Hubology

Hubology is a religion headquartered in the former city of San Francisco, and can also be found at Nuka-World. It was founded before the Great War by Dick Hubbell and follows his teachings. Followers are known as Hubologists.

Background
The religion began when Hubbell invented a process for expanding the human mind. It holds that existence is based on the Great Wheel, with the Hub at the center, Hubologists as the spokes and non-believers as the rim. Eventually, all Hubologists will be called to the heavens to live with the "Star Father" on the planet Quetzel; they plan to get there through the use of the ESS Quetzel.

Hubology belief holds that by purifying the 'neurodynes' in one's body, a person can ascend to greater levels of spiritual power and eventually transcend the material world. In order to get help purifying these neurodynes, Hubologists will use scientific spirituality methods in exchange for a fee. Through a cleansing process offered at Hubology centers called 'alignment', zeta scans remove these negative influences from members, allowing them to gain greater powers as an 'Aligned Hub Seeker' (or AHS).

New recruits must donate all their worldly possessions to the Church as a sign of good faith. The cult has a hierarchy based off the degree to which a member has devoted their time and efforts to Hubology, and the longer or more active a role, the higher the numerical rank granted. Donating large sums of money to the Church of Hubology can also help one raise their AHS levels. In addition to their main base in San Francisco, they also have an outpost in New California Republic.

San Francisco
Shi townspeople often remark that the Hubologists give them the creeps and the Shi Emperor's head advisor Ken Lee accuses them of abducting and brainwashing the Shi, leading to more tensions between them. The Hubologists hold the same disdain for the Shi, saying that the Shi are oppressives and by contesting the Hubologist's power, they wreak havoc among our brethren with their neurodyne-influencing ways.

According to Hubologists, "'real' science is all a pack of lies," and people should not listen to what "scientists" say; only the Hub and AHS-9 have the answer. Despite these sentiments, Dr. Crockett installed a nuclear reactor on board the ESS Quetzel as well as developed techniques to harden power armor.

Nuka World
A small group of Hubology missionaries were lead by Dara Hubbell to Nuka-World, with the goal of controlling a UFO to escape Earth and live on Quetzel. The plan afterward was to return to earth to rule over mankind.

Appearances
Hubology is mentioned in Fallout 2 and the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World.

Behind the scenes
The Hubology founder Dick Hubbell is a reference to L. Ron Hubbard.