion are slave traders,nothing more when you look at them.

the NCR has the right idea but the wrong execution.given more resources and a better plane with better pacing they'd work.

the followers got things pretty good as well,merge them with NCR and everything will work.

house keeps things too closed for him to work for anyone outside of Vegas,and the courier/yes-man don't have much of a plan.

the khans with a better structure might work as well,maybe a mix of them ,the followers and the NCR could be the best in the long term.
 

Laser Priest

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The NCR is a stagnant democracy that just wants to control everything and pretends to be helping people.
Caesar's Legion is an act of desperation with a theme.
Independent Vegas is good, but chances are it'll all collapse on itself eventually.
The Brotherhood of Steel does everything it does to keep itself alive, usually at the cost to everyone else.

House is a pompous asshat, but he's good enough at everything he does to be allowed a pompous asshat. He's probably the best hope for the entire wasteland. Unless of course, you're not in his favor. Then you live in poverty or are outright murdered.

The Enclave would have been nice had they not been reduced to post-Apocalyptic Nazis and then blown up repeatedly.

Really, everyone sucks. The Followers of the Apocalypse are one of the only decent factions (in New Vegas, at least) and they are pretty much the punching bags of the wasteland.
 

Amishdemon

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me. my new vegas will stop NCR expansion east and form a area of peace between the ncr and east coast.
 

Kevlar Eater

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The Brotherhood of Steel are so xenophobic, they may as well inbreed.

Enclave are probably on their last legs since their defeat in the Capitol Wasteland, and their method of extermination would probably end all of humanity quicker than the remaining can breed.

Legionary rule is basically repeating history, and no one wants that.

Anarchy would be too heavy a risk, as a house divided cannot stand.

House would most certainly keep humanity on a tight leash with militarized robots.

And like the Legion, the NCR cares nothing about anyone who isn't serving them, and unlike Legion, are self-restricted by red tape, similar to today's US military and government.

Out of all these choices, I would pick the NCR.
 

badgersprite

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None of them are right. Which is pretty much the entire point of the series. Every single organisation is fundamentally flawed in different ways.

I guess the ones who, if given the choice, I would support most would be the Followers Of The Apocalypse. Their ideology is probably the most sound and coherent, but they lack the means to actually enact it - eg they have no ability to actually rule in their current state.

They're basically the exact opposite of Caesar's Legion. The Legion is all about the means of taking over and creating order at any cost, whereas the FotA don't seem to have any more drive to rule than the Salvation Army today.
 

Shock and Awe

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I've only played Fallout 3, so from what I know the Brotherhood is the best. They are stable(mostly), and are the only driving force behind technology which is the best thing for the wasteland.
 

Ladette

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It's all bad. I'm throwing out the Independent ending because obviously I think I could do a better job than anyone else :D.

The Capital Wasteland BoS would probably be the best option, but they're obviously not capable of taking over.

The Legion are assholes held together by an old man. They treat women horribly and I can't endorse any group that supports slavery. When Ceasar dies I think the Legion goes downhill fast, most of its member seem to support Ceasar more than his ideals.

The Enclave ar on the decline and they'd be very bad for Ghouls and anyone not radiation free.

The BoS as a whole are xenophobic shut ins who only care about themselves and old techology.

I don't think House realizes just how difficult it'll be to accomplish his goals. He's kinda nuts also, and his goal of putting people in space in 50 years was being insanely generous. Despite his claims otherwise he's also quite vindictive.

Anarchy doesn't work, and never will work. So throw that out.

That leaves the NCR. They're overextended, flawed, and imperialistic. They're also the most likely to build something lasting and not go insane and kill everyone. They win by default.
 

Kolby Jack

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AMAZED said:
I think if the NCR adapted the follower of the apocalypse to their government without changing their structure or function that could work
I read on the fallout wiki that you can convince the Followers and NCR to work together and it actually ends very well for both parties in the slide show, but that option when talking to Julie Farkas is glitched and so it can't be done. Still, it shows that the NCR and the Followers can certainly cooperate.
 

zombiejoe

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NCR of course.

The brotherhood doesn't give a flying fladoodle about anyone
Legion is...well the legion
Enclave are never good news
House only wants money

NCR FTW
 

Saippua

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House has a plan and a best chance to regain prewar techological levels and return humanity to it's former glory. NCR brings democracy and equality so it's a question of progress or human rights.
 

kzgonuts63

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It would have to be some combination of the Followers and the NCR or the Brotherhood if they helped people