"They were going door to door asking if anybody knew any scientists. I said look no further. They asked me if I knew anything about power plants. I said as much as everyone I'd ever met. They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard."

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...that's the only thing wrong with minifig icons; you can't get a proper facepalm out of them. Never mind having recordings of Lincoln's voice; I sometimes think the real point of divergence for the Fallout 'verse was when the local Earth accreted around an idiot ball.

Edit: [The Followers of the Apocalypse] were, instead, reconstructionists- people who were doing their best to learn and teach and quietly help humanity rebuild in the wake of the Great War, with an extra side helping of trying to make sure people remembered how and why the Great War had come about in the first place, specifically so it wouldn't happen again.

So yeah, I was being specious and unfair. My bad.