[TITLE] Up and Atom!
[DESCRIPTION] An enterprising group of @@DEMONYM@@ nuclear physicists, with financial backing from a surprising array of governmental and industrial sources, has established a research laboratory just outside @@CAPITAL@@. Using a subcritical mass of plutonium surrounded by tungsten carbide bricks, their occasionally-deadly demonstrations of fission physics have stirred the imaginations of their sponsors... and the fears of the populace.
[VALIDITY] Does not have Nuclear Power. Has at least moderate scientific advancement
[Validity] Private Industry
[CHOICE 1A] "Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches" states @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME@@ Rickover, aspiring director of a start-up power utility. "We marvel at the great truths our previous failures have taught us! With the lessons we've learned from the heroic sacrifices of these scientists, we have safely harnessed the power of the atom at last. Honor these men and women by committing government funding to our efforts, and behold the technological wonder of safe, clean nuclear power that will be too cheap to meter!"
[FALLOUT 1] no technology is considered safe until it has killed a few people
[Validity] No Private Industry
[CHOICE 1B] "Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches" states @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME@@ Rickover, director of the state power utility's technology branch. "We marvel at the great truths our previous failures have taught us! With the lessons we've learned from the heroic sacrifices of these scientists, we have safely harnessed the power of the atom at last. Honor our brave comrades by redirecting government funding to nuclear power, and we shall provide the people with safe, clean nuclear power that will be too cheap to meter!"
[FALLOUT 1] no technology is considered safe until it has killed a few people
VALIDITY: No WMDs.
[CHOICE 2] "I must disagree with the director" interjects your Defense Department's Undersecretary for Large Explosions, J. Robert @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@. "We do not need nuclear power in our homes; we need it in our enemies' homes, and their streets, and their fields! The deaths of those scientists have shown us what the atom can do – let us prepare ourselves to unleash it upon any foe who dares to cross us. Turn this power over to the military, @@LEADER@@, and you shall become Death, the destroyer of worlds!"
[FALLOUT 2] megatons get mega-funds
[CHOICE 3] "You know, I've studied the cases of the scientists who were exposed" offers your Surgeon General, doctor @@RANDOMNAME@@, as @@HE@@ flips through a stack of patient charts. "While it's true that the radiation did seem to cause a number of tumors and other complications, there's an interesting example here where a pre-existing tumor actually shrunk after exposure. I think with enough funding, we could harness the deadly atom for medical purposes, and actually save some lives!"
[FALLOUT 3] clinics offer patients "buy-one get-one" deals on unpredictable mutations
[CHOICE 4] "Excuse me, have you forgotten how terribly those scientists died? Their long painful suffering, unable even to move or speak?" demands @@RANDOMFEMALEFIRSTNAME@@ Caldicott angrily. "How about not killing people, and protecting the environment to boot? It doesn't matter if it's here at home, or abroad with our so-called enemies; nobody deserves to have this poison in their lives! These scientists are clearly out of control – you need to prohibit this research, chop all of their budgets, and keep a close eye on what dangers they're cooking up next!"
[FALLOUT 4] elementary school science fairs are overrun with secret agents
[Validity] At least moderate Authoritarianism
[CHOICE 5] As you finally succeed in shooing the petitioners from your office, you are startled by a shadowy figure. A voice that you're fairly certain belongs to your intelligence chief rasps out "So, this stuff kills people, does it? Silently? Painfully? Untraceably perhaps? Seize that core and slip it my way. @@NAME@@ has some enemies that need to be eliminated, and a horrible drawn-out public death sounds like just the right ticket. Nobody will be able to prove it was you, of course, but trust me… they'll get the message."
[FALLOUT 5] @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ assassins are easily followed using a Geiger Counter
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