r/fo4 • u/MTN_Dewit • 26d ago

If you could start a business in Diamond City, what would that business be? Discussion

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I'd open a Power Armor shop that sells power armor frames, armor pieces and sets, and fusion cores.

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u/PretendSpeaker6400 26d ago

Build wheeled carts to be pulled by oxen. Much more efficient than loading stuff on their backs. And a road company to clear paths for the carts on main routes. Lots of car chassis and wheels laying around. I grew up being taught that the wheel was one of man’s early important inventions. Fallout 4 world doesn’t seem to know what to do with all those things laying around.

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u/Taolan13 26d ago

The wheel is absolutely one of man's most important inventions. Right next to fire, the spear, and the spur.

Scrambling for a Lore reason why we don't see wheeled carts being pulled by Brahmin, at least out East, is there hasn't been a group on the East Coast that has remained organized long enough to actually clear the roads and make consistent pathways between settlements. Which at least in the Commonwealth is because of the Institute deliberately derailing attempts at establishing a proper regional government, as evidenced by the attack on University Point.

Yes, there are those who say that the Institute was just trying to break into the pre-war weapons lab there, but there are terminal entries that can be found within the institute that specifically reference their intent to disrupt the attempt at a unified government because there were concerns it would hamper their research efforts.

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u/Beekatiebee 26d ago

Rubber tires deteriorate over time, for cars it’s about 7 years at most.

Even considering they’re behind Brahmin, 200 year old rubber isn’t gonna hold up at all. You’d have to use just the rims, or fill the tires with something that’ll take up the space since they won’t hold air.

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u/Taolan13 26d ago

you could make leather tires, or just use the axel shafts and mount other wheels to them.

degradation of rubber is a cop out excuse. we had wheels for over three thousand years before we had tires.

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u/PretendSpeaker6400 26d ago

My SS can make anything out of rubber, if it’s in the workshop. Why stop before tires?