Tesvixen wrote:

What makes this especially intriguing for me is that you've above ground when the bomb hits.  They've yet to show the casualties of that.  So I'm wondering if your family even makes it into the vault.

I have a strong feeling that will play a role, because there must be some side effects from being in the blast radius. Maybe the inhabitants got radiation sickness.

@AcerGoober I apologize for the unclarity. Sometimes I find it hard to write exactly what I see down, because I see it in my head, and think that everyone else sees it as I do. But in reality that is not the truth. I see now that I left out details. The reason I stated that the scientist opened it was because the vault door had a password on it, like in Fallout 3 where Amata had the door changed to her name. In my mind I saw it as the vault was locked and the scientist had the password. I apologize again for the unclarity

@ProvingJester It's a very interesting theory nonetheless! I had an idea along the lines of that as well. They way you put it, it actually seems like a very possible opening for the game. I feel like the radiation from the blast will definitely play a role in the outcome for Vault 111.