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Morse code is a method used to encode text in sequences of dots and dashes.
Background
The use of Morse code as a communication medium continued after the Great War.
Mentions
Fallout 2
The Professor in Broken Hills mentions Morse code.[1]
Fallout 3
Several radio transmission stations utilizes such messages, played on a loop via ham radios in drainage chambers which utilize nearby towers for range. The Morse code pattern from these towers equates to: CQ CQ CQ DE ## K. The code varies slightly based on the station abbreviation. The translations are as followed.[2]
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Operation: Anchorage: A transmission in Morse code is audible from the ham radio inside General Chase's tent. The decoded message is as followed.[3]
| Sound file | Morse code | Decoded |
|---|---|---|
| .-- .- .-. / -. . ...- . .-. / -.-. .... .- -. --. . ... | W AR N E VE R C HA NG E S |
The Pitt: A transmission in Morse code can be heard in the Pitt Uptown abandoned apartments. The decoded message is as followed.[3]
| Sound file | Morse code | Decoded |
|---|---|---|
| -.. . .-. / .- -... --. .-. ..- -. -.. / -... .-.. .. -.-. -.- - / .- ..- -.-. .... / .. -. / -.. .. -.-. .... / .... .. -. . .. -. | DER A B G R U N D B L IC K T A U CH IN D IC H HINEIN |
Mothership Zeta: A radio on the Mothership Zeta bridge is looping a Morse code message. The decoded message is as followed.[3]
| Sound file | Morse code | Decoded |
|---|---|---|
| - .... .- - .----. ... / --- -. . / ... -- .- .-.. .-.. / ... - . .--. / ..-. --- .-. / -- .- -. --..-- / --- -. . / --. .. .- -. - / .-.. . .- .--. / ..-. --- .-. / -- .- -. -.- .. -. -.. | THA TS O N E SMA L L S T EP FO R M AN O N E G IA N T L E AP F O R MA N KI N D |
Fallout: New Vegas
Morse code is mentioned in a Vault 19 terminal entry.[4]
Fallout 4
At the headquarters of the Railroad an agent sits and decodes Morse code signals at a ham radio. The decoded messages are as followed.[3]
| Sound file | Morse code | Decoded |
|---|---|---|
| -.-. .- .--. .. - .- .-.. / .-- .- ... - . .-.. .- -. -.. / .- ...- .- .. .-.. .- -... .-.. . / ..-. --- .-. / -.. . .-.. .. ...- . .-. -.-- | CA P I TA L WAS T EL AN D AVAI L A B LE F OR D E L I VE R Y | |
| .--. .- -.-. -.- .- --. . / .-.. --- ... - / .-. .- .. -.. . .-. ... / .-. . .--. . .- - / .-. .- .. -.. . .-. ... | P A C KAG E LOST RAIDERS RE P E AT RAIDERS | |
| --. . -. / .---- ... / ... .- .-.. ...- .- --. . / - . .- -- / .- - / -... .- ... . -... .- .-.. .-.. / - .- -. --. --- / ---.. | GEN 1S SAL VAGE TEA M AT B ASE B A LL TAN GO 8 | |
| -.. . .- -.. / -.. .-. --- .--. / -.. .. ... -.-. --- / -. . . -.. ... / .- / .--. .. -.-. -.- ..- .--. / ..- .-. --. . -. - | DEAD DROP D I S CO N E EDS AP I C K U P U R G E N T |
Fallout 76
- Telegraphs are found throughout Appalachia, machines used to transmit Morse code.
- The Pioneer Scouts codebreaker exam mentions Morse code.[5]
- In a play on words, Beckett asks, "Gotta be some sort of Morse Toad right?"[6]
- In a random encounter, a Responder eyebot is found hovering along transmitting a message in Morse code. It repeats two messages back to back, decoded as followed.[7]
| Sound file | Morse code | Decoded |
|---|---|---|
| .-. . -.-. --- -. -. .- .. ... ... .- -. -.-. . / --- ..-. / -.. . ... .. --. -. .- - . -.. / .-.. --- -.-. .- - .. --- -. / .-. . -.-. --- -- -- . -. -.. . -.. .-.-.- / ... - .- -. -.. / -... -.-- / - --- / .-. . -.-. . .. ...- . / -.-. --- --- .-. -.. .. -. .- - . ... | RECONNAISSANCEOFDESIGNATEDLOCATIONRECOMMENDED STANDBYTORECEIVECOORDINATES | |
| - .- -.-. - .. -.-. .- .-.. / .- ... ... . ... ... -- . -. - .-.-.- / .--. --- ... ... .. -... .-.. . / ... .. - ..- .- - .. --- -. / -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. .. -. --. | TACTICALASSESSMENT POSSIBLESITUATIONDEVELOPING |
Appearances
Morse code appears or is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.
Behind the scenes
Morse code is a real world telecommunication method, named after Samuel Morse, an inventor of the telegraph.
Gallery
Telegraph in Fallout 76
References
- ↑ Professor: "Correct! Good boy! Gooooood boy! Your Morse code skills are improving nicely."
(Professor's dialogue) - ↑ Morse code abbreviations on Wikipedia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Morsecode.world Expert Audio Decoder
- ↑ Vault 19 terminal entries; Blue sector, first floor terminals, Log 139
- ↑ Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Codebreaker
- ↑ Beckett: "Gotta be some sort of Morse Toad right?"
- ↑ Morsecode.world Adaptive Audio Decoder