Jim Lanning

Jim Lanning was an undergraduate student at Vault-Tec University before the Great War.

Background
Jim Lanning was a student in Erik DeMarcos' VP205 class in 2077. He developed an emergency protocol for a containment breach in a Vault, which would immediately flood the Vault in the case of containment breach. Professor DeMarcos gave his project an F, commenting that its only positive attribute was that it did not crash immediately. What should have been a last resort was the first task performed in Jim's program, and the extreme flooding of the Vault did not give enough time for residents to evacuate - the only way they could escape was if they aggressively damaged the flood control system to delay the procedure, something that Vault-Tec would not approve of.

Despite his failing grade, Jim's program was later included in the database for the Vault-Tec Emergency Management System, and it was used as an example protocol in Vault 94. This was because Jim's protocol was the only submission for a containment breach, and the Great War occurred before DeMarcos could solicit a replacement from the fall class of 2077.

Appearances
Jim Lanning is mentioned only in Fallout 76, introduced in the Nuclear Winter update.