Pip-Boy

Item from Fallout by Interplay / Bethesda

Wrist-mounted personal computer issued to every Vault dweller — part survival tool, part electronic leash that tracks everything Vault-Tec ever wanted to know about you.

The person wearing one instantly marks themselves as a Vault dweller — sheltered, naive, carrying pre-War tech worth killing for. But the device itself is genuinely indispensable: maps unmapped terrain, tracks radiation, monitors vitals, tunes into radio signals. It makes the wearer competent in ways the wasteland respects. The biometric lock means it's bonded to one user, which is either a comfort or a cage depending on your perspective.

Appearance

Chunky olive-green wrist computer the size of a large bracer. Monochrome amber screen with chunky dials and toggle switches. Retro-futuristic design like a 1950s radio strapped to a forearm. Biometric clasp clicks shut with unsettling finality.

Also known as: Pip-Boy 3000, Pip-Boy 2000, RobCo Pip-Boy

What They Know

• Standard issue to all Vault-Tec residents — receiving one is a rite of passage at age ten
• Biometric lock bonds it to the wearer's arm; removing it without authorization is extremely difficult
• Built-in Geiger counter clicks louder as radiation increases, doubling as an ambient warning system
• V.A.T.S. targeting system overlays probability calculations for combat situations
• RobCo Industries manufactured them under exclusive contract with Vault-Tec

Connections

• worn_by — lucy
• issued_in — vault_101
• issued_in — vault_111
• issued_in — vault_33
• issued_in — vault_13
• equipped_with_by — vault_76

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