What was the Alien role and lore in Fallout universe?

[Molly ~]

So I heard raider girl that I randomly met, told me about a rumor that the space station their were using as their base, (The Crater), got shot down by Aliens. I don't know if that is true, however I remember when I played Fallout 4, there was this alien spaceship crash site and little alien guy inside the cave as well.

So are their just some sort of reference to some video games, or their do exist in Fallout universe, if so, what are their doing, do they have some sort of big role in Fallout universe?
I remember that I also heard some crazy guy (or normal one, I can't tell, it Fallout after all :P) in Fallout 76 told me that the Alien cause this nuclear war to start as well.

I have never play any other Fallout games beside the 4th one and Fallout 76, so I got no clue about Fallout lore, but I do my best to understand it bit by bit. xD

[AbsynthMinded]

No one knows for sure, it's all speculation. It has never been fully explained.

[Ser Rich Of tea]

they appear in all the bethesda era fallout games and have a dlc based on around them in fallout 3 where you get abducted.

as mentioined above no one knows their actual goals or what they are doing in the fallout 3 dlc they have made humans cross with the zetans but i cant remember if thats the only time they pop up.

[Wasteland Project]

引用自 Ser Rich Of tea：

they appear in all the bethesda era fallout games and have a dlc based on around them in fallout 3 where you get abducted.

as mentioined above no one knows their actual goals or what they are doing in the fallout 3 dlc they have made humans cross with the zetans but i cant remember if thats the only time they pop up.

Motership Zeta
terrible aliens LOL

[Dagordae]

So far all we know is they exist and abduct people for experiments.
And some of the weirder human tech might be based on their tech.

[Zekh]

Zetans are part of the lore, we don't know much about them, but Flatwood monsters are also aliens.

[★ Bartes ★]

引用自 Zekh：

Zetans are part of the lore, we don't know much about them, but Flatwood monsters are also aliens.

yup i guess those were made just to explore mountain terrains

[Molly ~]

引用自 Zekh：

Zetans are part of the lore, we don't know much about them, but Flatwood monsters are also aliens.

I always find that monster to be really strange, at first I thought it was some sort of rogue robot like that imposter sheepsquatch assaultron, but then I take a closer look and it does not look like any robot nor even look like robot at all xD.

I thought that it was just a refer to real folklore in West Virginia...

This is what I love in Fallout universe, they try to connect the real folklore to this Fallout world in a very creative way, for example; Monongah mine that we need to nuke for Earl was a real place with a real legend of ghost folklore within that mine, the screaming voice. There was an accident back in 1907, more than 350 miners died inside, if you join the event and read Earl note, he also said that he heard strange "miners" voice and mine sound eventhough everybody dead and mention the accident in 1907 as well. So Fallout put the monster wendigo colossus there, because it represent the screaming sound that people used to hear.

Flatwood monster also a real folklore there, which people believe to be alien after their saw the strange light "bright object crossing the night sky" in 1952 right after this incident, some people in Flatwood saw the tall grey looking monster with a bright color eyes, so Fallout here put it in as the alien.

Not to mention the Mothman. :P

[Dracon]

You could find alliens in fallout 1 and 2 to. Don't remember if you could meet them in fallout tactics.

[Stardustfire]

dont think to much about the lore, bugthesda is only good in driving it before the wall even more with each new fallout, under interplay consistent game lore existed, since FO3 it is like Star Wars under Disney: forget all lore that existed up until they taken over, and even after that point do expect that many facts change 180 degree with no reason...

[★ Bartes ★]

引用自 Stardustfire：

dont think to much about the lore, bugthesda is only good in driving it before the wall even more with each new fallout, under interplay consistent game lore existed, since FO3 it is like Star Wars under Disney: forget all lore that existed up until they taken over, and even after that point dont expect that many facts change 180 degree with no reason...

In Steel Dawn update in new old enclave bunker you can find some aliens locked and killed. I think they tried to find what were they doing.

[Diarmuhnd]

引用自 ~ Molly ~：

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I have never play any other Fallout games beside the 4th one and Fallout 76, so I got no clue about Fallout lore, but I do my best to understand it bit by bit. xD

If you want, you can watch that lore on youTube. Not hard to find. Or read more about it on the wiki and fan sites.
It was fun stuff, mainly jsut more whacky stuff out to get the last of humanity. The alien monster in the very first Fallout was a nasty enemy and the Alien Blaster is that old as well.

I'm not sure what Beth may have retconned, or not, for Fallout 76 , i havn't tried looking up any of that yet for this game. I wanted to see if i could find some in game myself.

And I will ...
: WARNING SPOILERS

... confirm that I did find some in game and it was ALIVE ! For a short while at least. I couldn't tame it. :( and there was no special loot nearby.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2281245743
edit : I havn't looked this encounter up either yet, wanted to find another one first but that hasn't happened yet.

[Stardustfire]

@Diarmuhnd funny fact is that what you pictures shows is declared as monster per name (it counts as cryptid as well for the daily/weekly counter) , encountered some of them myself, this teleporting stalker is a pain in the behind when you are out of ammo, and it has no resemblance with the small green men from FO3 and 4.

[Diarmuhnd]

roger roger :)
edit: I'm going to try to tame one again if I ever find them. lol

[Molly ~]

@Diarmuhnd, it funny that this thing named "Flatwood monster" but I always found its nowhere near Flatwood at all xD

[Dagordae]

引用自 Stardustfire：

dont think to much about the lore, bugthesda is only good in driving it before the wall even more with each new fallout, under interplay consistent game lore existed, since FO3 it is like Star Wars under Disney: forget all lore that existed up until they taken over, and even after that point do expect that many facts change 180 degree with no reason...

Only if you are one of those people who can’t distinguish between in character chatter and word of god.
Here’s a hint: If it’s a character in the game saying, writing, or otherwise indicating it then there’s absolutely no reason to expect that it’s the absolute, objective, and complete truth.

Also: The aliens were in 1 and 2.