About FEV, the burrow and what else Cain revealed to me...

[Tank]

Guys, I got a mail from Tim Cain, replying to my questions on FEV and The Burrow. I'll just post it here for any further discussions. It also turns out that I was wrong about ghouls, Harold at least... Oh well, no point in fighting against something the God himself said... Well, anyways, here it is!



Hello Peter,

I apologize for the delay. June was a tough milestone month for my current project, so I put this email on the backburner until I had time to answer it fully.

To answer your first set of questions on FEV, yes, the virus is immune to radiation-induced mutation. As for contact, any contact at all will infect the subject, but the amount of contact determines the result. For example, I imagine Harold had some contact with the virus, but he was not fully immersed in it, so he became a different mutant than the Master's subjects. Full immersion, of course, is the preferred method of infection, as it provides the virus a large surface area for infection.

As for the Burrow, this location was written by an early designer associated with the project. While it was well written, I felt that its content was not appropriate to our Fallout universe, mainly based on its style and feel in the game and not on its artistic merit. So I did not approve its addition to the game, and that Glow holodisk is all that remains of any reference to that area.

Tim.

[VasikkA]

It's funny how Harold seems to be the most controversial character on these forums because of the FEV/radiation mix up. I mean, there are more bizarre characters than him. I hope this settles the conversation about Harold though.

[Tank]

Well, I'm still notquite in agreement, but since Tim says it's so, then it is so! And the rest of the ghouls are all radiation-mutated critters, I aint budging there!