America_Yea

Might be time to play hide the duffle and come back for it later. We'll see I guess.

If your mc gets a ghoul or robotics to help or a radiation eating mutation/perk or like 30 each of radaway and radex it's not THAT much of an issue getting a nuclear fission core up and running after safely venting and extracting a bunch of other cores after dragging em to a spot. Just need a place you don't mind contaminating and the ghouls/resources to get it done. Though he could build a buggy like the one in half life 2 literally right away and get really good energy fuel mileage out of it since the thing is lightweight, build his own key socket for a fusion core/microfusion cells/small energy cells and remove that when he's away from it so no-one steals it.

Ya left people at a cliffhangar like this for 18 days so far? That's rough, I'm just gonna skip bookmarking this one.

Well at least he's not a synth since that tech isn't mature yet.

Half life 2 -> fallout 2

Order of what I'd want in your mc's shoes fusion>electric>Gas>Fission

Steps for getting a fallout vehicle working 1 find one stored in a garage or other sealed or nearly sealed space 2 figure out it's power type fission will be 3a fusion 3b electric will be 3c and gas 3d 3a;Fission, common type but the most dangerous to fix as you will need to swap the tires electrical any rubber hoses and replace the nuclear fuel to get any decent speed. You might onpy see 15 mph or so without a fuel swap. You also need CLEAN coolant for this guy. 3b;Fusion, if you find this you're a lucky dog. Typically ignited by high powered lasers this harneses a literal miniature sun made from pure water. Basically replace anything rubber clean the tank and water lines(hopefully whoever stored it dried the tank out first) and you should be golden after applying oil where needed assuming the lasers still work(they should). 3c;Electric, not my first choice but not my last either. This is less work to get running as it should work fairly well right after fixing the rubber bits and electrical wiring but not nearly as well for distance as the other 2. 3d;gas Gas GAS. Probably your worst option mechanically almost hopelessly complex compared to the other types of cars built pre war and recent make should be like raider rigs set up with woodgas or some kind of alcohol assuming they can even find an engine that will run on the stuff it's guaranteed to be antique even before the bombs(I wouldn't say it's impossible but after petrolium dried up this engine type would have been phased out for all but extremely wealthy enthusiasts and tge metal from the old ones recycled)

Remember that you can fuel the highwayman with small energy cells which means it's fully electric.

Okay so nuclear powered cars where do I start here 🤔. You'd want one that was stored inside, anything out in the elements for 200 years should be in severely bad condition in ways that might not be apparent. The nuclear fuel is likely to be so depleted that You'd only get maybe 10 percent of the heat of a fresh set if you're lucky just due to half life decay which is why the one in half life 2 is micro fusion cell powered instead of with it's original nuclear fuel and water. If you are LUCKY you might find a true fusion powered car that will only need to be jumpstarted with a microfusion cell and fueled with pure water after you clean the tank and water lines but as far as I remember pretty much all vehicles were fission powered or electric like the highwayman was, the explosion from shooting one should be a relese of superheated steam oxygen and hydrogen mixed with whatever fuel is left. That or the nuclear fuel is so reactive shooting it can cause a supercritical release 😆. (Theres a theory that the boom is stored plasma from a fusion reaction leftover but I don't hold with that due to the fact it's still radioactive on exploding.)

That type of bunker you'd mainly keep just to mostly contain an ammo explosion(vent it in a safe way or fully contain it) or keep it from going boom in the first place.