Can Synths Become Ghouls? (Fallout Theory)

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Published on December 31, 2016 12:09:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbWtJkxrik

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Some of the most common enemies you’ll encounter in Fallout 4 are Synths. Synths are everywhere. Synths see everything. You might even be a synth. But there is one question that nobody seems to be able to answer when it comes to synths… Can Synths become Ghouls?

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Can Synths become Ghouls? (In text form)

I have a question for you… Can Synths become Ghouls?

The first step in answering that is understanding that there are 3 types of synths: Gen 1, Gen 2, and Gen 3 synths. Gen 1 synths are about as bare-bones as a synth can get. They have the resemblance of a human-like creature along with components that seem to resemble internal organs. Get 1 synths don’t have the same “free will” (put quotes on screen) that Gen 3 synths have. They can patrol areas and attack, but can’t perform most complex tasks that Gen 3 synths or Coursers could perform. Gen 2 synths are a step up from Gen 1 synths. They are much more human like with material covering their insides, no exposed wires, and an actual face. From a distance, it might be difficult to tell if a Gen 2 synth was a human or a synth depending on how clothed they were. Gen 2 synths are the most intelligent of the machine synths, excluding “special” synths like Nick Valentine, but are still on the same level as a pre-war Robot like a securitron. That leads us to Gen 3 synths. If you were stood in a room with 100 Gen 3 synths, you wouldn’t know it, that’s how advanced they are. Unlike Gen 1 and 2 synths which are “manufactured”, Gen 3 synths are grown in a lab and have almost all the characteristics of a human, without being human, they have actual skin, bones, brains, memories, which are implanted, teeth, organs. The only thing that sets apart a Gen 3 synth from a human is that they don’t age, gain or lose weight, or get sick.

Now that you know about synths, it’s time to talk about radiation. Full disclosure, i’m not even remotely close to being an expert in radiation. My knowledge comes from a few hours of research on Google. Now, in Fallout, your level of radiation sickness is measures in Rads, which is a real measurement. It is an absorbed radiation dose, or how much radiation you’ve absorbed. An absorbed radiation dose is different from radiation exposure. According to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Exposure describes the amount of radiation traveling through the air, while an Absorbed dose describes the amount of radiation absorbed by an object or person (that is, the amount of energy that radioactive sources deposit in materials through which they pass). Just something to keep in mind. When cells in your body become exposed to radiation, parts of DNA become ionized, which means that electrons are removed from the atoms, causing strands of DNA to break. For anyone with programming experience, DNA is basically the human source code. If parts of it break, very bad things can happen, things like headaches, hair loss, fevers, and death, among other things. (image by Dr Jon Heras)

Now, the final question, can Synths become Ghouls? Gen 3 synths are incredible similar to humans, so much so that a trained surgeon could cut one open and not know that it’s a synth. But they are more advanced than humans in several ways. The most important way is that they don’t get sick. The problem is that radiation poisoning, which leads to becoming a ghoul, isn’t a normal sickness. “Get sick” is a very broad statement. Does that mean they are immune to all illnesses, from the common cold, to HIV, to the bubonic plague? HIV and radiation poisoning both affect the DNA, albeit in very different ways. If a synth is immune to illnesses that alter DNA, then they simply can’t become ghouls.

Really though, this is just my opinion. We simply can’t know for sure if a synth could become a ghoul. Synths are affected by the gamma gun, which uses radiation. Couldn’t that mean that radiation does do something to synths? I don’t know. I read what a lot of people had to say about this topic when I was writing this video. There’s a lot of people who do think Synth’s could become ghouls. You know what they are? Communists.

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