How did James made it to Vault 112 and GNR?

[SRB97]

I'm just wondering. How could he travel across the capital wasteland with only a vault jumpsuit and a gun? He doesn't have any heavy weapons, companions, armor or bodyguards. I looked on the wiki and it says his stats are very high, but is that the ony explanation? He is just well trained? Sory for bad English, I'm from Europe.

[Streetlamp Le Moose]

He's probably got some of that magical companion ammo

[NLZT]

Maybe people think hes the Vault 77 guy and their scared of him.

[Ronald Jesch]

He's actually the Mysterious Stranger.

[bobczes]

Wizards did it.

[Fried Noodles]

You can't see it under his jumpsuit, but he's wearing his plot armor for most of the game.
It's at the dry-cleaners when he's at the Jefferson Memorial, unfortunately.

[Dysro]

Thats an easy one. You see, James has the ability to use console commands and just teleports everywhere...

[Vex Hilarius]

It was never really explained but heres what i came up with. Your father was not in tranquitlity lane for a while, he was in fact 5 hours ahead of you until you find him. He probably left the vault at night, before anyone was up, which u wake up at 10. By now he probably went to megaton and left right around the time you exit the vault. When youre doing stuff in megaton he was at GNR and talked to three dog for awhile and so on. Whenever you came to a location and found clues (say GNR), your dad already went to rivet city and left. How he got there without being killed is a mystery, but he probably had a luck of 11 lol.

[Fleshlight Cop]

He is gay and is protected by homosexual power gel, something I have to live in jealousy of every day

[crunchyfrog]

Firstly, how do you know he travelled alone?

Also, consider that he made not have done it one journey, but may have taken several respites along the way. He could be pretty sneaky too, and just avoid trouble. It's probably likely as he's an eminent scientist, he could simply talk his way out of trouble.

There's a myriad of simple solutions that spring to my mind, but my personal opinion is that he called in at various places and travelled along with a few colleagues every time he ventured out.

Don't forget he wasn't going out into the unknown. He CAME from outside, and had established friends and colleagues out in the wasteland.

Hope this helps soothe your mind ;)

Although, the only thing I think is a little jarring is that he buggers off pretty quickly - you get woken up because you're Dad's gone, so that would logically mean within the last 24 hours, yet he's WAY ahead of you even when you get to Megaton. Maybe this might indicate he has access to quick-moving transport or caravan?

In addition to what Fawkes says (I do agree about the time in Tranquility Lane - nice one), note that when you reach Megaton and speak to Moriarty, both he and the Sheriff mention your dad had been through WEEKS before. This might seem impossible, but it's really most likely he kept nipping in and out of the vault, unbeknown to the Overseer.