Hero ( film ) Hero is the protagonist in the canceled Fallout Movie . Background . In the Vault . Our first view of Hero was to show him as handsome and restless . Importantly too , he is the only one not reading the LA Times in the opening scene . He then confides in his friend that he had the same dream again , of fishing in a creek and catching a live fish . To which he is told " It ' s not healthy to dream of fish . " This sets him up as a non - conformist , which is , we discover at the end , the true reason he was chosen by the Overseer to lead the recon team . The reason we are first presented is that he was selected as the most senior member of his age group . Upon boarding the metro , he begins calling out the sights out the window before they appear . Then it flickers and cuts out . It is then revealed that this is due to the fact that the view is actually a spliced film loop , and this leads Hero to break down . And not for the first time . He begins to rant to his fellow passengers about how their lives are entirely manufactured and how there must be something better . This is watched by the Vault Police , who dispatch officers to arrest him for ' disturbing the peace ' . This is the first time we meet Female Officer , who seems to have wanted to arrest him for a long time . He runs , and though he shows superior knowledge of the Vault ' s layout , ' ducking through secret passages and byways ' , Female Officer is physically superior and manages to tackle him . However , due to his father ' s position as Vault Supervisor , he is let off the hook ; to Female Officer ' s obvious dismay . In the next scene , we see Hero at his job as Assistant Vault Supervisor . He works a little on the supply inventory , and then follows his daily ritual inspecting the GECK and then watching a promo - tape for it . He is visibly eager to start the new life it presents above ground . This is a rare glimpse of the idealism that pervades Hero ' s personality , which is normally driven by uncompromising realism . Then , he checks the water supply , and discovers that there is an abnormality in the water supply . He takes this discovery to his father , who is pleased at how sharp he is , but is displeased about his rant earlier . At this point Hero astutely points out that all his generation ' s complaints will be null and void without water . After the elders meet , it is revealed to Hero , Techy , Scholar and Female Officer will lead a recon mission to the surface in order to obtain a new water chip . However , his leadership is challenged early on when Scholar tries to usurp it as Hero is uncomfortable in his first encounter with fire - arms ; this prompts Female Officer to chime - in and say that she could lead the team even better than both of them , whereas Techy simply says he is nervous about the entire expedition . It takes the Overseer ' s input to put Hero back in control , as he warns that they have to work together if they are to survive . " At home that night , Hero admits to his father he ’ s always dreamed of a trip above ground , but not under these circumstances . " His father says he is just proud his son was picked to lead expedition because it will secure our Hero a future position as an Elder . Then , we find Hero alone in his room , Hero looks out his ' window ' - a film loop just like the one on the metro - at distant creek ; it ' s the one from his dreams . When he is packing , he finds his Marriage Kit . While looking at a photo of his Intended , his conscience is stirred and so he asks his father if he can tell her what ’ s going on , but he says no . Regardless , Hero eludes the Vault Police and goes to see her anyway . It becomes clear to the viewer that they do not love each other , but share a mutual acceptance of their fate . He tells her that he can ' t say where he is going , but informs her that she needs to start to plan for a life without him . They part as good friends and she admires his courage and honesty . Into the Wastes . They leave in an emotional moment with much hype , similar to the first trip to the moon , except the majority of the Vault are unaware . They surface somewhere near Lancaster and are greater with an arid and inhospitable landscape . After Techy is killed by scavengers , Hero advocates escape over retaliation , as his realistic attitude shines through again . Faced with the scavengers automatic weapons , Female Officer takes his side and they manage to escape . He is shown as a realist again when he decides , along with Female Officer , to jettison his suit in the interest of survival against the heat and in order to avoid dehydration . Scholar decides to be difficult again , and pays the price when he passes out . Upon reaching Vault 8 , Hero shows his bravery and descends into the Vault alone to scout for a water chip . This is all the more impressive considering the party expect there to be mutants inside as their corpses litter the entrance . This is also the most practical decision , as all the Vaults are the same in design , and he had the best knowledge of Vault 13 among the party . He descends on a rope , which then fell . And to make it worse , he finds the water purifier and the chip is corroded . On the way out , he sets of an alarm and has to escape a lethal obstacle course to get out . Fortunately , he does , but only to be captured by Max at the exit . Due to the insignia on Hero ' s canteen , Max spares Hero and they strike a bargain to give Max a GECK in return for the three scouts ' lives . He knows the Vault only has one and that it is their future , but reasons that without the scouts , there will be no future . The Hub . Max takes them to the Hub . On the way , Hero uses his Pip - Boy to make a video - chronical of the Wastes to share with the Vault on his return . At the Hub , the scouts search the bazaar for a water chip , which , when found , Scholar embarrasses himself by attempting to buy it with cash dollars and a VISA card . Hero spots the scavengers that attacked them at the begin of their expedition attempting to sell Techy ' s organs . He snaps , and with Scholar , they attack them . Female Officer turns the tide against the people selling Techy ' s organs in the scouts favor . However , they are still arrested by the Hub ' s police force . They are then brought before Dekker , who demands two of their lives , one of which must be Female Officer . When the Hero refuses , the trio are allowed to think it over and are taken to Dekker ' s private club . Here they eat dinner and Max begins to establish a Solo / Skywalker relationship with Hero , then Hero uses his alone time to continue , passing up on the semi - mutated women that try it on with him . An ancient , self - proclaimed ' historian ' approaches our Hero , wanting to know all the details of Vault 13 . Turns out the Historian is writing the definitive book on WWIII and Vault 13 is the final chapter . Captured . Mutants soon get into the club and break up the party . Max urges them to flee , but the Hero insists that they find Scholar first . Upon doing so , the audience then learns of Scholar ' s deception . The audience also then learns that it is the mutants , who are in league with Dekker , that want Female Officer and a man . Max soon turns the table in his favor , cutting Dekker out of the bargaining by shooting him through the heart . He then tries to obtain a GECK in exchange for the three scouts and the location of Vault 13 . The mutants and Max agree , and Female officer spits on Max in disgust . In captivity , Hero and Female Officer learn that the Master intends to make them a ' mutated Adam and Eve ' , and that LA is simply an inviting oasis for human cattle for his experiments . Max , upon receiving a defective GECK , kills the mutants with him , giving him access to the vast amount of weapons in their stores . He frees the Female Officer and Hero with his new toy , a turbo plasma rifle , and claims this was his plan all along . He even acquired a water chip to prove it . Although this is dubious , the pair go along with him as they have no other choice . Back to the Vault . They escape the LA basin , and go back to Vault 13 , understandably expecting to be greeted as heroes . But the Overseer , acting unilaterally , rejects their entry : the Vault has all the water chips it needs , the real reason for sending the scouts into the wastes was to purge discontent from the Vault . He claims “ Discontent is contagious . Worst disease known to Vault Dwellers . ” This causes uproar among the elders . As the Master , Scholar - Mutant and their small army attempt to break through , the trio fends them off . Hero ' s Intended attempts to open the door for their return , but the Overseer orders her to stop . When she doesn ' t , he kills her . Hero ' s father then finishes the job , and urges the elders to arm the populace . A large battle ensues , Hero ' s father is killed , dying in his son ' s arms ; proud of what he has become . The Master recognises the Overseer as the one who started the war 50 years previously and he kills him for this . Meanwhile , Hero takes on Scholar - Mutant , and manages to lure him into the bowels of the Vault , eventually crushing him under a metro car . The Vault dwellers were victorious , and Hero honors his promise to Max and gives him the Vaults GECK . When Max offers for the survivors to come with him , Hero makes the executive decision that they are not yet ready for a life above ground . Max is then injected by the Master , who was just playing dead , with a strain of FEV , and so Hero , at Max ' s request , euthanises him while the others dispatch the Master once and for all . Hero then recovers the GECK . In the final scenes , he and Female Officer lead the remaining Vault dwellers from the Vault an undetermined time later . They have come to respect each other , and there is meant to be obvious connotations that this will shortly develop . Indeed , in the final scenes , the pair are lovers with children of their own . We see Arroyo , a ' New Eden ' , created with the GECK , and the pair as a symbolic Adam and Eve . In the very last scene , the pair are seen by a creek , catching a real fish . Appearances . Hero was going to appear in the canceled " Fallout Movie " . Behind the scenes . Hero was part of the Third Generation of Vault dwellers , and was to be aged 20 - something .