GECK (Fallout 2)

The G.E.C.K. or Garden of Eden Creation Kit is a terraforming device created by Future-Tec, a division of Vault-Tec Corporation, to ease the process of harnessing the post-nuclear wasteland for vault dwellers.

Background
The newest and most advanced in survival technology, the G.E.C.K. was developed by Stanislaus Braun who served as the director of Vault-Tec's Societal Preservation Program. A fully self-contained terraforming module, it was capable of creating and sustaining life in a post-War environment. The kit included seed and soil supplements, a cold-fusion power generator, matter-energy replicators, atmospheric chemical stabilizers and water purifiers.

Characteristics
The tribals of the town of Arroyo, which was founded by the Vault Dweller, passed down stories of the "Holy GECK" which they came to believe was a sacred, magical item which can change the Wasteland into fertile land again. The vault technology was also useful above ground, capable of establishing viable new communities in the harsh climate by way of terraforming the wasteland into something far more habitable.

Each Vault was issued two standard G.E.C.K.s as part of the standard inventory package. Some vaults lacked the two issued kits such as Vault 8, of which the extra G.E.C.K. was swapped with Vault 13's surplus water chips.

The G.E.C.K. was instrumental in the creation of Vault City by the former inhabitants of Vault 8. By combining the G.E.C.K. with power from Vault 8's fusion generator, the residents of Vault City were able to erect their settlement's first buildings and generate arable farmland. In addition, after the destruction of the Enclave Oil Rig, the dwellers of Vault 13 rescued from the Oil Rig used a G.E.C.K. to rebuild Arroyo.

Locations

 * A G.E.C.K. is given by Gruthar as a reward for fixing the Vault 13 computer.
 * Found in a locker in the Enclave Oil Rig's access corridor.

Related quests

 * Retrieve the GECK for Arroyo

Appearances
The G.E.C.K. appears in Fallout 2.