Fallout: New Vegas - How Vault 11 Systematized Human Sacrifice

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Vault 11 is an empty vault that can be encountered in Fallout: New Vegas. It’s been abandoned for many years by the time The Courier arrives, but the reason for its abandonment is especially chilling.

Vault 11 is located west of Boulder City on the map of Fallout: New Vegas. The entrance leading to the vault is nestled in a large stone structure. When the player enters, they’ll find the vault door open and the inner chambers in disarray.

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Of all of Vault-Tec’s twisted experiments in the Fallout franchise, this one is arguably the worst. Vault 11 was designed to test how far its residents were willing to go to ensure the safety of the majority. The inhabitants of the vault were required to hold an election for overseer every year, and by the end of their term, they were to be sacrificed. If the vault residents failed to choose an overseer, the vault would cut off their support systems, leading to the death of everyone in the facility.

Of course, those who were assigned to live in Vault 11 after the Great War in Fallout had no idea of this plan. Thus, by the time they moved in, they had seemingly no other option but to comply. The residents formed the Coalition of Vault 11 Voting Blocs, a group made up of the vault’s six voting blocs. This coalition created the voting guidelines and served as a supposedly impartial set of representatives that would help the rest of the inhabitants make educated votes. However, this wasn’t the case for the most part.

With the rules set, the voting blocs began discussing whom they would endorse to become vault overseer and, eventually, sacrifice. This is when the power play began. In particular, Roy Gottlieb — president of the