5th most-quoted character in Fallout: in 18 of its 165 quotes Most scenes with: Lucy (10)
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Hank MacLean
I did what was necessary to save our people. And that woman over there [indicates Lee Moldaver] is no different than me. Lucy, I loved your mother. But she stopped being your mother when she left home. When she took you into danger. You've seen what it's like up here. Everyone equally afraid. Equally miserable. Forced to do horrible things in order to survive. I had to make a choice. Between their violent world and our peaceful one. And I believe, Lucy - I know - I made the right choice. If the problem with the world is factions endlessly fighting, endlessly at war, then what is the solution but to get rid of the factions? To make the world us, only ours to shape.
This is Hank MacLean, reporting for duty, sir. Nobody in Vault-Tec knows I'm here. Nobody in Vault-Tec knows much of anything anymore. Wanted to let you know I'm still alive. I hope you are too. I mean, I don't doubt that you are. You spent so much time calculating how to survive all possible contingencies. I've been keeping busy. I'm in Vegas these days. Back in your old stomping grounds, actually. Trying to pick up where you all left off. Looks like a couple of the Vault experiments ran into some...speed bumps. 24 made progress on the brain-computer interface. This one, miniaturization. What it all needs is integration. I'm confident that if I just roll up my sleeves, I can bring it all home. Then we can finally talk about my promotion. I'm going to complete the work you started. And when this is all over, you will be begging me to help you.
I did what I did to protect you. But maybe it came at too high a price. And there comes a time in man's life when he has to take responsibility for what he's done. And for me that time has come. You have come, Sugarbomb.
Rose was so clever. Like you. Lucy, your mother discovered that something was siphoning the Vault's water supply away. And from that one clue, she deduced that maybe civilization had returned to the surface. When she told her husband, he said that it was a ridiculous idea. And that she should tell no one.
But then, her husband came after her. And when she decided not to return home, he took the children. And he burned that city to the ground. [Lucy stares in disbelief] Shady Sands.
I think there's been some sort of mistake. I signed up for the Vault-Tec Premium Elite Plus.
Hank
Did you read the fine print?
WWinthrop
Yes.
Hank
Well, I didn't. I prefer the classics. So much has changed since you went under. But it's what's stayed the same that concerns me. Old habit, I guess. But I am optimistic that we will be able to work out the kinks. I noticed on your file that you had a family, but you only bought a ticket for one.
WWinthrop
It...it was expensive.
Hank
Can't put a price on family, Steve. We were very clear about that in the advertisements. Family is the first building block of civilization.
WWinthrop
What are you doing?
Hank
I'm improving a piece of outdated technology. Civilization. It hasn't worked out so far. But, if at first you don't succeed...[Adjusts the resonance of the device. Winthrop's head explodes.] Try, try again.
How would you like to forget everything you've ever known? Everyone you've ever known? Your language and motor skills will remain intact. But every choice you've made, ever moment you've cherished, will be completely and utterly removed from your memory.
Can't disagree with you there. What aspect upset you most? To me, what was most troubling was that everyone seemed to be fighting over nothing. The French, the German, what was the difference between really? Other than the uniforms? I saw the same thing up on the Surface. People fighting over the most petty things. Like bottle caps. Is that what you saw when you were there? But you know, some things just never change. People just want to kill each other, don't they? I think it's the only way people feel safe. It's ironic. To feel safe, we have to hurt people. Even kill them.
I'm bringing you back to Vault 33 to face justice for murdering the citizens of Shady Sands. You have the right to remain silent until the Vault Council assigns you a legal counselor.
Hank
For a second there, I thought the Wasteland had changed you.
Tidies things up a bit. Cleans the memory of the horrors they've experienced. This dial controls how much amnesia they have. And the mainframe implants new ideas in their head. Turning these Wastelanders into well-meaning, good people.
The New California Republic. They're just like the Legion. They all have their problems, Lucy. High taxes, expansionist tendencies, unpopular foreign policies. Trust me, you'll understand when you're older.
I think I do understand. One is murdering people, enslaving them, crucifying them. And other side is...vaguely problematic. You know, I have to admit, you always were a good father. Thanks to you, I'm not a fudging idiot.
Robert House wanted to turn human beings into machines. Erase their memories, make them suggestible enough to following his orders. You know Robert, he was a bit of a robot himself. And who wants to live in a world full of robots? So what I was trying to do was add a little personality to his product.
Congresswoman Diane Welch, from Glendale. ISTP on the old Myers-Briggs. Which is still the gold standard for personnel. Ideal personality to scale. With the kind of attributes we could stand to see more of out there in the world if you ask me. Well-meaning, sweet, non-threatening.
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Hank MacLean
