Fallout 4 FEV Used For Weapon?

[pjedilord]

Did the Institute make the fev as weapon to be release on the commonw for
mutants etc or as experment?Institute would want the mutants as canonfodder
troops to keep Bos etc busy from the Institute,we even go on missions with Bos to
battle the mutants. So what was Institute purpose with the fev?
Did Vault tech start the war to sell vaults?

[Zekiran]

While i know there's at least one person gonna come in here absolutely swearing they did, I do not honestly believe they intended to do so, nor that they actually had anything to do with the war. The institute doesn't necessarily have any connection to Vault Tec.

But yes I absolutely believe that VT was responsible for the war, whether directly or with very loose shadow-government support. Not to 'sell' vaults, but to 'buy people to experiment on'.

[jynx]

Zekiran's right, the proto Enclave used Vaultec for a variety of sins). Institute already has completely disposable regular troops and elites.
Vault Tec played with FEV just like some governments weaponized diseases during Cold War (some still do).More recently, some viruses are "tamed" and used as delivery systems for experimental new medical treatments (HIV, etc).

[Xenon The Noble]

The institute didn't create the FEV, it was created before the war by the US military. Some sort of rebellion against it, leading to the BOS.
The Institute used the tech to make type 3 synths. Sometimes scientists don't care about how the tech will be used, but just want to study it. Virgil had some beef with the research because he didn't like doing the experiments on people.

[pjedilord]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

While i know there's at least one person gonna come in here absolutely swearing they did, I do not honestly believe they intended to do so, nor that they actually had anything to do with the war. The institute doesn't necessarily have any connection to Vault Tec.

But yes I absolutely believe that VT was responsible for the war, whether directly or with very loose shadow-government support. Not to 'sell' vaults, but to 'buy people to experiment on'.

Was FEV used as weapon in other Fallout games?So did Fev worked as planned?

[Zekiran]

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Forced_Evolutionary_Virus

Of course, you have to remember that this is not an official source but edited together by fans - and there's a LOT that the fans assume that isn't obviously present anywhere in published games.

[Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate]

Originally posted by Pookie101:

The US military straight up poisoned the water supply of a town in Appalachia prewar with FEV. It was probably the first use of FEV.

It's a good question about what the Institute was doing with FEV. Even the scientists were saying they were just repeating the same experiment over and over with no changes and it was pointless.

I assume that institute leadership wanted to keep commonwealth destabilised, so that they don't become threat, they just didn't tell it to the scientists.

[pjedilord]

Originally posted by Pookie101:

Institute was doing with FEV. Even the scientists were saying they were just repeating the same experiment

Maybe due to Institute experiment again to make Fev more effective?but failed.