listening to the intro of this x-001 immediately makes me think of the creature from "The Thing"

Worth noting that Mothership Zeta's abominations are a thing that exist too, proving that Zetans do have SCIENCE! of the genetic engineering type as well.

I think the idea that specimen x0001 is a flatwoods monster to be less likely than the possibility that the flatwoods monsters are actually the product OF x0001 merging with the aliens, either accidentally or deliberately, and as such it's more likely to be something like The Thing or, as you say, the alien beasties from Prey. My reasoning: the tiphons share similarities with the beastie from John Carpenter's The Thing, an 80s sci-fi horror film, whereas the experiments themselves, and the description of what happened to the bloatflies, seem to be heavily influenced by The Fly, also an 80s sci-fi horror film.

A TYPHON!?!? Holy crap I wasn’t expecting that! Most Terrifying basic enemy in a game! How many things did you hit/shoot with Gloo to make sure it wouldn’t attack you? Those who don’t know Typhons in Prey could turn into any clutter object. A cup, a lamp, a ball. In Prey other than a few save locations any time you’re somewhere there’s more than one or a specific item it could be a typhon.

I like the idea of it being a Typhon, either a Mimic or a Phantom. Mimics can become Weavers which can become poltergeists Phantoms are resurrected humans by Weavers. But the key note to think about is that Prey (2017) isn't an Alien game per se, it's a Cosmic Horror. the coral is created as a nest for a greater Typhon being to come along and devour. You take damage if you try to scan it which parallels the human mind breaking when gazing upon a Lovecraftian Elder God. The reason I state this is due to Fallout's repeated references to Outer/Elder Gods. So I'd theory it's an Easter egg to both Prey (2017) and it's ongoing In-Universe Cosmic Horror.

I was instantly thinking “Flatwoods Monster” as the video unfolded. If I was one of the researchers, and discovered I had been tricked after the vault doors closed, I would already consider myself dead. As such, I would constantly look for ways to sabotage the whole project. As always, “Kill ZAX!”

All of the known mutations at 6:30 are the serums we use to get those, except the Cryokinesis... We actually do have a cryptid that seems to be able to use a form of teleportation and transference, the Mothman. As well as possibly being able to use mental abilities, though thats questionable. I think X-001 however is related to the Interloper... or its something new.

Would be hell of a time to enter some new vault in the future only for your compass to display hostile readings and then the junk items start moving around.

What if the creature is something entirely different and new? My most solid theory is that it's one of the earliest subjects ever exposed to FEV, and it was just repeatedly exposed over and over again for a long time.

I was thinking of the psykers from fallout 1 that the master created with FEV, plus the man himself. Telepathy, photokineses, electokineses, and pyrokineses.

I've wondered if 2023 is going to be the year of the Enclave for Fallout. The TV show could be having them as the antagonists with set leaks the research base guarded by men in black fatigues carrying energy weapons, the new datamines for 76 and the Enclaves connection to Expeditions from the shadows.

This gnawed at me to no end after reading all the terminal entries, etc while exploring the vault. I was so disappointed you don't even get to see the cryo bay it's in. It was so foreboding in my head

Another thing linking the enclave here is the data was being transferred out to other installations via satellite...and who has a satellite, the enclave satellite the korvac Muldoon.

I've actually been playing PREY for the past few days, so hearing a potential link between the Typhon and Fallout 76 was awesome.

while I'm sure that this was just supposed to be a reference to Prey, i would just like to note that we know the Enclave is the remnant of former US government and remained in contact with surviving Vaults well after the bombs fell. iirc they contacted the overseer of vault 101 during the events of fallout 3

I was dozing off while playing fallout and listening to vids from your channel. Then I heard that song and it had my full attention. I love prey. What a great game with an awesome soundtrack.

There's nothing that specifically says that other aliens besides the Zetans dont exist in the Fallout universe. Maybe the Typhon exist in Fallout as well. 🤷‍♂️

Technically if you break down the mutations then the most likely answer is, its whatever the player character is in the Fallout franchise. Its never really explained what we are and why we can do what no one else in storyline can. Cause we do everything that is listed. We easily teleport, can deal with fire, cold, and electrc damage better than any NPC or creature. We have a bit of psy powers in that we are so easily able to manipulate NPCs through voice chat options. We can phase materials into built objects really easily. We have knowledge of other player characters and events even though their is no direct way we should know about things, which ties into the jumping or spreading of mutations between subjects even though they are sealed. Much like every time we are sealed in a vault.

Oh and I absolutely believe the Enclave was partnered with Vault-Tec on this.

always the possibility of it being some kind of Lovecraftian inspired creature from beyond reality, after all, it wouldn't be the first time eldritch beings were hinted at in Fallout lore.

Why hello Phantom from the game Prey (2017) in the thumbnail.

The Idea that X-001 is a Typhon would be a horrifying one; the ending of Prey 2016 implied that if even a Single One of them made it to Earth or even someone with too many of their Nuromods it would be apocalyptic in a way that makes Nuclar War look tame. As would X-001 if it's really a Typhon... The only saving grace would be if it was the equivalent to the "Morgan Yu" or through some Temporal shenanigans was actually Morgan from one of the endings where "IT" doesn't choose to go on a murderous rampage. A normal Phantom variant wouldn't have all those abilities at once but what pops out at the very end with potential experience with the full gamut of Typhon Nuromods might be able to do all those things.

I like how he uses the phantoms from pray as a fitting look for the description of this thing

On a side note, Prey is a really good game and everyone should try it and Outter Worlds.

Aside from the fact that it's from a different game, the Typhon theory makes the most sense. I don't think the Flatwoods Monster's teleportation is genetic. Also, from the Creation Club, you can get the Prey spacesuit as an add-on. I'm probably reaching, but that could be an indicator that Prey and Fallout exist in the same universe.

The researchers fields of expertice all suggest that the Flatwoods Monster is the result of the research in Vault 96. Consider that the team was put together with foreknowledge of the task ahead. You had a microbiologist, a geneticist, a programmer, an aeronautics engineer and a roboticist. The vault was also equipped with both automaton fabricators and genetic engineering facilities. This means the end product would be a genetically modified cybernetic creature with flight capabilities. The next clue is the petri dishes as three mutations are abilities the Flatwoods monster has; these are regeneration, venom and electrokinesis. Finally the Shifting ability is uniquely associated with this creature. As for why the petri dishes suddenly developed identical traits or how teleportation fits into this is strange but the purple glow of the Flatwoods monsters eyes could be a clue as the Fallout Bible has this to say: "the psykers in Fallout 1 show some pretty over-the-top mutations that could take the world to Childhood's End faster than you can say "uh, his eyes are glowing?"" So what you may have here is Zetans who have been exposed to the FEV resulting in the manifestation of psychic powers who are then brainwashed or killed before being cybernetically grafted to advanced power suit technology with flight capabilities and deployed for field testing in Appalachia where they'll be mistaken for the local boogyman.

Love this so much! Slightly off topic, but wouldn't you love one of those *blue* tubes as a drop?! I always think this when I go in that vault. No more green 😅

I personally believe it's a zed with FEV,

Everyone who's played GW2 - End of Dragons: "How the hell did _that_ get here?!"

I saw that thumbnail, my first thought was the hunter from Resident Evil 1 and the golem from Castlevania: Judgement. That's a scary combination...

Considering how the typhon organisms are multidimensional i wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to make a Bethesda Gaming Universe

Fantastic work! I love the theorising in this, and it sounds plausible. Always looking forward to moar!

This barotrauma music instantly just brings me nightmares, perfect choice for any weird creature video.

Wow. That was amazing a Fallout Lore video with some horror. Great job!

I don't know if I'm the only one, but as I was playing and encountering all of this info in-game, and then investigating more about this Vault and Specimen X-01... It rememebered me a lot, A LOT, of "A Dead World" a Prototype and Fallout crosover story. I know, I know, this isn't a serious comment, I know Bethesda would never go around and be like "let's make a reference to a fanfic", I'm just saying they have a lot of similarities. For those who don't know, Prototype is a game with a virus called Blacklight, that gives it's infected, pretty much, the same characteristics that Specimen X-01 has, and in this crossover, Vault-tec managed to capture an infected, and put him inside a locked pod in a Vault. Is a good story, and again, I'm not saying this is what Specimen X-01 is, it's just a fun comparison.

Considering Bethesda also owns pray and makes sense that they're going to start porting over enemies from that game when they start to run out of ideas

This was such a great watch. Keep it up bud!

if fallout can have nirn root as just a cameo and not a direct universe connection it can have typhon as well

Prey is so underrated. I highly recommend it.

Enclaves formulas for mutations are likely a direct result of this vault and further searching the Enclave white springs bunker and the missions you are sent on allows you to discover some hunter/researcher's notes on the strange creatures known before the nukes and aside from super mutants and other fev creatures there are a few creatures that make a appearance: the mothman, zetans, the old gods(the sculptor in fo3, the monster at the bottom of lucky hole mine, Cold in the new update of 76, and the other interference from the paranormal in the games), the other genetic anomalies like the tunnelers and wanamingos, then there are the floaters and pits creatures. What if fev is not what we were told it was and it was extracted from something it would explain why they were never able to stabilize it if it wasn't really created.

Prey is unbelievably good, everyone go play it now it's awesome.

Damn. This is very well done. I think this is the first lore video I’ve ever watched fully.

You know the “shifting” ability and the bloatfly fusing with that other creature made me think of that obelisk in the dunwich building with the woman half fused with it so maybe there’s something with that idk I’m desperate for any dunwich related content in fallout

Dude! I have been working on a story for a future filming project, and it involved being centered around a being that possessed multiple abilities that could either bring hope to the wasteland, or burn everything in their path. I don’t know how you got this all out together, but job well done man! One of these days we gotta pick each others brain over a cold bottle of nuka cola. Awesome job!

I actually liked Bethesda's "Prey" game. I also figured this was a reference to said game.. That it was a Typhon in that area. Not everyone seems to like that game but I really liked it at least.. Hoping that game will be continued at some point but I have a bad feeling it wont. ( I am glad though that I am not the only one that thought this. Since you mentioned them in the video as well. )

A typhon... in fallout... or a typhon like creature... well, all I can say is that the wasteland is screwed.

Isn’t this just a unofficial prey Collab?

When I saw X-001 I though megaman X finally got a sibling.

I think its intended as a neat easter egg to Prey 2017. Like the nirnroot in Fallout 4. Also 96 is honestly the most fucked vault in fallout imo.

Maybe it is related to the interloper... i dont think that it is related to zetans at all... basically because I think that Vault-tec and the zetans were either working together or part of each other. I always have had the suspition that all these experiements are linked to an external being experimenting on an allien planet... meaning that the zetans either inflitrated Vault-tec or created vault-tec through human proxies in order to analyze humans and the earth fauna and flora, as it seems humans were one of the few races to actually repel their invasion... humans took their mothership later on and destroy a second incoming mothership. That DLC gave some light to some of those suspitions back then. I dont see how mutating people and understanding human phisiology could be more interesting for humans surviving the apocalypse than for aliens... I also dont think that Vault tec and the enclave were working together but more likely like a government shadow organization they found out this work and piggyback them and stole all the data for their own research and experimentation. Regarding the escape of mutated specimens... as far as I know that was done by the "president" at the time wanting to take control remotely of the silos by creating a level 1 emergency situation... but failed internally and even MODUS decided to exterminate them all, as they not only comprimised the enclave, but also everyone else including the "country"... hence it was defined as inherently evil and destroyed ... you can see also from the enclave members (at least the ones that we got holotapes from) that they were not expecting anything of this to happen, but only the madmen at the top did it... therefore I dont think that the enclave at the end is the ultimate bad buy ... they are twisted... but I would say that they are neutral evil more than 100% evil. I think that there has to be something else than meets the eye... I even think that the Interloper is tied to all of this... maybe the Interloper is the reason why the zetans are so keen to invade Earth?? Who knows.. But nonetheless... I think that your video was awesome

I would assume they can’t teleport without the suit, so it being an Easter egg just fills in that gap

Looks like one of the Phantoms from Prey.

Wouldn't the better fallout 76 creature to fit the description be the mothman instead of the Flatwoods monster? Teleports, mind control, telepathy, etc. Seems like a much better fit to me.

Just a theory about the Flatwoods Monster. I think it's a normal Zetan alien but they require certain specific nutrients that aren't found in a large enough quantity so it's body is more or less shriveling up to conserve itself while it adapts to the nutrients around it. I don't think it's going to continue to devolve, but unless it gets on a regular diet of its alien nutrients, I think it's just going to stay the same. As for it's teleportation? I think it's just a specialized recon unit. That's just my take on it.

These 2 games are so different damn

Where is Vault 112? Listed in Vault-Tech computer terminal of Fallout 3.

Ah finaly a lore video on this !

You know I wouldn't be opposed to Bethesda combining these universes together. Even adding dishonored and deathloop could be cool too

I immediately figured the specimen was a cybernetically present artificial intelligence for the specific purpose of medical science. Clearly has been abducted instead of negotiated.

Possibly another piece of evidence to the Bethesda universe theory

This makes me think we would be getting more mutations

Oooo buddy. I had forgotten about this! Good stuff man!

Something you only mentioned, is that when the x-001 sample was analyzed, the result was as if it didn’t have anything to register. It certainly sounds like something that would happen with a typhon sample, given that they can seemingly imitate any inert material. On the other hand, they also have the ability to control electronics in Prey, which there doesn’t seem to be any sign of here. The alternative is that, possibly, the creature is something from the supernatural side of Fallout. We know how much Bethesda loves their Lovecraft references. With that in mind, this sounds more like a Shoggoth, which is VERY similar to a Typhon with it’s mimicking ability.

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God I swear I saw a typhoon when I saw the thumbnail

Hm. Good video. Were I to guess combining both theories might be a viable answer. Zetans trying to harness the Prey critters gives us Flatwoods monsters. Specimen X001 therefore could be a captured Flatwoods. The “spreading” mutation gives an in-game lore explanation for the double-mutation events and so on.

i think x0001 is a FEV mutant tbh. FEV mutants are infertile but can reproduce asexualy as was seen in the flat worms exposed to FEV. So, perhaps the specimen's ability to infect other organic material was a mutation that WesTek was able to create in this specimen to circumvent that. Furthermore, WesTek did work with Vault Tech, as they provided the ZAX computer system that WesTek used for their research. So, perhaps the US Gov (in the months before the bombs) gave Valt Tech their most promising specimen to protect and continue research on as the WesTek lab was a major target and the Mariposa Base was also at risk (though ultimately unharmed) so as to ensure at least some of their research survived.

I don't actually think it is either a typhon or a flatwoods monster. To me, the flatwood monster seems more like a crazy alien scientist with a specially designed battlesuit, whose every ability is mechanical. And i don't think they'd reference another game like that. What i think, instead, is that specimen X-001 is an entity like the interloper or visitor, a weird and highly alien creature found on Earth. The descriptions and logs about X-001 give of a very eldritch horror vibe, matching those two creatures who are themselves clearly based upon eldritch horror.

Seeing the picture of them with the helmet on reminds me of the aliens at the ranch in Zelda: Majora's Mask. Seems like they were the inspiration.

Great video man, you made some convincing points!

I love the cinematic quality of these videos

X-001 makes me think of Shadow Lugia aka XD-001 from Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness

I don't play 76 so I'm probably a little confused, but whats the point in offing your best scientists for not meeting quota? Like "you sure scared them into working John, but uh, now we're out of our best scientists, the ones who likely knew best about the things they created.."

and its a prey screenshot for the thumbnail lol

What the frick is doing Prey on earth?

All across Fallout's lore there are examples of what can only be described as Eldritch Horrors, you can even find some of them in 76. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turned out the specimen was one of these, how Vault Tec would be able to contain one though is beyond me.

I appreciate the effort you put into the visual story telling, gotcha a new sub! Looking forward to your content!

I love the appreciation for prey 2017 including the intros music

The recent ufo leak, the video on a military base of the uap/ufo in ultraviolet light floating/hovering reminds me of this. Same kinda shape and movement

The best thing involving Fallout 76

What about the Interloper(s)? We don't know really know what they can do since we've never seen one alive and walking around, but they gotta have some weird genetics yeah?

If you’ve never taken the opportunity to play Bethesda’s “Prey” … my heart never slowed down the whole playthrough 😅

This really makes me think about trying 76 out, but I still have years of time left in 4

Thanks for the video!

Killing someone who doesn’t meet a quota is the dumbest thing. Like who’s gonna fill that quota now?

Very very well done! 👏 Super interesting stuff and spectacular visuals!!! Another great video! Very underrated channel! #StayEpic #NeverStøp

what if the smiling man is x-001? perhaps he was a scientist that used the mutations on himself or the test subject for the mutations. he sort of phases away when you attack him and perhaps, if he can change his molecular structure, isn't really human at all, which would explain the peculiar smile he has. he hasn't mastered a human form yet... or something like that lol.

There is 2 big loose ends I need wrapped up in 76. The creature of lucky hole mine, and this

I feel that as the Government was actually controlled by The Enclave pre war, that would track that they too, were tightly involved with Vault-Tec.

i love your theory i dont like its implications for fallout cannon but thats not your fault thank you for putting more people onto prey a wonderful game

Ive never gotten into that vault.

I could swear I have seen a Mothman perform a short range teleport

You've earned a subscriber good sir.

It just occurred to me. I wonder if they can be tamed

How they explain x-001 sounds perfect to a phantom type typhon

X-001 is Todd Howard.

Love this video, it needs more love. Thanks for the video@😁😁

damm i thought that this was a preay vid

I'm so on the fence about the options here my suspicion is Typhon Zetan hybrid.

the biggest mystery of all why make this game with a completely different design philosophy