Forum:Could spore carriers and plants have infected the Courier?

Hi, all.

After reading some of the terminal entries in Vault 22, I was wondering if the Courier should have been allowed to interact with the creatures within. I would think that the spore carriers could infect the Courier simply by attacking the Courier. If that's the case, should the Courier have taken some sort of preventative measure, like an anti-fungal chem or a sealed suit of armor and helmet? What about the Courier's companions, aside from ED-E?

It also seemed that the vault residents had great difficulty treating patients that had already been infected. Would the inhabitants of the Mojave Wasteland be able to treat such an infection more effectively? I'm thinking this could have led to a quest with a time constraint (10-20 days, depending on something like Endurance) and involving ingredient collection. Perhaps, upon infection, the Courier could have been led to a terminal near the entrance with a message left by a scientist who, by that time, resides in the Mojave Wasteland somewhat nearby. Perhaps, if the time constraint is exceeded, the quest could be upgraded to a reanimation quest.

At the very least, would a fungal infection have any adverse effects on the Courier, like modifiers to the SPECIAL attributes?

My apologies in advance if this is not the place for... (looks back up...) what could probably be best described as fanfic. Please let me know, if that is the case, where I should be posting.
 * Seeing the result in Vault 22, a place filled with specialists in the field and a full medical staff all of which utterly fail to deal with the infection, I don't think other doctors and such in the wastes would know how to treat such a virulent strain of parasitic fungus. As for the Courier getting infected, a quest which likely ends with you just dropping dead doesn't sound very fun. The effects on the courier would probably come close to what happens in this video, just to a human instead of an ant, then the Courier is dead... the fungus takes over. So it's probably best to think the Courier has an immunity to the fungus for whatever reason. Dr. Lobotomy 01:02, August 19, 2011 (UTC)