Vault 8

A Vault-Tec nuclear shelter, Vault 8 was located in West Nevada, designed to house a hundred or so dwellers. It was a control Vault, designed to release their occupants after receiving the All-Clear, so that they can emerge. Vault City is the result. Years after emergence, the shelter is used primarily as a medical center (quite possibly the best one in the Wasteland, outside the Enclave or the BoS) for citizens, power source (although the fusion generator cannot sustain a large settlement indefinitely), information hub (Central Computer and its servers) and storage space for ore and other supplies essential to the well being of the city.

Inhabitants of the city rarely (if ever) venture into the lower levels. Servants are tasked with keeping the Vault clean, but they are unable to prevent deterioration - most of the Vault hatches are stuck and cannot be opened, while foreign items rattle in the air ducts. There is only one permanent inhabitant on the lower levels - Martin, who is a stuttering loner tasked with looking after the equipment in the Command Center.